There are alot of seasons of Power Rangers with some of them being better then others but there is one season that nearly all the people that love Power Rangers agree is a good season of the show. With it being the first two episodes of that season that i'm going to be taking a look at today just to see if it's as good as people say that it is and so then join me as I review the two part episode that has a really expensive looking first part and a really cheap looking second part with the episode in question being called simply just "Force From The Future" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when Ransik an evil villain from one thousand years in the future escapes police custody and travels back to the year 2001 it's up to a bunch of police cadets to bring him back and stop and end to his evil schemes once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being the kind of plot that would make for a really good Power Rangers movie plot with this episodes plot being movie quality good as that's just how good of a plot that this episodes plot really is and given that most plots for the first episode of Power Rangers are usually more in line with what to expect from the rest of the show at that point in time it's honestly refreshing to see a plot that actually takes chances and is actually alot more mature then what it really had any right to be as we straight up see the Red Ranger die in the first episode and how that impacts one of the other rangers as well which is something that Power Rangers didn't really do all that often and yet here not only do they do it but it's also forms apart of the Pink Rangers character arc as well with this episodes plot also being really rather entertaining and a well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Jason Faunt as Alex and Wesley "Wes" Collins and Michael Copon as Lucas Kendall. Also starring in this episode is Kevin Kleinberg as Trip , Deborah Estelle Phillips as Katie Walker , Erin Cahill as Jen Scotts , Brianne Siddall as The Voice Of Circuit , Edward Albert as Mr. Collins , Vernon Wells as Ransik , Kate Sheldon as Nadira , Neil Kaplan as The Voice Of Gluto , Eddie Frierson as The Voice Of Frax , Roy Werner as Captain Logan and Douglas Fisher as Philips.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which is actually quite shocking for Power Rangers as this episodes acting is damn near close to being movie quality good as while yes there are few odd line deliveries here or there the acting from all of this episodes main actors is just so good that it makes you wonder why the makers of this show don't put more effort into finding actors who can actually act because when they do do that we get some really good performances out of the actors and that is something that is really true for this episode as it really is hard to say just who the best performer is in this episode as while it's clear as day that both Kate Sheldon and Vernon Wells are having the most fun being the evil villains of this season and really are just really hamming it up and that is something that really does shine through in both of there respective performances Erin Cahill for example is really treating seriously and we get a good performance because of it with the acting that in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all thus episodes actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.
As was stated at the very start of this review this episode is not only a two part episode but the first episode actually looks to be really expensive. With it being clear as day that the makers of this show put alot of effort and thought into that first episode as not do we see some really expensive looking practical effects but we also see some unique looking vehicle designs as well and yet when we get to the shows second episode none of that is present with episode looking like every other episode of Power Rangers in that it was done on the cheap for as little money as it humanly possible and while this wouldn't be a bad thing if the first episode looked cheap as well but as the makers of the show went out of there to show us what they can do when there given a budget to work with it makes all the more obvious when in the very next episode they just go back to how they've been doing things for nine years at this point in time but credit where it's due tho that kind of method of doing things cheaply and quickly has worked out well enough for them but at the same time tho it does also create this sort of whiplash as everything in the first episode looks so good and so expensive to make barring some projection shots and yet in episode to it really does look like it was made on less of budget then what both The New Addams Family and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation had combined as that's just how cheap looking that that second episode really does look when spending just as much money on that second episode would only make the episode look better then what it already does but it would also make it look like that it takes place in the exact same world as part one.
Whilst watching part one it was hard not to compare it to the first Mad Max movie as visually they do look the exact same. Which is by no means a knock on this episode rather it's meant as a compliment as it means that episode one looks like that it belongs in a feature length film where as episode two looks like that it belongs in the TV show spin off of episode one and it makes you wonder why the team behind Power Rangers didn't put as much effort into making the rest of the Power Ranger shows look like that they belong in a movie as they quite clearly have the talent needed to do so and while it might have been a budget thing as Haim Saban was notable for being tight with his money surely by spending more money on making the product look as good as it does then it would mean that you'd get more money back because not only would kids be watching the episodes more and more on a weekly basis but more importantly at least from a Power Rangers point of view they'd also be buying the toys as well which means that if the show not only had good stories and good characters much like in that first Mad Max film but also had some really great looking visuals then you' get more people watching the show and given the fact that this season has more of an adult edge to it it's also something that would have gone a long way into proving to people that Power Rangers can be more then just a show for little kids and that if it's done right and in the right way then adults can enjoy just as much if not more so then what the little kids can do as well.
This season of the show was rather notable for it being the first season of Power Rangers to feature a Pink Ranger that is actually the leader of the team. Which was not only a bold move back then but at the same time it's also one that really hasn't been done since then as while yes granted Wild Force had the pink ranger be the leader of the team but by the time episode one had finished that role had gone to Cole the red ranger and even tho Cosmic Fury did a have a female lead the team for real she was the red ranger and not the Pink Ranger with there also being dozens of more examples and yet it's in this season and this season only that we get the Pink Ranger leading the team and not only that Jen was actually a really well written character as well with her being the kind of character who is not only a stickler for the rules and being a by the book kind of cop but when things get to dangerous or if her ego is threatened she's the first one in there fighting the good fight with her even having a personal reason to wanting to seen Ransik put back in jail as he was the one that killed her fiancée Alex in the future which does create tension with her and Alex's descendant Wes as Wes just wants to do right by her but due to what she's gone through with Ransik in the future she's not willing to open herself up to the possibility of finding someone else and it's those things that she she not only has to deal with over the course of this season but also in these first two episodes as well with it also being something that does make her a really well written character and perhaps even one of the best written characters in all of Power Rangers history as well.
To be frank Ransik is pretty freaking scary and creepy looking villain for that matter with him having one side of his face covered in metal which hides a hideous looking scar. On top of that actor Vernon Wells also gives him a pretty knarly sounding voice as well as even tho he does seem to SHOUT alot of his words of dialog which granted could be seen as betting annoying really fast it is something that alot adds to the overall creepiness of the character as here is a character that demands your attention not only from how he looks but he acts as well as even tho he has a deep love for his daughter Nadira he also holds a deep and passionate hatred not only for Time Force as a whole but for human kind as well and while his hatred of human kind isn't reveled in these first two episodes it is something that does get reveled later on in the show with this character being the kind of character that is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done and is willing to go to any lengths to make sure that the job gets done not only right but quickly and efficiently as well with him also willing to get his hands dirty as it's him that causes the death of Alex the original Time Force Red Ranger in the distant future something that no other main villain from any other Power Rangers season has done either before or after this season with them all mostly relying on that particualr seasons foot soldiers to do alot of the heavy lifting where as in these first two episodes it's Ransik himself that's doing alot of the heavy lifting which is something that really does make him stand apart from all of the main Power Ranger villains out there as it shows us that he really is dangerous and deadly character.
Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and twenty six seconds and whilst episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and twenty six seconds as well. It's episode one that uses it's running time a bit more wisely as even tho both episodes really do have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time it's the fact that episode one takes a bit more time in setting up alot of the characters that are from the future and in showing us just how exactly the Power Rangers version of the future both looks and works that make it stand out as episode to doesn't really spend alot of time in setting up Wes as a character as we only get three scenes with him throughout the whole episode and yet we are somehow meant to feel something when he agrees to help the other Rangers morph for the first time and while it is perfectly understandable that this episode doesn't fully explore Wes's character just yet as there are thirty plus episodes for them to do exactly that you still need to give us something to go off of and when you compare this to what we get in episode one where all of the other main characters are set up in a way that it is believable that they would go into time just chase down this one bad guy it is something that makes Wes's lack of a character in episode to really stand out all the more because of it but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I gave to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally tought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. As while alot of this episodes action is rather rightfully saved for episode tow of this two parter episode the action that we got in part one whilst it was good in it's own storyline way it just wasn't as exciting as the action that got in episode two as in episode one we just got one Ranger fighting Ransik which was still cool to see but at the same time tho it didn't really look like that that episode used any fight footage from the shows Sentai counterpart Mirai Sentai Timeranger as Ransik is an original villain to Power Rangers where as with episode two because of the fact that they did get to use some of the Sentai footage we got to see all f the Rangers fighting as a team and while yes again granted the second episodes action also has it's problem like sloppy editing and pointless slow motion shots we did also get to see some really cool moves as well like Jen running on a wall just to take over several of Ransik's soldiers all by herself or with the team doing a poor impression of the bullet dodge scene from The Matrix which yes did look bad but it was still a cool move to see in this episode and while this episode did have some action in episode one it just couldn't compare to just how good the action in this shows second ever episode was as the action in this shows second ever episode is just that good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall it's not hard to see why people love this season of the show as from both a visual point of view and a storytelling point of view it's alot more mature and grown up then what had come before it and what would come after it as well with it being something that does prove that Power Rangers is not just for little kids as it can also be for adults as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that episode one of this show really does earn itself a score grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from and episode two of this show really does itself a grand old score combined score of a exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me and this very episode really does earn itself a total combined score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with really alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.