Hey, it's an Adam episode! Sadly, it sucks.
We begin at the stunt show, and man, I approve of that SO HARD. The theme of this stunt show is apparently ancient Egypt, so we've moved on from Grease. We briefly wonder if this time the stunt show cast will be convinced that they're the Pharaoh's guards, but no such luck. Instead, we find out that Divatox used to date some monster named Pharaoh (who is sadly not a Goa'uld) who has the same staff that is used at the stunt show. Divatox calls up her ex, who owes her a favor, and he goes to plant a detonator at the stunt show. Adam confuses the monster's staff for the one used at the stunt show, and takes the monster's staff home. It turns all writing into hieroglyphics.
I don't know why Adam apparently builds his own props for the stunt show. I guess they should hold a fundraiser or a martial arts expo or something, because this town is cheap.
One important thing - Pharaoh gets beaten up by some children. I know they're trying to make the monsters less scary or something, but that's just pathetic.
After all the writing is turning into hieroglyphics AND Piranhatrons have stolen back the monster's staff AND some old guy from the stunt show returns Adam's actual staff to him the Rangers figure out something is wrong and go to the stunt show. There's a "comical" sequence where the old guy proves he knows all the items at the show, and they figure out that the detonator is a pyramid. But before Adam can blow it up with a cannon monsters show up, and there's a fight, and then the monster grows, and if Divatox's big plan was to make children cry by blowing up the amusement park, why doesn't she just have a monster step on it?
The fight lasts a long while, so we get a night!Zord battle, which was pretty great.
Oh, and Bulk and Skull monkeys thought that they could tell their story by painting it on the side of the Youth Center. Monkey paintings are pretty awesome.
Fish: 4. Nothing about this makes any sense.
Covered in: Lt. Stone is covered in paint
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Episode 214- The Whole Lie
Is there a good episode of Turbo? I mean, a really good episode? I'm beginning to doubt it.
So there's a car wash. They're trying to raise money to support the Angel Grove baseball team. Hey, it's a sport that isn't martial arts! In Angel Grove! No wonder they need a fundraiser. Justin spies something odd and goes to investigate. He finds Porto, who gives him the best nickname ever that we shall use forever and ever. He calls him the Littlest Ranger and zaps him with some kind of ray gun that forces him to tell lies.
Kat, clearly needing a book on free range parenting, gets all worried because the TWELVE YEAR OLD has wandered off on his own. He's 12. He's not 2. He is perfectly capable of being off by himself. She finds him just as Porto is leaving and asks if anything is wrong. Seeing as Justin can't tell the truth, he tells her he's fine and nothing unusual is going on.
When he lies, a piranatron appears. Kat and Justin fight (unmorphed! Yay! I missed those) and then return to the car wash. Justin continues to lie and Kat is worried about him, so she talks to Tanya. This plan would be much better if he was only lying about certain things, not everything. It's really easy to pick out something is wrong when he lies about stuff they KNOW to be true. Divatox seems pleased with the progress of her plan, however, and Elgar is fighting an octopus with really really long tentacles. He's completely wrapped up. She doesn't seem to care.
Concerned, Tanya and Kat take Justin to Demetria. She is... less than helpful. Justin lies again and a single piranatron shows up at the car wash. Adam is there to fight it off, but for some reason he needs to morph. Tanya and Kat go to help him out, just in time for a monster to show up. Justin stays behind. He's concerned about breaking the spell while the others fall under the same spell.
Tommy, meanwhile, is in the racing footage from the first episode and does not respond to his communicator. He is useless... until he decides he really ought to listen and goes to fight, only to fall under the lying spell as well.
Demetria asks Justin a question upon which he answers truthfully and suddenly the spell is broken. He morphs and asks the others a question, which they also answer truthfully and the spell is broken on them as well. So. A spell that makes it impossible for them to tell the truth can only be broken by telling the truth? And somehow they're able to do this without any trouble, without any concentration, without even any trickery involved? That... is the dumbest lie ray ever.
The monster grows, though how Elgar fired the torpedoes while being sucked out the porthole by the long-tentacled octopus is anybody's guess. They fight. They win. It's very boring.
Back at the Youth Center, Justin promises to never ever lie again. It's not like you could help it, kid! Lt. Stone asks Justin, Kat, and Tanya to try a new juice blend smoothie. They taste it, but it's vile. Lt. Stone asks Justin's opinion, being sure to spell out that he knows Justin would never lie to him, and so Justin tells him it's bad. The others agree. He blames the chimpanzees who then manage to cover him in smoothie. Justin once again reiterates how bad it is to lie, and how people really do want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth at all times. I think we get the point, show.
4 fish. 4 really old sat-out-in-the-sun fish. Ew.
Covered in food: Lt. Stone in juice blend/smoothie.
So there's a car wash. They're trying to raise money to support the Angel Grove baseball team. Hey, it's a sport that isn't martial arts! In Angel Grove! No wonder they need a fundraiser. Justin spies something odd and goes to investigate. He finds Porto, who gives him the best nickname ever that we shall use forever and ever. He calls him the Littlest Ranger and zaps him with some kind of ray gun that forces him to tell lies.
Kat, clearly needing a book on free range parenting, gets all worried because the TWELVE YEAR OLD has wandered off on his own. He's 12. He's not 2. He is perfectly capable of being off by himself. She finds him just as Porto is leaving and asks if anything is wrong. Seeing as Justin can't tell the truth, he tells her he's fine and nothing unusual is going on.
When he lies, a piranatron appears. Kat and Justin fight (unmorphed! Yay! I missed those) and then return to the car wash. Justin continues to lie and Kat is worried about him, so she talks to Tanya. This plan would be much better if he was only lying about certain things, not everything. It's really easy to pick out something is wrong when he lies about stuff they KNOW to be true. Divatox seems pleased with the progress of her plan, however, and Elgar is fighting an octopus with really really long tentacles. He's completely wrapped up. She doesn't seem to care.
Concerned, Tanya and Kat take Justin to Demetria. She is... less than helpful. Justin lies again and a single piranatron shows up at the car wash. Adam is there to fight it off, but for some reason he needs to morph. Tanya and Kat go to help him out, just in time for a monster to show up. Justin stays behind. He's concerned about breaking the spell while the others fall under the same spell.
Tommy, meanwhile, is in the racing footage from the first episode and does not respond to his communicator. He is useless... until he decides he really ought to listen and goes to fight, only to fall under the lying spell as well.
Demetria asks Justin a question upon which he answers truthfully and suddenly the spell is broken. He morphs and asks the others a question, which they also answer truthfully and the spell is broken on them as well. So. A spell that makes it impossible for them to tell the truth can only be broken by telling the truth? And somehow they're able to do this without any trouble, without any concentration, without even any trickery involved? That... is the dumbest lie ray ever.
The monster grows, though how Elgar fired the torpedoes while being sucked out the porthole by the long-tentacled octopus is anybody's guess. They fight. They win. It's very boring.
Back at the Youth Center, Justin promises to never ever lie again. It's not like you could help it, kid! Lt. Stone asks Justin, Kat, and Tanya to try a new juice blend smoothie. They taste it, but it's vile. Lt. Stone asks Justin's opinion, being sure to spell out that he knows Justin would never lie to him, and so Justin tells him it's bad. The others agree. He blames the chimpanzees who then manage to cover him in smoothie. Justin once again reiterates how bad it is to lie, and how people really do want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth at all times. I think we get the point, show.
4 fish. 4 really old sat-out-in-the-sun fish. Ew.
Covered in food: Lt. Stone in juice blend/smoothie.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Episode 213 - Bicycle Built for the Blues
Oh hey! It's Justin's birthday! We.... should have delayed this episode, but both of us have blocked out forgotten most of Turbo, or else we would totally have watched this next week.
The Rangers are plotting a surprise party for Justin, and I'm going to use this as an excuse to rant about how much I hate surprise parties. Mostly the ones that have the "and we're going to pretend all day that nothing special is going on" variety, but I guess they haven't learned anything from Zack's surprise party so long ago.
Divatox figures she'll give Justin a special gift too, and sends a bike that turns into a detonator that will explode after he bikes 25 miles. Justin (who is sad because the Rangers are all ignoring him/won't let him into the garage) assumes the bike is from his dad, and is apparently superglued to it instantly or something because he doesn't stop peddling/jump off the bike/crash into a tree like he should.
After all the Rangers leave the party set up because Dimitria actually noticed something was going on (SHOCKING) monkey!Bulk and Skull throw their own party, complete with a "Hey, hey, we're the monkees!" joke. I APPROVE.
While Tommy chases around the MOTW (named Big Burpa. Seriously) Adam, Kat and Tanya just stand there. Then they join in and chase after it some more. Then there's some more chase scenes. Justin still fails to crash into a tree. Oh, and the bike floats. When they suggest Justin stop peddling, he acts like he never thought of that, but yeah, he can't due to magic.
So Tommy summons his ZORD which starts driving and Tommy perches on the car and knocks Justin off the bike. Who was driving the Zord? If Justin was superglued to the bike, wouldn't that have seriously hurt? Who came up with this stupid plot???
They morph and fight the monster and it's really boring. Then everyone heads back to the garage, and aww, Justin's party is happening, and there's actually a bunch of kids! I guess the other people from the shelter? Bulk and Skull give Justin a banana. Justin is still sad, because his dad isn't there.
Except then his dad shows up for the party. And look, we totally understand having a breakdown after losing the wife - that makes sense. But he seems to be fairly recovered now, so why is he still leaving Justin in the shelter?
Justin needs ALL THE HUGS.
(Congrats, Justin, it only took a movie and 8 episodes to win us both over.)
Fish: 3.5 JUST JUMP OFF THE DAMN BIKE.
The Rangers are plotting a surprise party for Justin, and I'm going to use this as an excuse to rant about how much I hate surprise parties. Mostly the ones that have the "and we're going to pretend all day that nothing special is going on" variety, but I guess they haven't learned anything from Zack's surprise party so long ago.
Divatox figures she'll give Justin a special gift too, and sends a bike that turns into a detonator that will explode after he bikes 25 miles. Justin (who is sad because the Rangers are all ignoring him/won't let him into the garage) assumes the bike is from his dad, and is apparently superglued to it instantly or something because he doesn't stop peddling/jump off the bike/crash into a tree like he should.
After all the Rangers leave the party set up because Dimitria actually noticed something was going on (SHOCKING) monkey!Bulk and Skull throw their own party, complete with a "Hey, hey, we're the monkees!" joke. I APPROVE.
While Tommy chases around the MOTW (named Big Burpa. Seriously) Adam, Kat and Tanya just stand there. Then they join in and chase after it some more. Then there's some more chase scenes. Justin still fails to crash into a tree. Oh, and the bike floats. When they suggest Justin stop peddling, he acts like he never thought of that, but yeah, he can't due to magic.
So Tommy summons his ZORD which starts driving and Tommy perches on the car and knocks Justin off the bike. Who was driving the Zord? If Justin was superglued to the bike, wouldn't that have seriously hurt? Who came up with this stupid plot???
They morph and fight the monster and it's really boring. Then everyone heads back to the garage, and aww, Justin's party is happening, and there's actually a bunch of kids! I guess the other people from the shelter? Bulk and Skull give Justin a banana. Justin is still sad, because his dad isn't there.
Except then his dad shows up for the party. And look, we totally understand having a breakdown after losing the wife - that makes sense. But he seems to be fairly recovered now, so why is he still leaving Justin in the shelter?
Justin needs ALL THE HUGS.
(Congrats, Justin, it only took a movie and 8 episodes to win us both over.)
Fish: 3.5 JUST JUMP OFF THE DAMN BIKE.
Episode 212- Built For Speed
It's an Adam episode! It's... a really bad Adam episode.
So apparently the radio station is putting on some play/stunt show/thing. It's set in the 1950's and has cast a bunch of local teens in the stunt show. All the bad kids apparently also had to play the bad kids in the wild west show. And every other show. They're totally typecast and not at all happy about it. So a fight ensues and Tanya gets all mad they went off script. Apparently this happens a lot because the two groups cannot get along. Outside, they challenge each other to a drag race. Adam tries to talk them out of it.
Guys, it's just a play! But they wear clothes in the stereotypical "bad boy" 1950's style and they drive 1950's cars and they apparently really are like that or something? Is Angel Grove stuck in a time warp or something? THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
Meanwhile, some super speedy racer monster has planted a super small detonator on one of the cars. Adam chases him and manages to blow him up. Porto made a second one, however, and they all have to go fight it. They did a really BAD job of splicing the Japanese footage with the US footage. It looks like a completely different show set in a completely different country BECAUSE IT IS. Adam blows up the guy again. And then they have to fight him again and Tommy shows a stunning moment of character development, however brief, by allowed Adam to take charge and destroy the monster for good.
At the drag race: Bulk and Skull hide in the back of the cars in hopes to bring attention to themselves. As the drag racers manage to head off towards the cliff, the chimpanzees cover their eyes and they go right off the edge. Luckily the Megazord is there to catch them... except at those speeds and that sudden a stop, there would have been MAJOR damage to both cars and people. Adam gets rid of the detonator in the car and lectures the kids about drag racing. They apologize to each other once back on solid ground. Lt. Stone shows up to get the chimps and actually starts to think they might be Bulk and Skull, except they drive off in his car before he can say so.
5 fish. What the hell is up with the stupid time warp going on????
So apparently the radio station is putting on some play/stunt show/thing. It's set in the 1950's and has cast a bunch of local teens in the stunt show. All the bad kids apparently also had to play the bad kids in the wild west show. And every other show. They're totally typecast and not at all happy about it. So a fight ensues and Tanya gets all mad they went off script. Apparently this happens a lot because the two groups cannot get along. Outside, they challenge each other to a drag race. Adam tries to talk them out of it.
Guys, it's just a play! But they wear clothes in the stereotypical "bad boy" 1950's style and they drive 1950's cars and they apparently really are like that or something? Is Angel Grove stuck in a time warp or something? THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
Meanwhile, some super speedy racer monster has planted a super small detonator on one of the cars. Adam chases him and manages to blow him up. Porto made a second one, however, and they all have to go fight it. They did a really BAD job of splicing the Japanese footage with the US footage. It looks like a completely different show set in a completely different country BECAUSE IT IS. Adam blows up the guy again. And then they have to fight him again and Tommy shows a stunning moment of character development, however brief, by allowed Adam to take charge and destroy the monster for good.
At the drag race: Bulk and Skull hide in the back of the cars in hopes to bring attention to themselves. As the drag racers manage to head off towards the cliff, the chimpanzees cover their eyes and they go right off the edge. Luckily the Megazord is there to catch them... except at those speeds and that sudden a stop, there would have been MAJOR damage to both cars and people. Adam gets rid of the detonator in the car and lectures the kids about drag racing. They apologize to each other once back on solid ground. Lt. Stone shows up to get the chimps and actually starts to think they might be Bulk and Skull, except they drive off in his car before he can say so.
5 fish. What the hell is up with the stupid time warp going on????
Episode 211- Rally Ranger
Justin is in a boxcar derby! Justin has angst! I... actually like Justin this episode! Will wonders never cease?
So there is a Tiny!Bully named Warren. He chases Justin off the track in a practice race. I have a thing for boxcar derbys. Just sayin. Justin's car is ruined. It gives him a sad, especially when Evil Warren comes up and taunts him.
Meanwhile, Porto is trying to fix a detonator. Divatox is mean to him, unsurprisingly. Porto, fed up with his evil genius being unappreciated and abused, decides he's going to leave. Good for you, Porto! You have my support.
Back at the garage, Tommy is creepy with little boys. He gives Justin a pep talk that, at that age, would have had me rolling my eyes and crying "You don't know what it's like!". Justin doesn't want to be smart, he doesn't want to be different. He just wants to fit in. I know how you feel, kid. Tommy's talk inspires him and TSB and I decide Justin really really REALLY needs to meet Billy. They'd have a lot to talk about. Billy would totally be a better mentor to him than Tommy. Justin's little boy angst and little boy sad!face make me want to snuggle him and bake him cookies and read him a book on physics.
He gets permission to work on his car all night long and ends up falling asleep in the garage. The rangers are creepy and watching him sleep before he finally wakes up and fakes them out. He makes them think he didn't finish in time, when instead he actually used that massive brain and built a whole new, better car instead. Off to the races! Where Lt. Stone is totally trying to up sell his smoothies. He sounds kind of desperate, actually.
Elgar has managed to use his protective fish shield and fix the detonator Porto was working on before he left. He places it on Evil Warren's car. Meanwhile, Porto is off trying to impress Divatox by blowing up the city. He makes himself grow instead. The rangers are called just as the race is about to start. Look, derby races take all of about a minute. Justin could totally have stayed and completed the race and then joined the others! But no, he has to leave, and Evil Warren calls him a chicken. While wearing black leather and a jaunty ascot. How much do I love that Evil Warren wears a jaunty ascot? A lot. I am filled with glee.
So they go fight Porto. They don't get very far, though, because Elgar pinpoints his location and they call him back to Divatox's ship. He's not terribly happy to go.
Justin gets to go back to the race just in time to see that Elgar's detonator did sort of blow up and sent Evil Warren's boxcar careening out of control. Justin's new boxcar is fast enough that, despite being a few minutes late to the race, can not only pass the others, but get ahead of Evil Warren. He reassures Warren he can slow him down. His plan is actually pretty good! He gets in front of Warren and slowly applies his brake, allowing his car to slow down Warren's car, until they both glide to a gentle stop. Good thinking, Justin!
Evil Warren thanks Justin, apologizes for being a bully, says he was just jealous of Justin's massive intellect, makes moony eyes, and then WINKS AT HIM. Evil Warren is totally boy-crushing on Justin. We decide that in 3 years time they date. But only for a little while, because then Justin meets Fred. ;)
Bulk and Skull, still in chimpanzee form, attempt to get noticed. They manage to spill Lt. Stone's smoothies all over some random pageant lady. She gets mad, dumps a smoothie on Lt. Stone, and everybody laughs. Nobody notices Bulk and Skull are STILL missing. WORST FRIENDS EVER.
2 fish. Good lord, this was a really low fish episode, especially for Turbo!
So there is a Tiny!Bully named Warren. He chases Justin off the track in a practice race. I have a thing for boxcar derbys. Just sayin. Justin's car is ruined. It gives him a sad, especially when Evil Warren comes up and taunts him.
Meanwhile, Porto is trying to fix a detonator. Divatox is mean to him, unsurprisingly. Porto, fed up with his evil genius being unappreciated and abused, decides he's going to leave. Good for you, Porto! You have my support.
Back at the garage, Tommy is creepy with little boys. He gives Justin a pep talk that, at that age, would have had me rolling my eyes and crying "You don't know what it's like!". Justin doesn't want to be smart, he doesn't want to be different. He just wants to fit in. I know how you feel, kid. Tommy's talk inspires him and TSB and I decide Justin really really REALLY needs to meet Billy. They'd have a lot to talk about. Billy would totally be a better mentor to him than Tommy. Justin's little boy angst and little boy sad!face make me want to snuggle him and bake him cookies and read him a book on physics.
He gets permission to work on his car all night long and ends up falling asleep in the garage. The rangers are creepy and watching him sleep before he finally wakes up and fakes them out. He makes them think he didn't finish in time, when instead he actually used that massive brain and built a whole new, better car instead. Off to the races! Where Lt. Stone is totally trying to up sell his smoothies. He sounds kind of desperate, actually.
Elgar has managed to use his protective fish shield and fix the detonator Porto was working on before he left. He places it on Evil Warren's car. Meanwhile, Porto is off trying to impress Divatox by blowing up the city. He makes himself grow instead. The rangers are called just as the race is about to start. Look, derby races take all of about a minute. Justin could totally have stayed and completed the race and then joined the others! But no, he has to leave, and Evil Warren calls him a chicken. While wearing black leather and a jaunty ascot. How much do I love that Evil Warren wears a jaunty ascot? A lot. I am filled with glee.
So they go fight Porto. They don't get very far, though, because Elgar pinpoints his location and they call him back to Divatox's ship. He's not terribly happy to go.
Justin gets to go back to the race just in time to see that Elgar's detonator did sort of blow up and sent Evil Warren's boxcar careening out of control. Justin's new boxcar is fast enough that, despite being a few minutes late to the race, can not only pass the others, but get ahead of Evil Warren. He reassures Warren he can slow him down. His plan is actually pretty good! He gets in front of Warren and slowly applies his brake, allowing his car to slow down Warren's car, until they both glide to a gentle stop. Good thinking, Justin!
Evil Warren thanks Justin, apologizes for being a bully, says he was just jealous of Justin's massive intellect, makes moony eyes, and then WINKS AT HIM. Evil Warren is totally boy-crushing on Justin. We decide that in 3 years time they date. But only for a little while, because then Justin meets Fred. ;)
Bulk and Skull, still in chimpanzee form, attempt to get noticed. They manage to spill Lt. Stone's smoothies all over some random pageant lady. She gets mad, dumps a smoothie on Lt. Stone, and everybody laughs. Nobody notices Bulk and Skull are STILL missing. WORST FRIENDS EVER.
2 fish. Good lord, this was a really low fish episode, especially for Turbo!
Episode 210 - Transmission Impossible
So, as previously mentioned, Tanya's summer job is working as a DJ on KAGV radio. She's actually fairly good at it, and she has her own show and everything, instead of just doing the usual intern hell where you just bring someone coffee or whatever. Kat comes to visit her at work (and wow, the clothes are really bad this episode) and somehow the radio station picks up a transmission from some alien who wants to contact Dimitria.
Let me get this straight. Angel Grove's radio station can pick up the signal, but Dimitria didn't pick it up? That is... man, I miss Zordon. Let's just leave it at that.
Divatox decides that if this signal is so important to Dimitria, then she's going to capture the guy before Dimitria can hear the message. She's also going to plant a detonator at the radio station. Oh, and the monkeys figure that if they can get on the radio, everyone will hear their explanations and the Rangers will help them turn back into humans.
Kat is all ready to run off to the Power Chamber, but Tanya is stuck at work. I guess missing class was ok, but missing work is not. Adam is also at the Power Chamber, doing the tech stuff, because he's awesome. Dimitria manages to contact the guy (Visceron) who is from her home planet, but unlike her, he doesn't have to phrase everything in the form of a question. I like him better than Dimitria already. He has important news for Dimitria, but he's afraid someone else is listening, so he can't tell her until he gets to Earth. Of course, Divatox promptly kidnaps him by tractor beaming him from warp? Fiiiiiiiiiiiish. And then she decides to break him by having Porto brainwash him with a water gun and make him do the dishes. I wish I was making this up. (I also wish I could brainwash someone to do the dishes.)
Tanya is still at the station, and her Turbo Navigator picks up the detonator, but she can't leave and for some stupid reason she can't contact the Power Chamber. (I refuse to believe that the radio station could block their signal. That is STUPID.) So instead, she just assumes that they're listening to her radio show at the Power Chamber, and dedicates a song to the power rangers called "I need you now" and drops a hint about it being the bomb, and the others figure it out. Oh, and Kat gets to say Shift Into Turbo instead of Adam. I approve.
Adam, Tommy and Justin handle Pirahnatrons while Kat goes to get Tanya, who is just pacing back and forth instead of doing something. Then she puts on a really long song so she can go join the others. And.... she didn't just do that before? Whatever.
Visceron has been turned into a monster, and they fight him, and he eventually ends up with the detonator, which explodes in a small enough space that only he is affected. Then he turns back into Visceron, and all of the Rangers feel really bad. But don't worry, because Dimitria saves him with the power of love.
He wakes up, and tells Dimitria her records have been altered and she has a twin sister. Apparently, power Rangers, REALLY likes the long lost sibling trope. This is the second time we've had it, and it's not going to be the last.
Anyway, Tanya forgot about her job, but don't worry, her job is safe becausethe manager knows she's a Ranger the manager thinks its really funny that the monkeys were DJing. Bulk and Skull just saved Tanya's job.
Fish: 3.5 SPACE DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT. Also, Tanya is not going to forget her job.
Let me get this straight. Angel Grove's radio station can pick up the signal, but Dimitria didn't pick it up? That is... man, I miss Zordon. Let's just leave it at that.
Divatox decides that if this signal is so important to Dimitria, then she's going to capture the guy before Dimitria can hear the message. She's also going to plant a detonator at the radio station. Oh, and the monkeys figure that if they can get on the radio, everyone will hear their explanations and the Rangers will help them turn back into humans.
Kat is all ready to run off to the Power Chamber, but Tanya is stuck at work. I guess missing class was ok, but missing work is not. Adam is also at the Power Chamber, doing the tech stuff, because he's awesome. Dimitria manages to contact the guy (Visceron) who is from her home planet, but unlike her, he doesn't have to phrase everything in the form of a question. I like him better than Dimitria already. He has important news for Dimitria, but he's afraid someone else is listening, so he can't tell her until he gets to Earth. Of course, Divatox promptly kidnaps him by tractor beaming him from warp? Fiiiiiiiiiiiish. And then she decides to break him by having Porto brainwash him with a water gun and make him do the dishes. I wish I was making this up. (I also wish I could brainwash someone to do the dishes.)
Tanya is still at the station, and her Turbo Navigator picks up the detonator, but she can't leave and for some stupid reason she can't contact the Power Chamber. (I refuse to believe that the radio station could block their signal. That is STUPID.) So instead, she just assumes that they're listening to her radio show at the Power Chamber, and dedicates a song to the power rangers called "I need you now" and drops a hint about it being the bomb, and the others figure it out. Oh, and Kat gets to say Shift Into Turbo instead of Adam. I approve.
Adam, Tommy and Justin handle Pirahnatrons while Kat goes to get Tanya, who is just pacing back and forth instead of doing something. Then she puts on a really long song so she can go join the others. And.... she didn't just do that before? Whatever.
Visceron has been turned into a monster, and they fight him, and he eventually ends up with the detonator, which explodes in a small enough space that only he is affected. Then he turns back into Visceron, and all of the Rangers feel really bad. But don't worry, because Dimitria saves him with the power of love.
He wakes up, and tells Dimitria her records have been altered and she has a twin sister. Apparently, power Rangers, REALLY likes the long lost sibling trope. This is the second time we've had it, and it's not going to be the last.
Anyway, Tanya forgot about her job, but don't worry, her job is safe because
Fish: 3.5 SPACE DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT. Also, Tanya is not going to forget her job.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Episode 209 - Shadow Rangers
This episode started off SO WELL. And then it turned into... well, Turbo. *sob*
So, Justin is helping Tommy work on his car. Justin's shoelace gets caught on the gas peddle. The car's engine blows. Tommy still insists that this isn't Justin's fault. EXCEPT IT TOTALLY IS. Oh, and we find out that someone has been stealing stuff from the garage, so Justin builds a homing beacon that he'll put on something in the hope that it's stolen and will lead them to the thief.
Divatox has a new monster, the Chromite. Chromite appears to be marrying Elgar. Congratulations, may you two live happily ever after SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY. Divatox is going to send the Chromite down to leave a detonator in the construction site.
Adam and Tanya are off on a date walking together (after engaging in some practice to better get their Zords together) when Kat joins them. They promptly get attacked by the Chromite, who steals their morphing energy and creates shadow versions of them! We're actually really excited, because HEY, EVIL RANGERS. It's a thing that we like! The unmorphed fight against themselves is seriously great! Adam gets beaten up a lot! *approves so hard* Of course, then they get captured and thrown in a cave.
Then Justin and Tommy get attacked. Tommy has seen this before, and tries to stop Justin from morphing, but that doesn't work, and Justin gets his power stolen and he's kidnapped. There is a nice fight where fake!Kat and Adam beat up Tommy. I approve.
Now that he's all alone, Tommy goes back to the Power Chamber to get Dimitria's help. Unfortunately, since she's from the planet Inquirus, she can only inquire about things, so she answers all questions in the form of a question. At least she'd be good on jeopardy. BUT SERIOUSLY, she is so annoying. If they wanted to frame it instead as a "you are adults now and need to learn to figure things out yourself" I might not be as annoyed. But really, part of the reason they've always had a mentor/support staff is so that they don't need to do everything themselves, because sometimes they have to be out there fighting while someone else DOES THE IMPORTANT RESEARCH. Instead, Tommy is left to be the science guy (and this is where I start laughing hysterically and wondering if this is what leads to him faking his doctorate) and he discovers that the shadow rangers are made out of light, so if he just makes it dark, everything will be okay.
He fights the shadows and even though it's daylight out he manages to destroy them all. I call bullshit.
Justin has activated the homing beacon, so Tommy goes and rescues everyone else. Then they morph and fight the chromite and summon zords, and wow, this episode sucks.
Turns out that monkey!Bulk and Skull are the thieves. They're now living in the youth center, which is under new management. Ernie's foreign service unit has recalled him (he's going to build a bridge in the amazon or something) and now Lt. Stone is running things. (And hey, isn't anyone WORRIED about Bulk and Skull being missing? WORST FRIENDS EVER.)
So in the last few episodes, we've lost Billy, Jason, Rocky, Zordon, Alpha, human!Bulk and Skull, and Ernie. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US, SHOW?
Fish: 5. EVERYTHING IS BAD AND WRONG.
So, Justin is helping Tommy work on his car. Justin's shoelace gets caught on the gas peddle. The car's engine blows. Tommy still insists that this isn't Justin's fault. EXCEPT IT TOTALLY IS. Oh, and we find out that someone has been stealing stuff from the garage, so Justin builds a homing beacon that he'll put on something in the hope that it's stolen and will lead them to the thief.
Divatox has a new monster, the Chromite. Chromite appears to be marrying Elgar. Congratulations, may you two live happily ever after SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY. Divatox is going to send the Chromite down to leave a detonator in the construction site.
Adam and Tanya are off on a date walking together (after engaging in some practice to better get their Zords together) when Kat joins them. They promptly get attacked by the Chromite, who steals their morphing energy and creates shadow versions of them! We're actually really excited, because HEY, EVIL RANGERS. It's a thing that we like! The unmorphed fight against themselves is seriously great! Adam gets beaten up a lot! *approves so hard* Of course, then they get captured and thrown in a cave.
Then Justin and Tommy get attacked. Tommy has seen this before, and tries to stop Justin from morphing, but that doesn't work, and Justin gets his power stolen and he's kidnapped. There is a nice fight where fake!Kat and Adam beat up Tommy. I approve.
Now that he's all alone, Tommy goes back to the Power Chamber to get Dimitria's help. Unfortunately, since she's from the planet Inquirus, she can only inquire about things, so she answers all questions in the form of a question. At least she'd be good on jeopardy. BUT SERIOUSLY, she is so annoying. If they wanted to frame it instead as a "you are adults now and need to learn to figure things out yourself" I might not be as annoyed. But really, part of the reason they've always had a mentor/support staff is so that they don't need to do everything themselves, because sometimes they have to be out there fighting while someone else DOES THE IMPORTANT RESEARCH. Instead, Tommy is left to be the science guy (and this is where I start laughing hysterically and wondering if this is what leads to him faking his doctorate) and he discovers that the shadow rangers are made out of light, so if he just makes it dark, everything will be okay.
He fights the shadows and even though it's daylight out he manages to destroy them all. I call bullshit.
Justin has activated the homing beacon, so Tommy goes and rescues everyone else. Then they morph and fight the chromite and summon zords, and wow, this episode sucks.
Turns out that monkey!Bulk and Skull are the thieves. They're now living in the youth center, which is under new management. Ernie's foreign service unit has recalled him (he's going to build a bridge in the amazon or something) and now Lt. Stone is running things. (And hey, isn't anyone WORRIED about Bulk and Skull being missing? WORST FRIENDS EVER.)
So in the last few episodes, we've lost Billy, Jason, Rocky, Zordon, Alpha, human!Bulk and Skull, and Ernie. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US, SHOW?
Fish: 5. EVERYTHING IS BAD AND WRONG.
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