#that’s my zord tag now

[skyland2703]

Imagine how funny yet sad it would be if the Cosmic Fury zords could talk and found out that Zayto sacrificed the Dino Fury zords.

The Cosmic Fury zords nearly nope out when they see Zayto, cause they do not want to be sacrificed to save the day.

Hajefjsjfjfj that WOULD be insane. Tbf I can hear them all screaming when they realise what he’s about to do :((((

I honestly didn’t like it when Zayto sacrificed himself— and now, with you bringing the zords to life for me, it HUUUURTS so much more Q_Q

Like dude, it’s cool if you’re sacrificing yourself— but they’re all dying too T-T (NOT TO MENTION IN COSMIC THEIR STATUES WERE DESTROYED TOO—)

Maybe post cosmic, Billy, Ollie and Solon rebuilt them… because the rangers DID keep their connections to the grid, AND to their dinos 🥺 (I’d love to have the dinos be resurrected, fr)

[raging-violets]

18. …as encouragement with Billy & Av?

A/N: Took me long enough to answer this one, lol, according to tumblr you sent it in 2021. But we're here now so here you go! Lol Also, I immediately thought of a lighter piece of this ages ago, but when writing it now a bit more of a somber yet peaceful note took it's place. So it's a bit unorthodox of the usual thought of "encouragement" is.

A/N: I also didn't tag anyone in this because I'm going to tag them when I reblog it from my PR tumblr account.

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Avalon reached out and gently stroked her fingers across Billy’s cheek. Tender and affectionate. All the while she studied his relaxed face, relaxed after finally finally falling asleep. The worry had eased from between his eyebrows, the hashness of his jaw had lessened.

He breathed softly as he lay next to her, cheek pressed into the rolled back sleeve of his dress shirt. His tie had been discarded the moment he hit the front door after the service, immediately breaking away from his father’s grief to combat his own.

She’d simply followed Billy to his room, stretching out on the bed next to him, tucking her black dress around her knees. Briefly having the thought that it was strange to see herself and her brightly colored friends in the monochromatic dress code. As if Rita had finally found a way to pull the plug on their happiness and watch it swirl down the drain with glee.

Avalon tucked her body closer to Billy’s, watching as his eyelashes fluttered, eyes twitching beneath the lids. Something about REM sleep, Billy’d rattled off on a tangent about it once before, side-stepping their almost daily bickering of him drinking coffee as a breakfast and her staying up all night.

All at once, his eyes flew open and he sucked in a sharp breath, startling Avalon so badly in the moment that she nearly put her fist through his nose. Surprised to find her hand extended, Billy looked at her, working to take in deep, calming breaths.

Slowly, the blue ranger grasped her hand and pulled it forward, placing it against the fabric of his dress shirt, against his chest where his heart thudded; sprinting as fast as his wolf zord could pound the pavement.

Avalon looked at him expectantly, for once not having a smart thing to say to lighten the mood. Didn’t have a snarky remark that would make him roll his eyes and laugh. It wouldn’t have been the right time for it. Instead, she watched him, watched his dilated pupils shine with the tears that worked its way up as the seconds passed.

He pressed his larger hand over hers, holding it firmly against his chest.

She could feel him shaking.

He was scared, she realized.

The orange ranger moved closer to him, her breath over his face, his over hers. She leaned in. Her lips met his and his world was okay again, she could feel his heartbeat slow as his shoulders relaxed.

She pulled away and looked him in the eye, voice soothing and reassuring as she said, “I’m right here.”

[darkdreamtheorist]

How I would write a Boom! Power Rangers Turbo origin story:

NOTICE: Long post. still editing

[Inspired by Channel Awesome's Fanscription series]

What if Power Rangers Turbo panned out differently? what if it used most but all elements of Carranger? What if all but the remains of the Zeo Crystals powered their new Turbo Ranger suits and zords via a young wizard mechanic from a star system of gearheads?

This outline's my attempt at a proper Zeo-Turbo power shift and major overhaul of the PRT series worthy of a Boom comic adaptation. No Divatox, no Lerigot, no inviso-chimp Bulk & Skull! It will, however, use a majority of Carranger material to try and balance out lighthearted and intense moments ala IDWs Ninja Turtles.

Roadwiz by Carlos “Carl Carson” Carona (now with 60% Carranger)

Part 1:

The Command Center receives a holiday vidcard from an unknown alienoid from an unverified star system, Prandal of Valan-8 (Hazardian Dapp), an Automage apprentice/big time Ranger aficionado, currently residing in Metroland Resort, located within the Intergalactic Highway (Baribarian), an orbiting metroplanet made of rows upon rows of interwoven roads and highways.

The vidcard plays a standard goodwill greeting, albeit wedged with plenty of distracting cheese-ball FX & b-roll:

“Axlent Greetings, Power Rangers! Prandal here, wishing you good times from Metroland Resort, where guests check in, but don’t wanna check out! Normally, I’d be studying Automagic with the other wizard mechanics on Valan-8, but they and the other guests from a bunch of different star systems are hooked with games, food, and music, plus the midnite show at Hailey’s Comet Bar with Star Dancer Radiel, Rygog’s favorite show! You guys should come stay for a few days from Earth. Oh, and you don’t need an astrocar or rocket to get there in who knows how many light years! The Intergalactic Highway will come to your star system and pick you, and any other inhabitants, right up! Metroland, Where All Roads Lead to Paradise!”

Analyzing the message, however, Alpha combs out bits of a distress signal within the vidcard’s code, cunningly hidden in those low-grade 80s graphics, along with coordinates to meet him in private at the afformentioned bar. Unscrambled, Prandal was merely warning the Rangers about Metroland & IGH’s true intentions:

“It was actually Rygog’s (Gynamo) Base for his Belt Duster crew (Bowzock), cosmic bikers bent on bedlam from across many galaxies, and Earth’s next! It siphons entire planets of its resources while their rides, buffets & shows distract the “guests”. Just as they are about to check out, a whopping service bill puts them to debt and their planets have already been sucked dry, dooming them to life as grunts for Rygog’s gang; a devious plan concocted by General Havoc (Ritchihiker), acting as Resort Manager. Prandal needs their help to save him and the imprisoned travelers, along with his Automage masters, and return those resources to their proper planets before Earth gets hooked into this tourist trap. He also says his reason for trusting the Rangers and his fellowship to their cause came about from heresay of those trapped in Metroland recounting the times Dex’s planet from the Plague Patrol, and when they dismantled Machine Empire (tech with Rita/Zedd’s backstabbery)”.

Prandal devises an elaborate rescue plan: a prisoner exchange with Rygog; his life for the Zeo Crystals. Before they realize they swapped the crystals with fakes, he’ll have infused them to his model cars with Automagic (kurumagic), giving the Belt Dusters a suprise attack by The Turbo Rangers and their mighty Turbo Megazord, ready to buff the skid marks off their grimey comet tail!!

He asks the Rangers to meet at the coordinates encoded in the vidcard for the exchange, Hailey's Comet Bar (BB Saloon). Sensing a possble trap, Zordon hails Billy on Aquitar to aid in the exchange. Alpha insists on tagging along since he & Prandal were pen pals after Edenoi was saved and the Machine Empire fallen by the Zeo Rangers

Billy arrives on Earth in a bent-out RADBUG with two protective attachés for the Zeo Crystals, picking up Alpha at the Command Center as they head back to Angel Grove in need of parts to soupe up RADBUG for deep space travel. One stop reunites Billy and Alpha with Tommy Oliver at his uncle’s auto shop Stallion Motors (Pegasus Auto Garage)!

At the auto shop, Alpha goes into "sleep mode" beside the garage entrance while Billy meets up with Tommy, reminiscing on old friends in college, globetrotting, Kimmy in Paris, etc.

Oliver's pit crew of Angel Grove freshman are taking extra credit at Stallion Motors, awe-gapped they'll be upgrading Billy's science fair project, not just for space travel, but make it a pleasing street legal ride: TJ assists Tommy with performance testing; Carlos helps Tommy & TJ repair & customize RADBUG while checking the books on recent repairs; Ashley's designs are given to Carlos; and Cassie spreads word of Stallion Motors to potential clients *some aspects of Carranger's team are shared between Turbo Ranger's teammates

A while later, Angel Grove’s new Smart Guy Justin arrives at the auto shop, ecstatic to hear of Billy's return, hoping he could be his mentor & guide, and help fix Ernie’s Juice Bar Builder for the Youth Center

Justin tells Billy how Ernie got a bar maker kit for his latest venture to create on-the-go jelly blocks with his specialty fruit drinks, even calling them Juice Bars for the pun alone, but after deputy cops Bulk & Skull swapped the fruit with root vegetables & tubers for a lark, the starch gunked the juice compressor and Ernie’s left with a small batch of veggie blocks (Imo Yokan). Lt. Stone asked Justin to fix his rookies’ mess given how much of Billy he saw in the boy and based on his high Aptitude score jumping him to high school

Later, Justin sees Alpha-5 resting by the garage entrance next to the tuned-up RADBUG-2, thinking he was a tutoring aide Billy built for a robotics museum, then checks the case containing the Zeo crystals

As he was about to inspect the Zeo Case further, Justin drops it and the crystals fall as Billy was heading back to his Souper Cooper leaving for his Ranger Mission

Justin kneels to grab the crystals before Billy could notice any tampering on the case, but his backpack zipped open and the compressor, veggie blocks, and some white carrots the same shape as the crystals drop to the floor. A panicked Justin stored the crystals in his pack and puts the carrots in the case

Billy & Alpha head off, RADBUG-2 ready for liftoff! But as Justin heads back to the Youth Center, he sees the Zeo Crystals in his backpack and Billy has the compressor and Zeo Carrots in RADBUG-2.

Has Justin discovered the Rangers’ secret identities? What fate lies in Justin How will he fix the Juice Bar Builder when it’s 7 Lightyears away from Angel Grove?!

Part 2:

Billy & Alpha arrive at the Metro planet orbiting Valan-8, landing near a gas station by their drop spot Hailey’s, a juice bar for alien travelers.

Disguised as an Aquitar nomad, Billy takes RADBUG-2 to a Shrek-eared mechanic to stow it in his garage

However, Alpha was in rest mode the whole trip and is captured by Manic Mechanic (MM Shuurisukii), fully knowing he’s Zordon’s assistant and the Rangers ally & friend

Manic Mech messes with Alpha’s systems by inserting a disc that programs him to only speak in nineties slang

Inside Hailey’s, Billy negotiates with Elgar (Zelmoda) & Porto (Grotch) for an exchange with their leader: the young automage for the Zeo Crystals, as Rygog heard of their tremendous power that could up the Dust Belter’s rep

The bar crowd silences as the floorshow begins, on stage was Radiel (Zonnette), Rygog’s GF who was actually an older princess of the Crysahliss Empire kipnapped by him and brainwashed by Porto

comment story edits for this outline. May not b good, still say major improvement on the 2nd PR movie

[fill-me-with-your-memes-daddy]

Watching the Rise of the Titans movie and I'll be documenting all of my thoughts/reactions here. [Spoiler Warning]

So instead of reblogging every new update, I'm just going to have this post up on my phone as I watch and type my reactions in a bullet list format.

Nari's human disguise is so cute. As someone who does have a cottagecore aesthetic, I want to cosplay her so bad

Are Skrael and/or Belroc non-binary coded? Regardless, I'm also obsessed and I want to fuck Skrael and be Belroc.

STEVE CARING ABOUT JIM BEING HURT YESSSS!!! My god his redemption has probably been one of the greatest there is because he doesn't just suddenly go from being a bully to a completely good person. You can see the gradual shift in learning better throughout the shows which is awesome.

IN NEW YOOOOOOORRRRRRRK!!!!!! CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!

The mugshot montage reminded me of season 1 of trollhunters when toby and Jim were arrested at the museum.

STRICKLER PUT A RING ON IT??? HE'S THE ONLY DILF IVE EVER ACTUALLY AGREED WAS HOT WYM I CAN'T HAVE HIM??? well I'm still really happy about his arc over the series probably one of my favorite character growths.

Eli my guy got his growth spurt!!! As an 18 year old who is still 5'0", I'm happy but envious for him

So I went into this movie without watching any trailers or promo, but I doubt anything could have prepared me for the existence of mpreg. In fact, I wasn't going to document my reactions until I saw that.

NAMURA!!!!!!!!! MY BELOVED!!!!!! I CAN STILL THIRST FOR YOU WITHOUT GUILT

The coach teacher just called the kids zoomers so I have to dock one point from my final rating just because of that. Unforgivable

Those husky animation models suck lmao

Oh fuck the titans got power ranger zords!!

God why did they include the mpreg??? This movie would have been perfect without it.... After that plot point being revisited only one time I'm already beyond done with it

Like it's bringing me back to the v*ltron days where they're was a suspiciously high amount of klance omegaverse and mpreg fics and art created and it physically hurts because Steve and Keith's voice actor is the same person meaning this is especially cursed to me since I was unfortunately in the v*ltron fandom and remember all of that

But like on another note, how old are these characters again??? I haven't checked any wikis because of spoilers but is Steve an adult??? I know aja might be technically a lot older than 18 because alien but is whatever age she is equivalent to an adult as far as emotionally and physically in Akaridion development??? IS THIS A TEEN (M)PREGNANCY IN A KIDS SHOW????

Like bruh I saw a singular post on here before going into the movie that was like "rott spoilers without context" and there was a pregnant belly but I was absolutely not expecting the actual context of it. I'll find the post after I finish and edit this post to tag the creator right here: @makoden

This entire post is just gonna be me ranting about mpreg huh

Anyway I love the whole roundtable allusion to the legends of king arthur (not the toa version but the one he's based off)

THERE'S 3 TO 5 BABIES????? I need to take a break bruh this is just too much

Alright I've taken a 30 minute break got some food and did some things i love (decompressed by tactile stimming with some owl plushies and watched some videos on my favorite owl, Garu. He lives in Japan with his owner and is a domesticated eagle owl who basically just acts like a sky cat. If anyone else needs some eye bleach, here is their YouTube channel)

Blinky and ARRRGHHH!!! saying their "if one of us doesn't make it" talk my god one of them is going to die I can see it and I will be utterly crushed. Jim can't lose another father figure and Toby can't lose his wingman again I will riot if this happens

On a similar but unrelated to the movie note, can we just talk about how toa started with Jim having 0 dads and (if strickler and blinky live to the end) will end with 2 dads? Like I just really feel happy for him that he has two dads who actually figured out how to put the past behind them to not have any infighting between them so that both of them are healthy father figures. Jim has already been through literal hell and back losing his actual humanity in the process so if he loses one of them, I'm going to be really pissed because at this point, this is just Jim torture porn. Y'all know how as SpongeBob SquarePants went on, the show just became Squidward torture porn? It's starting to feel that way for toa and I really hope they cut the shit by the ending

Jlaire is such a good ship but like I feel like it's too perfect they never disagree with each other

YESSSSSSS Someone finally doesn't treat toby like a fat waste of space who messes stuff up!!! I think out of all the characters that would have been most deserving of a rewrite, it's Toby. Sometimes I just feel he's only comic relief and any heartfelt moments he's had in the series was also born of stupidity (ie his flour baby project being unharmed was seen by him as divine intervention from his parents but was actually just Eli and Steve behind the scenes).

Ohhhhh yesssssss Archie's father!!! I was hoping I'd see him again because we got so little of him last

Ooooooooooh Asian trollmarket!!!!!

Oh never mind slavery trollmarket

Bruh titanic camelot

I feel like we're not seeing enough of the villains because I completely forgot about the power ranger zord things

NAMORA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY LAST CRUSHHHH

STRICKLER NO NOT YOU TOO PLEASE

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ONLY TWO CHARACTERS I SIMP FOR ON THIS SHOW DIED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF EACH OTHER

THAT WHOLE ASS RANT I WROTE IS COMING TRUE FUCK THIS MOVIE THIS SERIES IS JUST JIM TORTURE PORN

WAIT JIM'S SPERM DONOR INFO?

Oh thank God I don't want to know anything about that person

For the record, I call that man Jim's sperm donor because he has no business being called a father to him. All he did was donate some swimmers to the creation of him and give him abandonment issues

Oh another blind troll elder???? This fucker is just if vendel was a bad guy

Bruh I was grieving

PACIFIC RIM WITH GUN ROBOT VEX AND THE BELROCZORD? I've never seen that movie but I know the reference

Bruh Blinky doesn't read horoscopes? Does he realize conspiracy theories are just the manly version of horoscopes?

NO DON'T KILL VEX STOP KO-ING FOUND FAMILY MEMBERS

Oh thank God he's okay

NO NOT ARCHIE AND CHARLEMAGNE OH MY GOD

oh never mind they're just gonna coup de tat I believe in them :))

But I want to see him again

But I'm glad to see vex

Yay they're in arcadia!

But yeah I wondered why the trolls and Merlin didn't keep the whole "daylight doesn't hurt trolls" feature from the eternal night but now Guillermo del Toro I see you were playing the long con in that just to kill my girl Namora :(((

Oooooh I love the animation of the Narizord over Chihuahua!! It looks very good and realistic (if only they could have put some of that into those huskies from before smh)

Bruh the character designs of the arcane order are so good I want to be them

Nari making sure the Skraelzord doesn't crush the bus

DAMN DOUBLE HOMICIDE

Bruh I'm just glad we finally have an answer on why arcadia had everything going on as opposed to literally anywhere else!! I always found that as a weird coincidence for plot convince.

BRUH WERE BACK TO THE MPREG IM SO JEALOUS I FORGOT ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS GRIEVING THE LOSS OF MY LOVELIES.

Oh that's real convenient that the ninth configuration meant all of them. Way to not decide which character gets more attention. Though it probably was a smart way to not have any infighting in the fandom between each character's stan group.

Bruh I just realized where is Barbera did they just ditch her on the Camelot ship???

And where are the other trolls that migrated at the end of trollhunters s3? They said something about new jersey but obviously Jim and the other main characters got on Camelot instead.... This feels like a plot hole

And we never learned the process of how changelings are made and bonded to humans and stuff. We just know it's super painful but I'm curious ffs!!!!

THE DONT THINK BECOME HERO SPEECH ALL SAID TOGETHER!!!

BRUH THEY REALLY HAD TO SHOW HIM GIVING BIRTH??????? WAS THAT AN ABSOLUTE MUST??????

Plus the main audience for this series is little children (the rating for the movie is literally TV-Y7) so even though my adult ass is not in the target audience, I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD MPREG AND ANAL BIRTH WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO 7 YEAR OLDS???? THIS IS A LITERAL FETISH HIDDEN IN KIDS CONTENT ITS ELSAGATE ALL OVER AGAIN Y'ALL 😭😭😭😭😭

Though it's probably hypocritical of me to think fetishes don't belong in kids tv when I've openly admitted to thirsting for strickler and namora

HUZZAH

NEW AMULET WAZ GOOD????

STAB THAT BITCH JIM

WAIT NO I SAID STAB NOT GET STABBED

Alright good job just missed the directions at first but you fixed it

SEVEN KIDS?????????

T O B Y ????????????

W A I T NO

N O

IS HE ACTUALLY

OH MY GOD THERE'S HOPE

NO THERE ISN'T

F U C K THIS SHIT THEY REALLY JUST HAD HIM TO BE BULLIED THEN KILLED

Y'ALL IM ACTUALLY CRYING THIS NEVER HAPPENS

I NEVER ACTUALLY GET SO EMOTIONAL OVER MEDIA THAT I CRY IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE AT THE END OF VOLTRON BUT AHHHHHHHH

W A I T

HE'S GONNA BE BROUGHT BACK?????

HOLD UP THEY'RE JUST GONNA BRING ALL THOSE DEAD PEOPLE BACK??????

WAIT IS HE

BLINKY CALLED HIM A SON

HOLD ON IS THIS GOING TO BE A CLIFFHANGER???????????

BRUH THEY REALLY JUST CAN'T END THE SERIES WITHOUT CLIFFHANGERS like there's always an open ending

TROLLHUNTER TOBY????? You know what forget the whole rants I had on how toby was written they just redeemed it all

And that's all! I'd rate it a 6.5/10 because it's definitely the weakest of all the sequels but still had amazing animation and some good plot points. It's just really hard to look over the bad stuff enough to rate it any higher.

[gospelofme]

Reviews by Jesse

Behold, a small portion of the reviews Jesse has written over the last month.

Tag List: @simping-for-fives @jgvfhl @carlycrays

@nelba @leias-left-hair-bun @baby-queen-zen

@halzore @porgnugget @escapedthesarlacc

The Shorts

I was wearing these shorts around the house when a few friends stopped by. We were all sitting around and watching the holoscreen when I reached at a weird angle for the remote. The crotch seam pulled apart and my scrotum came spilling out in front of my friends. It was pretty embarrassing. Picture not attached.

The Giant Ball

We took this ball to the beach after close to 2 hours to pump it up, we pushed it around for 10 fun filled minutes. That was when the wind picked it up and sent it hurtling down the beach at about 40 knots. It destroyed everything in its path. Children screamed in terror at the giant inflatable monster that crushed their sandcastles (sorry Jesse and Kaia). Grown men were knocked down trying to save their families (sorry Fives). The faster we chased it, the faster it rolled. It was like it was mocking us. Eventually, we had to stop chasing it because it’s path of injury and destruction was going to cost us a fortune in legal fees. Rumor has it that it can still be seen stalking innocent families on the beaches of Iloh. We lost it about 546 miles away from where it was last spotted, so there is something to be said about it’s durability.

Droid Vacuum

Very disappointing!! We named ours Bob, and let me tell you he wasn’t the hardworking man I was hoping for. Bob spent most of his employment driving from one side of the house to the other like a junkie looking for his next fix. His actual cleaning was minimal at best and couldn’t find his docking station to save his life. In the week I had Bob he never finished his cleaning cycle. One day while at work, the app texted me to say Bob needed my assistance because he was stuck on a cliff. Worried for Bob’s safety, I came home to find him passed out in the middle of the dining room rug. That night the family said goodbye to Bob once and for all.

Long Lasting Dog Bones

Dear AKC,

Your “long lasting” bone lasted all of 5 minutes. If that’s your idea of a long lasting bone then I feel sorry for your wife.

60 condoms

So these are some great condoms right, but I’m just here to give you some life advice. I bought these back when I was in a relationship with someone way out of my league. I figured, after how long we had been together I should just start buying protection in bulk right? So I buy 60 condoms and we keep getting it on for a while until she dumped me. Now I have a drawer by my bed full of completely superfluous condoms. They sit there mocking me as I drunkenly cradle myself to sleep, alone and cold in my pathetic excuse for an apartment. Great product though. 10/10

-posted from Hardcase’s account

Good Lube

It’s lube, not much more to say...

Sometimes i like covering my body in it and pretend to be a slug while sliding around in my bathroom.

Power Ranger Costume (because they have that there I’m sure)

This costume right here son is baller level, like your not even prepared for the level of baller you’ll be elevated to when you put this bad boy on. You’re gonna start fighting monsters and playing flutes to summon zords, while you’re looking F.A.F in this. You’re gonna be teleporting to zordan and alpha 5 so you can chill with them up in the secret power ranger base. The only complaint I have is that didn’t come with Tony’s pimp status ponytail but a real player can just sprout that bad boy. Honestly that ponytail might even be too much because an amateur playa might not even be able to handle the amount of pink rangers that would be flocking to your fine looking self in this costume. So in conclusion, if you’re looking for a power ranger costume and you don’t want to be basic and be on that red or blue bs, you go green baby.

The Cookie Cutter

No matter what I did, I couldn’t get the cookie dough to rise. My wife said “oh honey. It’s ok. It happens to all bakers now and then.” Which, you know, was nice of her to say. Still I felt kind of deflated.

Picture below

[revchainsaw]

Demon Wind (1990)

Demon Wind (1990)

Greetings and blessings upon you my flock! Welcome to the Cult of Cult. I am your pastor and priest of pop culture, ordained minister of genre films, the good reverend Chainsaw McGraw. You may just call me Reverend Chainsaw. Come and accept our sacrament upon the altar of online internet reviews. Our first holy offering is an absolute treasure, 1990′s Demon Wind. An offering ripped from the blood inked pages of the Evil Dead’s Necronomicon Ex Mortis, Demon Wind is not quite an unofficial entry into the world of Ash and the Deadites, but if you have exhausted the Catalogue of Sam Raimi Horror flicks (and let’s be honest, if you’re reading a Tumblr review of Demon Wind, you probably have), then Demon Wind will scratch that itch for sure.

The Message

Our anointed offering opens upon a boarded up farm house owned by simple country occultists George and Regina Carter. There’s a Mean Girls reference to be made here. George and Regina are defending their homestead from an unseen force (A Demon Wind some might say) through a Christian/Witchcraft combination of gospel music, a set of holy daggers, and a diary full of Regina’s spells. Unfortunately it’s not very effective, and George is possessed. George kills Regina, drops a snow globe, and for some inexplicable reason the farmhouse explodes bringing the films epilogue to a close. 

With that we are brought to the year 1990 where our rag tag group of heroes converge upon the supernaturally supercharged Carter farm with one mission in mind, helping a homie sort out his shit. What a great group of friends; I can barely get the crew together for a game night but our protagonist Cory has a group of friends so tight they are willing to drop everything and drive untold miles to nowhere in particular just because he had a bad dream. Speaking of “tight” friends, of our doomed party, no friends are so tight as Chuck and Stacey, but we’ll get to that, in short order. Let us meet the fellowship of ding dongs who will battle the blustery bogeys of Demon Wind.

Cory is the star of the show. A fairly blasé everyman who’s so caught up in his chosen one journey that he can’t even bother to be slightly interesting. He is the grandchild of the oh so fetch (see I got to it) Regina/George pairing from earlier in the film. Cory is haunted by mysterious dreams, and a tragic reunion with his demented father, which draw him to the Carter farm. There is however more to meets the eye, you see Cory is from the planet Namek. Watch the movie, you’ll catch my drift. 

Elaine is Cory's girlfriend and wants nothing more than to pull her pants down in public to bring a smile to his face. 

Dell is Cory’s friend? Bully? Enemy? it’s not entirely clear. It seems Dells role in this story is to be an unabashed asshole and chauvinist to every character that interacts with him. He is also perhaps Elaine’s brother, or someone's brother. Listen, you’d have to pay wayyyy more attention than this movie warrants to parse out all the relationship dynamics in this flick. Let’s just say, Dell is here, and despite how he acts, the other characters seem to be ok with that fact.

Terri is Dell’s girlfriend and a good friend of Elaine. Despite being on the arm of a typical 80s teen flick bad guy, Terri seems to be the most eligible bachelorette on the Carter farm. Or so it may seem, but as I’ll explain later I think there is a truer love than can be expressed that really keeps Terri from leaving Dell.

Jack is a Big Ol’ Nerd. He speaks like the writers were convinced using a thesaurus was enough to convince us that the guy is existentially unfuckable. The guy is basically just Billy from Power Rangers, but instead of piloting a badass Triceratops Zord he just kids very mildly bummed when the love of his life is transformed into a very judgmental spontaneously combusting doll.

Speaking of spontaneously combusting dolls, the victim of that very unfair end is Bonnie. Bonnie clearly had way more confidence in the love of her bookish beaux than she should have. The betrayal is immense, not that Jack couldn’t save her, but just in the fact that when she meets her demise (despite the fact that he promised he’d protect her) he is not at all distraught. Poor Bonnie, she is by far the most human feeling of the cardboard cut out female protagonists in this film and she deserved better. Let’s be honest, Jack was looking for an out, and Bonnie was just too real for this movie.

And Now, without further ado, I’d like to introduce the greatest power couple in the history of B Movie Horror Cinema: Chuck and Stacy. If you think my introduction is a bit much, I promise that the film goes much further. Demon Wind begins it’s love affair with this bromance in delightfully extravagant style. There’s magic, explosions, opera, karate, beer and bunnies and a big ol middle finger to fucking Dell. Chuck had at once been romantically involved with Terri, but things went south somehow and he claims that he still holds a flame for her. Despite this continued insistence I think it’s plain to see that Chuck found comfort, magic, and a ride or die hunk in the arms of Stacey. Stacey is a suave, sharp, smooth talking guy, whose only desire in life seems to be whatever keeps Chuck around, and that seems to mean a lot of stage magic and martial arts! I could write about Chuck and Stacey all day, so I’ll move on from here.

The cast of this film is wild and honestly even the weak ones are fun to watch. There is no character on the roster who is easy to mistake for another. That is why it is so fun to watch them meet their demise and even more fun to see them return under the possession of the demon wind as oopy goopy caricatures of their human selves. And this does go on for quite awhile. Unfortunately even Chuck and Stacey are not enough to protect the surreal landscape in which they find themselves. At one point in the film a second set of friends drop by to add 2 more bodies to the massacre. Willy and Reena, a gangly set of clothing accessories who are given legs, but hey Ear Ring and Beret, I mean Willy and Reena are still fun to see torn to shreds.

The movie ultimately reveals that the madness was sparked by the fact that a cult worshipping a Demon God named Delos had actually built the homestead and the cursed ground they stand upon is the stage for the cult leader, a preacher named Anders to finally become the host of said Demon God. As interesting as that lore may sound on paper, it’s not particularly well executed, and Cory’s role to play in all of this is even more vague. All in all the 3rd act of this film feels a bit anti-climatic even if it does feature a demon superhero fight. 

All that said I’d like to move on to the next phase of our sacred liturgy. The sacred and profane, the highs and lows of this movie.

Benediction

Best Feature: What the What?

The best feature of Demon Wind has to be how bizarre it is. It throws everything it can think of at the audience. Burning Skeletons leap from Crosses, eggs that hatch into piles of worms, EXPLODING BABY DOLLS, Cow skulls with long sticky tongues made of human intestines! They certainly sacrificed logic in order to insure they provided the audience with something they haven’t seen before.

Best Kill/ effect: A Cowmen Album Cover!

The best effect in Demon Wind is also it’s best kill. while investigating a barn on the Carter property, which is full of occult symbols, animal remains, and fun Texas Chainsaw Massacre style crafts. One of the crafts catches the eye of Beret, I mean Reena. You know by her hat that she knows a thing or to about fine art. This particular piece of barn décor is a human skeleton with a cow’s skull. As she is inspecting this “beautiful” piece, what appears to be a human intestine, flies from the mouth of the cow skull and wraps around Reena like a chameleons tongue. The intestine begins to retreat into the jaw of the skull bringing Reena’s head along with it. The skull chomps down into Reena, we get a satisfyingly bloody show, and Reena’s body winds up hanging limp from its mouth. 

Second place belongs to Bonnie, but we’ve already spoken to that bizarre spectacle.

Best Scene: I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Stacey!

Chuck and Stacey enter the scene. I know I’m inconsistent in how I spell Stacey/Stacy. This scene was mentioned above and you just have to see it. Watch until Cory intervenes.

Best Character(s): Stacey Cassidy and the Sundance Chuck

Stacey is the best character in this film, but as I’m sure he wouldn’t accept this honor alone I have to make it a tie. Chuck and Stacey are just so good. Every moment they are on screen is a treasure. The introduction of these two just received the honor of best scene, but they shine as Demons and in an even longer sequence leading to their demise. They take the watch at the Carter home and from the fog emerges a t!ddy ghost, my congregants will be familiar with this sort of creature, who attempts to lure them outside. Stacey puffs up Chucks confidence calling him “John Wayne”, Chuck proposes they go on a Tahitian vacation, but Stacey wisely wary of voodoo suggests Vegas. And there you have it, these two pure good boys are surviving this flick and they are getting married in Vegas. Unfortunately, they decide to speed things up a bit, and decide that although they are not tempted by the t!ddy ghost, that they can use their karate magic to defeat the demonic hordes. They march out into the woods, but we can add the power of love to the list of things that are no use against the Demon Wind. Our best boys meet their fates together like two old west heroes, guns blazing! Oh, oh, but they come back as demons and they eat Dell, so thank God for that. 

Worst feature: I ordered these Deadites from Wish

 The villains are not particularly interesting. It’s boring, goopy, bad mouth piece demons that have appeared in hundreds of demon flicks already by this point, and it really makes you want to go back to the unexplained paranormal happenings from earlier in the movie rather than fighting these dollar store Deadites. The fact that the film leans into this in it’s third act really makes the film feel incredibly front loaded. 

Worst scene: Cory in the House

Pretty much any scene that focuses on Cory is a bit weak. He’s just not fun. He gets to transform into an anime character in the end of the film and he’s still melodramatic and boring. This is often a problem with main characters in films, the writers don’t want them to be unlikeable or too quirky so the fun parts are always the supporting cast. 

Worst Character: Dude, you’re NOT getting a Dell!

 Don’t get me wrong, I hate Dell. But Dell is a big dumb goon who is just so fun to watch suffer and act like an utter meathead, and being hateable is not the worst thing a character can be. For this reason I have to give the worst character award to Cory; for many of the reasons I spoke about above.

Summary:

How fitting that a B movie gets a B. But that’s really a great place for this movie to be. So many big Hollywood productions don’t deserve that spot. Though Demon Wind may drag in the middle, and the characters and effects may be quite corny, it is certainly not boring. Demon Wind is eye candy even though it looks so ugly. It has some of the most loveable murder lambs in the genre and one of my favorite bromances in all of cinema, If you are a fan of Gonzo Horror then Demon Wind is a must see. If you are not all that into that sort of thing I promise you’ll have a good time. I highly recommend it. 

Overall Grade: B

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REESE HARVEY MARSHALL has been spotted in New York, with the face claim AUSTIN BUTLER. He is a 19 year old sophomore at New York University with an UNDECLARED major. He is the WHITE RANGER and holds the power of WATER and INVISIBILITY. He specializes in SWORD/KATANA COMBAT. [ooc info; J, 23, They/Them, EST, March 1st.]

CHARACTER QUESTIONS:

What is your idea of a perfect date? “My perfect date?! Oh, that’s a fun question! My perfect date is the kind of date where you don’t realise it’s a date until lips suddenly meet and hearts flutter and hands roam and you’re just, like, so, so happy! I mean, I wouldn’t say no to the cliché of a candle light dinner and stuff, of course, but I would never be the one organising it. I do prefer the kind of date that’s based on wild and completely random, spontaneous decisions. You know, the ones that in a movie would be edited with, like, awesome music and stuff! I want to laugh and enjoy myself with the person I’m with, not to be nervous and overthink my emotions. I mean, being in love is the side effect of being happy with someone, right? So we gotta be happy.”

What are your plans for the year? “My plans for the year? Like, until the end of this year or the next 12 months? I mean, not that it would make a difference but-, Nevermind, doesn’t make a difference. I’m stalling when I don’t even have to; I know what I want, it’s simple: I want to be happy. You know, finding a path to take, a direction to follow, a dream to chase. I love college, I’m incredibly grateful for my scholarship, and I know I’m damn lucky with my whole family-friends situation, please don’t get me wrong, but … sometimes I feel a bit lost. And again, please don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to sound melodramatic here, it’s just that-… It seems as though ever since we were, you know, given the powers, given this purpose, given this huge ability to do such vastly important things, it’s as though the small things in life have become … harder to grasp. It’s pretty damn hard to enjoy a good burger if you know how much more you could do in that moment? Should do? It’s all seems so futile, so small compared to, ha, defeating evil, so how can it still be a reason for happiness? I don’t know. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why I’m trying so badly to help the people I love. Because at least when they’re happy I feel like it’s all still worth it, you know. Am I being melodramatic? I feel like I’m being melodramatic, gosh, ha. What did you put in this tea? Melodrama? Sorry for that. But yes. Finding happiness again is my plan for the next year.”

BASIC BIOGRAPHY

WHITE RANGER FULL NAME: REESE HARVEY MARSHALL BIRTHDAY: December 25th, 1997 (19) HOMETOWN: Portsmouth, New Hampshire YEAR: Sophomore (New York University) MAJOR: Undeclared  HOBBIES AND INTERESTS: martial arts, sports (football, baseball, soccer, and some ice hockey), music, playing guitar, comic books, gardening, hiking, paintball, mountain biking, and video games

ELEMENT: Water SPECIAL ABILITY: Invisibility  SPECIALTY: Sword/Katana Combat ZORD: dragon

CHARACTERISTICS

[+] POSITIVE TRAITS:

optimistic

loyal

compassionate and kind; heart of gold

athletic

playful and charismatic

[-] NEGATIVE TRAITS:

impulsive

naive

indecisive

insecure

stubborn

QUOTE: “It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom.” —Charles Fillmore

CONNECTIONS

↳ Rory Marshall (+): Born on Christmas Day, Reese and Rory are fraternal twins born and raised in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The two grew up in a hearty home full of acceptance, love and encouragement, with little to no gender bias. Because of this, Rory and Reese were able to grow extremely close, participating in many of the same activities and groups while growing up and rarely experiencing any form of separation.

Many expected the bond between them to fade over time, and though they have found individual interests unique to each of them, they've only grown closer over the years. They protect each other and can always be counted on to have each other's backs. They're a package deal, whether other people understand that or not. But unlike his ‘older sister’ (as Rory never lets him forget), Reese isn't quite sure of what he wants to do after college, and because of that, he feels a fair bit of pressure to perform well as to not disappoint his family or waste his opportunity at NYU. ↳ Liam Sayoc (+): Liam is Reese’s roommate and one of the nicest people he has ever met. If he couldn’t room with Rory, he’s glad to have gotten stuck with Liam who is quickly becoming one of his best friends. ↳ Griffin Sayoc (+) The captain of Reese’s football team and the cousin of his roommate, Reese has great respect for Griffin and his leadership on the field. Especially when it comes to his sister and letting her on the field. ↳ Sawyer McClintock (+) The first time Reese had to morph, he was with Sawyer. As the white and yellow rangers, they saved Liam together, and because of that he trusts her with his life. He knows that his sister is too close to her, but he hopes they work it out. Somethings just make sense, and the two of them are one of them. Even if Sawyer isn't ready yet.

[thecousinsdangereux]

RANGER BAND AU AHHH your addition was on point, and also your tags like what kind of clusterfuck genre bending these hoes are gonna pull, godddd them wearing the ranger colors and just being the hugest little shits about it i LIVE. ITs too good man, it fits stupidly well. p.s. have loved your blog and fics for aaaages now and i am SO HYPE that youve jumped on the ranger train bc its my most recent obsession as well.

LISTEN, anon, I am so into this Band AU I can’t even TELL you. Like good lord, I am 100000% there for it and I have been thinking about it all morning. It would be more accurate to say that the Power Ranger train has HIT ME IN THE FACE rather than me doing any voluntary jumping. (But thanks ;D)

But let’s talk more about this AU and how I am now willing to sell my one (1) soul to someone if they write/draw/manip/WHATEVER it. (Or body swap. I also REALLY want body swap.) Important things to consider:

What is their band name? 

I feel like every time Zack suggests a name it’s ‘Zack and the ___s”: Zack and the Screw Ups, Zack and the Zords, Zack and the Rangers, Zack and Some Other People and Also Billy

Alpha 5 on triangle is inspirational, but I would also put forth Alpha on woodblock a la George Michael in his brief stint in  Dr. Fünke’s 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution

Alpha: “If you want me on wood block, I can keep perfect time. Some call me “The Human Metronome.” You notice how I’m always on time? I’m never late for things”

SOCIAL MEDIA

Like, okay, I’m trash so I’m going to say it: obviously there is shipping. And ship wars. 

Trini is a little shit whose totally sarcasm encourages things

There are always trolls and the Rangers all get them, but one time someone says something mean about Billy and it is an INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT. 

Trini challenges the twitter user to a duel

Jason says the band is Cancelled until a formal apology is issued 

Kim points out that it would be easy to find the dude’s address and swing by with the zords and everyone worries a little that she might ACTUALLY do it

Zack writes a song called ‘twitter user GateGamerGeoff is a dick’ 

(A formal video apology is issued to Billy)

Everyone knows SOMETHING is up with them and the theories are crazy (aliens, mind control via music (Josie and the Pussycats style), secret agents, etc.) 

There’s like one person who is just THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY THE POWER RANGERS and has like… height comparison charts and super detailed excel sheets about the time of incidents and when the band all mysteriously disappeared but everyone is just like OH THAT WEIRD KOOKY FAN who thinks they are Power Rangers how HILARIOUS

There is definitely a song called ‘to the moon’ or something and it’s definitely about slapping Rita into space. Everyone thinks it’s some beautiful romantic metaphor. But it is not.

Kimberly Hart in an over-sized, slashed, pink tank top, okay?

[ladieslovingladiesandfics]

My Hero

@rangerslash asked:  Congrats on all the followers your stuff is awesome Can you a trini x reader where reader seems to have knack for getting into trouble like every time a monster or a putty shows up the reader is always there

Oh thank you so much darling! I’m super glad ya like my stuff!

@jxsonscott @themorphinggrid @zacktxylor

Warnings: Cute shit, violence, stuff like that

This is shitty I’m sorry

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Trini loved her significant other, Y/N, and without a doubt the Yellow Ranger would die for them. Yes Y/N knew that she was a Ranger and that her friends were too; Y/N offered to be their medic in their time of need. While Trini was somewhat reluctant about it, it didn’t change the fact that Y/N was a valuable asset to the team.

That being said, there were times when Y/N just got on her nerves. It wasn’t their fault for sure, it was just they had the worst luck out of the team. Somehow they were always caught in the crossfire whenever the team had to save the day, which worried Trini to no end.

When they were called in to protect the town, Trini begged Y/N to just stay home until it was safe to leave. Y/N agreed of course, and watched with a sad look on their face as Trini left with the others.

Sadly, Y/N, has the worst luck in the world.

Of course it wouldn’t be easy, it never could be. The monster somehow decided to attack the neighborhood where Y/N lived, and Trini panicked. She was running through the streets now, trying to find Y/N and take them to safety. “Y/N!” she shouted out.

“Trini!” Kim spoke from her Pterodactyl Zord, flying above to look for people. “I don’t see Y/N yet, keep looking!”

“We’ll take care of the monster,” Jason spoke through the comms. “Find Y/N, and get everyone evacuated, hurry!”

“I’m working on it!” Trini snapped, running around faster and faster as her legs could carry. And then there was a shout, a scream that Trini knew all too well. “Y/N!” faster and faster she ran, seeing that her beloved had their leg trapped under a piece of rubble. “Y/N!” she rushed forward, and began to lift the rubble effortlessly, she scooped the injured Y/N into her arms, “Are you okay? D-Don’t worry, I’ll get you to the hospital.” “My hero.” Y/N whispered out, still smiling just to assure Trini they were alright. “Are the others okay?”

“Yeah. Yeah. Hold on,” Trini then turned the comms on, “I found Y/N, their leg has been crushed. I’m taking them to the hospital.” And with that, the ranger dashed to the ambulance, gently depositing Y/N on to the cot. “Take care of them please.” She told the paramedics, turning around and ready to head back to the others.

“Be careful!” Trini stopped, turning her head to see Y/N, smiling and waving their hand. “And good luck! Go kick some monster ass!”

Trini only gave them a thumbs up, smiling behind her helmet, “Get better soon, citizen.” And with that, she dashed off.

The moment Trini was able to, she headed straight for the hospital with a bouquet of flowers. The rest of her team tagged along as well, and they were allowed to visit Y/N. Everyone brought them gifts and food to tide over the hospital stay but Trini wanted to stay overnight. As the rest of the rangers left, this left you and Trini along in the room. “Sorry I left my house.” You say sheepishly.

“What the hell were you doing anyway?” Trini snaps, “You could have been killed!” “….I was trying to help some people evacuate.” You answer with a small smile. “Hey, I have to do my part right?”

Trini only rolls her eyes, sighing and grips your hand tightly. “I…I was so worried when I couldn’t find you…I,” tears began to fall from her eyes, and you lean over to wipe them away. “I don’t know what would happen if I lost you. You always get into trouble somehow, so I just worry a lot about you.” “You won’t, I’m a tough kinda person.” You laugh out.

“I’m serious, Y/N,” you go silent, at the sound of Trini’s voice cracking. “Do you promise to be more careful?”

You only nod, smiling gently and try to reach over to her, as best as you could, to kiss her lips. “I promise, Trini.”

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JASON (CONT’D) I am not going to let our planet be destroyed by a bitch, a blue baboon, a bug and two rejects from the Muppet Show.

ZACK I heard that, I want round two.

KIM My cell phone hasn’t worked in over 24 hours, and I am PISSED OFF.

JASON There are five of us now; five coins, five zords. Zordon said that was a full team. (beat) Yes, maybe we’re disorganized, easy example: Kim Hart is here, she has a power coin, I have no idea when or how that happened, but I’m cool with it. Cause the hard fact is we aren’t helpless. Maybe we’re just stupid humans. Maybe we’re just teenagers. (beat) But we have access to some very, very large robots. And we are going to work together to do- (beat) SOMETHING!

All of the teens agree loudly, excited. In the COMMAND CENTER, Billy facepalms.

KIM Something! YES!

ZACK Savin’ the world!

tag urself. im billy facepalming in the command center

[that-shamrock-vibe]

Movie Review: Power Rangers (Spoilers)

Spoiler Warning: I am posting this review within a week after the movie was released in the U.K. So if you haven’t yet seen the movie either check out my non-spoiler review or go and watch the movie then come back and read on.

Characters:

Rangers:

So before talking about the rangers individually I wanted to talk about them as a team. I do think the fact we only get to see them suited up for the last 20 minutes of the movie...there’s a five minute scene that ends the movie with them de-morphed but it is literally 20 minutes in that final battle that they are suited up, is both good and bad. Good because it allowed for the movie to explore the rangers as people rather than as rangers which made for a more sophisticated movie, bad because for the die-hard Power Rangers fans that are all in for the suited up battles...as I said you may be disappointed considering even when they are morphed they spend most of the time with their visors retracted.

This can be for numerous reasons, in the series most of the morphed scenes were taken from the Sentai counterpart series which was always dubbed over by the American actors. Also, as has been discussed and discovered a lot in movies recently, if an actor has to where something that conceals a part of their face then it takes away the emotional connection with the audience. Some may argue that we don’t need an emotional connection to Power Rangers and the fact it was 10 years before a team of rangers had retractable visors and that was only for one season may suggest Saban weren’t that bothered either. But I guess in making the movie they thought against and this is why we have all five rangers with their visors withdrawn while fighting in their zords, which in itself is stupid if you think about it considering the helmets are there for protection but I digress.

Also in regards to the powers the teens gained from the coins, again the series has displayed civilian powers before either through mysticism or through other means. The best three examples of this are Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder and S.P.D. which incidentally all followed each other. Ninja Storm had the rangers given powers through ninja training focussed on their elements, Dino Thunder had the Dino Gems each ranger had grant them individual powers, S.P.D. meanwhile had the rangers civilian abilities palmed off by the fact they’re in the “not too distant future” where it just so happens people have abilities...incidentally we never meet anyone other than the main five rangers that display powers but again I digress.

Here the rangers all seem to display the same powers that mainly centre on superhuman strength; by centring I mean they also display superhuman leaping and the abilities to scale a cliff face rather fast. Also the power coins seemed to make the school canteen counter heat up and melt the trays but it’s never clear if the rangers themselves have this ability. I’m of the party that both likes and dislikes giving the rangers powers de-morphed. Particularly with the likes of Dino Thunder these powers are never used while morphed, which makes you think the only reason why they morph is for protection but Ethan (the blue ranger) had impenetrable skin so why does he need protection?

Now in regards to the zords...in my non-spoiler review I said the movie is compared to the new TMNT movies, as a step further I will say that Power Rangers is basically like all toy-based movie franchises including Transformers. While I think this movie is better than Tranformers, I have to say the zords and especially the Megazord look like Tranformers. In the original series they did look like toys but they were individualised and more colourful, here they just looked like vehicles and not even looking like the dinosaurs they are meant to be like. Alpha does say that they take the form of the most dominant species but they don’t look too much like them. Also one side-note I’ll make is when the zords were first sent out and the possibly iconic “Go Go Power Rangers” theme is playing, firstly it’s not from the series it’s the remixed version from the 1995 Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers movie but still Ron Wasserman’s original creation just sung by a collaboration known as “The Power Rangers Orchestra”, but I would have liked to have heard more of it. Not only was it turned down and most likely just there to be there but also it’s there for literally I think 10-20 seconds while the zords re-create that one scene of the zords running across the screen. I saw this movie for a second time the day after it was released and one of his critiques to me was that he would have liked the theme to run through the final battle as it traditionally did in the series.

Speaking of that final battle; firstly the Megazord doesn’t look right, it does look like Optimus Prime, but secondly I am still unsure how I feel about each of the five rangers controlling a different part of the Megazord and actually being stationed in that part. With I think every single Megazord to date when the Megazord forms...which wasn’t executed well here because it was literally formed in fire but because of the intensity of the flames we couldn’t properly see it...but every Megazord has had a main control room where all the rangers control the Megazord from. Here, while it does seem more practical in terms of clearly the Megazord would be realistically controlled this way, it was one of those moments where if they played a sad trombone sound over it with them initially about to move after triumphantly forming and just falling over because Billy and Zack are the only ones who can control the legs. It does beg the question what Jason controls being at the centre with the girls controlling the arms but I never try to overthink with this franchise.

Jason:

Here’s my issue with Jason...I never liked him in the original series. Austin St. John was a decent red ranger and the fact they brought him back as the gold ranger in Zeo as well as the original red ranger in Forever Red is understandable but at the same time he had no personality for me. Both he and Dacre Montgomery fill the stereotypical meathead jock role quite well but Jason here is more than that. I do like how they each have labels that aren’t sterotypical with high school. Jason is the “criminal” but I’m still not entirely sure why he is labelled that. Yes he performed an illicit act with a cow but considering the school mascot seems to be a cow it seemed redundant to do so, even more so to warrant detention every Saturday for the rest of the year. I mean I’m guessing he was relying on a scholarship from his football to sail him through to college and now he has both a criminal record and tag that’s all gone so he actually has to work to pass but again I am not clear on what his goal was with the cow.

Jason’s role in the movie is very much the smart mouth pretty boy with a heart, largely shown when he arrives in detention and defends Billy against that Weasley child wannabe. I think the fact they showcased slapping as a means of fighting was very good here because, obviously fighting and any type of violence is bad but, slapping is a very effective move that is largely looked over because it’s associated with either women or fairy men...but here Jason is the one to use it twice, one with the bully and again in the Megazord against Rita.

I did really like his friendship with Billy, all friendships seemed more or less organic throughout this movie but the fact that the bad boy criminal type was friends with the stereotypical oddball of the school I felt was quite nice, particularly when Billy told him about his autism and Jason was perfectly fine with it. That arc ran throughout the movie with Jason always looking out for Billy without patronising him, that not only helps with the depiction of Autism but also making Jason more likeable.

Also Jason’s dad Sean portrayed by David Denman, was a great addition particularly as family members of rangers weren’t really even shown unless they were fellow rangers, villains or the mentors. The only exception is in Time Force with Wes’ dad who learned he was a ranger half-way through the series. Everyone else with family members who weren’t  villains or mentors (like Astronoma in In Space, Captain Mitchell in Lightspeed Rescue, Sensei, Lothor, Kapri and Marah in Ninja Storm, Clare in Mystic Force and Andrew Hartford in Operation Overdrive) were only in single-episode or single-story appearances.

Anyway back to Sean, I liked how he had his own character outside of a family member, he was a fisherman whose boat is the one that picked up Rita, he was later endangered when his car was knocked over by the battle between the rangers and Goldar...incidentally, the two street names he uses when calling Jason saying he’s downtown “On Mariner Bay and Reefside” are two sly Easter-Eggs that long-term fans of the series will now as the hometowns of the rangers from Lightspeed Rescue and Dino Thunder. Now we know there are 5 sequels to this movie, provided the movie does well enough to warrant five sequels, but we don’t know if they’re sticking to this team of rangers or expanding to others...if so they’d have to maybe create different town names.

But again back to the story, it’s almost obvious that Sean guessed Jason was the red ranger when he saved him, even though he was masked...most likely because no Power Ranger in history has tried to mask their voice mainly because they don’t usually talk to civilians and the few times they do that civilian usually ends up discovering their identity. But not only does it look like he figures it out but also he puts that news article on his fridge over the police warrant as if to say he’s proud of him.

My final note is on this romance between Jason and Kimberly hinted at both in the trailers and movie in different ways. For reasons I’ll get into with Kim I doubt that scene where they kiss in the trailer could happen considering how the scene starts in the movie with her confessing what she did it does stand to reason that he wouldn’t hear that then think “Okay I’m going to kiss this girl now”.

Overall I think Dacre Montgomery was a very good Jason and a very good leading man. I do think he is Zac Efron-lite in terms of looks but considering I find Austin St. John to be as dull as dishwater this is definitely an improvement.

Billy:

RJ Cyler is definitely the breakout star in this movie; not only is Billy so much more relatable and developed than his original counterpart, but when you factor in how this movie tackled Autism then that makes a fully-rounded great character. I thought I’d be compared to Billy based on the fact he is the geek of the team but to bring in the autism as well which on the spectrum I also have then he is clearly my comparison. I did like how not only did they showcase the autism in terms of actions but also in speech with how fast he talks and almost how robotic he talks. I turned to my friend when I saw this movie the first time after the scene with him deactivating Jason’s tag and said “I relate to him so much” because while he is more tech-savvy than I am it’s just the way he acts that echoes me quite well.

I thought Billy’s humour was on-point, it stuck to the autistic tendencies of the character while also bringing in the outsider tendencies associated with any misfit in a high school wanting to fit in. I loved that line when they start glowing and Zack says he’s black (as in glowing black) and Billy not fully understanding the concept says “No you’re not”...whether or not he can’t see him glowing or if he can’t understand the concept is irrelevant as it was funny.

One thing I didn’t see coming was the fact Rita killed Billy two thirds into this movie, 1) It was shocking but 2) Made redundant by the fact that even though we saw Billy morphed for 20 seconds half-way through the movie we have seen promotional images not only of him with his zord but morphed and his visor retracted...so I knew he would somehow be revived but it was very shocking because not only was Billy the one with the biggest emotional pull with the audience at that point but also he was is the nicest one on the team so it was sad but again slightly redundant.

I also liked how they showed Billy wasn’t a good fighter, that training scene in the pit where both Alpha and Jason tried to help train him felt very organic...when he morphed and started fighting his moves did seem rather basic so it felt more natural than in the original series when they showed no fighting prowess before becoming rangers then seemed to be martial arts experts when morphed.

Going forward I do hope they explore the fact that in the original series Billy helped create a lot of the gadgets and maintain the zords. They’ve showcased Billy as more adept with explosives rather than gadgets here but again maybe going forward we’ll see.

Billy was definitely my favourite character in this movie and most of that is thanks to RJ Cyler, much like Jason I didn’t like the original Billy from the series. Largely because the stereotypical depiction of a geek didn’t sit well with me but also because David Yost effectively slandered the series in an interview a few years ago despite being the longest-serving character from the original five to serve tenure on the show so you think he’d be a little bit more grateful. But anyway yeah I love this character and I hope RJ Cyler gets more work out of this.

Trini:

Trini would have been my least favourite character if not for Zack, but again she is definitely an improvement on the original because as much as the original actress’ death upset me, in the series she basically didn’t do anything. I can’t actually remember a stand-out moment for her like I can for basically any other character. Whereas here they at least tried to develop the character with the fact they made her an LGBT character...unlike LeFou in the live-action Beauty and the Beast however she doesn’t have an actual “gay moment” in the movie...in fact there is no romantic moment in this movie for anyone whatsoever. It is implied she is a lesbian but never actually confirmed.

I loved the sassiness she brought, not only did we not discover her name in the movie until about 30/40 minutes, I mean we as viewers knew it but in-movie she didn’t say it and more than one character called her “Dee Dee” throughout the movie, but how she revealed it and corrected Kimberly saying she was a recent transfer was very much a “snap” moment. Also speaking of her name, obviously in the original she’s called Trini Kwan because she is Asian...here she’s Latina and as such wouldn’t have the surname Kwan so is only ever known by her first name. I get why they didn’t want to change the surname and opted not to use it at all but it does seem weird with her being the only one to not have her surname revealed.

I have to admit in the trailer I did think Rita confronted Kimberly rather than Trini but the fact everyone is making fanfiction about this scene where the two basically get very up close and personal I guess is the LGBT moment of the movie. I knew Trini wouldn’t betray the rangers for Rita, if she did it would have come out of nowhere because they hadn’t shown Trini as the traitorous type.

There’s nothing more I can really say about her morphed because she and Zack really didn’t develop further past that point but she did come around to the teamwork angle and even I think tolerated Zack by the end of the movie.

Despite not actually being a working actress, I think Becky G did a good job. The fact she is more of a singer than an actress was taken into consideration by the writers and director because again she really didn’t have much to do acting-wise yet what she did do she did well.

Zack:

Zack is definitely my least favourite out of the five...I can’t decide whether or not that carries from the series because basically I disliked all the original five rangers in the series. My problem with Zack was that he was dull, Ludi Lin is not the most engaging actor and the character they’ve sculpted here is not the most interesting. I think his best scene is around the campfire when he talks about his mum, the scenes with him and his mum are quite touching aside from that line at the end when she’s talking about the rangers and he (acting like he doesn’t know) asks if they were hot...it frustrates me when there’s nothing but style, i NEED SUBSTANCE.

His humour was the best thing about him and even that fell flat a lot. At the start when he jumped onto the car and joined the others before being crushed by the train and Jason asks if he’s insane he just responds “Yes I am”...he does seem to be the daredevil of the team but at the same time that comes across as cockiness with thinking he knows everything. I did however like his pining for Trini both spying on her at the start then discovering she is a lesbian. He definitely seemed to try and bring Trini into the fold and considering Jason, Kim and Billy all knew each other and they didn’t it fit quite well.

I found it weird how Zack basically did nothing when morphed to contribute outside of what they all did. Jason developed with his dad, Billy had some humour, Kimberly had something to do at least whereas both Zack and Trini didn’t really do much outside what was expected of them.

Overall I think Ludi Lin didn’t diminish or raise my expectations of the character and if they do stick with continuity of switching out the Red, Black and Yellow rangers then I wouldn’t be sad to see him go...particularly as Adam is one of my favourite rangers.

Kimberly:

Kimberly was an interesting character and spoke to the more sophisticated tone of this movie compared to the original series. Largely because of her character arc in the movie; the fact that she apparently sent that nude picture of her now former friend to either her ex-boyfriend or the boyfriend of her friend most likely unprovoked speaks ill of the character. In the original she was a standard valley girl but here she seemed to have a nasty bite. Yet we are supposed to feel sorry for her because her now former friends are ostracising her? Yes she showed remorse for what she did but she is the one in the wrong, we don’t know if it was unprovoked or if this guy she sent the photo to was her boyfriend who cheated on her with her friend but the fact she starts off this movie hating herself but then ends it loving herself because she has friends didn’t carry the same warm feeling it probably should have with me.

This leads on to the trailer romance with Jason; it is true that in the trailer the two do kiss and yes in the series Kim doesn’t have a relationship with Jason but instead Tommy...who is teased at the end of this movie...but I guess they were trying to say that there should be a romance between the two, but again because of what Kim confessed to Jason about what she did it would then be weird and in poor taste for Jason to then get romantically involved with her.

Kimberly morphed; first I think the pterodactyl zord is both the most realistic look as well as the most colourful but also the fact when combined with the others the wings act as swords was quite good. Also I found it bad that when it caught fire how she didn’t just fly off and spin to try and extinguish the flames but I guess that wasn’t going to happen.

Overall I think Naomi Scott is a great Kimberly and do feel that she and Dacre Montgomery have good chemistry, I just think that because they haven’t actually portrayed a romance that it isn’t too late for them to introduce Tommy and have her start something with him.

Allies:

Zordon:

Bryan Cranston as Zordon was actually brilliant casting, I’m not going to say genius casting but in terms of who they could have cast they made the right decision with him. I loved the opening scene which echoed that dark gritty fan-film that was sued by Saban but also spurred on this movie and that scene where apparently all the original rangers were aliens but still on Earth in the Cenozoic Era...which by the way is dated as 65,000 years ago whereas in the original series Rita was imprisoned for 10,000 years.

Also I do like how selfish they made him here; in the original he was both stubborn and useless with advice in some areas but here he wants the new rangers to morph so that he can harness that energy and resurrect himself, although he did put the team first and give up that opportunity to save Billy when he died so I guess he’s not as cold-hearted as we think. Him being in a wall was an interesting choice considering in the original he’s a floating head in a tube but for the modernisation they’ve harnessed here it worked.

The fact they made Rita and him friends originally was never really explored because while Rita did talk about him in an almost admirable way at times, I would have liked to have seen them meet up in modern day.

Overall as I said, Bryan Cranston was great casting here, they do have five movies coming out after this and I do hope one of them explores his origin more and his history as the red ranger because that in itself was new but such a smart twist that it made me want to know more.

Alpha 5:

Okay so I had to see this movie twice before I came round to tolerating Bill Hader as Alpha 5. I do honestly think the original was a lot better because he was an iconic staple of the series, whereas here I know they’re trying to make it more sophisticated so having Bill Hader bounce off Bryan Cranston works to that effect. I'm still not sold on the look of the character, I do not see what was wrong with keeping the original design or at least an updated version of that but this is practically a re-imagining of it.

However one of my favourite lines, possibly my favourite line, in the movie is when we first meet Alpha and he meets the rangers saying “different coloured coins, different kids, different coloured kids!” Genuinely that got a laugh both times I saw it and it just sums up the diversity of the rangers in this movie perfectly.

Also he was witty, he was great with the one-liners and it is my favourite performance Bill Hader has done...I think the more I see him the more I’m comfortable with him but as I said the original is so iconic that it will take time. But I did like him I thought he was good.

Villains:

Rita Repulsa:

This is possibly my favourite re-imagining of a character this movie has done because while the rangers were definitely re-worked they still had the same foundations as the original characters. Rita meanwhile was elevated so much more than what we had from the character in the series. Let us not forget this was a character who was the first main villain and a character that appeared in four seasons as a villain (If you count the Turbo movie as part of the series) and then was redeemed as a hero many years later in Mystic Force...so how do you rework that? You have her actually take charge; this was the first time I’ve ever seen Rita actually go about doing stuff herself, usually she relies on her minions and monsters but here not only is she gathering gold to build Goldar by herself but also she’s taking on the rangers single-handed. Also they added an extra horror aspect to the character in her resurrection which was both slightly chilling but brilliant.

Now with the design of the original Rita, I can see why they didn’t have her engage with the rangers like other boss villains did but here because of the re-worked design it made for a great battle sequence, I also loved how they showcased Rita being so much stronger than the rangers both in civillian mode and morphed because, as revealed, she was the green ranger at the time Zordon was the red ranger. But whether or not it was a stunt woman or Elizabeth Banks herself she sold the fight sequence.

The fact she took centre stage in challenging the rangers as opposed to hiding on her Moon Palace was also refreshing; she obviously as history with the rangers as a team, she knows Zordon they were apparently friends, she possibly had a zord of her own which I would have loved to see because the Dragonzord is so awesome but alas what we got was still great. But because she has all this history with the power rangers it’s obviously she’s a formidable foe because she’ll know how they were trained, their tactics, possibly how to defeat the zords. She wasn’t expecting them to form the Megazord and even tried pleading for her life before being bitch-slapped into outer space towards the moon.

Also her humour; Rita in the series had her moments but she was more whiny than funny whereas here because Elizabeth Banks is so good with comedy she sold the small comedic moments. If you were to tell me Krispy Kreme would be a big plot-point in this movie I may have actually believed you because it is so very Power Rangers but the way they did it is very clever. Rita’s reactions to it because I’m guessing she’s an alien it’s never actually clarified was funny and even her trying a donut while all this destruction is going on outside was hilarious.

Also in this section I wanted to talk about her two sources of henchmen; firstly we had Goldar who I am undecided as to whether or not he had better role in this movie to the series because in the series he was Rita’s recurring right-hand monster and lieutenant but also the sometimes very cheesy comic relief. Here he was something being built up to for the end of the movie, didn’t speak and was completely god. I do thank the writers for making the first monster they fight be Goldar because it stays true to the original series and how Rita built him by gathering up all that gold was very cool.

I do think they missed a trick when Rita absorbed herself into Goldar because all you saw change in him were flashes of green; now I’m not saying do with the 1995 movie did and horribly CG the monster to look like the villain but I didn’t see the point in her doing that.

Also the Putties, and here they are just called Putties not Putty Patrollers. Firstly I think as a more serious toned design it works and they do match the aesthetic of how this movie has designed Rita. The one thing I didn’t understand is why the rangers needed zords to beat them...or even to morph because in the series while yes originally they had to morph but then got stronger over time so no longer needed to, I didn’t see any mention of “You will have to morph to defeat them, but don’t worry you’ll get stronger on your own over time” here. These are supposed to be the footsoldiers and require the use of the zords to defeat them did seem a tad confusing I have to admit.

My final thoughts are on the massive change in making Rita Repulsa the Green Ranger...or at least the Green Ranger of Zordon’s time because we were teased Tommy at the end of this movie. I love this twist it definitely takes the “Green with Evil” story arc from the series and twists it in a different way, although now I hope they don’t do that story for Tommy because it’s technically already been done. I love her look and the fact the armour was inside each ranger just needing to be summoned; firstly with Rita’s look here she resembles Divatox who was the main villain in Turbo more than the original Rita but it works for me, secondly the fact she could actually control her morphing even though when she tried it didn’t work properly because she’s effectively broken after all these years was very cool especially the way her eyes glowed and those metallic protrusions on her face.

I don’t agree with the idea of making Tommy a woman for the sequel; their defence of “It will make the team equal in gender” is stupid because yes while men always outnumbered women on these teams that’s just how the show worked, also Tommy Oliver is the most famous Power Ranger and so to make him a female just to add more women does seem like trying to pander to a demographic that isn’t even asking for it.

Overall I think Elizabeth Banks was a fantastic choice for Rita, she was unrecognisable and is fast proving her credentials as a character actor first with Effy and now with Rita.

Connections to Power Rangers Mythos:

Alright so aside from the Easter-Eggs I’ve already mentioned, I wanted to talk about a few big throwbacks to the series. Firstly those two cameos right at the end from Amy Jo Johnson and Jason David Frank who portrayed Kimberly and Tommy originally; they are literally credited as Cameraman and Camerawoman I believe but the fact they are there watching the action together for a start as their relationship in the series was a big talking point but also wearing their original colours; Tommy went through five suits and four colours in his tenure but originally he was green and Amy was wearing pink as she played Kim. Hopefully going forward we’ll see more cameos from the series; I would personally love to see Johnny Yong Bosch who played Adam the second Black Ranger and I feel it could be a great Easter-Egg hunt to spot them.

Next everyone is talking about Trini’s shirt as shown when they finally morph. On it is simply the number 1973, to the unbeknownst this probably means nothing but to a Power Ranger geek like me this is a sentimental tribute to the Yellow Ranger’s original actress Thuy Tring who was born in 1973 and tragically died in 2001. It’s a great tribute because fans of the show will hopefully acknowledge and respect it.

Also something I only noticed the second time I saw this movie was Jason’s T-Shirt when he first comes to detention at the start of the movie. I’m assuming this is an actual t-shirt design but I think it was chosen for the movie because at the bottom of this design it had the words “From “R” Bulk” which possibly means nothing but in regards to “Bulk” all I kept thinking of was Bulk and Skull who were the bullies turned allies with an arc spanning four seasons. Which made me think why Bulk and Skull aren’t actually in this movie; I mean there was a bully but he looked more like Ed Sheeran than Bulk or Skull. Possibly a missed opportunity or maybe referenced through Jason’s T-Shirt.

Finally the Zeo Crystal, big important mcguffin in this movie and had the same role as in the series. It grants the rangers their powers and is something Rita wants to get her hand on...but something not mentioned in the movie is she wants the crystal for Lord Zedd. Whether or not that’s actually true I don’t know because he is never mentioned in this movie but would have been a fantastic end-credits tease. Maybe he’ll be introduced in the next movie?

Overall I rate this movie an 8.5/10, it’s a Power Rangers movies and that definitely shows in places with some of the familiar pitfalls the series suffered from but both as a superhero movie and as a reboot it was brilliant. March has been such a great month for movies this year and this made it end on a high note for me.

So that’s my review of Power Rangers, what did you guys think? Post your comments and check out more Movie Reviews as well as other posts.

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rYU SOO COOL screaming abt eps 27 to 32 (MASS Post)

playing catch up before sunday! I’ll be (hopefully) doing a rider kick for zero one as well

Spoilers under the cut as always!

Episode 27 highlights

chibiagroo’s lil cry of “Daddy!” before the opening...

I might have squealed...

Kou breaking Red Ranger stereotypes with a single sentence

Gachiellius/Boat Man/Mr. New Bad coming back (OK BRO WTF I THOUGHT WE KILLED U) with news of... a new villian??

soft boi Kou throwing up Chibi and sacrificing himself

Melt coming clutch with that Smash Soul

The bros pulling an uno reverse card on Sparkles “You may be sad, but don’t lose hope.” I WHEEZED

Overall thoughts: Pachy and Chibi are so cute! also @ nada: don’t be suspicious (unfortunately I was spoiled for the plot twist BUT  N E WAYS)

Episode 28 highlights

FUCK THIS EPS INTRO IS A LOT DARKER

AsunA HOLY FUCK GIRLIE 

Bamba being a fuckin softie for Asuna, he’s such a dad i love that

I gotta admit... doing a little neener neener is a pretty unexpected source for a minasaur

@ Nada again, u’re fucking sus....

Asuna giving Kou courage made me tear up a little... because I could actually fear for Asuna’s life. Knowing how dangerous it is, yet having so much faith? (I FUCKING LOVE ASUNA SHE IS BEST GIRL OKAY??? IM- 😭😭😭😭) OH THANK GOD SHE LIVES!!! (Kou sounded so sad... baby boy TT)

Again, Bamba being a softie... I love that god, please keep it up

The trio are such cuties, you can feel the childhood best friend energy (tm)

AND AGAIN @ NADA, DONT BE SUSPICIOUS!!!

Overall thoughts: Having Ryusoulger being a little bit dark around the edges is such a refreshing feeling. It’s the first time I ever felt genuinely terrified for a character because of the intense risk. I really love the story for this one.

Episode 29 Highlights

Sparkles is FINALLY GETTING SOME??? IS IT REALLY A HIT THIS TIME?? (nope... *sigh* it’s okay though)

Fuckin... Nada eavesdropping... I don’t like that (also Mosa Rex’s evil sensor going of the moment he shows up? love that foreshadowing)

Damn, she really might be the one but it’s holding Sparkles back... he wants to save people but honestly that’s an understandable condition for her to make... (also Nada lied, im-)

God... Sparkles really chose the team I-

Bamba practically figured out who Gaisorg really is and god, his motive is such an easy thing to spot. Plus he’s gotten the ability to infiltrate on the inside because he wants so much...

Oto!!!! my baby, what do have? oooo... a new zord?

Overall thoughts: Idk if it’s considered character development for Sparkles??? But I loved the foreshadowing leading up to the reveal. Also... it seems that Nada has a greater ryusoul, but i wonder how he got it.

Episode 30 Highlights

Loving that Kou will always stick to his character

OH MY GOD MASTER BACKSTORY??? Oh... not abt Master Black, BUT MASTER GREEN! okay I can live with that

Yeah the whole “I wanna show everyone how wrong they were” kind of motive seemed pretty obvious

Dang, the bad juujuu abt this armor really ain’t smth to sneeze at, it’s real strong...

I’m honestly very impressed with Kanaro. That slap was such a power move.

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NADA WTF Dude. DUDE. *I noticed there was a change in color of the overall video... nice editing touch, made me be aware that smth was going to go wrong. And then as the episode ends, the color gets darker... nice, nice* BUT SHIT! I ACTUALLY DIDNT EXPECT NADA TO TURN THAT FAST

Overall thoughts: Backstory, character development, and editing tactics took this episode up really high! I loved it!

Episode 31 Highlights

HDJGHD BAMBA DANCING OMGSGHJDBN

Peril montage for Piitan was hilarious

Kou you really gotta stop, SHIT HE’S BLEEDING!

OH SHIT ROGUE!Kou is BACK?? (and... fuck is his actor ripped....) oh nvm he’s just really fired up...

Also holy shit, how the hell did Kou manage to handle all that pain???

OH! Piitan at max capacity!! (holy shit, his voice got DEEP rofl)

Heeeeyyy squad’s here! Loved that Melt corrected himself, shows that his aim is at the armor and not the person wearing it

Overall thoughts: Nice introduction for Pteradon! (also i loved the whole cape? thing going on there, reminded me of KyouryuGold tbh)

Episode 32 Highlights

We know Bambs and Nad have a history, but what is it? Hope they go in depth at some point...

Dang, taking all that hate was such a power move...

aW DOPE TYRAMIGO CAN FLY???

Shit... Bamba... (dude. I’ve never seen him this emotional...)

OH DAMN WAIT HE CAN SEE THE MEMORIES RIGHT? WHICH MEANS- oh.... Nada... Now you got everyone cryin’ man! C’mon! (that scene really hit me, but it would hit a lot harder if we saw flashbacks from Nada’s POV)

OH SHIT NADA!!! YOU’RE BACK!! HELL YEAH!!

Man, that fake Gaisorg scare was really funny. I suppose, Nada’s a redeemed villan now?

Overall thoughts: I liked it! I’ve heard from others that they didn’t like this arc, but I certainly appreciate it! It gave a lot of growth and showed a lot of different sides to the main rangers that we didn’t get to see.

Preview Time~

As I predicted, Nada will join the team as a Ryusoulger! Really dug his tag line “Knight of Resilience” because that’s truly what he’s become. Struggling with armor for who knows how long since he got it. But... strange... he’s seem to add to Red’s armor... And Uden seems really powerful... I’m predicting a death will occur next episode...

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2017 Top Holiday Toys

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Selling the Toys

First and foremost, welcome to this random collection of thoughts. You can refer to me as the Mac Dude; I am a longtime user of the platform and have been known by any variation of that nickname for many years.

I had today off from work. Normally, in the middle of August, we use these days to go on vacation, but since my large-scale vacation already occurred, my off day was spent clearing out items from my mother’s house.

It has been many years since I lived there, yet a good deal of what remains belongs to me. With my mother wanting to downsize and my wallet looking for a few incoming dollar bills, my goal was simple: find things to sell on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, or other similar sites. 

What I had forgotten about was just how many items I could list for sale. When I moved out, I took what I needed to live with me and even brought a few frivolities and childhood memories along.

One such toy is a special edition Power Rangers action figure from 1995, released alongside the first movie. This figure is of Billy, the blue ranger, known best as the brainy member of the team. Billy was always a positive role model as a character, showing that a brilliant student can also be athletic and well-liked, not to mention a valuable team player. This particular Billy figure is one which can be “morphed” from human to Power Ranger with the touch of a button (which flips the figure’s head) and, as a limited edition figure, is a special metallic blue.

Most children who watch Power Rangers and collect toys, however, have more than one figure. After all, the Power Rangers team consists of six members. Sometimes, they even change their suit color during the season. They also get big robotic vehicles to drive and fight various bad guys. This means only one thing: tons of toys become available.

I didn’t realize just how many of these things I had until today. There were seven full-size giant vehicles (called “zords” on the show), several sets of rangers themselves, and even a few villains. 

They had also been packed away for two decades.

The box containing the figures even was marked with my fourth grade handwriting, which had been penned with a magic marker.

As if that weren’t bad enough, there was a second box in the attic. This box was left over from a move made in third grade and housed a large playset resembling the headquarters of the Power Rangers. A complete set of Happy Meal toys from the Power Rangers movie promotion was inside, as was the set of small zords (all six of them!) sold separately at McDonald’s. There was also an eighth full size zord inside.

Within an hour of posting, they had been sold. I repacked them, this time in better material, to be sent off to their new owner. As I examined them one last time, I thought back to how often I played with these toys.

Most of the toys, still stored in their original boxes, looked unusually good for their age and could have passed for new.

There were a few more worn toys, but the overwhelming majority were in such good condition that the sale posts received many responses in a short period of time. While this was beneficial to someone looking for an extra dollar or two many years later, what about the past 21-22 years? Exactly *what* have those seldom-used toys done for me in that time span, even excluding the 20 years in storage?

Let’s make a list of what those toys didn’t do before we proceed. They didn’t get played with, first of all. They didn’t help me strengthen any friendships, learn anything new, or lead me to some moment of enlightenment. Despite the action features of some of the toys, I didn’t actually become a martial artist as a result of owning or playing with the toys. The transformative nature of the zords was neat, but it wasn’t as though there was a puzzle to be solved; all of the transformations were shown daily on the TV show.

The toys did offer a bit of imaginative play, but only when being played with. Simply sitting on the toy box made them glorified decorations. I do have a few decorations at my place even today, but none of them were actually intended to be anything more than a decoration. 

The toys’ biggest contribution since being stashed away in 1997, after I had gone several months without even watching Power Rangers, was to provide me with a little extra cash today.

None of this has to do with the toys themselves. Some of the Power Rangers, specifically the ones with flip heads, were indeed well-loved. The Billy figure mentioned earlier looks good to an untrained eye, but only because I was gentle with my toys. It was, along with a few others, used quite a bit, as any action figure in the hands of a third grader should be.

I am not yet a parent. While I try to avoid criticizing the parenting techniques of my own parents, grandparents, and extended family, I do have to question the purchase of large quantities of Power Rangers figures. These, of course, were found alongside other toys under Christmas trees and at birthday parties. Yes, it always seems nice to buy the huge zord set to go along with the set of rangers, but were multiple zords really needed? Yes, the rangers did change zords from time to time on the show, arguably to drive toy sales, but why bother getting all six from the new set? Is it really necessary to form the mega-ultra-falconzord every time one plays with the figures? Why not let the underrated mastodon zord work alone for a change of pace? After all, it comes as part of a set of five! Are new villains always necessary? They were made of random objects on the show, why not build new, imaginative ones from Legos?

The new owner of most of my Power Rangers is an action figure collector. He’s about my age and not someone who will actually play with these things as intended. This is to be expected from an action figure aficionado who has reached a certain age. It’s not, however, the intent for most children, especially when these things are presented as toys.

Note how I said “most” of my Power Rangers. The metallic Billy was kept, along with a full set of non-metallic flip-heads, a pink Zeo ranger, a small blue ranger figure, and a Lord Zedd--if you’re going to keep one bad guy, keep the baddest of the bad guys. This way, when I am a parent someday, I can introduce my children to my old favorite show. Note, too, that the figures I kept were the ones that actually got a lot of use as toys, not as exhibits on the toy box shelf.

Children drift away from interests over time, especially when they tire of something which always goes to a certain script. Most episodes of Power Rangers do follow the same general format. The trouble with a Power Rangers toy is that it’s relatively fixed. It’s a Power Ranger--not a Starting Lineup baseball player, a Star Wars figure, or a GI Joe. When your interest shifts from a fantasy TV show with over exaggerated fighting to real sports, the action figures get set aside, maybe coming out many years later in a burst of nostalgia or because a figure of a person happens to be needed for a physics demonstration.

Other “toys” in my life at the time were spared due to their adaptability. Crayons can draw a Power Ranger, a baseball player, or a diagram of a double helix. If Math Rabbit gets outgrown on a computer, Math Blaster can replace it. Legos can be used to construct almost anything. As the Power Rangers made their way to the storage closet, the crayons, computer, and Legos soldiered on.

In the end, I got a little money from the unused toys, enough to get me to next Thursday’s Pirates game with some left to spare. That game will be an experience to cherish regardless of the outcome, as it is the annual faith night. 

Now, let’s think about this: how much did these toys cost, which were purchased solely for the sake of buying toys and getting me into the habit of asking for them because it was all I knew? As I recall, the large zords often retailed around $40-$50. Let’s go with $50 because it’s an easy number to work with. A complete set of Power Rangers Zeo zords, of which there were six, would cost approximately $300 at that rate. What could $300 have purchased in 1996, the year the show aired, that would have been a better investment?

$300 would have been good for a pass to the local zoo, museum, history center, science center, aviary, and amusement park--with more than enough left over for a ticket to a baseball game. That’s seven great experiences right there, all for less than the cost of six dust collecting toys. 

$300 would have purchased a few nights worth of stays at a decent hotel in 1996, enough to cover a weekend somewhere with an experience or two and a accommodations at a Hampton Inn with an indoor pool. 

$300 is still more than enough, even in 2017, to cover several lessons in art, music, dance, swimming, sailing, or a sport. Imagine learning to sail or golf at nine-going-on-ten, sports which can be practiced at all ages.

In any of these cases, there would still be enough left over to buy a few small action figures. Jason and Billy versus Lord Zedd on the couch, costing only about $25 for all three? Well, as children, we do need to take time to play with toys and use our imagination...especially if only two of a six-person team show up and no giant zords are available! That, alone, could lead to a better problem solving situation, yet another case of making play a moment to build critical skills used later in life.

The buyer of my Power Rangers asked me if it was going to be difficult to part with a large collection. The only regret I have is not speaking up more as a child and asking for that trip out west in place of a full set of zords. In the end, I would have been just as happy with a handful of flip-head Power Rangers, but happier in the end because of the stories I’d remember for the rest of my life.