Big Picture Classic - BEETLEBORGS LOST THIRD SEASON?

[@Gigas0101]

Everyone talking about Lord Zed coming back, nobody talking about how absolutely amazing it is to see almost a dozen metal heroes take over a golf course.

[@cooldrop02]

The sound effects of their footsteps alone makes it a joy to watch.

[@Rentfree404]

Getting them all tattooed today

[@Norrikan]

I'll admit, that scene with Lord Zedd had me grinning like a moron. That was super fun.

[@bluecanine3374]

I felt the same way when Tommy showed up with a Master Morpher and started swapping through his forms

[@Phourc]

Dude got swole, I love it. :D

[@Seadragon77]

Okay, Lord Zedd becoming basically the Power Rangers version of Akuma is something I would have never expected.. at all.

[@Evan-tl1do]

Who is Akuma

[@Dray90]

@@Evan-tl1dowho is phone?

[@Gantros]

BBB’s Flabber ghost seemed to me an unholy fusion of Jay Leno, Liberace, and a hint of the pop culture riffing of Robin Williams.

[@joerents7902]

Spot on lol.

[@KenjisGamingDen]

I got a bit of Elvis from his look honestly

[@apex2000]

Evil clone basically. The original like his voice actor canonically Lord Zed is deceased.

[@dhampirdp3489]

Didn't he get turned human by zordon when did he die I'm kinda outta the power rangers loop. I'mma kamen rider and garo guy, super sentai and power rangers are last on my watch lists atm

[@Nintendofan4000]

@@dhampirdp3489 A version of his past self was extracted from the past using the powers of a modern monster.

[@KingNexusMOCs]

Not a clone. A version of Lord Zed in his prime. At his most evil and his absolute strongest.

[@KingofHearts787]

Remember when Saban used the Beetle Borgs as bad guys in the American Forever Red anniversary?

[@ihavecloudenvy]

The suits but yes lol as a kid I was so confused 😆

[@chrisgonzalez5883]

@@ihavecloudenvy Sam here great episode.

[@Caernath]

I have to admit, I have far more fond memories of Beetleborgs than Power Rangers.

[@conradojavier7547]

Maybe Hasbro should Adapt the 2 "Last" Metal Heroes Shows as The Lost Beetleborg Seasons as a Netflix Exclusive.

[@phayroent9742]

Hasbro doesn't own the rights to Beetleborgs. They probably could, but the fact that they don't kinda tells you what they think of it.

[@earnestfrazier7470]

@@phayroent9742 Hasbro got the rights to Beetleborgs with Power Rangers.

[@shadowscribe]

Thing is, the suit stuff Saban liked to use were all suits were this had clearly Japanese human friends right up in there, so there was less "usable" material.

[@jeremyriley1238]

That, and the fact the show's battle were more sports competitions would make things boring.

[@BfDelano]

They should add a member of the BeetleBorgs into that Power Rangers fighting game.

[@GiubileiFernando]

That would be cool

[@BfDelano]

@@GiubileiFernando He was just one of the characters I thought they should include. The Rangers had a crossover at one point with the TMNT, and I figured it would be fun to include "Ronin". If you don't know the TMNT Ronin character, it's the last Turtle surviving having his revenge. Also, with Ryu and Chun Lee being included, why not work with Capcom again and include a non squat version of Viewtiful Joe. Re design him into fitting into the Rangers universe.

[@walterpetersen776]

The beetle borgs were secret machine empire generals army

[@daltonoakleyjr391]

Either them are the Mask Rider character that was in the og Power Rangers series in the first few episodes of season 3

[@seansteele6532]

Look I know Lord Z is real aggro at his job but you could never ask for a better gym bro, always wipes off the seat, happy to spot you anytime, just very encouraging and positive if you’re brand new or if you’re trying to crush it and hit a new personal best.

[@styx84]

There was just something so satisfying watching Lord Zedd completely curb stomping the "main villain" of the season like the punk he is and was going to kill him with his own weapon! Hail Lord Zedd!

[@nicksnrub7265]

Big Bad Beetle Borgs is stuck in my head like a song. Something about it has hooks that dig in.

[@infiniteoctopaw]

“Lazy town but it’s megaman.” XD I very much want that.

[@SirPumpkinSlice]

My theory is the Monsters were left overs from the failed Bulk and Skull spin off, where they owned a Haunted Hotel or something. I think that kiddy bug show was Toei trying to anticipate what Saban was going to do.

[@jaymontana2708]

Is it sad that my first thought upon seeing Lord Zedd was that he turned into a human along with Rita Repulsa when all the evil was destroyed in the universe?

[@blackphoenix77]

Same thing I was thinking. Apparently they used magic to bring an alternate version of Zedd to the present.

[@brandontrammel4581]

It's Zedd from the past at his strongest

[@SolStJohn]

So here's a question: was that shark baddie the inspiration for the Pokemon Sharpedo or are they both referencing something else with that distinctive yellow cross scar on their faces?

[@SmashBros2009]

Man this brings back memories! I watched a lot of Metal Heroes back in the day, especially B-Fighter, Kabuto, Kabutack and Robotack.:)

[@rocko7711]

Great to see you still uploading these older episodes

[@Ubernerd3000]

From what you showed, there may not have been enough of the suit actors in isolation for Saban to be confident there was enough footage to cheaply adapt the show...I’m up for it, and will check out the Toei Channel...

[@UnreasonableOpinions]

There really is just something about Japanese sentai theme songs. I'm glad now that when they get revived it seems like a rule to have an even more XTREME version of the theme.

[@jinpei05]

Robin Williams? More like Jay Leno. Anyway, I must've seen this exact same content for the umpteenth time. Not really complaining, I know the time and effort that goes into high quality videos like yours. Just wish we could get some genuinely new Big Picture vids covering new material (or deeper into previous topics)

[@ArthurCrane92]

This has turned out to be a rather enduring "Weird/obscure nostalgia" episode of the show.

[@tedrex8959]

This makes me wonder if the makers of the British robot themed early 80's "comedy" kids show "Metal Micky" based it on Japanese programmes.

[@christiandacanay3086]

Probably on Robocon.

[@juliagoodwin9510]

Man, seeing Lord Zedd again is _weird_ ...

[@johnnymason2460]

A third Beetleborgs series could have been the first completely original American Tokusatsu show! It could have had completely American footage! By the way, maybe Lord Zedd should be the main villain of the second season of Dino Fury!

[@orichal5968]

Me when I see the referee guy. "It's ME, MR REFEREE!!!"

[@davidanttila9305]

Given the heavy interaction between the costume metal heroes. Probably made Saban go, how am I supposed to use this to make an American show? Because the main appeal to super Sentai was the fact all the costumes was fully covered with little to no interactions with normal people. Basically making it dirt cheap to make a new show. With the expensive fight scenes easy to splice in!

[@gamepopper101]

Best guess as to why they didn't bring this show over to the US is the Japanese live actors, I'd imagine it would have been harder than when they used footage of the original villain in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger and made her Rita Repulsa with a dubbed voice over and make it look convincing to the American audience.

[@AdraTheGhost]

Lord Zedd going Sicko mode

[@cyberceltic]

I know Saban also released Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. It was the first original show with no Japanese counterpart. Was basically medieval power rangers. It was supposed to have another season, but was cancelled in favor of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. Power Rangers in Space was supposed to be the end of the series but that wasn’t meant to be. I know there were some plans made for a Mystic Knights season 2 and would have like to see where they could have gone with that. I wouldn’t mind a reboot of that show either

[@marumae]

I loved that show as a kid, as it took an entirely different aesthetic/approach to the teamed super hero show and that was appealing to me.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

If they reboot that show, they should have a crossover story arc in which the Mystic Knights fight against Lord Drakkon.

[@twohundred75percent]

This is wild, I was just thinking about this show yesterday!

[@jparbiter1972]

Quote Carmella in Castlevania. "What the FUCK just happened?"

[@MRDLT00]

The shrieking wailing voice of the main red bug bot in the final series makes me want to rip my ears off. XD

[@Messiahbolicalx]

I loved Power Rangers as a kid. Up until PW in Space. After that I didn't care. But even out of all the great Power Ranger seasons....BeetleBorgs will always trump the shit out of any show of the like, Power Rangers, VR Troopers etc.

[@derekwst3-YGO]

Kamen rider had some bug themed seasons and I feel they could of borrowed that into a third and forth season. They could of had these seasons as new cast like how power rangers switch casts. They would of had to wait a few years since they came out after 2000

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

They could of adapted past Metal Heroes, and just call them Battle Borgs

[@JMAK008]

Anyone else think the sports aspect is reminiscent of Shaolin Showdown?

[@AtticusRh0des]

Flabber(The ghost) was actually a jab at Jay Leno over a joke him and Saban had.

[@zaktilton1680]

As I was watching this, there were two scenes from the Japanese show that wouldn't have flown here in the USA 1. The gold Beetleborg bring held up on the cross and his head falling off, then that being a bomb. 2. The teams beating this Dinosaur/dragon guy with the sword. "Frightful warrior beast, Driceraija." Just by the way he died with all his blood spraying out. No way that would have flown on Beetleborgs. But the monster itself still could have been used.😊

[@inkkid376]

Yeah lord zead just coming back and running everybody fades really does fit him so well.

[@petercooper456]

I miss Beetleborgs it was my favourite

[@cooldrop02]

Jesus Christ how long is each episode? An hour? Wait a sec I'm talking about Japan here; That child show most likely had his own channel back in the day.

[@darktetsuya]

pretty sure I saw this one from the original upload! but neat to hear they revived lord zedd I notice they do that a lot in the sentai series revisiting the old shows. haven't followed it super closely but still, thumbs up from someone who remembers PR Zeo I believe it was? I do remember when he was the bad guy. on beetleborgs, yeah I can see why season 3 never came out over here, how the *hell* were they gonna explain *THAT*?!

[@BWMegatron]

Elvis meets Beetlejuice meets Robin Williams? You mean Joker Jay Leno!

[@Atlas3060]

13:15 I'm more shocked the Truck-kun LOST than there be another metal hero show honestly.

[@RialVestro]

The only way this would of worked as a sequel to Metals in America is if they kept the heroes in their more humanoid forms the entire series and just never used the silly transformations. As silly as Beetle Borgs got it was still a super hero show with the kids becoming the heroes. The more silly comedy aspects came from the monsters side of things. So seeing those robot designs really wouldn't have worked with the way the first two parts of the series played out. The only way they could really explain the drastic change in tone is if the creator of the Beetle Borgs Comics in universe after seeing the destruction his creations were causing in the real world decided to make a new series with a much lighter tone. I guess that's one benefit of the fact that Beetle Borgs was fictional in universe and wished into the real world is that you can use real world explanations of shifts in tone without breaking the 4th wall. Still I honestly think Beetle Borgs would of been cancelled ANYWAY if this was the sequel. Even kids would of seen this as a drastic change in the tone of the show from the previous two seasons and the toys never would have sold. I mean Beetle Borgs target age demographic was about 5-10 and that 3rd series looks like it's target age demographic would of been 0-4. So no matter what they'd be shooting even YOUNGER than their audience which is generally a bad idea when you're main characters would of been teenager by the time a third series came out. How can your cast get older while your audience gets younger? A lot of kids shows make the mistake of alienating their existing audience by introducing a sequel series aimed at younger kids... there was a huge trend of shows around the same time that did this and they almost all flopped. Shows that have done well are ones that actually age up the characters so they grow with the audience and keeps them invested. There are some exceptions, some times the opposite is true but most of the time remaking a property for a younger audience doesn't work out. And I really do see this as something that even if they tried to adapt it into Beetle Borgs sequel fans of the show would have HATED the direction it was going with these goofy designs. They made the right call just cancelling the series... and should of done the same with Power Rangers a long time ago but for very different reasons.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Meanwhile, we are all praying that the Netflix's Cowboy Bebop ends up being good and entertaining?

[@KOTYAR1]

We can only pray it will be as good as Battle Angel Alita. This is apparently the peak of what modern Hollywood can achieve, - without screwing up some MAJOR part of original concept.

[@Phourc]

It's better for the sanity to just... not watch it, IMO.

[@KOTYAR1]

@@Phourc or that. There's always that

[@UnreasonableOpinions]

I mean, who was going BOY I HOPE IT SUCKS. Even when there's a release in a franchise I dislike or by a production team I don't want, I'm not hoping for failure. If a person I resent makes a film in a franchise I hate and it's great, then... good, I have a good film to watch now, and if it's good enough maybe it changes my mind. When a film or series sucks, nobody wins.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

@@UnreasonableOpinions You see that's a healthy and very normal attitude, but on the internet? I don't know. I even wanted one specific show to just not get off the ground.

[@ZZtheDark]

I wouldn't say Kabutack and Robotack are Metal Heroes but more as a continuation of the Toei Fushigi Comedy series by Shotaro Ishinomori. Heck, even Moero Robo-con from 1998 came right after Robotack. So I decided to call this the Comedy Robo series to be easy on the terms. 15:50, I'm amazed by the research here, guy. Nice. 18:34, XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!! 22:30, that woulda been working well now that you mentioned it,man. :/

[@victorhernandez8723]

Wasn’t this video taken down due to copyright bullcrap?

[@renji90998]

I probably would've liked the "third season" as a little kid if they made a version of it in America. Though would've grown out of it by age 10.

[@SolarisWesson]

Basically they broke their own rules. Zedd was purged from the galaxy by Zordon and some wizard bad guy can "resurrect anyone who has died from anywhere in the universe"

[@Nintendofan4000]

I give Power Rangers a bunch of crap with continuity but this is NOT an example. A copy of Zedd was extracted from the past. The timeline remains intact as a result.

[@TheGodOfWarhammer]

In my day we didn’t even have wires! We saw off panel flips and dubs and we liked it that way dammit! Lol but really though, that fight with Zedd was fire

[@TheCreepypro]

as a 90's kid who grew up on tokusatsu I personally love this also it is nice to see Lord Zedd back and kicking that booty

[@mythgraven]

... That mech has Veemons voice. :-( DemiDevimon...

[@GiubileiFernando]

I always loved the suits the BeetleBorgs use, way cooler than regular Power Rangers because they looked like actual armor. Too bad they wasted it on a bad show.

[@kuroiphox989]

The Sentai series usually made some BS excuse as to why the suits looked like spandex. Like Dekaranger (SPD): The Dekarangers' suits. When DekaBase recieves the signal from the License to transform, the suits made of the particlized shape-memory DekaMetal is transmitted.

[@yokai2299]

My favorite from BBB was the original colors red blue and green. I miss the series and would love to see a revival - been hoping and wishing for a cross over event with them in battle for the grid grid for the iPhone

[@zacky4204]

It would of been really cool to see a beetleborgs and Power Rangers Crossover

[@jesseparrish9198]

Always wanted a crossover with the blue turbo ranger Justin.

[@douglasperlman1327]

Man, I love these Beetleborgs guys I haven’t watched the show and it was amazing🎉

[@hypnoticwar740]

Haven't started yet, just watching the Lord Zedd opening. But i think they needed to bring him back because appearently they want to split the franchise up and build more of a MultiVerse type situation and are talking about doing some shows aimed towards adults or older teens. It gives me hoped that there is a potential return to other series or return of other power rangers Villains with more fleshed out Darker stories. Honestly hillherst mansion from Beetleborgs can even get a Short series about the mansions origins and i think also the beetleborgs Franchise deserves a Update on what the lives of these kids would be like later in life.

[@saintakins187]

Lord Zedd got tired of being unemployed for a former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers villain, spent years hitting the gym listening to 50 Cent in the club. 😂

[@JLocke0113]

The fights for the star pieces reminds me of Xiaolin Showdown

[@IngramSnake]

Wow I forgot about this show!! Memories!

[@lonniethewaffle]

I just realized the villain with the white outfit and white dreads is the same person that does Impmon voice from digimon season 3 tamers

[@AuxCart]

Am I crazy, or did Bob suddenly go Southie halfway through?

[@jokekiller14672]

Thats Mr. Referee from medabots!

[@jynncommsareopen5115]

the premise of wish granted super heroes is a lot like the anime series wingman

[@opywuzheer9687]

Okay. So I saw the toys and almost got them for my son ... But can we get a B robot Kabuta abridged? The footage would make for something special with the right writers and actors.

[@barmutah]

Yes kabutack i watch it when i was a kid on tv and i have some of the toys like kabutack, dangoron, gerotan and ganiran What i love about this toys is they have diecast metal part

[@kittikissable]

Saban had the rights he had the costumes he coulda made a few original episodes to wrap up the story of season two instead just canceling easy ending with the bad guys stop once again I don’t know make em have to return there powers similar to the ending season 1

[@kittikissable]

Or since it was popular pay Japan made more kabuto footage like he did for power ranger there is some much he coulda did

[@sativaburns6705]

The giant blur around the patreon link/someone else's watermark is distracting.

[@davidanttila9305]

Is it just me or is this version of Lord Zedd giving some Shao Kahn vibes and not Lord Zedd vibes?

[@johnevans5706]

And now I have the theme tune in my head

[@dragonmaster613]

HOW IS ZEDD BACK? This is an insult to the franchise and the fans! Was Zordon's death meaningless?

[@kyojitakenouchi9706]

22:16 I have this toy. My dad got it in Japan and I had no clue what I u was from. 23 years later I find the answer.

[@MrReganomics1]

Whoever is doing the Zedd voice now is disappointing.

[@Y2Jerms]

As a beetleborg fan while it was out, trying to get a third season using that would not have worked. It looks like it could've worked on a younger audience if edited right. But not for the established older fans of beetleborgs.

[@TheDragonman104]

Anyone want to bet they’re going to make Lord Zedd the final villain of Dino Fury where his final form will be Eras from Ryusoulger?

[@Spawn3X5]

Well s3 would be silly and beetleborgs was a silly show so...it would have worked Also that comic theme does kinda make sense

[@shoken4421]

At the time of big bad beetle borgs saban had mmpr, masked rider(also called kamen rider in japan) and vr troopers . kids back then thought these shows were power ranger rip offs and thus didnt really watch them. I know because i was 13 at the time these shows aired and most kids on my block were upset because of it lol. Also saban had 4 shows he was spending money on during the week thats not good for a guys bank account .

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

It's a great show. Nothing is for everyone.

[@KentPetersonmoney]

I was 11 when the show first aired. Think the last episode aired when I was 12 or 13. I preferred power rangers over beetleburgs but I did watch beetleburgs since it came on before power rangers

[@canutellwhosthis]

Now I can't stop thinking about a third season of beetleborgs with Flabber as the referee why didt they do it?

[@combatking0]

Behold, it is I, Lord Zedd 's clone.

[@cmlmonstar007]

If it ever came to USA I’d call it Robo Academy and not a part of metal heroes.

[@okpeace4687]

My kids loved bettle borgs

[@kevinalford]

Hey, look who's back? The only thing American Ranger fans like: nostalgia cash-ins!

[@kevinalford]

Formerly referred to as Super Sentai? You talking from the future, Bob?

[@ernietheretrokid]

While I Understand why they did not use the next Metal Hero Series for Beetleborgs Season 3! Why did they not film there own original footage for season 3? Especially when Beetleborgs was becoming more poplar than Power Rangers! Not only that, but just a few months later another Saban show would debut, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog! Which was all original footage! It just doesn't make sense! Why would they create a new show with all original footage, but at the same time cancel a popular show, because they ran out of footage? And on top of that Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, would only last 1 season! In the end they should of put that money towards Season 3 of Beetleborges, instead of creating a new show!

[@emmanuelporte4201]

The third season sounded like Xiaolin Showdown to me

[@HobbesDOTexe]

Man, I think I'd like to find some of the japanese versions of some of these.

[@philipmonihan8222]

That was amazing!

[@robmcwhinnie6066]

What the hell is wrong with being a classic rock DJ?

[@Knightfall182]

😕 Modern Power Rangers is embarrassingly bad. Like damn... production quality and dialogue from 30 years ago. The terrible ADR, the crappy monster suits... how dumb is the audience supposed to be?

[@cuva9203]

Is astronama stronger than him

[@TakeWalker]

Take this as an offering!

[@RAMSES-eh1if]

kabutack would've been 2 kiddy 4 me (in the 90's), my standards were Lord Zedd.

[@afterdinnercreations936]

He's Lord Zee here in America. Goddamn Canadians.

[@battlestar976]

I don’t know if would have worked to try and adapt it as a season 3. Maybe they could barrow elements from it. I say they should of gone MMPR season 3 and just film original stuff.

[@FJX716]

They just love taking all the things we loved about power rangers and ruining them in a horrible way don’t they?

[@TevyaSmolka]

i love beetle borgs

[@MobiusCoin]

The music is catchy.