They tried to give the Power Rangers a more serious villian with Lord Zedd but parents complained he was too scary so they toned him down. That's probably why they didnt make Ivan Ooze more threatening.
Yeah I remember the voice actor saying that in an interview. He looked like a bodybuilder under that suit and his voice and mannerisms were very intense the first 10 or so Episodes he was in from what I remember. I kinda liked both version of his character though as a kid.
I'd like to add: the Transformers movie from 1986. I've watched it with friends just because we liked the soundtrack. None of us had any idea what the whole thing is about. The best we could manage is: "things happen". Would recommend.
I watched this movie recently actually. Haven't seen it for the longest time. I actually had a better time watching it in my early 30's than I wish to express publicly.
I will miss Jason David Frank. He will always be the green ranger to me. Gone but definitely not forgotten. He will be dearly missed. May he rest in peace.
It's the 90s equivalent of Masters of the Universe with a villain eating the scenery and stealing the whole thing, while everyone else is just ok and the plot meanders to a bombastic conclusion.
@@Joecbg100 IDK, Jason will always be my favorite Red Ranger. And like many Power Rangers fans, Amy Jo Johnson was one of my earliest crushes... Though in rewatching the show through a livestream, I can see why you'd say everyone else is just ok and the plots meander to bombastic conclusions. Because unfortunately it's true, despite the fact that I somehow at age 31 still enjoy watching it.
I had a crush on Amy Jo Johnson but that just goes without saying. I like the fact that they got Paul Freeman (Beloq from Raiders of the Lost Ark) as Ivan Ooze.
To be fair, it would be easier to find a person from that generation that DIDN'T have a crush on her. But can we all just be honest and say Dulcea was the best part of the movie.
Even their cameos weren't enough to make that movie worth the price of a ticket! The call-back to past seasons was cute "Corner of Mariner Bay and Reefside" - the city locations of LightspeedRescue and DinoThunder. But everything done with the Ranger characters' parts of the movie was a trash fest!
I know of about a thousand other death metal singers that could do as good as he could. It's sad he died but it's not as if there aren't others who can do what he did. People die though, it happens.
I saw this movie when I was 10 years old in theaters after being a huge Power Rangers fans ever since seeing the pilot episode when it premiered on Fox. I freaking loved it at the time and I still remember that opening scene made me want to skydive so bad that I eventually did for a birthday when I turned 25. So I'll always have a special place in my heart for this movie if only for that scene because skydiving was one of the best experiences of my life. So glad you ended up doing a retrospective on this movie because I didn't think it was something that you'd end up covering. Man there was nothing like seeing the premiere of the original Power Rangers pilot on Fox as a kid. Especially since I was already a HUGE Godzilla fan at the time and would rent whatever Godzilla movie Blockbuster would have when we would go until my parents got tired of it. All it took was seeing the Zords for the first time and I was immediately hooked. I mean let's be honest here all it took was hearing the Power Rangers theme for the first time as a kid to get you hooked. Still to this day that works as my daughter was immediately hooked on MMPR as soon as she heard that theme come on.
When the show started in 1993, I was 14, & I watched through the end of Season 3, when most of the original group left; my parents have NEVER had cable, so I watched on Fox. What I loved about the show was, at their core, the characters were teenagers, & had to deal with the same things that I had to.
It's morphin' time! Tommy: “Dragonzord!” Zack: "Mastodon!" Kimberly: "Pterodactyl!" Billy: "Triceratops!" Trini: "Saber-Toothed Tiger!" Jason: "Tyrannosaurus!" Jason: "We're back and ready to morph into Action!" Tommy: "Six working to together to fight evil!" Zack: "And stop Rita!" Billy: "And all her menacing monsters!" Trini: "From destroying our Planet Earth!" Kimberly: "And ruling the Universe with evil!" Jason: "Look out, Rita, we're not backin' down because we're the..." All: "Power Rangers!"
Is it bad I can say the exact episode that dialog happened in? Green with Evil Part 5 (original title no I don’t care what the VHS rerelease retitled it as)
Ollie just to let you know, This movie is not in continuity with the show. When season 3 of the show started, they basically remade the movie, replaced Ivan Ooze with Rito Revolto, Rita's brother, replaced Dulcea with Ninjor, the Tengu Warriors became the Tenga, and instead of Ninjetti it was just Ninja.
The Tengu/Tenga and Ninjetti/Ninja differences are kinda negligible, but yeah, you can't really ignore that Ivan Ooze, Dulcea, Planet Phaedos, all of it...just got written over with something else.
When I watched this movie as a kid, I always liked the shiny satured color on their armor and how they feel like they have an extra slightly bulky layer, and to this day I think they are pretty well designed, they genuinely feel like a premium version of those very thin spandex suit.
It’s funny because in the UK they pronounce the letter “Z” as “zed”, but as as someone who grew up in the States in the 90s, whenever I hear that I always think of Lord Zedd.
Wait you mean in theaters the title sequence just said Power Rangers the movie while the vhs said Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the movie? Does that mean the dvd version was the theatrical version this entire time.
I will always have a weird fascination with this movie. it's by no means good but I do respect how on a technical level effort was put in to make it feel like a legit film. If only the script was better to where it could be a been at least been on the scale of enjoyably bad instead of guilty pleasure you only watched due to personal nostalgia. But then again I say this as if power rangers was ever a good show. Granted Power Rangers in Space And Lost Galaxy are still classics.
Saban bastardized a lot of really good stories from Super Sentai when he took the fight scenes and pasted them into Power Rangers. Sentai has some very good plotlines that make Power Rangers look like a show for, well, 6 and 7 year olds.
MMPR ran until 1996 and was followed up by Power Rangers Zeo. Amy Jo Johnson appeared in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie in 1997 but until her brief cameo with JDF in Power Rangers 2017, she made no more appearances in the series. Also, David Yost remained in Power Rangers, appearing on Power Rangers Zeo until a few episodes before it ended in 1997.
@@alienboy1322 as in the CGI final battle in both the original as well as the 2017 one. Like I said go back to school you have the reading comprehension of a toddler.
I never did like Ivan Ooze much, but this was also after the completely neutered Lord Zedd in the TV series. A shame as he was legit menacing when he debuted. I have to correct something early on here, where you imply that this movie was a continuation of the TV show - it wasn't. Turbo was (serving as the season premiere for the Turbo season), but the MMPR 1995 movie was out of continuity with the TV show. The new stuff that got introduced in this movie (the ninjetti suits, the new Ninja Zords and the Tengu/Tengas) would appear in season 3 of the show, but were introduced differently. Also, the practical suits and effects for the Ninja Megazord from Sentai footage looked so much better than the CGI here. It's actually funny.
This franchise defines me as a person I found it when I most needed it and been a huge fan ever since and now make a living doing power ranger partys so yes I am a power ranger full time :-)
Yap, and David Yost only lasted about a year and a half after her. AJJ returned for the Turbo film, and other than the brief cameo in the '17 movie, that has been all. Also, towards the beginning of the review Oliver remarks that both MMPR and the Turbo movie are parts of the series, but actually only Turbo is series canon. Oliver is usually so expert in his information, I'm not that bothered. His retrospectives are terrific.
Exactly! I'm glad others noticed. When first showing MMPR As the series it says 1993-1999 which is completely false. He also said the movie fits into the same timeline which it doesn't. The 1995 film is in a separate universe. The Turbo Movie is Canon though, and is set within the series timeline, as it is the beginning of the Turbo series. Amy and Karen left in '95 during Season 3, and David in '96 during Zeo. I don't mean to sound like an asshole, but wow...
Nice retrospective! I find it very refreshing that you keep mentioning and paying hommage to the score and its composer in each video, unlike most other reviewers on YT. Thanks for that.
The crew stayed at my dads motel during the filming of when they transport to the alien planet & do a fight scene with the big bird creatures on a rocky seaside. I tried so hard to meet the actors, but no luck :( Terrible movie, but I always had a soft spot for it because of that.
This film is not considered canon to the tv show. It lines up with season 3 cast but is an alternate universe. Turbo: A Power Rangers movie was the bridge between season 4 Zeo and 5 Turbo however.
The fact that the guy who did The Crow scoring makes so much sense, I noticed the last time I rewatched this movie the Tengu Warriors theme music sounds like something straight out of that movie.
Thanks for doing this Oliver! Still a big Power Rangers fan and it has seen this incredible resurgence the last 5 years between the Boom Comics and the movie reboot(s).
I love this movie even though it is cheesy at sometimes mainly the end battle but i can still enjoy it. I enjoy all your movie reviews. Great job as always always fun to watch thnx for making great videos Oliver.
I went to see this movie with my uncle when I was 4 years old, He told me he thought it was the dumbest, cheesiest thing he'd ever seen, but since he knew i loved the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, he proceeded to take me to see this in theatres not once, but 4 times during its run. I eventually got the VHS Tape, and burnt it out with how much I would watch it. I definitely get the cult classic feel from this nowadays, its one of those guilty pleasures you would see and just kick back and just laugh about. I'm super disappointed the 2017 movie didn't get the love it deserved, the actors did great and I loved their performances. I hear tell its getting remade, now that Hasbro owns it. Let's cross fingers they won't let Bay direct or produce for it.
Wanna address that the show at 5:40 isn't apart of Sentai, it's a show called Bycrosser which is it's own seperate entity from Sentai but still produced by toei
I hope people know that the young actors playing the rangers, got robbed in their contracts. They were offered nonunionized, paltry contracts to commit their futures. It is why 3 of the rangers left the show in the lead up to the first movie. It is disgusting what these companies got away with back then.
It's true, the actors have been very candid and open about that when they talk about it at conventions. They seem to have left all that in the past, though, and continue to happily associate with the Power Rangers fandom.
@@_Only_Zuul According to what I have read online, the cast of MMPR made $60,000 per year. This was without any compensation for merchandising for the show, which was estimated to be worth about $1 billion. Due the contracts they had signed, they were not able to get a percentage of the merchandising at all. Plus, with none of the cast members had agents or lawyers looking out for them, since the show was their first acting job. The actors also never received any money from reruns of the episodes they appeared in either. With MMPR being their first acting job, none of the actors had agents or lawyers looking out for them either. Plus the shooting schedule was pretty hectic too, as the cast mentioned during their interviews on the complete series DVD from Shout Factory. They would film scenes for one episode, then change costumes to film scenes for a different episode in the span of one day. This was to accommodate the fact that the show aired episodes during the week as on Saturday Mornings. These conditions are what caused Austin St. John, Walter Jones and Thuy Trang to leave the show during the second season, since attempts to get the show unionized failed. Austin St. John would return to the role of Jason Lee Scott in Power Rangers Zeo and the Turbo movie after Haim Saban found out that children watching the show missed his character. Walter Jones would go on to voice several of the monsters in the later seasons.
I was born in 1994 when the first season of MMPR was airing. And I’ve also seen this film before on video. Then even after becoming a fan and watching the entirety, I still love Power Rangers to this day. Great review!
Ollie, thank you so much for covering this film. I was always interested to hear your thoughts on it even though it wasn’t as much a part of your adolescence as is was for me and others. It’s a guilty pleasure and is very flawed but it still a fun and enjoyable film. Though it would have been interesting to see if they’d gone with a darker, more serious “TMNT 1990” tone.
I'm here after my brain remembered the bad CGI. I remember obsessing about this as a kid but now as an adult it's weird. I also thought that the megazord was way more silver because of the CGI.
It's not a great movie by any means; however, if you were a kid in the 90s who couldn't wait to watch Power Rangers after school, this film was the greatest thing since sliced bread! Thanks for a trip down memory lane Oliver.
When the show started in 1993, I was 14, & I watched through the end of Season 3, when most of the original group left; my parents have NEVER had cable, so I watched on Fox. What I loved about the show was, at their core, the characters were teenagers, & had to deal with the same things that I had to.
Well, you say it's similar to TMNT2. funnily enough here in Australia "MM Power Rangers: The Movie" was released in a triple DVD pack with "Turbo Power Rangers The Movie" and... WAIT FOR IT! "TMNT2 The Secret Of The Ooze".
This film is my childhood, I can definitely agree that it's a guilty pleasure that I still watch to this day. I think it's probably why I absolutely hated the 2017 movie 😅 Are we not gonna talk about how good the updated version of the theme tune was as well? Because guys... It's really good!
I'm on an Oliver Harper binge right now. I was 14 in 1995 so wasn't interested in MMPR and didn't want to see the movie then or now, but still really enjoyed watching this review because I can learn about the movie without actually having to watch it ;-) Keep up the good work, Oliver!
Great review as always! I was really hoping you were gonna discuss the power ranger fan film (bootleg) from 2015. I know it's not official content from whoever owns the power rangers IP but it was a very interesting piece of content. Anyway mate look forward to your next retrospective as always!
Oliver, I've been meaning to ask you what your outro music is. Also: Another excellent commentary! Thank you! I actually quite enjoyed the newest Power Rangers movie, cheesy as all hell, but pretty good none the less.
Minus the CGI that has not aged well at all, this movie is a fun watch all around. Ivan is probably one of the best villains they have ever faced, the suits looked badass and that revamp of the theme song still gives me goosebumps
Ooze making contemporary pop culture jokes despite being locked away for centuries reminds me of Mario Van Peebles' Kane from Highlander III. He was buried in a cave for centuries, but he's talking with modern slang and contemporary humor. I was a bit old to be hooked on Power Rangers in the early 90's, but it caught my interest for a few seasons. I only saw the movie on VHS, but it was so odd that the movie isn't in proper canon with the series. The following season started up with a different telling of the Rangers getting their Ninjetti powers and new Zords. Very peculiar to make that major push to a theatrical feature, and then, negate it from continuity entirely. Some have said that this is due to some rights issues with 20th Century Fox going between TV and film, but this always struck me as strange.
How old were you if you were a year or two too old for Power Rangers? I was about 5 when I saw the movie in theaters. It was my favorite video to rent throughout the 90s besides the Batman movies. I even loved Dino Thunder, at 14 it was my guilty pleasure. I was still playing with my toys at 13/14 as well as playing video games. Kids grow up too fast these days. I'm 30 now and still watch new Power Rangers sometimes.
When the show started in 1993, I was 14, & I watched through the end of Season 3, when most of the original group left; my parents have NEVER had cable, so I watched on Fox. What I loved about the show was, at their core, the characters were teenagers, & had to deal with the same things that I had to.
Re: the Zord fight in the film- in a bizarre move, one short abridged picture book version wound up using the a screencap of Mighty Shogan/Shogan Megazord (first introduced in the early eps of Kakuranger but introduced mid way during MMPR S3 with Kimberly's exit/Kat's beginnings) and its finishing move over the Ninja Zords presented in the film
there's a tiny mistake at the start when mentioning the show up of Adam, Rocky and Aisha, saying there we cut up to the movie timeline since unlike Turbo, that is part of the shows timeline the start of the turbo season expecting the public to have seeing the movie to understand the power change, the 95 movie is not part on the tv show cannon and considered an elseworld of alternate timeline (like the 2017 movie) since the series has it own history as for the ninja powers.
This movie was the Gold! You're problem was you were too old, plus you weren't into the show so it wasn't for you. I was 7/8 when this came out and We quoted this film all throw the third grade. That new Power Rangers reboot is more your speed, cause it was for you none fans.
When the show started in 1993, I was 14, & I watched through the end of Season 3, when most of the original group left; my parents have NEVER had cable, so I watched on Fox. What I loved about the show was, at their core, the characters were teenagers, & had to deal with the same things that I had to.
Which 4k TV do you have? Been hearing lots of different things about them and can't decide. Just want to know which one different youtubers have in this topic.
As a kid, I was torn between wanting to see more of the Rangers in action and their iconic practical effects Zords from the TV show rather than the new CGI ones... and the fact that it WAS a Power Rangers movie with the cast of characters I knew and didn’t complain on that count. The simple dreams of being a young Power Rangers fan.
As a fan, I don want to point out that this is more like most Dragon Ball Z movies, where the story seems to follow from things in the show, but doesn't actually fit in continuity. It just matches where the show was at the time. They basically redid the powerup given in the movie with a multi-episode arc that actually used footage from the Sentai. Turbo, however, was entirely in continuity, with them even reusing the movie as episodes.
They tried to give the Power Rangers a more serious villian with Lord Zedd but parents complained he was too scary so they toned him down. That's probably why they didnt make Ivan Ooze more threatening.
Yeah I remember the voice actor saying that in an interview. He looked like a bodybuilder under that suit and his voice and mannerisms were very intense the first 10 or so Episodes he was in from what I remember. I kinda liked both version of his character though as a kid.
May Robert Axelrod forever rest in peace! Long Live Lord Zedd
What the hell is it with parents believing that children can't handle anything dark or threatening?
Zedd was awesome, how in the hell was he ever scary? 😂
@@Thagomizer helicopter parenting
Love these batshit crazy 90s movies, they really don't make em like they used to. This and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were my jams.
I hope he'll do Matilda
A great period to grow up watching movies!!
I'd like to add: the Transformers movie from 1986. I've watched it with friends just because we liked the soundtrack. None of us had any idea what the whole thing is about. The best we could manage is: "things happen". Would recommend.
TMNT movie was so ahead of its time.
Ian-Devon Lewis I forced my kids to watch them just so I could lol
LAWD totally forgot what an absolute Smoke Show the warrior chick from the alien planet was,.
Bryan Torresdey SOOOO FIT
Honestly I only just realised that now watching the video and wondering to myself how I wasn't infatuated with her at the time I first saw the film.
@@zaleost Because as a kid you don't pay attention to stuff like that.
@@zaleost My heart was given solely to Amy Jo Johnson, so I barely noticed her...
I watched this movie recently actually. Haven't seen it for the longest time. I actually had a better time watching it in my early 30's than I wish to express publicly.
I will miss Jason David Frank. He will always be the green ranger to me. Gone but definitely not forgotten. He will be dearly missed. May he rest in peace.
"Super Sentai" isn't a genre, but it's own TV series that falls under the Japanese umbrella term of "Tokusatsu"
He didn't say it was. Said "some type".
It's the 90s equivalent of Masters of the Universe with a villain eating the scenery and stealing the whole thing, while everyone else is just ok and the plot meanders to a bombastic conclusion.
Except for Amy Jo Johnson you forgot about her
@@cidfacetious3722 She's stunning as always, still is.
@@Joecbg100
IDK, Jason will always be my favorite Red Ranger. And like many Power Rangers fans, Amy Jo Johnson was one of my earliest crushes...
Though in rewatching the show through a livestream, I can see why you'd say everyone else is just ok and the plots meander to bombastic conclusions. Because unfortunately it's true, despite the fact that I somehow at age 31 still enjoy watching it.
I had a crush on Amy Jo Johnson but that just goes without saying. I like the fact that they got Paul Freeman (Beloq from Raiders of the Lost Ark) as Ivan Ooze.
To be fair, it would be easier to find a person from that generation that DIDN'T have a crush on her. But can we all just be honest and say Dulcea was the best part of the movie.
It was her and Tiffany from saved by the bell for me at the time. Amy definitely had the better body though.
Sean Pultz what boy didn’t have a crush on her in fact I still do haha
Even their cameos weren't enough to make that movie worth the price of a ticket! The call-back to past seasons was cute "Corner of Mariner Bay and Reefside" - the city locations of LightspeedRescue and DinoThunder. But everything done with the Ranger characters' parts of the movie was a trash fest!
Justin Carawan that’s Dino Thunder, you numb skull!
1:00, its such a shame that the actor who voiced Lord Zedd passed away.😔
RIP Robert Axelrod
I have a Lord Zedd Funko Pop.
I know of about a thousand other death metal singers that could do as good as he could. It's sad he died but it's not as if there aren't others who can do what he did. People die though, it happens.
I keep forgetting hes gone. Robert Axlerod you were badass and an iconic voice.
@@DeathBYDesign666 He wasn't a singer though? He was a voice actor and actually had a fairly unique villain voice.
My favorite quote in the entire movie: "I'm a frog."
This wasnt in the script, Adam ad libbed it
"You ooze you lose" - Billy
@@JordanGingold Johnny young Bosch *
The intro makes the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie very epic. Well done, Mr. Harper.
I love his passion for film it really reflects in his videsos
Fun fact: Jason David Frank and Amy Jo Johnson is the only constant between the three power ranger movies (including the 2010s reboot).
yes that was nice, I liked that. Unfortunately, that didn't save the film either
What do you mean?
@@tabaributler2225 They appeared in all 3 movies.
I saw this movie when I was 10 years old in theaters after being a huge Power Rangers fans ever since seeing the pilot episode when it premiered on Fox. I freaking loved it at the time and I still remember that opening scene made me want to skydive so bad that I eventually did for a birthday when I turned 25. So I'll always have a special place in my heart for this movie if only for that scene because skydiving was one of the best experiences of my life. So glad you ended up doing a retrospective on this movie because I didn't think it was something that you'd end up covering.
Man there was nothing like seeing the premiere of the original Power Rangers pilot on Fox as a kid. Especially since I was already a HUGE Godzilla fan at the time and would rent whatever Godzilla movie Blockbuster would have when we would go until my parents got tired of it. All it took was seeing the Zords for the first time and I was immediately hooked. I mean let's be honest here all it took was hearing the Power Rangers theme for the first time as a kid to get you hooked. Still to this day that works as my daughter was immediately hooked on MMPR as soon as she heard that theme come on.
When the show started in 1993, I was 14, & I watched through the end of Season 3, when most of the original group left; my parents have NEVER had cable, so I watched on Fox. What I loved about the show was, at their core, the characters were teenagers, & had to deal with the same things that I had to.
It's morphin' time!
Tommy: “Dragonzord!”
Zack: "Mastodon!"
Kimberly: "Pterodactyl!"
Billy: "Triceratops!"
Trini: "Saber-Toothed Tiger!"
Jason: "Tyrannosaurus!"
Jason: "We're back and ready to morph into Action!"
Tommy: "Six working to together to fight evil!"
Zack: "And stop Rita!"
Billy: "And all her menacing monsters!"
Trini: "From destroying our Planet Earth!"
Kimberly: "And ruling the Universe with evil!"
Jason: "Look out, Rita, we're not backin' down because we're the..."
All: "Power Rangers!"
Is it bad I can say the exact episode that dialog happened in? Green with Evil Part 5 (original title no I don’t care what the VHS rerelease retitled it as)
@@Maniac536 A true fan
YEO's Film Canal you are an individual of culture as well...
Maniac536 I had all Green with Evil except the 5th one. Never got to see it.
alan Tony it’s on Netflix depending on your region
The original first cast will always be my favorite. The second cast was also great. This movie was a blast back then in theaters. Turbo was meh
Definitely in my top 10 of guilty pleasure flicks.
@Billy Mount II
Funny enough, it had the same director.
Ollie just to let you know, This movie is not in continuity with the show. When season 3 of the show started, they basically remade the movie, replaced Ivan Ooze with Rito Revolto, Rita's brother, replaced Dulcea with Ninjor, the Tengu Warriors became the Tenga, and instead of Ninjetti it was just Ninja.
The Tengu/Tenga and Ninjetti/Ninja differences are kinda negligible, but yeah, you can't really ignore that Ivan Ooze, Dulcea, Planet Phaedos, all of it...just got written over with something else.
This movie is a childhood favorite.
I always liked the new costumes... when I was a kid -- too bad, they were never used again in film, nor tv.
When I watched this movie as a kid, I always liked the shiny satured color on their armor and how they feel like they have an extra slightly bulky layer, and to this day I think they are pretty well designed, they genuinely feel like a premium version of those very thin spandex suit.
It’s funny because in the UK they pronounce the letter “Z” as “zed”, but as as someone who grew up in the States in the 90s, whenever I hear that I always think of Lord Zedd.
One error i noticed. MMPR ended around 1995 to 96, not 99.
Though the Zordon Era that spanned Zeo, Turbo & In Space did end around 98 to 99.
Oh there are alot of Errors...
When I was a kid, Amy Jo Johnson was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Seeing her again here, my mind has not changed :D
I remember when this movie first came out in 1995 it was called “Power Rangers: The Movie”. “Mighty Morphin” got added later on on home video.
Wait you mean in theaters the title sequence just said Power Rangers the movie while the vhs said Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the movie? Does that mean the dvd version was the theatrical version this entire time.
I will always have a weird fascination with this movie. it's by no means good but I do respect how on a technical level effort was put in to make it feel like a legit film. If only the script was better to where it could be a been at least been on the scale of enjoyably bad instead of guilty pleasure you only watched due to personal nostalgia. But then again I say this as if power rangers was ever a good show. Granted Power Rangers in Space And Lost Galaxy are still classics.
Saban bastardized a lot of really good stories from Super Sentai when he took the fight scenes and pasted them into Power Rangers. Sentai has some very good plotlines that make Power Rangers look like a show for, well, 6 and 7 year olds.
MMPR ran until 1996 and was followed up by Power Rangers Zeo. Amy Jo Johnson appeared in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie in 1997 but until her brief cameo with JDF in Power Rangers 2017, she made no more appearances in the series. Also, David Yost remained in Power Rangers, appearing on Power Rangers Zeo until a few episodes before it ended in 1997.
I swear u make better trailers at the beginning of each retrospective than the actual ones sometimes
Unfortunately Saban didn't learn their lesson from the final fight. We got a horrible CGI final battle in the 2017 Movie as well.
@@alienboy1322 when did I say it was a bad film? I said the final battle CGI was terrible. Go back to school your reading comprehension sucks.
@@alienboy1322 as in the CGI final battle in both the original as well as the 2017 one. Like I said go back to school you have the reading comprehension of a toddler.
@@TakBonez
I'm sorry you feel that way.
NOT!
@@TakBonez
What are you talking about?
I never talk to you about the cgi.
All of the Power Ranger elements in that film got screwed up in some way, really. The stuff with the teens is the only good part of it.
I never did like Ivan Ooze much, but this was also after the completely neutered Lord Zedd in the TV series. A shame as he was legit menacing when he debuted.
I have to correct something early on here, where you imply that this movie was a continuation of the TV show - it wasn't. Turbo was (serving as the season premiere for the Turbo season), but the MMPR 1995 movie was out of continuity with the TV show.
The new stuff that got introduced in this movie (the ninjetti suits, the new Ninja Zords and the Tengu/Tengas) would appear in season 3 of the show, but were introduced differently.
Also, the practical suits and effects for the Ninja Megazord from Sentai footage looked so much better than the CGI here. It's actually funny.
This franchise defines me as a person I found it when I most needed it and been a huge fan ever since and now make a living doing power ranger partys so yes I am a power ranger full time :-)
Amy jo Johnson left the series in early 1996 not 1999.
Yap, and David Yost only lasted about a year and a half after her. AJJ returned for the Turbo film, and other than the brief cameo in the '17 movie, that has been all. Also, towards the beginning of the review Oliver remarks that both MMPR and the Turbo movie are parts of the series, but actually only Turbo is series canon. Oliver is usually so expert in his information, I'm not that bothered. His retrospectives are terrific.
Chill guys let's not focus on one thing negative as the while reviews was great
@@toon_cosplay_guy7930 But he did get facts incorrect. It is important to not give false information in a review.
I caught that too, as well as him saying David Yost staying until 1999 when he left after Zeo. We were already on Lost Galaxy in '99.
Exactly! I'm glad others noticed. When first showing MMPR As the series it says 1993-1999 which is completely false. He also said the movie fits into the same timeline which it doesn't. The 1995 film is in a separate universe. The Turbo Movie is Canon though, and is set within the series timeline, as it is the beginning of the Turbo series. Amy and Karen left in '95 during Season 3, and David in '96 during Zeo. I don't mean to sound like an asshole, but wow...
Nice retrospective! I find it very refreshing that you keep mentioning and paying hommage to the score and its composer in each video, unlike most other reviewers on YT. Thanks for that.
The crew stayed at my dads motel during the filming of when they transport to the alien planet & do a fight scene with the big bird creatures on a rocky seaside. I tried so hard to meet the actors, but no luck :( Terrible movie, but I always had a soft spot for it because of that.
This film is not considered canon to the tv show. It lines up with season 3 cast but is an alternate universe. Turbo: A Power Rangers movie was the bridge between season 4 Zeo and 5 Turbo however.
Who here has a life goal to produce a movie in hopes that Oliver will analyze it some day?
Takes me down the memory lane. Nice review and I very much enjoy the history and stories behind production you always include in your videos.
Oliver, You always seem to pick the right films to talk about!!
Nice!
I watched this so much growing up that I wore out the tape.
The fact that the guy who did The Crow scoring makes so much sense, I noticed the last time I rewatched this movie the Tengu Warriors theme music sounds like something straight out of that movie.
Thanks for doing this Oliver! Still a big Power Rangers fan and it has seen this incredible resurgence the last 5 years between the Boom Comics and the movie reboot(s).
I've been looking very forward to this, mate! Loved it!
Oh my god, it's him!
Oh my god, it's him!
It's always a good day when I get an email notification from your channel.
I love this movie even though it is cheesy at sometimes mainly the end battle but i can still enjoy it.
I enjoy all your movie reviews.
Great job as always always fun to watch thnx for making great videos Oliver.
Van Halen's song, Dreams, is the best I've ever heard, and I wish it was used on the reboot.
I have been waiting for this review. Thank you for doing this. This is definitely a movie I watch for nostalgic reasons.
I went to see this movie with my uncle when I was 4 years old, He told me he thought it was the dumbest, cheesiest thing he'd ever seen, but since he knew i loved the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, he proceeded to take me to see this in theatres not once, but 4 times during its run.
I eventually got the VHS Tape, and burnt it out with how much I would watch it.
I definitely get the cult classic feel from this nowadays, its one of those guilty pleasures you would see and just kick back and just laugh about.
I'm super disappointed the 2017 movie didn't get the love it deserved, the actors did great and I loved their performances.
I hear tell its getting remade, now that Hasbro owns it. Let's cross fingers they won't let Bay direct or produce for it.
Good uncle
I watched this movie so many times as a kid and no matter how bad it may be I will always love it!
“Ivan Ooze it free?!” ...well to tell the truth, sweetheart, I freed some ooze of my own just now.
Wanna address that the show at 5:40 isn't apart of Sentai, it's a show called Bycrosser which is it's own seperate entity from Sentai but still produced by toei
I hope people know that the young actors playing the rangers, got robbed in their contracts. They were offered nonunionized, paltry contracts to commit their futures. It is why 3 of the rangers left the show in the lead up to the first movie. It is disgusting what these companies got away with back then.
It's true, the actors have been very candid and open about that when they talk about it at conventions. They seem to have left all that in the past, though, and continue to happily associate with the Power Rangers fandom.
what money would they have made? i wonder what earnings would be like?
@@_Only_Zuul According to what I have read online, the cast of MMPR made $60,000 per year. This was without any compensation for merchandising for the show, which was estimated to be worth about $1 billion. Due the contracts they had signed, they were not able to get a percentage of the merchandising at all. Plus, with none of the cast members had agents or lawyers looking out for them, since the show was their first acting job. The actors also never received any money from reruns of the episodes they appeared in either. With MMPR being their first acting job, none of the actors had agents or lawyers looking out for them either. Plus the shooting schedule was pretty hectic too, as the cast mentioned during their interviews on the complete series DVD from Shout Factory. They would film scenes for one episode, then change costumes to film scenes for a different episode in the span of one day. This was to accommodate the fact that the show aired episodes during the week as on Saturday Mornings.
These conditions are what caused Austin St. John, Walter Jones and Thuy Trang to leave the show during the second season, since attempts to get the show unionized failed. Austin St. John would return to the role of Jason Lee Scott in Power Rangers Zeo and the Turbo movie after Haim Saban found out that children watching the show missed his character. Walter Jones would go on to voice several of the monsters in the later seasons.
You have no idea the emotions we went through during this film we saw the rangers lose their powers and we almost lost zordon after that.
Ohhhh, I am going to have to play some of those games. Great retrospective as always, Oliver!
I’ve been on a power rangers kick lately, pun intended, to honor the passing of Jason David Frank. The ultimate ranger.
Great content you do reviews in such a nice way.
I was born in 1994 when the first season of MMPR was airing. And I’ve also seen this film before on video. Then even after becoming a fan and watching the entirety, I still love Power Rangers to this day. Great review!
Ollie, thank you so much for covering this film. I was always interested to hear your thoughts on it even though it wasn’t as much a part of your adolescence as is was for me and others. It’s a guilty pleasure and is very flawed but it still a fun and enjoyable film. Though it would have been interesting to see if they’d gone with a darker, more serious “TMNT 1990” tone.
RIP Robert Axelrod, the voice of the villain that haunted our childhoods but that we look back on with fondness.
I'm here after my brain remembered the bad CGI. I remember obsessing about this as a kid but now as an adult it's weird. I also thought that the megazord was way more silver because of the CGI.
R.I.P. Jason David Frank As Tommy Oliver/White Rangers
It's not a great movie by any means; however, if you were a kid in the 90s who couldn't wait to watch Power Rangers after school, this film was the greatest thing since sliced bread! Thanks for a trip down memory lane Oliver.
When the show started in 1993, I was 14, & I watched through the end of Season 3, when most of the original group left; my parents have NEVER had cable, so I watched on Fox. What I loved about the show was, at their core, the characters were teenagers, & had to deal with the same things that I had to.
Well, you say it's similar to TMNT2. funnily enough here in Australia "MM Power Rangers: The Movie" was released in a triple DVD pack with "Turbo Power Rangers The Movie" and... WAIT FOR IT! "TMNT2 The Secret Of The Ooze".
Came back to see your retrospective after JDF passed away. I thought this movie was hokey as a kid, but I appreciate it more now. May he RIP
This film is my childhood, I can definitely agree that it's a guilty pleasure that I still watch to this day. I think it's probably why I absolutely hated the 2017 movie 😅
Are we not gonna talk about how good the updated version of the theme tune was as well? Because guys... It's really good!
I'm on an Oliver Harper binge right now. I was 14 in 1995 so wasn't interested in MMPR and didn't want to see the movie then or now, but still really enjoyed watching this review because I can learn about the movie without actually having to watch it ;-) Keep up the good work, Oliver!
The film may be a 90’s cheese fest but my god does the soundtrack more than make up for it,
Your comment towards the end “C’mon Amy, Act God Damnit!!” Is the funniest line I have ever heard. 😂😂
Great review as always! I was really hoping you were gonna discuss the power ranger fan film (bootleg) from 2015. I know it's not official content from whoever owns the power rangers IP but it was a very interesting piece of content. Anyway mate look forward to your next retrospective as always!
Actually, in the earlier series for Power Ranger, Rita and Lord Zed didn't always make their monsters grow. That started from Zeo onwards.
The ending when they played "Higher" with van halen and fireworks was magic.
...also the kid plotline was the corniest sh*t ever even as a 5 yr old
Great review Oliver. Though I haven’t seen a single episode of Power Rangers. But saw small bits of it on TV. Keep it up.
That intro was great, awesome editing 👌
It's Morphin Time!!
I still love David Yost. He's always been my favorite
Great job, took me back to my childhood well done
0:16 official review of Spider-man 3 by Oliver harper coming out this year
Indeed!
Oh boy yeah.
@Oliver Harper never expected you to respond however I do like your friend ashes
You're a complete Legend love your retrospective
Oliver, I've been meaning to ask you what your outro music is. Also: Another excellent commentary! Thank you! I actually quite enjoyed the newest Power Rangers movie, cheesy as all hell, but pretty good none the less.
Great retrospective! Really enjoying your content. Is there anyway to do a retrospective on The Lost Boys?
Yessssssss! Thank you! Great content as always! I needed this! 👌
Oh my god Dulcea's abs. Maybe I should have gone to see this back in the day.
4:35, that was a pretty good film right there, making it more serious.
The soundtrack is so good that’s why you had to use it during your whole video... that’s what made this video so epic.
Minus the CGI that has not aged well at all, this movie is a fun watch all around. Ivan is probably one of the best villains they have ever faced, the suits looked badass and that revamp of the theme song still gives me goosebumps
I saw this movie in the theater when I was 9. I still love this movie. It's not a guilty pleasure. I feel no guilt in admitting I love this movie!!
Ooze making contemporary pop culture jokes despite being locked away for centuries reminds me of Mario Van Peebles' Kane from Highlander III. He was buried in a cave for centuries, but he's talking with modern slang and contemporary humor. I was a bit old to be hooked on Power Rangers in the early 90's, but it caught my interest for a few seasons. I only saw the movie on VHS, but it was so odd that the movie isn't in proper canon with the series. The following season started up with a different telling of the Rangers getting their Ninjetti powers and new Zords. Very peculiar to make that major push to a theatrical feature, and then, negate it from continuity entirely. Some have said that this is due to some rights issues with 20th Century Fox going between TV and film, but this always struck me as strange.
Great review Oliver. Thanks dude!
The first movie wasn't continuation of the TV-series, it was set in its own timeline.
That intro alone deserves a like! Great video.
How old were you if you were a year or two too old for Power Rangers? I was about 5 when I saw the movie in theaters. It was my favorite video to rent throughout the 90s besides the Batman movies. I even loved Dino Thunder, at 14 it was my guilty pleasure. I was still playing with my toys at 13/14 as well as playing video games. Kids grow up too fast these days. I'm 30 now and still watch new Power Rangers sometimes.
When the show started in 1993, I was 14, & I watched through the end of Season 3, when most of the original group left; my parents have NEVER had cable, so I watched on Fox. What I loved about the show was, at their core, the characters were teenagers, & had to deal with the same things that I had to.
Really great review Oliver! Hope you do more great movies reviews!
Re: the Zord fight in the film- in a bizarre move, one short abridged picture book version wound up using the a screencap of Mighty Shogan/Shogan Megazord (first introduced in the early eps of Kakuranger but introduced mid way during MMPR S3 with Kimberly's exit/Kat's beginnings) and its finishing move over the Ninja Zords presented in the film
there's a tiny mistake at the start when mentioning the show up of Adam, Rocky and Aisha, saying there we cut up to the movie timeline since unlike Turbo, that is part of the shows timeline the start of the turbo season expecting the public to have seeing the movie to understand the power change, the 95 movie is not part on the tv show cannon and considered an elseworld of alternate timeline (like the 2017 movie) since the series has it own history as for the ninja powers.
Nice use of music from the Mega Drive Superman game for your end credits :-)
What is the end music you play when the patrons are scrolling. It sounds like Streets of Rage
This movie was the Gold! You're problem was you were too old, plus you weren't into the show so it wasn't for you. I was 7/8 when this came out and We quoted this film all throw the third grade. That new Power Rangers reboot is more your speed, cause it was for you none fans.
When the show started in 1993, I was 14, & I watched through the end of Season 3, when most of the original group left; my parents have NEVER had cable, so I watched on Fox. What I loved about the show was, at their core, the characters were teenagers, & had to deal with the same things that I had to.
Loved this movie when I was a kid. It's a guilty pleasure now for sure.
Loved it when it came out. Love it now. Still have it on VHS. Still have a VCR.
Kaboom.
Power Rangers seriously needs a new movie to come out.
Which 4k TV do you have? Been hearing lots of different things about them and can't decide. Just want to know which one different youtubers have in this topic.
As a kid, I was torn between wanting to see more of the Rangers in action and their iconic practical effects Zords from the TV show rather than the new CGI ones... and the fact that it WAS a Power Rangers movie with the cast of characters I knew and didn’t complain on that count. The simple dreams of being a young Power Rangers fan.
As a fan, I don want to point out that this is more like most Dragon Ball Z movies, where the story seems to follow from things in the show, but doesn't actually fit in continuity. It just matches where the show was at the time.
They basically redid the powerup given in the movie with a multi-episode arc that actually used footage from the Sentai.
Turbo, however, was entirely in continuity, with them even reusing the movie as episodes.