[EPISODE] MMPR "Day Of The Dumpster" and "High Five" Episodes [Archive]

terrierlee

01-02-2010, 02:18 AM

Like a comic book.

And they make it really obvious when a commercial break is about to happen.

EDIT: Okay, my first reaction to High Five.

PREVIEWS! Woo! I've missed those *nod*

Now that both episodes have aired, and I don't want to double post... It feels like I'm a little girl again, watching Power Rangers with my siblings. But one thing I noticed is how harsh the Power Rangers are to Bulk and Skull. I mean, the Power Rangers are all about friendship and whatnot, and I know Bulk and Skull were supposed to be bullies at the beginning, but they're not that bad. To me, it looked like they were trying to fit in, but were doing it all wrong.

louie kaboom

01-02-2010, 03:02 AM

So they have ruined the opening then

terrierlee

01-02-2010, 03:08 AM

...I didn't say that.

louie kaboom

01-02-2010, 03:11 AM

Anything else different

Thrax

01-02-2010, 03:11 AM

Alright, so, Day of the Dumpster is currently airing where I am.

The opening... is definitely remastered. It's all... comic book-like.

well like a comic book like happen in Bettleborgs Metallix opening, because the Openings of the Saban of the Bettleborgs are something like that

Seanrider

01-02-2010, 03:12 AM

Besides the opening, is it clear that the show is remastered? Also did Disney edit the show in anyway?

Seanrider

01-02-2010, 03:18 AM

This is a quote from GekiViolet on RB and it sounds horrible!!!! " They added Batman-esque graphics (Oof, bam!). If MMPR wasnt considered goofy enough. They pause scenes and put background and colors. Some cases they put name tags on the villains and monsters. They also add graphics around like wind and stuff when the Rangers are posing. There is Anime-esque moments used as well like when they put lighting effects between Jason & Skull when there is conflict. Not much sound edits are done, the only one I noticed in the first ep was the animal noises used when the Power Rangers first morph and pose."

Quark

01-02-2010, 03:28 AM

This isn't going to go over well. This isn't going to go over well at all. Damn shame too, because the footage does look cleaned up and pretty. I feel sheepish for getting so excited over this. On the bright side, maybe some kids will watch this and be excited. Shrug.

johnson365

01-02-2010, 03:30 AM

I just saw the first episode and, honestly, the only thing I don't care for about the remastered show is the "Batman"-esque graphics since that makes the show more campy and childish-looking, but I don't mind everything else. The only thing I hope they don't do is keep mentioning the Zord names when they apoear.

The end of the first ep when they started playing the music was a nice touch. :)

Starting the second episode now, it's very cool to see the previews again!:D

Seanrider

01-02-2010, 03:33 AM

These are the revisioners:
James Simone
Dan Evans III
Ernie Sheesley
Denny densmore
Loren White
David Butterworth
Terry T. Martin

Pics here, cant post them here cuz blogger problems:
http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2010...-2010-day.html

Quark

01-02-2010, 04:03 AM

So, i'm curious. You take a show that strips the original footage of anything Japanese to make it look like an American made product. Now, they're going back and adding wacky BANZAI! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bZ_gAVEEXo) graphics to looke more... Japanese anime-ey? *head splode*

johnson365

01-02-2010, 04:03 AM

"High Five" just finished over here and I'll say, with the exception of the "Batman"-like effect graphics, I'm enjoying the remastered version of the series. :)

I guess the good thing about the "Batman" graphics is that they don't do them every time the Rangers hit someone or get hit themselves. :D

But I thought the rest of the effects used were really incredible; I just gave both eps a score of "Good" based on that "Batman" graphics thing, but I'm sure I'll be over it by the time the next block of eps start. :)

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 05:02 AM

If they're putting monster names and such on screen, they're only doing what Zyuranger did. Looks like there's more changes than we thought. The logo on the ABC Kids trails was the second one from the 90s merchandise - was this one used in the show, the new logo, or the original on-air one?
http://www.freewebs.com/powerrangers/mmpr.jpg

Quark

01-02-2010, 05:10 AM

We got the new logo in the credits.

AoBlue

01-02-2010, 05:16 AM

I like the episodes but hate all the unnecessary effects that were thrown in there. I had to do a double take sometimes because I wasn't sure if I was seeing things. LoL. I was like WTF, it ain't a comic book and it ain't Batman circa 1960s... it's the MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS! I hate that I sound like an uber fanboy right now but there's no other way I feel I can express this but the way I am. I don't like the remastered episodes but I will always enjoy the original episodes. Don't get me wrong, I like the fact everything is so clear and crisp but they should've just left well nuff alone. I did like that they kept the "Saban Entertainment" credit in the end, speaking of which I see they've made the credits sort of like RPM.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 05:23 AM

We got the new logo in the credits.Then why did the ABC Kids trailer use the old one? I assume the ad break bumpers made the same mistake.

Just found this on Deviant Art. Would've made a good logo I reckon.
http://th00.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/f/2009/288/9/2/MMPR_Remastered_Logo_by_timmotheus.jpg
http://timmotheus.deviantart.com/art/MMPR-Remastered-Logo-140413075

Quark

01-02-2010, 05:28 AM

I really don't know. And during the "We'll be right back" segment, they still use the 90's screen logo. It's very confusing. That logo is pretty nice, though.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 05:29 AM

Sounds like the new titles weren't ready in time for the ABC Kids graphics to be made then.

EDIT: Found the new opening on Rangerboard - low quality because it's an iPhone recording.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbpt1o_iphone-mmpr-new-opening_animals

That graphic with GO! GO! on it is awful!

EDIT2: Henshin Grid review is up: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2010/01/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-2010-day.html

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 06:33 AM

It sounds like they've made it a Sega CD full-motion-video game with a lot of chyron graphics. They've skewed the demographic even younger.

Tommy Lawson

01-02-2010, 07:06 AM

Although I'll wait until I see the episodes before giving my opinion on the changes to the episodes themselves, I don't think most of you "get" what Disney is trying to do. I think they are intentionally trying to get a reaction from us, either positive or negative. Why? Simple. There seemed to be a general apathy about PR from kids that led to its decline, for various reasons, although I know a lot of people like to blame Bruce Kalish, but I feel there are additional factors beyond him, such as the rise of the Disney Channel and Nick comedy series. 0.1/0 ratings and shares among Kids 6-11 was a big red flag that something needed to change. The overall serious tone of RPM wasn't working well, and look at Toei - they once brought Super Sentai back from the brink of cancellation with Carranger, probably the most goofy sentai show around.

A choice was made by Disney - either do something drastic to guarantee a reaction or rerun MMPR in the way most of us envisioned and continue the super-low ratings. It is a gamble - they're basically sacrificing what we remember as MMPR in order to attract the kids of today .It could backfire or it could work out great. Here's what Haim Saban and Margaret Loesch had to say in 1993 about MMPR from Entertainment Weekly (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309089_2,00.html):

But how do you explain such massive popularity for such a schlocky series? "It's the most fun show on TV. That's all that matters," says Saban. "It doesn't matter where the dinosaurs come from, or how they grow. It doesn't matter how the kids got their powers, or how they flip and fly. What do you care? Kids enjoy it." Adds Fox's Loesch: "There is no question it is not a sophisticated production. But it is very imaginative. Kids are enjoying it for what it is- pure entertainment, with heart." And with a band of way-cool robo-dinos who could kick Barney's big purple butt.

Big Grim

01-02-2010, 07:40 AM

is the new intro posted online somewhere, I just wanna see what everyone's talking about.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 07:41 AM

See my post above - you already replied to it in the other thread, lol. No higher quality one yet.

DerangedHermit

01-02-2010, 08:03 AM

Simple. There seemed to be a general apathy about PR from kids that led to its decline, for various reasons, although I know a lot of people like to blame Bruce Kalish, but I feel there are additional factors beyond him, such as the rise of the Disney Channel and Nick comedy series. 0.1/0 ratings and shares among Kids 6-11 was a big red flag that something needed to change.

Of course you're going to get terrible ratings with no promotion, no consistent time slot in half the country, and no cable presence. It's Futurama syndrome.

Tommy Lawson

01-02-2010, 08:29 AM

Of course you're going to get terrible ratings with no promotion, no consistent time slot in half the country, and no cable presence. It's Futurama syndrome.

However, early on, RPM received ratings greater than 0.8 and 1.0, so it is possible to get better ratings on ABC Kids. Considering there weren't many pre-emptions in the time frame where the ratings decline took place, it was probably the show itself that caused the decline, not the network it aired on.

I see we have a bunch of "Lucie Salhany" types in the PR fandom posting about the changes - "This will be a disaster" she once faxed Margaret Loesch before MMPR premiered, according to this New York Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/03/business/fox-s-powerful-role-in-children-s-tv.html). It is ironic that a show once said to be a disaster in the making, is once again being said to be "a disaster in the making," just by different critics this time.

From a business standpoint Disney does not and should not cater to a microscopic section of the Power Rangers fandom, since it makes little business sense to appeal to what would very likely be only a couple of thousand active fans when there are millions of children out there this show is aimed for, and whose parents are the ones who buy the toys for them. And it's not that way just for PR - for video games, NeoGAF is widely known as a discussion board for active gamers, yet its user population is also microscopic in comparison to the number of video game players out there.

DarkBlaze

01-02-2010, 09:00 AM

I have yet to see it, but from what I'm hearing, some of the changes don't sound too bad. I personally see it as an experiment (a ratings experiment if you will). I'm sure some of the edits aren't so bad to the point where it takes away from the soul of the show. A little advice; when watching this each weekend, just be thankful Disney at least had some heart to re-air the show. Things could be worse.

Quark

01-02-2010, 09:02 AM

I have yet to see it, but from what I'm hearing, some of the changes don't sound too bad. I personally see it as an experiment

It's alive. IT'S ALIVE!

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 09:10 AM

Oh, Jason now has the power to instantly transport to a Japanese serenity garden. Not bad.

PowerRangersFan4Life

01-02-2010, 09:15 AM

I'm 15 minutes into "Day of the Dumpster," and there have definitely been some improvements and some not-so-great improvements.

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 09:18 AM

It's alright. It's actually kind of fun to see these differences.

mmpr grove

01-02-2010, 09:20 AM

Ladies and gental men welcome to Mighty Morphing Power Rangers Generation2 (MMPR-G2)

This is worse however than the treatment of Transformers in to thier G2

Titanium Power

01-02-2010, 09:26 AM

Huzzah

01-02-2010, 09:29 AM

I just laugh every time they say "all new" in the commercials...

I'm really not hating it at all...I mean it's not ideal, but it is great to see these shows again...

mmpr grove

01-02-2010, 09:31 AM

i hope they didnt mess up high five as much. Bones is one of my favorite monsters...

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 09:35 AM

I guess they'll be up on Youtube in a few hours. Then we'll see.

MMPRfan90

01-02-2010, 09:42 AM

They changed the color of Kim's top in DotD.

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 09:47 AM

"Pow!" "Swoosh!" "Kick!"

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 09:47 AM

Are you sure that wasn't a completely different outfit, MMPRfan90 - the one from the pilot episode? If so, it was in the original version too.

TimeForceRed

01-02-2010, 09:49 AM

Some asked for a video of the new opening. Here's on from YouTube - crystal clear and easy to see. I personally like it with the exception of the "GO GO" parts. Of course the original is far superior, but we've got to live with this one and I think I can live with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2iWYskU964

O.92

01-02-2010, 09:55 AM

Just finished watching the episodes.

They were cute.

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 09:59 AM

It's funny, but the costumes, green screens, and maquettes of Mighty Morphin seem more realistic to me than the computer graphic Zords of recent seasons. I guess if you can't use top notch graphics, go as campy as you can.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 10:02 AM

Mr. Black

01-02-2010, 10:04 AM

The remastering was good, but I thought the Batman effects were unnecessary. Regardless, I enjoyed it and will continue watching.

Razor

01-02-2010, 10:07 AM

I see I'm not the only one with discontent for the butchering of a classic.

Disney, this is NOT a freaking Batman comic. The "Bam" "Pow" crap....unneccessary.

And what was all that anime crap? The Rangers pose and they get a background?

When Goldar confronted them, a storm cloud appeared. Wtf?

Oh and the lightning bolt when they morph was fine as is. There was no need to mess with that.

Other than that, I enjoyed it in HD.

Big Grim

01-02-2010, 10:08 AM

Ladies and gental men welcome to Mighty Morphing Power Rangers Generation2 (MMPR-G2)

This is worse however than the treatment of Transformers in to thier G2

yeah, as I said in the other thread you can't find a better comparison than that

Phoenix Fire

01-02-2010, 10:10 AM

Despite the bams, pow, etc I liked the remastering. It made me feel younger again as i watched them.

MMPRfan90

01-02-2010, 10:11 AM

When Goldar confronted them, a storm cloud appeared. Wtf?LOL I noticed that too! I'm gonna try to not let this get in the way. Maybe it'll get better as we go along. I'm not too happy about seeing this in serious episodes like the "Green with Evil" mini series or "Doomsday".

SilverPirate

01-02-2010, 10:12 AM

YES! YES! A MILLION TIMES YES!
Loved the new opening, loved the remastering, really loved the retro comic book approach, loved the original Saban logo at the end, really looking forward to seeing more!

ShadowDragonRanger

01-02-2010, 10:16 AM

O-kay... It's been a long time since I've seen these. Lots of nostalgia and I can't believe I was soo into this back in the day!! The new edits look wierd...at least the graphics resemble the early '90s. I guess I can get used to it. Tell me guys, would you have watched it then if it was like this?

Titanium Power

01-02-2010, 10:16 AM

Other than that, I enjoyed it in HD.

wait, I remember asking about whether or not PR would come out in HD. Somebody told me that the stock footage used was 4:3 aspect ratio and 480i at best.

ForeverRanger

01-02-2010, 10:17 AM

From the way it seems, I am gonna be better off watching the originals on Youtube rather than watch the remastered on Youtube.

DarkBlaze

01-02-2010, 10:18 AM

From the way it seems, I am gonna be better off watching the originals on Youtube rather than watch the remastered on Youtube.Don't go by what people are saying, go by your own judgement.

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 10:18 AM

There seemed to be a pan-and-scan jiggle on my old standard definition CRT TV. The ABC slug at the bottom right was bouncing around in the frame. The HD TV had the black side bars.

ForeverRanger

01-02-2010, 10:22 AM

I am watching "High Five" the original on Youtube.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 10:24 AM

Changes in the title sequence:
0:03 - Rita freeze frames as she emeges from the dumpster and gets a new backdrop. The entire scene has a blue tint.
0:14 - teleportation scene replaced
0:18 - no logo flashing during Megazord scene.
0:20 - new background on Megazord footage.
0:21, 0:59 - new logo
0:23 - new sound effect on Jason karate kick scene, new credit typeface, new credit layout.
0:30 - Zack's civilian scene replaced
0:44 - GO! GO! added - this will probably be gone when Tommy joins, as it's where his credit goes. It was originally the group pose with the power coins in the background.
0:45 - new sound effect on Bulk and Skull's credit
0:48 - second GO! GO! graphic - this one will probably stick all season, and appear between Zordon's credit and the Dragonzord shot in the second titles.

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 10:25 AM

I am watching "High Five" the original on Youtube.

You're going to miss the "Swoosh!" Not to mention "Zzzzoooosh!"

ForeverRanger

01-02-2010, 10:26 AM

"If the rope fits, climb it." Hilarious line and I forgot how different Zordons voice was in the first few episodes.

malfion

01-02-2010, 10:30 AM

Its different enough to warrant rewatching, and Twitter is hyping it up like crazy..everyones watching it.

Besides, we've seen the original episodes, think of this as something to wet your whistle with.

The 2nd Evil

01-02-2010, 10:31 AM

I've only seen the new opening on YouTube since the my affiliate doesn't air the show.

I love the new opening. It's embracing the cheese. Long live the cheese!

ForeverRanger

01-02-2010, 10:33 AM

Leave it to Billy to drop his Power Morpher. Man I missed these episodes.

Ryan Steele

01-02-2010, 10:33 AM

Has someone found the episodes or youtube? Are they uploaded? Can't wait to see them!

ForeverRanger

01-02-2010, 10:34 AM

I am watching the original original right now Ryan.

Mr. Yellow

01-02-2010, 10:35 AM

Watch here:

http://www.justin.tv/supertvpc2#r=1QN8b2c

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 10:35 AM

Not yet Ryan, but it shouldn't be long now. An hour or two maybe.

Thanks for the Justin link - I'm putting that in my favourites. :)

PowerRangersFan4Life

01-02-2010, 10:40 AM

I am currently encoding the first episode and will have it up soon, but the media thread is still locked.

Gumdrops

01-02-2010, 10:41 AM

I honestly enjoyed it. The Batman effects were annoying as heck and they could totally go, but I can deal with the other changes.
A wave of nostalgia washed over me. This show was always cheesy, but I forgot how fun it is to watch. I had a smile on my face the whole time. I'm so glad they didn't mess with the theme song. Now that would've made me livid. Just hearing that guitar riff is awesome.

Finster is too adorable. My 7 year old self only ever saw him as one of the bad guys.

I loved seeing the original 5. I think I'm in the minority that preferred the show before Tommy (I did like him as Green, but once he came back as White, any like I ever had evaporated).

All in all, I'm just happy the show is on again. PR Generations showed it occasionally, but they tended to stick to the Disney seasons. It always seemed like NS was on. I hope this goes well and they do future seasons. I'd kill to see some Space on an actual television and not YouTube.

ForeverRanger

01-02-2010, 10:41 AM

High Five is memorable because Rita has her first headache in 10000 years.

Kadam1991

01-02-2010, 10:42 AM

watching High Five live. Thanks Mr Yellow

PowerRangersFan4Life

01-02-2010, 10:46 AM

I also uploaded the opening credits to YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8igD6k1KWM

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 10:48 AM

Good, the other one had large black bars at left and right. Yours fills the screen.

ChronoMysticRanger

01-02-2010, 11:05 AM

I found it interesting that when Goldar first appeared to fight the rangers he had his wings and then he didn't

Mr. Yellow

01-02-2010, 11:08 AM

It's being broadcast here as well:

http://www.livestream.com/morphintimex?origin=embedplayer&utm_medium=EmbeddedPlayer&utm_campaign=Videos&utm_source=morphin-time.blogspot.com

mewlover22

01-02-2010, 11:40 AM

prf4l have you finished the episodes and uploaded them yet?

Hears All

01-02-2010, 11:40 AM

Besides the opening, is it clear that the show is remastered? Also did Disney edit the show in anyway?

I think they edited the part out where Jason said lets "kick some butt", they took out the word "butt"

Mr. Yellow

01-02-2010, 11:42 AM

I think they edited the part out where Jason said lets "kick some butt", they took out the word "butt"

I think he always just said, "Let's kick some Giant!" He never said butt, but left it there for someone to fill in the blank.

SirStack

01-02-2010, 11:42 AM

wait, I remember asking about whether or not PR would come out in HD. Somebody told me that the stock footage used was 4:3 aspect ratio and 480i at best.

It wasn't in HD. I have a local station who broadcasts direct from the main feed (the Extreme Homewreckerover promos, for instance, were all in full HD), and the show wasn't even upconverted. It honestly did not look any better PQ wise than any prior airing.

PowerRangersFan4Life

01-02-2010, 11:48 AM

prf4l have you finished the episodes and uploaded them yet?

I'm currently working on them. Patience.

DarkBlaze

01-02-2010, 12:07 PM

Just finished both episodes, and I must say that I enjoyed the new effects and add-ons. One thing I especially thought was nifty was how they gave a glimpse of what was to come before the commercial. I don't understand where all the hate is coming from...it wasn't bad. At all. And it can easily be ignored.

In "High Five", I don't think they stressed the main plot enough. The plot was supposed to be about Trini's fear, and yet it felt more like a B-plot. Which is funny, because the overall execution of the plot was done fairly well.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 12:15 PM

That High Five complaint also applies to the original.

Lonewolf92

01-02-2010, 12:23 PM

Are there actually any censorship in these episodes? Like actually cutting out any scenes?

DarkBlaze

01-02-2010, 12:25 PM

That High Five complaint also applies to the original.I've never seen High Five, it was new to me. :) And to tell you the truth, I never really watched the show as a kid (only those episodes shown on PRG). So, a lot is going to be new.

nekollx

01-02-2010, 12:26 PM

However, early on, RPM received ratings greater than 0.8 and 1.0, so it is possible to get better ratings on ABC Kids. Considering there weren't many pre-emptions in the time frame where the ratings decline took place, it was probably the show itself that caused the decline, not the network it aired on.

I see we have a bunch of "Lucie Salhany" types in the PR fandom posting about the changes - "This will be a disaster" she once faxed Margaret Loesch before MMPR premiered, according to this New York Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/03/business/fox-s-powerful-role-in-children-s-tv.html). It is ironic that a show once said to be a disaster in the making, is once again being said to be "a disaster in the making," just by different critics this time.

From a business standpoint Disney does not and should not cater to a microscopic section of the Power Rangers fandom, since it makes little business sense to appeal to what would very likely be only a couple of thousand active fans when there are millions of children out there this show is aimed for, and whose parents are the ones who buy the toys for them. And it's not that way just for PR - for video games, NeoGAF is widely known as a discussion board for active gamers, yet its user population is also microscopic in comparison to the number of video game players out there.

Maybe where you live.

Where i live the first aired episode of RPM was Ranger Black, and the last aired episode?
Ghosts.

Between the two i got lots of reruns,preemptions and more reruns.

I never saw Road to Corith on the air i had to come HERE

TZMhero

01-02-2010, 12:30 PM

I actually dig this. Sure it's a change but... new is new. This IS a show for kids...it's not like Disney is destroying my childhood. I was excited to see the original show, but I knew that I'd eventually get bored with it simply because I've already seen it... but now we have new things we can catch and see here and there that make it an all new experience.

Mr. Gold

01-02-2010, 12:31 PM

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 12:38 PM

I am going to be very honest here about the episodes. These eps really brought my childhood back to life, but all of the comic- and Batman-like effects used in the episodes were TOTALLY unnecessary and to me it made them look bad. Even the "Go! Go!" parts in the opening have to got to go. I'm sorry but that's just my very honest view on it.Like I said before, at least one of them will be gone when Green With Evil part 2 airs, as Tommy's credit goes in the place of the first GO! GO! screen.

nekollx

01-02-2010, 12:51 PM

I just laugh every time they say "all new" in the commercials...

I'm really not hating it at all...I mean it's not ideal, but it is great to see these shows again...

Think that's funny, despites all of Disney's "work" my TV guide still didn't list either one as a "first run/new episode" they were tanged as just another rerun. No description only a title.

"day of the dumpster"
"high five"

that's it.

Just another rerun, to old for us to get descriptions text for, nothing new to see here.

terrierlee

01-02-2010, 12:54 PM

My TV Guide had Science Fiction in the description.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 01:03 PM

Vague, but accurate.

BlackWolf2007

01-02-2010, 01:08 PM

Let me just say it was so good to see the old Power Rangers on tv again. I'm just so excited that it's back on tv. I called all of my friends and told them about it. They watched it too and were so happy to see it again. First of all, why in the heck did they add all the comic book graphics in the show? That was just completely unnecessary. Second of all, they changed parts of the opening sequence, which sucked. Finally, they didn't have to show the name of the dino zords once they were called upon to defeat Goldar. Why did Disney have to do that stuff? At least they didn't change the original theme song. It's the best!!! Seeing the show in HD (or as it seems that way) is better. I can't wait 'til Tommy comes. Hopefully they won't do anything stupid once they start showing him again. I give the first 2 episodes of the remastered version a 9.5/10.

Oh, and one more thing...............May The Power Protect You!!!

PowerRangersFan4Life

01-02-2010, 01:20 PM

First episode has been posted in the media thread. High Five will be ready in just about an hour.

Scorcher27

01-02-2010, 01:21 PM

Luckily, we still have the original versions to fall back on.

Charles RB

01-02-2010, 01:22 PM

Skull's laugh is now in the opening.

That makes me happy. Yay Skull!

malfion

01-02-2010, 01:37 PM

I liked the comic book introduction to the villains. The random comic book freeze during the tornado kick...not so much. But wow, the show is still good.

The comic book style stuff isn't so bad, unless it messes with fight scenes and stuff..which it is doing with the Batman style stuff.

johnson365

01-02-2010, 01:44 PM

Like I said before, at least one of them will be gone when Green With Evil part 2 airs, as Tommy's credit goes in the place of the first GO! GO! screen.

I could be mistaken, but I thought they showed Tommy's credit during the first part of the saga..

nekollx

01-02-2010, 01:46 PM

Although I'll wait until I see the episodes before giving my opinion on the changes to the episodes themselves, I don't think most of you "get" what Disney is trying to do. I think they are intentionally trying to get a reaction from us, either positive or negative. Why? Simple. There seemed to be a general apathy about PR from kids that led to its decline, for various reasons, although I know a lot of people like to blame Bruce Kalish, but I feel there are additional factors beyond him, such as the rise of the Disney Channel and Nick comedy series. 0.1/0 ratings and shares among Kids 6-11 was a big red flag that something needed to change. The overall serious tone of RPM wasn't working well, and look at Toei - they once brought Super Sentai back from the brink of cancellation with Carranger, probably the most goofy sentai show around.

A choice was made by Disney - either do something drastic to guarantee a reaction or rerun MMPR in the way most of us envisioned and continue the super-low ratings. It is a gamble - they're basically sacrificing what we remember as MMPR in order to attract the kids of today .It could backfire or it could work out great. Here's what Haim Saban and Margaret Loesch had to say in 1993 about MMPR from Entertainment Weekly (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309089_2,00.html):

Fist Hint to getting a reaction

AIR The Show in the Specified Time Slot
Second Hint: Don't preempts it for OTHER Live action shows (I'm looking at you Hanna Montanna)
Third Hint: Don't Preempt it for Animated shows (I'm looking at you Sonic X)
Forth Hint: Don't shift it's time slot forward but leave the channel guide with the old time
Fifth hint: Actually Promote the show

These things might cause the rateings to climb...

Lonewolf92

01-02-2010, 01:49 PM

I could be mistaken, but I thought they showed Tommy's credit during the first part of the saga..

Wait they didn't wait until after The Green with Evil saga was over to add him to the credits?

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 01:55 PM

Green with Evil part 1 has "Introducing Jason Frank as Tommy" after the titles.

Lonewolf92

01-02-2010, 01:58 PM

O weird. I think they should have waited until after he joined the team before adding him to the credits so kids wouldn't figure he was going to turn good and join and the team.

Aeon87

01-02-2010, 01:59 PM

just watched the opening and noticed something in the credits i do recall them not being the actual producers of the show i'm also banging my head on the table as to why the hell have they put Go Go in it god sake disney i can tell they're going to ruin the series

nekollx

01-02-2010, 02:14 PM

I also uploaded the opening credits to YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8igD6k1KWM

Green with Evil part 1 has "Introducing Jason Frank as Tommy" after the titles.

O weird. I think they should have waited until after he joined the team before adding him to the credits so kids wouldn't figure he was going to turn good and join and the team.

I'm not seeing any Tommy in the credits roll...

Also every time Zordon says his infamous line i still keep hearing (original or new) "Recruit us some EVIL teenagers with attitude"

mmpr grove

01-02-2010, 02:30 PM

I'm not seeing any Tommy in the credits roll...

Also every time Zordon says his infamous line i still keep hearing (original or new) "Recruit us some EVIL teenagers with attitude"

You hear his line in the credits/opening, however in day of the dumpster it self you do not.

PowerRangersFan4Life

01-02-2010, 02:35 PM

Both episodes have been posted in the media thread, and are ready to download.

Lonewolf92

01-02-2010, 02:39 PM

Just finished watching the new improved episode. Thoughts

Well Nostalgia with extra cheese pretty much sums it up. Keep in mind I like my cheese.

They changed Zack's credit scene too stereotypical for Disney?

The footage particularly the Sentai footage looks nicer, and more shiny.

I liked the added stars in space

Okay I don't think the added cheap-o effects hurts the actual show but there one I have to comment when the teens are facing off against the putties outside the command center they overlay one shot of Kimberly fighting with various shots of the pink ranger from later in the episode. And they don't do this for any other Ranger. Um what was the point?

If ABC actually gave a damn about this show I think Kimberly could bring back the Not

ForeverBlue

01-02-2010, 03:36 PM

I'm currently downloading those two episodes (one at a time that is lol) ...I'll watch them tomorrow

Captain Platypus

01-02-2010, 03:54 PM

I can only say that these episodes were darling. They leaned into the goofy and played up the cartoon quality, and it worked for a show as poorly structured as early PR

SirStack

01-02-2010, 03:57 PM

Only two things I liked. One from each episode.

1) The surprisingly thoughtful attempt to make the lunar surface scenes in DOTD match how the moon looks in later seasons. Darkened with a starry sky... Someone actually paid attention.

2) The green swirling energy over the stupid space shuttle time warp device in "High Five". The "searching: power rangers" thing was okay, but they used it too much to the point you couldn't make out what the hell was going on as it drove through the city.

Everything else was completely pointless. They didn't even remove the shot of Barza from the Viewing Globe, nor did they add a teleportation effect when Goldar retreated after the Megazord fight. The "Reversionists" can't seem to decide where their attention should be focused: on making things better, or making their work stand out to show they were using the money given to them to work on the show.

mnikolic

01-02-2010, 04:02 PM

Is it just me or the Command Center was slightly more luminous than in the original episode? Zordon is still Zordon that we know, but Alpha looked different to me... kind of slightly more luminous too...

Anyway, I liked most of the new sound and visual effects. With "most", I mean the visual effects when a Putty gets hit by the Rangers or when the Rangers summon the Zords, the name of the Zord always appears. It's a little stupid to have those "labels" when it's obvious that Tyrannosaurus is Tyranosaurus, etc....

The new opening sequence is cool. But nothing can beat the original.

Overall, both episodes are pretty good.

I hope we get better visual and sound effects in the next few episodes.

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 04:07 PM

There was heavy blue contrast in Rita's palace. The blue was very vibrant and everything else was washed out. It's Technicolor Japanese footage. And at times in 'Day of the Dumpster' it seemed like the characters' Ranger colors were similarly emphasized to the detriment of the other colors when in civilian form.

SirStack

01-02-2010, 04:16 PM

There was heavy blue contrast in Rita's palace. The blue was very vibrant and everything else was washed out.

Yep, they color-corrected things to hell.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 04:53 PM

I'm not seeing any Tommy in the credits roll...That's because we're referring to the 1993 version.

Alpha 5

01-02-2010, 04:55 PM

I wasnt' gonna go through every page lol..but did anyone notice they put stars in the sky in the opening? oh man these new edits...it looks like someone got there hands on After Effects and never looked back..look heres a cool lightning effect....oh you better add some hearts here lol...but I tell you what I have Adhd so it kept me interested lol and that's what its suppose to do, keep everyone's short attention span

oh and "Angel Grove radio" song at the begining was cut out lol

Jam-Jul Lison

01-02-2010, 04:58 PM

I went in to it with an open mind and here is all I saw that really annoyed me.

1. The New Intro. Though I can deal with it.
2. The Batman pows and crap. Not needed at all and just ruins the episodes some.
3. The commercial break stuff added in around the rangers when they go to commercial.
4. The storm clouds around Goldar when he grows. Though that is tolerable.
5. The stupid background crap around the rangers after they morph. Also that rainbow thing they showed sucked too.
6. The streak of yellow light that passed by the rangers the first time they were teleported to the command center.
7. The stupid picture frame crap that went on the screen every time something bad happened to bulk and skull. Just ruins the funny moments.
8. When Jason and Bulk were facing off that lightning bolt thing was really not needed.
9. Titles showing the zord name and the ranger it belongs too.

What I liked.
1. The special effects around the shuttle.
2. The little camera screen shown from inside the shuttle.

Overall I feel the stuff added in was rather poor animation that looks like it could have been done on paint and windows movie maker. Doesn't seem like much effort went in to it. The picture quality itself didn't really seem improves at all. It actually looked a little more faded then it used to. Doesn't look like it was really remastered at all. Sound doesn't seem much enhanced either. It felt like to me like Disney was making fun of the old Power Rangers by adding in stuff that is stupid, poorly made and really makes the show look cornier then it did before. The only good thing that seems to have come from this horrible remake is that Power Rangers seems to be a big topic again which could possibly give disney motivation to do more adaptions later on. From what I PR has been a huge topic on twitter. Also been a big topic on rangerboard and i am sure other PR boards as well. A lot of discussion has also occured on the powerrangerplanet shout box. I can only imagine how much this will increase when they get to Green With Evil.

Black Warrior

01-02-2010, 05:04 PM

Boooo Disney Booooo, did they just give the episodes to some kid who just went through the beginners tutorial for Adobe After Affects? Is this where the money went to? They could fo gave it to me if that's what the wanted. I agree that its kind of fun to spot the differences, but as already said the batman pows and snaps are too much. I mean really, snap? I'm sorry i feel as if they just crapped all over my childhood.

Hmmm just read Jam Jul Lison post and yeah more like movie maker or paint, it would of been much better with adobe..

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 05:08 PM

oh and "Angel Grove radio" song at the begining was cut out lolEh? Why? Doesn't affect the royalty payments does it, I mean, virtually all the music in the show is owned by Saban.

Quite a few people earlier in the thread noticed the stars in the sky.

Jam-Jul Lison

01-02-2010, 05:12 PM

Eh? Why? Doesn't affect the royalty payments does it, I mean, virtually all the music in the show is owned by Saban.

Quite a few people earlier in the thread noticed the stars in the sky.

That was about the only thing enhanced that I really noticed. The rest of the original footage didnt look any different to me.

nekollx

01-02-2010, 05:13 PM

Eh? Why? Doesn't affect the royalty payments does it, I mean, virtually all the music in the show is owned by Saban.

Quite a few people earlier in the thread noticed the stars in the sky.

I blame Decade...they didn't want to deal with a Kamen Rider in American Shinkenger so we got this....

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 05:20 PM

Could've quite easily skipped those episodes, Shinkenger's 50 eps would've been squeezed into 32 PR episodes. That means 18 of them probably wouldn't be used at all anyway. In other words, Kamen Rider Decade has nothing to do with MMPR being revised instead of Shinkenger being adapted.

Ryan Steele

01-02-2010, 05:23 PM

I saw the 2 episodes as well and I felt the same feeling I had 2 years ago when I saw MMPR again after15 years and the rest seasons first time ever. I felt again like a 8 yeared old boy and remember my childhood:D
Now what I liked and what not. I prefer the old logo but everything else was better in intro. Even the "Go go" is there for a purpose. The "batman" bam booms were funny,I liked those in the old batman too so no problem. For all the rest pause/graphic continue some were nice like Jason/bulk but most of all were lmao:p
I believe they did that to catch the attention to kids of the moment that had never seen mmpr again or aren't pr fans. They didn't do it for us. They no longer want the show to be only for the old fans who keep watching it. If they miss some of us they don't care I guess,their main target is this generation. But my BIG question is "do the kids that growing up now need those batmanish stuff and the name of the zords and the villains to be shown all the time?". I don't think that they are that stupid or that they love stuff like that. I wish they did it only for the first episodes. I don't wanna see these in "Green with Evil" episodes. They will ruin my memories of my favourite ranger intro and hero ever. Apart from that I can say that I like how clear is the definition and the sound. Since I watched the first ten episodes of Zyuranger 1 year ago I had a feeling I saw more footage of it in it and that some episodes of it were cut and paste random. I may watch again the old episodes of mmpr to make sure. I prefer the Zyuranger's intro of Bandora than Rita's anyway and the whole story of how they got their weapons. I wish mmpr had that in firstplace. It's too late now. As a total result I am excited and I will see the reruns like a little kid once again. I voted amazing and good on the 2 episodes,even though it was like a kid was playing with the effects as said before:p
Look this effect and this and this and this,lmao:p

nekollx

01-02-2010, 05:23 PM

Jam-Jul Lison

01-02-2010, 05:24 PM

We know the real reason. The kanja on the blue shinkenger's helmet. Looked to much like a pot leaf to them. lol

nekollx

01-02-2010, 05:27 PM

We know the real reason. The kanja on the blue shinkenger's helmet. Looked to much like a pot leaf to them. lol

Also Shinken Red turns into a girl!

Jam-Jul Lison

01-02-2010, 05:29 PM

Also Shinken Red turns into a girl!

Haven't gotten that far yet. Started watching it and got busy with stuff in real life. Sounds funny. lol

nekollx

01-02-2010, 05:31 PM

It happens in like 44, a New Shinkenred enters, but shes's a gurl!...its Red Vs Red 17th head vs the 18th Head

Jam-Jul Lison

01-02-2010, 05:37 PM

It happens in like 44, a New Shinkenred enters, but shes's a gurl!...its Red Vs Red 17th head vs the 18th Head

Hahahahaha. Knowing how these shows gone male prob won. But had it been reality my money would have been on the female. lol

Aeon87

01-02-2010, 05:38 PM

why what the hell have they done to it they've ruined it damn you disney damn you to hell. The new logo is rubbish the comic effects are terrible, sure it worked with spd but not this. When i heard remastered I was expecting an awesome new opening a remastered morphing sequence, like adams in OaR, and the rest remained the same this is just hiddieous i hate you disney.

Lonewolf92

01-02-2010, 05:43 PM

Jam-Jul Lison

01-02-2010, 05:45 PM

There was no way in hell you could have expected them to do a new morphing sequence like they did for Adam.

Imagine all the complaints if they had. lol

Mr. Yellow

01-02-2010, 05:48 PM

Here's a shot by shot comparison of the two openings:

Here's the original playing side beside with the new one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llQICzYH0VQ

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 05:52 PM

Nice! I already posted a text list of the differences but now you can see it plain as day.

Ryan Steele

01-02-2010, 05:52 PM

lol,we should make a poll about it. I would love OAR style new morphing sequences,but I would want Zack to have this special attack Adam he did and the rest rangers too and that's impossble to be done now. Unfortunatelly we can't travel back in time in real

Lonewolf92

01-02-2010, 05:56 PM

I still don't get why they changed Zack's credit scene that was my only big problem with it (well that and I kinda like the shot with the Rangers and their respected coins above them versus the new versions GO GO they replaced it with) did they think credit show being him dancing was too racist? But Trini getting ready to unleash some Asian Khung Fu was perfectly PC?
Also the cheesy effects aren't that bad considering what the show is but they really should have taken the opportunity to make a completely different opening using different scenes the old one didn't use instead of just adding Windows specials effects and ONE changed scene.

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 05:59 PM

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 06:19 PM

If you haven't seen them yet, DOTD is up on Youtube. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO3cE3yTjxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpz7N_0e60I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wegtWXPUD-E

Jam-Jul Lison

01-02-2010, 06:23 PM

That's exactly why they can't do new morphs, Ryan. Even disregarding the actors aging and availability, the yellow ranger is dead! Trini's morph would be completely impossible to do because Thuy isn't around any more. I would've liked them to add the helmet shots from season 3 instead, but that didn't happen either. They just changed the thunderbolt (probably as a direct consequence of the logo change) and otherwise left the old morphs alone.

Lonewolf, the pose scene with the power coins behind them is Zyuranger footage. It was removed from the titles when Tommy was added, so I expect one of the two GO! GO!s won't last past episode 17, Green With Evil Part 1.

With technology now it could have been done. Use some Digital images of them from the show. Then edit in the new morphing sequences. But as we know Disney doesnt want to shell out that kind of money. Just look at the cheap crap they edited in to the series. That shows how much they are willing to spend.

blackdinoranger5

01-02-2010, 06:38 PM

I personally enjoyed both episodes I love seeing mighty morphin again on tv ive waited a long time for that. Its the first time to in a while i actrally work outed with it:), but there was a smile on my face the whole. The new opening is kool but i don't like what they did with zack's thing. the comic thing was annoying and unessary at time along with the batman zing, pow stuff but other then that Im gonna keep watching. Im really enjoying this. I hope they dont censor much of power ranger punks, but either way im watching. :)

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 06:47 PM

PRP is a possible skipped episode - no airdate announced yet, even though the first two parts of Green With Evil are confirmed for April.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Power_Rangers_episodes

JKahn913

01-02-2010, 06:54 PM

They're going in production order. I was in attendance at a Florida convention when Jason Frank said his first episode was number 14. Plus, someone else said the same thing on this message board. So they'll get to the Punks, it'll just be later than before.

Churly

01-02-2010, 07:57 PM

As someone who stays in touch with nostalgia regularly, and someone who quite frankly can live without HD Television, I honestly say that any complaint people have been making about "MMPR Gen. 2" are completely silly. In fact, any problem I had with DOTD happens to come from the original footage!

- The extra stars in the sky where the dumpster is open were perfect. Remember, in Zyu they're on planet Nemesis but in PR, they were always on the moon. Since when is there day light on the moon?
- Okay, I will admit the effects done on Jason & Bulk during the 'Tornado Kick' were pretty silly.
- I can see why people would dislike the yellow stripe that flashed by the teens as they teleported out, but I rather liked it.
- I'm surprised they didn't do a thing to Alpha's vision!
- As a kid, I thought those lights in the CC's background were randomly spread, like stars, but now I can see they're more organized, like Christmas lights.
- I wonder why I needed remastered footage to see Barza in the viewing globe, and also, why was the VG footage of the Zords so zoomed in? But I doubt that was the D's doing.
- Kims like "He could have teleported us home." Uh, Kim, you left on your own accord, Zordon sent you nowhere.
- Lol, I see the footage of Finster creating the Putties were actually of the Dokita Golems, Saban must've had a field day editing any shot of Frankenstein out of that scene (it was forgivable later on, even though that monster was supposed to be dead).
- The "Batman-esque" graphics were fine. Okay. Scrum-didly-umptious. At least they weren't present in the Zyu footage. The weaboo in me would have been ticked at that (yes, I called myself a weaboo. Call me one to my face, I promise I won't get offended :))
- The graphics around the Rangers during their role call was a bit distracting, but nothing terrible.
- I wish Saban did a more creative Zord fight. Perhaps use Chunky Chicken's first Zord fight here and use his second in "Big Sisters."
- Too. Much. 90s. Dialogue! And I love it :D

End of comments for the episode, back to the topic of PRP.

PRP is a possible skipped episode - no airdate announced yet, even though the first two parts of Green With Evil are confirmed for April.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ngers_episodes

All of those skipped episodes' Zyu counterparts aired after their version of Green with Evil. For some reason, Disney is scheduling it like that. They aren't going to skip it, its one of MMPR's most famous episodes, and there are far worse 90s references in the show that'll definetely air.

Lonewolf92

01-02-2010, 08:00 PM

I'm surprised they didn't edit out Kimberly's Not!

Hears All

01-02-2010, 08:09 PM

I'm surprised they didn't edit out Kimberly's Not!

You mean "knot"

nekollx

01-02-2010, 08:11 PM

You know as i was watching MMPR i keep thinking "These Mighty Morphin Power Rangers sure are more powerful then the RPM guys, or any others. 2 Episodes in they have personal communicators, 5 team personal teleporters, Only Ziggy could teleport, and a duel mode Mega Zord!"

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 08:19 PM

nekollx

01-02-2010, 08:21 PM

But at the end of the season they'll only have 6 rangers and 7 zords, compared to RPM's 7 rangers and 13 zords.

but those 7 zords make several combinaltions, canr RPM (or most Disney seasons) claim the same? Any Disney season Absorb the powers of the Wildcard Ranger?

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 08:28 PM

MMPR:
Megazord tank mode
Megazord battle mode
Dragonzord battle mode
MegaDragonzord
Ultrazord

RPM:
High Octane Megazord
Valvemax Megazord
Zenith Megazord (HO+V)
Mach Megazord
SkyRev Megazord (Z+M)
Paleomax Megazord
RPM Ultrazord (SR+P)

RPM has more zord combos than MMPR.

nekollx

01-02-2010, 08:32 PM

you forgot MEga Dragon Ultrazord, and just the Trex working solo besiide the battle mode dragonzord.

All that done with 7 zords
RPM needed 12 zords for 7 combos

MMPR needed 7 zords 5-7 modes....

Look all i'm saying is MMPR holds up well, they could have recycled morph/zord footage and recast the actors and easily competed with ANY Disney season....without even having to dip into unused Zyuranger footage like Permanent Dragon Shield Red Ranger...

Digifiend

01-02-2010, 08:38 PM

What the heck do you mean? MegaDragonzord + Titanus = Ultrazord. No such thing as MegaDragon Ultrazord.

Trex with Dragonzord Battle isn't a seperate combo. There are so few MMPR zord combos they created a new one for the 2010 toyline!

Hears All

01-02-2010, 08:41 PM

Oh thats nothing, i think the new Zack credit is More Racist, i mean really what does it say about Zack "EDITED" seriously that's all it is, Jason Flipping Jack. ***** flipping a *****

What? We can say that? LOL!!

I think you are being to extreme though

nekollx

01-02-2010, 08:41 PM

The Megadragonzord replaces the Trex with the Dragonzord leaving the Trex out. Not sure if it happened in season one but there was Megazord + Dragonord + titanus and lust megazord + titanus...

Hey it has been 17 years, my memory may not be perfect, all i'm saying is that it could keep up is Disney...what is that word? Gave a ****...yeah gave a ****.

nekollx

01-02-2010, 08:42 PM

What? We can say that? LOL!!

Apparently...better get on that before it catches on....

So Apparently the filters don't like poowith a S but are ok with that?

Mr. Pink

01-02-2010, 09:19 PM

Doesn't the megadragonzord leave the pterodactyl out as well?

Beast King

01-02-2010, 09:31 PM

Some cases they put name tags on the villains and monsters.I felt like i was watching sentai when they did that!

drkranger84

01-02-2010, 09:46 PM

Ok I just learned of this site so here is my take:

The Good: It was clear for that matter. The space shuttle effects were better. Vivid colors. Theme song had a nice twist to it (but prefer the original). Neat how they introduced the Villians in the beginning.

The Bad: Batman style "Pow" and "Bang" is very unnecessary and catches you off guard in a little distracting kind of way. The rainbow color poses again unecessary. The one "Go! Go!" Ranger poster in the song replacing the poses with their power coins unecessary.

Rather than that, it was nice to see MMPR on tv after a decade. But some tweeks Disney should've left alone. There's a reason why the MMPR > Other PR series. They should've known their own PR couldn't stand up to Saban's work. MMPR was already cheesy, but the RIGHT kind of cheese. I was on RB and more people hated the new editing. I watched this with my 2 younger cousins. They didn't really like it so I showed them the original version on Youtube and they actually said that was better. I don't think they liked they cheesy added effects. But thats them. Maybe Disney was going for a lower age group because they were 10. I'll keep watching for now just to see what's going to happen.

Lonewolf92

01-02-2010, 09:49 PM

nekollx

01-02-2010, 09:59 PM

I must be the only one who likes most of the added affects even for the pure cheese factor. Except that scene where they overlay shots of the Pink Ranger from later in the episode over Kimberly fighting the putties by the command center and did this only for Kimberly that made no damn sense.

they did it for Trini in High Five next, so proaby some theme their doing....

that said...why did they just let Goldar Quick cut out without ANY effect?

RedJou

01-02-2010, 10:27 PM

I liked the uber camp and cheese.

Perfect for early PR, bad for dramatic seasons like Space.

RyanRXP

01-02-2010, 10:27 PM

Did they cut some parts out like in the beginning with rita being freed? It has been a while, so I don't recall her entrance that rushed.

I really hope they don't take out the scenes where buildings are being destroyed.

They did cut parts, but that is because they needed to fit a show that was around 24 minutes into a time slot that only has around 20 minutes. It is also the reason for the credits to roll over the last scene, and why some action scenes were sped up.

With technology now it could have been done. Use some Digital images of them from the show. Then edit in the new morphing sequences. But as we know Disney doesnt want to shell out that kind of money. Just look at the cheap crap they edited in to the series. That shows how much they are willing to spend.

Disney couldn't change the morphing sequence because the original was quick, and they needed to cut the length of the episode down because of how much more commercials are on TV now compared to 1993.

I must be the only one who likes most of the added affects even for the pure cheese factor. Except that scene where they overlay shots of the Pink Ranger from later in the episode over Kimberly fighting the putties by the command center and did this only for Kimberly that made no damn sense.

That was only there to transition into a commercial break, it looks like they are going to do that at least once an episode.

As for my thoughts overall, I liked most of the effects. They aren't out of place(because of the tone of MMPR) and they can also add things into the show that will make it better. Plus, at the end of the day, it is still MMPR being back on TV and that is defiantly something to be happy about. I think that the way they did the remastering worked out well and maybe will attract some kids who wouldn't have been attracted to MMPR before.

RedJou

01-02-2010, 10:37 PM

Leave it to the Fan Dumb to scream Ruined FOREVER.

Also, What new Megazord configuration are you talking about?

nekollx

01-02-2010, 10:41 PM

Leave it to the Fan Dumb to scream Ruined FOREVER.

Also, What new Megazord configuration are you talking about?

Well lets see they added effects where non was needed YET just let Godar do a Blink vanish...and they replace Zack dancing in the opening credits with Jason back flipping him? The token black guy doesn't even get to STAR in his own Credit shot!

Titanium Power

01-02-2010, 10:50 PM

After watching this again in so many years, with the way they cleaned up the footage, I saw how pretty Kimberly (AJJ) really was.

Deker

01-02-2010, 11:11 PM

Say what you want, but while the first few...or even several episodes will wax nostalgia, I believe the new 'style' will grow old quick. I would honestly be suprised if the popularity for PR grew from this. In all honesty, I just don't see it growing. I see things moving backwards part way through the season. It may be MMPR, but it isn't the same MMPR style we grew up with. Some changes would have been fine. But IMO they overkilled it. I mean, the scene with the clouds and rain over Goldar looked like it was a cut and paste. It was horrid. There just seemed to be no rhyme or reason for half the stuff.

IMO if Disney wanted to off PR, this was a great way of doing it. Modifying it was one thing. But IMO they are ruining a classic with this new style and downplayed the serious overtones the show once had.

XavierSaintCloud

01-02-2010, 11:20 PM

Doesn't the megadragonzord leave the pterodactyl out as well?

Only when it's the one in battle mode. Sometimes I think they just called it Dragonzord in battle mode, where it's just the Dragonzord combined with the Mastodon, Triceratops, and Saber Tooth Tiger Dinozords.

I still don't get why they changed Zack's credit scene that was my only big problem with it (well that and I kinda like the shot with the Rangers and their respected coins above them versus the new versions GO GO they replaced it with) did they think credit show being him dancing was too racist? But Trini getting ready to unleash some Asian Khung Fu was perfectly PC?
Also the cheesy effects aren't that bad considering what the show is but they really should have taken the opportunity to make a completely different opening using different scenes the old one didn't use instead of just adding Windows specials effects and ONE changed scene.
They probably just wanted to use a scene for Zack that was from the first episode, since the scenes used for all the other rangers were.

Huzzah

01-02-2010, 11:44 PM

Tommy Lawson

01-03-2010, 12:17 AM

Instead of "MMPR Remastered" I'm calling it "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Remixed" which seems to fit the Merriam-Webster definition of it (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remix):

"remix" - a variant of an original recording (as of a song) made by rearranging or adding to the original

Titanium Power

01-03-2010, 01:03 AM

If nothing else I loved seeing real martial artists in the action. I mean sure they weren't the finest actors in the world, but they could fight their own fights without stunt doubles...I miss that in later PR seasons...

Yea the fighting is the most natural realistic part of MMPR. Now it is just slow mo and shaky cameras.

Thrax

01-03-2010, 01:19 AM

The episodes are pretty cool !!!

the ideia of the special effects are cool, but i think is not necessary they put the names of the Zords when they call them because looks bad, but the effects like Marvel did in is old series are a little cool, and when we see Rita plan reminds me like happen in the series Mortal Kombat Comquest they showns what will happen the episode more later, but in general are cool

ShadowDragonRanger

01-03-2010, 02:03 AM

Alright. All comments considered. But as I asked earlier: Had this version aired in '93, would you guys have watched it and stuck with the series? What if us oldschool fans hadn't seen MMPR and are just now seeing it like the younger members of the fandom; what would your feelings be?

Thrax

01-03-2010, 02:05 AM

well at least they keep the credts like are in RPM !!!

Mortal Ranger

01-03-2010, 02:14 AM

Just finished watching Day of the Dumpster

This is my first time watching this episode, I've only watched a few eps of MMPR. Gotta say, ITS SO COOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

The new opening was cool, but the "GO GO" has to go, its so erm........ lame?

Liked how they introduced the villains, I thought the Tornado kick special effects was unnecessary, loved the posing

I thought the fight was too short, and I dont understand why Goldar got scared of the Power Sword

I love the MMPR zord fights, nice and fast paced, unlike the recent seasons, I actually enjoyed watching the Zord fight

Ayiyiyiyiyaiii, Rita's got a headache

I wonder why they went for comic book effects

Overall 8.5/10

Mr. White

01-03-2010, 02:15 AM

I missed the first 2 eps:/ My cable company had it has PRJF and I recorded those eps but I was gone all week to check if they fixed it:straightface:

Thrax

01-03-2010, 03:00 AM

The Megazords battles in this series looks much better, them happen in the recent series

louie kaboom

01-03-2010, 04:42 AM

Ok i finished watching day of the dumpster and i dont think they ruined (that much) I think I can live with it and i think the rest of the fandom should as well

mnikolic

01-03-2010, 04:45 AM

The Megazords battles in this series looks much better, them happen in the recent series

Which clearly shows that Saban cared about the show, even if it was just a minor care, he still cared abouut the show.

Anyway, I just watched some scenes from the original edit. And after comparing both edits, the original one wins.

Some of the new visual effects have made the episodes look ridiculous. Saban at least made the show somewhat series. Well, if the new visual effects don't improve within the next few episodes, I'm going to stop watching the remastered series.

Thrax

01-03-2010, 05:06 AM

Which clearly shows that Saban cared about the show, even if it was just a minor care, he still cared abouut the show.

Anyway, I just watched some scenes from the original edit. And after comparing both edits, the original one wins.

Some of the new visual effects have made the episodes look ridiculous. Saban at least made the show somewhat series. Well, if the new visual effects don't improve within the next few episodes, I'm going to stop watching the remastered series.

yh, Saban cares alwyas much of the SHOW and try to give us almays the best of they made, in all series they made Saban care always more of the series, this episodes are good, and i liked of them, because there in all begin in special the second when i liked a lot of that episode because is the first episode of Jason use is Zord alone with no others zords along side of him, but i will try to see and i hope Disney take some effects of there in special when they call the Zords because they dont need there, i really hope in "Green with evil" they dont put many things, call me perfecticionist but they even change the sound of the Sabans logo in the final

Digifiend

01-03-2010, 05:28 AM

You're right, the jingle was removed, we only heard the final thud of the gold disc going into the marble square. Anyway, shouldn't they have used the 1995-2001 (final) Saban logo instead?

Digifiend

01-03-2010, 05:31 AM

Thrax

01-03-2010, 05:37 AM

You're right, the jingle was removed, we only heard the final thud of the gold disc going into the marble square. Anyway, shouldn't they have used the 1995-2001 (final) Saban logo instead?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zx1doIUCNo

but even the final thud they change the sound of him

Captain Platypus

01-03-2010, 06:48 AM

To all those who say the new effects ruin the "seriousness of the show". The effects aren't what is ruining it. The show is a cartoon, it's terrible and campy. Thats part of it's charm, it didn't take itself seriously. All the editing does it lean further into the goofy so you don't notice how glaringly it was and makes it more like 1960's batman, intentionally goofy

For the love of god, didn't you hear Zordon's speech? That was just five minutes of straight exposition. How can anyone look at that and go "the effects are ruining it"? All the effects do is make it obvious

Charles RB

01-03-2010, 07:49 AM

Long Zord fights! How I've missed thee! (And jesus, the Dinozords are seventeen years old and look better than the last two years of Zords - especially better than the CGI)

It also struck me: the Rangers are grabbed at random and walk out. Unless I'm forgetting something, outside of Kira's freakout, no Rangers ever walked out - and this is the only time that there's no specific reason why these kids are Rangers. Zordon just grabs at random, they've done nothing to stand out for him yet. On top of that, there's no reason given for why dinosaurs are the power source, the Command Centre and mentor and villains and powers have no common theme... Compared to the format of later first episodes, this really stands out.

Also: dude, Bulk wasn't doing anything except being annoying, and Jason deliberately humiliates him for the amusement of his class. That's somewhat disturbing when the characters are shiny-teethed straightforward white hats.

Which clearly shows that Saban cared about the show, even if it was just a minor care, he still cared abouut the show.

Eh? The Megazords are straight up sentai footage, not Saban work.

Beast King

01-03-2010, 07:54 AM

I can honestly say after watching the two ep's again, they're not that bad, just some effects look a little odd to me, some even look like they were done at home.

SirStack

01-03-2010, 08:31 AM

All of those skipped episodes' Zyu counterparts aired after their version of Green with Evil. For some reason, Disney is scheduling it like that. They aren't going to skip it, its one of MMPR's most famous episodes, and there are far worse 90s references in the show that'll definetely air.

Disney doesn't know Baboo or Squatt about Zyuranger. They're following the original Saban & Fox Kids production numbers. The show debuted in whatever order FK wanted them to air in, as was their wont. The order happens to match Zyu sequentially because it was decided upon by the Saban Entertainment guys who were divvying up the usable footage in order.

101-08/28/93: "Day Of The Dumpster"
102-09/07/93: "High Five"
103-09/08/93: "Teamwork"
104-09/09/93: "A Pressing Engagement"
105-09/10/93: "Different Drum"
106-09/04/93: "Food Fight"
107-09/30/93: "Big Sisters"
108-10/04/93: "Switching Places"
109-09/14/93: "I, Eye Guy"
110-09/22/93: "Foul Play In The Sky"
111-09/15/93: "For Whom The Bell Trolls"
112-09/16/93: "Happy Birthday, Zack"
113-09/17/93: "No Clowning Around"
114-10/05/93: "Green With Evil, Part I: Out Of Control"
115-10/06/93: "Green With Evil, Part II: Jason's Battle"
116-10/07/93: "Green With Evil, Part III: The Rescue"
117-10/08/93: "Green With Evil, Part IV: Eclipsing Megazord"
118-10/09/93: "Green With Evil, Part V: Breaking The Spell"
119-10/11/93: "The Trouble With Shellshock"
120-10/12/93: "Itsy Bitsy Spider"
121-09/20/93: "Power Ranger Punks"
122-10/19/93: "The Spit Flower"
123-10/30/93: "Life's A Masquerade"
124-10/25/93: "Gung Ho!"
125-11/02/93: "Island Of Illusion, Part I"
126-11/03/93: "Island Of Illusion, Part II"
127-11/01/93: "Wheel Of Misfortune"
128-09/21/93: "Peace, Love And Woe"
129-09/28/93: "Dark Warrior"
130-11/04/93: "The Rockstar"

And so on. When they reaired the show in the summer of 96's "Blast from the Power Past", they ran them in production order. When they reaired the show in early 97, they did the same thing. I think it may even have aired in the UK in this order. Was it filmed in this order? Very likely ("Foul Play in the Sky" nonwithstanding).

drkranger84

01-03-2010, 08:48 AM

I think thats the problem for some fans. They don't like the effects. I know MMPR was kind of cheesy, but Disney made it looked too BubbleGum. Back in '93 it seemed a lil more hardcore. I mean you had adults playing teenagers and they had sex appeal. Jason was every girls crush and Kimberly was every boys crush. I know the other rangers had been crushed on as well. And they had skills. So it made the show even better knowing they were martial artist and gymnast. Some effects Disney did were decent, but others made it too cartoony. They watered down the fighting. I don't think some fans like the Hannah Montanish Disney look to MMPR ( if you get that).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Od-1VEfd6s

Look at Disney's own work. Its all BubbleGumish. So colorful. And MMPR wasn't based on that. So they added a touch of Disney to Saban's work and we get the colorful, spinning screenshots, montages. Here is an 1980s classic show from Disney. Even back then so Bubblegum and Colorful. Thats Disney's style; even Way Back Then!! So I don't see why people really didn't expect to see that on MMPR. I did. But majority of the show was ok in my opinion. Waiting for the Green Ranger Now. :)

bobtherandomguy

01-03-2010, 09:41 AM

See I think the effects are sort of odd, but hell this is a show from 16 years ago about teenagers in spandex fighting a giant monkey, nothing about that description sounds serious, I'm gonna go with the cheesyness of the effects because aside from them the show looks much prettier then I ever thought I'd see

Huzzah

01-03-2010, 09:44 AM

bobtherandomguy

01-03-2010, 09:52 AM

my mistake, thank you for correcting me

Deker

01-03-2010, 09:57 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Od-1VEfd6s

Man I loved that show when I was a kid. (Go Fergie!) But that show and MMPR are 2 different types of show. MMPR was cheesy, but definetly not all bubble gummy. The changes have made it cheesier and a bit more cartoony.

bobtherandomguy

01-03-2010, 10:01 AM

Power Rangers needs to embrace the cheese more

BlackWolf2007

01-03-2010, 10:32 AM

:sad:Awwwww. How come I haven't been quoted in this thread? What am I? Chopped liver? Lol. Jk

nekollx

01-03-2010, 10:34 AM

:sad:Awwwww. How come I haven't been quoted in this thread? What am I? Chopped liver? Lol. Jk

yes, with onions and chives

mnikolic

01-03-2010, 11:27 AM

Eh? The Megazords are straight up sentai footage, not Saban work.

I know that, I was referring to the editing of the series. Not to the Megazords.

Digifiend

01-03-2010, 11:52 AM

:sad:Awwwww. How come I haven't been quoted in this thread? What am I? Chopped liver? Lol. Jklol, quoting Justin I see. :)

You got your wish now.

drkranger84

01-03-2010, 12:24 PM

Man I loved that show when I was a kid. (Go Fergie!) But that show and MMPR are 2 different types of show. MMPR was cheesy, but definetly not all bubble gummy. The changes have made it cheesier and a bit more cartoony.

I know they are two different shows. I was using it to make a point that this is what Disney produces; even back in the day. MMPR is out of their league. Disney makes bubblegum.

MMPRfan90

01-03-2010, 12:34 PM

Are you sure that wasn't a completely different outfit, MMPRfan90 - the one from the pilot episode? If so, it was in the original version too.I was wrong. They just made the pink of her top stick out more as opposed to the paleness it had in the original episode. Something I did notice was that they kept footage from the unaired pilot in there which they totally should've gotten rid of. It's not a major thing but come on! They made all those windows movie maker edits but couldn't take those little inaccurate parts out?!

Captain Platypus

01-03-2010, 12:36 PM

This show IS bubblegum. Are we watching the same show? The latest episode was the yellow ranger getting over her fear of heights. This is not a serious adventure show till much later

drkranger84

01-03-2010, 12:57 PM

This show IS bubblegum. Are we watching the same show? The latest episode was the yellow ranger getting over her fear of heights. This is not a serious adventure show till much later

We don't doubt the show was cheesy. :D MMPR already had the Right kind of cheesy, but we're just saying Disney took cheesy to a new level.. Yeah it got better when Green Ranger showed up.

Captain Platypus

01-03-2010, 01:11 PM

My thing is that people are acting like the effects ruin it. The show is the same really and the effects feel like this is what they wanted to make when PR originally aired but didn't have the money

drkranger84

01-03-2010, 01:21 PM

My thing is that people are acting like the effects ruin it.

The show is the same really and the effects feel like this is what they wanted to make when PR originally aired but didn't have the money

I don't think they ruined it. I see they added some unecessary edits to it. Some were needed, others we can do without. The colorful, bubbly stuff doesn't fit.

I don't think Saban would've produced what Disney did; even with money.

Digifiend

01-03-2010, 01:24 PM

If that's the case Platypus, why didn't they add them to season 3, and leave them in the Kakuranger footage used for the Alien Rangers? These visualized comic book sound effects were 100% Disney's idea. Saban never intended to do this in PR - he did it in Beetleborgs instead, remember?

bobtherandomguy

01-03-2010, 01:25 PM

exactly it looks like it could fit in a '90's show, I have no real issues with it

Fenix84

01-03-2010, 01:38 PM

I downloaded "Day of the Dumpster" and skimmed through the parts everyone said were edited. I can't say I like it. The Adam West Batman-like pop up words during the fight scenes are really goofy. But then again, what do I know as a 25 year old fanboy? I watched reruns of the 1960s Batman show when I was a little kid, and I loved it when they showed things like "Bam!" and "Pow!" during the fight scenes. However the other edits, such as freezing certain shots while putting in colorful "anime" backgrounds, or displaying the villains' names onscreen (complete with corny captions like "Sinister Simian" or "Half Rate Henchmen") seem far more unnecessary and fourth-wall breaking to me. Despite what I think about the extent of the edits, the hybrid aesthetic of old-school American comic books and flamboyant Japanese shows seems kind of fitting because those are the things that spawned Sentai in the first place.

It's interesting that Disney seems to have abandoned any pretense of marketing PR to the older kid or tween audience. I mean, MMPR was never a sophisticated series (love it or hate it, it knew what it was which was a light-hearted kids show), but they played it a bit straighter than they did in this edited version. When I was 9 the other kids my age thought MMPR was too kiddie for them. Now this edited show is happily and blatantly advertising the fact that it's for little kids. Which isn't bad on basic level (RPM stuck out like a sore thumb next to Suite Life, Hannah Montana, and those Tinker Bell commercials)...I would've had no complaints if they just aired MMPR unedited, and made hypothetical revival seasons in the same (or DT) vein. Again its the extent of the edits that I think went too far; some of them just destroy any dramatic tension or suspense from my (admittedly grown up) POV.

I wonder how they'll handle the Green Ranger saga, Tommy's power loss, Kat's injury, or Kim's injury and departure. Or if some future PR season will have these pop up sound effect words and cheesy comic book panels. If they get that far.

Ryan Steele

01-03-2010, 01:39 PM

We don't doubt the show was cheesy. :D MMPR already had the Right kind of cheesy, but we're just saying Disney took cheesy to a new level.. Yeah it got better when Green Ranger showed up.

I agree with you. Until Tommy coming in the show I was liking Jason and Bulk & Skull and the show didn't have that darkness. It was like "Saved by the Bell" with costumes and robots until then

Charles RB

01-03-2010, 01:43 PM

I wonder how they'll handle the Green Ranger saga, Tommy's power loss

I wonder if they've thought that far ahead?

Hears All

01-03-2010, 02:06 PM

I wonder if they've thought that far ahead?

They are definatly getting to Tommy, you can see him in the promos

bobtherandomguy

01-03-2010, 02:07 PM

of course they plan to get to Tommy, personally I want to hear him yell "No Way" again, a classic moment in my show viewing

drkranger84

01-03-2010, 02:22 PM

I would've had no complaints if they just aired MMPR unedited.

I wonder how they'll handle the Green Ranger saga, Tommy's power loss, Kat's injury, or Kim's injury and departure. Or if some future PR season will have these pop up sound effect words and cheesy comic book panels. If they get that far.

Agree. I'd rather just watch MMPR edited than what they put in it. Just clean it up. MMPR already held its ground on its own. Kids today are 10x smarter in this day and age. Some kids shows have the right kind of kiddish to them. MMPR was one of those. I remember loving it because the the fast-paced fights and Zord battles. I too am waiting on the Green Ranger just to see what they come up with.

ForeverBlue

01-03-2010, 02:43 PM

Both episodes were good....the new opening theme isn't too bad, I like it.

The only thing that is not necessary is those new effects and those words used when fighting

Hears All

01-03-2010, 03:06 PM

of course they plan to get to Tommy, personally I want to hear him yell "No Way" again, a classic moment in my show viewing

Tommy's Evil laugh, all the way man!

SirStack

01-03-2010, 03:34 PM

I wonder if they've thought that far ahead?

The producer of the Reversioning mentioned on his Twitter account they're up to about episode 21. And that PR fandom will hate him for what he did to GWE.

Mr. Yellow

01-03-2010, 03:37 PM

The producer of the Reversioning mentioned on his Twitter account they're up to about episode 21. And that PR fandom will hate him for what he did to GWE.

Care to share his twitter link?

nekollx

01-03-2010, 03:41 PM

I don't think they ruined it. I see they added some unecessary edits to it. Some were needed, others we can do without, some were needed but ignored. The colorful, bubbly stuff doesn't fit.

I don't think Saban would've produced what Disney did; even with money.

fixed that for you

Red Nature Ranger

01-03-2010, 03:41 PM

I'm mad. It didn't air where I am. I don't know how they even think the ratings will improve if the times are still not where they should be. It was on at 5 am this morning for me. I heard that from a friend. Sorry I can't be a contributer to bringing the ratings back up. Who gets up at 5 am? Tell me this isn't Disney's fault and tell me why? Are they aware abc screws with their shows? Have they tried to do anything about it? Or are they trying to purposly destroy the franchise? Wake up Disney!

SirStack

01-03-2010, 03:43 PM

Care to share his twitter link?

http://twitter.com/sk8j

XavierSaintCloud

01-03-2010, 03:43 PM

The producer of the Reversioning mentioned on his Twitter account they're up to about episode 21. And that PR fandom will hate him for what he did to GWE.

I can imagine.

Quark

01-03-2010, 03:50 PM

Oh my God.

drkranger84

01-03-2010, 03:51 PM

fixed that for you

Yeah you right. :D

drkranger84

01-03-2010, 03:55 PM

http://twitter.com/sk8j

Dude seems cocky about what he has done. If he screws Green With Evil . . . . . I don't know what to say.

nekollx

01-03-2010, 04:00 PM

Dude seems cocky about what he has done. If he screws Green With Evil . . . . . I don't know what to say.

always nice when the company in charge of a products's mouth piece and editor personally eggs on the hardcore fans and reveles in their disagreemenets...yup it's official Disney hired this guy SPECIFICALLY to kill the series.

bobtherandomguy

01-03-2010, 04:02 PM

that seems like a logical business move

Quark

01-03-2010, 04:04 PM

If i'm going to be *****ing about how bad this remastering is for the next several months, and believe me I will, i'm happy that at least this dude doesn't take negative comments personally. I mean, he's just doing his job and what he was told.

yup it's official Disney hired this guy SPECIFICALLY to kill the series.

Oh c'mon, they're trying to do something with this franchise. It just sucks. Of course if this becomes a ratings hit and pulls PR back into the mainstream spotlight then i'll be eating my words. But for now, I say it's a catastrophe.

nekollx

01-03-2010, 04:10 PM

If i'm going to be *****ing about how bad this remastering is for the next several months, and believe me I will, i'm happy that at least this dude doesn't take negative comments personally. I mean, he's just doing his job and what he was told.

Oh c'mon, they're trying to do something with this franchise. It just sucks. Of course if this becomes a ratings hit and pulls PR back into the mainstream spotlight then i'll be eating my words. But for now, I say it's a catastrophe.

read dhis twitter feed, unless i'm not reading things right, he baiting us for our negative comements, he want's us to get upset...

Beside if he had ANY professional pride Goldar wounn't have a blink cut an the ranger who were "teleporting again" wount use a afterimage jump

ThatGuy83

01-03-2010, 04:34 PM

The producer of the Reversioning mentioned on his Twitter account they're up to about episode 21. And that PR fandom will hate him for what he did to GWE. Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

mmpr grove

01-03-2010, 04:38 PM

http://twitter.com/sk8j

This explains why Dan changed his screen name on the forms he's apart of, last month.

Lonewolf92

01-03-2010, 04:39 PM

If i'm going to be *****ing about how bad this remastering is for the next several months, and believe me I will, i'm happy that at least this dude doesn't take negative comments personally. I mean, he's just doing his job and what he was told.

Oh c'mon, they're trying to do something with this franchise. It just sucks. Of course if this becomes a ratings hit and pulls PR back into the mainstream spotlight then i'll be eating my words. But for now, I say it's a catastrophe.

Somehow I doubt it. ABC/Disney doesn't give two ****s about the show. It's a ugly stepson their putting make up on because their bored and daddy isn't home at the moment as far as their concerned. I don't despise the changes but outside the darken and star added space in the beginning I could live without

JKahn913

01-03-2010, 04:43 PM

Can someone ask him why, even in scenes without the Rangers, he often emphasized a single color and washed out the rest?

Digifiend

01-03-2010, 04:45 PM

Please ignore those Comic Frames. they will go away in a few episodesI hope that includes the zord names.

Lonewolf92

01-03-2010, 04:47 PM

I hope that includes the zord names.

You'd think by the 5th episode the kids will figure out what zord is what and which zord belongs to which Ranger. I'm sure the weapons will be labeled next episode.

nekollx

01-03-2010, 04:50 PM

You'd think by the 5th episode the kids will figure out what zord is what and which zord belongs to which Ranger. I'm sure the weapons will be labeled next episode.

not Disney Kids(TM)

Quark

01-03-2010, 04:53 PM

Somehow I doubt it. ABC/Disney doesn't give two ****s about the show. It's a ugly stepson their putting make up on because their bored and daddy isn't home at the moment as far as their concerned. I don't despise the changes but outside the darken and star added space in the beginning I could live without

I do believe they think this is a good idea, or at least, a good attention grabber. It's like saying they hired Kalish because they wanted to destroy the show. If they wanted to destroy the show, they'd can it for good and throw it in the vault.

mmpr grove

01-03-2010, 04:57 PM

I been told he did this to only certain episodes and we will see other surpise...let's say poping out shocks. This was done to see how much the older fans truely care about the series. Some edits will stick while others won't.

I'm guessing the zord names, monster names and weapon names will be the sticking around ones.

Digifiend

01-03-2010, 05:01 PM

The weapon names aren't needed - the Rangers call them out when forming the blaster anyway. And monster names? High Five didn't caption those. They only did it in Day of the Dumpster, for the main villains and the putties.

I hope they redub (from another episode) the incorrect weapon names in one episode.

Lonewolf92

01-03-2010, 05:09 PM

Just finished watching High Five on Youtube (only saw DOTD yesterday) comments:

I think we settle on that the remastered episodes are Silver Age American Comic Book meets Live Action Anime

The All New Episode of Mighty Morphin Powers at the bottom is really starting to grate. Even kids that were still sperm in their dad's testicles know these episodes aren't new Disney/ABC.

The Sentai footage does look really good

Rita's telescope is now a Crystal Ball

The timewarp reading Find Rangers is pretty dumb since it doesn't ever locate them.

All these edits and Disney couldn't be bothered to erase the Bandora's palace right behind Giant

Comments on the actual episode that having nothing do with Disney changes

Anyone else find it weird that Trini is afraid of heights but in the previous episode she jumps onto a building for no reason?

I miss my campy villains

I like the fact that you can still tell the Rangers are new at this most super heroes shows after the first episode make it seem like the heroes have been in the game for years.

Digifiend

01-03-2010, 05:14 PM

The All New Episode of Mighty Morphin Powers at the bottom is really starting to grate. Even kids that were still sperm in their dad's testicles know these episodes aren't new Disney/ABC. Hmm, the 90s logo makes that a dead giveaway...

Lonewolf92

01-03-2010, 05:18 PM

and you know part of the prime demographic might have been around for Dino Thunder which was pretty much Hey remember that season that you kiddies never saw but your big brothers did!

Vickram101

01-03-2010, 05:26 PM

I did not like it.I prefer the original that saban made. Thats all I'm gonna say cuz I got allot of colorful words from disney fans already however the pr fans agreed with me on facebook and on youtube. I don't want anymore colorful JSYK.

Jacen Solo

01-03-2010, 05:30 PM

It also struck me: the Rangers are grabbed at random and walk out. Unless I'm forgetting something, outside of Kira's freakout, no Rangers ever walked out - and this is the only time that there's no specific reason why these kids are Rangers. Zordon just grabs at random, they've done nothing to stand out for him yet. On top of that, there's no reason given for why dinosaurs are the power source, the Command Centre and mentor and villains and powers have no common theme... Compared to the format of later first episodes, this really stands out.

This is why I buy into Crayfish's totalitarian manipulative Zordon theory. I do think Zordon had been watching the teens for quite some time, possibly even manipulating events in their lives so that, when the time came, he would have that "perfect team" he needed.

bobtherandomguy

01-03-2010, 05:38 PM

but Zordon's perfect team wasn't even close to being assembled, the group he wanted(which Crayfish always says) is the Zeo team because they followed orders, when he assembled Jason's group, Tommy was off who knows where, Adam and Rocky were in Stone Canyon, Tanya was in Africa and Kat was in Australia, the only one in place was Billy but as a ranger not his lab assistant, then Billy got sick, Rocky got injured, quite frankly Zordon had to get the hell out of dodge before it all went crazy

nekollx

01-03-2010, 05:42 PM

3zekeial

01-03-2010, 06:01 PM

For me, the added comic book effect was okay. Thinking about it, I realised that the origional season was really almost like a comic book. Plus the new effects and the GO GO in the opening reminded me alot of the mmpr t-shirts.

I just think that if they want to do it in a comic book style, they need to follow through more. It seems like you are watching the origional video and then all of the sudden a comic book effect comes up. then after ten minutes theres a second one. They need to have more in it spread out to make it look and flow consecutive like a comic book or completely take the style out.

Tommy Lawson

01-03-2010, 06:02 PM

I do believe they think this is a good idea, or at least, a good attention grabber. It's like saying they hired Kalish because they wanted to destroy the show. If they wanted to destroy the show, they'd can it for good and throw it in the vault.

Exactly. They wouldn't be allocating any air time whatsoever for it if that was the case. However, don't think Disney is going to sell the IP rights to Power Rangers. The toy line can still bring in money for them, now and in the future, (and Bandai as well of course), and it would make zero sense for Disney to sell it and let someone risk using a modified version of Power Rangers against their 5,000+ Marvel characters. It is precisely because Disney now has so many superhero characters via Marvel that Disney will never sell PR. They may license it out to other companies for TV production, but licensing and selling the IP rights entirely are two different things. For example, the TMNT IP rights were sold to Nickelodeon last year as an example, but Nick will almost certainly never sell those IP rights to anyone else now that they have it.

I been told he did this to only certain episodes and we will see other surpise...let's say poping out shocks. This was done to see how much the older fans truely care about the series. Some edits will stick while others won't.

I'm guessing the zord names, monster names and weapon names will be the sticking around ones.

You know, instead of whining about the new reversioned airing on ABC Kids, here's a worthwhile suggestion the fandom should actively be telling the people who can make this happen at Disney:

Put the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on Hulu.

Disney has a stake in Hulu. They want it to be successful. Moreover, airing the 1993 version of MMPR there would avoid ABC broadcast standards & practices, so we would see the same thing we saw in 1993. Bandai would be happy with more widespread news about MMPR for their toyline, and people would be happy to see the show again as they remember. That's what I think they mean by "see if the older fandom cares."

Lonewolf92

01-03-2010, 06:08 PM

s. Even Ivan Oose said that Zordon still uses teenagers to so his dirty work, and he has been in suspended animation for years

Ivan doesn't exist in the show's continuity. The movie has it's own universe and set of rules. For example the movie implies that their were 6 Rangers chosen by Zordon from the beginning

bobtherandomguy

01-03-2010, 06:11 PM

interestingly thats what the info for my television said something like "Rita Repulsa has escaped and a wizard has entrusted 6 teenagers with superpowers"

nekollx

01-03-2010, 06:11 PM

Ivan doesn't exist in the show's continuity. The movie has it's own universe and set of rules. For example the movie implies that their were 6 Rangers chosen by Zordon from the beginning

There were...there was just the small problem of a missing morpher so he had to leave one out...

Charles RB

01-03-2010, 06:12 PM

This is why I buy into Crayfish's totalitarian manipulative Zordon theory. I do think Zordon had been watching the teens for quite some time, possibly even manipulating events in their lives so that, when the time came, he would have that "perfect team" he needed.

I've not only bought into that, I like to think Zordon has back-up Rangers planned - every single kid at the school is somewhere on his list, just in case.

IIRC, the "Zordon is dodgy" theory at one point had branched out into Angel Grove being set up by Zordon as a Ranger breeding ground. That's why it's full of so many perfect-grades, shiny teeth students into martial arts and advance sciences.

Lonewolf92

01-03-2010, 06:12 PM

There were...there was just the small problem of a missing morpher so he had to leave one out...

Okay but the movie is still not in continuity with the show

nekollx

01-03-2010, 06:15 PM

I've not only bought into that, I like to think Zordon has back-up Rangers planned - every single kid at the school is somewhere on his list, just in case.

IIRC, the "Zordon is dodgy" theory at one point had branched out into Angel Grove being set up by Zordon as a Ranger breeding ground. That's why it's full of so many perfect-grades, shiny teeth students into martial arts and advance sciences.

you knwo in my MMPR inspired series each ranger had a virtue, and he basicly just grabed the first 5 that had the right virtue, couse none of the rangers got along and their was alot of argueing.