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Mighty Morphin Power Thread: where we of course talk about TMNT
Chincymcchilla
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So there's this Franchise:
Its a kids action show that is currently on its 20th season, something totally unprecidented that will probably never happen again
It features normal teenagers with attitude
Who get super powers through the morphing grid (I swear I'll only explain if someone asks) and can turn into superheroes with cool costumes:
As their superpowered versions, they can summon giant robots to kick even more ass
The series has a lot of things going for it that put it above some of the more standard kids action fare, including some kick ass music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BghzkHyP_kk
Pretty fun fight coreography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyykJE574VY
And some cool bits with linking up the various teams and seasons that give fun continuity nods and also lead to even bigger explosions than normal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXbghYw2vaw
This series is pretty near and dear to me and is totally rad and still ongoing. Right now we have Super Megaforce ongoing which is a crazy awesome place for longtime fans of the series and newcomers:
It features a team lead by the spirit Gosei, a protector chosen by Zordon, the originator of some of the early power rangers teams. He gives the rangers the ability to use previous powers of other teams, which leads to a bunch of cool costumes and fights, and is going to culminate in a bunch of fun guest stars this season, including Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver, the original Green Ranger tutoring the current ranger team:
AND, we have a new film reboot from lionsgate coming soon from Thor writers Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/08/13/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-reboot-to-go-go-in-2016/?cnn=yes
So yeah, I've been sneaking this into the Superheroes thread for a while, but with the 20th season underway and a new film coming I figured I'd give a thread a shot
Talk about your favorite seasons, teams, the current show, film speculation, or ask me ridiculously obscure power rangers questions and I will nerd out for you
May the Power Protect You!
Its a kids action show that is currently on its 20th season, something totally unprecidented that will probably never happen again
It features normal teenagers with attitude
Who get super powers through the morphing grid (I swear I'll only explain if someone asks) and can turn into superheroes with cool costumes:
As their superpowered versions, they can summon giant robots to kick even more ass
The series has a lot of things going for it that put it above some of the more standard kids action fare, including some kick ass music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BghzkHyP_kkPretty fun fight coreography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyykJE574VYAnd some cool bits with linking up the various teams and seasons that give fun continuity nods and also lead to even bigger explosions than normal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXbghYw2vawThis series is pretty near and dear to me and is totally rad and still ongoing. Right now we have Super Megaforce ongoing which is a crazy awesome place for longtime fans of the series and newcomers:
It features a team lead by the spirit Gosei, a protector chosen by Zordon, the originator of some of the early power rangers teams. He gives the rangers the ability to use previous powers of other teams, which leads to a bunch of cool costumes and fights, and is going to culminate in a bunch of fun guest stars this season, including Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver, the original Green Ranger tutoring the current ranger team:
AND, we have a new film reboot from lionsgate coming soon from Thor writers Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/08/13/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-reboot-to-go-go-in-2016/?cnn=yes
So yeah, I've been sneaking this into the Superheroes thread for a while, but with the 20th season underway and a new film coming I figured I'd give a thread a shot
Talk about your favorite seasons, teams, the current show, film speculation, or ask me ridiculously obscure power rangers questions and I will nerd out for you
May the Power Protect You!
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My favorite part about Ziggy is that he's such a goofball and yet they used him to explain series staples like, a bunch throughout that season
Explain the morphing grid to me.
Oh my god
God dammit
Ok so the Morphing Grid is pretty similar to the force
Basically the Power allows you to pass through the grid and gain your powers
Each Ranger has a specific link to a specific part of the grid, and their morpher allows them to access that link. Each team accesses a certain part of the grid and each color a certain part of that part. You can't have more than one ranger of the same color on the same team at once. You ALSO can't give ALL the energy from a section to one person, it could kill them. This explains why rangers have to be TEAMS, the power has to be split. Otherwise it will overload the grid and be bad for everyone:
The grid also stores the memories and fighting skills and abilities of all past warriors who have used it. This allowed Tommy Oliver to create the Ranger Archives, which lets rangers view past rangers and their exploits, and is ALSO why Gosei can grant the Super Megaforce access to previous powers.
Also, specific links or sections of the grid can be damaged. The original MMPR power coins were destroyed, and when Adam tried to access them it nearly killed him. He COULD access it, but it almost killed him, so the power still existed but the link was damaged:
A lot of this is fan theory but is fairly well supported if you look for it
This is also why any time there is a teamup of multiple teams, there is a MASSIVE explosion behind them
Dr K is talking about the morphing grid when she refers to the "Bio Field", and that much of its energy concentrated in one place causes a massive backlash
DONT RUIN THIS FOR ME AGOAJ
I wish I could find the video, but guess what happens later in that episode
Which megazord same question
RPM is absolutely one of the best seasons they've ever done
I'm not sure I could order them, but nearly every character is great, Dr. K. is SOMEHOW one of my favorite tutors despite being a child actress and a know it all, and its a post apocalypse
Hard to get better
No idea on the individual Zords, but probably the Zeo Megazord since the Zeo Crystals specifically grow in power over time and they're still around because Turbo just had them change powers for no reason and the Zeo Crystal is (presumably) still active
They're the best thing he's ever done and if you're curious about the history of power rangers you should absolutely seek them out
The best thing he's ever done is reviewing Holy Terror.
The answer to both questions is Green Dragonzord
EDIT: Annnd it looks like this has already been mentioned in the thread while I was typing it up. Oh well, at least I provided a link.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Hmm
I'm not sure but the lightspeed solarzord probably has my favorite finisher cause SO MANY GUNS
rpm forever
I would say that with a new movie maybe we'll get a cool game but
See how that turned out for Pacific Rim
We could talk about how Dillon the Black Ranger is a literal Terminator, a huge dick and a hilarious caricature of a badass and yet somehow it works:
This is a travesty!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1JI9WWSRW1YJI
Cat Alien lady from SPD, although it was just a once-off morph if I remember right.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1JI9WWSRW1YJI
There
Sort of has
Kat Manx (an alien Cat Lady) briefly becomes a ranger in SPD (another great season) and is orange:
But yeah I actually do wish they didn't use the same colors every reason, but its limited by the source material from the japanese show
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1JI9WWSRW1YJI
They're really good!
Lady Red Ranger is also awesome, though the Pink Ranger was basically the leader in Time Force
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The current sentai has one, so there'll be one eventually. Unless they skip that season.