In defense of Troy's actor, it's been said that anytime he tried to act with emotion, the director told him to cut it out. They actually wanted him to be that blank of a person
@@Knightfall182 If I am remembering right, he wasn't even an actor, he was a model. And when the director wants a blank piece of cardboard, no actor will deliver quality
@@PissedGrunty He couldn't even deliver that. Watch the first season of Megaforce, most of his lines are awkwardly ADRed in... as in they couldn't get any good takes with him during filming, and they had to redub all his deliveries. Terrible.
Bro You should've talked about Turbo's finale It was jawdropping, dark, and seamlessly tied itself to Space. It's unlike anything we've ever seen in the Power Rangers franchise. Easily the highlight of Turbo
@Diva woke? edgy? what are you talking about? not everybody watches the japanese sentai and that doesn't make anybody lesser. you're being an elitist for Power Rangers, dog. there are no words to describe how lame that is.
@@chrisanders713 lol. bruh so true! though i disagree about the having young ranger. when i was growing up i thought hey if a kid can be a ranger, so cn i!
That pizza episode was so bad it’s good. My all time favorite out of context line from a show is “The evil pizza was no match for a simple traffic light.”
For the record, the production did NOTHING to incentivise its returning actors. They had to pay their own way to New Zealand, visas, room and board, everything. What they got paid for the 2 days of shooting makes the whole thing amount to volunteer work.
Because of the Japan earthquake, most Gokaiger actors had organized their reunion off screen and they paid own way. So of course Saban figured his rangers would fly around the world on own dime.
There have also been actors who said they would have liked to come for the Mega-Battle, but the production team gave them a 6 month warning. Which is last minute in Hollywood and other schedules. They simply could not get the time off.
Also some of the original actors made it very clear that the Saban team put zero effort in reaching out to them. Steve Cardenas and David Yost both received generic, badly written emails that couldn't even address them personally, every message just said "dear power ranger..." It's hard not to put the blame on Saban and especially Tzachor.
"I'm sure they tried their hardest to get these people involved." Interviews with a David Yost, Karan Ashley, and just about any ranger actor who didn't show up seems to indicate that it was a generic email and accommodations that would have made Tommy Wiseau seem professional.
In my opinion, one of the things that set Super Megaforce up for total failure is the fact that it was Super Megaforce instead of its own season with a new team. Going from Megaforce's more general power set from Goseiger to the heavily pirate-themed Gokaiger made no damn sense. Them going from having their standard Ranger form, Ultra form, now a "Super Mega" mode, AND "Legendary Ranger" mode was just ridiculous. They would have been far better off just making it its own separate season. And yeah, the writing is absolute garbage tier across all of Megaforce. Which is a shame, because I feel like the actors could have done better with material that didn't suck.
The reason why Turbo didn't have an origin story is Turbo: A Power Rangers movie served as that seasons Origin of how the rangers got their powers. Also why Mega Force failed is a variety of reasons. It served as an anniversary season but mostly used powers from a sentai we never got....and the story was all over the place
I don't recall the movie ever explaining where the new zords came from, why the Zero powers weren't strong enough or even whatever happened the Zero powers on the first place?
@@connorwood9211 wasnt there a thing like "the zeo crystals will get more powerful day after day" maybe it is a fake memory of mine, but if true, can mean that simplely
@@connorwood9211 I think I remember hearing there was a plot being thrown around that Billy helped design the new powers, but that obviously got dropped when he left the show due to harrasment.
Unfortunately even with the Turbo movie being a canon origin for the Turbo Rangers, the best explanation it gives is "Divatox is going to the Nemesis Triagle. Here are some new zords and new suits."
Yeah, Megaforce sucked big time. Know what didn't suck? One of the shows that it's based on, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. It starts with all of the previous Super Sentai joining forces to fight off the Zangyack Empire before sacrificing their powers to repel Zangyack from Earth. The Gokaigers would eventually collect the Ranger Keys that the Sentai Powers were turned into, allowing them to transform into their predecessors, but to gain the ability to use the true power of the previous teams, they had to earn the approval of said teams. Who are the Gokaigers? Five Space Pirates on a quest for the Greatest Treasure in the universe. They honestly didn't care about protecting Earth at first, but they didn't like the Zangyack, and their rule as pirates was that if they saw something they didn't like, they'd smash it. Eventually, those five would learn why their predecessors fought so hard to protect Earth.
That's why I dislike Super Megaforce the most, out of any PR season. Gokaiger was a great Super Sentai season (probably my favorite season ever). It had a great cast of characters, the plot (while straightforward as most Sentai seasons are) made for great character development, the action scenes were hype, and the music was phenomenal (especially Gokaioh's theme). Super Megaforce ruined all of that. It didn't have the fiery spirit that Gokaiger did, especially since you had so many Ranger actors not to return to the series for the season - while with Gokaiger, each moment a veteran Ranger was called for, that actor showed up. Point is, Gokaiger while an anniversary season, has a lot going for it.
To recap, Gokaigers did better because they were real pirates, and Super Megaforce is just like a parody of the Gokaiger. I only watched the Super Megaforce because of Megazords and Gokai change lol.
Linkara has a great breakdown of why Megaforce blows. It essentially boils down to: a fan of the sentai in charge, a Japanese director from the sentai, poor oversight on Saban's part, and a lack of command in charge that left getting the Veteran actors back until the last month... From what Linkara goes into, it sounds like SMF was ment to be Saban's big callback to its 20 years of Power Rangers; but instead turned into a disappointment for fans and Saban, resulting in Haim actually getting involved to salvage the next season... which might be why Dino and Ninja (or was it the other way round?) Seemed more like a love letter to Power Rangers, then MF and SMF ever were... ...I never watched SMF, The first few Megaforce episodes were enough to know that it sucked. And even seeing the Legendary Battle on UA-cam didn't wow me...
Yeah, I kinda consider Linkara to be the authority on this stuff. He just goes into more detail than anyone else and the backings and reasons for his opinions are always really solid.
I respect Linkara, but honestly... Megaforce is my 4th favorite season. MMPr 1-3 ( I count in one ball), Lightspeed Rescue, and Ninja Storm are the only seasons I enjoyed more.
@@the-NightStar getting info and background from Linkara is fine, not like it would be hard to attain yourself though. What I dislike is when ppl use his opinion on a season, and claim it to he fact, when they themselves never watched a season to form said opinion. A handful of season he really didn't dig, turned out to be some of my favorites. I only watched them to see what he was going on about. Now, I don't even bother with his channel.
Exactly. Linkara is to Power Rangers what Red Letter Media is to Star Wars; informative, but also very nitpicky. People take his word on something as gospel, like his observations are so brilliant and cutting edge, when really a lot of it is just nerd-bombing the material in question into oblivion. @@mungosmungo8694
As soon as you said “I don’t watch the sentai” I knew your take on Megaforce. Gokaiger was an incredible show, even for nonsentai fans. Watch the source, skip the North American nonsense
@@Hylan171 I honestly prefer SMF. Gokaiger cast all rubbed me the wrong way except for Lukka, Don, and Gai. Was a really hard season for me (personally to enjoy)
What makes Megaforce even more disappointing is the fact they ruined Gokaiger. I know you say you don't watch the sentai, but they took a Top 5 placer for the Sentai and dropped it down to bottom 5 for Power Rangers. Gokaiger introduced the same gimmick of transforming into all previous rangers, but they also had episodes dedicated to meeting, fighting with, protecting, or learning from those previous teams, and did them every 2 or 3 episodes throughout the season. Megaforce did 3 (the Jungle Fury Casey episode, which is almost one to one, then the WIld Force and RPM ones, that were zord only meet-ups) But the main point I want to make is that Gokaiger had enough of its own thing that it would be good to great without the past powers gimmick. If you removed it from Megaforce though, there would be NOTHING left.
That was along the lines of what I tried to say when I mentioned the cameo by Casey from Jungle Fury in my comment. It was nice to not only see a student ascend to a master so long after we last saw him, but getting to see Casey exercise that wisdom and experience to teach these rangers without them ever knowing who he is until the end... It gives the characters more development and plays on Nostalgia in just the right way, the problem comes when they only exist for an episode or two and don't carry those lessons for the series, as they never truly evolve and develop as characters because of this.
@@mikedavies6979 The Casey episode was probably my favorite out of the season, but it was pretty much an exact copy of the Sentai episode with Geki Red. The one thing they added that I love is that Casey talks about their animal spirits being their Goseiger zords, which I found to be a really nice touch. Jason Smith, Casey's actor, was also the writer for four Super Megaforce episodes.
@@PissedGrunty Aside from Sentai specific stuff (As I've never seen it) I know most things about the series, and I knew that Casey (Prefer using character names to keep it simple) did direct a few episodes, though I never learned which ones. With that being said... you get what I mean though, using Nostalgia to amplify what is there and not completely outshine it as did in most every other episode... even the big ranger battle doesn't help because all they are doing is showing things we actually want to see and then reverting back to the dumpster fire bargain bucket downgrade that is Megaforce. They never enhance their own show and premise, just show a highlight reel of everything better and subsequently what makes their own series worse.
That’s awesome! I’m watching the sentai on Tubi but they only have up to hurricaneger. I want to see more and I also want to watch the Vs. Episodes too. Where do you watch sentai?
The "it's intended for children" excuse is complete detritus. It implies that kids don't deserve good quality content and they need to be talked down constantly. Shows like Avatar, several of the Power Rangers seasons, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars are proof that kids shows don't need to be devoid of meaning and substance in order to appeal to the youth.
Not really. Saying it's for kids means the message shouldn't be hidden. DS9, some episodes will fly over your head for years because of nuance in dialogue. Like yeah you may get the gist of it, but some need rewatches asyou age so you can appreciate another layer. Saban wanted his show aimed at the younger side of 6-11, so more merchandise is bought. Avatar aimed at the 10/11 year olds more. Avatar wasn't needed to sell nearly as much merch to be profitable.
Honestly Justin wasn’t really all that bad in my opinion. Sure it was a little weird making a child the go to smart one on the team instead of a teenager but Justin did a pretty good job in showing his character. It made sense how he was a normal kid and wanted to use his intelligence to help the power rangers and ended up becoming one by accidentally discovering their secret by checking on rocky. The character was annoying and weird at times but also kind of great for what he’s supposed to be. Also made a lot of sense why he stayed on earth instead of going to space. Although Justin isnt the problem of Turbo. The problem is… well Turbo. Don’t understand how some silly cars would be a better upgrade than great majestical powers like the Zeo crystal or the mighty morphin dinosuar power coins or even aquatic Aliens
It got sadly never explained, but the Turbo power was supose to being charged with the Zeo and Dino Coins. Kinda like a combination between the two Powers. But yeah as it never got officialy explained, was a bit weird
I feel like only Casey from Jungle Fury had a respectable episode cameo in Super Megaforce. They only managed it because the actor was also a writer for Megaforce.
I saw a video of him saying that he wished he would rejoin the show for a whole season, but he was a Union actor and Power Rangers isn't part of the Union.
Actually he was asked if he would do it on Twitter he said hell no it was something to do with Saban not a fulfilling an agreement that they had together or something technically David yost hate the franchise especially after the way they treated him the only uses the franchise for publicity
I honestly lost interest into mega force and super mega force seasons. Having the idea of using the ability to change into legendary rangers was an agreeable idea but your right that the way the show was set out just made it not any good. When I started watching turbo i had myself very confused from the first episode and ( I could be wrong) the most part of the episode must’ve taken place after the film “ Turbo a Power rangers movie”. I only thought about that because there were some cuts from the film that has been put in there.
Turbo: had some of the coolest looking zords and the music was great! Operation Overdrive: it had an interesting concept and I think the first time we had more than ONE major bad guy in the series, Will was a cool ranger (I know his actor did some shady stuff in real life though); not to mention the first black person to play a black ranger since MMPR and Once a Ranger is iconic! Megaforce/Super Megaforce: Gia is bae...nuff said
Dear sir or madame, there was no worse season of Power Rangers on this Earth than Turbo. If I didn't have such a crush on Divatox, I would've capped it altogether.
@@QoQabai658 I'm a guy and hey I never said I LOVED or HATED Turbo, I DO LOVE the Turbo Megazord and the theme song is amazing! That's all I said HAHAHA
IMO, Turbo is really overhated. Now I’m not saying it’s a great season, but I feel like it’s not as bad as people make it out to be. Turbo at least had a lot going for such as the 2nd half being decent, the 2nd team had development from T.J to Cassie, some episodes are actually fun, the introduction of the Phantom Ranger, and of course, the finale that really had raising the stakes. I would rather prefer watching the entirety of Turbo than Super Megaforce and Super Ninja Steel.
I'd actually say that Turbo improved with the cast change. It was abrupt and poorly handled for sure but Turbo felt so weird in its first half with Tommy's sudden interest in cars and the brighter highschool vibe but they were graduating? The first half of Turbo could't figure out how to naturally build the characters. Second Half was just bland but it gave us hints at characters that became much better in Space.
I thing the other thing that didn't help the series with stock footage is that halfway thru the sentai, they had terrorist attacks on the subways in Japan, so they tried to lighten up the show abruptly, whereas if they kept they're path it would've been one of the darker sentais.
@@robertrogers074 Nothing inherently, it's how it was handled. Turbo already had a number of sudden plot shifts, so they're powered by cars and Tommy is suddenly interested in cars? The show never explains its sudden interest in racing or cars. What we needed was a scene where Tommy wonders about what he'll do after highschool and sees people working at a garage so he starts working part time. Then you have a coworker bring up racing and the problem is fixed. Bulk and Skull had a segway when they stopped being bullies and started being Jr Police. They talk about girls liking uniforms they see a program they sign up and the arc just flows. Without establishing these things it reveals the artifical nature of the story. Tommy can be anything or have any interest at any point but the idea is that he's the character we've known for years. Dino Thunder can at least explain archeology as something that happened offscreen. Turbo hard cuts into Tommy's new interest the way it throws the Turbo powers at the viewers without explaining why Zeo isn't enough. The new cast was nice BECAUSE it forced them to reintroduce things and clearly the writers learned as Turbo segways itself into Power Rangers In Space. Can you imagine if Turbo ended without Divatox winning or them losing their powers and the next season just starts with them suddenly needing to be in Space and TJ starts building model Rockets? It'd just be strange.
I personally really really want to see the Dino Thunder Rangers to return more. Those guys are my childhood. Anytime I see the suits appear I become super happy. I know some of the actors aren't interested or have had a bad time on set. But they're still my heroes. I know Emma Lahana doesn't want to be referred as Kira anymore because of past issues but if I could talk to her and the others I tell them thank you. You guys were my childhood and I'm grateful for the experience you left me with.
@nitrostormskystriker478 I'd never say that. It's been my favorite from the first time I saw it as a kid. I'm 24 now and am still a fan of the rangers.
I've only watched up to Dino thunder, and I can say without a doubt that turbo is my least favorite. The best thing about turbo is Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley, the yellow ranger. I mean, she's 1 of the most gorgeous female leads if not THE most gorgeous to put on a suit. I also enjoyed all the characters (not justin) carrying over to the space series. Space really made up for turbo
I'd rewatch Turbo every time if it meant Space was still there. I think Space is the best season they made to date, and wholly worthy of all the praise it gets.
The main problem with megaforce and super megaforce is that they are a hyrbrid adapation of two separate sentai series, Goseiger (megaforce) and Gokaiger (super megaforce).
Saban was in such a hurry to meet the 20th(?) anniversary that they combined those two series. They should have just skipped to Gokaiger and then back to Goseiger or not rushed at all.
Its a real problem shoving Gokaiger into 18 episodes (two of Megaforce's episodes were the Goseiger finale against definitely-not-Lucifer!), but I don't think that is the main problem. The Neo-Saban production through both Megaforce and Samurai were an utter mess from top to bottom.
MegaForce annoyed the hell out of me for one reason: Robo Knight. The last thing ANY Power Rangers season needs is a preachy environmentalist. Robo Knight: “I am the protector of the environment.” Also Robo Knight: Drives a giant megazord which, if it were real, would require the equivalent of a built-in nuclear reactor in order to function.
@@shadow_ax Sentai did a lot better than the English counterpart. The fact that Saban made such a decision really makes me glad that I never watched it. Clueless and greedy he is
6:20 I disagree. I don't think the cast was the problem. I've watched past Power Rangers convention videos and the cast had good chemistry with one another. I believe it was the writing and perhaps overuse of Sentai footage that may have brought the season down.
For me the BIGGEST sin of super megaderp was making the Gokager powers a secondary form while Silver was a primary form. If Saban hadn't tried to take two 40 to 50 ish episode long series and and crammed them both into 2 20 episode seasons it might have been mildly uncomfortable to watch instead of an absolute train wreck.
I loved Operation Overdrive, & I thought Megaforce was ok, but I completely hated Super Megaforce, except Gia, she was a great character, but I didn’t care too much for Turbo
I wish they had done more with Orion’s backstory in Super Megaforce. The way they introduced him was one of my favorite parts of the season. He was a great replacement for Robo Knight as the sixth member of the team. (Seriously, I am so glad they didn’t keep Robo Knight as a main character. Couldn’t stand him at all.)
OO: It is just overhated really. It's an ok season despite a small budget. I loved it too. Mack had a great identity conflict character arc and Rose was a very good pink ranger. It was ok but not great. Turbo: 1st half was bad but 2nd half was ok. Justin wasn't a great character but the rangers lose in the finale of the show. Megaforce: Pure garbage. I disliked it.
You should watch the sentai! It’s really interesting seeing Power Rangers from a different perspective. It’s really made me appreciate my love of it all. Espically Zyuranger. You see what the green ranger is really all about. The white ranger in the sentai was a kid like Justin. Just crazy stuff. It’s like watching a live action anime. It’s soo crazy and the story is actually pretty good. It’s free on Tubi.
Then there's Goseiger and Gokaiger, absolutely amazing. Their Power Ranger counterparts actually deserve a reward for how they messed up something so easily adaptable
@@haleys7230 that’s cool I can’t wait see those. I’ve seen up to Megaranger so far, I have to say I really enjoy their stories. They have a consistency to their story, they have heart and it really funny to see how the American version made it work for them.
I'll always defend Operation Overdrive. Whilst it's not the best show nor has the same impact as Dino Thunder, or even the original series, I think it had some good moments sprinkled in. I'd say its biggest flaw was how overcrowded the narrative was. Having to contend with four villain factions, whilst juggling who'll be the threat in each episode, and on top of that, shoving in these artifacts at the same time always was gonna wind up being a difficult task. I have a soft spot for the Fearcats, Kamdor and Moltor. Though, I could care less about the inclusion of Thrax, Miratrix and Flurious. (Wasted potential, if you ask me. Though, Flurious also went toe-to-toe with the rangers at the end, and I find his relationship with Norg funny. ) The Megazords this season were cool, and whilst the rangers were underdeveloped at best, I also think the team were still compelling. Tyzonn, in particular, had an amazing arc that mirrored Doggie's, and I loved watching him go from a stoic loner in search of the Fearcats to avenge his fallen people, to an active member of the team who could finally be happy again. Whilst Will, Ronny and Dax feel underwhelming, I'd say they had their moments too, especially Will. (Controversy aside.) The designs of the villains and monsters being based off old megazords was neat too. I thought the lineup for Once a Ranger was still a worthy lineup. Even if it didn't include Jack, or anyone else that could've easily taken a spot. The music this season was also quite good. I liked how melancholic Tyzonn's theme started out, to how victorious it became overtime, especially when he destroys Crazar once and for all. I even think the theme song is bareable. I've always had a soft spot for bad rap though. Even if the show wasn't all that good, at least it wasn't Megaforce.
Operation Overdrive also suffered from the "Writers walk-out" that happened mid-season, so there's that to consider. (If you're unaware, Linkara covered it in his Operation Overdrive cover)
@@jettskie1986 This video and the further parts explain it better than I can. ua-cam.com/video/KvEnlk5m2fY/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall
You hit the nail on the coffin with Megaforce/Super Megaforce. It was a horrid mockery of an anniversary show and proof not to take 2 different Sentai shows and mix them. Masked Rider and VR Troopers got away with it because they didn't last long.
And Mighty Morphin got away with that because it was a very long extended show, plus they had an understandable excuse not to give that team new suits with the Zords as they felt kids would get disinterested if they fully got rid of the Dinosaur theme
As an adult Its fascinating to learn that Turbo was hated. I enjoyed it a lot. Especially when TJ got introduced. My little brother vibed with Justin too. It's was quite a shock learning about it. My only problem was that it was trying to follow the movie but then didn't and I was old enough to notice the inconsistency. I realized that the first movie took place in its own continuity but Turbo was in this weird spot lol. They also did rocky dirty lol.
Something that would have worked more in Megaforce's favor would have been having the entire arsenal of weapons rather than all the suits. You'd have more screen time for this team's abilities and give more impact to the suits available.
Fun Fact Gokaiger, the source of super megaforce, that team is literally just space pirates that actually found and took the other rangers powers, the final episode of super megaforce was actually the introductory episode to the pirates after they lost their power from defending earth from the invasion army. The pirates just arrived on earth looking for the ultimate treasure said to be on earth. And they learned how to protect earth from the older teams as they do.
Totally, Gokaiger could have been a power rangers season on its own. We could have watched all the past rangers stop the invasion in the beginning and sacrifice the powers like suer sentai did and have aka red form the space pirate team. The could have made Amal red zordon somehow, allowing his sport to return and collect all the powers with the pirate rangers and use them to finish of the second invasion, and getting zedd and Rita or past villains involved like super sentai did, they brought back the original villain of go ranger. They could have taken the footage from the big megazord battle and made it the season final. But saban is cheap and Nickelodeon has a brand to protect so it couldn’t be as edgy as some of the past seasons.
I loved Turbo. The comedy aspect really added something to PR for me, that being said, everything else in the video was spot on. PROO was hard to watch as a kid, and Megadorce was even worse because it was blander.
I agree with Turbo being likeable. I mean there's an even worse Sentai parody called Akibaranger which takes the absolute piss out of the franchise. I mean their morphers are a damn figurine from an in show anime, their big villains are an evil group of network executives trying to ruin/cancel their own show
@@ChrisTian-ed8ol Lightspeed Rescue and SPD tend to get a bad profile as they challenge many of the principles to the series. I think it's more to do with their endings personally... as they get extremely campy towards their final episodes respectively. I like both, but you cant be a critic without being able to take a step back and be objective. They do both have problems, Lightspeed Rescue with a disjointed story and SPD with bad pacing and several plot holes because of it. The only reason they are not universally hated is that the cast do a damn good job in their roles, and the quality of acting frequently makes up for many of either's shortcomings.
@@mikedavies6979 Fair point, but something I've noticed a lot with older shows is that they feel real. Whether it's the writing or the acting, the characters feel like your looking into another world and that you can meet the people in that world. Been watching A LOT of shows between the 1980's to 2012 and WOW! The writing and acting feels believable.
one huge problem with Megaforce is they tried to combine two Sentai that had NO connection to each other. like you noted, one team had a pirate motif that went nowhere
Power Rangers Turbo has one thing I enjoy. The morphs, in the second half of the season. They are so natural. Masterful use of warps, fades, light effects and 3D CGI, all combined together. They really give you the idea that these characters are transforming in front of your eyes.
I agree with your list. I noticed that your list consist of a Ranger series in each era 1. Turbo - Saban 2. Operation Overdrive - Disney 3. Megaforce and Super Megaforce - Neo Saban As mentioned by other comments, I don't completely blame the actors on why the said series were weakest, especially in the Megaforce and Super Megaforce. It is on how the production handle the said series, the storyline, and the character development.
According to Linkara’s history of power rangers when he covered the megaforce seasons apparently the non New Zealand actors were only given a month’s notice about this and they were only giving out a certain amount of tickets. Some of the actors said they would’ve loved to come back but were busy with other stuff or needed way more than a months notice.
They also said that the pay was super low, and that basically no accommodations would be made for them. It was either, "Plan a working vacation to our set and do some hard work for very little, or don't."
@@Nekufan1000000 that would make sense given how brief their appearances like they couldn’t have taken more then maybe 2-3 days to shoot all their cameos and everything. Plus the fact that again according to Linkara the invitations were rescinded after ten said yes. It appears that this was entirely an afterthought to Saban with this season. Which makes the fact that Hasbro has only had power rangers for two series currently and honors the power rangers history better than Saban did….. How do you do that?
Turbo was designed to be for younger children. Operation Overdrive was okay, especially when compared to Mega Force/SMF. Super Mega Force should have had a new team of people instead of reusing the previous Mega Force Rangers. Get people who can act better. Had that team follow Troy as he tries to find his friend Robo Knight and later returning for the final battle.
That’s when I really started to hate the whole super season era of this show. They couldn’t have just gotten new actors and called the series “Power Rangers: Pirates”.
@@nightshroud9671 Well imo skipping Sentai seasons has its ups and downs. Mainly its ups. I’m glad we skipped over seasons like ToQger and Kyuranger because I just hate the look of those Sentai. But I’m really hoping we see Zyuohger get adapted because that one actually fits Power Rangers and imo is a good Sentai.
@@JcgLounge Kyuranger was the perfect excuse for an anniversary season. Different suits, but they can be explained as the Zeo Rangers fragmenting off portions of their own powers to empower differing teams (like Drakkon, but for the good guys) for the largest threat ever seen in PR. Makes sense in universe, since the Zeo Crystal is basically creating energy in perpetuity, and the Z-Wave simply missing a spot (the universe is BIG).
Turbo was the season that nearly killed my enjoyment of Power Rangers. I was aging out of the series and not watching regularly. But I remember trying to watch Turbo and hating it. I've watched later seasons since and enjoyed them, but I will never rewatch Turbo.
Ah, I remember the good old days when Turbo was regarded as the worst season as opposed to merely ONE of the worst seasons. Turbo I think has weirdly gotten better over the years, probably because so much worse stuff has come out since. Turbo unlike Overdrive and Megaforce didn't waste anniversary years. Its wasted potential lay in the characters graduating from high school, which did suck but wasn't as offensive as Overdrive of Megaforce on that front. Turbo even improved a lot in its second half, the stuff where they get the Rescue zords being legitimately good imo. The last 2 episodes flaws lie in Divatox winning because she didn't deserve it, but it was still incredibly dramatic seeing the Rangers take their biggest L ever up until that point. Yes the Command Centre got destroyed at the end of Alien Rangers, but it was rebuilt into the Power Chamber an episode later. In Turbo though, they really did completely lose
Have any of you seen in Ninja steel the episode Demensions in Danger. I really appreciated how all the characters had speaking lines and feels like they picked fan favorites. Plus Tommy being able to have all his ranger powers at once was so cool.
Ninja steel is also the best one but i dont know why people hate this show This show has 3 red rangers; the best family song and best megazords etc....
While I wouldn't say I have a season I can't stand, I will say that I absolutely hate certain characters and to me is that is why certain series suck. And those characters are always the "comic relief" characters. Bulk and Skull were great. Everybody understood the joke and that is why these characters worked. Or take built in and balanced comic relief characters like Joel, the Lightspeed Rescue Green Ranger or Dustin, the Ninja Storm Yellow Ranger. They were jokey and laughable, but they could also become serious too. But then you take Victor and Monty from Ninja Steel or Spike Skullovitch from Samurai and all they do is make downright un-dignified and foolish assholes of themselves and we are supposed to find that funny. No, no, NO! They sink the show and makes that season just suck.
I have to agree with this list. Although thinking about Turbo, they actually did the best they could with what they had. The sentai was actually a self parody of the super sentai formula and Saban just adapted the thing, so it was probably for the best that they let the original rangers go. As for Megaforce and Super Megaforce... what a complete waste. The season had a tremendous potential to be the best of the show and they ruined it, in my opinion, because they tried to pack 2 seasons into one. Each sentai has around 48 to 52 episodes per season, aside from at least 3 movies.. and PR tried to compress all of that in 22 episodes. They could have gone with Megaforce adapting only Tensou Sentai Goseiger and by the end of the season leave the audience with a cliffhanger (kinda like the ending of MMPR and starting of Zeo): the legendary battle. Imagine all previous ranger teams defending earth from the armada and sacrificing their powers to drive it away. They could have used a veteran ranger like Tommy Oliver as mentor. He would have learned about ranger keys (which could later use to create his master morpher) and send the rangers (the latest team from the previous season) on a quest to obtain the pirate keys, because that was Gokaiger's ability: they used "pirated" versions of previous ranger powers. Then just try and add as many cameos as possible to work as guides for the rangers and end it by returning the powers to the corresponding teams, with a last sight of Tommy morphing back into the green ranger (just as Akaranger was seen at the end of Gokaiger). It would have been great.
Operation Overdrive is definitely one of my favorite seasons in the Power Rangers franchise, i love how different it is from the other seasons, the zords are really cool and the Once a Ranger crossover is one that will always stick to me. The thing I really liked about Super Megaforce was the concept of being able to turn into the rangers from previous seasons. Finally Turbo is actually in my opinion the worst season so far, every episode there is a bomb the rangers have to find which is annoying as hell that everytime they have to find bombs. And the jump from the Zeo Powers to car powers is really out of nowhere and I cannot accept that somehow those powers are stronger than the Zeo powers according to Zordon. This is my take on the seasons mentioned in the video.
Turbo was definitely a big down fall for me, even as a young kid. I didnt actually mind Justin and as a kid I thought it was cool cause it was like "If he can be a power ranger then so can I!" But going from Zeo to Turbo just made no sense. How do you go from insane intergalactic zords and fighting a machine empire to... cars? Not to mention when the cast change happened (which I actually like the new cast and they shined really well 'in space') but that was the first major time we saw the rangers ACTUALLY lose. They had lost in the past, but only to immediately bounce right back. Where as this time there were new rangers who lost to one of the series worse villains, Divatox. It kind of felt like "Do these people even know what theyre doing? Why were the powers given to them?" But in the end I honestly feel like Turbo had to fail in order for In Space to shine. Which I still feel like In Space is arguably the best season of power rangers.
Not sure I agree, since I only remembered Power Rangers In Space when you mentioned it... Now I do remember it was a good show, that much is true... However, for me to have forgotten until somebody else reminded me it exists... not all that memorable is it? I do agree it was good, but very easily forgotten. Perhaps that's a good thing since I remember all others for their problems, and so In Space has very few it was worth being forgotten.
@@mikedavies6979 In space to me was the season that actually took itself seriously. It was the first season to really tackle more mature themes like the mass genocide of an entire planet as well as having an actual bad ass villain that wasnt reduced to slapstick comic relief. It also had some of the series most iconic moments like the psycho rangers. It had major star trek vibes, but for a younger audience. The season definitely still had its flaws, but story writing wise I feel like it holds up the best of other seasons.
I don’t know why Super Megaforce was made, the Pirate theme could have easily worked for a completely separate season with no connection to Megaforce, it also baffles me even more that the Black Ranger was suddenly in green
I’m pretty sure it’s because they wanted Gokaiger to be the 20th power ranger season because it’s an anniversary, but if they split up goseiger and gokaiger adaptations, gokaiger would be the 21st season
@@Nick_C1997 There would be plenty of issues with doing the pirates first, because Gokaiger actually starts after the Legendary Battle which takes place in Goseiger, and in that finale the rangers lose their power and then the Gokaiger comes and that’s the reason they can actually use the powers. It would have taken some new footage if they didn’t adapt the Goseiger stuff.
The megaforce & supermega force seasons are the only times that I've been tempted to try to find the Super Sentai version to see if was better. I'm heavily leaning towards trying to find them with an English dub. The Super Mega Force suits are some of my favorite looking suits. (Though I'm not a fan of the trident the silver ranger uses.) With better acting and a story that took advantage of the pirate theme, it could have been a really interesting season. (Who knows, maybe someday a fan project might be done to re-make this season in this way. ) Once a ranger was one of my favorite episodes and it would be cool if they did a season of veteran rangers from different seasons working together like that for an entire season.
As a kid, watching power rangers, I thought lightspeed rescue was ok but couldnt grab my interest, and this was when it was airing when I was 5. But then I got introduced to time force, and I LOVED it. In fact, it's my favorite PR series (2nd is in space). With wild force, as much as it doesnt get much of a positive reputation, I actually loved it. I loved the animal motif and animal spirit in gems. However, when ninja storm came out, I just couldnt get into it. I felt like it tried to be too hip with the early 2000s x-games trend and I hated it. It made me stop watching power rangers until SPD and that series made me love power rangers again. I even liked mystic force because I remember watching it with my brother when it was airing. Then Overdrive came out. I thought that series and the premise of the series was dumb. It felt like one of those preschool type rescue shows from the late 90s and I hated it, BUT.....I decided to give it a chance and I regretted it. In fact, operation overdrive made me actually HATE power rangers for like a few years. I didnt even want anything to do with it. That's why Operation Overdrive is my least favorite season of pr.
@@luizelima_artsI actually didn't mind Operation Overdrive but I think the problem was that it was clearly on a budget and recycle a lot of the Japanese footage for each episode.
As a kid, i dont remember disliking any season. I started with MMPR and ending sometime during SPD, or lost Galaxy. Now im 33 years old and just enjoy jamming to the intros lol. The recent Forever and Always was a fun nostolgic trip.
What I liked: Operation Overdrive: Theme tune was a banger 👌🏼 and Kira was there for a bit Turbo: Tommy, TJ(new red ranger I think) and Ashley. Megaforce: Yellow x Green ranger relationship. All rangers fight and the one episode Casey showed up to teach Kung Fu.
When I first watched Super Megaforce and it came to the episode where they were bringing back the Quatisaurus Rex megazord, I about squeed, because it was my favorite zord of them all. But then I saw it and... It was blue... And skinny... And not the Q-Rex... I died a little that day...
I literally have no hatred or dislike for any Power Ranger series In fact I went an entire week streaming the whole Power Ranger series from beginning to end. Yes I watched Mighty Morphin all the way to Beast Morphers Also Operation Overdrive had a fire opening in my opinion, I would replay it sometimes
@@spectraphantom5870 Well, do you understand the runtime of all those seasons combined exceeds the number of hours in a week? It's logically impossible.
Both Zeo and Turbo had to suffer the disaster that was Ohranger, which almost killed the franchise. Carranger is a hilarious parody of Sentai, but that was tough to translate for Turbo, along with the abrupt switch of rangers.
At the time I was a kid, it was kinda hard to watch Wild Force but it did gave us a good arc and character development so points for that. And Mystic Force, if it didn't have a terrible Red ranger and awful arc it could have been a hit. the show is entirely about their leader even if he's just not interesting. and the only cool thing about it is Koragg. The samurai rangers didn't even have anything to do with real samurais. I only loved the part when Lauren Shiba took over as the red ranger and I wish it stayed that way forever. Dino Charge and Ninja Steel, i wish they're something like Dino Thunder and Ninja Storm but it's just not that good. They're kinda entertaining but eventually the tone of cheesiness was over done.
Coming from the sentai, Mystic Force hits way differently when you see that the whole cast are all siblings. Dino charge's equivalent Kyoryuger, was one of the best character series and one of the saddest endings, but IMO the best one in recent sentais.
Okay I know Mystic Force Red was a bad character, and I'm not trying to defend him here... but you have to remember production holds all the power in the direction of their characters, and so I dont think he entirely deserves the blame for his bad character... I personally believe Mystic Force had the most story driven plot in the series, and while it is bad you cannot deny it was at least interesting the first time through. Back to Red Ranger... there are episodes where he really does do a good job in his role, specifically the early episodes where he is starting to develop... but towards the end... he is honestly among the worst main characters in anything period. Dumb founded by everything and acting like a headless chicken all the time... but I honestly believe production had a lot of blame here, as you dont get from solid performance to "Oh my god just stop" without some outside influence.
@@JunkmanRomo are you kidding? Kyoryuger one of the best character seasons? Whenever a character had a focus episode (with the exception of kyoryu gold funnily enough), it always had to have king shoehorned in, and as a result, the characters with the exception of king do not get much character development. Theres a reason why kyoryuger is known in the sentai fanbase as "daigo sentai kingranger." Saddest ending? It would've been a sad ending, if king didnt practically steal the show like always. He made the ending so predictable.
Wild force I remember as a kid was bad because the fucking acting or acting direction for the most part is garbage but the story as a whole and of course the Red Ranger episode which as a red ranger fan definitely made up for the misgiving of that season's acting As for MF I haven't seen it yet the last show I watched when I was a kid was a tiny amount of SPD
There is also a plot hole from the Super Megaforce series. They can use the powers of the Rangers before them but how is possible that they can use the SPD powers if the SPD series will set to the year 2025?
For me, I can't really rank Megaforce/SMF as the worst. I've commented on this on other videos; but a lot of the reasons people tend to dislike it are not stuff they could have helped. But you're one of the few that cite very good reasons why it's not good. But for me the worst is Overdrive. It comes down to the fact I can rewatch Megaforce, I've yet to fully get through a complete rewatch of Overdrive. Megaforce is a weak series, but it has some good moments and good characters that manage to overcome all the negatives. Overdrive doesn't. Overdrive has three characters I don't hate, outside of OAR, Spencer, Mack, and Furious. And the latter doesn't get enough screen time and what he has is shared by, imo, the absolute worst character in the entire franchise, Norg. Megaforce doesn't have great characters, but at least they're rangers are actually a team, they want to do the right thing. They're occasionally interesting. The villains are mostly fun to watch. Overdrive has one awesome campy villain, one amazing snarky butler, and only one Ranger that actually deserves his powers, and one of the best crossovers in the franchise. Everything else just hurts to watch. Between the two, I'd just rather have badly acted tolerable characters then well acted terrible characters.
Honestly Megaforce's biggest failure was Saban's own making. His previous mistreatment or taking for granted for actors, an unwillingness to put in some effort when it came to inviting them back AND being completely unwilling to give Megaforce the budget it needed. Completely shot this season in the foot
I liked some parts of Turbo and loved the movie before it (especially when Jason and Kimberly turned evil), but seeing Justin as a Ranger was disappointing. I was really pissed when Zordon and Alpha 5 left. I did watch the two part anniversary episode "Once a Ranger" and really enjoyed it. When I tried to watch Operation Overdrive from the very beginning as an adult I couldn't get past the first episode. Ironically, their Pink Ranger shares the exact same name as my late grandma Rose. I still like that. I watched Megaforce and Super Megaforce in their entireties, and while some episodes were good, the "Legendary Battle" was beyond dreadful. Thank the universe that "Dimensions in Danger" was so much better! I'm still a huge fan and have watched a majority of the series.
I got my power rangers series knowledge from history of power rangers and megaforce yeah it burns hard and if I remember correctly from what I've heard even the actors wanted more development,but zacker said no and after megaforce he was no longer in charge. Also some of the cast coming back from what Linkara said the invites to the legendary battle was sent a month before the battle aired. Also speaking of Tommy in the background you can see his rangers forms from Green to Dino black ranger.
I don't really blame the Megaforce production for the doubled up suits. That mistake happened back in the 90s and there was no way to fix it that would satisfy anyone. What I absolutely DO blame them for is when they show Ninja Storm Green Samurai, and put Tommy's "hai-YA" battle voicelines over CAM.
@@PissedGrunty Also the suits aren't the problem ( except the sentai teams but that's debatable) . It was zacker considering from what I've heard what it might have been
The best thing about megaforce was watching Gia every week. Noah should have been casted as the red ranger he really was the only one who in my opinion had any true character development. Operation overdrive had a awesome storyline just the wrong actors to carry out the delivery, Disney didn't even care about the franchise which probably had a lot to do with it. I'm definitely in the minority of fans who actually liked turbo I didn't mind Justin becoming the blue ranger I would've rather it be some kind of was a build up to him taking over the powers. Although turbo of course wasn't the greatest season it would be hard for me to throw the season in the trash when the same team from the second half of the "trash" season turned around the very next season and became arguably the team that saved the franchise
Super Mega Forces "Pirates aesthetic" is due to the original sentai called Gokaiger being about the tram being Space Pirates but for the English version, they don't have a reason.
Megaforce/Super Megaforce definitely the worst of the worst. That’s why I will only refer to them as their Sentai counterparts. Goseiger and Gokaiger. Can’t change my mind. Turbo and Overdrive aren’t great, but at least they were trying in comparison and had some moments. As for Neo-Saban and now Hasbro eras, honestly mediocre/meh at best.
My wife and I love watching power rangers together we also own the seasonal dvds of the shows as for myself personally I didn't get taught the life lessons from my parents instead I learned them from shows like Transformers, Power Rangers,Star Trek ,Andromeda they all have touched my life and helped mold me into who I am today so I keep watching the shows I love in regards to power rangers there are tweaks I would have done from changing zords to adding unlocking special powers to unlocking special zord combinations in Dino Furys case to more meaningful villains and mentors to balance out the whole good vs evil in the seasons I would also change it up so the women are the leaders in seasons and just the guys being shown as the leaders of the teams I'd also bring back the power up battle modes because they always looked cool when the rangers used them in the shows I also love the megazord battle Master mode suits the rangers got I wish they would bring that back as well
Do you think should hasbro erased super megaforce from power rangers canon and Make new gokaiger adaptation for power rangers 30th anniversary? Super megaforce are so bad and gokaiger deserve better power rangers adaptation
MegaForce is literally one of best seasons in my opinion. The creative idea to add the previous rangers’ powers was awesome. Jungle Fury, Samurai, SPD, and MegaForce were the best seasons in no specific order.
Turbo was one of my favorite seasons and i more than admit to its flaws...i miss when turbo WAS seen as the worse season because there WAS no actually bad seasons. Ive felt the same way as you with operation overdrive and megaforce. I knew there was something off about overdrive so disney is why overdrive, the season that could have worked didnt.
For me the worst is definitely Super Mega Force, honestly I haven’t watched much Power Rangers after RPM but I’m a huge Sentai fan. That’s what made me tune in for Super Mega Force after I dipped my toe in Samurai and hated it. For them to butcher one of the greatest Super Sentai series(in my humble opinion), I’ll never quite forgive them. Japan basically handed you the formula, have space pirates come to earth looking for the treasure(keys) and go from there. Also BTW the sentai that overdrive was adapted from is pronounced BO-KEN-JER with the bow having the long O sound.
Super Megaforce is such a shame. They had so much to work with and ruined it. Feel like it should have been a separate season, rather than tying it into Megaforce
I was never a big fan of Power Rangers. When it came out, I was in middle school, but my younger cousins were huge fans of it. Toys, show, game (well, I did like the SNES game for it), etc. I would see the show sometimes when babysitting or when over at their place. Turbo is the only season, though, that I've seen all the way through. Just as cheesy as the other series before it and I mainly watched the show as a whole on occasion because I had a fangirl crush on Johnny Yong Boscht. lol That frog line from the movie was just too adorable. lol Too bad that Carlos guy replaced him in Turbo. That aside, for Turbo, I thought it was kind of cool that they had an actual kid be a Power Ranger. I know I would've been stoked about it if I were that age at that time. When I was a kid, I actually did like seeing stuff with kids my age since usually they were relatable in some way. Who knows, maybe that's why I liked Sailor Moon back then. lol Oh, and the origin for Turbo was that second movie. Rocky got hurt I think, and he was replaced with Justin. I remember the commercials for the movie and that part. Don't recall anything else...don't think I've ever seen it. Super Sentai I hear is actually better. I have seen some of Zyuuranger and I did like some of it minus the cheesy monster fights. The thing that sticks in mind for me is the episode where the Blue and Pink rangers went bad. Billy and Kimberly had nothing on them. lol What'd they do, bully Bulk and Skull? lol Original, those two actually KILLED people.
totally agree with the megaforce an super megaforce. They literally took one of the greatest sentai serie and just trashed it without respect. It should've been one of those things they should have considered. IMO although it wouldve been cool to see gokaiger in power ranger series, it just wasnt a good idea. The whole point of gokaiger was to reminisce and pay homage to the past 50+ years of the super sentai series. TBH the sentai series feels way more respected in japan than compared to USA respecting power rangers. They shouldve have skipped the gokaige just like they did with the train sentai.
For me it was Ninja Steel/Super Ninja Steel. Like other “worst” seasons, it has some decent stuff & the 25th anniversary special was great (Master Morpher & the final on-screen appearance of JDF)…but to me the majority of both seasons were a chore to watch through.
Wouldn’t being a power ranger fan make you want to see or watch the original Sentai? You can find clips online and even get the seasons with English dubs. Gokaiger did the anniversary season so much better than Super Megaforce did
@@Chriscopter50 My list of shows to watch is near endless. But my time isn't. And it starts with more Pretty Cure and the rest of Nanoha. There's also the Prisma Illya movies I haven't seen. And the rest of Fate. Then my friends suggested I watch some of the Kamen Rider. I would like to watch some Sentai series at some point though. But yeah... I tend to be a fan of multiple genres so not always having the time for them.
Congratulations on the number of subscribers and thank you for doing this video. I wasn't a really big fan of the Power Rangers series that you mentioned. Yes I know that Power Rangers: Turbo had a cool theme and zords. It was just the fact that they made a kid into a Ranger, which goes back to one of Super Sentai series. As for the other series that you mentioned the problem that I had was the writing and budget. As for my least favorite Power Rangers series that I think is one of the worst one. Well I going to have to say that Power Rangers: Jungle Fury was just that. The reason why I don't like this Power Rangers series was because it was done during the writers strike and a lot of the episodes were poorly done.
When the 6th ranger in megaforce used the Dragonzord, The Quantum Trex, and The DragoZord the end result fucking sucked Here's the Link: Q-Rex Zord | Power Rangers Official - UA-cam
I looked at Justin's character like " Shazam " being a kid before turning into a adult super hero. Besides that I think " mystic force " was terrible..smh... just a waste
The Phantom Ranger comic, Edge of Darkness, was really good. I love Phantom Ranger trying to protect little Rita, and managed to meet Carla Parez (might have misspelled her name) and had her sign my copy.
So I’m one of the oddballs here, not only did I not mind Justin being a ranger but I actually liked the idea, mainly cause of how it represents us as kids wanting to be power rangers ourselves and seeing an actual kid, not the rangers getting turned young like in mighty morphin, was actually pretty cool. Plus pretty sure superhero comics beat them to the punch with young hero’s such as the side kicks like robin and kid flash, and of course from a tv media standpoint we had the big bad beetleborgs.
Turbo by far will always be my number one. Especially the second half is what saved the res of turbo and inSpace revitalized power rangers to finish up to sabans wild force. The worst is both megazords and super mega force while mega force could have been a whole other series beforehand than mega force could have been the proper gokaiger we should have gotten but yaknow Saban didn’t think this properly through.
I like your opinion and it's nice that you're only a Power Ranger fan, and doesn't watch the Super Sentai version, but your opinion makes even more sense if you watch the original Japanese one, in the Japanese version Goseigers (Megaforce) and Gokaigers (Super Megaforce) are different groups, one having a Angel gimmick, while the other having a pirate gimmick and sort of 'stealing', it makes absolutely no sense making both of them the same team, the turning into old power rangers was actually a good idea in the original, but executed poorly in the Power Rangers version, it's just pretty sad that they've botched it, since Goseiger and Gokaiger are REALLY GOOD seasons, and the Super Sentai battle is REALLY epic in the original
I would say the worst season, or seasons in this case, would be the entire neo-saban era with the exception of Dino Charge. There was no character development at all, and it seemed like they wer just going through the motions. Yes Turbo wasn't the greatest, but I would still rate it better than the neo-saban era any day.
Yeah I've always thought the show started going downhill hard after RPM so I've only seen bits and pieces. Is Dino Charge actually good though? I always viewed it as a poor imitation of Dino Thunder but maybe I'll give it a shot
@@tTaseric dino charge was alright, but it seemed like they weren't trying with the scripts. However since hasboro took over, it seems to be getting better
In defense of Troy's actor, it's been said that anytime he tried to act with emotion, the director told him to cut it out. They actually wanted him to be that blank of a person
The Tokucast channel has repeatedly supported Troy's actor for being a very charismatic and fun guy... in interviews and such.
@@PissedGrunty He's a terrible actor though. No range. Miscast as the series lead, and that doomed the show.
@@Knightfall182 If I am remembering right, he wasn't even an actor, he was a model. And when the director wants a blank piece of cardboard, no actor will deliver quality
@@PissedGrunty He couldn't even deliver that. Watch the first season of Megaforce, most of his lines are awkwardly ADRed in... as in they couldn't get any good takes with him during filming, and they had to redub all his deliveries. Terrible.
It's nice to know who to actually blame for the biggest (but not only) letdown of the show.
“No one wants a 10 year old hero”
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LMFAO.
Well the difference is, ben actually acted like a kid even in some alien forms while justin literally kinda barely acted like one
I know they wanted to mimic Kou from dairanger because the whole "kid became a ranger thing"
But again, Kou actually acted like a child even in ranger form. Heck he even ride a skateboard in ranger form once
Bro
You should've talked about Turbo's finale
It was jawdropping, dark, and seamlessly tied itself to Space. It's unlike anything we've ever seen in the Power Rangers franchise.
Easily the highlight of Turbo
I love how the best part of Turbo was the fact that Turbo was ending!
@Diva woke? edgy? what are you talking about? not everybody watches the japanese sentai and that doesn't make anybody lesser. you're being an elitist for Power Rangers, dog. there are no words to describe how lame that is.
@@chrisanders713 i was about to say this
@@chrisanders713 lol. bruh so true! though i disagree about the having young ranger. when i was growing up i thought hey if a kid can be a ranger, so cn i!
@@ravenhalliwlel
Aliens, kids, old men, spirits, etc.
They all became Rangers.
That pizza episode was so bad it’s good. My all time favorite out of context line from a show is “The evil pizza was no match for a simple traffic light.”
We're here to toss your salad 🥗
And TJ brought it up at the end of forever red
For the record, the production did NOTHING to incentivise its returning actors. They had to pay their own way to New Zealand, visas, room and board, everything. What they got paid for the 2 days of shooting makes the whole thing amount to volunteer work.
Because of the Japan earthquake, most Gokaiger actors had organized their reunion off screen and they paid own way. So of course Saban figured his rangers would fly around the world on own dime.
I'm glad someone pointed that out
That's bullshit reasoning for it, thankfully 25th anniversary was Much much better
There have also been actors who said they would have liked to come for the Mega-Battle, but the production team gave them a 6 month warning. Which is last minute in Hollywood and other schedules. They simply could not get the time off.
Also some of the original actors made it very clear that the Saban team put zero effort in reaching out to them. Steve Cardenas and David Yost both received generic, badly written emails that couldn't even address them personally, every message just said "dear power ranger..." It's hard not to put the blame on Saban and especially Tzachor.
"I'm sure they tried their hardest to get these people involved."
Interviews with a David Yost, Karan Ashley, and just about any ranger actor who didn't show up seems to indicate that it was a generic email and accommodations that would have made Tommy Wiseau seem professional.
In my opinion, one of the things that set Super Megaforce up for total failure is the fact that it was Super Megaforce instead of its own season with a new team. Going from Megaforce's more general power set from Goseiger to the heavily pirate-themed Gokaiger made no damn sense. Them going from having their standard Ranger form, Ultra form, now a "Super Mega" mode, AND "Legendary Ranger" mode was just ridiculous. They would have been far better off just making it its own separate season.
And yeah, the writing is absolute garbage tier across all of Megaforce. Which is a shame, because I feel like the actors could have done better with material that didn't suck.
It was
MegaForce was great
@@dregamingz Unfortunately, not everyone thinks the same.
I think the core problem with Justin was that it made us kids jealous that he was a ranger and we weren't lol
And they had to make him super smart so he could be around the other rangers in high school making us feel more insignificant.
I loved Justin as the kid amongst adults an anakin situation
The reason why Turbo didn't have an origin story is Turbo: A Power Rangers movie served as that seasons Origin of how the rangers got their powers. Also why Mega Force failed is a variety of reasons. It served as an anniversary season but mostly used powers from a sentai we never got....and the story was all over the place
Yeah, I was gonna say, Turbo was fully explained in the movie. I hated the kid, but man did I think the morphers were cool that season.
I don't recall the movie ever explaining where the new zords came from, why the Zero powers weren't strong enough or even whatever happened the Zero powers on the first place?
@@connorwood9211 wasnt there a thing like "the zeo crystals will get more powerful day after day"
maybe it is a fake memory of mine, but if true, can mean that simplely
@@connorwood9211 I think I remember hearing there was a plot being thrown around that Billy helped design the new powers, but that obviously got dropped when he left the show due to harrasment.
Unfortunately even with the Turbo movie being a canon origin for the Turbo Rangers, the best explanation it gives is "Divatox is going to the Nemesis Triagle. Here are some new zords and new suits."
Yeah, Megaforce sucked big time.
Know what didn't suck? One of the shows that it's based on, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. It starts with all of the previous Super Sentai joining forces to fight off the Zangyack Empire before sacrificing their powers to repel Zangyack from Earth. The Gokaigers would eventually collect the Ranger Keys that the Sentai Powers were turned into, allowing them to transform into their predecessors, but to gain the ability to use the true power of the previous teams, they had to earn the approval of said teams.
Who are the Gokaigers? Five Space Pirates on a quest for the Greatest Treasure in the universe. They honestly didn't care about protecting Earth at first, but they didn't like the Zangyack, and their rule as pirates was that if they saw something they didn't like, they'd smash it. Eventually, those five would learn why their predecessors fought so hard to protect Earth.
That's why I dislike Super Megaforce the most, out of any PR season. Gokaiger was a great Super Sentai season (probably my favorite season ever).
It had a great cast of characters, the plot (while straightforward as most Sentai seasons are) made for great character development, the action scenes were hype, and the music was phenomenal (especially Gokaioh's theme). Super Megaforce ruined all of that.
It didn't have the fiery spirit that Gokaiger did, especially since you had so many Ranger actors not to return to the series for the season - while with Gokaiger, each moment a veteran Ranger was called for, that actor showed up.
Point is, Gokaiger while an anniversary season, has a lot going for it.
@@jiltedensign7479 yes, including 10th anniversary gokaiger
To recap, Gokaigers did better because they were real pirates, and Super Megaforce is just like a parody of the Gokaiger. I only watched the Super Megaforce because of Megazords and Gokai change lol.
@@ivmara9987 Funniest on Super Megaforce is showing teams which in power rangers don't exist. Old sentai teams
@@tomaskops7119 Which team? I don't memorize the older teams than Ninja Storms. You mean the super sentai exclusive only teams appeared in the series.
Linkara has a great breakdown of why Megaforce blows.
It essentially boils down to: a fan of the sentai in charge, a Japanese director from the sentai, poor oversight on Saban's part, and a lack of command in charge that left getting the Veteran actors back until the last month...
From what Linkara goes into, it sounds like SMF was ment to be Saban's big callback to its 20 years of Power Rangers; but instead turned into a disappointment for fans and Saban, resulting in Haim actually getting involved to salvage the next season... which might be why Dino and Ninja (or was it the other way round?) Seemed more like a love letter to Power Rangers, then MF and SMF ever were...
...I never watched SMF, The first few Megaforce episodes were enough to know that it sucked. And even seeing the Legendary Battle on UA-cam didn't wow me...
Yeah, I kinda consider Linkara to be the authority on this stuff. He just goes into more detail than anyone else and the backings and reasons for his opinions are always really solid.
I respect Linkara, but honestly... Megaforce is my 4th favorite season. MMPr 1-3 ( I count in one ball), Lightspeed Rescue, and Ninja Storm are the only seasons I enjoyed more.
@@the-NightStar getting info and background from Linkara is fine, not like it would be hard to attain yourself though. What I dislike is when ppl use his opinion on a season, and claim it to he fact, when they themselves never watched a season to form said opinion.
A handful of season he really didn't dig, turned out to be some of my favorites. I only watched them to see what he was going on about.
Now, I don't even bother with his channel.
yeah, i couldn't stand the main cast, i did the same thing, I know the legendary battle wasn't like mind blowing, but i liked it lol
Exactly. Linkara is to Power Rangers what Red Letter Media is to Star Wars; informative, but also very nitpicky. People take his word on something as gospel, like his observations are so brilliant and cutting edge, when really a lot of it is just nerd-bombing the material in question into oblivion. @@mungosmungo8694
As soon as you said “I don’t watch the sentai” I knew your take on Megaforce. Gokaiger was an incredible show, even for nonsentai fans. Watch the source, skip the North American nonsense
Megaforce was a mockery of Gokaider. This guy should do himself a favor and watch the sentai series to get some real perspective.
@@Hylan171 I honestly prefer SMF. Gokaiger cast all rubbed me the wrong way except for Lukka, Don, and Gai. Was a really hard season for me (personally to enjoy)
Jungle fury is one of my favorites. It is silly at times but it has that distinctive power rangers feel and good lessons
Best one.
finally found someone i watched the whole thing like 3 times thats how much i loved it
my top 3 were Mystic Force, Time Force, and RPM. Jungle fury was good as well, definitely enjoyed watching it
Spd is my fav
Love it too, too bad the ending feels rushed
What makes Megaforce even more disappointing is the fact they ruined Gokaiger. I know you say you don't watch the sentai, but they took a Top 5 placer for the Sentai and dropped it down to bottom 5 for Power Rangers. Gokaiger introduced the same gimmick of transforming into all previous rangers, but they also had episodes dedicated to meeting, fighting with, protecting, or learning from those previous teams, and did them every 2 or 3 episodes throughout the season. Megaforce did 3 (the Jungle Fury Casey episode, which is almost one to one, then the WIld Force and RPM ones, that were zord only meet-ups)
But the main point I want to make is that Gokaiger had enough of its own thing that it would be good to great without the past powers gimmick. If you removed it from Megaforce though, there would be NOTHING left.
That was along the lines of what I tried to say when I mentioned the cameo by Casey from Jungle Fury in my comment.
It was nice to not only see a student ascend to a master so long after we last saw him, but getting to see Casey exercise that wisdom and experience to teach these rangers without them ever knowing who he is until the end...
It gives the characters more development and plays on Nostalgia in just the right way, the problem comes when they only exist for an episode or two and don't carry those lessons for the series, as they never truly evolve and develop as characters because of this.
@@mikedavies6979 The Casey episode was probably my favorite out of the season, but it was pretty much an exact copy of the Sentai episode with Geki Red. The one thing they added that I love is that Casey talks about their animal spirits being their Goseiger zords, which I found to be a really nice touch.
Jason Smith, Casey's actor, was also the writer for four Super Megaforce episodes.
@@PissedGrunty Aside from Sentai specific stuff (As I've never seen it) I know most things about the series, and I knew that Casey (Prefer using character names to keep it simple) did direct a few episodes, though I never learned which ones.
With that being said... you get what I mean though, using Nostalgia to amplify what is there and not completely outshine it as did in most every other episode... even the big ranger battle doesn't help because all they are doing is showing things we actually want to see and then reverting back to the dumpster fire bargain bucket downgrade that is Megaforce.
They never enhance their own show and premise, just show a highlight reel of everything better and subsequently what makes their own series worse.
That’s awesome! I’m watching the sentai on Tubi but they only have up to hurricaneger. I want to see more and I also want to watch the Vs. Episodes too. Where do you watch sentai?
@@twinkieboy1500 The sites I got it from where cease and desisted recently and pulled them down ;-(
The "it's intended for children" excuse is complete detritus.
It implies that kids don't deserve good quality content and they need to be talked down constantly.
Shows like Avatar, several of the Power Rangers seasons, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars are proof that kids shows don't need to be devoid of meaning and substance in order to appeal to the youth.
DS9 wasn’t made for kids. Not that kids can’t enjoy it.
@@potsdam28 No, it wasn't.
It was made for everyone, kids included.
@@brian0057 exactly so it doesn’t really compare with shows explicitly made for kids
Amen to that!
Not really. Saying it's for kids means the message shouldn't be hidden. DS9, some episodes will fly over your head for years because of nuance in dialogue. Like yeah you may get the gist of it, but some need rewatches asyou age so you can appreciate another layer.
Saban wanted his show aimed at the younger side of 6-11, so more merchandise is bought. Avatar aimed at the 10/11 year olds more. Avatar wasn't needed to sell nearly as much merch to be profitable.
Honestly Justin wasn’t really all that bad in my opinion. Sure it was a little weird making a child the go to smart one on the team instead of a teenager but Justin did a pretty good job in showing his character. It made sense how he was a normal kid and wanted to use his intelligence to help the power rangers and ended up becoming one by accidentally discovering their secret by checking on rocky. The character was annoying and weird at times but also kind of great for what he’s supposed to be. Also made a lot of sense why he stayed on earth instead of going to space. Although Justin isnt the problem of Turbo. The problem is… well Turbo. Don’t understand how some silly cars would be a better upgrade than great majestical powers like the Zeo crystal or the mighty morphin dinosuar power coins or even aquatic Aliens
Trash character
It got sadly never explained, but the Turbo power was supose to being charged with the Zeo and Dino Coins. Kinda like a combination between the two Powers. But yeah as it never got officialy explained, was a bit weird
I feel like only Casey from Jungle Fury had a respectable episode cameo in Super Megaforce. They only managed it because the actor was also a writer for Megaforce.
David Yost did an interview and he wasnt in the legendary war because he did receive a letter but it was a generic letter so no recognition
Aww, that's disappointing.
I mean, I get it but it still would have been so awesome to see him.
I saw a video of him saying that he wished he would rejoin the show for a whole season, but he was a Union actor and Power Rangers isn't part of the Union.
Actually he was asked if he would do it on Twitter he said hell no it was something to do with Saban not a fulfilling an agreement that they had together or something technically David yost hate the franchise especially after the way they treated him the only uses the franchise for publicity
“No one wants to have a ten year old hero”
Shazam: Am I a joke to you?
Ben 10: 😐
Pokémon: 😐
@Steven Armstrong I'll give you my vote
Avatar The Last Airbender: 😐
Worked in Ben 10, Pokemon and Shazam, not so well in Power Rangers.
I honestly lost interest into mega force and super mega force seasons. Having the idea of using the ability to change into legendary rangers was an agreeable idea but your right that the way the show was set out just made it not any good. When I started watching turbo i had myself very confused from the first episode and ( I could be wrong) the most part of the episode must’ve taken place after the film “ Turbo a Power rangers movie”. I only thought about that because there were some cuts from the film that has been put in there.
Turbo: had some of the coolest looking zords and the music was great!
Operation Overdrive: it had an interesting concept and I think the first time we had more than ONE major bad guy in the series, Will was a cool ranger (I know his actor did some shady stuff in real life though); not to mention the first black person to play a black ranger since MMPR and Once a Ranger is iconic!
Megaforce/Super Megaforce: Gia is bae...nuff said
Dear sir or madame, there was no worse season of Power Rangers on this Earth than Turbo. If I didn't have such a crush on Divatox, I would've capped it altogether.
@@QoQabai658 I'm a guy and hey I never said I LOVED or HATED Turbo, I DO LOVE the Turbo Megazord and the theme song is amazing! That's all I said HAHAHA
@@OurKindofEntertainment Well then......awesome.
@@QoQabai658 Not even, that would be Operation Overdrive. As op said great concept. Crap execution.
IMO, Turbo is really overhated. Now I’m not saying it’s a great season, but I feel like it’s not as bad as people make it out to be. Turbo at least had a lot going for such as the 2nd half being decent, the 2nd team had development from T.J to Cassie, some episodes are actually fun, the introduction of the Phantom Ranger, and of course, the finale that really had raising the stakes. I would rather prefer watching the entirety of Turbo than Super Megaforce and Super Ninja Steel.
I'd actually say that Turbo improved with the cast change. It was abrupt and poorly handled for sure but Turbo felt so weird in its first half with Tommy's sudden interest in cars and the brighter highschool vibe but they were graduating?
The first half of Turbo could't figure out how to naturally build the characters. Second Half was just bland but it gave us hints at characters that became much better in Space.
I thing the other thing that didn't help the series with stock footage is that halfway thru the sentai, they had terrorist attacks on the subways in Japan, so they tried to lighten up the show abruptly, whereas if they kept they're path it would've been one of the darker sentais.
What's wrong with him wanting to be a race car driver ?
@@robertrogers074 it’s out of character especially once dino thunder gets involved also turbo was a parody season in Japan so I look at it as such.
@@5cary_hours from martial artist performer, to race car driver, to a scientist/Dr and teacher, I would say he just wanted to try new things.
@@robertrogers074 Nothing inherently, it's how it was handled. Turbo already had a number of sudden plot shifts, so they're powered by cars and Tommy is suddenly interested in cars? The show never explains its sudden interest in racing or cars.
What we needed was a scene where Tommy wonders about what he'll do after highschool and sees people working at a garage so he starts working part time. Then you have a coworker bring up racing and the problem is fixed.
Bulk and Skull had a segway when they stopped being bullies and started being Jr Police. They talk about girls liking uniforms they see a program they sign up and the arc just flows.
Without establishing these things it reveals the artifical nature of the story. Tommy can be anything or have any interest at any point but the idea is that he's the character we've known for years. Dino Thunder can at least explain archeology as something that happened offscreen. Turbo hard cuts into Tommy's new interest the way it throws the Turbo powers at the viewers without explaining why Zeo isn't enough.
The new cast was nice BECAUSE it forced them to reintroduce things and clearly the writers learned as Turbo segways itself into Power Rangers In Space.
Can you imagine if Turbo ended without Divatox winning or them losing their powers and the next season just starts with them suddenly needing to be in Space and TJ starts building model Rockets? It'd just be strange.
I personally really really want to see the Dino Thunder Rangers to return more. Those guys are my childhood. Anytime I see the suits appear I become super happy. I know some of the actors aren't interested or have had a bad time on set. But they're still my heroes. I know Emma Lahana doesn't want to be referred as Kira anymore because of past issues but if I could talk to her and the others I tell them thank you. You guys were my childhood and I'm grateful for the experience you left me with.
You almost scared me. I thought you we're going to say Dino Thunder Is the worst.
@nitrostormskystriker478 I'd never say that. It's been my favorite from the first time I saw it as a kid. I'm 24 now and am still a fan of the rangers.
@@red5158077 yeah it just looked like it from the opening line.
I've only watched up to Dino thunder, and I can say without a doubt that turbo is my least favorite. The best thing about turbo is Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley, the yellow ranger. I mean, she's 1 of the most gorgeous female leads if not THE most gorgeous to put on a suit. I also enjoyed all the characters (not justin) carrying over to the space series. Space really made up for turbo
I'd rewatch Turbo every time if it meant Space was still there. I think Space is the best season they made to date, and wholly worthy of all the praise it gets.
The main problem with megaforce and super megaforce is that they are a hyrbrid adapation of two separate sentai series, Goseiger (megaforce) and Gokaiger (super megaforce).
Saban was in such a hurry to meet the 20th(?) anniversary that they combined those two series. They should have just skipped to Gokaiger and then back to Goseiger or not rushed at all.
Its a real problem shoving Gokaiger into 18 episodes (two of Megaforce's episodes were the Goseiger finale against definitely-not-Lucifer!), but I don't think that is the main problem. The Neo-Saban production through both Megaforce and Samurai were an utter mess from top to bottom.
@@PissedGrunty Exactly.
MegaForce annoyed the hell out of me for one reason: Robo Knight. The last thing ANY Power Rangers season needs is a preachy environmentalist.
Robo Knight: “I am the protector of the environment.”
Also Robo Knight: Drives a giant megazord which, if it were real, would require the equivalent of a built-in nuclear reactor in order to function.
@@shadow_ax Sentai did a lot better than the English counterpart. The fact that Saban made such a decision really makes me glad that I never watched it. Clueless and greedy he is
In a small defense of Operation Overdrive, Rose was a great character
I agree!!!
Sure, maybe if you like a know-it-all
Mack/Rose always found sweet. 🌸🌸
She did point out the show's biggest plot hole:
"You're rich, buy an army."
@@Frieowksf1293 my favorite line in all of Power Rangers
6:20 I disagree. I don't think the cast was the problem. I've watched past Power Rangers convention videos and the cast had good chemistry with one another. I believe it was the writing and perhaps overuse of Sentai footage that may have brought the season down.
For me the BIGGEST sin of super megaderp was making the Gokager powers a secondary form while Silver was a primary form. If Saban hadn't tried to take two 40 to 50 ish episode long series and and crammed them both into 2 20 episode seasons it might have been mildly uncomfortable to watch instead of an absolute train wreck.
They should have skipped goseiger ( Megaforce) and done 2 seasons based on gokaiger ( Super Megaforce)
I loved Operation Overdrive, & I thought Megaforce was ok, but I completely hated Super Megaforce, except Gia, she was a great character, but I didn’t care too much for Turbo
I wish they had done more with Orion’s backstory in Super Megaforce. The way they introduced him was one of my favorite parts of the season. He was a great replacement for Robo Knight as the sixth member of the team.
(Seriously, I am so glad they didn’t keep Robo Knight as a main character. Couldn’t stand him at all.)
@@shadow_ax in my opinion Robo Knight had the most character development, from thinking that the rangers were unnecessary allies to "true friends"
OO: It is just overhated really. It's an ok season despite a small budget. I loved it too. Mack had a great identity conflict character arc and Rose was a very good pink ranger. It was ok but not great.
Turbo: 1st half was bad but 2nd half was ok. Justin wasn't a great character but the rangers lose in the finale of the show.
Megaforce: Pure garbage. I disliked it.
I was losing hope that I would find someone in the comments defending operation overdrive. Very underrated and receives unnecessary hate
You should watch the sentai! It’s really interesting seeing Power Rangers from a different perspective. It’s really made me appreciate my love of it all. Espically Zyuranger. You see what the green ranger is really all about. The white ranger in the sentai was a kid like Justin. Just crazy stuff. It’s like watching a live action anime. It’s soo crazy and the story is actually pretty good. It’s free on Tubi.
Then there's Goseiger and Gokaiger, absolutely amazing. Their Power Ranger counterparts actually deserve a reward for how they messed up something so easily adaptable
@@haleys7230 that’s cool I can’t wait see those. I’ve seen up to Megaranger so far, I have to say I really enjoy their stories. They have a consistency to their story, they have heart and it really funny to see how the American version made it work for them.
@@twinkieboy1500 It's gonna be a good journey, but definitely worth it
Started watching sentai when i was like 14 never watched american version ever again
Dairanger make "Kid Ranger" works cuz he's 6th ranger, same with Ohranger(even when that kid are oldest sentai ranger ever)
I'll always defend Operation Overdrive. Whilst it's not the best show nor has the same impact as Dino Thunder, or even the original series, I think it had some good moments sprinkled in. I'd say its biggest flaw was how overcrowded the narrative was. Having to contend with four villain factions, whilst juggling who'll be the threat in each episode, and on top of that, shoving in these artifacts at the same time always was gonna wind up being a difficult task. I have a soft spot for the Fearcats, Kamdor and Moltor. Though, I could care less about the inclusion of Thrax, Miratrix and Flurious. (Wasted potential, if you ask me. Though, Flurious also went toe-to-toe with the rangers at the end, and I find his relationship with Norg funny. ) The Megazords this season were cool, and whilst the rangers were underdeveloped at best, I also think the team were still compelling. Tyzonn, in particular, had an amazing arc that mirrored Doggie's, and I loved watching him go from a stoic loner in search of the Fearcats to avenge his fallen people, to an active member of the team who could finally be happy again. Whilst Will, Ronny and Dax feel underwhelming, I'd say they had their moments too, especially Will. (Controversy aside.) The designs of the villains and monsters being based off old megazords was neat too.
I thought the lineup for Once a Ranger was still a worthy lineup. Even if it didn't include Jack, or anyone else that could've easily taken a spot. The music this season was also quite good. I liked how melancholic Tyzonn's theme started out, to how victorious it became overtime, especially when he destroys Crazar once and for all.
I even think the theme song is bareable. I've always had a soft spot for bad rap though. Even if the show wasn't all that good, at least it wasn't Megaforce.
Finally someone who also likes operation overdrive. Its my favorite season I thought everything was done great for the most part
Huh, guess they really butchered Gokaiger, when turning it intro a Rangers season.
Operation Overdrive also suffered from the "Writers walk-out" that happened mid-season, so there's that to consider.
(If you're unaware, Linkara covered it in his Operation Overdrive cover)
I'm sorry that I'm not familiar with this "Writers walk-out."
Kindly indicate the reason/s of the "Writers walk-out". Thanks
@@jettskie1986 This video and the further parts explain it better than I can. ua-cam.com/video/KvEnlk5m2fY/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall
@@drunkdrag0n Thanks. I will watch it after my work.
You hit the nail on the coffin with Megaforce/Super Megaforce. It was a horrid mockery of an anniversary show and proof not to take 2 different Sentai shows and mix them. Masked Rider and VR Troopers got away with it because they didn't last long.
And Mighty Morphin got away with that because it was a very long extended show, plus they had an understandable excuse not to give that team new suits with the Zords as they felt kids would get disinterested if they fully got rid of the Dinosaur theme
As an adult Its fascinating to learn that Turbo was hated. I enjoyed it a lot. Especially when TJ got introduced. My little brother vibed with Justin too. It's was quite a shock learning about it. My only problem was that it was trying to follow the movie but then didn't and I was old enough to notice the inconsistency. I realized that the first movie took place in its own continuity but Turbo was in this weird spot lol. They also did rocky dirty lol.
I know as a kid I loved Turbo.
Something that would have worked more in Megaforce's favor would have been having the entire arsenal of weapons rather than all the suits. You'd have more screen time for this team's abilities and give more impact to the suits available.
Fun Fact Gokaiger, the source of super megaforce, that team is literally just space pirates that actually found and took the other rangers powers, the final episode of super megaforce was actually the introductory episode to the pirates after they lost their power from defending earth from the invasion army. The pirates just arrived on earth looking for the ultimate treasure said to be on earth. And they learned how to protect earth from the older teams as they do.
Totally, Gokaiger could have been a power rangers season on its own. We could have watched all the past rangers stop the invasion in the beginning and sacrifice the powers like suer sentai did and have aka red form the space pirate team. The could have made Amal red zordon somehow, allowing his sport to return and collect all the powers with the pirate rangers and use them to finish of the second invasion, and getting zedd and Rita or past villains involved like super sentai did, they brought back the original villain of go ranger. They could have taken the footage from the big megazord battle and made it the season final. But saban is cheap and Nickelodeon has a brand to protect so it couldn’t be as edgy as some of the past seasons.
I loved Turbo. The comedy aspect really added something to PR for me, that being said, everything else in the video was spot on. PROO was hard to watch as a kid, and Megadorce was even worse because it was blander.
the ones i detest the most that i have seen was the light speed rescue, and SPD
@@melindafeliciano7181 How come? I personally liked how the characters were developed and how the story went, but what made you not like them?
I agree with Turbo being likeable. I mean there's an even worse Sentai parody called Akibaranger which takes the absolute piss out of the franchise. I mean their morphers are a damn figurine from an in show anime, their big villains are an evil group of network executives trying to ruin/cancel their own show
@@ChrisTian-ed8ol Lightspeed Rescue and SPD tend to get a bad profile as they challenge many of the principles to the series. I think it's more to do with their endings personally... as they get extremely campy towards their final episodes respectively.
I like both, but you cant be a critic without being able to take a step back and be objective. They do both have problems, Lightspeed Rescue with a disjointed story and SPD with bad pacing and several plot holes because of it. The only reason they are not universally hated is that the cast do a damn good job in their roles, and the quality of acting frequently makes up for many of either's shortcomings.
@@mikedavies6979 Fair point, but something I've noticed a lot with older shows is that they feel real.
Whether it's the writing or the acting, the characters feel like your looking into another world and that you can meet the people in that world.
Been watching A LOT of shows between the 1980's to 2012 and WOW! The writing and acting feels believable.
one huge problem with Megaforce is they tried to combine two Sentai that had NO connection to each other. like you noted, one team had a pirate motif that went nowhere
Power Rangers Turbo has one thing I enjoy. The morphs, in the second half of the season. They are so natural. Masterful use of warps, fades, light effects and 3D CGI, all combined together. They really give you the idea that these characters are transforming in front of your eyes.
Bison: Ur not goin turbo, are u?
Tommy: SHIFT INTO TURBO!
King Candy/Turbo: Turbo-Tastic!
@@ShadowsegaExaid I'm working on that crossover cosplay, I call it King Turbo
@@VictorHernandez-nj2lo Nice! Love Wreck-It Ralph.
I agree with your list. I noticed that your list consist of a Ranger series in each era
1. Turbo - Saban
2. Operation Overdrive - Disney
3. Megaforce and Super Megaforce - Neo Saban
As mentioned by other comments, I don't completely blame the actors on why the said series were weakest, especially in the Megaforce and Super Megaforce. It is on how the production handle the said series, the storyline, and the character development.
“No kid wants a 10 year old hero”
Ben 10: “ITS HERO TIME”
According to Linkara’s history of power rangers when he covered the megaforce seasons apparently the non New Zealand actors were only given a month’s notice about this and they were only giving out a certain amount of tickets. Some of the actors said they would’ve loved to come back but were busy with other stuff or needed way more than a months notice.
They also said that the pay was super low, and that basically no accommodations would be made for them. It was either, "Plan a working vacation to our set and do some hard work for very little, or don't."
@@Nekufan1000000 that would make sense given how brief their appearances like they couldn’t have taken more then maybe 2-3 days to shoot all their cameos and everything. Plus the fact that again according to Linkara the invitations were rescinded after ten said yes. It appears that this was entirely an afterthought to Saban with this season. Which makes the fact that Hasbro has only had power rangers for two series currently and honors the power rangers history better than Saban did….. How do you do that?
Turbo was designed to be for younger children.
Operation Overdrive was okay, especially when compared to Mega Force/SMF.
Super Mega Force should have had a new team of people instead of reusing the previous Mega Force Rangers. Get people who can act better.
Had that team follow Troy as he tries to find his friend Robo Knight and later returning for the final battle.
That’s when I really started to hate the whole super season era of this show. They couldn’t have just gotten new actors and called the series “Power Rangers: Pirates”.
@@JcgLounge And the fact it caused them to start skipping Sentai seasons.
@@nightshroud9671 Well imo skipping Sentai seasons has its ups and downs. Mainly its ups. I’m glad we skipped over seasons like ToQger and Kyuranger because I just hate the look of those Sentai. But I’m really hoping we see Zyuohger get adapted because that one actually fits Power Rangers and imo is a good Sentai.
@@JcgLounge Kyuranger was the perfect excuse for an anniversary season. Different suits, but they can be explained as the Zeo Rangers fragmenting off portions of their own powers to empower differing teams (like Drakkon, but for the good guys) for the largest threat ever seen in PR. Makes sense in universe, since the Zeo Crystal is basically creating energy in perpetuity, and the Z-Wave simply missing a spot (the universe is BIG).
Turbo yes was for younger kids and they were trying to sale toys
Turbo was the season that nearly killed my enjoyment of Power Rangers. I was aging out of the series and not watching regularly. But I remember trying to watch Turbo and hating it.
I've watched later seasons since and enjoyed them, but I will never rewatch Turbo.
Same here when they switched the team I was like I’m out
Ah, I remember the good old days when Turbo was regarded as the worst season as opposed to merely ONE of the worst seasons. Turbo I think has weirdly gotten better over the years, probably because so much worse stuff has come out since. Turbo unlike Overdrive and Megaforce didn't waste anniversary years. Its wasted potential lay in the characters graduating from high school, which did suck but wasn't as offensive as Overdrive of Megaforce on that front. Turbo even improved a lot in its second half, the stuff where they get the Rescue zords being legitimately good imo. The last 2 episodes flaws lie in Divatox winning because she didn't deserve it, but it was still incredibly dramatic seeing the Rangers take their biggest L ever up until that point. Yes the Command Centre got destroyed at the end of Alien Rangers, but it was rebuilt into the Power Chamber an episode later. In Turbo though, they really did completely lose
Have any of you seen in Ninja steel the episode Demensions in Danger.
I really appreciated how all the characters had speaking lines and feels like they picked fan favorites. Plus Tommy being able to have all his ranger powers at once was so cool.
Ninja Steel is one of my favorites. And I really appreciate that episode.
I just recently found that episode and it's awesome
Ninja steel is also the best one but i dont know why people hate this show This show has 3 red rangers; the best family song and best megazords etc....
Noah was probably the only one who had some development during megaforce/super..
While I wouldn't say I have a season I can't stand, I will say that I absolutely hate certain characters and to me is that is why certain series suck. And those characters are always the "comic relief" characters. Bulk and Skull were great. Everybody understood the joke and that is why these characters worked. Or take built in and balanced comic relief characters like Joel, the Lightspeed Rescue Green Ranger or Dustin, the Ninja Storm Yellow Ranger. They were jokey and laughable, but they could also become serious too. But then you take Victor and Monty from Ninja Steel or Spike Skullovitch from Samurai and all they do is make downright un-dignified and foolish assholes of themselves and we are supposed to find that funny. No, no, NO! They sink the show and makes that season just suck.
I have to agree with this list. Although thinking about Turbo, they actually did the best they could with what they had. The sentai was actually a self parody of the super sentai formula and Saban just adapted the thing, so it was probably for the best that they let the original rangers go. As for Megaforce and Super Megaforce... what a complete waste. The season had a tremendous potential to be the best of the show and they ruined it, in my opinion, because they tried to pack 2 seasons into one. Each sentai has around 48 to 52 episodes per season, aside from at least 3 movies.. and PR tried to compress all of that in 22 episodes.
They could have gone with Megaforce adapting only Tensou Sentai Goseiger and by the end of the season leave the audience with a cliffhanger (kinda like the ending of MMPR and starting of Zeo): the legendary battle. Imagine all previous ranger teams defending earth from the armada and sacrificing their powers to drive it away. They could have used a veteran ranger like Tommy Oliver as mentor. He would have learned about ranger keys (which could later use to create his master morpher) and send the rangers (the latest team from the previous season) on a quest to obtain the pirate keys, because that was Gokaiger's ability: they used "pirated" versions of previous ranger powers. Then just try and add as many cameos as possible to work as guides for the rangers and end it by returning the powers to the corresponding teams, with a last sight of Tommy morphing back into the green ranger (just as Akaranger was seen at the end of Gokaiger). It would have been great.
Operation Overdrive is definitely one of my favorite seasons in the Power Rangers franchise, i love how different it is from the other seasons, the zords are really cool and the Once a Ranger crossover is one that will always stick to me.
The thing I really liked about Super Megaforce was the concept of being able to turn into the rangers from previous seasons.
Finally Turbo is actually in my opinion the worst season so far, every episode there is a bomb the rangers have to find which is annoying as hell that everytime they have to find bombs. And the jump from the Zeo Powers to car powers is really out of nowhere and I cannot accept that somehow those powers are stronger than the Zeo powers according to Zordon.
This is my take on the seasons mentioned in the video.
Turbo was definitely a big down fall for me, even as a young kid. I didnt actually mind Justin and as a kid I thought it was cool cause it was like "If he can be a power ranger then so can I!" But going from Zeo to Turbo just made no sense. How do you go from insane intergalactic zords and fighting a machine empire to... cars? Not to mention when the cast change happened (which I actually like the new cast and they shined really well 'in space') but that was the first major time we saw the rangers ACTUALLY lose. They had lost in the past, but only to immediately bounce right back. Where as this time there were new rangers who lost to one of the series worse villains, Divatox. It kind of felt like "Do these people even know what theyre doing? Why were the powers given to them?" But in the end I honestly feel like Turbo had to fail in order for In Space to shine. Which I still feel like In Space is arguably the best season of power rangers.
Not sure I agree, since I only remembered Power Rangers In Space when you mentioned it... Now I do remember it was a good show, that much is true...
However, for me to have forgotten until somebody else reminded me it exists... not all that memorable is it?
I do agree it was good, but very easily forgotten. Perhaps that's a good thing since I remember all others for their problems, and so In Space has very few it was worth being forgotten.
@@mikedavies6979 In space to me was the season that actually took itself seriously. It was the first season to really tackle more mature themes like the mass genocide of an entire planet as well as having an actual bad ass villain that wasnt reduced to slapstick comic relief. It also had some of the series most iconic moments like the psycho rangers. It had major star trek vibes, but for a younger audience. The season definitely still had its flaws, but story writing wise I feel like it holds up the best of other seasons.
I don’t know why Super Megaforce was made, the Pirate theme could have easily worked for a completely separate season with no connection to Megaforce, it also baffles me even more that the Black Ranger was suddenly in green
I’m pretty sure it’s because they wanted Gokaiger to be the 20th power ranger season because it’s an anniversary, but if they split up goseiger and gokaiger adaptations, gokaiger would be the 21st season
@@Fallen4Ya They should have thought about that and put the Pirates first
@@Nick_C1997 There would be plenty of issues with doing the pirates first, because Gokaiger actually starts after the Legendary Battle which takes place in Goseiger, and in that finale the rangers lose their power and then the Gokaiger comes and that’s the reason they can actually use the powers.
It would have taken some new footage if they didn’t adapt the Goseiger stuff.
The megaforce & supermega force seasons are the only times that I've been tempted to try to find the Super Sentai version to see if was better. I'm heavily leaning towards trying to find them with an English dub.
The Super Mega Force suits are some of my favorite looking suits. (Though I'm not a fan of the trident the silver ranger uses.) With better acting and a story that took advantage of the pirate theme, it could have been a really interesting season. (Who knows, maybe someday a fan project might be done to re-make this season in this way. )
Once a ranger was one of my favorite episodes and it would be cool if they did a season of veteran rangers from different seasons working together like that for an entire season.
Just watched them subbed🤷🏻♂️
Just watch them subbed
@@6413__ lol. Nope. Never. I don't watch subtitled action heavy tv shows and movies.
That's why there's no way to doubt that Goseigers and Gokaigers did better than Megaforce and Super Megaforce.
As a kid, watching power rangers, I thought lightspeed rescue was ok but couldnt grab my interest, and this was when it was airing when I was 5.
But then I got introduced to time force, and I LOVED it. In fact, it's my favorite PR series (2nd is in space). With wild force, as much as it doesnt get much of a positive reputation, I actually loved it. I loved the animal motif and animal spirit in gems.
However, when ninja storm came out, I just couldnt get into it. I felt like it tried to be too hip with the early 2000s x-games trend and I hated it. It made me stop watching power rangers until SPD and that series made me love power rangers again. I even liked mystic force because I remember watching it with my brother when it was airing.
Then Overdrive came out. I thought that series and the premise of the series was dumb. It felt like one of those preschool type rescue shows from the late 90s and I hated it, BUT.....I decided to give it a chance and I regretted it. In fact, operation overdrive made me actually HATE power rangers for like a few years. I didnt even want anything to do with it. That's why Operation Overdrive is my least favorite season of pr.
Operation overdrive was my absolute favorite power rangers series. The song was awesome, and the whole treasure hunt story line was amazing.
Same! Overdrive is a great season and nobody tells me otherwise.
@@luizelima_artsI actually didn't mind Operation Overdrive but I think the problem was that it was clearly on a budget and recycle a lot of the Japanese footage for each episode.
As a kid, i dont remember disliking any season. I started with MMPR and ending sometime during SPD, or lost Galaxy.
Now im 33 years old and just enjoy jamming to the intros lol.
The recent Forever and Always was a fun nostolgic trip.
What I liked:
Operation Overdrive: Theme tune was a banger 👌🏼 and Kira was there for a bit
Turbo: Tommy, TJ(new red ranger I think) and Ashley.
Megaforce: Yellow x Green ranger relationship. All rangers fight and the one episode Casey showed up to teach Kung Fu.
>Operation Overdrive theme
>90s white guy trying so hard to rap
Meanwhile... GO GO GO, GO GO GO, READY GO SUSUME BOUKENJAA~
BOUKENJAA GO ON FIGHTING!
When I first watched Super Megaforce and it came to the episode where they were bringing back the Quatisaurus Rex megazord, I about squeed, because it was my favorite zord of them all. But then I saw it and... It was blue... And skinny... And not the Q-Rex... I died a little that day...
The current Sentai has a zord that's a fusion of the Dragonzord and QRex. It's called Kaiju-Oh
I literally have no hatred or dislike for any Power Ranger series
In fact I went an entire week streaming the whole Power Ranger series from beginning to end. Yes I watched Mighty Morphin all the way to Beast Morphers
Also Operation Overdrive had a fire opening in my opinion, I would replay it sometimes
You watched all of that in a week?
It's impossible to watch it in a week.
Not for me
@@spectraphantom5870 Well, do you understand the runtime of all those seasons combined exceeds the number of hours in a week? It's logically impossible.
@@shivkokroo6180 Each episode was only 20 minutes and as long as nothing stopped me I watched it a lot
First seven seasons of Power Rangers was awesome
Both Zeo and Turbo had to suffer the disaster that was Ohranger, which almost killed the franchise.
Carranger is a hilarious parody of Sentai, but that was tough to translate for Turbo, along with the abrupt switch of rangers.
As soon as I saw this I said: “Watch RPM, Mystic Force or Operation Overdrive get mentioned.”
RPM is the best season though
@@ThePageofRage Becoming even more important thanks to Beast Morphers
At the time I was a kid, it was kinda hard to watch Wild Force but it did gave us a good arc and character development so points for that. And Mystic Force, if it didn't have a terrible Red ranger and awful arc it could have been a hit. the show is entirely about their leader even if he's just not interesting. and the only cool thing about it is Koragg. The samurai rangers didn't even have anything to do with real samurais. I only loved the part when Lauren Shiba took over as the red ranger and I wish it stayed that way forever. Dino Charge and Ninja Steel, i wish they're something like Dino Thunder and Ninja Storm but it's just not that good. They're kinda entertaining but eventually the tone of cheesiness was over done.
Coming from the sentai, Mystic Force hits way differently when you see that the whole cast are all siblings. Dino charge's equivalent Kyoryuger, was one of the best character series and one of the saddest endings, but IMO the best one in recent sentais.
Okay I know Mystic Force Red was a bad character, and I'm not trying to defend him here... but you have to remember production holds all the power in the direction of their characters, and so I dont think he entirely deserves the blame for his bad character...
I personally believe Mystic Force had the most story driven plot in the series, and while it is bad you cannot deny it was at least interesting the first time through. Back to Red Ranger... there are episodes where he really does do a good job in his role, specifically the early episodes where he is starting to develop... but towards the end... he is honestly among the worst main characters in anything period. Dumb founded by everything and acting like a headless chicken all the time... but I honestly believe production had a lot of blame here, as you dont get from solid performance to "Oh my god just stop" without some outside influence.
@@JunkmanRomo are you kidding? Kyoryuger one of the best character seasons? Whenever a character had a focus episode (with the exception of kyoryu gold funnily enough), it always had to have king shoehorned in, and as a result, the characters with the exception of king do not get much character development. Theres a reason why kyoryuger is known in the sentai fanbase as "daigo sentai kingranger."
Saddest ending? It would've been a sad ending, if king didnt practically steal the show like always. He made the ending so predictable.
Wild force I remember as a kid was bad because the fucking acting or acting direction for the most part is garbage but the story as a whole and of course the Red Ranger episode which as a red ranger fan definitely made up for the misgiving of that season's acting
As for MF I haven't seen it yet the last show I watched when I was a kid was a tiny amount of SPD
I loved Mystic Force, the red ranger and the arcs were nice.
There is also a plot hole from the Super Megaforce series.
They can use the powers of the Rangers before them but how is possible that they can use the SPD powers if the SPD series will set to the year 2025?
The Zeo powers were never destroyed, but then they switched to Turbo powers without explanation starting with the Turbo movie
For me, I can't really rank Megaforce/SMF as the worst. I've commented on this on other videos; but a lot of the reasons people tend to dislike it are not stuff they could have helped. But you're one of the few that cite very good reasons why it's not good.
But for me the worst is Overdrive. It comes down to the fact I can rewatch Megaforce, I've yet to fully get through a complete rewatch of Overdrive.
Megaforce is a weak series, but it has some good moments and good characters that manage to overcome all the negatives.
Overdrive doesn't. Overdrive has three characters I don't hate, outside of OAR, Spencer, Mack, and Furious. And the latter doesn't get enough screen time and what he has is shared by, imo, the absolute worst character in the entire franchise, Norg.
Megaforce doesn't have great characters, but at least they're rangers are actually a team, they want to do the right thing. They're occasionally interesting. The villains are mostly fun to watch. Overdrive has one awesome campy villain, one amazing snarky butler, and only one Ranger that actually deserves his powers, and one of the best crossovers in the franchise. Everything else just hurts to watch.
Between the two, I'd just rather have badly acted tolerable characters then well acted terrible characters.
100% agreed.
I could look past Divatoxs annoyance with two very BIG reasons 👀 her ummm Smile...yeah let's go with That
Honestly, Justin never actually bothered me. I was certainly surprised to see a kid ranger, but I never hated him.
Same here, I think he would've worked better as the 6th like Kibaranger or King Ranger, but the logic behind him was sound.
Honestly Megaforce's biggest failure was Saban's own making. His previous mistreatment or taking for granted for actors, an unwillingness to put in some effort when it came to inviting them back AND being completely unwilling to give Megaforce the budget it needed. Completely shot this season in the foot
I liked some parts of Turbo and loved the movie before it (especially when Jason and Kimberly turned evil), but seeing Justin as a Ranger was disappointing. I was really pissed when Zordon and Alpha 5 left. I did watch the two part anniversary episode "Once a Ranger" and really enjoyed it. When I tried to watch Operation Overdrive from the very beginning as an adult I couldn't get past the first episode. Ironically, their Pink Ranger shares the exact same name as my late grandma Rose. I still like that. I watched Megaforce and Super Megaforce in their entireties, and while some episodes were good, the "Legendary Battle" was beyond dreadful. Thank the universe that "Dimensions in Danger" was so much better! I'm still a huge fan and have watched a majority of the series.
I got my power rangers series knowledge from history of power rangers and megaforce yeah it burns hard and if I remember correctly from what I've heard even the actors wanted more development,but zacker said no and after megaforce he was no longer in charge. Also some of the cast coming back from what Linkara said the invites to the legendary battle was sent a month before the battle aired. Also speaking of Tommy in the background you can see his rangers forms from Green to Dino black ranger.
I don't really blame the Megaforce production for the doubled up suits. That mistake happened back in the 90s and there was no way to fix it that would satisfy anyone.
What I absolutely DO blame them for is when they show Ninja Storm Green Samurai, and put Tommy's "hai-YA" battle voicelines over CAM.
@@PissedGrunty
Linkara pointed that out to
@@PissedGrunty
Also the suits aren't the problem ( except the sentai teams but that's debatable) . It was zacker considering from what I've heard what it might have been
No one wants a 10 year old "hero"
Kid Gohan: What am I, chopped Liver?
Kid Goku: I must be the onions!
ALL POWER RANGERS SEASONS RANKED FROM WORST TO BEST!
23.) PR Operation Overdrive
22.) PR Turbo
21.) PR Alien Rangers
20.) PR Mega Force
19.) PR Dino Fury
18.) PR Samurai
17.) PR Ninja Steel
16.) PR Dino Charge
14.) PR Beast Morphers
13.) PR Zeo
12.) PR Wild Force
11.) PR Dino Thunder
10.) PR Lightspeed Rescue
9. ) PR Lost Galaxy
8.) PR Time Force
7.) PR Mystic Force
6.) PR Jungle Fury
5.) PR Ninja Storm
4.) PR S.P.D.
3.) P.R. RPM
2.) Mighty Morphing Power Rangers
1.) Power Rangers In Space
Yeah Turbo wasn't my favorite season. You made a good point saying it came after Zeo, and it hurt the show. BTW Zeo is in my favorite.
I loved zeo I was able to recently buy the vintage morpher in the box and the gold morpher also
The best thing about megaforce was watching Gia every week. Noah should have been casted as the red ranger he really was the only one who in my opinion had any true character development. Operation overdrive had a awesome storyline just the wrong actors to carry out the delivery, Disney didn't even care about the franchise which probably had a lot to do with it. I'm definitely in the minority of fans who actually liked turbo I didn't mind Justin becoming the blue ranger I would've rather it be some kind of was a build up to him taking over the powers. Although turbo of course wasn't the greatest season it would be hard for me to throw the season in the trash when the same team from the second half of the "trash" season turned around the very next season and became arguably the team that saved the franchise
Super Mega Forces "Pirates aesthetic" is due to the original sentai called Gokaiger being about the tram being Space Pirates but for the English version, they don't have a reason.
Megaforce/Super Megaforce definitely the worst of the worst. That’s why I will only refer to them as their Sentai counterparts. Goseiger and Gokaiger. Can’t change my mind.
Turbo and Overdrive aren’t great, but at least they were trying in comparison and had some moments.
As for Neo-Saban and now Hasbro eras, honestly mediocre/meh at best.
My wife and I love watching power rangers together we also own the seasonal dvds of the shows as for myself personally I didn't get taught the life lessons from my parents instead I learned them from shows like Transformers, Power Rangers,Star Trek ,Andromeda they all have touched my life and helped mold me into who I am today so I keep watching the shows I love in regards to power rangers there are tweaks I would have done from changing zords to adding unlocking special powers to unlocking special zord combinations in Dino Furys case to more meaningful villains and mentors to balance out the whole good vs evil in the seasons I would also change it up so the women are the leaders in seasons and just the guys being shown as the leaders of the teams I'd also bring back the power up battle modes because they always looked cool when the rangers used them in the shows I also love the megazord battle Master mode suits the rangers got I wish they would bring that back as well
Do you think should hasbro erased super megaforce from power rangers canon and Make new gokaiger adaptation for power rangers 30th anniversary?
Super megaforce are so bad and gokaiger deserve better power rangers adaptation
MegaForce is literally one of best seasons in my opinion. The creative idea to add the previous rangers’ powers was awesome. Jungle Fury, Samurai, SPD, and MegaForce were the best seasons in no specific order.
Turbo was one of my favorite seasons and i more than admit to its flaws...i miss when turbo WAS seen as the worse season because there WAS no actually bad seasons. Ive felt the same way as you with operation overdrive and megaforce. I knew there was something off about overdrive so disney is why overdrive, the season that could have worked didnt.
For me the worst is definitely Super Mega Force, honestly I haven’t watched much Power Rangers after RPM but I’m a huge Sentai fan. That’s what made me tune in for Super Mega Force after I dipped my toe in Samurai and hated it. For them to butcher one of the greatest Super Sentai series(in my humble opinion), I’ll never quite forgive them. Japan basically handed you the formula, have space pirates come to earth looking for the treasure(keys) and go from there. Also BTW the sentai that overdrive was adapted from is pronounced BO-KEN-JER with the bow having the long O sound.
Super Megaforce is such a shame. They had so much to work with and ruined it.
Feel like it should have been a separate season, rather than tying it into Megaforce
“No kid wants a ten year old hero”
Ben 10: “am I a joke to you”
I was never a big fan of Power Rangers. When it came out, I was in middle school, but my younger cousins were huge fans of it. Toys, show, game (well, I did like the SNES game for it), etc. I would see the show sometimes when babysitting or when over at their place. Turbo is the only season, though, that I've seen all the way through. Just as cheesy as the other series before it and I mainly watched the show as a whole on occasion because I had a fangirl crush on Johnny Yong Boscht. lol That frog line from the movie was just too adorable. lol Too bad that Carlos guy replaced him in Turbo.
That aside, for Turbo, I thought it was kind of cool that they had an actual kid be a Power Ranger. I know I would've been stoked about it if I were that age at that time. When I was a kid, I actually did like seeing stuff with kids my age since usually they were relatable in some way. Who knows, maybe that's why I liked Sailor Moon back then. lol
Oh, and the origin for Turbo was that second movie. Rocky got hurt I think, and he was replaced with Justin. I remember the commercials for the movie and that part. Don't recall anything else...don't think I've ever seen it.
Super Sentai I hear is actually better. I have seen some of Zyuuranger and I did like some of it minus the cheesy monster fights. The thing that sticks in mind for me is the episode where the Blue and Pink rangers went bad. Billy and Kimberly had nothing on them. lol What'd they do, bully Bulk and Skull? lol Original, those two actually KILLED people.
totally agree with the megaforce an super megaforce. They literally took one of the greatest sentai serie and just trashed it without respect. It should've been one of those things they should have considered. IMO although it wouldve been cool to see gokaiger in power ranger series, it just wasnt a good idea. The whole point of gokaiger was to reminisce and pay homage to the past 50+ years of the super sentai series. TBH the sentai series feels way more respected in japan than compared to USA respecting power rangers. They shouldve have skipped the gokaige just like they did with the train sentai.
the reason turbo was so off the wall was because the japanese show was a joke show it was meant to be a parody
For me it was Ninja Steel/Super Ninja Steel. Like other “worst” seasons, it has some decent stuff & the 25th anniversary special was great (Master Morpher & the final on-screen appearance of JDF)…but to me the majority of both seasons were a chore to watch through.
Wouldn’t being a power ranger fan make you want to see or watch the original Sentai? You can find clips online and even get the seasons with English dubs. Gokaiger did the anniversary season so much better than Super Megaforce did
I did see clips from Gokaiger. And it looked way better then Super Megaforce.
@@KumiChan2004 i watched a couple episodes of Gokaiger & it was amazing, would u like to know where I watched it for free ?
@@Chriscopter50 My list of shows to watch is near endless. But my time isn't. And it starts with more Pretty Cure and the rest of Nanoha. There's also the Prisma Illya movies I haven't seen. And the rest of Fate.
Then my friends suggested I watch some of the Kamen Rider.
I would like to watch some Sentai series at some point though.
But yeah... I tend to be a fan of multiple genres so not always having the time for them.
Congratulations on the number of subscribers and thank you for doing this video.
I wasn't a really big fan of the Power Rangers series that you mentioned. Yes I know that Power Rangers: Turbo had a cool theme and zords. It was just the fact that they made a kid into a Ranger, which goes back to one of Super Sentai series. As for the other series that you mentioned the problem that I had was the writing and budget.
As for my least favorite Power Rangers series that I think is one of the worst one. Well I going to have to say that Power Rangers: Jungle Fury was just that. The reason why I don't like this Power Rangers series was because it was done during the writers strike and a lot of the episodes were poorly done.
When the 6th ranger in megaforce used the Dragonzord, The Quantum Trex, and The DragoZord the end result fucking sucked
Here's the Link: Q-Rex Zord | Power Rangers Official - UA-cam
I looked at Justin's character like " Shazam " being a kid before turning into a adult super hero.
Besides that I think " mystic force " was terrible..smh... just a waste
The Phantom Ranger comic, Edge of Darkness, was really good. I love Phantom Ranger trying to protect little Rita, and managed to meet Carla Parez (might have misspelled her name) and had her sign my copy.
Does he has a name like Trey ?
@@robertrogers074 No
So I’m one of the oddballs here, not only did I not mind Justin being a ranger but I actually liked the idea, mainly cause of how it represents us as kids wanting to be power rangers ourselves and seeing an actual kid, not the rangers getting turned young like in mighty morphin, was actually pretty cool. Plus pretty sure superhero comics beat them to the punch with young hero’s such as the side kicks like robin and kid flash, and of course from a tv media standpoint we had the big bad beetleborgs.
Thank you some one actually likes Justin
Turbo by far will always be my number one. Especially the second half is what saved the res of turbo and inSpace revitalized power rangers to finish up to sabans wild force. The worst is both megazords and super mega force while mega force could have been a whole other series beforehand than mega force could have been the proper gokaiger we should have gotten but yaknow Saban didn’t think this properly through.
I like your opinion and it's nice that you're only a Power Ranger fan, and doesn't watch the Super Sentai version, but your opinion makes even more sense if you watch the original Japanese one, in the Japanese version Goseigers (Megaforce) and Gokaigers (Super Megaforce) are different groups, one having a Angel gimmick, while the other having a pirate gimmick and sort of 'stealing', it makes absolutely no sense making both of them the same team, the turning into old power rangers was actually a good idea in the original, but executed poorly in the Power Rangers version, it's just pretty sad that they've botched it, since Goseiger and Gokaiger are REALLY GOOD seasons, and the Super Sentai battle is REALLY epic in the original
I would say the worst season, or seasons in this case, would be the entire neo-saban era with the exception of Dino Charge. There was no character development at all, and it seemed like they wer just going through the motions. Yes Turbo wasn't the greatest, but I would still rate it better than the neo-saban era any day.
Yeah I've always thought the show started going downhill hard after RPM so I've only seen bits and pieces. Is Dino Charge actually good though? I always viewed it as a poor imitation of Dino Thunder but maybe I'll give it a shot
@@tTaseric dino charge was alright, but it seemed like they weren't trying with the scripts. However since hasboro took over, it seems to be getting better