The Controversies of Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie

[@MikeKaess]

HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU? Someone takes your full-size blue ranger and replaces it with a joke ranger that’s super small kid sized? Like a ranger that’s just for farts?!? HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?!?

[@twerktospec]

Hey there's a scene where THAT KID was so scared he couldn't talk or scream. And then one time I was on a tall slide and the same thing happened to me. So CAN IT homie

[@Trujones]

When the "Shazamed" your blue ranger lol

[@RoccocoVs]

Blake Foster is pretty cool though and can actually fight

[@revengeofbcraig5755]

Meh, they did it in Super Sentai all the time. The white ranger from DaiRanger and the Gold Ranger from OhRanger (Zeo) were kids. Is it really that serious?

[@damienlu7318]

@@revengeofbcraig5755 Exactly it's like people forget that.

[@agamotto5354]

For years, my late mom would look at me and my brother when she wanted us to do something and go "you made me go to the theater and sit through Power Rangers Turbo" She never forgot this movie xD

[@RetroSegaDev]

She had a point 🤣

[@anthonydiaz4111]

my mom does this but with the first pokemon movie 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnpaulroman3498]

My dad with the movie Star Kid (1997)

[@supermetroid009]

To her point, it was an awful film lol rip mom, mines passed too.

[@DoodleThis]

Same here except with The Rugrats Movie xD

[@mattr75]

The final fight between the Turbo Megazord and Maligore using practical effects has aged so much better than the CGI fights from the first Power Rangers movie

[@chrissawyer1484]

Agreed.

[@Ziko577]

I miss that side of the franchise as once CGI became the norm, the fights are just awful to watch at times. King-Ohger actually is doing the fights right this year so that's a good thing.

[@theLikou1]

The CGI battle was ugly already at release. It was so low tier in a period that the CGI was taking off.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

Too bad that's about all it had going for it.

[@maineventkrunch2265]

I’m fairly certain that the fight was originally filmed with suits. You can see a short shot of the physical megazord crashing through the building. The CGI was badly rushed.

[@KaoruMzk]

For me, what killed it was how they just abandoned the Zeo Powers for no reason. The powers weren't destroyed, or sealed, or taken away by a villain. They were using cars now because shut up and buy the toys.

[@juliusgladney1188]

Zeo deserved the movie. The story was better, the lore allowed for a movie to be the next logical step. Also I hate how turbo lost their final battle then in space took over like that final battle didn’t matter

[@MonsolEnsagia]

Was sooo frustrating, especially the zords! The Zeo/Super-Zeo zords were so versatile and efficient [and AWESOME]...but now...we have a green minivan...

[@Vampiro60181]

Linkara, the Power rangers historian did take a look at this. There was supposed to be a big rumble between the rangers, Rita and Zed, and the machine empire in which we would see The zeo crystals damaged. Sadly it was never made but the producer decided it was Canon anyway so he went along with it.

[@teknomax7883]

Lore-wise, the Zeo powers didn't work on water... Let that sink in (pun intended). What a stupid excuse.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

@Don Scarpone This video also described that the Turbo movie had scenes that were supposed to fill that gap but they nixed them. So dumb.

[@mstiefan6996]

The saddest part...learning they were trying to have the original MMPR team come back for this movie and fail and 30 years later they tried to do the same with the surviving actors in the upcoming "Once and Forever" MMPR reunion movie and failed. We never got to see the original six Rangers on screen together ever again after the halfway point of MMPR season 2 and we never will. RIP Thuy Trang and Jason David Frank May the power protect you...always.

[@Arsio12]

The writers and production team are passionate. The actors love their fans and appreciate their impact. If only the higher-ups weren't greedy assholes

[@wstine79]

This felt more like a big budget TV Pilot. Thank goodness "In Space" saved the franchise.

[@vgtrp]

I'm not sure about big budget.

[@jacobwest7]

I think he means the budget was definitely bigger than the average budget for the series

[@vigo2669]

I dropped the series right before "in Space". After seeing the final episode of "in Space" randomly a few years ago without seeing any other episode I kinda wish I hadn't.

[@CantankerousDave]

As opposed to Jason X. (Just kidding, I unironically love Jason X.)

[@nonyabiz9340]

I'd say it's more of a cosmic gumbo

[@hazelmarieb9934]

Ive literally said "Shift into Turbo!" and played the turbo rangers theme song when I've had to get showered and dressed in a hurry.

[@ryanparker4996]

A morphing montage always makes things move faster

[@Rojixus]

I was so upset when Turbo replaced Zeo! I'll admit though, the last few episodes that led up to Power Rangers in Space were pretty good.

[@Mendozer7502]

I heard they abandoned Zeo cause they realized they messed up by creating the new power. Apparently they stated in the show that the Zeo power wouldn't diminish but would grow in power as time passed. So they would have to keep raising the power of the villains and the rangers would/could basically become God's and impossible to challenge.

[@djpegao]

@@Mendozer7502 while that was the in universe "explanation" the reason was simpler. They ran out of Sentai footage from zeo that could be adapted without breaking the continuity they had set up so basically the powers vanished _"just because"_

[@RetroExhibitCollective]

@@djpegao I was gonna say that’s probably the real reason.

[@yawns3004]

I thought it was because the Zeo suits are the worst power ranger design

[@Lightman741]

I was such a big MMPR and ZEO fan but I stopped at Zeo, it just changed too much

[@wstine79]

The Turbo Power Rangers movie was silly and lacked Power Ranger action, but Divatox in her original low cut suit was worth it.

[@slaiyfershin]

Oh shit the suit was lower cut? Gonna watch the movie jus for boobs then scan the series to compare

[@superballsfour20]

She was soooooooo hot!!!

[@charlesmaclellan8124]

Whelp, I'm 33 years old... Haven't watched since I was... 13? Probably younger. Time for a rewatch I'd say.

[@jeremyriley1238]

Well, it was based on Gekisou Sentai Carranger, a Super Sentai series that was more light-hearted and was seen by many as a parody of the franchise it was a part of, and Power Rangers Turbo (as well as this movie, which serves as a sort of pilot episode) tries to make a serious show out of the source material.

[@Menaceblue3]

I still think andromeda was the better female villain

[@panelsandbars]

It’s insane they used the line “when was the last time you got any action in a movie theatre?” to advertise a movie marketed to kids!

[@Globalastral5]

Shhh Republicans are going to say this is grooming and try to ban this movie retroactively too

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

The 90's was a different dimension at this point.

[@sonicjms]

Tbf kids aren't going to get the innuendo

[@KevinRobertsArt]

no one realizes it but you really can just say anything on TV if you word it right. lmao.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

​@@KevinRobertsArt See, you learned the true lesson here. That and the fact the franchise was never the same after it was bought out by Disney from Fox. Before then Disney completely acquiring Fox a few decades later.

[@seangestl6634]

I was 6 when this came out and I remember when the trailer said “only in theaters April 19” I thought that meant that it was only in theaters that day and no others. So I told my grandmother who was watching me that day to take me immediately cuz it wouldn’t be in theaters any other day! And she took me immediately because that’s what amazing grandmothers do.

[@TheChrisHype]

It also needs to be said: Blake Foster? Nicest guy in the world. If you have the opportunity to talk to him at cons or signs, definitely do it. Totally down to Earth, and has nothing but good things to say about his time as a Power Ranger.

[@amtraklover]

I met him and Selwyn Ward last year at Rangerstop in Atlanta and yes both were super chill and down to earth

[@TheChrisHype]

@@amtraklover Selwyn, still to this day, was the only Ranger I ever met who did photos and autographs for free. Super cool dude.

[@lucasdunk2536]

I heard something about him making some ass remarks towards the actor who played Beast Morphers gold so idk

[@RobertUrsery]

I had a drink with him and Zack , by a nearby club in providence RI he’s such a great person definitely hilarious . I randomly bumped into him after he was done with comic con

[@amtraklover]

@@lucasdunk2536 what did he say, I'm just curious

[@jakeself1911]

Justin was problematic for several reasons: 1. Justin replaced a familiar, established character, Rocky, who was himself initially disliked by some fans for that very reason when he replaced Jason. With time, however, some fans like myself warmed up to Rocky, and I personally felt he was at his best in Zeo, just before he was written out of the show. 2. Justin was awkwardly shoehorned into Billy’s former role as the brain of the team, effectively replacing two familiar characters. Also, Justin being so intelligent and attending high school at such a young age wasn’t exactly relatable, since most people don’t grow up as child prodigies. 3. Power Rangers had established the heroes as teenagers, which young kids could look up to, and teenagers could relate to. For young kids who wanted heroes their age to relate to, there was already another Saban show, Big Bad Beetleborgs, and teenagers certainly couldn’t look up to Justin or relate to him. 4. Justin had a depressing family life, with his mom dying and his dad shirking his responsibilities as a father for a while. Justin would understandably bring it up repeatedly, but it would always bring things down. The Rangers would be having a great time at some event, and then Justin would start moping, and they’d have to go over and cheer him up. It’s a real situation that should be approached with compassion in real life, but it was just such an awkward thing to repeatedly write into Power Rangers. 5. Until the other four established Rangers were replaced with new characters later on in Turbo, the writing often tended to focus on and revolve around Justin, but that was a bad idea for the reasons I previously described. Justin’s instant growth spurts whenever he’d morph likewise awkwardly threw a spotlight onto him.

[@EvaFull]

One Director’s Cut I hope sees the light of day at some point in time. Somebody from that crew has to have a VHS or early DVD copy in storage somewhere.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

I wish I'd given it more of a chance after Tommy and co. left. The show actually got better under TJ's leadership, and I missed out on watching In Space as it came out. In Space is one of the best series in the franchise.

[@MonsolEnsagia]

I did the same as a kid. I remember being so upset after they left, that I stopped watching for a while, but when In Space dropped, I gave it an episode and immediately got hooked again....and felt like an idiot.

[@Revdrum]

In Space was my last official connection to the franchise. It was really one of the best.

[@blackdragon6]

TJ's run was indeed better.

[@GoriguiMonke]

Turbo with TJ, Ashley, Cassie and Carlos is some of my favorite PR ever. The season finale is probably my favorite multi-parter of the Zordon Era.

[@LegoReader12345hello]

I was there when netflix began and had every season yet, I watched every episode of the zordon era, they were all exciting

[@JesusLopez-nj5pd]

That was the main reason I moved on to Star Trek and Star Wars, but I was glad Power Rangers in Space happened

[@jeremyriley1238]

Indeed, as despite being written to end the series, which explains the ending destroying and/or purifying all the villains in the series, it did save the series so it can go on, even if it meant with Zordon gone, each season would become more like the series it was adapted from (meaning each season has its own cast and setting).

[@dionelr]

I enjoyed the show when I was younger, but lost track after I went to college. It's a shame companies didn't treat the actors better.

[@vustvaleo8068]

the irony is that Dairanger had a kid ranger who grew into adult size when transformed that is Kibaranger that became the White Ranger in Mighty Morphin season 2.

[@DragoonMS]

Even more irony: Ohranger did the same thing. Riki was a kid and became adult sized as Kingranger (Gold Zeo Ranger).

[@Ragetiger1]

@@DragoonMS only other child ranger (That I can think of) was in Uchu Sentai Kyuranger, but he didn't get adult sized when morphed. Instead got to be gigantic for a few minutes. Still mind blowing to think of 12 rangers in that season.

[@michaelleary9233]

Yeah, Justin might've fit better in one of those roles, but I really wish they had adapted Kyuranger and gotten him back with a kid as his sidekick.

[@whitewing2]

That Underwater Mermaid scene could make some plotholes fixed, like the sudden change of suits midway I remember Cath still changes to her Pink Zeo Ranger suit before falling the cliff

[@nickmdunford]

The director David Winning does a lot of stuff around here. He tends to run a casual but effective set. I always like being an extra in his stuff

[@NihilusShadow]

I really enjoyed the movie, but did end up dipping out of the franchise during the Turbo series. Which is a shame because I hear the producers knew the direction they were going in wasn't working and rectified this by making Power Rangers in Space much darker and officially ended the "Zordon Era" on a high note. One day I would like to go back and rewatch the series.

[@versebuchanan512]

I remember watching the first film in theaters, and then pretty soon after hit the age where I still kinda liked the Rangers but it woulda been social suicide to admit to that at school. It was like everyone switched gears to DBZ over night lol.

[@patrickaker4380]

Pro wrestling too.

[@michaelleary9233]

And Pokémon, which was Japanese and animated, go figure.

[@LaidBack--]

​@@michaelleary9233 naahhhh... Pokemon was going backwards. The game and cool cards yeah, but if you were old enough to start approaching teenage life, the show no. Most teenagers and pre teens preferred Yu-Gi-Oh, little kids like Pokemon TV show.

[@Mave-rick]

Absolutely, I was in the same boat. I pushed my luck by making it as far as "Space" before entering High School, then I switched over to Toonami full time. I already got some grief for liking computers and comic books, I wasn't about to add Power Rangers to that list. I really hated the social clicks in High School, but you really had no choice to play the game if you wanted to fit in. Eventually, I got tried of hiding my interests and found like minded peers with shared interests after some careful poking and prodding. 😅

[@michaelleary9233]

@@Mave-rick Yeah, there's always a nerd click in every high school you can find, took me till Junior Year, but I made some good friends. You should read The God Game, it's about the exact same thing.

[@RyanRead]

My brothers and I went to the movie and were not happy with Justin being put in and when Blake Foster was written out when Power Rangers in Space started. We were all pretty happy. I don't blame Blake, he was just getting his dream of being a Power Rangers and he was too young to know what was going on at the time.

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

The funny thing about then-new blue Ranger being a kid is it wasn't the first time. In the original "Dairanger" series, the White Ranger was a child who transformed into an adult.

[@Treiliner]

Right, and plenty of Americans knew about Dairanger in 1997

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

@@Treiliner I kind of did, but all I had to go by were back issues of "HERO Illustrated" and "Wizard" magazine. They published a couple of two page articles about "the Sentai behind the Power Rangers" by which time there were only Zyuranger and Dairanger footage, and the show hadn't gotten to the White Ranger arc to have that information. I only found it out once wikia pages existed.

[@sdc3536]

Same thing for the gold ranger in Zeo (king ranger in ohranger was also a kid). But as the video stated, viewers were getting older and it just made turbo feel kiddish and goofy

[@MikeRiderOOO]

Two months have passed and finally you get to talk about Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie! Thank you Dan!

[@jinpei05]

Cassie (Patricia Ja Lee) is my second favorite Pink Ranger. She's now a firefighter in California.

[@mr.awesome6011]

And was the voice of Jill Valentine in Resident Evil 5. Jill's last canonical appearance in the series to date.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

Who's your first favorite?

[@JeremyAustin-hw1qy]

I'm 40 now and was born in 1983 so I grew up with power rangers and while i loved the first 3 seasons i did not watch beyond those because my love for it was gone by the time I entered my teens

[@VOAN]

2:17 - Notice that Roger Velasco, the actor who would later became Carlos (Adam's replacement) in Power Rangers Turbo is seen here way before we know who he was in the series.

[@thegeeklabyrinth]

This wasn't Roger Velasco. It's obvious if you pause it

[@cookscreativecorner]

Here's another crazy fact: Mariska Hargitay was supposed to play the role of Dulcea in the film, but had to back out (I forget why), being replaced by another actress for the final film. Now, as a kid, I loved this film. My maternal grandmother (we call her Nana) had the VHS, and she had turned her basement into an entertainment room for all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren in her house in Alabama. Me and some of my other cousins used to watch this film all the time there, even though there were new seasons on (I was born in 1998, obviously after the film and season this video is showing was aired). It probably hasn't aged well, but I'll never forget my great childhood memories with it.

[@seekertosecrets]

I actually made a costume from the show. Took a lot of R&D, but got a lot of admiration for it. I even took a picture with the guy who played as T.J.!

[@RandomBlackGamer]

Despite me not knowing anything about the original Sentai Turbo was based off of I was not sold on it's direction. It didn't feel original compared to the first theatrical movie. There were no cool revamped costumes to make it feel like a grand affair. Outside of the original filmed fight scenes (which isn't saying much since the Turbo rangers appear at the tail end of the movie) it didn't bring much to the table. It just felt like a high budget movie that should've been aired on TV or went straight to VHS. But I'm glad I stuck around for the entirety of the show because despite it's rough start it got really good by the time new members came in. Not to mention that the finale that segued into In Space was nothing short of epic.

[@TheDan14]

i was the right age for both power rangers movies and liked them as a kid, but I also liked space jam so i'll just stick with the fond memories

[@Jumbleman5]

Same for me. 6 & 8. I didn't feel like I had out grown power rangers until lost galaxy.

[@missourigreen051]

I can relate. I was also the right age when I saw both movies in the theater. My thoughts of the Turbo movie when I saw it for the first time in a theater was it was good but I also felt wierd about it(it took me a little longer to realized the movie has a much lower budget then the first and I think that was what the wierd feeling was). I actually chose Turbo over the Jim Carrey movie Liar Liar, and I know right now Liar Liar is the way better movie, but as a kid I still enjoyed Turbo. I was still able to see the brilliance of Liar Liar as soon as it came out on video in the same year.

[@jerelminter]

I only saw the 1995 MMPR movie, but don't remember the Turbo one when it came out in theaters. I did see a commercial about it when it came out on VHS because I used to watch Fox Kids at my grandparent's house in the afternoons after school in the late 90's after my homework was done, but never owned it. Then I forgot all about the Turbo movie until I saw it on cable TV 6 years later.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

Austin St John told me that he had a hard time convincing David and Amy to get on board to fight for more pay, but felt vindicated when Jason David Frank told him he would definitely back them, and would also convince David and Amy to come. The day came for them to meet with Haim Saban and they waited... and waited... and finally realized JDF didn't follow through and wasn't going to back them. ASJ said he knew that without the golden child "sixth ranger" that they wouldn't succeed. They fought for it but ultimately quit. Of course, this is ASJ's side of the story, so who knows? *edited for clarification

[@stevenhinchley3588]

If they had gone, the friends route could have been a very different story.

[@PettyCrocker84]

@@stevenhinchley3588 I wonder if the cast of Friends used the MMPR’s experience as knowledge of how to handle their negotiations

[@mspirits9911]

Yeah, that's so JDF.

[@Marc_Araujo]

JDF was the highest paid out of all of them...he wasn't gonna back from the get-go.

[@ranwolf7650]

So basically JDF was the Hulk Hogan of Power Rangers

[@JamesLawner]

This movie was my first introduction to Power Rangers as a concept, and I thought that this movie was all there was. I was very surprised to learn that there was a Power Rangers show. Also, as a kid, I liked that there was someone close to my age being part of the team, and the whole sequence where all the characters morphed into their costumes was mesmerizing to me; I would rewind that sequence like twice or even watch the VHS just for that sequence.

[@lostflyer]

I'm glad someone else had the same experience as me. I always thought this show was great especially with how much I was into car games/hot wheels at the time. I would always pick this movie when it was my turn at my daycare...the kids hated me for that lol

[@Trekapedia]

In Space is awesome. Turbo felt like the pilot for a show just made into a movie. Also, I seem to remember an ad for a different second PR movie in Fox Kids Magazine but it was scrapped in favor of Turbo. I watched from MMPR all the way to Lost Galaxy but after that, I fell off. It felt like the end of the Golden Era of Fox Kids was when Life With Louie, Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Power Rangers In Space all ended around the same time. After that, it felt like the lineup was slowly losing some of its luster. Plus, Kids’ WB! took a lot of the steam out of Fox Kids. Great job folks and ty again as always for the content. Keep it coming please!

[@amtraklover]

Got the chance to meet Selwyn Ward and Blake Foster at Rangerstop last year. Both are really down to earth if any of you get a chance to meet either of them.

[@rcayabyab8994]

I loved the Turbo Suits and the original Turbo Team (yes, Justin included). But I really think that everything was so rushed, writing wise. If they better wrote how the Zeo Powers became decimated and then transitioned to the new Turbo Powers. There’s a possibility of how Justin could have accidentally interfered with the compromise of Rocky’s powers and ended up receiving them due to the decimation of the Zeo Powers. Justin might be accidentally teleported into the Power Chamber with the other Rangers. That’s how I wished I saw it unfold.

[@KeavyGoesLive]

I recall sneaking into a theater showing this movie as a teen with my friends, it was empty and we made our own MST3k-style commentary and that's honestly all I remember about the movie

[@KennethDPedersen]

I miss the sponsor count down bar, I always thought it was super classy you guys did that.

[@AxEWorlD]

I was prime age for Turbo, I was 7 when this was released. I remember vividly my big sister picking me up from first grade and surprising me by taking me to see this movie. Since I was a kid I always preferred the Turbo movie to the OG 95 film, I think because I enjoyed the journey of the Rangers trying to find and save their friends Jason, Kimberly, Bulk, & Skull. I also think that the Zeo cast is one of the best Ranger teams we've ever had. The unmorphed fight scene on the ship, evil Jason & Kimberly, Divatox in general and the Turbo Megazord formation were some of the highlights of this movie that stick with me to this day!

[@brollicon]

Saban did it to himself when he let David yost billy leave the way he did. I always thought having the original team return as turbo would of been a hit regardless of the Sentai footage.

[@jeremyriley1238]

I agree. After hearing David tell why he left, I was appalled about how a studio who made a show that taught kids about accepting others for their differences as one of the main lessons (since the team is made up of characters that show diversity, as the ones who took on the power were of different nationalities, skin color, and even gender) would go against the teachings of their own show by being homophobic towards David. I am glad things have changed for the better, as Dino Fury allowed an LGBT+ woman to be a ranger, and David Yost is going to be in the upcoming reunion special alongside other returning Ranger actors.

[@LaidBack--]

​@@jeremyriley1238 kids don't know anything about wanting to a specific gender, it's just feelings until they are old enough to fully understand themselves and both genders. We are against trying to force this in our children's DAILY lives, like yeah kids don't forget we exist too. You can also be like one of us if you want Is just plain wrong, predatory, and low key trying to groom.

[@ValiareTheForsaken01]

@@LaidBack-- Great logic. Explain to me why forcing a heterosexual gender binary into kids DAILY lives isn't the exact same? Why is letting kids know different kinds of people exist a bad thing?

[@LaidBack--]

@@ValiareTheForsaken01 There's no comparison here and it's actually insulting. The difference between the new generation rainbow community and the old is they just wanted to be respected and have BASIC rights and be left alone. These days yall want to try and "normalize" yall abnormal idealistics on the entire world and that's a problem. You were born what you were born at the end of the day so it's just NATURAL HUMAN INSTINCT to promote a person to be what they were born first before they start promoting and "teaching" anything else. Half these kids end up regretting gender changes and end up ruining their lives. That's why most SMART parents make their children wait until they get old enough to fully understand what they are doing before they allow or accept it. Gays and Trans back in the day would tell children to make and be sure these are yall true feelings and what yall want to do, because they understood and respected the sensitivity of being young and confused. Yall nowadays actually PREY on CONFUSED kids trying to force the agenda trying to make as many of "you" as possible and that's just down right wrong and predatory no matter how you look at it. So you can't even begin to compare the two, the only reason you think you can is because of yall being allowed to go too far with yall ideals over the years, so yall think EVERYTHING yall do is cool and normal now and it's NOT. It's a reason most of the old school LBGTQ community don't support the new generation as even they're saying YALL GOING TOO FAR.

[@therealDJG]

I remember my dad taking me to the movies to see this and him being very upset I was still into Power Rangers 😅

[@daschwah]

lol. I forced my younger sister to go with me to see the MMPR movie because I was so mortified that someone I knew would see me, and my terrible secret would be outed at school. Gotta appreciate that we’re living in an evolved era of fandom, where thirty and forty-year-olds are forcing OUR kids to watch this stuff.

[@mayumihirtzel7023]

The Critters callback is fantastic. Love how you include some of the flubs, too. Thanks for covering this one - I'd skipped out by this time. Turns out I wasn't missing a whole lot. :)

[@shmikex]

I didn't realize the Turbo movie was filmed during the filming of Zeo. I always found it weird how they quickly cycled everything out. First they replaced the powers without explanation/losing the one ones. Then they replaced Zordon and Alpha with "Not Divatox" (same actress though but they saved the missing sister subplot for In Space) and "Ghetto Alpha" as the new mentors. Then they replaced all the Rangers (except Justin unfortunately) This could have been a cinematic passing of the torch if done properly. Keep the Zeos with their powers but establish a need for new Rangers. I liked that Zordon had to go home to help out his home planet but IMO the Zeos should have gone with. That would create the reason for making a new team other than "oh, you guys are too old to be child solders so pass on your powers to new teens".

[@jeremyriley1238]

From what I heard, they had to change a lot of stuff due to behind-the-scenes issues (like the early idea being that Billy made the Turbo powers, but it was written out after David Yost left the show after being bullied by Saban staff).

[@jerelminter]

I like your idea better, the Turbo Rangers should've been the new team with Justin from the start with TJ, Cassie, Carlos, and Ashley instead of starting it with the same Rangers from Zeo now having the Turbo powers, and then changing the team halfway through it. This didn't give us enough time to get to know the new characters, because the Turbo season was over not long after that.

[@datboi9539]

Makes me wonder how Turbo would've played out if they started with the new cast from the get go...

[@btetschner]

Other than brief clips, I have never watched any other part of the franchise. It is incredible how loyal some fans are to this show.

[@Tambuzi729]

This is fascinating that the two people who made it in the turbo movie as a reunion are also the two people who won’t be in the Netflix reunion on April 19 for various reasons. There’s aspects of turbo i do not like biggest one being a kid ranger divatox is too campy but the outfits look really cool

[@brianrosenthal82]

This is one of those "this got a theatrical release!?" head scratchers.

[@MMTrigger]

As often as people complain about the change from Zeo to Turbo, Zordon explains in the movie that the Turbo keys were based on Lerigot's magic key, and would let the rangers follow Divatox thru dimensions to Maligore's location, something no previous power set could do. As for the Zords, the rangers needed to _follow_ Divatox because she had hostages, so the rangers couldn't just kill her outright with what they had. In order to follow her, the rangers needed a magic boat, and Zords that could shrink to fit inside the boat, something no previous Zords could do. The rangers needed the new powers because despite growing stronger over time, the Zeo powers and Zords just weren't enough for that specific mission. Chances are, the Turbo powers were actually stronger, at least at the time, because Zordon and Alpha had the additional knowledge from Lerigot.

[@captainmarvelous7678]

Still doesn't explain why they never go back to the zero powers or try to find new rangers so they could have 2 teams at once. Also the turbo powers get destroyed at the end of Turbo and the Zeo powers aren't mentioned as an option

[@kaijudude_]

​@@captainmarvelous7678 the real world reason was because well they ran out of Japanese footage for Zeo. But I agree they at least could of given a reason for abandoning the Zeo powers.

[@MMTrigger]

@@kaijudude_ I blame Zordon's rules of conduct. "Do not escalate a battle unless Rita forces you" explains why the Rangers never started with the Megazord, it explains why Zordon never had Jason fetch the Zeo Crystal when Tommy's powers were being drained away, and it explains why Zordon never kept the Zeo powers as a back up. He probably had them sealed away somewhere.

[@kaijudude_]

@@MMTrigger and at the same time it explains why Tommy used the red Zeo powers in Forever Red. Ofc doesn't explain how Jason and TJ got them back lol.

[@lwvmobile]

A lot of people rag on Justin for being annoying, but its not a precedent for a kid to morph and become a full sized adult ranger. Kibaranger (White Ranger) did it just two seasons ago in Dairanger in Japan, so that's probably where they got the idea to do it.

[@UltraPokeZ]

Yeah I wasn't very excited about turbo. Also I think it's funny that divatox soon to be husband in the movie, becomes dark spectre evil overlord during in space. It's going to be interesting to see once and always next month for the 30th anniversary.

[@jameslink8]

I somewhat remember my little brother watching this movie. He loved Power Rangers

[@ruthun]

Say what you want about Turbo. My mom drove me to so many video stores to find this the day we got it in South Africa. Thank you, mom. Miss you.

[@StarStarbreez]

wow that must of been one hell of a turbo ride you both took i'll leave now

[@ShMartinJo]

You have every right to have strong sentimental values with this movie, no matter what anyone, fans and or critics, say about this film. I have strong ties with non-critically acclaimed materials too so I get it.

[@AutisticPhantomOtaku]

I actually remember seeing this movie. I don't remember if it was on videotape or in theaters, but I definitely remember watching it. I still prefer the original Power Rangers movie, though.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were a cultural phenomena and I can understand now why people loved it.

[@Jumbleman5]

I saw Turbo in theaters and liked it better overall compared to the first movie. Although, the central villain wasn't nearly as good as Ivan Ooze.

[@Globalastral5]

I saw this movie in theaters when it came out and by the end, even as children, we knew it was the start of the decline for MMPR

[@BrianLG100]

Yah, by the end of 1998 after Space was over with, I felt it was time to hang it up and move on.

[@jerelminter]

I only saw the first Power Rangers movie in theaters, I didn't see the second one but my cousin did and he said it was garbage. He hated the Blue Ranger being a 12 year old boy, I didn't believe him and he said "I kid you not" and nope, he wasn't kidding when I saw it myself but it was on TV by then, it wasn't in theaters anymore.

[@soreearcollective5421]

This was basically my introduction to the series. I think I was almost five when the movie came out, so literally the target demographic for this kinda stuff. I couldn’t wait to see it. They had the ads all over Fox Kids. I don’t remember if I saw it in theaters, but I absolutely had the VHS and watched it a bunch. I don’t remember it being TWO AND A HALF HOURS though hah wild.

[@KingKuuga]

It wasn't that long, that was the length of the rough cut. They had to trim it down to an hour and a half, leaving a lot of footage out.

[@SnowWolfAlpha]

I'll never stop hoping those missing scenes are shown to us one day. I wish Shout Factory had tried to find them. Divatox is a pirate, I don't why they didn't just have her steal the Zeo Crystal.

As a kid, of course I used to watch Power Rangers. I vividly remember SPD, Mystic Force, and Ninja Storm, and though I liked it, I was never passionate about it and outgrew it pretty quick. However, around 2015 I became extremely obsessed with the franchise, and it was 100% because of Toy Galaxy and Toy Pizza. I wasn’t out of high school yet and I was done from Mighty Morphin through Lightspeed Rescue, which I pretty much watched back-to-back. I purposefully skipped the movies, cause I actually thought I was going to finish every season ever, and then I would be able to watch them. That never happened of course.

[@mathewhaight]

Remember when I was a kid I want to be a power ranger, but my parents said I had to get older to try and placate me until I grew up and learned about reality. I can only imagine the curse words that they were keeping from me when I showed them the turbo movie and pointed out that a kid could be a power ranger.

[@DrViking55]

I remember watching this movie as a kid an loving it. Never watched the shows that seriously but could remember scenes from this randomly. Just rewatched it a few weeks ago and couldn't stop laughing over some of the dialogue and character designs especially lerigot. I've never said "what the hell is that" quicker in my life than seeing that opening scene. Him and his family look like mutated ewoks. Still fond memories and makes me sadder we lost JDF so soon.

[@WCLCooke]

I still love the movie from when I was a kid. Power Rangers is a massive part of my childhood. No one can take that from me. This franchise gave me inspiration for my own work.

[@Globalastral5]

For context, while the 3d animation of the 1st movie was….an attempt, the pivot back to the models was a disappointment because there was such a desire for 3d animation at the time. It was the late 90s so anything with 3D animation was revered and mind blowing

[@oneuptheextraman]

I was a part of the origional fandom, and by turbo, I think we were tired. I remember going to see the movie in theatres because we still watched the show on TV, and we did not know what was going on with out the movie, so we went and saw it. I don't remember my initial thoughts about it, but looking back, I was not a fan.

[@crosswalkX]

Remembering Jason David Frank 1973-2022 To all the Power Rangers fans, I remember watching Power Rangers TV show with Tommy Oliver and I remember the Power Rangers 1995 movie and later Power Rangers Turbo movie and a cameo in the Power Rangers 2017 movie. I was able to meet Jason David Frank and get his autograph and photograph at the Salt Lake City Utah FanX convention before his untimely death in 2022. I'm still hurting from the passing of Jason David Frank, I didn't know he had mental health issues and depression and I was shocked to learn he had been mistreated on the Power Rangers set in another youtube video. May he rest in power.

[@KotCR]

We *need* that uncut version of this. It might actually turn it into a decent movie, the way that the uncut version of Batman Vs. Superman actually becomes a decent movie, unlike the theatrical release trash. Despite being the in-continuity entry, Turbo had way more plotholes and ignorance towards the show than the first, out-of-continuity, movie did. The way it just totally ignored all the story threads left at the end of Zeo was inexcusable - Zedd & Rita taking back their Palace from the Machine Empire, Jason getting with Emily at the end of Zeo, Bulk & Skull's secret assignment, Trey of Triforia's fate, and of course the ignorance and absence towards the Zeo powers - and probably more besides. It felt like they just stopped caring. Scrolling exposition text says it all really. They shouldn't have needed that. If you have to do that, you know that you've probably cut corners you shouldn't have. I know the first movie did it too, but that was more a "This is what the Power Rangers are about" thing for people that never had seen the show, rather than going out of the way to try to set-up a scenario to give the movie a reason to exist, which is the way it's used in the Turbo Movie. At that point Power Rangers had enough lore and background going for it, they absolutely should not have needed to do that if the script had been on-point.

[@D21BeastReviews]

Great video, Dan & Greg! It was wonderful to hear Winning’s voice talk about seeing the movie in theaters and hearing a kid’s response. My parents never took me to theaters so it was a long time before I saw the VHS and finally figured out what happened to Rocky at the start of Turbo.

[@AussieDragoon]

This is the first I've heard that Steve Cardenas got fired the same way Austin St. John, Walter Jones, and Thuy Trang did. He must not have gone as far with it since he got a whole movie writing him out and shows up in the first episode of Turbo as a send off.

[@jeremyriley1238]

From what I read, he wanted to quit the show, not only because of contract disagreements, but also because he wanted to retire from acting so he can focus on his martial arts career. Which, IMHO, was for the better, as if Rocky stayed, chances are come the episode where all but Justin are replaced with new characters taking the mantle of the Power Rangers, he would have ended up being replaced with Justin.

[@DasNordlicht91]

@@jeremyriley1238 the common misconception was that Steve got injured during filming for the last few episodes of Zeo and that they basically wrote in a similar injury for Rocky to explain why we got a new Blue.

[@johnpexton3614]

I’ve also heard he didn’t agree with how the crew treated David Yost and essentially bullied the original blue ranger.

[@DasNordlicht91]

@@johnpexton3614 if true, that just makes him even more of a favorite for me.

[@johnpexton3614]

@@DasNordlicht91 like I said it’s what I heard and it does make sense David yost left 10 episodes before zeo ended and Steve has worked with David in other projects including the no hate campaign against homophobia and Steve left 2 episodes into turbo.

[@starvedrock314]

All I remember about watching this movie as a kid was wishing the zords were animals instead of cars, thinking the movie was way too long, and finding it boring :/ also finding the kid morphing into an adult super confusing

[@Thee_Deputy]

Man, had the original plan to reunite the OG cast worked-- that would have been incredible. Instead Turbo is just one of the most lackluster seasons of all time.

[@harrydbastard]

The directors reaction to the little kids excitement makes me wish modern Hollywood had that attitude towards fans instead of the sneering contempt when we don't like their garbage

[@madhattermikey]

Turbo brought me back to the franchise as a kid, I stopped watching when Zeo started as I hated the thought of costume changes but I was always a mighty morphin fanboi and I guess the thought of a new movie was enough to entice me, it didn't get a cinema release over here if I remember right (UK) but I did pick up the movie day 1 into a vacation with no VHS I spent 2 weeks analysing the case reading and going over it. I was still only a kid myself and I had no issues with Justin. I still haven't completed a watch of Zeo, despite falling back in love with the franchise in 2003, although ive missed alot of the newer stuff.

[@trickyjrmjrm5252]

I always thought this movie was straight to video. I was really paying attention back in the day to movie listings and never saw it.

[@thehydra4007]

RIP Jason David Frank

[@ignaciofacundo5954]

as a ranger fan since 93 myself, ill say this I loved the fact that they used practical effects for the megazord. Sure you can tell its cg for some parts during the transformation but the fact that someone went out of their way and studied the sentai counterpart RV Robo and used the toy design as the transformation was just the cherry on the cake!

[@Revdrum]

As a child who watched it in theaters… I LOVED IT!

[@blueskiesj]

my grammar school had essentially decided things like Pokemon and Power Rangers weren't cool anymore by the time Turbo happened so I'd definitely fallen out of it by then. it wasn't until mid to late high school that I found out everyone else in my generation had continued watching up to the finale of the Zordon era, so I did at some point watch all of In Space on Netflix just to see how it ended. years later I became a massive tokusatsu nerd who heavily prefers Sentai to Power Rangers but the nostalgia for the first season or two will always remain.

[@xybervox]

I remember going to a live-event 'Meet A Power Ranger' thing in my city to promote this movie. The Red Ranger was going to be there. When I got there (with my parent), it was the Red Ranger in full Turbo costume doing martial arts moves in front of kids and their parents. Then photos and signing with the Red Ranger. I asked the guy in charge, overseeing the photos/signing if that was really Jason David Frank in the costume. He said it was but I knew he was lying because that helmet never came off. Mighty Scammin' Turbo Scumbags. That's who they were.

[@glennbabic5954]

When I was an extra I was paid union rates even though I was non-union for a few shows because there was a law they had to hire a certain number of union actors or pay union rates.

[@e.d.t.]

I remember seeing this at the movies with my older sister and was surprised she wanted to see it because even I as a kid thought it looked like it'd be bad, and it was, cheap and boring at the very least. I kinda checked out of the show when all the original ranger actors had left. I did get a photo with David Yost during a comic-con a few years ago and have the Threezero Red Ranger figure at my work desk, because MMPR is the nostalgia sweet spot for me.

[@DasNordlicht91]

Quality of this movie and the first few episodes of Turbo aside, the latter half of this season when we got even more new Rangers and the two-part finale that led directly into "In Space" was some really great storytelling. Especially the finale, where the Rangers are basically thoroughly defeated and everything looks grim for them.

[@kori228]

I grew up with late Post-Zordon and Disney (bit of In Space, Lost Galaxy up to RPM). While I watched Turbo as kid, I honestly don't remember much of it. I recognized the characters at least when they showed up in Teamups. By the time I followed Power Rangers, generational seasons of different teams with different characters was the norm? Like my takeaway is that a Power Ranger is not a specific group of people, but different people across time and space all with a common goal-fighting evil to save the world. That's honestly more fitting for the feeling of "I want to be a Power Ranger someday!" feeling a kid gets. If the story's only about the MMPR cast, how could *you, the viewer* be able to become a Power Ranger? There's a sense of legacy and tradition of living up to the many people that came before you, rather than just a single group. Once a Ranger, Always a Ranger-No? The new motto used by Tommy and Jason in the recent Teamups "Rangers Forever, Defending Together" is so cheesy and lame tbh.

[@sonicguyver7445]

Turbo was actually when I let go of Power Rangers. It had been fun but when the zords were just cars rather than beasts it just lost something for me. But I didn't mind. The only post Zeo series I got into was Wild Force.

[@kadraeallday5582]

I became aware around the time Turbo was released so it was my earliest power rangers memory. Tho I watched all the reruns all the time. Turbo was my first real experience. Loved it.

[@nbc4513]

I remember reading (back when the movie came out) that Steve Cardenas (rocky) left due to a back injury similar to what happened to his character.

[@mattrose4154]

I might be in the minority, but as movies go, I liked Turbo better than MMPR The Movie. Would be awesome to see the full cut someday.

[@ThunderForce2000]

I really think Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was never the same after Jason, Zack and Trini left the show.

[@derricksteen403]

Loved this movie as a kid, watched it not too long ago and boy it does not hold up, but the theme song is a banger.

[@Bongman42088]

*In all these years. I've never learned how to shift into turbo!*

[@ryanstauffer119]

8:24 Those are two very good points. I don't understand why they decided to make the first movie not canon to the TV series. It definitely would make kids confused why there would be two different versions on how the Rangers get their ninja powers. So having the Turbo movie canon to the TV continuity and use the TV suits, zords, etc., makes sense. This also makes the only movie that is canon to the TV series.

[@Powerdweeb96]

Minor correction; Winston Richard was NOT the original Zordon, he was only the character for this movie

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Honestly, saying turbo was a turning point for the series is an understatement I honestly think it's when the series completely shat the bed. On the good side Johnny Yong Bosch became my favorite voice actor of all time and nothing of importance was lost.

[@sdc3536]

It managed to recover by replacing the entire part way through and then following up with power rangers in space which was awesome

[@AEClimbingTV]

Power Rangers Turbo was a highlight of my childhood. Most people said that zords turning into cars was a turn-off.. but for me it was pretty cool. I bought a 2nd hand turbo megazord in my late 20s, really worth it :)

[@ariadnefrolich7243]

I remember being traumatized by the evil brainwashed Rangers (I was very young when I first saw this).

[@initiatorhater0688]

there are so many deleted scenes from this movie that sadly have not been released to the public yet

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

Turbo and Carranger (I think that’s what it’s called) have some of the best Ranger suit designs in the entire franchise

[@greglane501]

It's so scummy how movie production companies don't wash to pay people for their work on whole movies.

[@clarafedde8674]

I enjoyed watching the power rangers, then later in life watched the Super Sentai series...oh what a difference between the two. Currently watching the new ohsama Sentai king-ohjers, basically my lord squad king king rangers...lol I'm just enjoying the ride.

[@RetroSegaDev]

Having a kid power ranger killed my interest in the series. I couldn't take the program seriously after that 😂 Ironic given how cheesy it was!

[@terrrell7798]

Power Rangers in Space learned from that and removed the kid. He only appeared once in the entire Power Rangers in Space.

[@ErwalDeeas]

My Shuki Levy counter almost exploded with this episode. Can we finally get a video dedicated to this modern day maestro?! It’s been a long time coming.