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Mighty Morphin Zyurangers Continues!
🕑 Added 2020-07-13 15:52:05 +0000 UTCMighty Morphin Zyurangers continues with a look at the second (produced) episodes of both series. Not only does MMPR struggle to adapt elements from a two-parter they largely skipped the first part of, they also graft on an entirely-unrelated "Trini is afraid of heights" plot. This one... is... quite fun.
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I do have to wonder if they made this like they made later seasons the episode would be explicitly about a space shuttle and the Rangers would have to rescue the astronauts who freed Rita. I mean do we ever find out what happened to them after Day of the Dumpster?
Ian Ury
It is crazy how disjointed "High Five" is, but I still like it anyway. I think this might be the biggest "growing pains" episode the series had and I bet it was filmed early. I believe Skull's actor said "No Clowning Around" was the first completed episode but this feels really early and like they didn't quite know how to match Sentai footage. But I don't think I quite agree with your view on the dissonance between the American characters and the Sentai footage in this particular episode, in that I don't think of it as brainwashing. More like the huge powerup they get and the face covering helmets make them feel a lot safer to take risks they otherwise wouldn't. Maybe it is just me projecting my own fear of heights and personality but I feel like it would make it a lot easier if I suddenly got a near invincible suit thrown on me and the ability to jump 100 stories with barely any effort.
Andrea Andrew
I haven’t seen such amazing analysis of Power Rangers since Linkara, and you also have amazing insight into Zyuranger as well.
