Category: Power Rangers

All posts relating to the ever-present Power Rangers franchise and all incarnations within.

Is Seth Rollins A “Real-Life Power Rangers?” (No, he isn’t.)

(You know what? I might consider making this into a video… just to gauge some kind of reaction to this reaction.)

WWE sometimes comes up with the stupidest shit. Not just in terms of their on-screen feuds and storylines, but also their website content. Not a major media event goes where WWE isn’t doing some stupid thing like photoshopping lightsabers into action shots or having wrestlers fight dinosaurs in poor mock-ups. Sometimes, stuff like this is cute, but then there are times when you just roll your eyes.

Case in point, WWE.com’s most recent article in which they try to sell readers on the idea that WWE Superstar, current RAW tag-team champion, former WWE World Champion, and Wrestlemania 31 savior Seth Rollins is a real-life, honest-to-goodness Power Ranger.

No… really.

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The Abridged Book Of Ninja Fighting

In Season 3 of Mighty Morphin, the Power Rangers get new power coins that draw the power of NINJA! This means they get cool ninja suits and cool ninja powers. Yeah, that’s awesome, right?

But isn’t the ninja supposed to be a stealthy figure?

In the old days, ninjas were spies and assassins who would use stealth to get in, do their thing, and get out without anyone noticing. The art of invincibility, as it were. It was a thing with the Ninja Turtles whenever they needed to do something stealthy; they went in, did their thing, and got out without anyone noticing. Not just because of their appearance differing from the humans, but because they were NINJA. That’s what they’re supposed to do; it’s what they were trained to do. Sometimes, they make noise, but for the most part, they’re supposed to stay in the shadows and they usually do that.

So why is it that whenever we have Ninja Rangers, they’re out in the open and not doing anything that is remotely ninja-y? They make loud noises, they taunt, they don’t do anything remotely stealthy, they have ninja magic… but they don’t use stealth or anything. What kind of ninjas are they?

The ones that apparently study from the Abridged Book Of Ninja Fighting.

Yes, I Have Seen It…

Due to it being a short work day last night, I was able to catch a screening of the new Power Rangers movie before heading off home. And while I will reserve my full thoughts on the film for a later time, I will say that the movie far exceeded my admittedly low expectations.

I really liked the film. While there were some bits that I found odd or questionable, it was a really smooth, easy going film that hit that fine balance between a grounded mature approach and just upfront silly fun that seems to be lacking in a lot of these “uber-serious” reboots. The action bits were well done, the characters were decent, and the whole thing was an easy watch with very few dull moments.
All in all, perfectly fine film. I enjoyed it a lot.

Regarding The MMPR Comic From Boom Studios

So I promised a write-up on the comic some time ago… and well, this isn’t it… but for those curious (for whatever reason) about my thoughts on Boom Studios’ current Mighty Morphin comic book, I’ll just say what I said on the DTM-Cast last month and expand on it a bit here.

For the most part, I think it’s well written fanfiction, with a couple ideas I’ve seen done better, but honestly, the current Green Ranger wankfest that this comic is on is boring the shit out of me. So you start with a new heavy that last eight issues and then all of a sudden, two Rangers are trapped in another dimension where they get to conveniently meet faces from futures seasons of the show and… you know, the funny thing is that the ideas that they had going on here were ideas that a couple buddies and I were toying around with when we were thinking of new fanfic ideas to put together back when we were brainstorming fanfics years ago and… well, fucking hell, man.

See, it started off well and with some potential, but it just fell off the rails. And when they introduced that new hybrid Ranger a couple issues prior – first thought that comes to mind is “that’s probably evil Tommy” and it never occurred to me that it might be anyone else because the writers have such huge fucking boners for the character that they had to go with the cliche “What if Tommy stayed evil?” Something that has been before in numerous fanfics good and bad.

This isn’t anything new. I like the idea of the two coins combined to make one Ranger; I thought that was kinda cool, but… I don’t know, man. I’m just holding out for something better to come along.

One Incentive Cover You’ll Never See Published…

For what it’s worth, the image itself was done years ago – it’s even been used as a thumbnail for one of my older video reviews. It’s essentially someone sitting on the john with a Green Ranger helmet added on and the tie recolored green. (I believe it’s from a poster for a George W. Bush biopic or something; can’t recall which one, but the cowboy boots are a dead giveaway.) However, with Boom Studios offering blank cover editions of their MMPR comics, it seems like a no-brainer to produce a custom cover of my own.

To the three people who might have the inclination to ask, I do have a write-up planned in regards to the current comic series being published. It’s going to take a while since I do need to play catch-up on a couple things, but hopefully, sooner than later, it’ll be up in some form or fashion.

The cover, however, should provide a hint as to my feelings on the current run, but not necessarily the whole story.

About That MMPRFanFilm Thing?

Anyone remember that MMPR Fan Film thing that caused a ruckus ages ago? The one that had a crowdfunding campaign then announced the release of their first episode, only to continually delay it again and again? The one fanfilm that is barred from discussions on Rangerboard?

The one I did a commentary on one of the trailers?

In a sudden burst of mild curiosity, I went ahead and visited their Facebook page, which hasn’t been updated since May of last year. Almost curiously, I decided to click on the link to their main website, wondering if that was still active.

The domain still works. Only now, it leads to a SimCity fan page that also hasn’t been updated in a while.

So I guess this project is dead and buried… and that sucks for the people who donated money to this thing.

Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.