Previously on Power Rangers- OMGTHEZORDSBLEWUP. No really, that's still the main thing that looms over everything. For the love of all that is good and wonderful in the world THE FREAKING ZORDS BLEW UP! *cries*
So we pick up with the Rangers having gone through the hologram rock face and we discover they are searching for Tommy in a gorgeous temple with beautiful outdoor gardens. He's apparently run off and is somehow way way far ahead of them. I'm guessing nobody ever told him that if he gets lost, he should stay where he is. Either that or Tommy's just selfish, inconsiderate, and STUPID. Anyway, they finally catch up to him at some gate thing and he's all "Where have you guys been?" and I'm just... really? Can I smack him? YOU DON'T GO WANDERING OFF ON YOUR OWN IN A STRANGE PLACE! Geez, even 4 year old Emo Kid knows that.
So they go through the gate and it closes behind them, trapping them in some open room with an overactive smoke machine and a bunch of candles. A little voice tells them to go away and they ask for Ninjor, but the voice says he doesn't know a Ninjor. Billy looks inside a blue vase and sees a little blue man inside. They insult the little blue man, who in turn calls Billy a "snippity youngster" and seals himself in my heart FOREVER. Oh Ninjor, I love you and your snarky goodness. He calls Kim a rude little girl and they all turn to leave. Tommy makes a speech even cornier than the movie and they decide their goodness will have to be enough. Ninjor overhears and determines they are worthy of mind and spirit and should receive the Ninja powers.
Back in Angel Grove, Bulk and Skull are filling out a huge stack of paperwork at the Junior Police Patrol Headquarters. Lt. Stone approaches them and takes them off to the barber to receive haircuts. Okay, readers, I'm sure this makes me a very shallow person, but I could CRY at this scene. I love hair. Like, a lot. Like, if you were privy to the actual IM conversations TSB and I actually have during these recaps, you'd wonder why I'm so obsessed with the hair. I love long hair. Anything I can run my fingers through or play with (like Rocky's adorably floppy locks!). So watching them SHAVE off Bulk's impressively silky ponytail? It hurts, dear readers. And Skull's thick black tresses? Oh god. I don't do buzz cuts. I don't even give Emo Kid a buzz cut, EVER, because I hate them so much. And Bulk and Skull had really really nice hair, but Bulk in particular. I ADORED his long long hair. So soft! So silky! So well taken care of and just touchable! And so very very gone. *sobs*
And... now that I've scared away half our readership, um... let's get back to the Rangers, shall we? So they're all standing around Ninjor and they're in their Ninja robes now. He says they've completed their journey and frankly, I think that's crap. They didn't go anywhere, didn't do anything, and that wasn't much of a "journey". But okay. So they end up very obviously posed out on the rocks of the temple where they learn about their spirit animals. Rocky, with his wisdom and strength, is the ape. Aisha's bear reflects her might and cunning. Billy's wolf has stealth and accuracy. Kim's crane has her beauty, grace, and speed. Adam is a frog, wise and courageous! And Tommy is told to immerse himself in his falcon's justice and strength.
Back at the Junior Police Patrol, we get a training montage! And it is awesome the lengths Bulk and Skull go to in order to avoid doing the actual task at hand. Seriously, we both would love to have watched a show of just Bulk and Skull, and we're both sad it never panned out.
Determined to go save Angel Grove, the rangers leave the temple and immediately attack the Tengas outside. They show of their new tricks, like teleporting, and Rocky even rides on the back of one Tenga as it flies. The Tengas even have their own fight music, though I don't like it nearly as much as the fight music of earlier seasons, and I really really miss the putties in their awesome interpretive dancing glory.
We then cut to the mess that is the Command Center and poor Alpha trying to fix it all on his own. He's managed to get the viewing globe up at least, and they observe the Rangers kicking Tenga Tail. Alarms go off and alert them to Rito storming the castle, I mean, attacking Angel Grove. Zordon says he's not surprised, he knew Rito would team up with his sister eventually. Wait. What? Zordon is... just now noticing Rito is there? Um... then what was all that about RITO BEING THERE WHEN THE ZORDS BLEW UP??? We also wonder what Rito was doing this whole time during the quest. Was he standing around all big and huge twiddling his thumbs? Why didn't he attack Angel Grove while the Zords were being blown up? Or while the Rangers were walking to the Command Center? Or while they were on the Ninja quest? Seriously, what was he doing that whole time? (we can only assume the fish held him back, but really)
So the rangers beat off the Tengas and need to get back to Angel Grove. They morph in order to call on the zords and... that's it. That's all we get. Okay then.
List time:
1 fish. Seriously. Just one. Because NOTHING HAPPENED.
Billy speak: none... and I don't think we get any in later episodes either...
Covered in food: nobody! Yay!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Episode 117 - Ninja Quest - Part 2
Previously, on Power Rangers - OHHOLYSHITTHEZORDSBLEWUP!
Wow, this is a really effective opening - the Rangers are wandering through the rubble. Flames and smoke and utter destruction... it's pretty gut wrenching. The last time the Zords were destroyed, it was awful bad, but it was nothing like this. There was no close up inspection of the damage, and just... heartbreaking. Especially when they realize they've lost their powers as well.
Billy says it's going to be a long walk back to the Command Center, but... um... Billy, honey? What happened to the radbug? I like that car! (Maybe it's just that 6 of them won't fit? Look, Aisha and Kim are tiny, they could squeeze in!) And how long does it take them to walk to the Command Center anyway? I mean, it's miles away, there's no way they can get there that quickly.
At the Command Center, Tommy wants to know if Billy has good news, but there really isn't any. Apparently the central processor has been damaged, and Billy has no idea how to fix that at all. However, Adam is smart, and he asks where their powers came from. That's a really good question! So Zordon tells us that according to legend the coins and Zords were created by this guy named Ninjor, who supposedly lives in a Hidden Temple, and may be just a legend. And then Alpha asks about thesuspiciously convenient plot device map that they found, and the Rangers decide that they will go and find the temple. They get into that stance from the end of the movie from when they're bringing Zordon back to life, and we briefly take time to marvel at the fact that Aisha is almost as short as we are! (Tiny and adorable, for real.) And also to discuss how ridiculous short Kimberly's shirt is, and to ponder why she's wearing long sleeves and shorts. What the hell, wardrobe department?
Back in Angel Grove, Bulk and Skull are carrying out Bulk's plan of joining the junior police patrol. When asked for their reason for joining, Skull answers to "impress the girls." When told they need a better reason, Bulk answers instead that they meant to say "to protect the girls!" .... Well, it's a start, anyway. Skull notes that it's a lot of running, which is clearly practice for when he remembers that he's a Time Lord. But Bulk drags him off to register anyway.
Up on the moon, Rita and Zedd are celebrating their defeat of the Rangers, and Rita uses her new telescope to spy on her eggs. As much as we're going to miss the putties, I still have a soft spot for the tengas. And Rito is a pretty awesome brother! (And he calls Goldar "Goldie." I totally ship Goldar/Rito.) Rita is very excited to get her own Tengas, and Rito starts going on about how hard Rita is to shop for, and starts telling the story of how at one point she got a dragon for her birthday but she really wanted a planet, so she used the dragon to burn down the house. I feel that more details about this incident need to exist. Get on this, fandom!
Rita notices that one of the eggs didn't hatch, but Rito tells her it's a vampirus monster, which is apparently too nasty for Finster's taste. Exciting! Zedd then manages to spy on the Rangers in an alternate dimension with the desert or whatever, and somehow knows that they're headed to Ninjor's temple. ... If Zedd knows where the temple is, why hasn't he destroyed it? But Rita has a plan - wait for the Rangers to find the temple, plant the vampirus egg in front of the entrance, and then destroy the Rangers! That is... a good plan! You go, Rita!
The Rangers are wandering through the desert, and we get distracted by how damn pretty they are. Seriously, there aren't a lot of notes from this part of the episode, unless you would like to hear us discuss how it isn't fair that Adam is the only one not showing off his arms, and how adorably floppy Rocky's hair is.
But things actually happen on their quest. Kim picks up a rock, which bursts into flames and destroys their map, and then Aisha gets caught in some quick sand but the other Rangers pull her out. (... I am not going to comment on the fact that it is the two female Rangers who run into the traps, because I will just get grumpy and start sighing "OH, SHOW" and not in the good way.)
They then find a formation of rock that might lead to the temple, and then get attacked by Tengas. The Tengas promptly kick their butts, and the Rangers find an opening in the rocks, and go through. Adam leans against a rock, which opens up another hidden door. They go through, and come to a dead end. Tommy runs towards the dead end in anger (maybe he was going to punch the rock?) and disappears through it. The other Rangers decide to follow, and the to be continued flashes on the screen...
Fish: 2.5. Convenient plot device indeed.
Wow, this is a really effective opening - the Rangers are wandering through the rubble. Flames and smoke and utter destruction... it's pretty gut wrenching. The last time the Zords were destroyed, it was awful bad, but it was nothing like this. There was no close up inspection of the damage, and just... heartbreaking. Especially when they realize they've lost their powers as well.
Billy says it's going to be a long walk back to the Command Center, but... um... Billy, honey? What happened to the radbug? I like that car! (Maybe it's just that 6 of them won't fit? Look, Aisha and Kim are tiny, they could squeeze in!) And how long does it take them to walk to the Command Center anyway? I mean, it's miles away, there's no way they can get there that quickly.
At the Command Center, Tommy wants to know if Billy has good news, but there really isn't any. Apparently the central processor has been damaged, and Billy has no idea how to fix that at all. However, Adam is smart, and he asks where their powers came from. That's a really good question! So Zordon tells us that according to legend the coins and Zords were created by this guy named Ninjor, who supposedly lives in a Hidden Temple, and may be just a legend. And then Alpha asks about the
Back in Angel Grove, Bulk and Skull are carrying out Bulk's plan of joining the junior police patrol. When asked for their reason for joining, Skull answers to "impress the girls." When told they need a better reason, Bulk answers instead that they meant to say "to protect the girls!" .... Well, it's a start, anyway. Skull notes that it's a lot of running, which is clearly practice for when he remembers that he's a Time Lord. But Bulk drags him off to register anyway.
Up on the moon, Rita and Zedd are celebrating their defeat of the Rangers, and Rita uses her new telescope to spy on her eggs. As much as we're going to miss the putties, I still have a soft spot for the tengas. And Rito is a pretty awesome brother! (And he calls Goldar "Goldie." I totally ship Goldar/Rito.) Rita is very excited to get her own Tengas, and Rito starts going on about how hard Rita is to shop for, and starts telling the story of how at one point she got a dragon for her birthday but she really wanted a planet, so she used the dragon to burn down the house. I feel that more details about this incident need to exist. Get on this, fandom!
Rita notices that one of the eggs didn't hatch, but Rito tells her it's a vampirus monster, which is apparently too nasty for Finster's taste. Exciting! Zedd then manages to spy on the Rangers in an alternate dimension with the desert or whatever, and somehow knows that they're headed to Ninjor's temple. ... If Zedd knows where the temple is, why hasn't he destroyed it? But Rita has a plan - wait for the Rangers to find the temple, plant the vampirus egg in front of the entrance, and then destroy the Rangers! That is... a good plan! You go, Rita!
The Rangers are wandering through the desert, and we get distracted by how damn pretty they are. Seriously, there aren't a lot of notes from this part of the episode, unless you would like to hear us discuss how it isn't fair that Adam is the only one not showing off his arms, and how adorably floppy Rocky's hair is.
But things actually happen on their quest. Kim picks up a rock, which bursts into flames and destroys their map, and then Aisha gets caught in some quick sand but the other Rangers pull her out. (... I am not going to comment on the fact that it is the two female Rangers who run into the traps, because I will just get grumpy and start sighing "OH, SHOW" and not in the good way.)
They then find a formation of rock that might lead to the temple, and then get attacked by Tengas. The Tengas promptly kick their butts, and the Rangers find an opening in the rocks, and go through. Adam leans against a rock, which opens up another hidden door. They go through, and come to a dead end. Tommy runs towards the dead end in anger (maybe he was going to punch the rock?) and disappears through it. The other Rangers decide to follow, and the to be continued flashes on the screen...
Fish: 2.5. Convenient plot device indeed.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Episode 116- Ninja Quest Part 1
So I don't have the dvds of this season, and the copies I'm watching have the German title screens. Today we're watching Das Ninja- Abenteuer.
We start out at a volleyball game that involves far too much clothing. The Ranger, I mean, the Angel Grove team is trailing behind the Stone Canyon team. Ernie promises the winners free lunch at his new outdoor cafe. Adam scores the tying point.
At Rita and Zedd's palace, Zedd has blindfolded his wife and is leading her to a large present. She takes the blindfold off and he removes the cover to reveal a new telescope, which she calls a Repulsascope, in which to watch the Rangers on Earth! What an awesome anniversary present! Meanwhile, something crashes nearby. We discover it's a skeleton guy and he buries some eggs.
Back on Earth, Billy saw the flash and is distracted during the volleyball game. He misses the shot and it hits Bulk in the head instead. The Rangers gather around to discuss what happened... mid-game. The only thing I really noticed about this scene is that the Rangers, while all wearing red shirts, have colour coded their shorts to their colours, except Kim who is wearing white pants.
Back at the evil palace, the crashed skeleton flies into Zedd's throne room. He's about to kick out the intruder when Rita stops him. This skeleton is none other than her brother, Rito Revolto! We kind of love Rito. He's... unique. The eggs are a wedding present for Rita and Zedd but he won't tell them what they are until they hatch. They come up with a plan to attack Angel Grove and send Rito down in front of an army of monsters to trick the Power Rangers.
Billy scores the winning point and Ernie is so happy he offers free lunch to EVERYBODY. Oh Ernie, how do you ever make any money? So at the outdoor cafe, everyone is enjoying free sandwiches. Bulk stuffs some in his vest and we are about to get all mad when he overhears some girls talking about loving men in uniforms (though they are specifically talking about the Power Rangers), and Bulk comes up with a brilliant idea. Skull spills milkshake/smoothie/thick drink of some sort all over Bulk while trying to get everyone's attention. Bulk announces that he and Skull are going to join the Junior Police Patrol and all mouths drop wide open in utter shock. Even Skull is surprised. We, however, just love the idea. It's the start of some solid and consistent character growth for these two and we're looking forward to it.
Zedd sends down the monsters, Rito and four of Finster's previous monsters, and they all hide. Except Rito who is the decoy. He sits down in the middle of the park and waits. Zordon is actually paying attention for a change and sends the Rangers in to find out what Zedd has left in the park. They answer their communicators in the middle of the crowded outdoor cafe. Really guys? Not so much with the SECRET part of secret identities there.
So they go to the park and confront Rito, who immediate grows in a new monster-growing sequence. Rita and Zedd cross staffs and chant a spell, which makes the monsters grow. It's pretty awesome. So he's all big and the Rangers summon their zords. 12 minutes in and we get zords. This NEVER goes well when it's this early.
They fight for a minute but then the other four monsters come out of hiding and grow. The Rangers are overwhelmed and quickly losing power. Alpha takes the Power Accelerator from the fish and begin boosting the power, but it's not enough and the Power Accelerator is quickly overloading. Zordon warns that if it shorts out, the Rangers will lose their powers. We don't know how that works, but it's quickly forgotten in what I feel is one of the most emotional and well done scenes of this entire series.
The power overloads. The Rangers quickly abandon the Zords. They force demorph and just as they are trying to figure out what's going on, there are some massive explosions. The Zords are blowing up, from the inside out. They literally fall to pieces right in front of our eyes. Kim screams and tries to run for them, but Adam and Billy hold her back. It's devastating, watching the Zords just fall apart like that, and it still hurts my heart to this day, no matter how many times I've watched it happen.
To Be Continued (or in my copy, Fortsetzung Folgt)
Fish: 3, mostly for the Power Accelerator bit.
Billy speak: none, alas
Covered in food: Bulk gets covered in smoothie
We start out at a volleyball game that involves far too much clothing. The Ranger, I mean, the Angel Grove team is trailing behind the Stone Canyon team. Ernie promises the winners free lunch at his new outdoor cafe. Adam scores the tying point.
At Rita and Zedd's palace, Zedd has blindfolded his wife and is leading her to a large present. She takes the blindfold off and he removes the cover to reveal a new telescope, which she calls a Repulsascope, in which to watch the Rangers on Earth! What an awesome anniversary present! Meanwhile, something crashes nearby. We discover it's a skeleton guy and he buries some eggs.
Back on Earth, Billy saw the flash and is distracted during the volleyball game. He misses the shot and it hits Bulk in the head instead. The Rangers gather around to discuss what happened... mid-game. The only thing I really noticed about this scene is that the Rangers, while all wearing red shirts, have colour coded their shorts to their colours, except Kim who is wearing white pants.
Back at the evil palace, the crashed skeleton flies into Zedd's throne room. He's about to kick out the intruder when Rita stops him. This skeleton is none other than her brother, Rito Revolto! We kind of love Rito. He's... unique. The eggs are a wedding present for Rita and Zedd but he won't tell them what they are until they hatch. They come up with a plan to attack Angel Grove and send Rito down in front of an army of monsters to trick the Power Rangers.
Billy scores the winning point and Ernie is so happy he offers free lunch to EVERYBODY. Oh Ernie, how do you ever make any money? So at the outdoor cafe, everyone is enjoying free sandwiches. Bulk stuffs some in his vest and we are about to get all mad when he overhears some girls talking about loving men in uniforms (though they are specifically talking about the Power Rangers), and Bulk comes up with a brilliant idea. Skull spills milkshake/smoothie/thick drink of some sort all over Bulk while trying to get everyone's attention. Bulk announces that he and Skull are going to join the Junior Police Patrol and all mouths drop wide open in utter shock. Even Skull is surprised. We, however, just love the idea. It's the start of some solid and consistent character growth for these two and we're looking forward to it.
Zedd sends down the monsters, Rito and four of Finster's previous monsters, and they all hide. Except Rito who is the decoy. He sits down in the middle of the park and waits. Zordon is actually paying attention for a change and sends the Rangers in to find out what Zedd has left in the park. They answer their communicators in the middle of the crowded outdoor cafe. Really guys? Not so much with the SECRET part of secret identities there.
So they go to the park and confront Rito, who immediate grows in a new monster-growing sequence. Rita and Zedd cross staffs and chant a spell, which makes the monsters grow. It's pretty awesome. So he's all big and the Rangers summon their zords. 12 minutes in and we get zords. This NEVER goes well when it's this early.
They fight for a minute but then the other four monsters come out of hiding and grow. The Rangers are overwhelmed and quickly losing power. Alpha takes the Power Accelerator from the fish and begin boosting the power, but it's not enough and the Power Accelerator is quickly overloading. Zordon warns that if it shorts out, the Rangers will lose their powers. We don't know how that works, but it's quickly forgotten in what I feel is one of the most emotional and well done scenes of this entire series.
The power overloads. The Rangers quickly abandon the Zords. They force demorph and just as they are trying to figure out what's going on, there are some massive explosions. The Zords are blowing up, from the inside out. They literally fall to pieces right in front of our eyes. Kim screams and tries to run for them, but Adam and Billy hold her back. It's devastating, watching the Zords just fall apart like that, and it still hurts my heart to this day, no matter how many times I've watched it happen.
To Be Continued (or in my copy, Fortsetzung Folgt)
Fish: 3, mostly for the Power Accelerator bit.
Billy speak: none, alas
Covered in food: Bulk gets covered in smoothie
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Episode 115 - A Friend In Need Part 3
THANK GOD THIS IS OVER. We're going to start the REAL season 3 on Thursday. Then we can go back pretending this didn't exist. At least there was some completely ridiculous innuendo in this episode. We approve of that.
Anyway, the episode opens with Kim fighting the monster. Zordon and Alpha know how awesome Kim is, because they point out the only reason she isn't winning already is because she's really sick. You go, Kim! Zordon says it will be okay, because Kimberly is really resourceful. And she is! She sneezes on the monster, and he gets sick and runs away, not even paying attention to Kimberly's advice on how to get better. (We would like to feed the monster some matzoh ball soup. Mmmmsoup.)
Alpha summons a flying fish to call Tommy on Edenoi, and Tommy says they're busy fighting, so they can't come back yet. Adam expresses concern about Earth, because he is a good boy, and he takes his responsibilities seriously. But they have to help Dex first.
On the moon, the monster is all miserable, and Rita demands that Finster cure the monster immediately. I'm just saying, if Rita and Zedd can come up with a miracle cure for a cold, I would gladly elect them rulers of the world. I hate being sick. The monster has a pretty good work ethic - he's all worried that Rita and Zedd are mad at him, so he doesn't want to rest up, he needs to fight the Rangers first, and then he can go recover. Finster points out that he needs to rest or he'll never get better, and I wonder if the show is trying to tell me that I should call in sick tomorrow since I'm not feeling well.
Back on Earth, Bulk and Skull are trying to impress those two girls by dressing up as Power Rangers. They are ridiculously dorky. They tell the girls that they are the Power Rangers, in living spandex, and that the other Rangers are off polishing their Zords, and I nearly fall off the couch laughing.
On Edenoi, Dex pulls a sword out of his belt in a RIDICULOUSLY phallic gesture, and there is more laughing, because Queenriley and I are secretly twelve. The bad guys run away, and then they claimed that Dex escaped, except he didn't escape, they RAN AWAY. Instead of chasing after Dex, Count Dregon decides he'll just follow the Power Rangers back to Earth, even though they just beat him. Whatever.
Now that the Rangers are back on Earth, the monster grows and terrorizes Bulk and Skull, and then the Rangers summon their Zords (Rocky has to remind Tommy to do it) and there's an incredibly long fight and then they summon the thundersabre and it's all over.
At the Command Center, the Rangers go on about how glad they are that Lexian is safe, and that's when the episode descends COMPLETELY into fish. 1-They never saw Lexian. 2-How is Lexian safe, his planet is under attack. 3-Also, they're pumping poisonous gas into the atmosphere. Adam is all worried about the Edenites, and Billy's alien fetish is showing.
On Edenoi, Lexian tells Dex that their planet is lost (I guess he wasn't so safe after all!) and sends Dex to Earth to stop Dregon and make sure nothing similar happens there. You can find out what happens with that if you watch Masked Rider, but frankly, I don't recommend it.
Fish - 3. What was that nonsense about Lexian?
Anyway, the episode opens with Kim fighting the monster. Zordon and Alpha know how awesome Kim is, because they point out the only reason she isn't winning already is because she's really sick. You go, Kim! Zordon says it will be okay, because Kimberly is really resourceful. And she is! She sneezes on the monster, and he gets sick and runs away, not even paying attention to Kimberly's advice on how to get better. (We would like to feed the monster some matzoh ball soup. Mmmmsoup.)
Alpha summons a flying fish to call Tommy on Edenoi, and Tommy says they're busy fighting, so they can't come back yet. Adam expresses concern about Earth, because he is a good boy, and he takes his responsibilities seriously. But they have to help Dex first.
On the moon, the monster is all miserable, and Rita demands that Finster cure the monster immediately. I'm just saying, if Rita and Zedd can come up with a miracle cure for a cold, I would gladly elect them rulers of the world. I hate being sick. The monster has a pretty good work ethic - he's all worried that Rita and Zedd are mad at him, so he doesn't want to rest up, he needs to fight the Rangers first, and then he can go recover. Finster points out that he needs to rest or he'll never get better, and I wonder if the show is trying to tell me that I should call in sick tomorrow since I'm not feeling well.
Back on Earth, Bulk and Skull are trying to impress those two girls by dressing up as Power Rangers. They are ridiculously dorky. They tell the girls that they are the Power Rangers, in living spandex, and that the other Rangers are off polishing their Zords, and I nearly fall off the couch laughing.
On Edenoi, Dex pulls a sword out of his belt in a RIDICULOUSLY phallic gesture, and there is more laughing, because Queenriley and I are secretly twelve. The bad guys run away, and then they claimed that Dex escaped, except he didn't escape, they RAN AWAY. Instead of chasing after Dex, Count Dregon decides he'll just follow the Power Rangers back to Earth, even though they just beat him. Whatever.
Now that the Rangers are back on Earth, the monster grows and terrorizes Bulk and Skull, and then the Rangers summon their Zords (Rocky has to remind Tommy to do it) and there's an incredibly long fight and then they summon the thundersabre and it's all over.
At the Command Center, the Rangers go on about how glad they are that Lexian is safe, and that's when the episode descends COMPLETELY into fish. 1-They never saw Lexian. 2-How is Lexian safe, his planet is under attack. 3-Also, they're pumping poisonous gas into the atmosphere. Adam is all worried about the Edenites, and Billy's alien fetish is showing.
On Edenoi, Lexian tells Dex that their planet is lost (I guess he wasn't so safe after all!) and sends Dex to Earth to stop Dregon and make sure nothing similar happens there. You can find out what happens with that if you watch Masked Rider, but frankly, I don't recommend it.
Fish - 3. What was that nonsense about Lexian?
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie- Part 2
Previously on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie- Adam is a frog! That's... really probably the most important bit.
So now in Angel Grove Ivan Ooze is controlling the parents. He's making them dig up his ectomorphicons while he lazes about. In a very creepy and slightly terrifying scene, he makes one parent do a series of dances. The dancing in and of itself isn't scary, but the implications, that he can make them do literally ANYTHING, absolutely terrify me to my core.
Anyway, the dancing is interrupted by the return of the Snot!Tengus. They claim to have destroyed the Power Rangers, but Ooze sees right through them and the eventually confess to a horrible monster driving them away with noisy sticks. Ooze works out that it's Dulcea and he's sure this will ruin his plan, so he better hurry and get those ectomorphicons out of the ground. He blows up the Snot!Tengus in frustration.
Back on Phaedos, the rangers have waited for sunrise and are now ready to set out in search of the Great Power. They walk a lot and look very very pretty with their floppy hair.
Back in Angel Grove again, Fred has managed to sneak down into the pit. Nobody has seen him or seems to notice him, and he investigates what's going on. Sadly, nobody will respond to him because they are all zombiefied by the ooze. We're left wondering why Fred is the ONLY person trying to figure out what's going on. Seriously? Are there no childless adults in Angel Grove? Where the heck is everybody else???
On Phaedos, the rangers have stumbled upon a dinosaur graveyard, which is very symbolic what with giving up their dinosaur powers and moving on to other powers. Adam welcomes them to Jurassic Park and I squeel in delight (one of my top ten favourite movies EVER). Or, rather, they stumble upon what is supposed to be a dinosaur graveyard but these skeletons look nothing like any dinosaurs I know. The skeletons wake up and begin attacking. The main attacker is what might have been a Centrosaurus, Styracosaurus, or possibly a Monoclonius, only it has sharp teeth instead of the flat rows of an herbivore (which all actual ceratopsidae dinosaurs were). So... either the set designers really fail at biology or the dinosaurs of Phaedos were all carnivores. Anyway, it attacks the rangers. First Rocky goes after it to defend Aisha, but he gets knocked aside. Then it chases Kimberly into a ribcage and Tommy has to jump on it's back to get it away (while she screams her head off for Tommy, despite being so awesome in the first half of the movie). Biology fail abounds as Tommy wins by pulling out a single bone in the neck which causes the head to fall off and the entire rest of the skeleton to collapse. Billy makes a bad joke about biology finally paying off. Oh Billy, didn't you know? Biology pays off every single day of your life!
Back on Earth, Ivan is packing up all his mass produced snot, I mean ooze, to be shipped out for... we don't know what. His ectomorphicons are unearthed, he's pumpingsnot ooze through them to bring them to life, and he's basically done with the parents of Angel Grove. So he sends them away. To leap to their dooms. Which they start chanting in the best line of the movie.
Phaedos has a conveniently cut out path through the jungle for the rangers to follow to get to the Temple where they'll find the Great Power. Instead of some big huge quest or some awesome proving themselves worthy, they only have to fight four golems. You'd think there would be some kind of "facing worst fears" or something, but no. It's an easy fight, overall, and there are some great lines. Billy uses his brain, though he states the obvious a lot. Adam and Rocky fight in sync and do a great job defending each other as well as the other rangers. Tommy stands around primping or fixing his hair or something until Kim needs him and then suddenly he's in the action. He does make an awesome comment that has us both rolling and thinking Tommy really shouldn't be commenting on the mental aptitude of the golems. There is, however, massive physics fail.
They beat the golems, of course, in what is probably the easiest NEW power acquisition of the entire series. They get their powers, new zords, and go on about their merry way while Dulcea watches in owl form. Good job, Rangers.
Fred has found all the kids of Angel Grove partying and he manages to convince them something isn't right, despite their initial apathy to the whole missing-parents thing. Really kids? Obnoxious little brats, you all are. They decide they need to go stop the parents, thanks to Fred, and hopefully save the day.
Ivan is destroying the city with his ectomorphicons. The reporter is wondering where the rangers are as people run screaming and the mayor evacuates the city. The rangers then show up all morphed and ready to fight. They call on their zords and epic battles ensue, destroying an office building yet not denting the pavement even a little. Ooze proclaims his losing inconceivable and I think he's awesome, except he's no Vizzini! Frustrated, goos his way into one of the ectomorphicons and begins to fight the rangers himself. Tommy has to delay forming the Megazord to go bridge a gap in the monorail track so Fred and all the other kids can go save their parents from leaping to their DOOM.
While the rangers fight, the kids eventually reach their parents who are very slowly making their way to the edge of the pit where they dug up the ectomorphicons. Took them long enough to walk there, right? Anyway, Fred gets the kids to try to hold back their parents while he wrangles Bulk and Skull into helping him operate a lift that shoots water. He begins to spray down the parents hoping to stop them.
The rangers, meanwhile, have taken the fight with Ooze to outer space in the hopes of getting him in the path of theplot point comet mentioned at the beginning of the movie. They fly past the Rita and Zedd snowglobe and it prompts Rita and Zedd to cheer them on in beating Ivan Ooze. Aw, show! I love that bit. The rangers and Ivan struggle in a tight embrace, upon which Ivan asks if they've hugged their zords today, and then Aisha uses the Big Red Emergency Only button. To knee Ivan in the crotch? How in the world does that work? Or make any sense? I... don't get it. But it makes him let go of the MegaZord and he flies straight into the comet while the rangers fly back to Earth. Lamest ending to a villain ever. Ivan was way too cool to go out like that!
In Angel Grove the parents come out of their zombiefied stupor and begin hugging each other and the kids. Fred's dad finds him and pulls him from the heavy machinery in a heartwarming hug. Awwww. Bulk would also like a hug from Skull, but Skull only offers him a handshake. Poor Bulk, denied affection yet again.
The Rangers make haste to the Command Center where they fear it's too late to save Zordon. Tommy remembers that Dulcea said with the power, anything is possible, so they all circle Zordon and hold their hands up. Their power restores both the Command Center and Zordon's time warp tube, which saves Zordon's life. Or something. I... don't really know how it worked. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Not and smile and try to get past the sap.
Angel Grove has exhausted it's massive fireworks budget in a celebration of the rangers saving them yet again. Bulk and Skull are telling a large crowd of people how they saved the day, while Fred approaches our heroic teens and modestly accepts congratulations on helping out to save the day. Billy says he hears that Fred is in line to be a ranger himself one day, and Fred determines that he wants to be the Gold Ranger. We approve of this since, in our headcannon, Fred grows up to date Justin.
Credits start to roll but we get a mid-credit clip of Goldar sitting on Zedd's throne and proclaiming himself King Goldar. Until Rita and Zedd walk back in. Hehehehehe. And... more credits.
The end! I love this movie.
No full list this time, since it's the movie and all, but we HAVE to rate it on our scale of fish! This movie, much as I love it, gets 2 fish. It wasn't too bad and most discrepancies can be explained away since this IS an alternate universe.
So now in Angel Grove Ivan Ooze is controlling the parents. He's making them dig up his ectomorphicons while he lazes about. In a very creepy and slightly terrifying scene, he makes one parent do a series of dances. The dancing in and of itself isn't scary, but the implications, that he can make them do literally ANYTHING, absolutely terrify me to my core.
Anyway, the dancing is interrupted by the return of the Snot!Tengus. They claim to have destroyed the Power Rangers, but Ooze sees right through them and the eventually confess to a horrible monster driving them away with noisy sticks. Ooze works out that it's Dulcea and he's sure this will ruin his plan, so he better hurry and get those ectomorphicons out of the ground. He blows up the Snot!Tengus in frustration.
Back on Phaedos, the rangers have waited for sunrise and are now ready to set out in search of the Great Power. They walk a lot and look very very pretty with their floppy hair.
Back in Angel Grove again, Fred has managed to sneak down into the pit. Nobody has seen him or seems to notice him, and he investigates what's going on. Sadly, nobody will respond to him because they are all zombiefied by the ooze. We're left wondering why Fred is the ONLY person trying to figure out what's going on. Seriously? Are there no childless adults in Angel Grove? Where the heck is everybody else???
On Phaedos, the rangers have stumbled upon a dinosaur graveyard, which is very symbolic what with giving up their dinosaur powers and moving on to other powers. Adam welcomes them to Jurassic Park and I squeel in delight (one of my top ten favourite movies EVER). Or, rather, they stumble upon what is supposed to be a dinosaur graveyard but these skeletons look nothing like any dinosaurs I know. The skeletons wake up and begin attacking. The main attacker is what might have been a Centrosaurus, Styracosaurus, or possibly a Monoclonius, only it has sharp teeth instead of the flat rows of an herbivore (which all actual ceratopsidae dinosaurs were). So... either the set designers really fail at biology or the dinosaurs of Phaedos were all carnivores. Anyway, it attacks the rangers. First Rocky goes after it to defend Aisha, but he gets knocked aside. Then it chases Kimberly into a ribcage and Tommy has to jump on it's back to get it away (while she screams her head off for Tommy, despite being so awesome in the first half of the movie). Biology fail abounds as Tommy wins by pulling out a single bone in the neck which causes the head to fall off and the entire rest of the skeleton to collapse. Billy makes a bad joke about biology finally paying off. Oh Billy, didn't you know? Biology pays off every single day of your life!
Back on Earth, Ivan is packing up all his mass produced snot, I mean ooze, to be shipped out for... we don't know what. His ectomorphicons are unearthed, he's pumping
Phaedos has a conveniently cut out path through the jungle for the rangers to follow to get to the Temple where they'll find the Great Power. Instead of some big huge quest or some awesome proving themselves worthy, they only have to fight four golems. You'd think there would be some kind of "facing worst fears" or something, but no. It's an easy fight, overall, and there are some great lines. Billy uses his brain, though he states the obvious a lot. Adam and Rocky fight in sync and do a great job defending each other as well as the other rangers. Tommy stands around primping or fixing his hair or something until Kim needs him and then suddenly he's in the action. He does make an awesome comment that has us both rolling and thinking Tommy really shouldn't be commenting on the mental aptitude of the golems. There is, however, massive physics fail.
They beat the golems, of course, in what is probably the easiest NEW power acquisition of the entire series. They get their powers, new zords, and go on about their merry way while Dulcea watches in owl form. Good job, Rangers.
Fred has found all the kids of Angel Grove partying and he manages to convince them something isn't right, despite their initial apathy to the whole missing-parents thing. Really kids? Obnoxious little brats, you all are. They decide they need to go stop the parents, thanks to Fred, and hopefully save the day.
Ivan is destroying the city with his ectomorphicons. The reporter is wondering where the rangers are as people run screaming and the mayor evacuates the city. The rangers then show up all morphed and ready to fight. They call on their zords and epic battles ensue, destroying an office building yet not denting the pavement even a little. Ooze proclaims his losing inconceivable and I think he's awesome, except he's no Vizzini! Frustrated, goos his way into one of the ectomorphicons and begins to fight the rangers himself. Tommy has to delay forming the Megazord to go bridge a gap in the monorail track so Fred and all the other kids can go save their parents from leaping to their DOOM.
While the rangers fight, the kids eventually reach their parents who are very slowly making their way to the edge of the pit where they dug up the ectomorphicons. Took them long enough to walk there, right? Anyway, Fred gets the kids to try to hold back their parents while he wrangles Bulk and Skull into helping him operate a lift that shoots water. He begins to spray down the parents hoping to stop them.
The rangers, meanwhile, have taken the fight with Ooze to outer space in the hopes of getting him in the path of the
In Angel Grove the parents come out of their zombiefied stupor and begin hugging each other and the kids. Fred's dad finds him and pulls him from the heavy machinery in a heartwarming hug. Awwww. Bulk would also like a hug from Skull, but Skull only offers him a handshake. Poor Bulk, denied affection yet again.
The Rangers make haste to the Command Center where they fear it's too late to save Zordon. Tommy remembers that Dulcea said with the power, anything is possible, so they all circle Zordon and hold their hands up. Their power restores both the Command Center and Zordon's time warp tube, which saves Zordon's life. Or something. I... don't really know how it worked. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Not and smile and try to get past the sap.
Angel Grove has exhausted it's massive fireworks budget in a celebration of the rangers saving them yet again. Bulk and Skull are telling a large crowd of people how they saved the day, while Fred approaches our heroic teens and modestly accepts congratulations on helping out to save the day. Billy says he hears that Fred is in line to be a ranger himself one day, and Fred determines that he wants to be the Gold Ranger. We approve of this since, in our headcannon, Fred grows up to date Justin.
Credits start to roll but we get a mid-credit clip of Goldar sitting on Zedd's throne and proclaiming himself King Goldar. Until Rita and Zedd walk back in. Hehehehehe. And... more credits.
The end! I love this movie.
No full list this time, since it's the movie and all, but we HAVE to rate it on our scale of fish! This movie, much as I love it, gets 2 fish. It wasn't too bad and most discrepancies can be explained away since this IS an alternate universe.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie - Part 1
I... don't think there are enough words to express how much I love this movie. I saw it in theatres. Twice. And I clearly remember forcing my parents to tape the Access Hollywood segment about the movie. (At least I think that was what it was? Whichever one of those shows covered it.) I owned this movie on VHS. It fills me with glee. So, yeah. (I later would use my little brother as an excuse to see Turbo in theatres, but we are not discussing that yet.)
ANYWAY, I have been looking forward to recapping this movie pretty much since we started the blog. And here we are.
The movie opens with some scrolling exposition text. While it is sadly not the most awesome text of exposition ever, it is still pretty cool! Dulcea narrates some basic history about how Zordon is in a time warp and he recruits teenagers to fight monsters.
CUT TO - a plane. Apparently the teens are all going sky diving for some unknown reason. To be fair, I think the whole scene is awesome. I have no idea when learned to sky dive, or who thought it would be a good idea to have Bulk and Skull go with them, and why there isn't an instructor.
Bulk and Skull prepare to jump when Kim points out that they don't have their parachutes on. *bangs head on wall* So, yeah. While they start preparing, it's time for the Ranger teens to jump. For some reason, Tommy is sky surfing. Because he's special. IDEK. This is the most completely gratuitous scene ever, but I so do not care. They do skydiving acrobatics! Honestly, I just love them. So, they all hit the target (although Adam and Rocky almost miss, which makes me sad) and we find out that the reason they're all sky diving is to try and raise money to save the observatory. The plot point comet will be passing over in 2 days.
The inappropriate young friend of the movie, Fred Kelman, makes fun of his dad for missing the target, and has a giant crush on Tommy. It's totally adorable, and I ship future!Fred/future!Justin. I want someone to write fic where they talk about their crush on Tommy from when they were 12 and how that helped them realize that they liked boys. Seriously, someone should get on this.
Also, they say that the Angel Grove team was 6 for 6, except... Bulk and Skull are on the team as well! So... yeah. Way to forget about them. (Aisha suggests that they landed on the roof trying to get to Ernie's dessert. We are... not pleased.)
Because it's me, I need to comment on the clothing. Like, seriously, I know that they all need to be color coded, but was it really necessary to put Tommy in all white? That might be the stupidest thing ever. He looks ridiculous. (I appreciate Kimberly's fanservice outfit.) And we'll be saying this a lot when we get to Zeo, but the costumer needs to cut it out with the sweatshirts. Who wears sweatshirts with shorts, anyway? I mean, besides college boys. So really, I think Aisha's outfit is ridiculous. But everyone has really nice arms, so there is that!
After sky diving, we guess that the Rangers decided it was time for a different activity, so they go roller blading to get lunch. At least they aren't chasing after a stroller this time. As they do complicated flips on rollerblades by a construction site, Bulk and Skull finally land. They have... amazing hats. And they try to get out of trouble for landing in the construction zone by claiming to be inspecting it. (Asking about proper foot protection. Oh, boys.) Luckily, they are saved, because the construction guys have uncovered a sewer cover! Which nobody has noticed before! And even though they live in Angel Grove, instead of calling the monster squad or something, they just decide to open it themselves. From an underground chamber, a giant purple Easter egg comes out. The foreman touches it (because that's totally a great idea) and he ends up being shocked by it.
Since we are in an alternate reality, Zordon is actually paying attention, and he summons the Rangers. It's still really light out, which will be relevant in a second. The new Command Center is pretty shiny, I've got to admit. We get some backstory on Ivan Ooze.
Back in Angel Grove, it's dark out. There's some warning tape up around the giant egg, and two security guards watching the egg. It's nice to know that Angel Grove has some sort of police force. However, this won't matter, because Rita and Zedd are showing up! Zedd is... a lot more menacing in this movie. His voice is different, and the brain pulsates, and it's really freaky. Goldar's face is different, and Squatt & Babboo have been replaced by a stupid pig. Zedd uses his staff to open up the egg, and Rita dips her finger in, yelling about how Zedd spent 2,000 years looking for a tub of snot. Then the giant egg filled with purple snot morphs into Ivan. (For the record, we both ship Rita/Ivan like crazy. Ivan is so awesome.) The important question is, what part of Ivan was Rita touching?
The villains have a conversation, and Zedd asks Ivan to destroy Zordon, which he agrees to do. Rita and Zedd leave, and Ooze starts to sniff the air. Apparently he can smell teenagers coming. And it's the Rangers, not some group of kids out at night.
So, even though they're teleporting in to investigate, the Rangers aren't morphed. They get caught by a security guard, and Kimberly asks if he's seen a Morphological being anywhere. Secret identities! You are... so very bad at them. Of course, the security guard is secretly a shape shifting Ivan anyway so their identities are mostly safe. Ivan creates his team of ooze monsters, and it's time for an unmorphed fight scene!
It's a pretty epic fight scene. Adam kicks a can and slams a door into a monster, Aisha flips two of them at a time, Kimberly does a lot of back flips, but these guys are too strong for them. The Rangers are all backed into a corner, and they decide it's time to morph.
Okay, let me get this out of the way. The movie costumes are stupid looking. The end.
By the time they've finished morphing, flipping, and posing, all the monsters have disappeared. They head into a building to go look for them, and we cut to the Command Center, where Zordon has discovered that Ooze is trying to enter the Command Center. Alpha says not to worry, because nobody can enter without a Power Coin, except for the times where someone has. Ooze soaks his way through the door.
He immediately starts in on Zordon, yelling about how uncomfortable it is to be locked up in an egg. Zordon might not know anything about being locked in an egg, but he's been stuck in a time warp for even longer! But Ooze will have none of it, and instead he starts ranting about the thing he has missed - the Black Plague! The Spanish Inquisition!! The Brady Bunch Reunion! Then he totally destroys the Command Center. Ivan is totally more awesome and more effective than Rita and Zedd.
Back at the construction site, the Rangers go looking for the monsters. Aisha apparently has a really weak flashlight in her helmet, which does... nothing. Rocky also apparently has a scanner in his helmet, which... points out that there are monsters right in front of them. Cue fight scene!
It's a pretty cool fight. Adam and Rocky team up and rescue each other, there are some silly one liners, Kimberly gets a thunder whip, and for some reason Billy gets a Stega Stinger. Billy is the TRICERATOPS Ranger, not the STEGOSAURUS. (The Stegosaurus Ranger is totally everyone's OC from when they were 10, right? Or was that just me?) Adam.... doesn't get anything. Totally not fair. Tommy totally thinks he's Liu Kang. Just as they finish squashing all the ooze creatures, their powers fail.
Somehow they make it back to the Command Center and force the doors open. I know this is an AU, but I don't understand how Zordon's warp tube being destroyed leads to him dying, but whatever. If this was our universe, they would have just lost contact with him, but I guess this isn't our universe, so it instead causes Zordon to start dying. Or something. While the Rangers all make sad faces, Alpha tells them there's a way to still save Zordon, which they instantly agree to do. They have to go to the distant planet of Phaedos and seek the Great Power there. Even with Ivan on the loose, the Rangers go. Because they love Zordon a lot. ♥
On the moon, Rita is being a crazy stalker, and knows the Rangers are going after the Great Power. She starts yelling at Ivan, who flings purple ooze over her mouth. He then decides that he should be the leader, and traps Rita and Zedd in a snow globe. (I want that snow globe.) He creates some Tengu, and sends them to Phaedos to stop the Rangers from getting to the Great Power. He also plans to recruit the parents of Angel Grove to do something. Why the parents... I have no idea. I guess there are no childless adults in Angel Grove.
We are 33 minutes in, and the plot has just started. Wow.
Phaedos is really pretty. I wonder what part of Australia they were filming in? It vaguely reminds me of the opening beach scene from Grease. However, there's a skeleton on the beach, and it freaks them out. And then the Tengu show up. It's been almost 10 minutes since we've had a fight scene! I love the Tengu, and this is a pretty awesome fight. Kimberly does get captured, but at least she doesn't scream for Tommy. Yet. But the Rangers are getting their asses kicked, again.
Dulcea shows up to rescue them! Leaping off a cliff, she strips off her cloak and stands there in her fan service green bikini, and does some stick twirling. The sticks make a whistling noise, which bothers all of the Tengu, and they fly off. Dulcea then starts beating on Tommy when he tries to explain that they're going after the Great Power. Aisha is smarter than he is, and she invokes Zordon's name in an attempt to negotiate, and Dulcea changes her tune instantly, deciding to help them. She leads them to the ruins of the Ninjetti temple, and I desperately want fic about how the Ninjetti temple ended up in ruins. The only one I've found is Holding True (which is awesome). My point is, there should be more.
Back on Earth, Ivan dresses up as a creepy looking wizard, and passes out jars of purple ooze to children. The ooze will somehow brainwash the parents. Look, the plan makes no sense at all. But Fred takes a jar of the ooze, and brings it home. His father drives in (and the street is empty) and opens the jar. The second he touches the ooze, he is brainwashed. He goes outside not even 15 seconds later, and the street is filled with parents. How did all of the adults get brainwashed at the same time? how come nobody noticed? Why are the citizens of Angel Grove so filled with fail?
On Phaedos, Dulcea begins the ceremony, and in a burst of sparkles, the Rangers transform into their ninjetti outfits. Aisha is the bear, fierce and unstoppable. (This is totally true, Aisha is such a Mama Bear. Rocky is the ape, powerful and smart. (Take that, people who say Rocky isn't that smart! Although I'm surprised the smart thing didn't go to Billy.) Billy is instead the wolf, cunning and swift. Kimberly is the crane, and she only gets one trait. She's agile. Okay then!
BUT ADAM. Oh, Adam. He looks so disappointed. Because he is a FROG. And I love him and seriously, it is my favorite part of the movie. I'm so glad the director let JYB adlib that, because it is without a doubt the most memorable line of the movie. Anyway, Dulcea kisses Adam, and tells him he's a handsome prince, and then the universe wrote a million Adam/Dulcea fics. Which I don't actually ship, but I understand where it's coming from! Oh, ADAM. Anyway, basically that is my favorite scene from the movie, and the first PR icon I ever had. *points*
Oh, right. Tommy is the Falcon, the winged lord of the skies. Whatever that means. Dulcea tells them she isn't going with them, and then she turns herself into an owl. It's time.
TO BE CONTINUED.
ANYWAY, I have been looking forward to recapping this movie pretty much since we started the blog. And here we are.
The movie opens with some scrolling exposition text. While it is sadly not the most awesome text of exposition ever, it is still pretty cool! Dulcea narrates some basic history about how Zordon is in a time warp and he recruits teenagers to fight monsters.
CUT TO - a plane. Apparently the teens are all going sky diving for some unknown reason. To be fair, I think the whole scene is awesome. I have no idea when learned to sky dive, or who thought it would be a good idea to have Bulk and Skull go with them, and why there isn't an instructor.
Bulk and Skull prepare to jump when Kim points out that they don't have their parachutes on. *bangs head on wall* So, yeah. While they start preparing, it's time for the Ranger teens to jump. For some reason, Tommy is sky surfing. Because he's special. IDEK. This is the most completely gratuitous scene ever, but I so do not care. They do skydiving acrobatics! Honestly, I just love them. So, they all hit the target (although Adam and Rocky almost miss, which makes me sad) and we find out that the reason they're all sky diving is to try and raise money to save the observatory. The plot point comet will be passing over in 2 days.
The inappropriate young friend of the movie, Fred Kelman, makes fun of his dad for missing the target, and has a giant crush on Tommy. It's totally adorable, and I ship future!Fred/future!Justin. I want someone to write fic where they talk about their crush on Tommy from when they were 12 and how that helped them realize that they liked boys. Seriously, someone should get on this.
Also, they say that the Angel Grove team was 6 for 6, except... Bulk and Skull are on the team as well! So... yeah. Way to forget about them. (Aisha suggests that they landed on the roof trying to get to Ernie's dessert. We are... not pleased.)
Because it's me, I need to comment on the clothing. Like, seriously, I know that they all need to be color coded, but was it really necessary to put Tommy in all white? That might be the stupidest thing ever. He looks ridiculous. (I appreciate Kimberly's fanservice outfit.) And we'll be saying this a lot when we get to Zeo, but the costumer needs to cut it out with the sweatshirts. Who wears sweatshirts with shorts, anyway? I mean, besides college boys. So really, I think Aisha's outfit is ridiculous. But everyone has really nice arms, so there is that!
After sky diving, we guess that the Rangers decided it was time for a different activity, so they go roller blading to get lunch. At least they aren't chasing after a stroller this time. As they do complicated flips on rollerblades by a construction site, Bulk and Skull finally land. They have... amazing hats. And they try to get out of trouble for landing in the construction zone by claiming to be inspecting it. (Asking about proper foot protection. Oh, boys.) Luckily, they are saved, because the construction guys have uncovered a sewer cover! Which nobody has noticed before! And even though they live in Angel Grove, instead of calling the monster squad or something, they just decide to open it themselves. From an underground chamber, a giant purple Easter egg comes out. The foreman touches it (because that's totally a great idea) and he ends up being shocked by it.
Since we are in an alternate reality, Zordon is actually paying attention, and he summons the Rangers. It's still really light out, which will be relevant in a second. The new Command Center is pretty shiny, I've got to admit. We get some backstory on Ivan Ooze.
Back in Angel Grove, it's dark out. There's some warning tape up around the giant egg, and two security guards watching the egg. It's nice to know that Angel Grove has some sort of police force. However, this won't matter, because Rita and Zedd are showing up! Zedd is... a lot more menacing in this movie. His voice is different, and the brain pulsates, and it's really freaky. Goldar's face is different, and Squatt & Babboo have been replaced by a stupid pig. Zedd uses his staff to open up the egg, and Rita dips her finger in, yelling about how Zedd spent 2,000 years looking for a tub of snot. Then the giant egg filled with purple snot morphs into Ivan. (For the record, we both ship Rita/Ivan like crazy. Ivan is so awesome.) The important question is, what part of Ivan was Rita touching?
The villains have a conversation, and Zedd asks Ivan to destroy Zordon, which he agrees to do. Rita and Zedd leave, and Ooze starts to sniff the air. Apparently he can smell teenagers coming. And it's the Rangers, not some group of kids out at night.
So, even though they're teleporting in to investigate, the Rangers aren't morphed. They get caught by a security guard, and Kimberly asks if he's seen a Morphological being anywhere. Secret identities! You are... so very bad at them. Of course, the security guard is secretly a shape shifting Ivan anyway so their identities are mostly safe. Ivan creates his team of ooze monsters, and it's time for an unmorphed fight scene!
It's a pretty epic fight scene. Adam kicks a can and slams a door into a monster, Aisha flips two of them at a time, Kimberly does a lot of back flips, but these guys are too strong for them. The Rangers are all backed into a corner, and they decide it's time to morph.
Okay, let me get this out of the way. The movie costumes are stupid looking. The end.
By the time they've finished morphing, flipping, and posing, all the monsters have disappeared. They head into a building to go look for them, and we cut to the Command Center, where Zordon has discovered that Ooze is trying to enter the Command Center. Alpha says not to worry, because nobody can enter without a Power Coin, except for the times where someone has. Ooze soaks his way through the door.
He immediately starts in on Zordon, yelling about how uncomfortable it is to be locked up in an egg. Zordon might not know anything about being locked in an egg, but he's been stuck in a time warp for even longer! But Ooze will have none of it, and instead he starts ranting about the thing he has missed - the Black Plague! The Spanish Inquisition!! The Brady Bunch Reunion! Then he totally destroys the Command Center. Ivan is totally more awesome and more effective than Rita and Zedd.
Back at the construction site, the Rangers go looking for the monsters. Aisha apparently has a really weak flashlight in her helmet, which does... nothing. Rocky also apparently has a scanner in his helmet, which... points out that there are monsters right in front of them. Cue fight scene!
It's a pretty cool fight. Adam and Rocky team up and rescue each other, there are some silly one liners, Kimberly gets a thunder whip, and for some reason Billy gets a Stega Stinger. Billy is the TRICERATOPS Ranger, not the STEGOSAURUS. (The Stegosaurus Ranger is totally everyone's OC from when they were 10, right? Or was that just me?) Adam.... doesn't get anything. Totally not fair. Tommy totally thinks he's Liu Kang. Just as they finish squashing all the ooze creatures, their powers fail.
Somehow they make it back to the Command Center and force the doors open. I know this is an AU, but I don't understand how Zordon's warp tube being destroyed leads to him dying, but whatever. If this was our universe, they would have just lost contact with him, but I guess this isn't our universe, so it instead causes Zordon to start dying. Or something. While the Rangers all make sad faces, Alpha tells them there's a way to still save Zordon, which they instantly agree to do. They have to go to the distant planet of Phaedos and seek the Great Power there. Even with Ivan on the loose, the Rangers go. Because they love Zordon a lot. ♥
On the moon, Rita is being a crazy stalker, and knows the Rangers are going after the Great Power. She starts yelling at Ivan, who flings purple ooze over her mouth. He then decides that he should be the leader, and traps Rita and Zedd in a snow globe. (I want that snow globe.) He creates some Tengu, and sends them to Phaedos to stop the Rangers from getting to the Great Power. He also plans to recruit the parents of Angel Grove to do something. Why the parents... I have no idea. I guess there are no childless adults in Angel Grove.
We are 33 minutes in, and the plot has just started. Wow.
Phaedos is really pretty. I wonder what part of Australia they were filming in? It vaguely reminds me of the opening beach scene from Grease. However, there's a skeleton on the beach, and it freaks them out. And then the Tengu show up. It's been almost 10 minutes since we've had a fight scene! I love the Tengu, and this is a pretty awesome fight. Kimberly does get captured, but at least she doesn't scream for Tommy. Yet. But the Rangers are getting their asses kicked, again.
Dulcea shows up to rescue them! Leaping off a cliff, she strips off her cloak and stands there in her fan service green bikini, and does some stick twirling. The sticks make a whistling noise, which bothers all of the Tengu, and they fly off. Dulcea then starts beating on Tommy when he tries to explain that they're going after the Great Power. Aisha is smarter than he is, and she invokes Zordon's name in an attempt to negotiate, and Dulcea changes her tune instantly, deciding to help them. She leads them to the ruins of the Ninjetti temple, and I desperately want fic about how the Ninjetti temple ended up in ruins. The only one I've found is Holding True (which is awesome). My point is, there should be more.
Back on Earth, Ivan dresses up as a creepy looking wizard, and passes out jars of purple ooze to children. The ooze will somehow brainwash the parents. Look, the plan makes no sense at all. But Fred takes a jar of the ooze, and brings it home. His father drives in (and the street is empty) and opens the jar. The second he touches the ooze, he is brainwashed. He goes outside not even 15 seconds later, and the street is filled with parents. How did all of the adults get brainwashed at the same time? how come nobody noticed? Why are the citizens of Angel Grove so filled with fail?
On Phaedos, Dulcea begins the ceremony, and in a burst of sparkles, the Rangers transform into their ninjetti outfits. Aisha is the bear, fierce and unstoppable. (This is totally true, Aisha is such a Mama Bear. Rocky is the ape, powerful and smart. (Take that, people who say Rocky isn't that smart! Although I'm surprised the smart thing didn't go to Billy.) Billy is instead the wolf, cunning and swift. Kimberly is the crane, and she only gets one trait. She's agile. Okay then!
BUT ADAM. Oh, Adam. He looks so disappointed. Because he is a FROG. And I love him and seriously, it is my favorite part of the movie. I'm so glad the director let JYB adlib that, because it is without a doubt the most memorable line of the movie. Anyway, Dulcea kisses Adam, and tells him he's a handsome prince, and then the universe wrote a million Adam/Dulcea fics. Which I don't actually ship, but I understand where it's coming from! Oh, ADAM. Anyway, basically that is my favorite scene from the movie, and the first PR icon I ever had. *points*
Oh, right. Tommy is the Falcon, the winged lord of the skies. Whatever that means. Dulcea tells them she isn't going with them, and then she turns herself into an owl. It's time.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Episode 114- A Friend in Need Part 2
Today on Power Rangers- the most exposition-centric episode ever.
Okay, so we start off with the rangers and their new "friends" running into the Cave of Exposition. Barely past the mouth of the cave, Dex determines the air is safe to breath and demorphs. Billy is surprised he's humanoid, but I don't know why he's surprised since they were just fighting these guys. Anyway, all the Edenites have shiny stickers, I mean crystals, stuck on their foreheads. These are MIND CRYSTALS and allow them to communicate visually. For exposition purposes, in this show. Tommy comments on their differences (really Tommy? What the crap?) and then, upon learning the planet is enslaved, Adam asks why they let that happen. Oh Adam, honey, no. Just... no. Don't blame the victims! It's not okay. Really, show, did that NEED to be pointed out to you? If I hadn't had as much beer as is actually in my system, that would have set me right off. *sigh*
We get lots of exposition where Dex tells us all about things I don't give a damn about.
Back in Angel Grove, poor Kim is still sick with the flu (as I am recovering from the flu). Bulk and Skull, in the Youth Center, overhear a hot girl invite her friend to a threesome at Sean's house. I knew a Sean once. He played bagpipes (and was hot). Therefore, in my mind, all boys named Sean are awesome... except for the Shawn that Tanya dates in later seasons, because he was a jerk, but his name was Shawn and not Sean so... Sean still stands as awesome. Anyway! So I approve of these girls and their plan to hang out at Sean's house, regardless of how stupid the girls show themselves to be later. Bulk wants to impress the girls and decides that he and Skull, with his classic good looks, should pretend to know where the Power Rangers will be hanging out and have a loud conversation about it. The girls overhear, proving that it is indeed possible to eavesdrop on a loud conversation in the Youth Center, therefor EVERYBODY probably knows who the Power Rangers are at this point. Said girls fall for it and decide to go find the Power Rangers.
Back on Edenoi we talk some more about things I don't care about for a show that is not Power Rangers, and then they get attacked by the Four Horsemen of the Not Really The Apocalypse, and some freaking adorable little bad guys called cogwarts. They use the same shot for these guys about twenty times. Dex turns back into the Masked Rider and the rangers go back to action and they all fight, except the friends who were very competent in fighting the rangers, but apparently are unable to fight the actual bad guys.
Back in Angel Grove, Finster's monster is ready and gets sent down. Poor ill Kim has to go fight it by herself. She is AWESOME and I give her major credit for fighting while all flu-ridden (seriously, I can't even manage to do the dishes with my flu, I barely make it to work, and she's fighting monsters? You are my sickspiration, Kim).
Is it over yet? There's a part 3? Damn.
3 fish. It wasn't fishy, just outright BAD.
Billy speak: "We were told to assess the situation and report back on your well-being."
Covered in food: nobody
Okay, so we start off with the rangers and their new "friends" running into the Cave of Exposition. Barely past the mouth of the cave, Dex determines the air is safe to breath and demorphs. Billy is surprised he's humanoid, but I don't know why he's surprised since they were just fighting these guys. Anyway, all the Edenites have shiny stickers, I mean crystals, stuck on their foreheads. These are MIND CRYSTALS and allow them to communicate visually. For exposition purposes, in this show. Tommy comments on their differences (really Tommy? What the crap?) and then, upon learning the planet is enslaved, Adam asks why they let that happen. Oh Adam, honey, no. Just... no. Don't blame the victims! It's not okay. Really, show, did that NEED to be pointed out to you? If I hadn't had as much beer as is actually in my system, that would have set me right off. *sigh*
We get lots of exposition where Dex tells us all about things I don't give a damn about.
Back in Angel Grove, poor Kim is still sick with the flu (as I am recovering from the flu). Bulk and Skull, in the Youth Center, overhear a hot girl invite her friend to a threesome at Sean's house. I knew a Sean once. He played bagpipes (and was hot). Therefore, in my mind, all boys named Sean are awesome... except for the Shawn that Tanya dates in later seasons, because he was a jerk, but his name was Shawn and not Sean so... Sean still stands as awesome. Anyway! So I approve of these girls and their plan to hang out at Sean's house, regardless of how stupid the girls show themselves to be later. Bulk wants to impress the girls and decides that he and Skull, with his classic good looks, should pretend to know where the Power Rangers will be hanging out and have a loud conversation about it. The girls overhear, proving that it is indeed possible to eavesdrop on a loud conversation in the Youth Center, therefor EVERYBODY probably knows who the Power Rangers are at this point. Said girls fall for it and decide to go find the Power Rangers.
Back on Edenoi we talk some more about things I don't care about for a show that is not Power Rangers, and then they get attacked by the Four Horsemen of the Not Really The Apocalypse, and some freaking adorable little bad guys called cogwarts. They use the same shot for these guys about twenty times. Dex turns back into the Masked Rider and the rangers go back to action and they all fight, except the friends who were very competent in fighting the rangers, but apparently are unable to fight the actual bad guys.
Back in Angel Grove, Finster's monster is ready and gets sent down. Poor ill Kim has to go fight it by herself. She is AWESOME and I give her major credit for fighting while all flu-ridden (seriously, I can't even manage to do the dishes with my flu, I barely make it to work, and she's fighting monsters? You are my sickspiration, Kim).
Is it over yet? There's a part 3? Damn.
3 fish. It wasn't fishy, just outright BAD.
Billy speak: "We were told to assess the situation and report back on your well-being."
Covered in food: nobody
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Episode 113 - A Friend in Need - Part 1
Season 3! We are only.... 6 weeks behind schedule. Um. Sorry? Unfortunately, we don't even start this season with something good. Instead, we get a Poorly Disguised Pilot for Masked Rider. Look, I understand that Kamen Rider is apparently awesome (I haven't seen any of it), but wow, is Masked Rider bad. I watched Masked Rider. I also watched VR Troopers, Beetleborgs, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, and Mystic Knights. I enjoyed Mystic Knights. Masked Rider is just really that bad. Just look at the opening theme! It is JUST BAD.
(I swear, when we get through all however many seasons of PR, I'm going to make recap the rest of the Saban ridiculous shows with me. Just so you all know.)
Anyway. The actual recap. Alpha is one very sad robot, and he and Zordon give us a lot of exposition that I do not care about. Alpha was made on a distant planet called Edenoi by a king named Lexian and now some bad things are happening and Alpha is really worried. Alpha loves Lexian a lot. It's actually really cute, Alpha is all emo!Robot.
Back at the Youth Center, Aisha calls Kim up on the phone, and we find out that Kim has the flu and is stuck in bed. Poor Kim. :( That really sucks. While Aisha is on the phone, Tommy and Rocky spar in the background, and I could do with more shots of Rocky in between Tommy's legs. Adam is doing school work, and then Billy comes in. He's apparently installed some sort of plot device in their communicators, and when he called up Alpha to ask how it's working, Alpha sounded sad. Adam suggests that maybe Alpha is lonely, and then asks if robots can get lonely. Aww, Adam. *pets him* The Rangers decide they should go to the Command Center and check up on Alpha, which is adorable and they are apparently trying to be good friends this season.
Up on the moon, Zedd is busy being pissed off because Count Dragon is attacking the planet Edenoi, and he's always trying to be better at being evil than Zedd is. There's some bickering, and Rita tells Zedd that Finster has created an awesome monster, and Zedd says that the monsters Finsster creates can't even walk and chew gum at the same time. Congrats, Zedd, you win the episode.
At the Command Center, Zordon has apparently finished filling them in on the exposition from earlier, so then there's some more exposition for Masked Rider that I still don't care about, and the Rangers decide that because they love Alpha so much, they'll go check on his friend on Edenoi even though it will be dangerous. It is actually really adorable! Good for them! But then a fish swoops in and we find out that being far away from Earth might make them have less power or something. Whatever. They teleport out, leaving a flu-filled Kimberly as Earth's only defender, because I don't think VR Troopers or Beetleborgs have started yet.
As soon as the Rangers leave, Goldar suggests attacking Earth. he's totally the smart one. Apparently Finstser's monster will have to do, and Zedd wants Earth conquered by sundown.
On Edenoi there are... a lot of rocks. And some explosions. And then they meet Dex (WHO CANNOT ACT, OMG SO BAD. Even at his most constipated Austin St John showed more emotion than that) and the rest of his gang, who are doing something with pockets of poisonous gas. They're all wearing gas masks and it's like something straight out of Doctor Who They refuse to believe that the Rangers are good guys just so we can have a fight scene. It's a really long fight scene, and Dex has apparently been taking lessons in speeches from Sailor Moon (Youtube is failing me. I wanted one of the ridiculously long ones in English, but you get the idea!) Anyway, the bad speech ends, and they fight, and the Edenites refuse to listen to reason.
Until Dragon decides to start firing on all of them. That convinces Dex that the Rangers must be telling the truth and they're good guys, because not even Dragon is evil enough to fire on his own soldiers. AHAHAHAHAHA. Anyway. Now that they're friends, they run to go find shelter. We get a to be continued sign.
There are two more episodes in this. Please shoot me. On the bright side, during the credits we get a clip of Tommy telling a bunch of kids that using their brain is important, so at least we get to laugh about that?
Fish: 3. There was some yelling early in the episode, and Dex is an idiot, but the episode was just bad, not so much fishy.
(I swear, when we get through all however many seasons of PR, I'm going to make
Anyway. The actual recap. Alpha is one very sad robot, and he and Zordon give us a lot of exposition that I do not care about. Alpha was made on a distant planet called Edenoi by a king named Lexian and now some bad things are happening and Alpha is really worried. Alpha loves Lexian a lot. It's actually really cute, Alpha is all emo!Robot.
Back at the Youth Center, Aisha calls Kim up on the phone, and we find out that Kim has the flu and is stuck in bed. Poor Kim. :( That really sucks. While Aisha is on the phone, Tommy and Rocky spar in the background, and I could do with more shots of Rocky in between Tommy's legs. Adam is doing school work, and then Billy comes in. He's apparently installed some sort of plot device in their communicators, and when he called up Alpha to ask how it's working, Alpha sounded sad. Adam suggests that maybe Alpha is lonely, and then asks if robots can get lonely. Aww, Adam. *pets him* The Rangers decide they should go to the Command Center and check up on Alpha, which is adorable and they are apparently trying to be good friends this season.
Up on the moon, Zedd is busy being pissed off because Count Dragon is attacking the planet Edenoi, and he's always trying to be better at being evil than Zedd is. There's some bickering, and Rita tells Zedd that Finster has created an awesome monster, and Zedd says that the monsters Finsster creates can't even walk and chew gum at the same time. Congrats, Zedd, you win the episode.
At the Command Center, Zordon has apparently finished filling them in on the exposition from earlier, so then there's some more exposition for Masked Rider that I still don't care about, and the Rangers decide that because they love Alpha so much, they'll go check on his friend on Edenoi even though it will be dangerous. It is actually really adorable! Good for them! But then a fish swoops in and we find out that being far away from Earth might make them have less power or something. Whatever. They teleport out, leaving a flu-filled Kimberly as Earth's only defender, because I don't think VR Troopers or Beetleborgs have started yet.
As soon as the Rangers leave, Goldar suggests attacking Earth. he's totally the smart one. Apparently Finstser's monster will have to do, and Zedd wants Earth conquered by sundown.
On Edenoi there are... a lot of rocks. And some explosions. And then they meet Dex (WHO CANNOT ACT, OMG SO BAD. Even at his most constipated Austin St John showed more emotion than that) and the rest of his gang, who are doing something with pockets of poisonous gas. They're all wearing gas masks and it's like something straight out of Doctor Who They refuse to believe that the Rangers are good guys just so we can have a fight scene. It's a really long fight scene, and Dex has apparently been taking lessons in speeches from Sailor Moon (Youtube is failing me. I wanted one of the ridiculously long ones in English, but you get the idea!) Anyway, the bad speech ends, and they fight, and the Edenites refuse to listen to reason.
Until Dragon decides to start firing on all of them. That convinces Dex that the Rangers must be telling the truth and they're good guys, because not even Dragon is evil enough to fire on his own soldiers. AHAHAHAHAHA. Anyway. Now that they're friends, they run to go find shelter. We get a to be continued sign.
There are two more episodes in this. Please shoot me. On the bright side, during the credits we get a clip of Tommy telling a bunch of kids that using their brain is important, so at least we get to laugh about that?
Fish: 3. There was some yelling early in the episode, and Dex is an idiot, but the episode was just bad, not so much fishy.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Season 2 RoundUp
I know we were supposed to recap the movie this past weekend and I apologize but I caught the flu from hell and could barely sit up, nevermind recap. I still feel like a walking tub of snot (I know how you feel, Ivan!), but am at least functional now. However we aren't doing a recap tonight either, due to previous engagements! Our apologies! We'll get back on track sooner or later.
Instead, you get a Season 2 RoundUp. Because we'll be starting SEASON 3! Very very soon. And Movie of Amazing Goodness (Adam is a frog! Like the handsome prince!) this weekend, barring any tubs of snot or vile putrescence.
Highlights
STONE CANYON FREAKING TRIO
Bulk and Skull are Big Damn Heroes!
Inspiration for Torchwood: Angel Grove- because it's the only logical explanation for the peace conference.
Tommy lost his powers- a lot
ZPutties! Posing ZPutties! Cowboy ZPutties! ZPutties driving cars! WEST SIDE STORY ZPUTTIES!
Ridiculous time travel
Zedd's attempt to make Kimberly his queen & Kimberly's Rita imitation
Lowlights
Tommy got his powers back- a lot
Kimberly fainting- TWICE
NO SERIOUSLY, IS THAT HOW YOU WRITE OUT CHARACTERS?
Wow, there were a LOT of five fish episodes
All About Tommy, and not enough development of the SCT
It was really obvious that they were running out of footage
The Rangers are REALLY BAD FRIENDS
Any questions for us? What are your favorite and least favorite parts of this season? How do you think it compares to season 1?
Instead, you get a Season 2 RoundUp. Because we'll be starting SEASON 3! Very very soon. And Movie of Amazing Goodness (Adam is a frog! Like the handsome prince!) this weekend, barring any tubs of snot or vile putrescence.
Highlights
STONE CANYON FREAKING TRIO
Bulk and Skull are Big Damn Heroes!
Inspiration for Torchwood: Angel Grove- because it's the only logical explanation for the peace conference.
Tommy lost his powers- a lot
ZPutties! Posing ZPutties! Cowboy ZPutties! ZPutties driving cars! WEST SIDE STORY ZPUTTIES!
Ridiculous time travel
Zedd's attempt to make Kimberly his queen & Kimberly's Rita imitation
Lowlights
Tommy got his powers back- a lot
Kimberly fainting- TWICE
NO SERIOUSLY, IS THAT HOW YOU WRITE OUT CHARACTERS?
Wow, there were a LOT of five fish episodes
All About Tommy, and not enough development of the SCT
It was really obvious that they were running out of footage
The Rangers are REALLY BAD FRIENDS
Any questions for us? What are your favorite and least favorite parts of this season? How do you think it compares to season 1?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Episode 112- Blue Ranger Gone Bad
This episode is fishy and weird and really poorly written and just all around bad but I DON'T CARE! I love it so very very much. It's horrible, yet it's one of my favourites. And did you know it will be airing on Nick? When all the other 700 episodes air? Because Haim Saban bought back Power Rangers? Because it totally will be. And I'll love it on network tv again. :D
So we start out with the rangers in art class, all except Rocky and Aisha whom we are assuming are sequestered somewhere else making out. Art class is being taught by somebody who is not Principal Caplan OR Ms. Applebee! Angel Grove High must have had room in the budget to hire a third teacher. Billy has made a hologram, though we're not sure how that's art. Tommy has made what looks like the sawed off head of a mannequin. Another girl in the class has made a statue of Billy. She watches him the entire class. She flirts badly with him. She makes googly eyes and giggles a lot. She molds him out of clay. She's... creepy, which is about the nicest thing I can say about Violet.
Anywho, Kim talks Billy into asking her out on a date, in what we can only assume is her desire to bond with somebody over creepy significant others, and they all head off to the Juice Bar. They are attacked along the way by AWESOME POSING PUTTIES! Seriously, the putties don't get more awesome than this. *will miss the Z putties* In the fight, everybody is very very pretty (though I don't think so with Tommy, but TSB does, so he gets included here too). Goldar uses tentacle-like vines to ensnare Billy and teleport him to the Alternate Dimension Room of Fog Machines, where Goldar is disappointed Billy is not Jason, but figures he'll have to do. They have stolen Violet's statue and made and Evil!Billy out of it. Billy pulls the first male 'scream for Tommy' and I'm saddened momentarily. Evil!Billy glares at Good!Billy and is very hot, which cheers me right back up again. Good!Billy refuses to believe his friends won't notice that he's suddenly turned evil and is very hot while being deliberately obtuse. Oh Billy, honey, you have bad friends. They don't notice spells, you can bet they won't notice an evil clone.
Evil!Billy is very attractive while being sent to the park to rejoin his friends. He's bad at pretending to be Good!Billy, but he's still awesome. He's also apparently smarter than Good!Billy because he refuses to ask Violet out on a date, right to the point of ignoring her when she's talking to him at the Juice Bar. He lifts weights a lot and refuses to study math, but does manage to use the hottest Billy!speak to talk the others out of their communicators and then steals their morphers. He's also very pretty while being evil.
Tommy somehow was the smart one here and kept his communicator, sneaking away to contact Zordon about the "upgrades" Billy will be doing. They decide something isn't right and check into Billy.
The gang get attacked by West Side Story putties and I squee with delight! Zordon has managed to teleport Good!Billy to the park and he's now face to face with Evil!Billy. The others, having discovered their morphers were taken, are now trying to both get them back AND figure out which Billy is their Billy. It's made even harder when Billy morphs and... Evil!Billy morphs with him? What? That... makes no sense. But I don't care because Two Billys! Kim uses her brain and asks about the hologram. Only Good!Billy knows what it is, and they morph and quickly do away with Evil!Billy. We know there is some fic where they rescue the wrong Billy, but we feel there should be MORE. Or at least linked to older fic. Ahem.
Anyway, Zedd and Rita fight over Zedd's staff (gigglesnort) and then make a monster out of Tommy's "art" project. The rangers call zords, they form the megazord, they fight for a minute, Tommy has dialogue, and then they pull out the thundersabre and the fight is over.
Back in art class, Billy apologizes to Violet, who says "It's okay! I'm sure there was a good reason." instead of "You really hurt my feelings, but thanks for apologizing." which would have been far more healthy. Anyway. He asks her out to the movies and she nearly falls over from the excitement.
The art teacher asks them to show their projects. Kim has made a painting of her friends. It's kind of cute. Bulk and Skull (who has drool-worthy arms and he should really show them off more often) have gotten Violet to do their project for them and she's turned Billy into the Gold Ranger. Foreshadowing maybe? ;) Billy is a little creeped out by this, rightly so, but not enough to cancel the date he's already uncomfortable about.
List time!
2.5 fish. I love it too much to give it more.
Billy speak- Evil!Billy speak today "By redefining the geographical servofrequency range, we'll have less high end interference."
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So we start out with the rangers in art class, all except Rocky and Aisha whom we are assuming are sequestered somewhere else making out. Art class is being taught by somebody who is not Principal Caplan OR Ms. Applebee! Angel Grove High must have had room in the budget to hire a third teacher. Billy has made a hologram, though we're not sure how that's art. Tommy has made what looks like the sawed off head of a mannequin. Another girl in the class has made a statue of Billy. She watches him the entire class. She flirts badly with him. She makes googly eyes and giggles a lot. She molds him out of clay. She's... creepy, which is about the nicest thing I can say about Violet.
Anywho, Kim talks Billy into asking her out on a date, in what we can only assume is her desire to bond with somebody over creepy significant others, and they all head off to the Juice Bar. They are attacked along the way by AWESOME POSING PUTTIES! Seriously, the putties don't get more awesome than this. *will miss the Z putties* In the fight, everybody is very very pretty (though I don't think so with Tommy, but TSB does, so he gets included here too). Goldar uses tentacle-like vines to ensnare Billy and teleport him to the Alternate Dimension Room of Fog Machines, where Goldar is disappointed Billy is not Jason, but figures he'll have to do. They have stolen Violet's statue and made and Evil!Billy out of it. Billy pulls the first male 'scream for Tommy' and I'm saddened momentarily. Evil!Billy glares at Good!Billy and is very hot, which cheers me right back up again. Good!Billy refuses to believe his friends won't notice that he's suddenly turned evil and is very hot while being deliberately obtuse. Oh Billy, honey, you have bad friends. They don't notice spells, you can bet they won't notice an evil clone.
Evil!Billy is very attractive while being sent to the park to rejoin his friends. He's bad at pretending to be Good!Billy, but he's still awesome. He's also apparently smarter than Good!Billy because he refuses to ask Violet out on a date, right to the point of ignoring her when she's talking to him at the Juice Bar. He lifts weights a lot and refuses to study math, but does manage to use the hottest Billy!speak to talk the others out of their communicators and then steals their morphers. He's also very pretty while being evil.
Tommy somehow was the smart one here and kept his communicator, sneaking away to contact Zordon about the "upgrades" Billy will be doing. They decide something isn't right and check into Billy.
The gang get attacked by West Side Story putties and I squee with delight! Zordon has managed to teleport Good!Billy to the park and he's now face to face with Evil!Billy. The others, having discovered their morphers were taken, are now trying to both get them back AND figure out which Billy is their Billy. It's made even harder when Billy morphs and... Evil!Billy morphs with him? What? That... makes no sense. But I don't care because Two Billys! Kim uses her brain and asks about the hologram. Only Good!Billy knows what it is, and they morph and quickly do away with Evil!Billy. We know there is some fic where they rescue the wrong Billy, but we feel there should be MORE. Or at least linked to older fic. Ahem.
Anyway, Zedd and Rita fight over Zedd's staff (gigglesnort) and then make a monster out of Tommy's "art" project. The rangers call zords, they form the megazord, they fight for a minute, Tommy has dialogue, and then they pull out the thundersabre and the fight is over.
Back in art class, Billy apologizes to Violet, who says "It's okay! I'm sure there was a good reason." instead of "You really hurt my feelings, but thanks for apologizing." which would have been far more healthy. Anyway. He asks her out to the movies and she nearly falls over from the excitement.
The art teacher asks them to show their projects. Kim has made a painting of her friends. It's kind of cute. Bulk and Skull (who has drool-worthy arms and he should really show them off more often) have gotten Violet to do their project for them and she's turned Billy into the Gold Ranger. Foreshadowing maybe? ;) Billy is a little creeped out by this, rightly so, but not enough to cancel the date he's already uncomfortable about.
List time!
2.5 fish. I love it too much to give it more.
Billy speak- Evil!Billy speak today "By redefining the geographical servofrequency range, we'll have less high end interference."
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Episode 111 - Wild West Rangers Part 2
Okay, let me get this out of the way first. This episode is filled with history fail and time travel fail and science fail, but I don't care. I love it so much. *draws millions of little hearts*
Previously, on Power Rangers - Kimberly is sent back in time in a ridiculously skimpy outfit, and I appreciate it a lot.
The episode opens with Kimberly and the Wild West Rangers confronting Goldar. Goldar welcomes them to Zedd & Ritaville, and I spend the rest of the episode singing Wasting away again in Zedd&Ritaville. (Some people claim that there's a Ranger to blame, but I know that it's Goldar's fault.)
For some reason the director chose to focus the shot on Kimberly's legs. I don't know what chose that particular artistic direction, but more power to the director. *shallow*
There's a particularly awesome fight, but sadly the Putties have all lost their horses. We guess the horses... ran away? Were scared by the fish? But they still have their hats and boots and vests, so it is a particularly great fight. And Kimberly morphs! We're not really sure how she managed to morph, because last time they got sent to the past, they couldn't morph. I'm guessing that maybe Zordon updated their morphers in the present after they got back from 17whatever? It doesn't really matter, because this episode is so filled with fish that it's way more fun to just smile, nod, and plot ridiculous AUs. (Ask me how the White Stranger is secretly the father of Jack from Newsies. Go on, I dare you.)
While Kimberly is fighting the Putties, One-Eye Bulk and Doc Skullivitch are escaping from jail. Well, they're trying, anyway. Bulk is stuck between the bars, because the show hasn't had a fat joke for a while. But then they see Kim, and decide that they will become famous by figuring out the identity of the Pink Stranger! (Um, really? New person in weird clothes comes to town? It isn't that hard.)
Kimberly teleports off to 1880s!Zordon, who has no idea that Angel Grove was being invaded. He... is not very good at this watching thing. But, it doesn't matter, because Kimberly has a plan! She tells Zordon she knows that Rita has the Green Coin, but she isn't sure what's with the other coins. Alpha tells her that they have them. According to Zordon, too much pink energy is dangerous (because Kim is just that awesome) but the other four coins can be used. That is...an awesome plan! You go, Kimberly!
Back in the future, there's some technobabble about chronitons or something, that will allow the Rangers to search the past to see Kim. They find Bulk and Skull first, and are amused at how similar past!them are to present!Bulk and Skull. (Bulk and Skull's grand plan involves pulling a diving rod out of Skull's ass.) And then they find Kim, who is giving the Power Coins to Rocko, William, Abraham and Miss Alicia. Zordon tells them that those teenagers are the first Earthlings to hold the Power Coins.
I am saying it right now, Kimberly created an alternate reality. All that's missing is Tommy randomly being evil with a beard. (Although if someone would like to write that AU, I would read it.)
The present!Rangers are suitably impressed, and Billy says "Prodigious" and both of us geek out. We missed Billy's dorkiness!
Back in 1880whatever, Kimberly and the Wild West Rangers are going through town. The awesome!Putties show up, and Rocky calls them VARMINTS. And I think it's about at this point that I'm just dead of laughter, which will continue to the end of the episode. The Wild West Rangers do pretty well for themselves - Rocky fights with a wash basin, Adam and Aisha dance, and Billy dodges, while Kimberly just kicks ass. (Billy doesn't believe in fisticuffs! ♥)
I... kinda ship past!Abraham/Miss Alicia. Except I ship Adam/Aisha, so that is just not working for me. But it would be SO CUTE and totally acceptable if this is completely AU, and someone should be writing this immediately.
Things are not going as well as it could, and then suddenly... It's the White Stranger! He shows up and is pretty ridiculous, and I am actually incredibly charmed by him in this episode. (Although that might be the champagne talking, IDEK.)
Kimberly grins at Goldar and tells him its time. William asks for what, and she yells that it's morphin time!
There are not enough words to express how awesome the 1880s costumes are. It is just so.... delightfully bad western movie. I'm completely and utterly charmed by it. And Adam and Aisha dance again. They are so adorable, I love them so much.
The Wild West Rangers fight, and for some reason we don't think that Johnny Yong Bosch or Karan Ashley were doing the voiceovers? It really doesn't sound like them. Anyway, the Wild West Rangers manage to push Goldar, the Putties and the Monster back through the time hole, so the past is safe!
However, now they need to deal with it in the future. Billy has come up with some not!science plan that involves their communicators to bring Kimberly back, but someone needs to go fight the monster. Tommy and Rocky morph and go fight, so that Billy can continue working and... Adam and Aisha can make out? Help Billy? Something. Sadly, Rocky and Tommy need help, so Billy needs to abandon his work so that they can go help form the megazord and defeat Needlenose.
After defeating the monster, everyone is very sad, because they think they might have lost Kim. They've only got one shot with Billy's device. Which works perfectly, of course, but why does the AU where Kimberly got stuck in the past not exist? (I firmly believe that the White Stranger in this time is a descendent of the version of Tommy that stayed behind in 1770something, making Tommy his own grandfather.)
Back in the 19th Century, the Wild West Rangers talk about how exciting this all was, and William totally had a crush on Kimberly (not that I blame him.) As the White Stranger rides off, we see 19th century!Kimberly in a carriage, staring at the White Stranger with a look on her face that says "Damn, that boy is fine." Oh, show. That... is really weird. I hope that they don't hook up! Unless it's an alternate reality where this doesn't lead to the Tommy and Kimberly we know. The episode ends with the White Stranger on his horse, cheering for the Pink Ranger. Because Kimberly is awesome.
Fish: 4. AHAHAHA It is ridiculous, but I love it SO MUCH.
Billy speak: "I've adapted these communicators to advance and adapt the teleporting mechanism to create a time hole."
Fic people should write us: More of this universe, please! (Also, the one where someone is researching in the library and they come across the legend of Calamity Kim and the Wild West Rangers.)
Previously, on Power Rangers - Kimberly is sent back in time in a ridiculously skimpy outfit, and I appreciate it a lot.
The episode opens with Kimberly and the Wild West Rangers confronting Goldar. Goldar welcomes them to Zedd & Ritaville, and I spend the rest of the episode singing Wasting away again in Zedd&Ritaville. (Some people claim that there's a Ranger to blame, but I know that it's Goldar's fault.)
For some reason the director chose to focus the shot on Kimberly's legs. I don't know what chose that particular artistic direction, but more power to the director. *shallow*
There's a particularly awesome fight, but sadly the Putties have all lost their horses. We guess the horses... ran away? Were scared by the fish? But they still have their hats and boots and vests, so it is a particularly great fight. And Kimberly morphs! We're not really sure how she managed to morph, because last time they got sent to the past, they couldn't morph. I'm guessing that maybe Zordon updated their morphers in the present after they got back from 17whatever? It doesn't really matter, because this episode is so filled with fish that it's way more fun to just smile, nod, and plot ridiculous AUs. (Ask me how the White Stranger is secretly the father of Jack from Newsies. Go on, I dare you.)
While Kimberly is fighting the Putties, One-Eye Bulk and Doc Skullivitch are escaping from jail. Well, they're trying, anyway. Bulk is stuck between the bars, because the show hasn't had a fat joke for a while. But then they see Kim, and decide that they will become famous by figuring out the identity of the Pink Stranger! (Um, really? New person in weird clothes comes to town? It isn't that hard.)
Kimberly teleports off to 1880s!Zordon, who has no idea that Angel Grove was being invaded. He... is not very good at this watching thing. But, it doesn't matter, because Kimberly has a plan! She tells Zordon she knows that Rita has the Green Coin, but she isn't sure what's with the other coins. Alpha tells her that they have them. According to Zordon, too much pink energy is dangerous (because Kim is just that awesome) but the other four coins can be used. That is...an awesome plan! You go, Kimberly!
Back in the future, there's some technobabble about chronitons or something, that will allow the Rangers to search the past to see Kim. They find Bulk and Skull first, and are amused at how similar past!them are to present!Bulk and Skull. (Bulk and Skull's grand plan involves pulling a diving rod out of Skull's ass.) And then they find Kim, who is giving the Power Coins to Rocko, William, Abraham and Miss Alicia. Zordon tells them that those teenagers are the first Earthlings to hold the Power Coins.
I am saying it right now, Kimberly created an alternate reality. All that's missing is Tommy randomly being evil with a beard. (Although if someone would like to write that AU, I would read it.)
The present!Rangers are suitably impressed, and Billy says "Prodigious" and both of us geek out. We missed Billy's dorkiness!
Back in 1880whatever, Kimberly and the Wild West Rangers are going through town. The awesome!Putties show up, and Rocky calls them VARMINTS. And I think it's about at this point that I'm just dead of laughter, which will continue to the end of the episode. The Wild West Rangers do pretty well for themselves - Rocky fights with a wash basin, Adam and Aisha dance, and Billy dodges, while Kimberly just kicks ass. (Billy doesn't believe in fisticuffs! ♥)
I... kinda ship past!Abraham/Miss Alicia. Except I ship Adam/Aisha, so that is just not working for me. But it would be SO CUTE and totally acceptable if this is completely AU, and someone should be writing this immediately.
Things are not going as well as it could, and then suddenly... It's the White Stranger! He shows up and is pretty ridiculous, and I am actually incredibly charmed by him in this episode. (Although that might be the champagne talking, IDEK.)
Kimberly grins at Goldar and tells him its time. William asks for what, and she yells that it's morphin time!
There are not enough words to express how awesome the 1880s costumes are. It is just so.... delightfully bad western movie. I'm completely and utterly charmed by it. And Adam and Aisha dance again. They are so adorable, I love them so much.
The Wild West Rangers fight, and for some reason we don't think that Johnny Yong Bosch or Karan Ashley were doing the voiceovers? It really doesn't sound like them. Anyway, the Wild West Rangers manage to push Goldar, the Putties and the Monster back through the time hole, so the past is safe!
However, now they need to deal with it in the future. Billy has come up with some not!science plan that involves their communicators to bring Kimberly back, but someone needs to go fight the monster. Tommy and Rocky morph and go fight, so that Billy can continue working and... Adam and Aisha can make out? Help Billy? Something. Sadly, Rocky and Tommy need help, so Billy needs to abandon his work so that they can go help form the megazord and defeat Needlenose.
After defeating the monster, everyone is very sad, because they think they might have lost Kim. They've only got one shot with Billy's device. Which works perfectly, of course, but why does the AU where Kimberly got stuck in the past not exist? (I firmly believe that the White Stranger in this time is a descendent of the version of Tommy that stayed behind in 1770something, making Tommy his own grandfather.)
Back in the 19th Century, the Wild West Rangers talk about how exciting this all was, and William totally had a crush on Kimberly (not that I blame him.) As the White Stranger rides off, we see 19th century!Kimberly in a carriage, staring at the White Stranger with a look on her face that says "Damn, that boy is fine." Oh, show. That... is really weird. I hope that they don't hook up! Unless it's an alternate reality where this doesn't lead to the Tommy and Kimberly we know. The episode ends with the White Stranger on his horse, cheering for the Pink Ranger. Because Kimberly is awesome.
Fish: 4. AHAHAHA It is ridiculous, but I love it SO MUCH.
Billy speak: "I've adapted these communicators to advance and adapt the teleporting mechanism to create a time hole."
Fic people should write us: More of this universe, please! (Also, the one where someone is researching in the library and they come across the legend of Calamity Kim and the Wild West Rangers.)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Episode 110- Wild West Rangers Part 1
Today on Power Rangers, putties are awesome! And people from Texas are very bad at southern accents. *is confused*
So we start out with Tommy giving Kim a cactus as a present. She seems to like it, though I'm not sure why anybody would give a cactus as a present? But I'm not a plant person, and Kim is, so that probably has something to do with it. Anyway, Zedd zaps the cactus away while everybody is looking at it, and yet nobody notices it was magicked away. Kim instead accuses her friends of playing a joke and hiding it from her. They didn't, of course, and then they notice a strange greenish goo on the table where the cactus was sitting. Billy touches it and rubs it between his fingers before deciding they should take it to the Command Center to analyze it. Really, Billy? Discussing this in the middle of the Youth Center? Probably not the best way to maintain those secret identities.
They all go the hallway to teleport away, but Kim, wearing the skimpiest outfit I've seen on anybody outside of pron, manages to get left behind. Her teleporter won't work. She is sucked into some glowy rainbow vortex and deposited into the desert. The others, curious what's happened, discover she's been sucked through a time hole, which is a rip in the fabric of time, and is randomly occurring right in front of the lockers in the hallway of the Youth Center.
Kim gets up and tries to contact Zordon, but can't. One-Eyed Bulk and Doc Skullovitch are nearby, so she hides behind a giant boulder while they try to rob a stagecoach driven by Adam and Rocky. The stagecoach and our dapper drivers are saved by The White Stranger. He chases off One-Eyed Bulk and Doc Skullovitch, who happened to bring the wrong guns to the fight. Kim is spotted and comes out from behind the rock, only to faint at the sight of Tommy as The White Stranger. She freaking FAINTS, people. I raged for awhile.
Can I take a moment to marvel that the Native American is not trying to kill the white people, and the Asian and Latino are not being forced into hard deadly labour? I'm not sure Kim is really in 1880 here.
Anyway, moving on. Nobody comments on Kim's total lack of clothing, even though she'd surely be accused of being a woman of ill repute. They have dragged her back to Ernest's Juice Saloon, where she wakes up and is confronted by Abraham (Adam), Alicia (Aisha), William (Billy), and Rocko (Rocky). She kind of freaks out a little and goes outside to discover it is 1880 Angel Grove. At least with THIS time travel episode, Angel Grove could actually exist in the time period she's been transported to.
Okay, I have to take a minute here. The accents, while I'm sure fun to do (as I believe Karan Ashley is quoted), were really really BAD. I mean, seriously? I expected more from at least Karan, Johnny, and Steve! They're all from TEXAS! For crying out loud, even if you don't have the accent yourself, you're surrounded by southerners with thick southern accents that are relatively easy to imitate! I should know, I lived there for 13 years. :P
Back in the ranger time, Billy has managed to track down Kim. They decide to morph and go through the time hole to rescue her, though if it's unstable and unpredictable, how do they know they'll end up at the same time and place as Kim? Do they have a time machine? Did they realize Skull's garage is a TARDIS? I'm guessing it's more a case of a huge school of fish.
They can't get to the time hole, though, because Zedd has turned Kim's cactus into a monster. It, Goldar, and a bunch of putties are heading to the time hole to go back in time and they have to try and stop them. The rangers intercept them and we wonder why they weren't teleported right to the time hole. We figure Zedd's targeting has some fish in it. The putties strike some hilariously awesome poses and then the cactus shoots the rangers with it's paralyzing spore spikes. Or something.
Oh noes, the rangers are down! Who will save them? THE MIGHTY MORPHIN DALEK RANGERS, of course!
Or not, but it would have been totally awesome, right? The rangers don't intercept and Goldar and the cactus monster DO make it to the Youth Center... where nobody flips out or runs around screaming. They just waltz right in and straight through the time hole. Aisha is sure Kim has already beat the monster otherwise their time would be different, but Billy says it's a paradox and their time won't change until Kim fights the monster. Which is SOOOOO not how time travel works, even in their own continuity. That's not even how it worked the LAST time travel episode!
So back in 1880, Kim, who has identified herself as Calamity Kim, is being held up by One-Eyed Bulk and Doc Skullovitch. Skull gets shocked by her communicator and then Bulk falls in a water trough while Adam and Rocky, I'm sorry, Abraham and Rocko, arrest them. I didn't know they were fine gentlemen of the law, but okay, I'll go with it. Kim decides to tell them what's going on with her. They mostly believe her, though Billy does question if she's having a laugh with them. They are called outside to see some commotion and discover a bunch of putties wreaking havoc on HORSES. That's right, putties on HORSES. Who steal clothes. Because they are AWESOME. OMG you guys, seriously, it's the BEST THING EVER.
Then the cactus guy and Goldar show up and Kim is all concerned. To Be Continued!
List time:
4.5 for time travel not working like that, history not working like that, and absolute utter FAILURE at remaining even the slightest bit consistent with previous episodes.
Billy speak:
"It's a cactal vaciferous(?)" (which I think he totally just made up, but whatever)
"I'm having trouble moving my signal through the time barrier."
"I may have to check the power transformer. We may have to increase the surge to carry the ongoing signal."
"It's a paradox. Our world won't change until Kimberly battles the monster in her time."
Covered in food: Bulk fell in the water trough. Poor Bulk.
So we start out with Tommy giving Kim a cactus as a present. She seems to like it, though I'm not sure why anybody would give a cactus as a present? But I'm not a plant person, and Kim is, so that probably has something to do with it. Anyway, Zedd zaps the cactus away while everybody is looking at it, and yet nobody notices it was magicked away. Kim instead accuses her friends of playing a joke and hiding it from her. They didn't, of course, and then they notice a strange greenish goo on the table where the cactus was sitting. Billy touches it and rubs it between his fingers before deciding they should take it to the Command Center to analyze it. Really, Billy? Discussing this in the middle of the Youth Center? Probably not the best way to maintain those secret identities.
They all go the hallway to teleport away, but Kim, wearing the skimpiest outfit I've seen on anybody outside of pron, manages to get left behind. Her teleporter won't work. She is sucked into some glowy rainbow vortex and deposited into the desert. The others, curious what's happened, discover she's been sucked through a time hole, which is a rip in the fabric of time, and is randomly occurring right in front of the lockers in the hallway of the Youth Center.
Kim gets up and tries to contact Zordon, but can't. One-Eyed Bulk and Doc Skullovitch are nearby, so she hides behind a giant boulder while they try to rob a stagecoach driven by Adam and Rocky. The stagecoach and our dapper drivers are saved by The White Stranger. He chases off One-Eyed Bulk and Doc Skullovitch, who happened to bring the wrong guns to the fight. Kim is spotted and comes out from behind the rock, only to faint at the sight of Tommy as The White Stranger. She freaking FAINTS, people. I raged for awhile.
Can I take a moment to marvel that the Native American is not trying to kill the white people, and the Asian and Latino are not being forced into hard deadly labour? I'm not sure Kim is really in 1880 here.
Anyway, moving on. Nobody comments on Kim's total lack of clothing, even though she'd surely be accused of being a woman of ill repute. They have dragged her back to Ernest's Juice Saloon, where she wakes up and is confronted by Abraham (Adam), Alicia (Aisha), William (Billy), and Rocko (Rocky). She kind of freaks out a little and goes outside to discover it is 1880 Angel Grove. At least with THIS time travel episode, Angel Grove could actually exist in the time period she's been transported to.
Okay, I have to take a minute here. The accents, while I'm sure fun to do (as I believe Karan Ashley is quoted), were really really BAD. I mean, seriously? I expected more from at least Karan, Johnny, and Steve! They're all from TEXAS! For crying out loud, even if you don't have the accent yourself, you're surrounded by southerners with thick southern accents that are relatively easy to imitate! I should know, I lived there for 13 years. :P
Back in the ranger time, Billy has managed to track down Kim. They decide to morph and go through the time hole to rescue her, though if it's unstable and unpredictable, how do they know they'll end up at the same time and place as Kim? Do they have a time machine? Did they realize Skull's garage is a TARDIS? I'm guessing it's more a case of a huge school of fish.
They can't get to the time hole, though, because Zedd has turned Kim's cactus into a monster. It, Goldar, and a bunch of putties are heading to the time hole to go back in time and they have to try and stop them. The rangers intercept them and we wonder why they weren't teleported right to the time hole. We figure Zedd's targeting has some fish in it. The putties strike some hilariously awesome poses and then the cactus shoots the rangers with it's paralyzing spore spikes. Or something.
Oh noes, the rangers are down! Who will save them? THE MIGHTY MORPHIN DALEK RANGERS, of course!
Or not, but it would have been totally awesome, right? The rangers don't intercept and Goldar and the cactus monster DO make it to the Youth Center... where nobody flips out or runs around screaming. They just waltz right in and straight through the time hole. Aisha is sure Kim has already beat the monster otherwise their time would be different, but Billy says it's a paradox and their time won't change until Kim fights the monster. Which is SOOOOO not how time travel works, even in their own continuity. That's not even how it worked the LAST time travel episode!
So back in 1880, Kim, who has identified herself as Calamity Kim, is being held up by One-Eyed Bulk and Doc Skullovitch. Skull gets shocked by her communicator and then Bulk falls in a water trough while Adam and Rocky, I'm sorry, Abraham and Rocko, arrest them. I didn't know they were fine gentlemen of the law, but okay, I'll go with it. Kim decides to tell them what's going on with her. They mostly believe her, though Billy does question if she's having a laugh with them. They are called outside to see some commotion and discover a bunch of putties wreaking havoc on HORSES. That's right, putties on HORSES. Who steal clothes. Because they are AWESOME. OMG you guys, seriously, it's the BEST THING EVER.
Then the cactus guy and Goldar show up and Kim is all concerned. To Be Continued!
List time:
4.5 for time travel not working like that, history not working like that, and absolute utter FAILURE at remaining even the slightest bit consistent with previous episodes.
Billy speak:
"It's a cactal vaciferous(?)" (which I think he totally just made up, but whatever)
"I'm having trouble moving my signal through the time barrier."
"I may have to check the power transformer. We may have to increase the surge to carry the ongoing signal."
"It's a paradox. Our world won't change until Kimberly battles the monster in her time."
Covered in food: Bulk fell in the water trough. Poor Bulk.
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