Power Rangers Dino Charge: Powers From The Past Review

Power Rangers is perhaps the longest kids action franchise in the world having started all the way in 1993 and further back in you take the show it's based off of Super Sentai into account and while right now there are no new episodes of either being made this doesn't mean that we can't look back on older episodes. Back in 2015 alot of Power Rangers fans had lost faith in the franchise as Megaforce and Supermega Force had taken away all of the good will that the previous season had somewhat maintained yet despite this Dino Charge proved to be the best season of the Neo-Saban era and so then join me as I review the episode that only features two of the rangers morphed with the episode in question being called simply just "Powers From The Past" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is millions of years after dinosaurs are entrusted with looking after these powerful artifacts called Energems two people find themselves in need of them when aliens start attacking the earth. 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 not that bad. The episodes whilst it is the just the stereotypical opening episode in that it's just there to set up the characters and the main conflict of the season and that's it bit that's all it needed to be and to be fair it does add enough new things to make it kind of feel new again. Heck even the idea of Tyler looking for his dad is something that would get repeated the very next season in Ninja Steel with the thing that makes this episodes plot standout is the fact that we mostly just follow two of the five rangers a while we do get introduced to two of the others in this episode we mainly follow Tyler and Shelby which is something that hasn't been done before and won't be done after until Dino Fury and while the plot of the episode is one that could have been alot more better handled as alot of the stuff at the start of the episode whilst it is important for the plot of the season it doesn't really add anything to the plot of the episode and therefor would have been better served if it was being handled across several episodes instead of just being dumbed here at the start of the first episode with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Brennan Mejia as Tyler Navarro , James Davies as Chase Randall and Yoshi Sudarso as Koda. Also starring in this episode is Camille Hyde as Shelby Watkins , Claire Blackwelder as Kendall Morgan , Richard Simpson as the voice of Keeper , Adam Gardiner as the voice of Sledge , Paul Harrop as the voice of Fury , Estevez Gillespie as the voice of Wrench , Jackie Clarke as Poisandra , Rebecca McFadzien as The Tour Guide , Susanna Tang as A Customer and Gerald Urquhart as the voice of Iceage.

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 not that bad. Whilst this episodes acting isn't good by any means as this is not only still Power Rangers and therefor you do have to accept that the acting won't be that good but it's also the first episode of a TV show and therefor the actors are still trying to find there characters and whilst yes there are some actors in this episode that are better then others the overall quality isn't going to be as high as it would be in later episodes of the show. With the best actor in this episode being Camille Hyde as Shelby Watkins as you do get the sense that she is trying her best to deliver a performance that is better then Power Rangers whereas the rest of the episodes actors whilst they are still good are giving us the exact performances that you think of when you think of Power Rangers with Camille even having a bit of playful energy to her performance that does make you want to spend more time with her with this also being something that helps to make her character all the more likable at the same time with her own natural charm and charisma really shining through in this episode. With the actin that's in tis very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors absolutely anything to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does help to harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

With this being the first episode we of curse get to spend alot of time with the seasons main villain Sledge. With Sledge actually being an American exclusive villain and yet you really can't tell as his suit looks so good and while Ninja Steel would pretty much nerf his character and make him a comedy one off villain here in this episode we do get to see that he is a threat with him killing one of his own workers just because they blocked his fiancé's view of space and then later on in the episode he threatens to kill one of his own generals those two things right there are things that make him a decent villain as it shows us that he is willing to go to extreme lengths just too get what he wants and that he doesn't really care who lives and dies and while Dino Super Charge gave him more of a comedic edge just seeing him be an outright villain was so much fun to see. Heck it's no wonder that he became oddly enough a fan favorite villain as not only does he have a simple goal of getting these Energems so that he can be more powerful but he also has a great look to him that makes him look really threatening and creepy at times and while it would have been nice if we did get more of him in this opening episode just to set up more of the fact that he's meant to be the main villain of the season what little we do get of him in this episode is alot of fun to watch with it showing us that the makers of episode can still give us some really fun original villains that despite having no ties to the Sentai still fit in really well within the world of Power Rangers as by all rights he could have been a really dull looking villain that was all bark and no bite and yet here with Sledge we do get a villain that could truly be a threat to the rangers of this new season.

Much like every single season of Power Rangers this episode and this season is based off of a Super Sentai season which in this case is Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. However unlike alot of episodes of Power Rangers this episode doesn't actually have any footage from that Sentai with everything in the episode being American exclusive footage which for Saban is a very brave thing to do as it means that thy have to create everything themselves with again Sledge being a prime example of this as due to him being an American only villain every single scene that has him in it has to be created from scratch much like with the episodes action which is where they would normally swap in the Sentai footage here it is American only footage and you really can't tell the difference. While this episode is alot more comedy focused early on in the episode this is something that does make sense as this is meant to be the first episode of a show and therefor it doesn't really harm the episode that the characters are making jokes and heck it's something that was even done in some Super Sentai debut episodes as well with the jokes here not being as childish as you'd think from Power Rangers as they all feel very character driven like with caveman Koda being obsessed with burger for example even to the point that he unknowingly lifts up both a crate and Shelby at the same time with the only person who doesn't get alot of chances to really be all that funny being Tyler as alot of his scenes are more with Shelby when there being attacked by Fury or with him in his own or in one scene with Chase and that's really it which is a shame as he did have the potential to have this optimistic sense of humor that would have worked really well with his character.

Outside of the brief bit of plot that we get at the start and at the end of the episode there's not really all that much to this episode. With this episode being viewed by some as being a two part episode due to the fact that it doesn't fully finish establishing everything for the show moving forward this is not the case as the plot of this episode is mostly all wrapped up at the end of the episode with the only reason to view as this as being a two part episode being because as was just mentioned it doesn't fully finish setting everything up which if i'm being honest here is a lame reason to to call this a two part episode as there's no overarching storyline and heck alot of what happens in the next episode could have been added to this episode and nothing would need to change. Even looking back on other debut episodes the very first episode of the original show didn't fully set things up until a few episodes later and it's the same thing with alot of other episodes of the show whilst yes there are some multipart debut episodes like for example "Day Of The Dino" from Dino Thunder and even the debut episode of Ninja Steel could be seen as being a two parter due to the fact that plot elements from that first episode do carry over into the next episode and whilst it could be argued that the same thing is also true for this episode here it's a case of there not being enough plot elements carried over to fully justify it being called a two part episode and heck even how this episode ends with the reveal of Fury being alive and well isn't something that really makes you want to watch the next episode whereas if this was always meant to be a two part episode then it would make more sense for there to be one big overarching plot and have a hook at the end of this episode that right away makes you want to watch the following episode both of which are things that are missing from this episode.

Given the fac that by the end of this show we do pretty much establish that this version of Power Rangers is set in it's own universe the idea of having dinosaurs be the ones to protect the Energems for millions of years is something that does make alot of sense. With it also being something that doesn't mess with the established timeline as now we know that the Energems wouldn't have effected the original Mighty Morphin team when they first got given there powers at the start of the show but there is an issue when it comes to the fact that the Energems are shown to save the person that they bond to as here in this episode we do see them take on the DNA and effectively bond to several dinosaurs and yet the dinosaurs are still extinct when going off of the shows own logic they should have survived the asteroid that killed them. This is something that wouldn't be an issue if the episode didn't later show both Tyler and Shelby almost die before touching there Energems thus saving them yet due to the fact that the episode does show us that we now have to wonder why the dinosaurs weren't saved in the same way as this is something that does crate a small inconsistency with the powers and what it is that they can do with none of the other episodes in both this season and in Dino Super Charge really making things more clearer rather they just straight up forget about it until the final episode of Dino Super Charge when it is something that should have been made alot more clear abut why the Energems save the humans but not the animals as otherwise why bother showing us Keeper giving them to the dinosaurs if your not going to do anything with it until the shows final episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and thirty six seconds. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for this version of the sow as all of the shows episodes have very similar running times to them but here's the thing tho this episode really could have done with being a double length episode of the show just due to how much it does have to set up both interms of the plot for both the episode and the show and the things that it has to set up for the rest of the show moving forward and yet all of the key plot stuff is just crammed into the opening several minuets of the episode which leaves alot less plot for the rest of the episode with this episode having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time. The episode doesn't even use its running time all that wisely as the episode just flat doesn't have the time do any of it as the second the shows opening intro finishes the episode just feels like that it's on fast forward hitting you plot point after plot point whereas if the episode did take its time and was a double length then all of those plot points would be all the more better with the makers of this episode being more bothered about cramming as much plot into the first several minuets then they in giving the episodes plot some plot development. This is something that is also true for the episodes character development altho in this case you can make the point that the characters will get there development in later episodes of the show but the episode doesn't even bother to lay down the groundwork for any potential character development which makes any development that the characters might get come out of nowhere with the makers of this episode putting more thought into there original fight footage that then did into giving the episodes characters some character development 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 have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us n 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 was mentioned earlier on in the review all of the fight footage for this episode is exclusive to the show with none of it being lifted from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger ad much like with Sledge you really can't tell as it just looks so good that you would just automatically assume that it was lifted straight from the original Sentai and yet none of it was with the makers of this episode pulling some really good hand to hand combat with Keeper taking Fury at the start of the episode and both Shelby and Tyler taking Iceage in there morphed form at the end of the episode. With the best action un the while episode being the final fight of the episode as we see Tyler and Shelby morph for the first time and use there powers to beat up Iceage who had previously almost beaten them both with the fact that he is a bit of a handful for them in this episode is something that does make sense as they are new to being Ranger and therefor it does make sense that the only way that they could defeat him or come close to it is in there morphed form with the episode fitting alot of cool moments be it Shelby hitting Iceage with a flying kick or both her and Tyler jumping up as an explosion goes of in the background bottom line being here there is alot of cool stuff to be found in that this episodes action with the rest of the action in this episode being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it does go without saying but this one episode is easily better then anything that was done in both Megaforce and in Super Megaforce with this episode being one that does remind you of why we love Power Rangers in the first place as while yes there are moments that are cheesy there are alot of moments just that are just flat out cool to watch and those moments make the episode worth watching in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and a sell as all if the bad things tat are in his very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a gran old score of exactly a 6.5 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  personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images 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 alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers "Peace , Love And Woe" Review

Power Rangers especially in it's very earlier episodes was known for being a mixture of Saved By The Bell and Justice League. As the show would frequently mix in scenes detailing the characters normal day to day lives with alot of action scenes with the two of them barely connecting together with this episode that i'm going to be talking to you all about today being a good example of that and so that join me as I review the episode that was actually done better in this show then it is was in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger with the episode in question being called simply ""Peace , Love And Woe" enjoy. 

The plot of this episode is when his date is kidnapped Billy and the rest of the rangers have to find her and defeat the evil Madam Woe before it's far to late. 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. While yes this episodes plot is basically a plot where nothing actually happens it was still refreshing seeing Billy take the lead of an episode with the episodes plot being one that could have been done alot more better but at the same time tho that is something that could have been said for alot of the early Power Rangers episodes as even this episodes plot follows the structure of the rest of the rest of the show where we get a few minuets with the American actors at the start of episode to set up the plot and then we get the stock footage with the villain showing us the episodes main villain followed by an action scene and back to the American actors to wrap up the episodes plot. Which is something that this franchise has done really well but in this case it is something that does highlight it's flaws as it does seem like Rita is sending out Madam Woe just to mildly inconvenience the rangers and that's it with the episodes plot not being as strong as it could have been either but when the episodes plot is fun it can be really fun to watch with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this episode is Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott , Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan and Walter Jones as Zack Taylor. Also starring in this episode is Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart , David Yost as Billy Cranston , Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier , Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch , Richard Genelle as Ernie , Alexandra Wilson as Marge , David Fielding as the voice of Zordon , Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 5 , Barbara Goodson as the voice of Rita Repulsa , Kerrigan Mahan as the voice of Goldar , Robert Axelrod as the voice of Finster , Michael J. Sorich as the voice of Squatt , Dave Mallow as the voice of Baboo and Alex Borstein as the voice of Madame Woe.

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. Whilst nobody expects good acting from anything to do with Power Rangers it is always nice when we get exactly that and that is something that we did get with this episode all five ranger actors really growing into their riles and becoming more and more confident in playing them with this being something that does shine through in there acting in this episode episode. Yet we do still get alot of bad acting from the episodes guest actors this is something that is to be expected as they have no clue wat kind of show that this is and therefor they do overact alot of the time with Alexandra Wilson being a good example of that as she does give these over the top facial expressions and have this over the top way of speaking that whist yes does make her character perfect for Billy it is also something that does cause her to turn in a bad performance in the episode with the best actor in the episode being Alex Borstein as the voice of Madame Woe as she does give the character a suitably creepy voice which does go along way to make her character seem like more of a threat then what she actually is with the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors alot to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does hard the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.  

While we did have Squatt appear in American footage in "For Whom The Bell Trolls" thus making him the first villain to appear in American footage this episode does have a first as well as it's the first time that we see a fully morphed ranger appear in American footage. As we do get to see the blue ranger interact with both Marge ad Madam Woe with the other four rangers also being seen fully morphed interacting with Marge this is something that might be seen as being a small thing but given the fact that Power Rangers has always gotten at least fifty percent of it's footage from another show the fact that they have the morphed rangers appear in American footage is something that does help to trick us the audience into wondering if what we are watching is American footage or Japanese footage. With te blend being helped by the fact that alot of the American ranger footage happens in the dark and therefor we are unable to look alot closer at the suits and get a better look at them as that is something that would help us to tell apart just what bit of footage is coming from where and even Madame Woe herself does appear in one very small clip of American footage where they change the ending to the original Zyuranger episode where instead of having two spirits essentially reunite with one of them being on earth and the other being inside Madam Woe gem the ending now sees Billy grab Madam Woe's gem and crush it with that one brief bit of American footage causing a continuity issue as Madam Woe is seen missing her headdress in that bit of footage but the fact that they had all five rangers appear in American produced footage is still something to behold in it's own right and while the blend would be more common place in later seasons for this first batch of episodes it was a new thing.

Speaking of Madam Woe there is another issue that does come up but it's nothing to do with the character herself rather it's due to something that Rita says. With her demanding that Finster make her for her and yet in quite literally the very next scene Madam Woe is shown to working more of like a free agent of sorts with her being able to chose for whom she works with and when this is something that does make the previous scene with Rita be a huge mistake as now it looks like that Woe is both a free agent and yet also someone who is somehow made by Rita's clay when it would have worked just as well if the makers of this episode just went with one or the other. As they quite clearly had a Madame Woe suit made for the episode so they could have filmed a scene with her on Rita's moon base and cut around the fact that she and Rita are from totally different scenes or episodes and yet they somehow chose to go with both which is something that just doesn't work. Things are made just as worse when you take into account that Rita doesn't really have a plan in this episode which is fair enough as she also didn't have one in the Sentai episode either but given that Power Rangers already changes things from the Sentai then it would have made sense for them to alter this episode a tiny bit by making it seem like Rita has a plan with Madam Woe being a key part of it the episode isn't be any means harmed by her not having a plan as indeed alot of the early episodes of the show do follow the same suit but it is something that would made Rita seem more like a threat to the rangers instead of just someone who is mildly annoyed by them.

This episode despite it being a pretty average by the numbers episode of the show is also one that does get a few things right like for example it does do a good job building up the relationship between Billy and Marge to the point where you do want to see them together as they are essentially the same person just with different genders with this being something that we do see alot in the episode with it being made all the more sweet when it Billy that's the one that saves her and not one of the other rangers which is very easily could have been with this leading to a kind of funny moment when at the episode Marge is going on about how much she liked the blue ranger while Billy has to hide the fact that he is the blue ranger. With the other thing that the episode gets right is the fact that we do get someone other Zack or Jason be the main male hero of the episode as alot of the times in early Power Ranger it was either one of those two that got the spotlight episode with Billy only getting a small handful of them and yet whenever he does get them we do get to see just how much of a ladies man that he is and how much of a good sports player that she is and how much of a good dancer that he is all of which are things that while the latter two are mostly played for laughs to end out an episode do show us that Billy is lacking confidence in himself and yet when he does get that confidence he is able to do all of the things that his friends can do and sometimes even better. With him getting that confidence due to him being a Power Ranger as while in later episodes he would be able to more then hold his own in a fight here in this episode he's not that lucky and does call in his friends to help him out but when it comes to getting the ladies they are the ones that come to hm for help. 

Unlike alot of the episodes from this early era of the show this one does have more of a focus on the teens lives outside of being rangers. With this mainly being due to the fact that the sentai footage wouldn't have been usable alot of the time with this being something that does lead to there being long scenes just set at the Juice Bar which is fine as it is a nice set to look at but alot of the time tho there's nothing that's all that important to the plot of the episode happening outside of the opening scene where we see Billy and Marge agree to meet up and that's it and even then alot of that scene is filled up with typical Bulk and Skull hijinks which again is fine as you do expect that from Power Rangers but at the same time tho given just how light this episode is on footage there should have been a way to cut down the scenes at the Juice Bar to only the things that are important to the episodes plot. As we don't need to see Jason teaching Trini martial arts which in of it self makes no sense as she is shown to knowing martial arts in later episodes of the show and nor do we need to see Bulk crashing into a cake as it's just an unfunny setup to a slightly funny joke at the end of the episode. Rather what we do want to see is the Power Rangers doing there thing and while granted the original Sentai episode didn't have alot of scenes with them fighting in the suits so they couldn't do that much with them in the first place but what they could have done is have more scenes with them encountering Putties as that is something that would force them to go into action and given the fact that they do film original fight footage with them it is something that the makers of this show very easily could have done and worked into this episode in an organic way.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty minuets and six seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this how and to be fair this episode really doesn't need that long of a running time as it is the most basic Power Rangers episode that you can think off and therefor it really doesn't need a longer running time in order to tell its story in a way that does it justice with the episode even having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place as the episode is fairly basic in it's approach to telling the story with the episode spending a few minuets just in setting up the plot and the rest of the time is just spent with the rangers fighting the villain and that's it. The episode doesn't however use its running time all that wisely due to the fact that the episode doesn't take the time that it should have done in fully developing the episodes plot as while the episode doesn't have alot of usable fight footage what they could have done is instead use that extra time to fully develop it's plot as best as they could have done as this is still Power Rangers afterall and you don't go into Power Rangers expecting a well thought out plot but you do still want the plot of the episode to be just in general a bit more then what it is in the final episode as the episode seems to be more focused on showing the teens set up for this party then it is in giving us a well thought plot. This is also something that does effect the episodes character development as well but to much more lesser extent as you can argue that the rangers don't need character development in this episode due to them getting it in other episodes which is fair enough and with Marge quite clearly being a one off character she doesn't really need it either but it still have been nice if Billy did get a little something in the way of character development tho 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 have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented t us in this very episode well then in all honesty I inn all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode not having that much action in it with this being due to the fact that the sentai episode that this episode is based off of didn't feature a zord fight and therefor the makers of this episode had to invent an action scene just to get to the Power Rangers alot more quickly then what would have been the case. With the best action scene in the episode being the unmorphed fight with the rangers taking n the putties which was a really cool scene as we do get to see just much more stronger that the rangers have grown since the first episode where they were barely able to fight them off on their own and yet here in this episode all except Billy are more then able to hold there own against them with it being helped by the fact that we do get to see both both Trini and Zack do some pretty cool moves during the scene with Zack fighting two of them whilst lying down on a park bench and Trini does a pretty leg sweep combo which is something that does look really cool with the only thing that let's this action down in the episode being the fact that we don't get to see alot of scenes with them fighting as the Power Rangers which is yes more of an issue with the sentai then it is this episode but at the same time it would have been pretty cool to see more of them fighting Madam Woe fully morphed with this episodes other action scene being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst both the live show ad the movie proved that the makers of this show really can produce good suit fights for the rangers it was this episode that really did prove that we can also get alot of really cool unmorphed fights as well that work really well and while yes this episode really is just a stereotypical episode of the show it is still an entertaining watch in its own right 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 a such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 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 Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very episodes with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers "For Whom The Bell Trolls" Review

People say that Power Rangers was a goofy show especially in it's early years and for the most part they are right. As the show did have it's more goofy episodes however what alot of people seem to forget that this show was based off of Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger also had it's fair share of goofy episodes with the episode of Power Rangers that i'm going to be talking to you all about today being a good example of just how goofy Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger was alot of the time and so then join me as I review the episode that has a dreadful ending with the episode in question being called simply just "For Whom The Bell Trolls" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Trini falls asleep and her favorite doll is kidnapped and turned evil by Rita it's up to the rangers to the giant doll and rescue Billy and Trini who have been captured by the doll before it's far to late. 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 not that bad. Plot wise this episode was about as good as it was ever going to be given that the original sentai episode that this episode is based off of also had a really goofy premise to it and to this episodes credit they do there best to make what was a really silly plot in the original now be a bit less silly and bit less goofy and yet in doing that the plot does also loose alot of it's charm as this is an episode that should have been more silly ad should have been more goofy just to show the fact that Rita is willing to do anything to defeat these teenagers. The plot of this episode does also have more then a few things in it that don't make sense one of which will be getting discussed later on in the review but the other one is that for some reason it's Trini and Billy that go looking for her doll it makes sense for why Trini was looking for it as it's her doll afterall but why is Billy going as from a storyline point of view that doesn't make sense as yes those two are each others best friends but surely Billy would have his own thing to do and while that is a small issue it is one that does show that relying on previously shot footage can also cause things to not make sense and heck the plot of the episode isn't that's that well thought out but given the ending of the episode that is something that can be slightly over looked with the plot of the episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott , Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan and Walter Jones as Zack Taylor. Also starring in this episode is Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart , David Yost as Billy Cranston , Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier , Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch , Royce Herron as Ms. Appleby , David Fielding as the voice of Zordon , Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 5 , Barbara Goodson as the voice of Rita Repulsa , Kerrigan Mahan as the voice of Goldar , Robert Axelrod as the voice of Finster , Melanie Neat as Squatt , Michael J. Sorich as the voice of Squatt , Dave Mallow as the voice of Baboo and Tom Wyner as the voice of Mr. Ticklesneezer.

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 not that bad. The acting in this episode is about what you would expect from early Power Rangers seasons as yes the actors are nearly all over the top in their performances especially those that are playing the rangers themselves but that's something does add to the charm of the show and this episode as this episode is a bit more lighthearted and therefor having these more over the top performances is something that does work well withing the context of the episode that doesn't make it good tho. Yet you can still see that the actors playing the rangers are now trying to turn in good performances with this being something that does make sense as they are getting to grips with there characters and while the acting from the ranger actors is getting better the acting from the newly introduced characters like Royce Herron as Ms. Appleby is about on par with how bad the acting was from all of the shows actors back in episode one of the show. With the best actor in this episode being Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan as this is her spotlight episode and she does make the most of it by showing us that Trini is more then the technical translator for Billy as Thuy does get to show of her more caring almost motherly side to her with that being something that does sine through in her performance with the acting that's in this episode nor really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so bad as t gives none of this episodes actors all that much to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place with this being something that does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

As with any episode of Power Rangers there is going to be some changes made from the original episode. With this episode not really being any different as in the original episode the character that we know as as Mr. Ticklesneezer isn't a doll that's brought to life for no good reason rather he's hapless dwarf that doesn't really know any better and is threatened by Rita into working for her with Mr. Ticklesneezer being a kind hearted sole who likes to make things with him capturing things so that he can make his models of them more accurate. This change alone makes the character more kind hearted in nature as he's being forced into doing these evil things whereas in this episode it comes across as him still being this kind hearted person as he does give back everything that he stole when the rangers ask him to it but he also comes across as being a bit less dumb as he knows that Rita is evil and yet he still chooses to work for her which makes no sense in terms of how this version of this character is being shown as surely if your a kind hearted person then you'd want to avoid working for someone that you know for sure is evil. With alot of the other changes in this episode being more smaller things like there is a kid character that does team up with Mr. Ticklesneezer who is almost completely gone from the episode with it being him that takes the bike due to Ticklesneezer allowing him to use his bottle and all of the other objects taken cause such a panic that it makes the news where as here there's zero news coverage which is fine as it's a small change and doesn't really effect the plot of the episode infact it could be argued that none of the changes made to the original episode effect it's plot.

This episode does the worst thing that any TV show could have done for it's ending by revealing that the entire episode was just a dream that Trini was having. Much like how Dallas ended it's ninth season this ending makes no sense as it would mean that Trini would have to know exactly what Rita's palace looks like in order for her to dream about and she would have to know what alot of her minions would sound like amongst other things whereas in the original episode that ended it with Ticklesneezer walking off into the distance and vowing to maybe come back one day and yet here in this episode they do away with that sweet and perfectly acceptable ending all for no reason. Heck they could have had the whole thing be real and have it be explained that the doll has now returned to it's doll form which yes granted isn't that good of an ending either but it's also alot more better then the ending then what we ended up with as that ending just doesn't work with it feeling like that the makers of this episode really didn't know how to end the episode with them instead choosing the laziest ending that they could have done and called it a day. This is a show where the main villainess of this season is a witch you could literally come up with anything and make it work and yet they instead chose to go with the option that even fans of Dallas hated when they did it this wouldn't be a bad thing if this was the middle of the episode and it was going to be revealed that Trini was caught in some sort of trap but no it's the actual ending and it's one that just doesn't work both for this episode and for the show as a whole as the show is usually pretty good with giving us endings that are satisfactory and while this episode does get a pass for it being apart of the first batch episodes it is something that the makers of this episode should have thought more about.

To be fair to this episode this episode does do the best that it could have done given just how goofy that the original episode was. With the episode being turned from something that just a comedy with a small bit of action in it into something that is more story focused and action focused with there only being the typical early Power Rangers comedy at the start and end of the episode which is something that dies make this episode feel more serious then what it should have been as by all rights given the premise of even this episode this is one that should have been alot of more goofy and should have been alot more fun and while it does make sense that the makers of this would tone done the goofiness of the original episode. As this is meant to be a more serious show it still would have been quite fun to see the original episode as it was meant to be seen only with the Power Rangers actors in it as you very easily could have had this episode be placed right before the Green With Evil arc and have this episode be sort of a calm before the storm type of episode which is something that this show does do quite well. While it does make sense that it wasn't done for this episode as they were still trying to work out just what this show could be it is something that does leave this episode in a bit of an odd place as for example we have scenes with Rita complaining about how she never got to play with dolls due to having to learn spells which is a goofy scene but then the episode follows that up by having more serious moments like having Billy and Trini be trapped in what is possibly Trini's car which does give the episode more of an odd tone where both the silly aspects of the episode clash with it's more serious nature.

Power Rangers is usually very good with hiding the fact that it's actually using Japanese footage outside of the fact that you do see Japanese signs and people. However in this episode that forgot to edit out the character of Toshio as even tho he plays a big role in the original episode in this version of the episode tho the makers of the episode do have to cut him out as it would mean having to dub not only him but also his mother and school teacher and also give him a part in the plot which would have been a bit much for the episode to do therefor he is mostly edited out of the episode with him only appearing in one unedited scene near the end of the Megazord battle with this being something that very easily could have been edited around as well as they could have cut to stock footage on the Megazords face for a brief shot or to inside of the cockpit with some stock footage yet for whatever reason the makers of this episode left the character in the episode granted they might not have noticed him at the time of editing or just thought that since the shot doesn't last for very long in the first place that people might not catch it either one is fair enough as we wouldn't have been able to slow down the episode back in the nineties but it's something that once you see it you really can't unsee it with the fact that it's in the episode at all making the editors of this episode seem lazy as they would have had enough stock footage of the Megazords face that they could have cut to do to make the scene work and yet they didn't do it. With this being something that does make it obvious that this is a Japanese show and while the fans back in the nineties such as myself wouldn't have noticed this it is still something that does make the episode unintentionally hilarious as we now have a random giant boy in the scene for quite literally no reason what so ever.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty minuets and sixteen seconds. With this episodes running time pretty much being the bogstandard running time for the rest of the show as well and to be fair to this episode this episode really does have the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time this is of course is despite the fact that the episode really doesn't use its running time all that wisely. As the episode doesn't really take the time to fully its plot which is something that you did kind of expect from this show as the main focus of this show has never been and will never be its plot rather it will always be its action which is fair enough and to be fair to this episode this is the kind of episode that really doesn't require having a deep and well thought plot inorder for it to work and given the fact that so much of the plot of this episode does originally involve a character that is mostly cut out of the episode it does result in an episode that does have a plot that feels really underbaked with the same thing also being true for the episodes character development as well as none of the episodes characters get character development of any kind which again is fair as you could make the case that the characters would get there development in the next set of episodes. However tho it still would have been nice for the makers of this episode to at the vert least lay the groundwork for some of the characters character development even if it's just something small like Bulk and Skull being confronted by Mr. Ticklesneezer and choosing not be afraid of him only for them to run away when Goldar shows up which would have been small but it would have something 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 how that really does mean that I have 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 thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With the episodes action being really well done with this of course being due to the fact that it was filmed for another show entirely but even so this episodes action was really well done and while it would have been slightly if the makers of this episode did add in an unmorphed fight with either the Putties or Squatt for example before then morphing to take on both the putties and Goldar just having them jump right to the morphed fight worked just as well. With the best action scene in this entire episode being the grounded fight with the rangers taking on the Putties and Goldar with the scene having the added drama of Kim trying to capture and then uncork Ticklesneezers bottle all before the train comes and runs them over which is something that might be small but it does add in that extra level of threat that wouldn't have been there otherwise and while the Megazord fight is good it's a fight that's not as good as it could have been due to the fact that due to the lack of Megazord fight footage that there is for this episode the makers of this episode couldn't have the fight last all that long which does result in the fight being over just as should have been getting going with it being made clear as day that the makers of this episode did put alot more thought and effort into giving us some really good action as that is where this episode does shine best with the rest of the episodes action being really good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this episode isn't the best of the early Power Rangers episodes out there it's also not the worst one either with this episode more then proving that this show isn't fully to blame for being goofy as the original show was just as goofy with this episode being a really fun filled episode to watch 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 this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 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 Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images 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 alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Power Rangers The Legendary Battle: Extended Edition Film Review

We all have that one season of Power Rangers that we actively dislike for one reason or another and for alot of Power Rangers fans that season is Megaforce / Super Megaforce. Yet it was that season that promised us the biggest battle yet with every single past ranger team coming in to help out and well when that episode did finally air to say that it was a let down would be a huge understatement with the original episode being such a let down that not long after it an extended version of the same episode aired and was miles better with it being that very extended episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all and so then join me as I review the film that sees the Megaforce rangers team up with every single past ranger team with the film in question being called simply just "The Legendary Battle: Extended Edition" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when the armada launches a full scale attack on earth the rangers minus a newly left Orion have to try and defend the earth in there greatest battle ever. Now then interms of that I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty not that bad with this film quite literally just being just three episodes edited together it does have a fairly well done plot as a result of that as you do get a sense that the rangers are facing a threat that couldn't be done in just one single episode where the films plot does fail tho is the fact that it does feel like it was just two episodes of the show edited together and really nothing all the more then that as the plot does follow the typical Power Rangers formular with the team encountering a monster which they fight , the monster then tries again to kill them only now it's on a different terrain and the rangers win wash and repeat and that is something that is all over this film which fair enough it was a set of episodes first and a film second so they do of o course have to stick to that but for the film version tho it felt like they could have done something different to that formular to make the plot of this film work just as well and to give this film some credit it does have a really strong plot and isn't one that could have been told or in this case told all that well in a standard episode of the show with the films plot being the kind of plot that you would expect to see in a finale episode to Power Rangers with the only difference being that hey have this huge battle sequence to fit into it with the plot of this episode not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Andrew Gray as Troy Burrows , John Mark Loudermilk as Noah Carver and Azim Rizk as Jake Holling. Also starring in this film is Christina Masterson as Emma Goodall , Ciara Hanna as Gia Moran , Cameron Jebo as Orion , Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver , Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson , Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan , Danny Slavin as Leo Corbett , Reggie Rolle as Damon Henderson , Melody Perkins as Karone , Sean Cw Johnson as Carter Grayson , Alison MacInnis as Dana Mitchell , Jason Faunt as Wesley "Wes" Collins , Hector David, Jr. as Mike , Brittany Pirtle as Emily , Chris Auer as the voice Robo Knight , Shailesh Prajapati as Ernie , Ian Harcourt as Mr. Burley , Geoff Dolan as the voice of Gosei , Estevez Gillespie as the voice Tensou , Mike Drew as the voice of Emperor Mavro , Rebecca Parr as the voice of Levira and Adrian Smith as the voice of Redker.

Now then interms of that I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films acting being about as bad as you'd expect from Power Rangers as this is a franchise that really isn't known for having good acting in it and yet even so the acting both in this season and in this film was still pretty bad however tho this is of no fault of any of the of the main actors as they had to fight tooth and nail just get any kind of development for there characters just something anything for them to work with as actors and they were told no time and time again which is something that does result in the acting being at best wooden and at worst robotic and while Andrew Gray does get alot of hate for not being able to show emotion in this season there was an episode where he did show emotion and was actually good but for one reason or another the makers of this season pretty much had him act like a robot for alot of the season with this being more then true in this film as he just sounds like he's done playing with the character and would rather be anywhere else with him being told to act stoic which is something that doesn't work as people want to see actors show emotion where situations where they would be emotional with none of this films actors getting across any kind of emotion in this film with there not really being a particularly good actor in this film as the makers of this show really did do all of their actors dirty and it's something that really does show in this film with the acting that's in this film not really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Much like with the films acting it would be pointless to blame the actors for how badly that there characters turned out as yeah all of the main six rangers characters are just bland and forgettable characters at best. With this being due to the fact that the shows writers just didn't care to give us well thought out characters and because of the fact that all of the films characters are just so bland and forgettable at best it does effect how we the audience feel about them in this film as this is the film where we are meant to be rooting for al of the characters nonstop and be fully behind them and want to seem them succeed however as the rest of the show really didn't give us a reason to care for any of the main six rangers we are left feeling nothing heck there's a little girl in this film who you end up caring about more then the main six heroes and she only has a few minuets of screen time and yet the main characters are left to blank slates for the audience to see themselves in and while yes it could be argued that the original five Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were blank slates to for alot of their time on the show the makers of that show still at least knew to give them interests and hobbies that help to define who they are as characters whereas the makers of this show just weren't bothered to do any of that as we don't see how Emma's love of nature effects her as a character in this film nor do we see Jake's love of football effect the episode in a major way and it's the same thing for alot of the films characters and while that would make sense for the films side characters for the main characters you do need to give them something to make them standout with the main six actors being right to fight the makers of this show as the makers of this show did all six of these characters so badly.

The big thing about this film seeing all of the past Rangers come back to help out the current team of rangers. With there appearance in this film being more then worth while as we get to see alot of them in action before the big fight just going around helping injured people which is great as that is something that a Power Ranger would do and it's something that even the Super Megaforce rangers did at the start of the Super Megaforce where they went around the city and actively tried to help people out whilst fighting of another alien invasion attempt and it's something that really hasn't been done both before or since this season of the show even Power Rangers In Space which had it's final two episodes set on earth didn't do it and it doesn't make sense as the rangers are meant to be superheroes if you will and therefor we do want to see them trying to help people out even during times where the rangers would be fighting of monsters and it's one of the things that this film did go out of there way to show us and it's something that does work as its something that reminds us that even without there power these rangers are still pretty powerful people and while yes they do of course have there powers but when there helping people there not morphed there just there normal every day selves with that being something that does help to sell the fact that the people of this city can and do try to help each other out heck even some of them try to help out the past rangers as well which was a nice little surprise however what let those scenes down was the fact that the makers of this film added in effects where we see what team and color that that ranger is from which for the little kids watching is fair enough but this film would have also have had a huge amount of adults watching who would have known all that stuff in the first place which is something that does make those effects seem pointless.

To give this film some credit does feel like a finale and is epic enough to warrant this extended cut in the first place. Yet to call this a film in the more traditional sense of the word would be misleading as it's really not a film at all as it's just two episodes of the show edited together with some new footage here and there and that's really it like for example instead of dying in the explosion Emperor Mavro actually survives his ship blowing up and goes on to face the rangers in one final battle on land which is something that should have been in the original cut of the episode as we want to see the rangers take on their foe one on one with this film even giving us more scenes with the classic rangers which was nice to see as it helps to remind us just why we liked those characters in the first place with alot more of the changes being made to this episode being the reorder of certain scenes which is something that you really wouldn't notice unless your watching this episode side by side with the original cut of the episode in the first place and yet for some odd reason Nickelodeon promoted this as a movie when it's really not a movie at all at best you could get away with calling this a TV special but that's really it and even then it's a stretch to call it that but to be fair this film is something that would have actually worked as a made for TV film as all the makers of this film would have to have done is just include a few more scenes to get it up to feature length and that's it as the plot is more then worthy of being the plot of a made for TV movie and it would have given the fans the satisfaction of seeing alot of there favorite rangers from the past in action for longer then a few seconds like it was in the original cut of the episode.

It really is hard to judge Emperor Mavro just off of this one film as even tho he did appear in the final three episodes of the show and acts as the rangers final big foe. He doesn't really get a chance to get across just how menacing that he is in this film which in this case is fair enough as he had all of the other three episodes to do exactly that and based on what he did in those episodes which does include the original cut of this film he does come across as being a more stronger with him being then capable of taking on the rangers all by himself something which we do see him put to good use as he takes on both Troy and Orion single handedly whilst he's still sitting down in his chair which was a really cool scene as we've never seen a villain act like that before now and it is something that does make him out to be a tougher foe for the rangers with the thing that makes him out to be a bigger threat to them being the fact that he took out all of there zords with ease which does in turn cause the rangers to be knocked out and separated from each other and while his end goal is the same end goal as alot of the villains of this show that being to take over the world here we actually see him not only come close to doing exactly that due to the fact that he does almost beat the rangers at quite a few points in this film but we also see that he has the menace to actually pull something like this off as we find out in this film that he has taken over several worlds something which yes isn't new for this show to do with the thing that makes it new being the fact that the two main foes for the rangers before him where his sons which is something that makes this particular invasion all the more personal to him as the rangers have defeated both of his sons as well and now they have to go up against him.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty four minuets and thirty seconds. Which is a solid running time for this film to have as the film doesn't need to be that long in the first place due to the fact that it's just two episodes of the show put together and that's really it with the film having the right amount of plot there really cover that amount of running time in the first place and yet even so the film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the film doesn't take the time to fully develop it's plot which is fair enough as you could argue that all of the other episodes of the show did that and therefor this film really doesn't need to except the rest of the shows episodes don't really develop the plot all that well either which for them is fair enough as they were only twenty two minuets each and yet this time around they still don't do it even tho they have alot of extra scenes in the film that could have been used to flesh out the plot and yet they don't rather alot of them are just there for the sake of being there with the film not even taking the time to fully develop any one of it's characters with this being more due to the fact that the makers of the show just weren't that bothered to give us fully thought out characters something which would thankfully change by the time Dino Charge came about and yet its something that should have been in this film as this film was the big anniversary episode and yet all of the films characters come across as being boring characters with us the audience knowing as much about the films characters coming out of the film then we did coming into the film this is despite the fact that the film has alot more scenes that could have been used to give the characters some character development in the first place but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this episodes action being the best part of the film as that's when the film gets to be more fun with it being made clear as day that the makers of this film put alot more thought and effort into this films action then they did anything as it's during the action that you get to see just how fun that this film could have been and yet due to the fact that everything else is just OK at best with the best action scene in the whole entire film being of course the titular legendary battle itself as we get to see several former rangers and every single ranger team up until this point taking on several aliens at the same time and while yes it is a battle that should have been handled alot more better then what it already was the fact remains that seeing all of these rangers together and fighting together is something that will always be cool no matter with the film having alot of really good action scenes in it be it from the final fight with Mavro to four of the then five rangers taking on one of his generals the bottom line is this film is filed to the brim with a bunch of really good action scenes with the film being more then worth watching just for it's action alone as that's how good that this films action really is in the first place as there is alot more thought and effort into giving us some really cool looking action scenes all of which work really well as they are just alot of fun to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall between this and Dimensions In Danger this one is the better crossover of the two as this one does focus more on the main team and advances there story by having it be tied to the main plot of the season but it is still something that could have been alot more better then what it already was in the first place 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 thigs that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 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 well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk 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 Google Images 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 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 Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.