The WEIRD World of Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue

[@BaulFoodmanedits]

I once saw someone describe Carter as “The Power Rangers equivalent of Captain America” and I gotta say, that perfectly describes him.

[@ethanleslie588]

I totally support that claim it fits him

[@BaulFoodmanedits]

@@ethanleslie588 Right!

[@ryanwiebe4096]

I Always Thought Leo Fit That Role More

[@BaulFoodmanedits]

@@ryanwiebe4096 Leo reminds me more of adult Spider-Man for some reason

[@goldman77700]

@@BaulFoodmanedits Wildforce was Wild. Haha!

[@Handyrandy2233]

I love how the rangers are based on first responders,but their villians are just straight up demons for some reasons

[@tresrules16543]

I've always wondered how the sentai ended up coming to the decision to do this

[@alvarodebarrio7718]

​@@tresrules16543 Basically in the sentai they explain that Queen Banshera was about to be reborn do the planets making a Cross that would bring ruin to the universe so a scientist created the ranger suits and make his 5 sons (that all work as first responders) fight the Demons of disaster and yes he leave them alone with their mother Who later died do to a plane accident

[@jalinphillips2240]

Is Sentai variation is very interesting because it's basically family versus family. The rangers being siblings and the villains being an entire family of Royal demons each one that's a master of their own element/ natural disaster

[@tresrules16543]

@@alvarodebarrio7718 Well, I knew that was the plot for GoGoV. I just found it odd that a rescue based sentai had to fight demons. Like where is the correlation between those in real life, and how do they even connect like that?

[@brandonmagallanes4582]

@@tresrules16543 I imagine it's due to how common youkai are in their legends, there is one for everything, so when they need to make a superpowered antagonist they go "stick a demon in there" Remember how the Soul Eater's mangaka decided to make a prequel to his demon/monster hunting story and went "It'll be about firefighters, I'm a fucking genius" And it was actually good-fuck! Them japanese people are onto something with the demon fighting (blank) organization

[@SubRosalina]

Sasha Williams was my babysitter when I was 6, and I made her watch the Green with Evil VHS tapes on repeat. When she got the role in LSR I lost my mind 😅

[@abareamphibia6812]

Are you serious, that awesome

[@S_047]

You are possibly the catalyst for some Power Ranger history. Legend

[@Elyseon]

Did you call her about it?

[@kevinmitchelljr.6734]

That’s amazing!

[@gatorcroc7212]

Omg !! Pls Make KZbin video ! And invite her on it!!

[@coolguy4-ls2gl]

Even to this day, it’s so cool how this season made a fully unique ranger without sentai footage, and the aqua base’s destruction was the best base destruction bar none

[@MegaJSK123]

16:26 Fun Fact, this "Random Guy" has had probably the most success of anyone on this season... That David Leitch, movie fans might recognize the name, as he's famous director. His directorial debut was freaking John Wick, and has also directed Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and Fast and Furious Spin off Hobbs & Shaw. Wild.

[@MrChristianDT]

The actor who played Joel actually did pretty good for himself, too. He ended up playing leads in a few major, emmy winning film projects about 5 years after this. I want to say, he played James Brown in a docu-film, but I'm not 100% sure if that's the one I was thinking of.

[@dragonMaster24921]

Bro that's actually insane

[@randomreviews4278]

Are for real cool

[@JKenn]

​@@MrChristianDTI think he was one of the backing band members in dreamgirls

[@krasherom]

One thing I really appreciated about LightSpeed Rescue, an ACTUAL Adult cast! Not a bunch of Teenagers! Thanks to this they had the opportunity to explore more types of scenes.

[@BlueBlazeKing]

I mean that’s how it was since Lost Galaxy, and I don’t think we go back to high school until Dino Thunder and Megaforce

[@krasherom]

@@BlueBlazeKing true, but I still like seeing a more proper mature cast with folks like Police Officers(Timeforce/SPD) or Jobs that are unmistakably NOT Teens. Heck, They could bite the bullet and ACTUALLY do the Animal Rangers from Dobutsu Sentai Zyuohger. They did well enough with Anubis Cruger from SPD so I think it shouldn't be too tough.

[@thepanelbiter9915]

I agree. Idk why Conner kept referring to them as teens, but the team being adults-mostly with professional careers-was a good change of pace. It’s probably the most plausible team of Rangers to aspire to be, like kids actually became doctors and firefighters because of this show.

[@bgcrp2005]

@@BlueBlazeKingactually the lost galaxy group were teens they were 18/19 not early teens but teens

[@thedefinitionisthis]

@@bgcrp2005 Nah, I never saw Lost Galaxy as teens. They were all holding down legit jobs on Terra Venture, some of them pretty high ranking. You don't get that as teenagers.

[@MartialArtsFilmFreak]

The random guy that challenges Chad to a fight is David Leitch. The director of John Wick, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, etc.

[@skull8534]

oh

[@BaulFoodmanedits]

That’s really cool!

[@14ssjgoku]

David Leitch didn’t direct John Wick

[@BaulFoodmanedits]

@@14ssjgoku No but he was involved, so it’s an understandable mistake

[@moisesfreire6408]

With a resume like that it makes total sense for a guy like him to randomly challenge a power ranger to a fight in the streets lol.

[@kyleward3914]

In the Sentai, all the rangers are siblings. All the villain are, too. It's an interesting contrast between two very different family dynamics.

[@anthustenebris9202]

The morphing sequence in LSR is pretty good but I prefer GoGoV's henshin sequence. The sound effects make all the difference.

[@serPomiz]

@@anthustenebris9202 bwppeabweaaablipliblbiblbiblip

[@Sonicdxunleashed]

I prefer lightspeed since the morpthing is better

[@chonkyboy3597]

i really like familly theme in sentai, magi ranger too...

[@beatricesanfilippo6925]

In Magiranger too are siblings

[@SowaraAkther1]

Glad you did a retrospective on this season. Lightspeed Rescue is a season that grew on me the more I watched it. I believe this season is pretty underrated and has one of the best ranger casts. Carter is a brilliant red ranger and Joel is absolutely delightful.

[@TheTroy3060]

I agree , I think it's a season people don't have problems with but kind of sleep on it , even though it's got good rangers , good villans and good action

[@mastersword123456789]

I also like lightspeed rescue theme song was fire and it futured the very first american made ranger titanium ranger

[@jjrsbigo]

I love how even though Conner & Linkara handle their retrospectives more-or-less differently, that they BOTH have the same reactions and opinions regarding the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed team-up (how does LS know Leo?, what do you mean “There’s no such thing as monsters”?, EVERYTHING about the little girl, etc.).

[@LadyTwilightSunstar]

I would think that Lightspeed knows about Leo and the Galaxy rangers because of Andros setting up the first instance (even if not mentioned in the series) of a ranger database..

[@SNCstudios]

I’m glad I’m not the only one here from Linkara

[@DizzieDaCrazzie88]

i love how your comment is stupid likeu

[@supersonicmario56]

I don't know if anyone else had noticed, but there was this sense of comradery between Diabolico, Loki, and Vypra. Regardless of whoever had gotten destoryed, the other 2 were likely to bring the other back. Once Olympius came into the picture after Diabolico was wasted, no one is getting along despite the attempts. Any attempts are slapped away by each other: Vypra treating him like a kid, Olympius blaming them both over Bansheera's imprisoned body when they had nothing to do with it, it was a constant trade of hostility and belittling from both sides, and bringing Diabolico back into the picture did not help matters, at least on Olympius's side. It was basically 3 thugs versus a spoiled brat. After exiling Olympius to the shadow world and witnessing Bansheera's reaction, it's likely he grew weary of his standing (likely comparing Oympius's situation to that of Ryan's). If she's willing to disown her own son over her palace, then it means everyone's expendable in her eyes. There was more to Vypra's story behind the scenes. Jennifer, her real name, had to leave the set earlier than expected and eventually retire from her role as Vypra due to severe skin outbreaks with the makeup they were using on her. It's not all bad as she would eventually use that to develop her own line of special skincare products and cosmetics. She seems to be doing well for herself.

[@jpcsdutra]

It's good that they translated the dynamic well despite not taking advantage of the fact they are siblings in the original. In source, (the equivalent versions of) Diabolico is a very bossy older brother on behalf of their mother and he has a chip on his shoulder because in spite of being the first born, he wasn't going to be next in line. Loki and Vypra completely disregard Olympus because he's a baby. And Olympus hates the fact that he's looked down upon, and thinks Loki is an absolute dumbass and Vypra is incompetent. You can really see it coming from their family dynamics and you don't have to think twice to know why it makes sense. So all things considered, I think they did a good job with conveying that in spite of removing their family bonds that their dynamic is still kinda like that for different reasons like arrogance and jealousy.

[@mr_yoru5834]

I like that the Rangers seem like adults with established careers, and their problems seem more mature than earlier seasons. It tries so many new things for being a season that is otherwise very straightforward on the premise.

[@Onattamato]

I generally agree with you about regular vehicles being boring Zords, but here it makes sense that they would be rescue vehicles. Way better than Turbo being like "B-T-Dubs uhh you have rescue vehicles now bye!"

[@miniiore]

i'll either wait 7 years for the rpm review, or a few months with this guy. goated

[@gokairedwillcipher]

"Falls into a pit Mike style" CONNER YOU WRONG FOR THAT

[@brianorblindsey8414]

Is he though? XD XD XD

[@Juniostonne]

I came here looking for this exact post I died laughing when he said that

[@ZygardeYT]

Pin this

[@Sane-17]

Who's Mike?

[@gokairedwillcipher]

@@Sane-17Lost Galaxy. Mike Corbett. Older brother of that seasons Red Ranger. He was the Magna Defender

[@ShoMeYourMoves]

Chads actor would eventually go on to be a stunt teacher for the cast of Power rangers beast Morphers ,essentially teaching the actors Stunts and choreography before they were properly casted

[@gokairedwillcipher]

Ok that's goated

[@jackson3475]

Dude's really living up to his namesake.

[@The-Chuck-E-Network]

We went from Dinasour Powers, Ninja Powers, Ancient Crystal Powers, Jeep, Space Powers, Galactic Beasts Powers, and now, Shield Power.

[@Hardhead456]

And upcoming? Animal cars.

[@jalinphillips2240]

I liked how the villains in the Sentai version all had a separate deck of monster cards each one of different element that represents them. Diabolical head storm based monsters that used strategic planning Viper head water-based monsters focused on espionage, thieving, gorilla warfare. All the earth-based demons were just blunt power Prince Olympians have firebase monsters that also focused on psychological harm

[@ianmiller4301]

The theme song for lightspeed rescue is a total banger

[@corex8438]

Absolute peak

[@jackychang9148]

Totally Morphinomenal.

[@stuckonslumped8946]

Absolute orchestra

[@ianmiller4301]

@@jackychang9148 thanks for the reply

[@caramba2345]

Lightspeed Rescue was my gateway into Power Rangers, and to this day, Carter Grayson remains my favorite Red Ranger of all time.

[@Foxtrot2Six]

I named my son after him

[@markfrey6664]

Ah yes, the character that is effectively the Leon Kennedy of Power Rangers

[@skull8534]

oh

[@ethanleslie588]

Carter went head first into some of those battles like a boss by himself

[@sigxm5thumb]

Carter is a legit leader and one of the most powerful red rangers not just raw power but will power

[@ToonamiT0M]

Lightspeed Rescue is my favorite season of Power Rangers. I was in high school when it came out and I was going through some tough personal stuff. Lightspeed was an anchor that kept me focused, and Carter was an inspirational force I absolutely needed. It may not be the best season, but it will always be super meaningful to me.

[@geekytronicxz7777]

Connerthewaffle is basically doing linkara's history of power rangers at this point but more efficient!

[@Irrelevant66]

And more love, I don’t hate the linkara videos but I deeply appreciate how much outright love for the Series you can feel in Conner’s videos.

[@krasherom]

Connor definitely has MUCH more love for this then Linkara, I also appreciate that he is willing to reference the Super Sentai counterparts as well.

[@zandernewson9933]

Yeeees !! Been waiting for this one ! Love from across the pond, but this was my first Power Rangers. I love the rest, but this was my first!

[@MikeP828]

@@Irrelevant66 I think that’s because by the time the series reached Lost Galaxy, Linkara aged out of the target demographic. I think he’s specifically stated that before. So he’s not reviewing it as someone who loved these seasons as a kid like Conner is doing.

[@SaberToothPortilla]

​@@MikeP828He has indeed stated that on multiple occassions. Plus, Linkara's also just much more dry about it because he's been doing it so long and so regularly. You can tell he still cares, especially with the seasons he liked, but it's just as much business as pleasure for him, if not more.

[@tresrules16543]

50:40 Don't worry, the Battlizers will look significantly better after this season. My personal favorites out of the bunch being: -Red Battle Warrior (Time Force) -Tri-Battlized Armor (Ninja Storm) -Red Sentinel Ranger (Operation Overdrive)

[@nyhtfall1969]

For sure they get so much from time force onward

[@saphiro007]

One of my personal favorites is Red Dragon Fire Ranger.

[@tresrules16543]

@saphiro007 It's a very good one. Unfortunately it was just shy of my top 3

[@menev133]

We can't forget about the Animarium Armor from Wild Force. That's one of the best Battlizers, in my opinion.

[@AndreNitroX]

Thank you so much for making this! Lightspeed rescue is my all time favorite season. I just love the whole military style power rangers concept it’s so fresh. The demons are actually threatening. The titanium ranger is so badass. Every member of the team is memorable especially Joel and his developing romance with Ms. Fairweather.

[@zerogranger]

Love the fact that you showed gameplay of the Lightspeed Rescue PS1 game. I loved that game when I was a kid.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

That was/is the best Power Rangers video game ever in my opinion.

[@dragonMaster24921]

The fact we don't have some kind of in depth power rangers video game that's not a fighter is actually really sad

[@Black_Frost212]

@@dragonMaster24921would be cool to have more but I just know it’ll probably me MM focused

[@Bigtwboro]

I'm amazed he didn't call out that the first monster is just the monster form of psycho red

[@ethanleslie588]

Wow I never realized that

[@supersonicjc]

gotta reuse props when you can to save on that big 6th ranger budget they blew through lol

[@jpcsdutra]

Oh my god I had never noticed it was just a recolor of that (with less purple)

[@justinbryan6249]

​@@jpcsdutra Also the mermaid Marina was played by Psycho Yellow's voice-actress. I'm surprised he didn't notice, especially since he talked about how beautiful she was in the "In Space" video.

[@Kamen_Rider_Tekken]

So glad you're doing a video on Light speed Rescue as it is my top 3 favorite Power Rangers seasons

[@AndreNitroX]

Likewise I loved the whole first responder aspect of it

[@SuperFigures-ql2dv]

So about Trakeena's revenge, it was originally released as a video tie-in for McDonald's, explaining why the episode focused more on the little girl than, say, the Lightspeed and Galaxy teams teaming up.

[@notdeavon]

This series is single handedly getting me through the end of school

[@MrKhho100]

Carter's actor would've made the most perfect Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil

[@vampdeluxe77]

Funny you say that because I recently found out that Jason Faunt (Wes from Time Force) was Leon at one point.

[@thepanpaladin1043]

​​@@vampdeluxe77and Daniel Southworth (Eric) was Vergil in Devil May Cry

[@JaymesForte]

@@thepanpaladin1043Johnny yong bosh is everybody in anime 😎

[@e-tan3911]

@@thepanpaladin1043 Funnily enough, another Power Ranger would play the reboot DmC Vergil, David de Lautour(RJ from Jungle Fury).

[@MrWii000]

Sean Cw Johnson FUN FACT: He’s also been the English voice of Fujimasa in Tenchi Muyo!

[@SFox-nf3bo]

Just found your channel this morning and have been watching all these, imagine my pleasant surprised face when I saw this just now exactly 1 minute ago from this post. Keep up the great work!

[@robertrogers074]

He is awesome discovered him last year.

[@theninjallama7083]

This series has gotten me back into Power Rangers, and I've never been happier. Keep 'em comin'!!

[@lazyme7066]

Hey man, I just wanted to let you know that your videos help a lot. This week has been the worst. I’m not gonna get into all of it but all of your videos really helped me get through this rough time in my life. I just wanted to say thank you for everything 🙏🏽

[@ConnerTheWaffle]

Thank you for the kind words and I hope whatever you're going through turns around and things get better!

[@jjohnson2445]

​@ConnerTheWaffle super sentai did have a few ar episodes

[@JCJ971]

Cant get enough of the rangers series, please keep it up. These are genuinely great

[@WolfDB]

I think what I like most about this Power Rangers team is that they aren't just spandex-covered superheroes. Here, they do actual first responder stuff. And the fact that early on, they show that they don't care if they have powers or not, is another plus. I mean could you imagine a Power Rangers team that lost access to their powers and decided "Yeah, we don't really want to help out anymore. We're going back to our other lives." Man, good thing that doesn't happen in any future seasons. Also, I'm SO excited for Time Force. That was the first Power Rangers season _I_ watched myself when I was 6 years old.

[@Tesla2586]

I am looking forward to Connor trying to maintain smiling and happy when talking about OO for long. XD

[@krasherom]

I think most can agree Joel had the best personality of the Rangers for this season.

[@prismarineplazacommunism]

“The kid is dead- JUST KIDDING HES ALIVE” You didn’t need to hit me with the first half

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

Lightspeed Rescue isn't in my Top 10 seasons or anything like that, but it did have some noteworthy moments. One that sticks out to me was the good Captain's car accident that caused him and his kids to be hanging on the side of a cliff before Diabolical (probably spelt that wrong) saved Ryan. It was a little thing, but as a kid it taught me the importance of paying attention while driving because ONE second of looking in the wrong direction could be deadly. Then, Carter's childhood hero turning out to be Captain Mitchell was amazing storytelling! Ryan was awesome, BUT sadly he had so little screen time as a ranger due to being the 1st U.S. original ranger in the Power Ranger series. Joel was a lovable a**hole who slowly grew as the series went on. Darn shame his dynamic and eventual MARRIAGE to Dr. Fairweather isn't talked about as much as I think it should. It's a big deal that it's an interracial couple, but even more important was seeing Joel humbling himself and getting to know Angela rather than the constant Brock from Pokemon antics he'd pull off for MOST of the season.

[@savagebritt3]

If you released one of these every day it still wouldn’t be often enough. Can’t get enough of the series

[@bigpapapalpatine8588]

Can't wait for Time Force. The theme song for that series was amazing. I also can't wait for you to cover S.P.D as well.

[@AGdesigns878]

I love Lightspeed rescue a lot. Some of it was my nostalgia because it was my first power rangers shows and it means a lot to me. I’m now more open up to why people may not like the season. But when it is good it is really good

[@sageoffire3964]

I just watched this one about a year ago. This was the one that I was most excited to watch, as I love when heroes prioritize civilian rescue over fighting the bad guys.

[@LadyTwilightSunstar]

In the episode Trakeena's Revenge when Carter and Leo send the little girl in to pull the fire alarm it was actually the correct call (not to bring up suspect calls from later in the episode mind you) if Carter had gone into the building as "Lightspeed Rescue" using that authority he would have alerted the monsters in the building about trouble and most likely they would have taken a much more defensive stance even taking civilians as hostages.. If he had gone in as a fire fighter it would most likely have been done as a routine test of the fire alert systems, but he would have again been known as lightspeed meaning that they would have alerted the monsters in the building.. The third option sending Leo in would have been just as bad if someone who knew Leo was looking in a security camera at the time.. This is why when the call was made to send the little girl into the building to pull the alarm it was actually the correct call to make as she would not attract any high levels of attention from the monsters until after the alarm is pulled and even then the civilians in the building are already evacuating meaning there is much less chance for any monsters that remain to take hostages.. I know this is very much me just over thinking things but it makes the most sense.. The other small point I would like to make about this episode is HOW Carter knows who Leo and the Galaxy rangers are.. Consider that Andros from the Space Rangers teamed up with the Galaxy rangers for taking down the Psycho rangers, considering they worked together and that Andros is shown to be working towards checking on various threats (such as in a few more seasons when he calls to action the 10 red rangers for Forever Red) it would stand to reason that Andros began creating the first edition of the "Ranger Database" which later on in Dino Thunder would be further expanded upon by Tommy Oliver, then used as the basis for the future Ranger Databases as seen in Super Megaforce, and onward. Sorry about the length of this post and any terrible editing that I might have had, but I hope that this helps explain a few of the various seeming errors in the episode.. Thank you for your time and please keep up the awesome work on these videos..

[@marlonclark-pp9wg]

that all makes more sense now thanks for pointing it out

[@CelineSera]

I agree. The costumes don't really hold up nowadays. The choreography goes hard, and I'm feeling it more than 20 years later.

[@WDFilms25]

with linkara done with HOPR for now this is the best content please continue through all the series.

[@owlmanuniverse]

These videos cannot come out fast enough I'm loving looking back on the power rangers and my childhood. Thanks and keep them coming 😊

[@The_Death_Ranger]

Fun fact: the Titanium Ranger's suit was designed by same suit designer who design the GoGoV suits

[@stevencooper564]

I've been saying it for years now, Lightspeed Rescue should be the blueprint for a modern adaptation of Power Rangers. Adults with jobs, conscripted into a military operation and not being forced to be secretive about it. I could absolutely see this group recast and redone as a great all-ages franchise to sit alongside the successful marvel stuff.

[@kalebaquinomileib8605]

carter is the realest red ranger. even without morphin, he is a hero and a good example. LightSpeed rescue is one of my favorites seasons, and definitively my favorite opening. So nice to see your reviews going on!

[@lukejones7164]

Fun Fact: the actress who played the mermaid also played Psycho Yellow (both her voice and her Human form).

[@Valkier_Kato]

Yesssss, Time for Time Force next!!!! I'm excited, Time Force is my favorite season and I've been looking forward to you covering it! : D

[@Irrelevant66]

Hell yes! I just finished your PR series yesterday and I was hoping Lightspeed would hit soon! Perfect timing

[@ryanwebb8]

Another silly detail about the crossover - for absolutely no good reason, they use Gingaman footage for the Lost Galaxy team morph instead of the existing morph sequence they had, which is noticeable by the mismatched skin tones.

[@samirabdel-aziz478]

I have to say, i love this. I look forward to these and i enjoy that you go over every episode. You take time to explore themes and look into the characters. I can't wait for Time Force!

[@tresrules16543]

41:02 Government affiliations? Keep in mind, the Terra Venture expedition and the Lightspeed Aquabase were both funded by governments. It's a very safe assumption that they were still in close connection with each other, which would include information on the Rangers

[@xombiegriffin]

Lost Galaxy and Lightspeed Racue were the seasons I grew up with, and are to this day still my favorite. I appreciated how these seasons handled more mature themes while still feeling like Power Rangers. Sure, it still has cheesy elements, but its PR for crying out loud. The choreography was top notch, the teams actually felt like people doing their jobs, and the Magna Defender as well as Carter are the GOAT

[@timbartschwolfman]

I loved Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue That's how I got into Power Rangers

[@AndreNitroX]

This show was my first exposure to PR

[@timbartschwolfman]

​@AndreNitroX I've seen fragments of the other Incarnations of Power Rangers before Lightspeed Rescue but watching Lightspeed Rescue was my first Full experience of watching Power Rangers

[@MassDe5truction]

Just found your videos, as someone who loves Power Rangers and game soundtracks this scratches a good itch for me! Keep up the good work and I'm definitely looking forward to Time Force

[@tonywilliams9118]

Carter is not talked about enough in the “Greats” category. ❤

[@jareonjacquiri1900]

I look forward to these every month man, I didn’t even watch light speed rescue but I was definitely anticipating your video ! Hope you do all the seasons!!

[@erinnfleeks5161]

I have waited for this and waited and it has finally come THANK YOU

[@AndreNitroX]

Ever since he started these power rangers reviews I’ve been wishing for a Lightspeed rescue video since it is my favorite season

[@KudaGeatsune3821]

Connorthewaffle's Weird History of the power rangers Full of Love Critique and Canadian humor as a northern boy myself i really do appreciate this

[@zaktilton1680]

The artwork for Ryan's cobra tattoo is actually pretty damn good too.

[@mr.protagonist5639]

Lightspeed was my ranger season, i caught a few episodes and reruns of the seasons before but Lightspeed was the one i was old enough to remember watching as it was airing originally.

[@JRGKpersonal]

can't believe you didn't mention carters 1v1 with the queen

[@broccoo]

I gotta pull an all-nighter to finish my final University project - this video could not have come at a better time! THANK YOU!

[@benm5970]

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue is a shining example of why for me I prefer the Power Rangers as seasoned adults rather than being young, peppy teenagers

[@morrisl123]

Carter Grayson is THE *G O A T !* Lightspeed was my intro to Power Rangers as a kid, and Carter is my IDEAL whenever I think about what a Red Ranger is.

[@Darkwingsamural]

This is something that has been bugging me in the video. They are not teenagers! They are all adults! I am pretty sure a teenager can't be a firefighter or a nurse or a marine stunt performer!

[@ThePengie24]

Lightspeed Rescue along with Timeforce were the power rangers series I grew up watching as a kid

[@Kiroandkia]

The bare minimum of what Power Rangers should be. Still absolutely Great. I feel these story beats should always be included in a PR series and built upon. Love the government aspect. And how it sets a bar for SPD and RPM later.

[@dartz005]

Lightspeed Rescue was 1 of the 2 seasons that really got me into Power Rangers. The other being Wild Force. I still find myself humming the Lightspeed Rescue theme every now & then. I had missed the older seasons, mainly because of my family not wanting me to watch it at the time. By the time Disney picked up the rights for the series, I was able to watch it as much a kid could with regular episodes of 2-3 different seasons every week. Ryan is easily 1 of my all time favorite 6th rangers, just about sitting next to the Tommy. While Ryan had limited scenes overall due to being an American original ranger, a lot of the scenes that you see him in, especially early on, really show the kind of guy he is. While he did start out raised evil, he did show that he had the true heart of a ranger deep down. While the season wasn't perfect, it is a great example of a "jumping in point" in the series.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Pretty sure that's a Hummer not a Jeep.

[@bbro43]

I started my Power Rangers rewatch at 18, took me 10 years to get fully caught up because I needed a break due to Samurai being so bad. But when I got to Lightspeed I was loving it. Like for once they felt like something that could actually happen, not the fighting demons part but the team organized by the government, one of the few entities with the ability to afford the tech.

[@Chronal-Rend]

@ 2:12 You called them teens, If anything they're adults in their mid-20s, At least that's how I've always interpreted it Like it's often said this is the first team fully comprised of adults that all have some sort of career prior to becoming a Power Ranger. I mean it's specifically why they are chosen because they have already been trained to do these things for the most part.

[@krasherom]

Yah, they are definitely adults in this season.

[@Chronal-Rend]

@@krasherom the only weird thing is that Ryan is older than Dana, and he was taken hostage until his 20th birthday, at best Dana is 19 and everyone else is 20+

[@krasherom]

@@Chronal-Rend ummmm... hmmm, huh... Your right...

[@dudejoe24]

​@@Chronal-Rendyou could argue she's one of those smart people that skipped grades

[@Jeby-zn5ee]

Lightspeed will always have a special place in my heart as it was my first experience with Power Rangers through my brothers old VHS tapes.

[@firebird1080]

Why does he keep calling this team teenagers? They are full grown adults. Carter looks 30!

[@michaelgordon9417]

I was just thinking the same thing

[@jtha819_subs]

…I guess the team aren’t that far from being teens in the show, but it still doesn’t make complete sense to me.

[@fluffdafire157]

Ah yes Lightspeed rescue the first power ranger show I ever watched and remembered I have more nostalgia for time force but Lightspeed was the first one that made me realize that heroes weren't just people in power suits and cool weapons but people willing to go out of there way to help those in need

[@jasontoddler7680]

Wait, didn't Kendrix die?

[@CreamerOfTheDairySquad]

Didn't she come back to life at the end?

[@jtha819_subs]

She did, yeah.

[@denardoellisjr]

Thank you for another retrospective on LR. Now I dying to see time force my al time favorite season. ❤

[@Zeldash-]

time force when?

[@AndreNitroX]

In time

[@rfMokou]

how bout we enjoy this one first huh

[@david-nb5ug]

I love your videos! As a young working professional I have no time to watch power rangers back and relive my childhood. But your videos hit that spot soooooo hard. Thank you

[@MikeP828]

The Operation Overdrive rangers should’ve taken a page out of Lightspeed Rescue’s book on what true heroism and never giving up looks like

[@nyhtfall1969]

I would of been fine with the overdrive rangers giving up if the story did anything with it having the past rangers give them the courage to get backup when things are tough but they didn't do anything with that aspect and as a result they come off as brats that give up easily when things get too hard also the sentinel knight raises so many questions if he can revive two rangers that lost there powers permanently and summon a ranger from the future all in his supposed weakened state then it makes you wonder why did they ever need the overdrive team?

[@MikeP828]

@@nyhtfall1969 everything you said about the Sentinel Knight are exactly the problems I had with him as well. Like you’re clearly powerful enough even in your spirit form to deal with Moltor and Flurious by yourself.

[@mr.protagonist5639]

The only thing I really liked from overdrive was mack being a robot. But it should have been introduced earlier.

[@ethanleslie588]

Carter would've been better than Mack any day of the week

[@nyhtfall1969]

@mr.protagonist5639 I think it was fine how they handled it was one of the few legitimately good aspects of overdrive

[@astro6683]

The Oldest Power Rangers I used to watch back when re aired on Jetix, good stuff keep it up Waffle dude!

[@SmrtPhonRtistCF]

Wanna know what I like about this, it was the Power Rangers with tech fighting the supernatural and the start of few ranger teams that fought against them, like Mystic Force, Jungle Fury and Samurai.

[@Shlankyman545]

This Power Rangers season was the one that I grew up with. Love this shit.

[@baileydogpro]

im excited for your vid on RPM. With power rangers being my childhood, seeing vid like these bring back so many amazing memories

[@WorldsNotFound]

this channel is a memory unlocked

[@UrmanitaRules]

“Carter saving children from dying, Dana needing to stop an armed robber, Chad roundhouse kicking old people in the face.” I laughed my ass off at that last one.

[@Th_mm_d]

Love the choice of using music from undernight inbirth for certain episodes fits light speed rescue really well

[@jesusoyervides5197]

When he goes back later to check on the kid, “the kid is dead” 😂😂😂 that was the funniest shit I’ve heard in all of the videos so far!!

[@Juyoc]

Watching all your power rangers weird worlds, got me rewatching the time force power rangers. Can’t wait till you do that one, and it’s next !!!!

[@Shadesmarpeople]

I have a special relationship with this season, my dad was a firefighter and these series made me realize as a child how much of a hero he and all the people who do the same are. Now I have been a firefighter for almost 10 years and it was the best decision I could have made, there is no greater honor than getting into those trucks with such incredible men and women to help others in needs. thanks dad, thanks PR. Go be a firefighter, you too can help, you too can become someone's hero.🚒🚒🚨🚨

[@luis1237]

This is my First Power Rangers Season I watched when I was a little kid

[@rustys0rcerer702]

I have been seriously enjoying this watch along/retrospective series. I get so excited when I see a new one is here! Please keep goin with them!

[@jtreview7506]

I will until the day I die defend the crossover episodes, not because it is at all good or competent, but because when I was a kid rewatching them over and over, I was so excited to imagine that I could be able to help the power rangers and get myself an honorary ranger badge and wanted nothing more in the world

[@vince11harris]

This Power Ranger Series you are doing is like a big flashback to my childhood💯

[@purpleniightfall8974]

Honestly light speed rescue will always be my favorite. Its the first power rangers i was old enough to watch and understand.

[@draketheduelist]

One thing I loved so much about the Titanium Ranger / Hades Deck (those three recurring monsters who wound up fusing) arc was the desperation from Diabolico. While I think the sentai set up the idea better (the Tatsumaki's father was distant and flawed but well-meaning and loved his kids, versus Grandine of the Saima who was far more powerful and ambitious but ruled her family by force and threats), the sheer desperation behind Bansheera's threat to give Diabolico's star power to Impus is really what lit the fire under him to use all his best monsters simultaneously. Diabolico even went as far as killing one of the three himself (after the Rangers limped away from encounters with him multiple times, mind you) just to grow him. And not in the "mua-ha-ha villain kills their own underlings" sense, but in the "local villain fresh out of Fs to give" sense. This is why I think Diabolico didn't try growing the fusion demon and instead just went after the Rangers himself. If he failed again, he was dead anyway. Might as well. The parallel fight of unmorphed Ryan versus the cobra demon while Diabolico was simultaneously junk-heaping the Supertrain was one of the tensest fights in Power Rangers since Darconda trashed the Astro Delta Megazord, and a fight that I feel even outdid its Sentai equivalent. To brick a number of the Rangers' super-powerful tools one after the other while _also_ throwing the presumptive final boss directly at them is a threat level completely atypical to most PR entries. In the end, when Ryan joined in and all the logistics came together, it was Diabolico who blinked. He used his _star_ power on a zord covered in _solar_ panels, inadvertently supercharging it, which I don't think even _Fairweather_ intended, and yet it still had that feel of "...y'know, that kinda' makes sense." It wasn't so much that the Rangers won because of shiny new hardware (the Lightspeed Solarzord was in the rangers' arsenal for a while, only to get shelved early by the cobra tattoo), but because Diabolico panicked and made a mistake, fearing that Bansheera was about to do far worse to him. In a sense, the good guys won _because_ they were good, an idea that seems very hard to execute properly without feeling cheap. And as a bonus, the Lightspeed Solarzord doesn't need some huge plot excuse as to why it will struggle against other future monsters of the week, as beating Diabolico was a _highly_ serendipitous fluke. It's not as if the subsequent parade of scrublords were suggested to be more powerful than him. An arc I wish that made it into Lightspeed Rescue from the Sentai was the Infinity Chain. Basically, Pierre / Jinxer came up with a spell that he could affix to various demons that, whenever they were defeated, the spell would remember how it happened and the next demon to inherit the infinity chain would be immune to that weapon. A classic Doomsday scenario that often forced GoGoV to get more creative than usual against even otherwise random monsters of the week, while in a meta sense serving as an arsenal showcase. I also strongly recommend the Halloween episode, which had way more heart than it had any right to. Also the final fight, which the Sentai did _far_ better by, without wishing to spoil, using it as a capstone to a story arc that had been spanning the entire series.

[@JetSetDex]

One of my favorite seasons with one of my favorite Red Rangers. Carter Grayson is the Captain America of Red Rangers ❤️.

[@markfrey6664]

I actually equate him to Leon Kennedy from the Resident Evil series