A Monster for All Seasons? - Mighty Morphin Zyurangers (Episode 25)

Mighty Morphin Zyurangers gets very weird when Power Rangers decides to reuse the same monster across multiple seasons! From Dragon Caesar's grief to Zack's martial arts tournament and all the way to Lord Zedd kidnapping three future Power Rangers, this is literally a story through the ages! Who does it best? And who does it the absolute worst I've ever seen?
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[@JulieYBM]

The Bat-Shit insanity of how MMPR Season 2 was created has always fascinated me. When you get to the six episodes filmed in Australia you wind up with an episode using footage from three different nations on three different landmasses shot across, like, four different years. It's a farce! Sakamoto Kou-ichi's directing and the actors' stunts really does save those episodes.

[@only257]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKaYhqmYrZKNr5o here is more info on zyuranger😊

[@4BlueHero]

I enjoyed this episode. It was hilarious to see the hurdles Power Rangers had to go through in season 2 to trick us. I hope you consider dissecting VR Troopers. It had a lot of the same issues that Power Rangers did when they ran out of the source material for the first two shows.

[@青雷の戦士]

So it's gonna be a 3-way battle (vr tropers vs Spielvan vs Metalder and vs Shaider later)?

[@thealmightyfalcon1359]

I wouldn't say they ran out of footage for power rangers. There was a bunch of unused footage. They were just quite selective, and then you had all that editing trying to create different fights and scenes.

[@only257]

@@thealmightyfalcon1359 not a fan of power rangers but vr troopers. Was great in my opinion 😊

[@zoidboy1569]

@@only257season 1 was season 2 no

[@zoidboy1569]

@@thealmightyfalcon1359much of it was due to them not using other sentai costumes

[@Morgil27]

Supposedly, Mr. Saban actually did want to go the route of the Japanese version and adapt Dairanger as a separate series with a new plot and new cast, but his advisors convinced him to keep the same costumes and characters from the first season for exactly the same reasons as stated in this video.

[@samwill7259]

People sometimes talk about PR's immortality, that the show has naturally come to an end like 5 seperate times and continues to keep on trucking no matter what. Honestly I think the fact that this show didn't implode in a puff of logic at the changeover from season 1 to season 2 should be added onto that list, saved only by the fact that 90s kids were somehow IMPOSSIBLY unobservant a hundred times over

[@BagOfMagicFood]

It was a season for kids like me who hadn't seen much Season 1 and only half-paid attention to it at the time.

[@only257]

@@BagOfMagicFood zyuranger rocks 😊

[@zoidboy1569]

All kids are like that only I don’t think the show meant to be taken seriously

[@rjd-kh8et]

​@@zoidboy1569Kids are actually more likely than adults to notice goofs because they watch things over and over.

[@bluebaron6858]

Uhhhh

[@Chaosm03]

It may have not been the best introduction, but Adam Park is one of the best Rangers ever.

[@bgvo4373]

Well, he is a humanoid typhoon.

[@skibot9974]

And his actor ended up probably having the best career out of any former Ranger

[@gazeboist4535]

6:30 If you pivot the episode to be about Jason's KotW, there's a really obvious natural plot to go with: just have Tommy take a role as Jason's civilian backup. Then you let that lead into Tommy figuring out more of how he can still contribute to the group without his powers, taking on a role of "secret keeper" for them, and maybe even managing the civilian response to yet another disaster in the empty warehouse district.

[@tommyofastora]

There's something so refreshing about the way you write & deliver

[@MistareFusion]

Thank you! I definitely had a lot of fun writing this one, especially the surprise gift that was the second half. I did not know that I was going to be jumping over like that.

[@landonsantini365]

In regards to "Birds of a Feather", I kind of wished it utilized something similar to the Season 2 episode "Missing Green" instead. The latter plot honestly feels more in line with the primary story beat of guilt and overcoming grief that Geki and Dragon Ceasar dealt with in Zyuranger. Plus it would've given them an excuse to bring back Tommy at least one more time before kicking him off the set to film the Cybertron pilot. I also have a few quick thoughts about "The Ninja Encounter" 3-parter. I completely agree that the inclusion of the Hatchasaurus stuff was entirely unnecessary. If you cut out all of those parts,, this easily could've been shortened to a two-episode story. But if it absolutely had to be three parts and it absolutely had to include another monster, I would've instead used the "Needlenose" cactus monster that would be used in the later "Wild West Rangers" two-parter. You know. Cactus. Flower. I figured those two would kind of sort of fit together thematically. As for the "Wild West Rangers", swap out "Needlenose" with the Mexican Birdcage monster from Dairanger that "Power Ranger" didn't use and have Tommy be the one to go back in time instead of Kimberly since they used the Tigerzord didn't participate in that Zord fight. Lastly, here's a hypothetical question. Assuming that we live in a perfect world in which the departure of Jason, Zack and Trini had never happened, do you think that the script for "The Ninja Encounter", or something similar to it, could've worked as a crossover with VR Troopers? Like if you just swap out Rocky, Adam and Aisha with the three protagonists of that show and the Hactchasaurus footage with footage of the Japanese villains from their show? The sets to both shows were literally right next door to each other and shared several crew members, writers and voice actors. I don't know. I think it could've had a chance at working. A little cross promotion never hurt anyone.

[@skibot9974]

Well it would probably upset VR Trooper fans to have their heroes be captive the whole time

[@danielbetancourt1483]

Love the Billy Madison reference at the end lol. Great video as always

[@jpranevich]

This may be my favorite of your recent videos! Sometimes, talking about a thing that sucks is a lot more fun than watching that thing originally. Now I'm just looking forward to when you get to Season 2 for real. More Mighty Morphin Dairangers, please?

[@MistareFusion]

It's definitely been the most fun I've had working on a video in awhile! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. As for the second half of the comment, I've never had an intention to continue with season 2. I just don't think it's possible to do in an episodic format since there's almost nothing in common with the shows, either footage-wise or story-wise. I'd have to check in-depth to be sure. We'll see.

[@Acerthorn]

@@MistareFusion Well you still do Ohranger/Zeo and onwards?

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Should at least compare "Rita's Pita" to "The Huge One"!

[@only257]

@@MistareFusion i still watch your videos but i am afford to comment because of a youtuber 😊

[@only257]

@@MistareFusion kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKaYhqmYrZKNr5o

[@AndrewChapman]

16:13 Guy doing Jason's voice sounded like he was taking a dump as he recorded that🤣

[@Mewzard]

I somehow forgot that they reused "Live Again! Zyusoken" here...jeez, this seems like a mess, to be sure. And that Billy Madison ending...amazing. XD

[@EmeralBookwise]

Me too, I was so confused at what relevance season 2 was supposed to have with the episode. I even used to record and rewatch the classic episodes all the time back in the day, and while I certainly remembered the broad strokes of Ninja Encounter, I guess I just completely blanked on part 2... probably as some kind of self-defense mechanism against the shear lazy pointless of it all.

[@SHINOBI-03]

An American adaptation of a Japanese action show recycles footage to make more episodes? Yeah, that happened a lot in the later episodes Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad that somehow managed to produce 53 episodes out Gridman's 39 episodes.

[@rjd-kh8et]

16:14 Austin St. John's reaction to Saban replacing half the Rangers.

[@Acerthorn]

16:57 I like how you briefly show a screenshot explaining what a "fake shemp" is. That's a tactic I use from time to time on my own channel, whenever I use terms that the average person isn't like to know (like "sealioning" or "axiomatic") so my audience can follow along! Good job! 👍

[@kaijukidsam]

Ah yes, your audience, all 10 of them that are left after you keep filing false, unwinnable lawsuits against people telling the truth about you XD

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

Funny thing is your speech at the end Is my exact feelings on Megaforce and how badly it was handled as an anniversary.

[@genyakozlov1316]

That's exactly why I love it as an anniversary season. It's faithful to the first two seasons of MMPR, a true return to the roots of the franchise not in how people remember it but how it actually was, and despite that it was still somehow more enjoyable than season 2 of Beast Morphers or Ninja Steel. I legit love Megaforce, both seasons. Dino Fury season 3 'bout to be our new MMPR season 3 and I'm all for it.

[@stephenholloway6893]

​@Genya Kozlov Sure but at least with MMPR they were just getting started and had to adjust due to the cast change plus in the case of Megaforce, they had at least 2 seasons prior to-date in order to get things ready for the anniversary but failed. Kids television has changed since the original series but Megaforce didn't take advantage of it. MMPR wasn't perfect in hindsight but at the time it was what was needed.

[@zeokingsilver]

@@stephenholloway6893 I been saying that myself

[@rjd-kh8et]

If The Ninja Encounter Part II wasn't bad enough, it briefly left in a note for the editor saying "Zedd makes Flower guy appear".

[@skibot9974]

Seriously

[@quanicle101]

i just wanna say how fucking sick it is that you’re still doing these videos. i watched the original couple mighty morphin zyuranger videos a bunch of times back in the day. they were super entertaining

[@MistareFusion]

That's awesome! I'm glad you're still enjoying them. :-D

[@kennethwilson9970]

I like the scene of that episode where Dragon Caesar is roaming through the Meadow of flowers moaning over the lost his master. It's emotional and beautifully shot, and it reminds me of that deleted scene from Godzilla vs Biollante.

[@andrewshearsby8125]

Dragon Caesar needed a hug, i would if i could, the poor dolt

[@dvader518]

Speaking of episodes adapted twice, what about the second Pudgy Pig episode?

[@mitchfletcher2386]

I just imagine Dragon Caesar whimpering like a sad puppy.

[@Acerthorn]

This is basically the inverse of "Rangers Gone Wild." Instead of two unrelated Zyurangers being frankensteined into one PR episode, we've got one Zyuranger episode being split into two unrelated PR episodes!

[@masofdas6475]

God this video is just an absolute DELIGHT. I'd been looking forward to "Live Again, Zyusouken" VS. "Birds of a Feather" for a LONG time, because it's one of the earliest examples I can remember encountering of a "ZyuRanger" episode REALLY blowing its MMPR adaptation out of the water for me (like Fusion, I was a big fan of "Birds" as a kid because it focused so much on the Giant Monsters and Robots, one of my favorite elements of the series...and then I found out there was a version with all that Great Stuff that ALSO had an Actual Story attached to it!)...and THEN it turns out that we ALSO get a BONUS match-up wherein Fusion is flummoxed by the faulty fix-ups foisted on our Ranger friends? I absolutely did not expect Hatchosaurus' Season 2 appearance (oh, incidentally, the reason it's Hatchosaurus, of ALL monsters, that gets brought back in "Ninja Encounter" is all but surely because the Dora Antaeus suit was, to my understanding, the only remaining "ZyuRanger" Monster of the Day costume that was still usable) to be taken into account, but ooooh the fun we get to have because it is! Poor Fusion's increasingly-harried reactions to "Ninja Encounter"'s sloppy thrown-together mess of a non-story just gets funnier and funnier the longer it goes on (the *noise* he makes at 21:20 is maybe the single funniest thing in the entirety of MMZR to date), the closing "Billy Madison" reference is brilliant, I even love the adorably clever title! Some thoughts of my own, since we're here: * Let's all take a moment to appreciate that "Power Rangers" has Zordon just bald-facedly assert that Hatchosaurus is a "bird-like monster" based seemingly ENTIRELY on the fact that it has a beak; the name likewise seems to want us to take the rocky outcroppings around the shoulders as a kind of broken egg shell, but that could just as easily be a trait of Reptiles, which the design sure seems much more meant to evoke. * Yes, the two plot threads in "Birds of a Feather"-Zack mentoring Cameron for the tournament, the Rangers having to defeat the Hatchosaurus-end up having nothing to do with each other. And that's *weird*, because it sure feels like they were *meant* to. Like...the title encourages us to think of Partnerships, right? Likewise, "Power Rangers" *goes out of its way* to make the relationship between Hatchosaurus and Cardiotron into a symbiotic partnership where, in "ZyuRanger", no such relationship exists. And even as "Power Rangers" strips out its emotional context, the nature of the footage makes it unavoidable that we think about the partnership between DragonZord and the Rangers. All OVER the place, the theme of partnership is unmistakably present...and also completely MEANINGLESS, because the episode does nothing with it! Fusion points to the idea of having Jason as Cameron's teacher to unify the stories a bit better, but I have an IMO even MORE obvious solution: have Zack's mentorship of Cameron be what clues the Rangers in on the fact that Hatchosaurus has a partner! It's genuinely shocking to me the episode doesn't go that route in favor of having Zordon explain it all. Again. Twice in a friggin' row. * Normally, I'm more sympathetic to "Power Rangers" not adapting Story Elements from "ZyuRanger" that it can't use, and you would think that would apply in this case too; their DragonZord isn't a living creature, their Green Ranger isn't dead. But in no small part because the story they came up with to replace those elements this time around is so hollow and weak, I find myself a lot less willing to cut them that slack here. Tommy may not be dead, but he IS gone; even though the show never explains WHY he's gone, we are unmistakably meant to view the loss of his powers as something Tragic and Significant. It would make all the sense in the world to do a "Power Rangers" episode dealing with the emotional fallout of that event very much like "Live Again, Zyusouken!" does; indeed, they would in fact DO that exact story in season 2! They don't here, but it feels less like it's out of Necessity and more out of Cowardice, which doesn't leave me very favorably disposed to it. Even the DragonZord thing feels like they could have worked with it if they wanted to; not only do we in fact now HAVE a Zord present that appears to have some kind of mind of its own in the form of Titanus, but the truth is that the inherent nature of the Dragon Caesar footage from "ZyuRanger" means DragonZord has always been portrayed as a more independent entity than the other Zords, not piloted but rather guided by the music of the Dragon Flute, with Tommy treating it much more like his Partner (there's that word again) and Friend than the other Rangers do with their Zords. They might not have wanted to go with DragonZord literally mourning, but hey, maybe Jason is struggling to control it with the Flute? Maybe that's why Rita's only able to put a spell on it now? Again, this just all feels SO obvious to me.

[@MistareFusion]

Loved reading all of that. Thanks for sharing it with me! I do wonder about the Hatchasaurus choice. I did see something to the effect that, when it was auctioned off in the 21st century, it was the only surviving MMPR monster costume. Don't know if that's true or not. But it's odd for this scenario because it seems unlikely they would have had it from season 1. There is no original Hatchasaurus footage in "Birds of a Feather." Incidentally, not that it would matter for costuming, the monster only exists in a large form. So the Hatchasaurus in season 2 is using a costume MMPR never would have had to have used before. And it's being used in a context (human-sized fights) that it was also never used for before. So did they just happen to have it in their collection despite never having previous used it, or did they make/acquire this costume solely for "The Ninja Encounter"?

[@masofdas6475]

​@@MistareFusion Sorry for the delay on my reply, work's been real busy for me this week, but! I don't have any concrete proof of this, to be sure! The evidence I DO have is all pretty much circumstantial, especially given how much "The Ninja Encounter" is stuffed to the gills with weird-ass stuff which apparently serves no other purpose but to fill time (i.e. Jetting XD; ). But consider that, as you say, the use of the Hatchasaurus here really isn't especially intuitive; it didn't talk before (and when it talks here they don't even bother giving it Cardiatron's voice to at least pretend at some kind of consistency), it was never engaged in Ground Level fights before...obviously, the key motive here is to get A Lot Of Giant Monster stock footage for the Zord Fights, but if that was all they needed, they had their bevy of Zyu2 monsters to call on, which they both had done a lot already prior to this point and would do again a few times more over the course of Season 2 (most notoriously "The Wedding", which is only SLIGHTLY less of a cobbled-together nightmare than "The Ninja Encounter"). I feel like they wanted an original "ZyuRanger" monster specifically since, as you say, it had been a little while since audiences had seen any of them...and I likewise feel like if they had another option on that front, they probably would have taken it, especially since we know they DID have access to several other "ZyuRanger" MotD costumes (most notably Dora Circe/Pudgy Pig, around whom they even built the very first entirely-American-made episode of "Power Rangers" around) back in Season 1. In other words? It just feels a bit too much of a coincidence to me that, from what we know, the Dora Antaeus suit was the last "ZyuRanger" MotD costume still in working condition, AND that Hatchasaurus randomly comes back for this episode, and I strongly suspect the one informs the other. But a.) again, that's all very speculative on my part, so "all but certainly" was prolly too strong a term XD and b.) it's also possible that, even IF they're connected, it's the other way around, that the costume is the last one because it was used in this episode and thus needed to be refurbished/preserved where the others didn't.

[@Kian30398]

Personally the Ninja Encounter is one of my favourite episodes solely for how Linkara used it to explain Bulk and Skull's character development. However, it is not well made or paced lmao.

[@asherzerbib3461]

Cardiatron was surprisingly creepy for a kids show. "The Ninja Encounter" was so damn dragging and convoluted that I'm surprised that they didn't just ship the three departing characters off screen and introduce the newbies in media res.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

I know they had to cancel several episode scripts later that season, likely due to needing to spend more time or money finalizing the movie and integrating the new actors, so they probably had to stretch out the remaining episodes into multi-parters to make up the difference.

[@asherzerbib3461]

@@BagOfMagicFood not to mention the movie that was being filmed in Australia which caused further issues.

[@skibot9974]

What’s funny is that several countries got the movie before the show so it kinda was in media res for them

[@paulanaya2503]

Mistare went full Seinfeld talking about the cardiotron

[@ryanmaddugal]

In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the zords do have emotions like when they got controlled or at the end of MMPR season 1 when they got destroyed with The reaction of the rangers or when Tommy was "losing" his powers and couldn't control the DragonZord.

[@arkanamaster4961]

thats more the rangers having emotions for the zords. The zords are machines and can very much be re programmed

[@zoidboy1569]

@@arkanamaster4961 yeah but some of them are alive and can’t simply be programmed

[@TBoneTony]

Bandora's/Rita's Monster should be called Dora-Subaru/Driving Subaru. Because he Returns by Death.

[@benjaminpeters6729]

Have you ever seen the power rangers movie anniversary special. You can find it on youtube. It's pretty horrifying the working conditions they put the actors through. It's a wonder the actors have such a strong relationship with each other given that they talk about the experience like they survived the boot camp from attack on titan

[@Firedrake-SP]

I wish that the Dino zords weren't mindless machines but as cyborgs with personalities and unique bonds with their partnered rangers. Zords deserve love too!!!

[@Zethlynn]

Power Rangers should of done that more

[@genyakozlov1316]

@@Zethlynn In the recent Dino Fury season they are still removing zords being actual characters from the original footage, despite the fact their zords are canonically sentient yet they still refuse to give them personalities or let them do anything.

[@zeokingsilver]

@@genyakozlov1316 I think they do that so its easier to do things like have them blown to scrap or destroyed and not be as emotinal as it would were they alive

[@Ubritoons96]

Man! You know when I first heard about the MMPR S2 production issues with the main cast at first I felt betrayed and tricked. Nowadays in 2023, I just laugh at the whole peace conference ”arc”, and think “ WOW! They ACTUALLY thought people wouldn’t notice three principal actors just being absent from the cast. Haim Saban, you ARE a fascinating man.” XD Say what you want about how the old S1 characters were written off or the replacements themselves, but I think everyone can unanimously agree this shouldn’t have lasted eight episodes, maybe 4 to 5 at most. If you want a better sendoff and introduction for all NINE of these characters involved without all the soulless replacing of OG MMPR’s production then read the boom studio comics. They give every character far better dimensions then S2 as a whole ever did. And all you Trini and Zack fans that felt gypped after S2 because they didn’t come back to any future seasons in the OG Zordon era, don’t worry they got good character growth too. XD

[@skibot9974]

Wonder how/if they’ll handle Katherine replacing Kimberly

[@manjiimortal]

And all that mess could be avoided if Saban was willing to pay union rates.

[@therealhardrock]

Have you ever noticed that Bandora/Rita's minions look like characters from The Neverending Story? Especially Pleprechaun/Finster. Do you know that movie?

[@26Testy]

Great stuff! It’s fun and interesting seeing how each show was different from each others. I have to imagine for the US writers it was really hard making up a “kid friendly” story around such a deep original storyline. I have to think they did their best in most cases 🤷‍♂️

[@NerdX151]

I feel like "Missing Green" from S2 was everything that "Birds of a Feather" should have been. Jason blaming himself for not getting the green candle and having doubts about his role as a leader. This episode could have worked like this: We start the episode with the rangers fighting the monster. It comes back to life and we split up the fight footage so that we can have the Rangers retreat. Jason blames himself for not destroying the monster. He quits but runs into to Tommy who talks to him about the green candle. He then trains Jason in using the dragon dagger. The rangers return to battle and discover Cardiotron. Jason regains self confidence and battles it

[@stephenholloway6893]

That would had been better then the episode itself plus it would had kept JDF as part of the cast without having to make him an Ranger again. Since at that point they couldn't do so.

[@zoidboy1569]

@@stephenholloway6893 not sure it would have worked I mean what could they do with him without his powers he would be just showing up and doing things like Ernie or bulk and skull and chances are a lot of fans would want h8m doing more

[@stephenholloway6893]

@Zoidboy 15 He could probably still help them fight putties help at the command center or see If they could find an way to restore his powers.

[@skibot9974]

With the benifit of hindsight Personally I feel I would’ve saved the Dai Ranger costumes for when half the team left. Maybe make it part of the power transfer quest the suits get an upgrade. And then you could change to Kakurangers when Kimberly left or just keep the alien rangers

[@organicketchup5171]

I was literally just getting to the end of the playlist and really enjoying it…when this arrives. The timing couldn’t be more perfect 🤗

[@TBoneTony]

Who would have thought that a guy inside a Dragon Robot suit happens to be the best character in the episode?

[@blugoblin01]

This may very well be the best episode of Mighty Morphin Zyurangers ever!

[@MistareFusion]

Aw, thank you! I certainly had a lot of fun making it.

[@WammyGiveaway]

I went back to watch "Live Again, Zyusoken!" after watching this review. You really felt for Dragon Caesar when he was wandering alone in a flower field, sorrow for the lost Burai. Geki summoning his brother's armor was such an uplifting moment, and the insert song following that was a nice touch. With Kyoryu Sentai Zyurangers nearing its end, do you plan on doing a comparison score recap episode before getting to the final episodes of the series? Mighty Morphin Zyurangers has been a wonderful retrospective series, with little details and behind the scenes nuggets I never realized. I am looking forward to the remainder of the series, as well as the third installment of Donkey Kong Dissection. Much appreciated, Mistare Fusion.

[@skibot9974]

20:27 that rank right there is my favorite moment in any of your videos I even made a clip of it to easily replay it when I need a good laugh

[@Lunacrystal97]

loving the overalls

[@MistareFusion]

Thanks! The overalls love you too. =P

[@Morgil27]

Love that Billy Madison reference at the end, lol.

[@Jordacar]

I feel kinda bad for everyone, behind the scenes and cast, who had to work on 'The Ninja Encounter.' To have to work on something that you know was so hastily slapped together, AND is clearly to cover for this horrific casting shake-up, AND is definitely one episode of story padded out to three, AND features mech footage from different shows...ugh. If I was in the editing bay I'd be looking for another job.

[@zeokingsilver]

they went through so much

[@wordlifeecw]

As a kid, I loved this episode's fight footage. Seeing Jason use the Green Ranger powers was awesome and great to see them use Dragonzord without Tommy. I also remember being so pumped when they brought back Hatchasaurus the following season, as I never picked up on the fact that they were using reverse angles and splicing fights from completely different sources together lol It took me SO damn long to realize that haha I also enjoy the Zyuranger episode, as it made the most random part of the PR episode, Rita's spell on the Dragonzord, carry weight. I often wonder if season one could work as a serialized story, but since I wouldn't have killed off Tommy, I'm not sure how you'd handle the Green Candle or this episode.

[@Maniac536]

I used to watch a show called Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad. I swear they had two episodes that used the exact same plots (in a show with an episode length that they artificially extended). One of the characters was rendered inoperable most of the episode through contrivance. (Same character). When fighting the same monster of the week, the character (while immobilized) could tell the monster’s weakness but their contrivance prevented them from saying it out loud. In both cases the same (other) character is able to read between the lines and implement the exact same strategy to defeat the monster.

[@Wright805]

You are absolutely correct. The first episode had the guy you're talking about (Tank I believe he was called), be put out of action by food poisoning making him sick. The second time it was a gadget messing with his mind making him a simpleton. The action scenes where the exact same used in the previous episode, including Servo (the protagonist) getting caught in manacles, getting sprayed with poison gas by the monster, and one of the support heroes using an "endless loop" missile to stop the monster from releasing the gas.

[@brianblumenreich9026]

The editing in Season Two of Mighty Morphin' POWER RANGERS leaves a lot to be desired.

[@PrinceTrexus]

Not gonna lie, I hated Geki's character in this episode, especially the way he treated Dragon Caesar.

[@TekTheNinja]

I dunno, personally if they'd have changed to the Dairanger costumes for season 2 I would have ate that up as a kid. Would have immediately wanted to buy all the new merch with the new costumes and everything so I still think that was actually a poor move on their part.

[@skibot9974]

Probably moreso there was still a surplus’s on merch with the Zyuranger suits

[@davidesterley3163]

I love the Billy Madison reference at the end

[@markrich7693]

Loved to see a continuation of Mighty Morphine Power Rangers seasons 1-2 thank you for the infomercial

[@stefcannon2580]

Hooray for Billy (Madison)! Billy’s number one!! Great video as always!! Can’t believe such a double-up was doubled up, twice, twice!! 🤭🤭

[@moseskuria1234]

So after lions and blizzards you'll start doing season 2 with dairanger footage only?

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Oh hey, the game music's back!

[@MistareFusion]

Actually, it was back last time too. You're literally the first person to have commented about it. =P

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Oh hey, the music's still back!

[@manoftheusajones5147]

Did any 1 in Angel Grove Question the change in the Rangers Costumes?

[@stephenholloway6893]

There was the talk show host that asked what happened to the Green Ranger in the second season, but Tommy chose not to answer the question.

[@skibot9974]

@@stephenholloway6893 or more accurately he was about to answer but Zordon called them away

[@therealhardrock]

14:48 With Saban's other Tokusatsu adaptation Beetle Borgs, they actually did change the costumes because they were adapting a different Metal Heroes show. And, after 3 seasons of MMPR, they did just decide to update the suits every year. It's actually not that different from Super Sentai: the original Himitsu Sentai Gorenger ran from 1975 to 1977. It wasn't until Battle Fever J that they started doing the new show every year formula. It also wasn't until Denshi Sentai Denziman that they kept the something sentai something name formula.

[@zeokingsilver]

yeah but with beetleborgs the suits were very similar granted different colors but lose enough to give a familiar feel. Plus not really a lot of other metal hero series they could use

[@ajlee3824]

Getting hooked on these thank you!

[@pixelated.dreams]

they should have used the Dairanger costumes.....for Zedd's awful looking Evil Rangers. lol

[@skibot9974]

Only problem is Dairangers don’t have a black ranger

[@pixelated.dreams]

@@skibot9974 That wouldnt have mattered for the Evil Rangers personally.

[@ladyaceina]

here is what they could have done for power rangers 1 reveal the reason tommy is not here is he went on vacation to clear his head after loosing his powers and everything 2 have it be jason teaching the kid but hte kid use to be tommys student

[@MistareFusion]

Ooh, that's a good idea!

[@EmeralBookwise]

Or even just drop the kid entirely and focus on Jason feeling guilty over Tommy having to leave the team. It's actually something they would eventually revisit in the next season when Tommy lost his powers a second time. The fact they fact they didn't do so here where it would have been most relevant is just so inane. Then again, I'm still not entirely sure why Saban ever had Tommy lose his powers at all, they'd almost burned through all of ZyuRange by this point anyway and had already commissioned Toei to produce more footage for exclusive use in Power Rangers. They could have just ordered all of that footage to include the Green Ranger from the start and ignored the entire arc with his absence. Although the really strange part is that none of the new footage without the Green Ranger features Red using the Dragon powers either. Honestly, before I learned about "Zyu2" I'd always just assumed the reason for that was it was all pre Green Ranger footage they had previously skipped to rush the character into the show. Knowing it was all made after just seems like such a bizarre oversight.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

​@@EmeralBookwise It was a fun change of pace to have Black Ranger wear the dragon mantle once, but yeah, I don't get why they still felt the need to hold back on Green Ranger then either. Was there already an expectation of Saban doing some "Tommy struggles to get his powers back all the way" arc?

[@stephenholloway6893]

Or maybe film some original green ranger footage and reuse the Zuyranger footage of Tommy calling the Dragonzord.

[@zoidboy1569]

@@stephenholloway6893well that was a zack focused episode possibly thought would be cool

[@Ironclad17]

2:15 You can actually see the moment his heart breaks. 10:15 Kid goes hard. He had a full on kumite.

[@YossarianVanDriver]

Saw in some other comments you said you don't think season 2 generally suits this episode-by-episode format as it's so divergent from the source material--any plans to do other seasons that match up in a similar way to this (I personally think the way Megaranger compares to PR In Space is really interesting, the individual episode plots are sometimes beat for beat the same but set in a context and overall story that couldn't be more wildly different, which totally changes how they read)? Or past that point do you feel it doesn't have the nostalgia attachment factor for you/potential viewers?

[@mrpopo8298]

Oh yeah, taking a break from work. Gonna have a bong and watch this 🙂

[@Morgil27]

I honestly never noticed the sloppy visual editing on season 2 when I was a kid, but as an adult, it sticks out like a sore fucking thumb.

[@MsSaskue360]

Great I’m comparison, man 1 last ep of donbrothers left what an amazing season, but excited to check out king-ohger in 2 weeks

[@colinschmitz8297]

With the Zyu2 episodes having been ordered by saban, I don't understand why they never had more episodes with Jason using the dragonshield, dragon dagger, and Dragonzord. Why not have a battle where he is alone and has to fight using both Dragonzord and tyrannosaur instead of nothing but megazord. Why not have megadragonzord be the mode that defeats the liongoat monster. Why not a Dragonzord in battle mode battle? Some of the Zyu2 episodes I thought were pre green ranger episodes as that is how they feel and act. After watching Dairanger, I seriously do not understand why they used so little zords footage and monsters. There were more footage for ultrazord, more megatigerzord fights, instead they just took fights from Zyu2 and zyuranger and made them boring and lame. One of the ironic parts is they referenced The cardiatron needing to be destroyed but they don't actually do it the way it had been done in the original episode. Now apparently cardiaTron can just be destroyed from a normal finisher unlike it was in season 1.

[@ralphjb]

I agree. Keeping the suits was definitely the right call. With all the revenue they made, they weren't hurting for money on all that extra American footage they needed to shoot. The American footage also helped with better stories and plots in seasons 2 and 3.

[@bgvo4373]

Did it, though? Even ignoring the fascinating Dairanger story they glossed over, they lost 3 original team members, including their leader.

[@ralphjb]

@@bgvo4373 It did. Just compare the stories in seasons 2 and 3 to the ones in season 1. They were leagues beyond the plots and storylines in season 1. As far as losing cast members is concerned, that was a pay dispute. Had nothing to do with keeping the suits.

[@zeokingsilver]

agreed plus not sure how they would have explained the color change from black to green

[@stephenholloway6893]

​@@zeokingsilver Let along the two green rangers to start the season.

[@NitroNEXT]

In theory the American suit footage was a good idea but in practice they didn't really understand how to make it work until far too late. The US suits looked awkward and they failed to grasp the differences in body actor movements and Sentai filming style. Saban didn't really perfect it until somewhere around In Space-Time Force in my opinion. I wish they had just paid for more Zyu2 (Zyu3?) footage from Japan wih the Dairanger monsters but if they were too cheap to keep their US cast they weren't going to bother doing that.

[@boltonbiggs3]

Are You Going To Do The Zyu2 Episodes And Also Mighty Morphing Dairangers Like Your Doing With Zyuranger

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

Must this blessing shield you from the wrath of the Holy Ones & Zeros.

[@XellossBoi]

I heart you strongly, Lance.

[@MistareFusion]

But why are you sorry you said it? I heart being hearted and told that my video is hilarious and amazing! Where's the issue? :-D

[@XellossBoi]

@@MistareFusion You're right! I'm not sorry! Your greatness should be proclaimed from the roof tops! I'M A MistareFusion SHILL, FIRST-CLASS! I am sorry for the shouting, though ^_^;;;

[@arkanamaster4961]

msn i forgot how bad those mmpr episodes were omg.

[@zeokingsilver]

they did the best they could

[@PureMaddnessOne]

The monster from Zyuranger is more akin 2 Doomsday from DC comics.

[@krystiancharos889]

Hey you read what I posted to you from deviant-art?

[@TerryB01]

Are you going to cover the Zyu2 episodes?

[@erikjohnsonillustrat]

My sympathies for having to endure such lazy footage retreads

[@bluebaron6858]

Amazing

[@anthonythomas305]

Dairanger!!

[@jasonward1106]

Me waiting for Zeo

[@Tombobreaker]

Honestly if they had changed the suits I would have stopped watching, it was a big enough of a downgrade from the zords in design despite it supposedly being an upgrade. But the daiaranger suits just look goofy to me, The white ranger is the exception to that and it looks awesome but if everyone else switched to those in season 2, let alone if a new cast had those I'd have stopped. They didn't really start doing the new Rangers new cast thing until Lost Galaxy at which point they had earned the ability to do that I guess but little kid me was already sour about losing the dinosaurs and the ranger with my name and my favorite color losing his powers again, that would have been a dagger to the heart

[@jamesbounds]

The Ninja Encounter episodes are some of my least favorite MMPR episodes.

[@dexstewart862]

When I was little, my grandmother recorded mmpr episodes for me. Apparently, I asked her to go ahead snd tape over these ones.😂

[@jamesbounds]

@@dexstewart862 I used to record old MMPR episodes as well. Glad all the episodes got released on DVD now because I wore out my old tapes.

[@VICTORZITOSS]

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[@jesserivera2043]

Please do a super cut of every instance of bad dubbing, body doubles, and cheap editing tricks leading into the case departure. They are hilariously bad

[@TBoneTony]

The fact that Netflix only has Power Rangers and none of the Japanese version of the Super Sentai series to give context to the footage this episode was going for hurts much more. No Streaming Site to watch the Japanese original leaving those who were lucky enough to own the DVDs from Shout Factory the ability to see what this episode was really all about. It only makes sense that if you are a fan of Power Rangers, you really need to at least see Zyuranger series to fully understand and appreciate what the original season of Power Rangers had to work around with.

[@EmeralBookwise]

Pretty sure ZyuRanger along with a few other classic Sentai are available for free through Tubi, unless that service just isn't available where you live.

[@TBoneTony]

@@EmeralBookwise Unfortunately I don't think my country/region has access to Tubi, but it's great for those who can watch classic Super Sentai.

[@stephenholloway6893]

​@TBoneTony Shout Factory TV also has an app that you can watch Super Sentai as well but it also probably depends on your location.

[@only257]

Just came here for zyuranger enough said live again zyusouken great episode episode 44 swordswoman great episode of zyuranger too diaranger is the best sentai kakuranger great sentai so happy i am not a fan of power rangers 😊

[@zoidboy1569]

Why do you hate it so much without bringing up your teacher I mean honestly?

[@FuryousD]

i take offence to u calling me dumber for watching that episode of Power Rangers, in fact ive watched it multiple times since MMPR is my favourite and i have rewatched it in it's entirety at least twice since watching ever season of Power Rangers.

[@chabri2000]

I really did not care much about burai at first, but the dragon caesar episode made me care. Easily my favorite zyuranger episode. I ended up using it to make a small tribute to Jason David Frank: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYGcZnyqi9ikoa8

[@PissedGrunty]

You call it a mistake, but I actually like that you could see smudges and remnants of the pyrotechnics on the MMPR suits from time to time. It makes it look like the attacks did something, left behind some damage.

[@MistareFusion]

I mean, I hear you when it comes to smudges or charred spots. But this just looks like a big ol' piece of masking tape. I can't imagine what real-life damage that's supposed to represent. And to be clear, I like it too. I like spotting production errors.