Power Rangers In Space: The Franchise Savior (Part 1)

[@tomjw7]

honestly, best season ever. they actually had an ongoing story line that didn't reset every episode. it wasn't always the same, fight minions, fight monster, fight big monster that grew with zords, win, repeat.

[@lethalassassin1754]

A lot more reasons why its the best. What you mean is it isn't episodic it has a plot and structure.

[@MapJumpKill]

@@BaronVonBielski wtf

[@Bardim18]

@@BaronVonBielski Dude, seriously wtf is wrong with you?

[@loregasmic]

@@BaronVonBielski Damn man Cloud triggered you hard af, are you Sephiroth?

[@Thatguylma]

@@BaronVonBielski wow just wow

[@Nassit-Gnuoy]

This season also had one of the best power rangers villain teams too: *The Psycho Rangers*.

[@tekkenfan01]

Heck yeah

[@eviljigglypuff2329]

Vulcan Psycho Rangers were also genuinely badass, had awesome attacks, were pretty smart and it was so fun/frustrating watch them go back and forth with the Rangers, they were genuinely scared shitless of the Psycho Rangers lol

[@StarPlatinumV]

Psycho rangers were DOPE! I wish they would return.

[@princeofdarknessxyz1]

they need their own series

[@codemeister26]

@@eviljigglypuff2329 Plus the Psycho Rangers fought against their own color Red on Red (Andros), Blue on Blue(T.J.) etc. I liked them but I thought they were limited in fighting with their own color.

[@GadgetBeat30]

Hands down best season. Even as an adult this season was good. So much happening. Borderline teen show instead of kids show. Count down to destruction was 👌🏾.

[@LUCKO2022]

No, it was stupid. Power Rangers was ALWAYS STUPID. It was stupid in the 90's it is even dumber now. It's success proved that kids are DUMB.

[@hannahevertson8306]

@@LUCKO2022 wow, why are you here?

[@TrueDarkAce]

Probably the most memorable of the PR franchise for not just me but my whole family. You know a show's good if 5+ people say 'I remember this!'

[@robdcollector2808]

TrueDarkAce ...In Space was new and original! It was the Best season of all!

[@codevoid4238]

Use to watch this with my brothers and my dad its the series we remember the most with fondness mainly due to the family bonding. And its a PR series that actually have a story.

[@lorddrayvon1426]

@@codevoid4238 Not to harp on your family history but In Space didn't have a narrative for much of it's run. The narrative didn't really occur until @The Secret of The Locket@ which was episode 26. Even then, episodes like @A Land in The Sand" don't really fit the narrative or theme.

[@Aegor-Rivers]

But Power Rangers has been terrible for a few years now though. The 2017 film was horrendous and had action.

[@eviljigglypuff2329]

In Space was so good my pops would even sit and watch lol it was damn good

[@wanderlustwarrior]

In further review, on a meta level, TJ/Selwyn's performance may be one of the most critical rangers to the series' success, quite appropriately being the stabilizing anchor of the series post-JDF. He takes on the Red directly from Tommy, and plays the critical blue as well as Billy.

[@labrea5399]

Selwyn Ward walked so Barack Obama could run

[@lexezlao]

yeah, he wasn't just another red ranger relegated to blue ranger after another important character took on the mantle *cough* rocky *cough*

[@mr.awesome6011]

​@@labrea5399 And then he face planted

[@katienewell3758]

Im amazed at how Ashley played such an intricate and important role in bringing Andros into the group as well as him opening up to all of them. She wasn't afraid to push him and with her personality being so open as well as being the antithesis of who he is, it brought them closer together. Without her, I ultimately think it would've taken longer for him to come around and for them to come together as a team.

[@KrisBryant99]

Ashley was just naturally built for creating comfort within others and honestly she was the heart of the show because of her ability to keep everyone grounded.

[@nategwright]

I just finished In Space. 15 year old me appreciates it much more than 5 year old me ever could. In Space was a great season and Countdown to Destruction was a morphenomenal final episode.

[@BlueBlazeKing]

Ironically Turbo put the franchise in danger yet the Japanese counterpart Gekisou Sentai Carranger had saved the franchised. Strange isn’t it

[@BigAmericanGirlFan]

Actually Carranger had horribly low sales and ratings and it was In Space's source material show, Megaranger, that led to the late 90s boom of Super Sentai with Gingaman, GoGoFive and Timeranger following it. if you want to know more, check out the first part of Shinta Reviews' review of Megaranger or the introduction of his Ohranger review.

[@TheHeroOfBlueLock]

+Isabella P. Carranger doesn't have low sales and ratings, lol, the ratings were higher than Ohranger. Ohrange r just sold more than any Sentai.

[@GuillermoSmyser]

I think part of it was that Carranger brought people back and created more loyal fans. It's hysterical so older fans can kind of justify watching it. It's just about self parody but never feels like it's making fun or laughing AT anything about the franchise as a concept. It's just fun and goofy.

[@BigAmericanGirlFan]

That's true. I forgot it was a commercial success with earning more than 159 million in US dollars. But, Carranger was still not Sentai's savior in terms of ratings. It was Megaranger and the following 90s sentais that helped with Sentai's ratings.

[@TrajGreekFire]

Isabella P. And they had lower ratings with Gao, right?

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Power Rangers in Space is classic. Also that opening theme song. The only song on par with the original MMPR classic. Also, you're insane if you're downing the TMNT crossover. It's classic.😆😂🤣

[@teamsteed1]

I like the TMNT crossover also. It was funny. :)

[@jaysilva5854]

I as well loved the crossover

[@razkable]

in space and time force do not even feel like the cliche power rangers shows we are used to ..they were so deep...like written for young teens not kids

[@lorddrayvon1426]

@@Collectingmythoughts Fun fact; the suit actor who played Dark Specter is the same guy who voiced Frank West in Dead Rising 1, 2's multiplayer and Off The Record. This show has a weird habit of finding actors before they become famous. Walter White voiced the Snizzard, Lois Griffin voiced Madame Woe (with Woe's counterpart being voiced by the Japanese voice for Ash Ketchum), Adam is played by Nero from Devil May Cry etc. Small world..

[@tylervile2578]

I was five years old and in the hospital for a whole summer when In Space was airing. I used to watch it in the hospital lounge or in my room. Even when I was that young, I knew it was something special. It's my favorite Power Rangers series and the reason I'm still a fan twenty years later. No kidding, Astronema might be one of my favorite characters ever, not just in PR. Even with Melody's cheesy delivery early on, I still deeply empathize with her as a survivor of childhood abuse. I have vague memories of the seasons before Turbo and had Green with Evil, White Light, and Ninja Quest on VHS, along with both movies, but these were my Rangers. For what it's worth, Next Mutation was my shit then too, I was so stoked on there being a girl Ninja Turtle. But you're right, it doesn't hold up the way In Space does, most kids' shows won't.

[@Dethrider6]

Funny enough, I'm rewatching In Space right now. I always though of it as the most phenomenal season up to that point.

[@GoogleHelpYou]

Even to this date, it is safe to say it is among the top 4

[@lethalassassin1754]

@@GoogleHelpYou Its safe to say it's the best season of all time...period.

[@GoogleHelpYou]

@@lethalassassin1754 I do agree, but not all, though all the sites agree that it is among the top 4

[@jiikeak2373]

Ya suka

[@MrLatrunks14]

Ah! I see! You did this on the 20th anniversary of my favorite season: Power Rangers in Space. The series that saved the franchise

[@TheDisneyBrain]

Haha, all planned ;)

[@donovanlarsen7982]

I thought it was the 25th anniversary.

[@MrLatrunks14]

Donovan Larsen It's the 25th anniversary of Power Rangers as a franchise. It's the 20th Anniversary of the season Power Rangers in Space

[@robdcollector2808]

Lenard Williams...i stopped watching PR after Tommy left the show when i was a kid. Later on PR In Space aired and was like...what am I watching???....it blew me away and couldnt believe how new and good this was...it was the Empire Strikes Back of PR seasons...Ecliptor was like Darth Vader to me!

[@MrLatrunks14]

Robd collector Oh yeah! Power Rangers in Space is my favorite. It also lead to more serious seasons like Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, and Time Force

[@LilyBannel]

Thank you for tackling this season. In Space. I owe this season and the audience who watched it back then a great deal of respect. I'll admit Pokemon, the cards, the show, the two movies out at that time, and the game boy games, captured my heart at that time. I was obsessed. Without this season some great seasons wouldn't exist. Despite the flaws, In Space tried many things which paid off in some areas. I'll say more with later parts but as of right now, In Space really did become the lifeboat of the franchise.

[@TheDisneyBrain]

Lol, for whatever reason, when I read "lifeboat," my mind went to sinking Titanic like ship with TURBO slapped on the side while In Space flew around saving everyone from the wreckage.

[@JessieWard33]

Probably my third favorite season storyline wise, that is after Time Force, and RPM, just recently rewatched for about the third or fourth time and I really do appreciate it more.

[@ZegetaX1]

Jessie Ward my order is Time Force, Space, RPM

[@JessieWard33]

ZegetaX1 I get that my bottom three would probably be Turbo, Mystic Force, and megaforce. For that matter I don't even enjoy Wild Force that much, I think after Time Force they should have just stopped including Force in titles of the seasons it would have improved them like 10%.

[@ZegetaX1]

Jessie Ward time force would have been the perfect ending of series

[@JessieWard33]

ZegetaX1 Time Force is and always will be my favorite series but on the other hand I don't know that I would want to live in a timeline without Dino Thunder as an example.

[@lethalassassin1754]

ZegetaX1 this guy knows what's up lol time force is number 1 for me too

[@ElbertTreble]

I didn’t like how neo Saban era went back to teenagers with attitude. Mmpr even though most popular known to everyone. Your right mmpr alien rangers zeo Turbo had tons of random episode no overall story arc until space closed the Zordon era. Lost galaxy lightspeed rescue time force Wild Force post Zordon era had the best characters and story arc.

[@ElbertTreble]

MrSonicHedgehog yes I hope so too it has it’s own theme to it and not rehashing mmpr again

[@MrSonicHedgehog]

Elbert it's still technically drawing an inspiration from it since it seems like Morph X is a form of leftover energy flowing from the morphing grid due to previous battles against evil. Idk the entire science behind it but looking at Go-Busters, I can see how Saban may construct the story around the first 3 rangers. Same premise as the Sentai, as in family members of the Rangers researching Morph X and then being abducted by our version of Messiah, the rangers as kids being mutated by Morph X as they're evacuated by their buddyroids from the building and there you go, good enough of a backstory to how shit went down

[@TheDisneyBrain]

That Saban quote just made my day! I had a feeling that they'd try and change things up, but to hear it from the big guy himself who will be in some sort of advising role makes me think he really had learned from these last few years. And I've always been a fan of the three Ranger start point. It gives us plenty of time to know a team before added Rangers come in, which usually gives us really good multi-part episodes.

[@MrSonicHedgehog]

The Disney Brain just a, theory on that but I'm sure that's how it'll go after I've been watching Go-Busters

[@disneyerapowerrangers2923]

dino thunder went back to it and did the setting the best.

[@StarPlatinumV]

I just want to post on here to say: I really loved Saban's power rangers in space. It really was well done. I had grown up, but I felt the series really evolved and kicked ass.

[@TheDisneyBrain]

Lots of exciting videos coming up soon! I'm finally going to start making Top videos for Ranger Episodes, and I'm especially excited to dive back into the Avatar(the tv shows) universe as well.

[@DamnQuilty]

The Disney Brain All that will be amazing to watch!!!

[@shockdiesel3470]

The Disney Brain how about it sometime in the near future you want to do a Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue analysis review

[@oliviamcneil3101]

I’m looking forward to all of those! By the way, I like Truth and Consequences from Power Rangers: Dino Thunder; don’t ask me why.

[@sharkdude7]

The Disney Brain Top Ranger episodes; I think I know a couple RPM episodes will be there. Also my favorite episode of all time is ‘Petrified Xander’, Nostalgia reasons.

[@sava898]

The Disney Brain Did you hear that Power Rangers was bought by Hasbro?

[@bbb_888]

Why did Astronoma change her wig like every episode??

[@jamesgriffin7962]

It’s the one question no one knows the true answer to

[@chrisuncleahmad]

@@jamesgriffin7962 Melody probably does

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Ask Melody. She probably knows

[@teamsteed1]

That's a good question. 🤔

[@sonictennyson2201]

Because Astronema has hair variety

[@shockdiesel3470]

I'm kind of wanting to see a Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue analysis review

[@dnrorschach]

"and Carter Grayson shoots another bad guy..."

[@cloudsgolden]

This one is more a when than an if considering how much he likes Carter and the rest of the season in general.

[@legacy_the_archer]

Lightspeed has always had my favorite way they picked the rangers .Aside from yellow and blue the rest were perfect choices an ace pilot ,firefighter and medic.If they had made blue a coast guard or navy man and yellow a A park rescue ranger (pun intended) I think it wouldve been the perfect selection.

[@TheDisneyBrain]

Can't wait to spend 20 minutes talking about Power Rangers Carter Force...! I mean Lightspeed... ehehe

[@Giveuponyourdreamsanddie2]

@@TheDisneyBrain 😂😂 gotta love carter grayson

[@donjohnson2758]

FINALLY!!! I’VE WAITED A YEAR FOR THIS VIDEO!!!

[@TheDisneyBrain]

Hope the wait was worth it!

[@michaelhartman683]

My favorite season of PR when I was a kid. Saved the franchise for sure.

[@marcusstafford953]

This was by far one of my top five all time favorite seasons. I was excited to see Saban's maybe 7 movie series because the Pyscho Rangers are a great concept.

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Power rangers IN SPACE is what's playing in my head every time I think of this series

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

What I liked about this series was it was a great swan song, it wrapped up a great era of Power Rangers, and it felt like a very mature series for it being a kid's show.

[@peytonsawyer9461]

My favorite part about in space is the psycho Rangers yes I know it was a saving Grace for the franchise which I truly love but it gave us one of the greatest if not the greatest villain team of all time the psycho Rangers are just super cool and to a degree kind of badass

[@reloadpsi]

I regret missing this series in its original run. Watched it years later as an adult and enjoyed it.

[@elboti7520]

This season is when it got more dark and a little real.

[@MegaAnimazing]

This first half is the greatest birthday present I received.

[@TheDisneyBrain]

Hooray! Happy belated birthday!

[@LILLINKID]

I really loved this season! It’s by far my favorite ! I’m 30 years old .

[@UnbowedUnbentUnbroken93]

Great villain, great theme song, great plot. My second favorite season of PR, just edged out by LG. This season made my childhood special.

[@PowerRangersLostGalaxyFanFilm]

Gamaliel Rios You know Lost Galaxy made PR far greater.

[@UnbowedUnbentUnbroken93]

LG is the best series, nobody can change my mind. They had the best six ranger ally, the best redemption stories, best theme song, and first death in the series.

[@Bardim18]

@@UnbowedUnbentUnbroken93 Magna Defender's story was great but Astronema's story for me wrote the book of how to do redemption stories in PR. No wonder why Ryan the Titanium Ranger from LR and Tenaya from RPM had similar stories to Astronema.

[@TheDeathmail]

I realized... I loved Turbo... but I was a child... so I saw the original rerun episodes, but I also saw Turbo and stuff... as a kid, I didn't understand everything I was watching, but I enjoyed it. And I loved the cross over.... but again, I was a child when it came out... like 6 or 7.... or something like that... so for me, just seeing the Turtles and Rangers team up was awesome. And Adam coming back was also awesome and made In Space better for me.

[@Elyseon]

The original MMPR cast is criminally underrated. I get that JDF has the attitude and the fanbase, but he wasn't alone.

[@allicide166]

I liked how the show evolved into new rangers each season instead of a continuous story with new outfits. New show with its own story though in obvious connection with others made it better.

[@YamiAnubisX]

It's even more funny that Jason David Frank got tired of Power Rangers back then but thanks to Dino Thunder and being dedicated to the series, he's found out that it does have its rewards and now he can't have enough of it. I am glad though because most of the cast from season 1 just thought MMPR was gonna be a children's show forever and then there's the non union stuff, which is why they left but through it all, the only one dedicated to being on the show still is Jason David Frank and Turbo, he didn't want anything to do with power rangers, Dino Thunder was technically a favor but it's funny how a favor can turn his life around and he now loves everything about Power Rangers.

[@KyliaSkydancer]

This is definitely my favourite season, for so many reasons. Astronema is one of the absolute best villains, both character wise and also by success. People forget that her stated mission wasn't to destroy the rangers, it was to keep them on Earth so they couldn't search for Zordon.

[@darnellmajor8895]

This show changed my LIFE!!!!

[@CRocketSlim]

I'll admit, I loved this series when it aired despite being outside it's audience demographic, and would considering downloading it if I could find a decent rip somewhere

[@jayNicks10]

This is the Power Rangers season I followed the most as a kid. Easily my favorite season since season 1. And maybe ever.

[@Mbscott96]

In space was always my favorite. Best intro, best team. Best red ranger and love dynamic

[@yozaaditamaas5417]

Best red ranger?

[@ozofri8755]

My favourite season! I liked your analysis and I can't wait for part 2. TJ is one of the best rangers in my opinion and turning blue was honorable and refreshing for me as it happens in life when we have to step down to make room for someone new that we might be able to learn from.

[@TheUPChannel]

I've been waiting for a retrospective episode for this season. This should be good.

[@cjvaye99]

I remember this being like a soap opera at least compared to the others

[@brunswic51]

Ecliptor was one of my favorite pr toys!

[@BallsMonkey]

Now I want a Power Rangers Turbo movie with Michael B. Jordan as TJ.

[@evolvedcopper2205]

Rocky hit the deck in the movie so fast, he inspired Chris Brown in the Stomp The Yard

[@simmie1999]

Evolved Copper lmao

[@DatBoiChris420]

How bout Michael B in a Ranger series period

[@Guthred11]

This playlist is wildly under appreciated, I appreciate the work u put in dude!

[@markhastings9234]

Good video Brain. Can't wait for your breakdown on the Psycho Rangers in part 2. Also the ark with Ecliptor in this season was awesome and thank you for pointing that out. Keep up the good work

[@SirChoccyMilk]

Can't wait for part 2! Great start to the series that saved the franchise 👍

[@matthewrichards5422]

In space is my favorite season from Zordon era I watched it on Netflix recently

[@nahmonilldan]

@12:07 To tell different stories... That's gold. I'm definitely quoting that to my friends

[@haydenwinchester4301]

Of course this pops up in my reccomendations while I'm rewatching In space right now! The storyline of andros and Karone is always so compelling to me.

[@shmikex]

I was turned off to the Turbo Rangers Team because I felt they could have dealt with the change of characters more smoothly. This should have been done in the Turbo Movie. The plot line should have been that the past villains (Rita, Zedd, maybe the machine empire) are attacking Eltar. Zordon mentions he has to go and the Zeo Rangers offer to come with him (since he helped them defend Earth, they wanted to return the favor). However, Divatox shows up. So essentially it's up to the Zeo Rangers to find suitable replacements (both powers and people) to defend the Earth. The climax involves all 10 Rangers (Zeo and Turbo) fighting off Divatox's fiance or whomever that guy was and finishes with Zordon and the Zeos passing off the torch. Making this change would address a few things. 1. What happened to the Zeo Powers? They were never lost to begin with. 2. Why did the Zeo Rangers stop being Power Rangers? It seems odd for a superhero to stop being a superhero without a good reason (e.g. evil is defeated, they are injured/too old or sick to continue, etc). 3. Where were the Zeo Rangers during Countdown to Destruction? While they no longer had powers (apparently), it's hard to believe Tommy and crew would just not fight in the final conflict. Had they gone with the Zeo Rangers go with Zordon to Eltar, that would explain it away easily.

[@MrSonicHedgehog]

Mike Robbins there were posts by Bosch saying there is lost footage of the Turbo movie where Divatox had defeated Tanya and Adam and thus caused a Zeo energy overload stronger than the overload of the ThunderZords overload and creating the Turbo powers a la MMPR Season 2 with resiginal energy collected from Lerigot as he was recovering. Had this been added, it would definitely connected Lerigot more to Dampa who gave the CarRangers their powers

[@dennistaylor9495]

Maligore and Dark Spector are 2 different characters entirely, the reason the Maligore suit was used was because Saban and Levy had a reduced budget due to the poor performance of Turbo.

[@UceScooter]

Imo turbo suffered before the season started because the turbo movie was horrible.

[@dennistaylor9495]

@@UceScooter That wasn't the only reason, the other was due to the fact that it was given a limited release and the reason for the limited release was because of the performance of Zeo.

[@sharkdude7]

Think of this, Psycho Rangers vs evil rangers turned good: Red vs Tommy Blue vs Blake Black vs Hunter Yellow vs Ryan Pink vs Trent

[@lethalassassin1754]

Shark Dude 7 psychos lose. Titanium ranger and white dino ranger alone could solo. The psychos are designed to know there color counterpart. But in this fight if you make it so they know who they're up against. Tommy doesn't lose he would realise what's up. Trent might lose and so would hunter and Blake but ryan has a chance.

[@sharkdude7]

Adam Benton they could absorb there minds. All of the reformed rangers could beat them any way. Hunter, Blake, and Ryan are all trained ninjas/rescuers. Trent and Tommy are mvps in their right

[@jaymoneyyy110]

But Hunter was Ninja Storms pink ranger

[@sharkdude7]

Helel Alexander true and false. Sometimes he counts as their green ranger. Megaforce green was him. Trent was also Dino Thunder’s pink ranger

[@sharkdude7]

Kristopher Shafer exactly

[@adriancervantes3629]

I watched rangers in space and i found it really good and I loved the psycho Rangers as well

[@shadowcat2890]

another amazing upload by the best reviewer on youtube

[@TheDisneyBrain]

;)

[@rodimus7926]

Queen of Darknes is the true Queen of the Disney Brain

[@TheDisneyBrain]

Hahaha, I'd like to think Kendrix Morgan and Maddie Rooney share that title, both perfect representatives of my KZbin past and KZbin present :)

[@paulieswalnut]

Dude. I'm a Zordon era connoisseur, even going so far as writing a letter to Saban himself and having him call me at home as a result back in 1996. I'm über nitpicky about Ranger videos on KZbin but this series is awesome and very accurate. Keep up the good work Man. I'll keep watching and hope many more click like and subscribe. 😁

[@MatthewSmith-du5dy]

Derik Roberts Did Saban actually call? What was he like?

[@paulieswalnut]

@@MatthewSmith-du5dy I wrote him a letter just to see what would happen along with a poster of the Zeo team asking for autographs (including my phone # just for the Hell of it) A few weeks later, my phone rang on a random late November afternoon in 1996. It was awkward (mostly on my part). It was mostly "Wow this is so cool" followed by him telling me about the upcoming Turbo movie and how they were in New Zealand so the autographs weren't gonna happen but how nice it was for me to write to him personally, and him tollerating a fanboy. I told him I collected the toys and he asked me if there was anything I was missing. I told him The Dragon Dagger and Pyramidas. He said "Don't worry about that anymore." A few weeks later, the doorbell rang and a prop of the freakin DragonDagger and the Pyramidas toy were on my doorstep along with the autographed poster (by Haim Saban cause the Rangers weren't around then). It read "To Derik, from Ranger to another best of luck, Haim Saban, MMPR Creator" Several years later, my Dad passed away and all Hell broke loose leading to us losing our apartment in New York City and the extremely vast majority of our belongings being lost due to things I won't get into here. Bottom line, it was an amazing experience that I wouldn't trade for anything. Btw, 6 months later, I did something similar with Cat Sutherland where I sent her a comic book I had made and she wrote me back sending autographed pics and a heart warming letter about coping with the loss of someone in HER life as I had mine. ❤

[@justinriley]

Great video as always! I've been watching your Power Rangers videos for a while. I'm so glad I found you and subscribed to you, keep up the good work.

[@LilOlTyTy]

I literally just finished In Space on netflix and it was so hard for me to move on to Lost Galaxy 😂 I was like “Its over NOOOOO😱😭😭😭😭”

[@carolinemixonbraxton4963]

I've got 8 left I don't want to end in space

[@mariomessiah8862]

Lost galaxy is good too. Just not as good

[@KrisBryant99]

@@mariomessiah8862 Lost Galaxy was sooooo boring for the most part but the nostalgia is what stuck with me years after I saw it.

[@topbackpodcast2615]

@@mariomessiah8862lost Galaxy was boring as hell lol

[@ejr87r]

Yeah my favorite season as well. Andros,. is probably after Tommy, my favorite Ranger ever. You're right it would be odd if Andros and Zhane were the only Space rangers, most likely the others died. Also it has been established that Andros had been a Ranger for at least 2-3 years before the other Rangers show up. Second best season Timeforce

[@robdcollector2808]

This was the Empire Strikes Back of PR...it was that epic with Ecliptor! The duo of Andros and Zane was perfect casting. I never seen a show with that great story telling and drama with Ecliptor and Astronema!

[@mohamad4257]

One of my favs. Childhood man. I miss it.

[@mariam3827]

Oooooo I'm so happy you made this video! When in comes to power ranger analysis, In Space is definitely my favourite go through. And thanks for giving context with Turbo. I hope you can make a video explaining Turbo!

[@BingBangPoe]

"In Space" and "Lost Galaxy" were arguably the best Power Rangers seasons.

[@abigee6164]

Easily

[@georgedinoboy]

Exsacly

[@h193013]

This was the best season from the Zordon era

[@Deity_devil]

Fr not even close

[@kryceksangel]

I stopped watching after Passing the Torch and started watching again when the first season of Space was in reruns

[@bombarde1701a]

In Space, wrapped up everything mostly from the MMPR Zordon era. I didn’t catch it at the time, as I stopped watching after Zeo. By then I was focused on other things like girls and Star Trek. But I was always aware that it continued threads left by MMPR, Zeo; Turbo. I remember channel surfing back then and landing on Fox kids and seeing Zedd and Rita on In Space wondering what the hell was going on because I didn’t recognize anyone else. It wasn’t until I got the massive two Shout Factory boxsets on DVD (MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, In Space, and Lost Galaxy) that I finally finished the whole story. It was different but did a great job wrapping up. For someone like me who is big on continuity, it felt different to not see veteran rangers from the MMPR era and in my mind, “they weren’t there so Im not there” but the story was still there and it really is good. It further expanded the universe and brought it all to an end. For those of us teens and kids back then who were there from the beginning of MMPR in 93, it felt like our age of innocence was coming to an end. When Star Trek Deep Space Nine ended the same year (1998) and Voyager 2 years later, I truly felt like it all had come to an end. Now Im an adult still taking trips back in time to revisit the good ol days. I miss them.

[@Thermool]

Funny you bringing up the Star Trek influences. I’m into both franchises, even at this time when I was still in High School. It seemed to me that the Astro Mega Ship looked like the USS Defiant in Deep Space Nine. I wonder if Paramount at the tine had a closet Sentai watcher.

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

And in Lost Galaxy, the Astro Megaship gets destroyed in a very, VERY similar way to its idol, The Defiant in DS9 S7. It was probably aired in the same week as that same ST episode.

[@davinp]

In Space was the last season of the Zordon Era

[@j.demarco8937]

You. Are. Fantastic. I can't wait for part two, this has always been one of my favorite seasons.

[@DanielMarkMellor]

The final episode was the best one ever. I’ve remembered astronema’s hair my whole life after seeing it when I was a young child

[@KRAYZ31619]

Bulk and skull were one of the best things in the original zordon er.(or whatever era you wanna call it). They were a huge help in the last episodes of in space. But! In the neo Sabah era we have to deal with victor and Monty(cringiest duo ever). And that is why ninja steel and super ninja steel are the cringiest seasons ever(IMO).

[@303Thatoneguy]

KRAY-Z skull is in lost galaxy. He’s a cook. Edit: not skull Bulk

[@dennistaylor9495]

In many ways Bulk and Skull were the true stars of Power Rangers.

[@303Thatoneguy]

Peter Not Peter I stopped watching after Lightspeed rescue. Also my favorite season because train megazord lol

[@TheDisneyBrain]

Ninja Steel is pretty cringe to this point, and their "comedic" pair are a sizable part of why, I think for me, the way they will go about handling their cameos will be big, because if they can at least do that better than Megaforce, it's something. But if they blow that, then I'd say it's in the running for the worst at least. Although they'd almost have to try to fail to drop below Megaforce.

[@dirkstrider4820]

@@TheDisneyBrain I agree Ninja Steel is just so bad. But if they introduce more Mega Morpher holders. JDF having one is awesome. Jason Lee Scott should be the next contender.

[@sednadragon929]

I love the psycho rangers! They should be brought back as a main villein for a whole season!

[@superomegaprimemk2]

I honestly loved the In space Astro Megaship as a Megazord, I mean its a pretty simple desgin compared to what come before, more uniformed colour scheme, the head is stored in between the feet and doubles as a vehicle to go down to the planet, even the Delta Megazord made it look more bad ass, I wasn't really keen on the other two Megazords but still, they were pretty cool, my main problem with today's Megazords is the fact they keep using CGI instead of models to the point where CGI has become a crutch instead of a tool. There is a reason why the older PR zords look so cool, they are models and always had great appearances

[@shadowwolfz]

Personally, in my personal opinion, if they were going to do a teamup episode of two, they should have done it with the Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. With the concepts of technology and space travel, there could have been a plotline involving a wormhole being made that acted as a time portal. Thus, sending the megaship back through time to Queen Maeve's monsters for a time. Conversely, the knights for one episode could have accidentally been pulled into the then present for another episode. It would have made for a better storyline and increase the popularity of Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog.

[@itchabwoiDV8]

Dude. I love your videos. They reignited my love for Power Rangers.

[@shakeandjake_1]

The season added a lot of vulnerability to the Rangers since their enemies were getting stronger and bigger as time went on. As well as bring the Zordon Era to an awesome end with a ton of wrap up.

[@michaelsegal7443]

My problem with Turbo was actually the same problem I had with MMPR season 2. Simply you don’t change half or most of not all the cast. To me Turbo basically through away almost everything the first 4 seasons set up. Johnny Young Beash and Nakea were fired from the show. And in Johnny’s case he wasn’t doing well with work after power rangers till he found a career in voice over. But that was more JDF’s fault. So I don’t hate the second Turbo team or the writers, I just hate that a change happened at all. I like the second team when they were the space rangers but as the Turbo rangers every time I’m wondering what would have happened if the original cast stayed. As for Space it’s a great season with great writing and great acting. Sorry that this turned into a Passing the Torch rant it’s just it I’ve always hated that. The Turbo movie was my introduction to power rangers and when I saw the cast change like that for the first time I was really angry. But In Space really fixed nearly everything that Turbo created with a really good storyline like Krone and Andros being siblings. Cassie showing that not all of the life out there are evil. TJ coming with unique ideas like a complete blue ranger team to fool psycho blue. Carlos proving to himself to be a ranger. Bulk and Skulls amazing character growth ending throughout the franchise. Proving that they weren’t the same bully’s in season 1. Working with Professor Phenoms and willing to pretend to be rangers in order to give the space rangers some time. I just wonder where was this level of storytelling in Turbo

[@dennistaylor9495]

What pissed me off was Passing the Torch Parts 1 & 2. Season 5 should have been with the current team going to the next level embracing the harsh world of adulthood as a metaphor for growing threats and more treacherous adversaries, the stakes should have been higher, more complex stories would have also been a nice touch up for a darker theme and we the audience should have been allowed to continue to grow further along with the characters and the characters developed to their fullest. Instead we got Cousin Oliver Syndrome in the form of a 12 year old driving around in a Supercar, we had the Rangers tossing their Power Keys over to a band of untested newbies, the wise leader and quirky but intelligent robot buddy replaced with a questioning idiot pretending to be deep and her jive talking Italian accented faux street robot, we had an Intergalactic Empire with armies of deadly soldiers replaced with a villain who's Mask doesn't fit right, in a submarine along with her incompetent nephew and cohorts and her tendency to whine every five minutes because she doesn't have to common sense to set her damn explosives for 30 seconds instead of an hour, we have a pair of chimps standing in for the comic relief duo because the writers don't know what to do with their characters and the cherry on the diarrhea shake, a police Lieutenant running the Juice Bar.

[@TheDisneyBrain]

LMAO, Cousin Oliver. High quality rant right there.

[@dennistaylor9495]

The Disney Brain Cousin Oliver Syndrome is a trend where they bring on an actor or actress that is younger than all of the cast members combined in an attempt to boost declining ratings.

[@terrancehall9762]

I have more of an issue with the execution then the story itself. I liked the idea of Rangers aging out and them transitioning out with a backstory. They never connected it to them either leaving the team or balancing their 2 lives. It could bring up the question should Rangers be Rangers forever? It humanized Zordon in that he was willing to let them go. Plus I liked the female mentor 3specially if they did make her Divatox's sister. It on 1 hand, could've shown that Zordon trains mentors like he does Gosei in megaforce. Like Disney said in his megaforce review, both Goshei and Dmitria should've been tasked with specific threats. Divatox's backstory is pretty good. The Alpha knockoff should've been a generic robot who learn Earth pop culture to try to communicate with the Rangers. The right 1 liners and different voices would've save the character. Justin should've been a reluctant Ranger who acted like a kid instead of giving adults dating advice. When the first team finally accepted him, they leave and he has to start over. The new team was good except for the fact that they fall in the trap of always ignoring how becoming a Ranger effects their regular lives.

[@renegadeguardian]

He literally just stole Linkara's rant, almost verbatim. But at least Linkara had the good sense to admit that the cast change was a good thing in the long run. Because it was. Regardless of how you feel about Passing The Torch (I personally think the plot should have been done in the movie), the show vastly improved after the two parter. People seem to forget that the episodes of the "first half" were all the same damn plot over and over again. Divatox just continually reused the same stupid scheme of planting explosives and then daring the Rangers to find and disarm them before they could go off. After the cast change? We got the Phantom Ranger arc, the General Havoc arc, and - oh yeah, Chase into Motherfucking-SPACE, easily the best damn finale in the whole franchise if you don't count Countdown to Destruction. Face it, people, the old Rangers were dragging the show down by that point and they NEEDED to go. Zordon said it himself. They needed to be let go so they could move on with their lives because, as much we like to joke about Zordon being an asshole, he legitimately DID care about the people he recruited for his war and more than once admitted that he never intended to use them as extensively as he had.

[@MrAirnike8]

This brought back so many memories....I looked up a couple episodes and ITS STILL SO GOOD!!! I Started at the psycho ranger arc because that's what I remember...I was not disappointed lol

[@Onigirli]

Aw you missed out on an awesome Ecliptor VS Darkonda fight by skipping ahead to the Psycho Rangers arc

[@MrAirnike8]

@@Onigirli I'll definitely check it out!! Thanks!

[@Onigirli]

@@MrAirnike8 My pleasure ✌ It's actually the same with me lol, the Psycho Rangers arc was the earliest of that season I had a tape recording of as a kid. I actually thought it was a TV movie because I couldn't comprehend a multi-episode arc that tight. Though later I found out it actually wasn't that tight, there's at least one unrelated plot I think with Carlos and that little girl who discovered his secret, mysteriously missing from my recording.. While the Psycho Rangers was still definitely the peak for me and probably the only thing I'll rewatch again in the future (and maybe the very first episode since I like how it's set up with the empty ship) it was worth seeing some of the earlier stuff to see what Astronema was like before the brainwashed state she's in during the arc. And Ecliptor's my favourite right hand man. Anyway the episode with that cool fight was Astronema Thinks Twice, in case you don't want to rummage (since it's not the only time they fight). Darkonda is such a piece of shit and he wouldn't freaking stay dead lol

[@Ezioauditore5678]

Also i just realized that in canon the ancient samurai rangers were technically the first ever ranger team to exist on earth even before the 1969 ones.

[@alangrimaldo1068]

I always thought having a odd crossover as THE 4th EPISODE was a dumb move but overall i love this season. My favorite part is when Astronema starts turning good but then a corrupted Eclipter also corrupts astronema, its not my favorite but its pretty good

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

That Theory about Andros' Original Team dying is fucking awesome and makes so much sense!!!

[@NoahDaArk]

2:15 Tommy in this scene has a look that basically says “Ah gosh fucking damnit Zordon!”

[@saar144]

Pretty much the only season of PR that actually holds up.

[@Deity_devil]

No they’re many pr seasons that hold up

[@EclipseHedgehog]

5:21 Goldars reaction is just too funny XD

[@sava898]

I found the Power Rangers/TMNT very weird. Why? Well, I mean, Power Rangers are human and they were given abilities to save the world. The Turtles were mutated into human like creatures thanks to mutagen, came from the sewers, and mainly save their city and sometimes the city. I didn't think both shows would be in the same universe. I've seen parts of that crossover and...yeah it was just weird😂.

[@sliderx1897]

As a ranger fan since the beginning i really appreciate your videos

[@mariomessiah8862]

In space had everything. Cool Zords, morphers and villains . Psycho rangers episodes were always crazy !!!

[@davinp]

In Space was written as if it was to be the last season of Power Rangers

[@eliazarvalentine7690]

Thank you finally!!! someone love space like me I got some of my friends back in to Power Rangers because of Power Rangers in space!

[@beyondboy7686]

Haha I remember Ashley's yellow underwear xD

[@Newjeans_Bunny23]

im a huge power rangers fun but it always surprises me when I go back to watch them which ones I can ACTUALLY sit through

[@stephaurora519]

I personally love Shell Shocked! It’s one of my favorite episodes this season. Mostly because of ASTRONEMA but I do understand what you mean. PS I LOVE THAT you’re doing this with my favorite season ever. Nobody understands how and why I feel the way I do about this season.

[@aussakagamine8862]

space rangers was the beast season of power rangers dont @ me

[@NerdaholicsYT]

I really hope these never stop. Always makes my day.

[@JB0523]

Damn I forgot how hot the pink and yellow Rangers were in this season 😛

[@papajohn316]

Astronoma and The Shredder would of been pretty epic like how the crossover with TMNT and the Batman vs. League of Shadows and Shredder.

[@blackhawk4042]

Oh heaven you made my day with this video. I just started watching it but finally Pris *_*

[@butchmcqueen5625]

Justin’s Tootsie wig was egregiously offensive.

[@averymerrick]

As a meta example, this season single-handedly SAVED Power Rangers. Ratings had been on the decline since Zeo, Turbo was loathed by audiences at the time, and Pokemon had officially taken the Saturday Morning crown. The production team, which had been divided over the show's direction during Turbo, banded together to produce a truly epic last hurrah under the assumption that In Space would be the final season. In Space's ratings were the highest since the MMPR days, and the series won over older viewers who left during Turbo and younger viewers just getting into the series. The critical acclaim and rating bump were enough to keep the show on the air. Without In Space, Power Rangers would likely be remembered as just another nostalgic fixture of the 90s rather than the kids action show mainstay it is today.

[@pathofthedragon]

Another great vid. Not in my top 10 favorite seasons, but I still like it a lot.