Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Shattered Grid - Atop the Fourth Wall
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this Patreon-sponsored episode, Linkara looks at the 25th anniversary Power Rangers story in the comics - Shattered Grid.
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Originally released December 12th, 2024
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Shattered, then hastily glued back together.
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Finster 5: “Welcome back Lord Drakkon. How did the conquest of the Megaforce Rangers go?”
Drakkon: “It was…odd. I disarmed the Red Ranger but then he got all sad and left. He kept muttering about how a Ranger ‘must never let go of their weapons’ too it was strange.
Finster 5: *Shrugs* “Well I’m sure there’s a simple explanation for that.”
Finster 5: How often did he say they won't surrender?
Drakkon: Yes
Finster 5: Are you fucking...?
And they said 'Never Surrender' or variations of that about a 1,000 times!
I found this way funnier than I should have.
Drakkon: Also they were annoying
Finster: even more than overdrive?
Drakkon: OH DONT REMIND ME
Finster 5: how many times did the Red ranger say they'll never surrender?
Drakkon: Yes
Finster 5: Are you fvcking...?
I find it so funny that lord Drakkon’s fantasy of perfect world and himself is a Superman fantasy .
Yup that’s correct
His fantasy was to be a hero, but he was just too broken to ever actually become one.
@ladywifiofbadfun Injustice Superman still had friends, teammates, and a girlfriend though 🤣
@@osirisatot19 that’s true and you are right about that
@@osirisatot19 except injustice Superman also went insane and lost those allies and friends again In 2.
Hearing Linkara say "PUDDING!" in the Ninjor voice is legit one of the funniest things he's ever said.
Carter Grayson: The only person to believe a little girl about monsters invading in the Lightspeed/Lost Galaxy teamup because HE'S NOT AN IDIOT.
Oh yeah I forgot about that
And the only one to use a blaster gun instead of fighting goons hand to hand in forever red
Carter Grayson The only ranger that could solo the Armada with just running on 2 guns and 4 energy drinks
@@hayleymcgough8567 Given that Armada ships can be taken out with a rock and a slingshot? Yes, probably.
Carter Grayson is basically the Florida man of Power Rangers. He would fight evil with a rabid racoon and a box of fireworks.
So he raises Rocket Racoon?
Carter Grasonville is my favorite red because he seen a monster and was like fuck it run the bitch over
the real goat
Would Carter Grayson be one of the few examples of a positive Florida Man?
@@Kaltagstar96 He was an evil Florida Man until he was bitten by a radioactive good guy. XD
9:12 For those who haven't seen Power Rangers: It is. Actually it's kind of freaking UNCANNY how good that impression is.
I said the same thing!
Damned if he didn't get that Dudley Do-Right Spot On
Wait is Linkara secretly ninjor I mean with all the shenanigans he gets up to wouldn’t surprise me.
I forgot to add this last night, but Linkara is actually a native of Minnesota and if you have ever heard him use his natural accent, it's frickin uncanny...
I grew up an hour south of the cities where Linkara is from. I promise we don't sound like Fargo, until you get about halfway up the state. Twin Cities down is a lot less "Minnesotan" sounding@@Luxord5294
AHH!!! After 10,000 years this video is free! It’s time to conquer the algorithm!
Alpha, Power Rangers have returned to Linkara’s channel. Recruit a team of nerds with attitude!
GO GO FEDORA RANGERS!!!
MMPR guitar solo 🎸
Unnecessary ‘woosh’ sounds GO!
Hahahaha I get it.
@27:50 I will never get tired of the Carter Grayson worship on this channel!
Carter Grayson, professional BADASS!
Same here favorite Red
33:34 I weirdly always wanted Cruger and Zordon to interact, so this is perfect for me
Zordon/Cruger and Jason/Lauren IMO are the best inter-team interactions.
it makes sense to have the two best mentors (besides Kay, but does Kay count as a mentor?) to interact.
They have similar vibes to them, having them interact just feels right.
They both know all too well how much responsibility is involved in being a leader...
@@stevenhedge2850 She self identifies as the RPM rangers mentor much to there amusement as she's younger than them!
11:04 - If I remember correctly the "Black Dragon" was something the Rangers came up against early on in the leadup to their first encounter with Drakkon. At one point Tommy and Billy are able to get inside it, and they find that not only was it being controlled remotely, but the insides were the same as the Dragonzord - it was the first hint at Drakkon's existence. They knew "their" Rita was working with the Black Dragon but had no idea who was behind it, that it was even Drakkon's zord. It was Drakkon's Dragonzord, heavily modded.
So yeah, as a corruption of his Dragonzord powers, it kinda makes sense.
Personally I'd have gone with "White Dragon" just to make it simple and easier to understand
@@giggukardaguy9077 Might've spoiled the reveal a bit too quickly, tho.
@@TheBonkleFox I meant Drakkon's power, he mixed the Green Dragon and White Tiger powers
He's in a version of the White ranger suit with Draconic armor bits, what else than White Dragon for somebody just looking at the page who doesn't remember the Black Dragon
The Black Dragon was built from the Dragonzord parts. And it isn't a white tigerzord because that Drakkon stole the white power rangers, but didn't get the Tigerzord, the Falconzord, and Sabba.
"Admittedly, this moment of humanity is between a dog and a giant alien head in a tube, but still!"
THIS IS WHY I LOVE COMICS. Sincerity in the absurd! Moments that capture the spirit of the shared experience of living in this world conveyed in the most ridiculous of circumstances! I personally think it makes it hit harder, simply because you're not always expecting it! Want a great place to learn about the struggles of fatherhood and letting your children determine their own path? Go read the comic about the man who dresses up like a bat and punches a clown with mental health issues! Want a haunting story about living in a totalitarian regime, searching for connection, and missing out on opportunities you didn't even know you had? Go read the book about the feral mutant with giant claws in his hands, the WW2 soldier who was frozen in ice for decades, and the wacky mercenary who can talk to the audience! I could go on and on!
No medium is like comics. The most bizarre circumstances can be brought to life on the page, and hit you so hard. May it live for a thousand years.
Hear hear. Well said, mate.
Exactly. The sincerity amid the absurd is the point of comics, and I feel of scifi/fantasy. If you can't embrace that, what's the point?
No matter how crazy something is, if you can relate it makes the moment even better. Comics do that for you.
So Lord Drakkon was basically Superboy Prime? "Everything is cooler on my Earth!".
With the added spice of not just "we both looked into the abyss, and when it looked back at us, you blinked" but the knowledge that he was the only one who blinked, the only Tommy who faltered.
@@peggyliepmann5248
That is really messed up. To know out of the near infinite amount of potential lives, only _you_ buckled under the pressure and switched sides.
Not exactly. He thought all realities sucked, his was only better in the sense that it created him. The universe he really wanted was one of his own making, not just "my [home] earth".
@@andrewowens4421 i personally hate that concept from anarrative standpoint. it feels restrictive, somehow cheapens the actions of the character, and to some degree "tommy worship" in this case.
I don't know, i think it would be way more creative saying "all versions of you (the main villain of the story) are destined to become a great hero", but the villain said "i won't have my destiny or fate chosen by anyone else, ONLY I MAKE MY OWN LIFE!"
Basically take the idea of the canon events of across the spider-verse and do something more creative with them. WHILE ALSO taking the cliche of "only you make your own life" and give it to the villain.
@@louisvictor3473 if anything it makes drakkon look way more pathethic than superboy prime
at least you could argue prime only wanted to go home after being dragged into a conflict he wasn't emotionally prepared for
unlike mr. "i don't want to let anyone into my heart, or the implication that's all my fault, so i will make a world where everyone loves me without worrying about me being the worst version of myself"
This is where we learn the Halloween episodes were a binding ritual that kept Moarte in check, and now he's free!
It's a coincidence that both the original Pokémon anime (Ash's journey) and the original Power Rangers continuity ended the exact same year.
I was sad about one of those
I don't think we can yet say that the original Power Rangers continuity has ended.
@@osirisatot19just like Archie's Mega Man comics
@@osirisatot19it seems to be very complicated from what I've seen seems it might be in development hell though it seems to be a full on reboot.
@@osirisatot19 Simon Bennet said the aim of 'cosmic fury' was to act as a finale to the original continuity before a reboot...which was subsequently cancelled so the franchise is in limbo at the moment [I suspect it would be a full reboot as it's easier to get new viewers].
If every single viewer of this video played the Austin Powers “Oh, no, I’ve gone cross eyed.” clip and we stitched them together to the full length of the video… It still wouldn’t be enough for this comic!
Real story: I introduced a friend of mine to the BOOM! Studios comics by way of these issues. They got really invested in it, and like it was said here, it's all because of the character stuff. Really goes to show how much of a difference that can make when you try to tell a story this massive. Glad to see this on AT4W before the end of the year. It's like the holidays came early!
I love the fact that Lauren gets time to shine, which she didn't get to do in Samurai because of all the Jayden worship.
Lauren should have honestly been the red ranger from the start in that series, would have been really cool to have the female red ranger from the jump.
@ True, but they were probably limited by the Sentai.
@@vgtrp I believe the red ranger 'twist' was in the Sentai [as Samurai is a very close adaption] although I might be wrong.
@@Kaltagstar96 I do wonder if there was some rule that the Red Ranger [usually the main character] had to be male as it's aimed at boys. The only time the Red Ranger was female ended up being 'Cosmic Fury' which was planned as the last series so probably had a bit more freedom to do it.
And now she's one of the main characters in Power Rangers Prime.
Oh man Christmas came early, and Santa is delivering Power Rangers!
Guess you could say it's truly a MAGICAL Christmas!
@@thatonea-hole You could say we're dreaming of a White Ranger!
Santa got my letter! Just what i wanted!
Santa is canon
15:16 so I had met the writer, Kyle Higgins, shortly after this came out and I asked him if this was why some teams know about past teams and some don't but he said "no, that just bad continuity"
37:53 one of the later comics comes back to Drakkon's universe and we see he not only defeated Zedd but enslaved him too
Perfect answer
*flashes back to Lightspeed/Lost Galaxy crossover*
I suppose it's like the continuity mistake with Kahn recognising Chekov, you can contrive an explanation but the story works fine so people give it a pass.
@@jamesatkinsonjaplus the fact that obviously not everyone who’s seen Wrath of Khan saw the Star Trek episode with him in it(or the old show at all).
31:08 Ninjor: "I once got drunk and made morphers that connected to the morphing grid via pudding"
Would this be the power rangers equivalent of Freezing Sentai Gelato 5?
Or Kamen Rider Vram
@@amiablereaper DEFINITELY kamen rider vram
27:39 I know that there are multiples of every ranger color in this series, but I'm somewhat surprised we didn't get a "too much pink energy is dangerous" joke at any point.
I wonder if he's retired that after the joke in the 'Cosmic fury' HOPR episode when that meme turns up in the 30th anniversary special!
Nah, they saved that for the 99th issue post-shattered grid.
13:33 technically zayto did die for good at the end of cosmic fury, as did trini in O&A. then again those were both post shattered grid
This got such a great live action trailer. JDF gave a fantastic monologue. Austin St John gave a good performance of Jason's final battle speech in the Beyond the Grid video too for anyone interested in looking that up.
Lol, Jason became a real person? (I think you meant Austin St. John. Jason Lee Scott is the character's full name)
@@RabblesTheBinx Yep, fixed.
Sadly Hasbro Screwed JDF over and he ended up regretting Lord Drakkon.
@@Zakaria3400 you want to get into more detail of that or you jsut spreading hersay
@@stevenhedge2850 First off you spelled just wrong . 2nd Aaron Schoenke who is working on JDF's final film gave a full hand account along with texts and audio message from JDF himself. They explained it better than I ever could.
9:14
Well joke's on and some A Top the fourth wall fans
Some of us are also history of power ranger fan's
Impossible. Nobody watches HOPR and it's _certainly_ not Linkara's most popular series.
"The number of times a ranger actually died can be counted on one hand, and they always came back."
Trini: Am I a joke to you?
She's a special case, her actress passed away.
38:07 something I just noticed which makes this scene even more tragic, despite knowing Lord Drakkon is about to kill him Finster 5 isn't begging for mercy for himself but rather for Lord Drakkon not to risk his life.
... Yep this is a proper anniversary. It's shocking Boom Studio has such respect and love for Power Rangers while those who did have it other than the OG Saban did care for the show. It's insane! A good story! I had fun!
Eh..... Boom Studios is a hit or miss...
bcause when you think about it, it will later show its own flaws like "we are stuck in mighty morphin forever. and we are never leaving. we are never even making it to Zeo" or wanting to strip the franchise from its main real appeal for the sake of appealing to a mainstream audiences
just look at the megazords whoo look more like generic giant robots instead of a robot that could really split into separate zords.
just look at how SSSS. GRIDMAN and SSSS.DYNAZENON did their giant kaiju monsters and how they could still look like a guy in a suit. now THAT's true dedication
@@ianr.navahuber2195on the one hand, I also greatly prefer megazords when you can actually imagine how the pieces fit together.
On the other hand, I’m not surprised the comic is sticking to MMPR indefinitely. The writers clearly have plenty of ideas remaining AND it’s the most memorable. They might see switching to a different team as needlessly rocking the boat, and I’m sure plenty of people would agree with them.
@@UncalibratedAimbot only sticking to the popular ones (in space, SPD, RPM, time force.... and for some reason REALLY loving to give lauren from samurai the spotlight and only her).
I get why (marketing), but to some degree it seemed like they only wanted to play it safe and only kept adding unnecesary stuff to things that weren't needed (the backstory of the dragon shield; trying to set up dark spectre as the darkeid of power rangers) and yet still trying to act like "this is happening in the continuity of the show wink wink"
which makes you wonder "why keep adding stuff that its clearly retcons or too much lore that doesn't really matter? "
they could have gone wilder by basically admitting "after shattered grid, the comic book continuity is its own continuity so we are gonna go nuts"
I think the only time they actually got out of their comfort zone was telling the story of heckyl / dino charge dark ranger.
and that actually matters as while heckyl doesn't actually mention it when he appears in cosmic fury, it is a nice bonus
@ > they could have gone wilder by basically admitting "after shattered grid, the comic book continuity is its own continuity so we are gonna go nuts"
Except they already did that. The 2017 Mighty Morphin annual shows that comic book Zach and 90s tv show Zach are different people in different realities. This means the comic is not the exact same reality as the tv show, it is in fact its own reality.
It’s kinda funny that the “problem” you’re bringing up was addressed and resolved seven years ago.
@UncalibratedAimbot that makes it worse. If they really addressed that long ago, they had no reason to remain 6 years stuck in the events of Mighty Morphin S1 - S2
29:54 Ninjor would love the Ninja Rap, I can imagine him dancing to it after beating a monster. Changing the lyrics to "Ninjor , Ninjor , rap! Go, go, go, go Go Ninjor, go Ninjor, go!"
Dr. K and Carter Grayson team up for ultimate badass
I'm glad there were no issues from the excess of pink energy
Carter and Dr. K could solo Drakkon's army by themselves. XD
Lord drakkon: what knightmare snyderverse should have been as a dark timeline
I really liked the idea that the death of one of the original Power Rangers, and especially Tommy, could shatter time and space this way. Think about it: without Tommy his Ranger team might’ve been defeated/killed by Rita, Zedd, Mondo, Divatox, or Mesagog…meaning that the world ends or gets enslaved at five different points in history. There’s also the fact that through team-ups alone nearly all of Power Rangers history links back to the MMPR, so any team being forced to fight two separate major villains without the other Ranger team to back them up will probably fall.
Although now I want to see a “what if” kind of series for MMPR of what would happen if the villains won and then had to defend Earth against all the villains to come after. Just imagine Rita & Zedd having finally gotten over their fighting with dinosaur-themed teenagers…only to have Mesagog want to turn EVERYONE into dinosaurs.
Rita: "More dinosaurs?! Dammit, I'm getting another headache!"
Rest in power, Jason, David Frank
The "rest in power" phrase is a little inappropriate to use with Jason David Frank; that phrase is usually reserved for people who've died as a result of systemic oppression (like police brutality or a result of transphobia). JDF was an inspiration to all of us and a major part of Power Rangers and his death was steeped in tragedy, but "rest in power" is not the right term to use here.
@MarkGuerrero-cz9bh Lol no. Technically you are both right, if you Wikipedia the phrase it does say that both have been used for all three of those reasons mentioned. With the third reason being occasional where other people used outside the main context in is used it.
The best thing about Lewis and this series is that I can go ages without watching an episode and watch a random one and feel right at home! It's been 15 odd years and nothing feels tired, Lewis is still the same guy with the same passions and enthusiasm. The format of these videos have barely changed since the days of him shooting episodes late at night, in his parents house, and it still doesn't feel old.
Same. It's been a while since I visited the 4th Wall, but things look good.
The original Lord Drakken design is amazing. It is just the perfect blend of the Green and White Ranger designs.
Honestly, given how old power rangers is now, i wonder how many people who come to the videos casually even grew up with original mighty morphin. Like, my first ranger team was Lightspeed Rescue (or technically the ivan ooze movie, if you wanna count that) and that was 20+ years ago. I honestly find myself needing your recaps more for the older stuff than for the newer stuff xD
I've been a fan since mighty morphin OG and haven't forgotten it. That said, it's always nice to have a review of the old stuff because you'll notice things you didn't when you were five. But yeah, Power Rangers is an old series and thus comes with _a lot_ of history to sus through.
Fellow longtime fan here. My first show was Wild Force, but I did experience rangers all across the timeline through the "Best of the Power Rangers" block on ABC Family so I knew about all the shows in the timeline (also how I figured out about my favorite team, Lightspeed Rescue). By the time Dino Thunder came out, my 8 year old brain registered that Tommy being on the team was a big stonking deal, so even to someone who wasn't even alive when MMPR aired I can understand the value of that original team.
Good point. I suppose via pop culture osmosis to the person on the street, you say Power Rangers, they think of Mighty Morphin [and elements like Rita Repulsa or Bulk+ Skull] even if they never watched it-like if you said 'Star Trek' to that same person they'd say Kirk or Picard even if they were two young for the original TV shows of both captains.
Ninja Storm was my first, followed by Dino Thunder, and SPD before I aged out of it. I’ve never seen the original Mighty Morphin. Before HOPR, the clip show episode of Dino Thunder was my only exposure to Tommy’s history.
I'm an oldie that started at the beginning with MMPR.
Something i really like about the start of shattered grid is that Jen/Time Force pink, acts as a temporary 6th ranger for the MMPR team after Tommy got offed by Drakkon, its neat that we get to see teams that never interact on screen join up and help each other in the comics.
Also, Jen is great in this story, all of the rangers are.
I also like how they show the humanity of everyone, the MMPR team grieving Tommy, Jen and Kimberly sharing a moment, Cruger and Zordon talking to each other and genuinely having a moment together, etc.
This whole comic is really good.
17:54 “Ninja Steel is the weakest. Mainly because it feels like it was written by people who only had a loose understanding of Ninja Steel’s characters.”
Probably because Ninja Steel is the one PR series that was null and void of ANY character development for the rangers themselves
there was but the character development it had is either for the side characters (look at preston's dad for example) or contradictory (like that episode where they don't want calvin to drop from school into a job as a mechanic, even though that was a good job and at no point they think he can do both)
A cool thing about the timing of this episode: at the time of release, there is a new Power Rangers comic about Lauren that is coming out called Power Rangers: Prime.
so, yeah. Finster-5 was really the only thing which was super odd because they never did ever show why him and Drakkon have a father/son type relationship. I think they needed someone from the villains to work for Drakkon, and considering the choices they had with Ritas merry band of fun and joy Finster was probably the only kinda viable solution.
As a lifelong Power Ranger fan, your love for Carter Greyson is awesome and shared.
yeah Shattered Grid is a great example on how to do a Crossover, every character gets respected, there's a lot of Interactions that explore the characters, & while Lord Drakkon is basically Evil Tommy the plot it's still All the Good guys teraming up to fight one Common Badguy instead of Heroes vs Heroes
More or less respected?
@dylansharp8471 neither. they get Respected. It's not a comparison
Shattered Grids promotional hype is what got me into the Boom Studios Rangers comics and thank God it did. Shattered Grid is not only a top tier event storyline.. that was everything I wanted the shows to be and more (speaking as a 26 year old fan niw and not 12) it introduced me to the wonderful work Boom was doing with the license and I never looked back, follower every issue since. All the characters meeting, Lord Drakkon, the interactions, the art, the action and the story.... Shattered Grid will def be remembered by Ranger fans for a long time.. glad this was finally covered 🔥
My recommendation for that Astro mega ship that won’t be quiet. Take the batteries out. Unless it’s making noise without the batteries inside it.
It's magic
24:20 My explanation for that is this. We know that the suits can change sizes to fit the Ranger (Rocky and Jason both fitting into MMPR Red, Lauren and Jayden both fitting for Samurai Red, Justin fitting into an adult sized suit.) So maybe the Zords can also change sizes to fit the Ranger or Rangers in them.
Seeing Linkara admit how awesome Carter is will always bring a smile to my face.
Also, you forgot how in the finale for Lightspeed, Carter told his team to seal him in the equivalent of the underworld just to prevent the demons from getting out.
I think I can actually explain why SPD appears where it does in that "Timeline." See, them going back to the past to meet the Dino Thunder rangers meant that they were, at the time, the next "Active" ranger team in that time period. So despite them only briefly appearing there, they were technically the next ones in operation.
Can’t remember how long it’s been since we heard the “TIME FOR BACKSTORY” bit.
This is one of my favorite Power Rangers comic storylines in the entire 30 years of the franchise. I got the ultimate collectors edition hardcover as my first boom Power Rangers comic, and I will read that thing everything every time I get a chance.
Honestly i do like that we do see more of the personal relationship between the rangers and how well they interact off of one another
The parallel Mighty Morphin universe could be the one from the Fox movie.
Kinda surprised the 2017 version was left out. The blue ranger from that was in the Battle for the Grid.
I used to read comics a lot as a kid and also really like Power Rangers so I am always interested in the comics. I'm nearly blind though and as such can no longer read comics because the text is too small and the images are too hard to decipher. Videos like this going over storylines are the best thing ever and thank you linkara for making them!!! It's a way to make the media accessible and I'm forever grateful. I've learned so much about comics from your channel and I kept hoping you'd eventually cover the shattered grid storyline and today's the day!!!! Yay!!!
Thanks for all the hard work. It's greatly appreciated! Happy holidays!
It's nice to have it more explicitly stated that Dr. K is your favourite character in the entirety Power Rangers - not because she's mine too (...although she is) but because of the sheer testament it is to Olivia Tennet's acting. Yes, the character concept and backstory are _damn_ strong and she's often very well-written but none of it works without her performance.
In fact, all the regulars on RPM did remarkably good jobs. The budget was likely minuscule and the amount of work required to adapt it from the Sentai unusually high, so I seriously doubt they had time for multiple takes on many scenes unless there was a flub and there are plenty of experienced actors in Hollywood who would struggle to deliver so consistently without multiple takes.
It's telling that the RPM cast is probably the one that has had the most success in there acting careers after Power Rangers-Eka Darville was in the recent 'Planet of the Apes' film and Rose McIver is a regular in 'Ghosts USA' for example. It would be interesting to see Linkara review 'Blood Punch' which reunited much of the RPM Cast.
@@jamesatkinsonja That's great to hear - I usually give Dan Ewing the second-most praise because I love a good reaction shot and the subtle looks of amusement you tend to see from him when Ziggy's talking add a lot to the character without needing another second of screen time or cent of budget.
Eka Darville and Rose McIver, though, give _very_ cultured performances by Power Rangers standards. Darville's is quite understated but that's just the nature of his character and helps ground things a bit.
EDIT: I kind of realised that this sounded, just by omission, like I don't rate Ari Boyland's performance but his might actually have been the best at appealing to both young children and older fans. He generally gives the impression that he's having a _blast_ in the role but also gets across a great sense of warmth and humanity in quieter moments.
42:45 Oh hey, it’s the ZAP Astro Megazord I sent you in the P.O Box
Oh, yes. Opening UA-cam and seeing this first thing on the page? This makes me smile.
14:21 So the Morphin Gird turned into Super Sentai’s continuity?
This was a nice epitaph to History of Power Rangers.
Really has been a while since we saw a Power Rangers comic reviewed. Let's see the Power Rangers/Ninja Turtles crossover next!
*YES!!*
I would want to see him do Batman/Turtles first, but either would be good.
Doubt unless Patreon sponsored he'd do the upcoming Turtles/Naruto one though.
Both of them. There are 2.
@@calebgoodman3028 And hopefully a third given 2's cliffhanger ending.
@ I hope so too. Same with the Justice League crossover.
Legit, I got hyped seeing Carter show up in the episode. Dude is one of my favorite Rangers and it's a shame he didn't do much in the comics.
Still, overall this was a fun ride. As someone who's been with the series for decades (first series I can remember watching was Wild Force, but there was also the "Best of Power Rangers" block that filled me in on the other 8 teams up to that point) it was a fun ride noticing each of the different Rangers that showed up and being like "Oh hey, I know that ranger". I have too many things to say to put into one comment, but what I will say is it was awesome to see Doggy Kruger interact with Zordon, seeing Jen and Eric hug was heartwarming, and overall this comic event was badass!
Shame that when all the Super Sentai teams team up it ends up being... Super Hero Taisen... Bleh...
Or it could be the battle against the Zangyack in Gokaiger. That one's pretty good.
Let's be fair. Linkara is right that with some energy drinks, a gun, and sword, Carter would have swept the entire story
@Drums_of_Liberation Agreed. Now I'm just imagining Carter taking on Drakkon's army Doom style. Team him up with Dr. K and you'll fully erase Drakkon from existence.
The fact I was rewatching the SPD HOPR when this dropped is so perfect 😂
"I've been looking forward to this" - Count Dooku
Interesting thumbnail, you look like Narutaki, a villain from 2009's Kamen Rider Decade, infamous for his apparent catchphrase "Onore...Dikeido!"
Meanwhile, this was a great video. Maybe it wasn't as in-depth comprehensive as some would've liked, but frankly...it didn't have or need to be, this was just fine!! And oh yeah, your Zordon & Ninjor were spot-on...your Doggie Kruger, however, not so much (that sounded like Doggie tryna cosplay as Zordon).
One thing I like about this that's just for fanfic writers like myself? A LOT of us use Finster as 'the good one' amongst Rita's forces. He's a loyal minion, who believes in the forces of evil. If you need a noble demon, he's your guy, and seeing that basically canonized was nice. Normally you'd expect them to use Goldar or someone, but nope, Finster was just better in that role.
What's funny is that this comic actually gave finster an origin and it might make him the most twisted out of all of Rita's minions by a wide margin.
@@Igarappappa And probably the most traumatized.
@megatron8449 true but at the same time a lot of the pain in his life was self-inflicted even if it was unintentional.
@Igarappappa True, but it's still tragic.
The "especially one that won't SHUT THE HELL UP!" may have been one of the funniest bits he's ever done and idk why
AT4W and Rita’s Rewind, it’s gonna be a good day.
unfortunately the Rita's Rewind game is awful. The gameplay is really bad, and it's getting absolutely trashed with negative Steam reviews. But hey at least this video was nice.
@@thenightstar8312really? I thought it’s been ok so far. Not mind blowing but not terrible
@@sscool100don't listen to them enjoy the game while you can
OH PS - At Power Morphicon that year, there was a table reading of some of the issues of this. David Fielding did Zordon's callout to all the Rangers teams...using a synthesizer provided by Ron Wasserman. I was lucky enough to be there and I GOT CHILLS.
While time existed upon a singular line, Jen was able to send herself to the origin point of the damage, however, with time now shattered, both the past and future are in flux, a fixed point can no longer be locked onto and destination cannot be selected.
The concent of Shattered Grid could've made for such an amazing multi-part live action film or animated movie series!
It's honestly interesting to see Tommy be a villain now and i think they do a good job with him as a villain and pull off some great stuff
26:09 The best explanation/headcanon that I can come up with for why the Dragonzord and Tor haven't been seen since Mighty Morphin is because they were dismantled along with the Ninja and Shogun Zords to help build the Zeo Zords. It's not like Zordon and Alpha couldn't have used their technology to teleport them to the command center and dismantle them.
34:12 its something I LOVE in crossover or even time travel stories
but that often gets overlooked, both by the people making them and the people experiencing them.
Just look at the SRW (super robot wars/taisen) games, which are often full of moments like these, great character interaction and surprisingly good writing in mixing the different plots together into a cohesive whole (often having characters actually develop and avoid mistakes they made in the source material due to the influence of others... Just look at literally any SRW game with evangelion and Shinji actually getting some damn emotional support for once)... but the vast majority of people disregard those games as being nothing but fancy attach animations and fanfic crossover fanservice bait.
Heck super robot wars actually fixes some things people had a problem with from the source material [like With what they did with Nia from Gurren lagann]
@@jadenbryant9283 pretty much, yeah.
@@jadenbryant9283 Or some games with Gundam SEED Destiny when it comes to Shinn Asuka.
In my school vr game, The Fractured World (Drakkon world) is a very unique area and heres some highlights (Photoius recent boss fight reveals it has a Megazord museum, Photoius stole parts of the Og, samurai and Omega Megazords and used it as armour and Goalius used Queen Bansheera fortress massive amount of Argent energy which Drakkon originally planned to use to punch a hole into the morphine grid and used it to reach Goalius advance adult state)
The Green Ranger suit reminds me of when you jumped in the Nostalgia Critic review as the one who loves Power Rangers. Got me to start watching your stuff.
The Boom Studios Comic is actually what my group is using as the lore base for our Table Top campaign Power Rangers CyberStrike, its a fun campaign, my character's actually from KO35 and grew up and is friends with Andros and his Adopted family
I read the full line up years ago and I wished there would be a moment between drakon even talking to dino thunder black Dr.O to even plant a seed of doubt or something
That Ninjor impression is pretty spot on.
27:47 So a big part of why this reviews interesting to me is I did get into Battle for the Grid; a Fighting game tie-in to this exact book series. While im not a power rangers fan, I was disappointed that every DLC pack past the second one kept introducing characters from the Mighty Morphin team. Like okay, I get it, its the most popular team, but you already have several characters from it in the base roster AND introduced Zed in the DLC. Scorpina's fun gameplay wise but I always felt the game needed to put more emphasis on just repping all the Power Rangers they could; ESPECIALLY when we didnt even have a proper blue ranger in the game (the one we got was from the edgy reboot movie and is technically the one thats already dead at the start). Stuff like this monologue here is great cause it introduces me to elements of the series i'm not aware of and actually makes me more interested in trying the series out than the parts Im already familiar with.
Worth noting people were asking for A Psycho Rangers rep as well as Dino Thunder Blue.
First Phelous releases a new video and not long after this? This is amazing!!!!!!
*COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!!*
29:30 I'd like to point out that those two other ships the rangers are jumping out of beside the Pteradactyl zord are straight up just Pelican dropships from Halo. Which means there's a Halo fracture universe where the Spartan-II supersoldiers are Power Rangers....
I'm pretty sure the MMPR team shown in the beginning there were the TV show team, since this is obviously not the TV show Time Force.
I was at Powermorphicon 2018, where I actually met you Linkara, and got the Lord Drakkon figure. It was a good weekend for me. David Fielding and Paul Schrier were so nice.
So I honestly thought you were goona say "Santa vs Darkseid" and for a second there I was SO hyped.
19:53 I love that her bow is two swords of darkness Darth Mauled together
This comic series is what PR needs to break into the mainstream again. They should adapt the Boom! Studios comics into an animated series to build an audience and then adapt it in some live action movies when that audience gets a little older.
Man, this just reminded me how much i loved Go Go Power Rangers. That series was just such a fun mix of slice of life and action-adventure storytelling.
Maybe I need to read it again, but I remember really liking Shattered Grid... *until* the ending. Drakkon is a genocidal maniac whose scheme puts Dark Specter's invasion in Countdown To Destruction to shame, and the Rangers don't beat him, he borderline beats himself because he has self esteem issues. He's arguably the most evil villain in the entire franchise and his motivation boils down to "he's sad he doesn't have friends" (even though he's literally murdered or enslaved anyone who ever cared for him) AND Tommy even offers him a chance at redemption. Drakkon did not deserve that. At all. And the fact that this was the finale to the big 25th Anniversary story line made it even worse, in my eyes.
"I HATE temporal mechanics!"--Miles O'Brien's review of "Shattered Grid."
Linkaras got really good at the hat twirl in the opening
31:14 Nyelv Stomach: Yeaaaah, about that.
I remember watching your videos recapping all the seasons like a decade ago. I just happened to see this in my algorithm. Cool to see your still out here doinng it
I love the running jokes on this channel I saw the serpentara triple a battery joke coming a second ahead of the video
Will love to see Linkara talking about the Trial of Astronema comic
Oh man. Was not having the best day but saw this on my feed and managed a smile. Thanks Linkara💜
Think there were any teams that were rejected? The Mightily Murdered Power Ringers, the Mighty Morphing Rump Rangers, the Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers, the Parody Rangers...
I wanted to tell my power rangers story. First, I had a chance to meet Jason David Frank...but couldn't. A friend of mine did! And she said "He liked my art and costume!" "What's he like?" "You can see him coming from like a mile away!" she said. "He's boutious, and loud, and bold!" "So, the oppisite of Johnny Yong Bosch? Johnny's quiet, kinda shy, and has a dry wit like I do." I said replied. "YOU MET HIM!?" She was amazed. "Yeah. Had dinner with him and breakfast the next day. Nice guy, he's a bit...he's got this "Gosh golly Boy next door" vibe going on. No wonder women like him, that's kinda endearing." She smiled and said "He's handsome, that's for sure!" "Johnny was a bit hungover at breakfest. I came over and "MORNING JOHNNY! HOW'S IT GOING!?" He looked right at me...and said. "Dude...it's too...EARLY...coffee." I wanted to learn about what he's like as a person, and his favorite "South Park" episode is the "WOW" one." "I love that one!!" she laughed. "At the end of the con, I was standing off to the side and he came right up to me and said "Heeey..Mike! Nice meeting you, man! Good luck with your book! See ya later!" Guy's a class act."
Dang, the fact you remembered the whole convo with your friend was impressive enough.
Also cool meeting Johnny Yong Bosch, man.
I remember seeing him at a panel years ago and I asked him how he felt being recognized as all these different TV roles. He was super humble about it and said he's glad people see him in anime and PR but he's just Johnny. What a cool guy.
@@JennyBlaze253 Yeah, he was. He said hi to me on twitter once...Jason David Frank did as well. I commented on this photo of him in a karate outfit, wearing sunglasses, in front of a harley davidson...and I said "I'm getting some '80s vibes from this." He gave it a big "Like". JDF, RIP.
Makes sense Drakkon is definitely the odd one out of the Tommy Olivers, normally when you're mentally enslaved by an evil space witch, you first instinct shouldn't be to go back and work for her
I absolutely LOVE the Gravezord. It looks freaking METAL, like an end series Digimon form. And then theres the Mega Megazord, aka the "Whatever-We're-Calling-It" Megazord. Because GODDAMN, that is one of the greatest fusions ever.
I have waited a long time for this, i love this storyline, despite my recent displeasure from the oversaturation of mighty morphin stuff, like its basically the only thing the higher ups keep pushing.
Shame we couldn't get Carter and TJ together to compare ranger school notes
On what? How to get cooked into a giant pizza or lose to Divatox? 😂 I kid, that self destruct move was ballsy.
I like how the Ninjor impression really reminds me of comedian Harry Sercombe of the Goon Show fame
33:35 "do they still post that godawful meme in your timeline? Because it feels like it WILL. NOT. DIE. in this one."