Hello there Rangers fans here is my final Power Rangers review before the new movie comes out in just under a weeks time and i couldn't think of a better way to end this series then with Countdown To Destruction an episode which was meant to be the finale of the Power Rangers Franchise.
The plot line for this two parter is Dark Specter launches a universe wide attack with Astronema leading the attack on Earth and thus it's up to the Power Rangers to defeat evil once and for all. Not gonna lie this was a pretty epic episode and it was a great way to end In Space and what is now known as the Zordon Era for once there was no pacing issues.
As the rangers we have Tracy Lynn Cruz. and the yellow space ranger , Patricia Ja Lee as the pink space ranger , Christopher Khayman Lee as the red space ranger , Justin Nimmo as the silver space ranger , Roger Velasco as the black space ranger and Selwyn Ward as the blue space ranger and the main villain is played by Melody Perkins. Honestly for a Power Rangers episode the acting wasn't that bad it wasn't great but it wasn't bad either all of the space rangers do a great job as does Mel Perkins but for me the best group of actors in this episode are all the returning villains since there clearly having the most fun in the episode.
Since Power Rangers was adapted from Super Sentai at times it would be obvious what footage was American and what wasn't well for this episode i honestly had a hard time for the most part telling what was American footage and what wasn't and by that i mean whenever i saw what was obviously a modal shot then i knew it was filmed in Japan but to me it looked like this episode used mostly American footage and it looks really freaking great.
For me what really made this episode was seeing Bulk & Skull not only defend the Power Rangers not once but twice but also lead the charge during the third act because it was such a character defining moment for those two characters who had been getting more brave as the original shows went on so to see them fight off a bunch of monsters was truly satisfying.
The suits for In Space come from Denji Sentai Megaranger and if i'm being honest they don't look that good since Megaranger revolved around a game the suits were made to look like a game controller and that really doesn't mesh well with the space theme i think it would have helped if Saban had changed the suits a bit.
I have to talk about Dark Specter just because to the reason that they used the exact same suit for Maligore and they thought that no one would notice it's a great suit don't get me wrong but they could have at least have come up with something different otherwise it looks like the Tirbo rangers didn't really defeat Maligore at all maybe Saban is so cheap he thought " I've got this suit might as well use it" i'm on to you Saban (please don't hurt me).
Honestly guys this was a really great episode and from now it's the final that all Power Ranger finals shall be judged by i give this episode a solid 8.5 out 10