Ranger Retrospective

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 Overview

Posted on 4:51 AM by Samurai Karasu

The past two weeks I wanted to look at this totally bonkers T.V. show on an episode by episode basis. It let me look at what made the show fun to watch and what made it a complete chore. This week I'm going to look at Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on a more macro level. I want to pick out the bits and pieces of why this show functions when it does, and what makes the show suffer when it doesn't.

I blab a lot about what I love in the Japanese Sentai footage, but during this post I will only discuss Sentai stuff in how it relates to Power Rangers. In spite of how much they share they're two different shows after all. So take a look with me and see if you agree.

Posted in Billy, Putties, Rita Repulsa, Season 1, Squatt and Baboo, Tommy, Trini | 1 comment

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Top 10 Best Season 1 Power Rangers Episodes

Posted on 2:53 AM by Samurai Karasu

No more fussing about episodes I don't like this week. It's time to get into some of the real cream of the crop. The episodes you can show your kids, your nieces and nephews, your grandparents, and your racist neighbors to get them engaged in the cultural phenomenon that is Power Rangers.

I'll reiterate my rule from last week: Multi-part episodes are judged separately and not as a package deal. They vary so much in quality it would be a disservice to the individual episodes to group them together.

I'll be honest in saying this list was difficult to make. Every episode I've listed has changed positions at least once, but I think they're in the proper order now. Granted, if you asked me a year from now what my top 10 favorite episodes are in Season 1, I could change it around a bit.

Let me know your top 10 best Power Rangers episodes and we'll see how it compares with mine! In the meantime, let's get on with my jibber jabber.

Posted in Best Of, Season 1, Top 10 | 4 comments

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Top 10 Worst Season 1 Power Rangers Episodes

Posted on 5:20 AM by Samurai Karasu

Alright everybody, I'm in the mood for a nice juicy top 10 list. It's one I've been mentally filling out over the course of this blog. Which episode is it in Season 1 that manages to transcend all others and be the lousiest episode of all? There's a lot of heavy shitters this season, but only a few worthy of eternal scorn and derision.

It goes without saying that this list is obviously only my opinion so if you want to contest my choices, lemme know what you think sucks harder! Or if you think one of these episodes belongs on a "Top 10 Best Of" then...you're going to need to explain that one to me. Please include graphs, charts, and no fewer than 5 citations from reputable sources.

The one rule I have for this list is any multi-part episodes I may or may not include will be ranked individually and not as a set. Different parts of multi-parters tend to vary wildly in quality. It wouldn't be fair to compare episodes like "MMPR 94: Lokar's Return Part 1" with episodes like "MMPR 95: Lokar's Return Part 2: Billy Goes to the Zoo." Unfortunately that's not till Season 2 so let's get on with the list.

Posted in Season 1, Top 10, Worst Of | 5 comments

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

August Break Announcement/Best Of Season 1 Images

Posted on 3:36 AM by Samurai Karasu

So we're finally at the end of Season 1 and now we can move onto Season 2 right? Nope! I'm going on a brief episode review hiatus for the month of August. I had meant to mention that last week but I must have been taken by the Oysterizer's endless sexiness. So this week's kind of a bust in terms of new content. Don't worry though! I have plenty of little trinkets to tide you crazy kids over in August, so stay tuned!

But for today, I've been writing about Power Rangers for more than a year and I'm gonna take a week to try and gain my bearings. In the meantime, let me tide you fine people over with some of my personal favorite gifs and images from the season. Take it easy this week and I'll catch up with ya in August with a little more Season 1 content.