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06 Sep

Power Rangers: The Version of In Space We Never Got

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Power Rangers in Space was a revolutionary entry in the Power Rangers franchise. The show had certainly evolved over the previous five seasons but In Space was a quantum leap forward. Airing in 1998 on Fox Kids, the series featured serialized plots, character arcs with depth, and gifts for longtime fans in the form of returning Rangers and villains. Nearly 25 years later, the series remains highly regarded, many elements of it even making their way into the current Power Rangers comics. But it all could have been so very different. Imagine a version of In Space where Astronema wasn’t…
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21 May

Did Rangers of the New Republic Plans Change Because of Gina Carano’s Firing?

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When Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced the future of the Star Wars live-action TV universe on Disney+, she named several new series spinning out of The Mandalorian. A series called Ahsoka would pick up where the Jedi’s cameo in season 2 of Mando left off, as she continued her search for Grand Admiral Thrawn. The Book of Boba Fett would follow the further adventures of the franchise’s foremost bounty hunter and the assassin Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). Then there’s the more mysteriously titled Rangers of the New Republic, a series that up to this point we know little about beyond…
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17 Apr

How Power Rangers Dino Fury Finally Embraced The Franchise’s Continuity

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Warning: This article contains POWER RANGERS DINO FURY episode eight spoilers. For the better part of 20 years Power Rangers has actively resisted a strict continuity. Sure it would drop a reference here or there but most of the time the show was content to keep its season closed off from one another. When we did get references or connections to the past they were often throw away at best and actively contradictory at worst. Sure we had a few great callbacks like Dr. K’s return in Beast Morphers but on the whole, attempts at continuity were few and far between and…
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21 Feb

Power Rangers: Who Are The Morphin Masters?

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Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Power Rangers Dino Fury premiere. The premiere of Power Rangers Dino Fury was rolling along at an even pace. Characters were being introduced, backstory was set up, and we got a cool fight! Then everything slowed down and Zayto let us in the backstory of the Dino Fury powers. That exposition dump sent Power Rangers fans minds ABLAZE. So much lore! An unheard of team of Rangers? They were given powers by… THE MORPHIN MASTERS? If you aren’t knee deep in Power Rangers lore you might be left scratching your head. Who are the…
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20 Feb

Where Does Dino Fury Take Place in Power Rangers Continuity?

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Warning: This article contains Power Rangers Dino Fury premiere spoilers. For years Power Rangers basically had one continuity. Sure it was a little wonky and things didn’t quite all fit together but all the seasons basically took place in one universe. Then Power Rangers RPM happened. At first it was assumed to be a series set far in the future but was confirmed in its team-up with Power Rangers Samurai that no, RPM’s post apocalyptic world was its own continuity. Then Dino Charge ended with dinosaurs alive again so it was in its own universe. Ever since Power Rangers fans…
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06 Feb

The Power Rangers Turbo Deleted Scenes That Could Have Saved the Movie

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Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie is, at best, a glorified TV movie. Made when Power Rangers’ popularity was in slow decline after the zenith of the Mighty Morphin days, the film makes no pretense that it’s trying to be any kind of cultural event like the first film attempted to be. Instead, it only half-heartedly tries to bring in a new audience with the addition of kid Ranger Justin and struggles to please hardcore Power Rangers fans. The story –new villain Divatox makes her way to a mystical island to marry an ancient evil and the Rangers have to stop…
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02 Feb

Power Rangers Dino Fury Will Feature a Returning Character

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This article contains a likely casting spoiler for Power Rangers Dino Fury. Power Rangers Dino Fury is set to debut this year but that hasn’t stopped fans from clamoring for any amount of information they can get. Since the cast was revealed in October we haven’t gotten much outside of a few comments from executive producer Simon Bennett. Thankfully the official Power Rangers website was just updated with information on the new season, including character bios, town name, and information on the Rangers’ Zords. The website also has a section for a gallery but there’s nothing in it… that can…
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12 Dec

Resolving Power Rangers RPM’s Cliffhanger 11 Years Later

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This interview contains massive spoilers for the final episodes of Power Rangers Beast Morphers. In 2009 Power Rangers RPM ended with a shot of main villain Venjix trapped in one of the team’s morphers. It was an ominous cliffhanger to end the season on, one fans have hoped for years would get some kind of resolution. Well, over 10 years later, it finally happened. The last two episodes of Power Rangers Beast Morphers not only brought back Venjix but also revealed he was actually Evox, the Beast Morphers’ main nemesis, all along! Along the way we even got the return of…
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12 Dec

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 22 Review: Evox Unleashed

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. In the end this is how it was always going to be. For as excited as I was after last weeks triumphant Power Rangers Beast Morphers episode, there was no way this episode could live up to it. ‘Evox Unleashed’ is good but it’s not great and much of that can be put down to the mandate that has held back Beast Morphers from living up to its true potential. As I’ve mentioned many times before but bares repeating now, when Senior Vice President of Power Rangers Franchise Development and Production Brian Casentini left…
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11 Dec

The Challenges of Creating Power Rangers Dino Fury

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The current season of Power Rangers isn’t done yet but fans are already looking to the future more so than usual. Why is that? It’s the 28th season of Power Rangers so it’s not an anniversary. The theme of the season is dinosaurs, which is a nice connection to the past, but not one that builds this much anticipation from hardcore fans. The excitement actually comes from behind the scenes. Dino Fury has a new executive producer, Simon Bennett. Joining long time producer Chip Lynn, fans are eager to see what Bennett will bring to the table and how he may…
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05 Dec

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 21 Review: Source Code

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. This episode was a huge gamble for Power Rangers Beast Morphers. As I wrote about last week, invoking a plotline from Power Rangers RPM could have blown up in their faces. The cliffhanger with Venjix in the morpher has gone unresolved for over a decade and fan expecations for it being paid off were sky high. If even one detail was wrong or out of place, the whole episode would have collapsed. But Beast Morphers did the impossible. They followed up on Venjix cliffhanger perfectly and delivered the best team-up episode in well over…
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28 Nov

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 20 Review: Crunch Time

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. It’s crunch time for Power Rangers Beast Morphers and, as I wrote about last week, when the major plot beats go down? Beast Morphers shows up with the energy it needed! From the start the episode is filled with tension. We know something is up with Blaze and from that first sneer it’s easy to guess it’s the evil Blaze. That doesn’t ruin the tension though because even though we know it’s not the real one the Rangers don’t. It makes watching his actions all the more sinister. The way he manipulated Devon, stroking…
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21 Nov

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 19 Review: Fossil Frenzy

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. While last week’s Power Rangers Beast Morphers didn’t have a noteworthy plot it did have a ton of life thanks to a musical sequence we still can’t get over. It was big, fun, and showed off a ton of energy that much of the show has been lacking. Unfortunately that energy didn’t carry over to this week where we get a very run of the mill story that isn’t bad but has a very bare bones plot. Zoey’s brother finds the fossil of an unknown dinosaur, she accidentally disintegrates it, and puts her life…
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14 Nov

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 18 Review: The Silva Switch

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. I have never been more surprised at an episode of Power Rangers than I was for ‘The Silva Switch.’ In the middle of the story, out of the blue, with no warning, we got an elaborately choreographed song and dance number featuring Steel in Nate’s body as the entire cast, augmented with backup dancers, sing about great it is to be human. I…. I am beyond stunned and delighted. I never imagined this could happen in Power Rangers. There’s never been anything like this! The most “musical” the show has been was Zeo’s ‘Another…
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07 Nov

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 17 Review: Goin’ Ape

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. I’ve never been more conflicted about an episode of Power Rangers Beast Morphers. This show has never had more energy and a sense of purpose than this episode. The fights have weight, the choreography is ten steps above normal, the emotions are dialed to eleven, and the Rangers are even allowed to have conflict! Every scene builds on one another and the pacing is tight while still allowing the proper emotional beats to land. The problem is that the inciting incident that drives the plot is deeply flawed and contrived. Misunderstanding conflicts take a…
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05 Nov

The Power Rangers “Reboot Universe” Is Exactly What The Franchise Needs

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In the early 1990s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers burst onto the scene and quickly became one of the hottest kids shows on the planet. Millions of toys were sold, ratings went through the roof, multiple copycats were created, and a big budget movie was put into production. Power Rangers’ place in pop culture was cemented and secured a long future for the franchise. However, as the years went on and Power Rangers continued on television its fame slowly evaporated. It fell into the background; successive seasons of the TV show were enjoyed by new generations of kids and hardcore fans…
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31 Oct

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 16 Review: Golden Opportunities

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. Power Rangers for the last six years has featured many plot lines revolving around the Rangers’ parents. It makes sense for the show to tackle the ways teenagers relate to their parents. Not only is it a great source of conflict for stories but also it’s especially relatable to the kid audience. For many children relationships with their parents are the most important things in their lives. Seeing superheroes they look up to having similar relationships can mean a lot. Unfortunately Beast Morphers really missed the mark with its depiction of Nate and his…
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24 Oct

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 15 Review: Grid Connection

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. During the middle of this much-hyped Power Rangers team-up episode Jason and the Dino Charge Rangers are walking in a quarry, trying to get to Evox so they can box him in as the Beast Morphers team goes around the other way. Jason says, “We’re gonna need to scale that cliff.” What a great scene that would have been; seeing Jason work with the Dino Charge Rangers to overcome a problem. They could have tried different tactics to get up the cliff, maybe fight off some foot soldiers that tried to block their ascent.…
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17 Oct

Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2 Episode 14 Review: Making Bad

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This POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS review contains spoilers. For an episode filled with clips from the past the most Power Rangers thing to happen is actually the B plot with the Rangers tracking down a diamond thief. Mostly because there are five diamond stores in Coral Harbor and they have names that all go in alphabetical order for A to E.  Albert’s Gems. Bright Stones. Coral Harbor Jewelers. Diamonds of Distinction. Elite Diamonds. That is so cheesy and perfectly Power Rangers. Of course the city would have diamond stores in alphabetical order! Obviously! I love that it’s a huge part of this…
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14 Oct

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Comic Ends With A Giant Zord Battle

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The Boom Studios Power Rangers comics have given us things the TV show never could. Hundreds of Rangers in combat on the moon, monsters impossible even for Toei to create, and storylines that we could have only dreamed of. However, one of the best things to come out of the Boom comics are the Zord battles. As cool as they are in the show, the ability to render a Zord battle on the drawn page is something to behold. The things that can do when they don’t have to move a person in a costume or a model around have…
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