Once a Ranger disscussion

[Chaotix12345]

http://img36.picoodle.com/img/img36/8/6/29/f_reunionm_5285b6c.jpg

This pic confirms that the 15th anniversary team-up will indeed feature adam,tori,kira,bridge,and xander. It also confirms bridge is SPD red.

[ginge_ranger]

I still cant ger my head round Bridge being red :P

[MMPR RedRanger]

cool when will it be aired?? i hope soon..:D

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

holy crap its batman nah jk anyways not bad not bad yea JYB!!!!

[Ao Ranger]

Tori and Kira look great

[roguefan]

I'll be D*&#d they did it. Interesting cast though its hard to belive they had to use bridge for a red ranger would non of the others do it or did they just want an spd. Hmm bridge would make an interesting red though.

[ginge_ranger]

well it was rumoured that Brandon was going back ... but couldn't come to an arrangement or something like that. But I'm hoping that it will be explained ... if not it's just a load of crap!

I could never see Sky retiring!!!!

He would die with his SPD license in hand!

[roguefan]

Well I am guesing one of three things though beyond this we need to start a differnt thread. 1 he is dead 2 he was promoted 3 he became a jeark again and was demoted. Though first thought through my mind phonto shop but there is no way that was faked.

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

well in any case this is like the only reason ill watch this ep because of JYB and maybe Emma Lahana but other that OO kinda flunked bad in terms for u guys but thats another subject dont even bother to start an arguement here.

[pg86]

Ill be watching this episode..only because I was totally in love with Sally Martin seriously guys there's something about a surfer chick that gets me Oh and yes JYB will be in it....Damn I love team ups...

[Chaotix12345]

The title for the 15th anniversary team-up has been revealed. The episode will air on july 23rd as a one-hour special. Here's the title....

Once A Ranger

[overdrive-black]

And just how did you know it is the team-up
??????????????????????????????????????????

[Chaotix12345]

And just how did you know it is the team-up
?????????????????????????????????????????? Because a few inside sources said the team-up title would be revealed today and since this is an hour-long special,It's kind of obvious.

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

umm okay guys im gonna combine this thread into the team up super mega discussion thread because theres no need to keep making new threads on it with different info.....

[themasterranger]

this is just an opinion, this thread should be on the RRC front page

[ginge_ranger]

it was from a member so no .... anything that Snoops finds (or mods and admins I think) is posted in that area

[themasterranger]

it was from a member so no .... anything that Snoops finds (or mods and admins I think) is posted in that area

not true ginge, you see the disscution of the PROO Battleizer was started by me, and now it is on the RRC front page

[ginge_ranger]

well snoops aint moved it .... so it doesnt really matter now does it

[pg86]

well it was rumoured that Brandon was going back ... but couldn't come to an arrangement or something like that. But I'm hoping that it will be explained ... if not it's just a load of crap!

I could never see Sky retiring!!!!

He would die with his SPD license in hand!
Brandon has a starring role on a new show on Noggin...I forgot what it is but Ill elaborate on it later.

[ginge_ranger]

Am I the only one that likes OO here???? I think it's passed all expectations in my book!

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

Am I the only one that likes OO here???? I think it's passed all expectations in my book!
yea i think ya are mate OO is lame heck even my lil couz is bored to tearz watchin that show XD

[roguefan]

I would agree it all goes back to the writting. Man of Mercury had to be one of the lames 6th ranger itro's I have ever seen and Ive seen them all. Who knows maybe this team up will help. It certainly looks intersting as long as they wrote it right. Next year is going to suck cause it is not going to translate in the us well but thats for another thread.

[pg86]

yea i think ya are mate OO is lame heck even my lil couz is bored to tearz watchin that show XD

Im with you...I hate it.........

[overdrive-black]

Y'all are so negative im sick and tired of that why OO is lame i think its great y'all should give the series a chance to end then you judge men, in the first place the series didnt even premieres and people was talkin shi* about it
thats just stupid people need to watch something and then judge them
cause if one episode is bad or lame that doesnt mean that the whole series is gonna be that way.

[roguefan]

Ok we are getting off subject but this sounds like a good thread idea so look for a new one. Rember this is about the team up.

[Chaotix12345]

The team-up's episode descriptions have been revealed by TvGuide.com.

Once a Ranger Part 1

Thrax unites various villains and renders the Rangers powerless, so the Sentinel Knight assembles a new team of Rangers.

Once a Ranger Part 2

Mack is captured by Thrax while searching for a powerful sword.

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

wonder who they r choosing seeing as how most of the old dudes are dead....

[ginge_ranger]

is Thrax already in the series?

[overdrive-black]

is Thrax already in the series?

let me tell you:

NOP

[themasterranger]

forgive me for asking but who is Thrax

[ginge_ranger]

well since weve just agreed hes not in the series ... we obvz dont know

[Chaotix12345]

A japanese magazine scan says zedd and rita's son will be the villain. He could very well be thrax.

[Linkranger64]

I hope Im able to go to the power morphicon.

[ginge_ranger]

ok morphicon has been and gone ... and this is not the place to discuss it!

[SPDomega]

I'll be watching this just to see how its going to be done story wise. I have a feeling Bruce Kalish hasn't watched PRiS and doesn't know that Rita and Zedd were purified, so they have an evil kid (Just like Rita deciding to be good and still being able to use magic in PRMF). As for Bridge being red, hopefully it will be something like Sky is on a leave of absence because him giving up being red wouldn't be very believable.
(Edit) Is there a pic anywhere of Thrax???

[overdrive-black]

No theres not

[SPDomega]

That sucks, it'll be interesting to see what he would look like. I also wonder if they'll end up using Aka Red at all.

[ginge_ranger]

With JYB there kicking ass they dont need him. And Aka red makes no sense to be used in PR!

[SPDomega]

They don't neccesserily need to have Aka Red have the same backstory as in Boukenger. He could serve some other task. I also doubt they'll use him, since the rangers they have aren't the ones in the Sentai teamup so why bother using him? I was just wondering.

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

They don't neccesserily need to have Aka Red have the same backstory as in Boukenger. He could serve some other task. I also doubt they'll use him, since the rangers they have aren't the ones in the Sentai teamup so why bother using him? I was just wondering.

they aint gonna touch Akared suit dude i mean honestly they only used the SPD battlizer for Magi Vs Deka as a sign of payback for america taken sentai clips for PR so yea and also Akared has the super sentai logo on it so its basically patent for sentai use only.

[overdrive-black]

Here it is it looks AWESOME:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCrrEvzPZ28
So what y'all think about it.

[Chaotix12345]

HQ Download - http://www.operationoverdrive.net/multimedia/movieclips.php?category=10

Now there's no doubt about it.....he's zedd's son. You can see that he's carrying zedd's Z staff and he's wearing zedd's mouthpiece.

Other things to point out:

Adam uses the defender vest
Bridge uses the drive lance

[SPDomega]

This airs this Monday right?

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

hmmm ill leave this hear for now might subject to merging with the other thread but yea holy crap they kept their promise Zedds son ZOMG XDXD

[ginge_ranger]

I was skeptical before seeing the promo that Thrax was indeed Rita and Zedd's son!

I hope they manage to work it right though!

[overdrive-black]

This airs this Monday right?

Nop this monday no next monday yep

[Chaotix12345]

Part 1 is on jetix.tv!!!!

http://disney.go.com/dxd/index.html?channel=16953&

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r73/lonleybagel/Once%20a%20Ranger/retrorangers.jpg

Too awesome.

[SPDomega]

I'm going to wait until next Monday to watch it because I could never get jetix.tv to work for me.
How was part I? Was it good or did it suck like the rest of Operation Overdrive?

To me, I still don't like the "all star team". I know its difficult to bring old actors over to New Zealand for filming (which is why it should't be in NZ), but if its Rita and Zedd's son, the team should be primarily composed of MMPR-PRiS rangers. Unless Thrax is from the future or something and he's chased to the past by Bridge and the other rangers are from this time period already and have their powers to help. But that's extremely hard to believe that the SPD rangers would have gone to the past in the same overall time period three times.

[ginge_ranger]

Part 1 was AWESOME!

Now you all know I'm a fan of OO, but this is still making the season! It had a good nodback to Rita, using a dumpster to capture Thrax. Also the story for Bridge being red was suitable and made sense!

Can't wait for part two!

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

wow Adam is actually using the axe for once XD

[SPDomega]

Hmmm, I think I'll actually watch Overdrive tonight on Toon Disney, even though its unrelated. Just since I haven't watched since before Man of Mercury.

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

this is like the only reason i watch PR like once a year lol part 1 not bad however it had too many explosions -___- Kalendor aka Yami No Yaiba and Gai aka i dunno what his name is in PR kept creating large masses of explosions which was rather annoyin in a way but oh well as for Thrax hmm not bad least they made him sorta like Zedd and Rita XD very nice touch on givin him daddys staff and when the 5 vets showed up was pretty nice playin there respective seasons themes excluding MMPR for Adam was a nice touch bridges explanation for why hes red now sucked imo and Adam being surprised when Kira told him bout Tommy was funny wow i cant believe hes a doctor XD however the ending is whack i mean common whats the point of havin the OO rangers wanting to quit when we know they gonna come back its too damn obvious and pointless to do so common wtf disney anywayts ill watch part 2 whenever it comes on but again it was meh ok for the most part especially since hell many old timers like me from back in the day remember Adam and mmpr and shitz.

[SPDomega]

I can't resist reading, so I know how they got the other rangers to come. I still find it extremely ridiculous for Sentinel Knight to reach into the future to grab someone from SPD. I mean, come on, why not get another active ranger.
I'm wondering...does anyone think that there's the possibilty Adam will stick around??? Because I can't imagine bringing Johnny Young Bosch for just two episodes. Maybe he'll stay as a recurring character??

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

I can't resist reading, so I know how they got the other rangers to come. I still find it extremely ridiculous for Sentinel Knight to reach into the future to grab someone from SPD. I mean, come on, why not get another active ranger.
I'm wondering...does anyone think that there's the possibilty Adam will stick around??? Because I can't imagine bringing Johnny Young Bosch for just two episodes. Maybe he'll stay as a recurring character??

theres a reason its called a team up man obvviously he cant stay......that would like kill the show more than it already sucks.

[SPDomega]

......that would like kill the show more than it already sucks...
Why do you say that??

[overdrive-black]

Why do you say that??

Yea why would you say that not the adam caracther part the overdrive suck part i think OO is AWESOME

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

Why do you say that??

cause well umm its kinda rather late for him to join now plus team ups dont set up characters from the previous seasons to stay its a one time deal so any hopes of him staying are a total waste and if he was to stay as a ranger in OO it wouldnt fit the story right hes just there now to help out and kick thrax's ass nothing more and nothing less.

[ginge_ranger]

it would be nice to see him stick around for an ep or so ... if he had time ...

[SPDomega]

Well the episode just aired, and since the other thread was about the cast pic and would be going off topic to discuss the episode in full, I thought maybe a new thread would be nice.
Anyway, what did everyone think of the hour long episode? I thought it was pretty good, even though they killed Thrax in a kind of disappointing way. But the episode was a nice little reunion in my opinion.

[Chaotix12345]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHgdf0N1Hfs

Awesome new morphing sequences for bridge and adam.

[SPDomega]

Yeah, I thought so too. Bridge's was kinda just the standard SPD one with red swapped for green and some minor changes. But the new Mighty Morphin' one was really good. Even though the episode was good, I think maybe it would've been better suited and felt more complete as a three parter, which unfortunately is limited by the lack of episodes.

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

honestly how hard is it to just use the darn old one........ther i merged it happy besides we already discussed like part 1 in it. so u might as well use it...anyways im surprised disney wasnt lazy and decided to give Adam a new morph sequence instead of using the MMPR stock footage like in FR also Bridges morph is exactly skys red ranger morph.they just like slapped his face on skys and went with it....in short lazy right there other than that..........Bouken silver aka mercury whatever ya call it needs a partner itsaunfair to leave him to fight by himself heck even Eiji in Bouken had Dekabreak and Magishine so common wtf.....oh yea another thing wtf Xander shoulda used Legend mode Kira shoulda went Super Dino common is that hard to put in...........

[SPDomega]

Watching the episode a second time after I recorded it, it just felt like it needed another part to it. There wasn't even much dialogue or action with the new team. That's a problem with Kalish's writing, things just move too quickly, which isn't necesserily his fault since he only has 30 episodes to work with, but it can still be annoying.
I know I sound like a broken record, but I still don't get the point of reaching twenty years into the future to get an SPD ranger. Kalish shot himself in the foot for the third time with having SPD be set in the near future rather than in the present like DekaRanger.
I also don't understand why the weak Sentinal Knight would spend his energy recharging powers when 1) The Space Rangers still have powers 2) Justin and TJ have their Turbo powers 3) The Lost Galaxy rangers are a sword out of a stone away from having their ranger powers 4) The Lightspeed Rescue Rangers have powers 5) Wes and Eric still have their red and quantum powers and 6) All of the Mystic rangers still have their powers. Although I was happy to see an old Mighty Morphin' ranger, so it was worth the recharging glitch in writing just for that.
Also, why is Alpha 6 in a box in Angel Grove? It would've been better to use Alpha 5 or even Alpha 4 since it was well established that #6 was on Mirinoi. And Kira's dino gem is repowered, yet in "History" its drained completely. Doesn't make too much sense.
Overall though, it was good, though it could've been better. I'm wondering how much footage was cut to make it a two parter.

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

yea i know right why the hell is that stupid tin can even there in a stupid crate...............as for Sentinel Knight recharging there powers instead of askin the ones u mentioned....its cause it probably costs more to reach an agreement 4 them to gain filming rights if its just one person like JYB or JDF then it wont costs as much.....so yea and Kiras powers were drained in the last ep of DT not really History so Sentinel Knight recharged hers basically adams,and Tori's...oh yea the unmorph fight seem was rigged.... i mean common is it really necessary to fight with the cheezy extra powers they have at least adam didnt need that crap/... freakin turds and thrax gets pwned in one slash attack from Zubban wtf some son of zedd and rita.....in short a big ripoff.......

[solar gardian ranger]

cool team up and cool idea that the sentinel knight became zubban and i like to no now how fast zubban figer out that he are the battliser for mac the red ranger and like to see that transformation fast hope the next ep

[SPDomega]

It was kinda obvious from the first episode that Sentinal Knight would be zubban and the battlizer. At least I thought so.

[ZGMF-X20A STRIKE FREEDOM]

It was kinda obvious from the first episode that Sentinal Knight would be zubban and the battlizer. At least I thought so.

its dead give away if uve seen Bouken besides they already ripped like most of the costume an added it on to a dude in a black cloak and etc

[themasterranger]

what is the name of that sword that mac uses, and is now the sentinal knight

[ginge_ranger]

dont have a name yet

[SPDomega]

what is the name of that sword that mac uses, and is now the sentinal knight
dont have a name yet
The Sentinal Knight/sword combo doesn't have a name, but the sword itself before the merging is Excelsior, a parody of Excalibur.

[ginge_ranger]

Zuuban!!!!!

[DarkBlaze]

I am new to the board, my name is DarkBlaze. Well, actually it's Ron, I'm 16. I have been a fan since 2002, that's not including being a fan of WF, Wf sucked big time.

But anyways, All I can say is, 5/5, super fantastic, morphenominal episode. This definitely goes down in history. I guess I should mention that Alpha's voice was bad, it just wasn't the same. Ok, let me be honest, part 1 was a little bit better than part 2. Thrax dying, that sucks, but oh well, that's PR for ya. Its' good to see SK in a true form now. The ending was great, it was good to hear some of the things the rangers were up to in their lives, Adam and his dojo, Kira and her new CD, and Tori and her Surf board shop, that's good for them. Bridge and his toast, :)

[SPDomega]

I was wondering if maybe Thrax wasn't dead? Since there are separate factions of villains, I was thinking it was possible for him to show up in the finale and possibly reunite them into the alliance again or possibly pose a big threat. That would be better than him being gone for good.

[ginge_ranger]

but it defeats the point of the team-up ....

[roguefan]

I agree I do not see him coming back it would be pointless and agianst the the whole story.

[SPDomega]

How does it defeat the point of the teamup? The point of it was that he severaged the Overdrive rangers link to the morphing grid after the evil alliance beat the crap out of them. So, Sentinal Knight made the new team.

[roguefan]

Why defeat a one time monster just to bring him back later to defeat again by same team up? He's dead and gone and the returning rangers did there job. Why not bring Lothor and the Ninja Storm rangers back at the end of dino thunder and etc....? Cause its been there done that and the story is about the current team not the old one.

[SPDomega]

I see what you're saying, but the thing is Thrax is more than just a monster, he's the son of Rita and Zedd and a powerful and evil villain. Also, he has something to do with the season by being an adversary of the Sentinal Knight and the Overdrive Rangers, wheras someone like Lothor who showed up for Thunder Storm was only there because of the DT-NS ranger encounters. Thrax, unlike Lothor, has a reason to still be an adversary.

[roguefan]

But if you go along those line then tommy, zack, kimberly, billy, trini and jason should still be fighting rita repulsa 15 years later.....ok maybe not that bad but still you must move forward with the story. Now in a more pratical term disney aint going to do it.

[ginge_ranger]

and anybody with any sense at all ... would never do it.

[SPDomega]

But if you go along those line then tommy, zack, kimberly, billy, trini and jason should still be fighting rita repulsa 15 years later.....ok maybe not that bad but still you must move forward with the story. Now in a more pratical term disney aint going to do it.
Rita Repulsa isn't around, so while I'd agree with that if she was she isn't. What I'm saying is Thrax is an enemy of the Overdrive team, so he could show up at same point. He never fought any past rangers outside of Once a Ranger. One encounter with Adam doesn't make him a MMPR villain.
and anybody with any sense at all ... would never do it.

No need to get nasty just cuz you don't agree with me.

[roguefan]

You missed my point a story has to move on if you just keep bringing back defeated monsters and old rangers there is little room for growth and uniqness. Since it doesnt fallow the Boken story they would probably just screw it up. Frankly I dont think he was that great of a villian to began with.

[ginge_ranger]

Team up monsters are there too serve a purpose ... no amount of story can change that.

Technically in DT Lother could have stayed around as another enemy, trying too defeat the ranger too get one over on Mesagog ... couldn't he?

But what's the point? There isn't any. Thrax is just your average villian who's primary use is not for the fact he is an enemy of the Centinal Knight, but for advertising of younger fans who will go and wotch PRG too find out who the hell Rita and Zedd were.

He was a cool villian, he was destroyed. End of.

[SPDomega]

You missed my point a story has to move on if you just keep bringing back defeated monsters and old rangers there is little room for growth and uniqness...
True, but Thrax is from Overdrive so its not the same as bringing back evil Zedd, Master Vile, Darkonda, or anyone else. And I'm saying if it happened in the finale if he returned, so in the last episodes there's no growth anyway just a closing of one story that could be better with an unexpected reapperance of an evil villain.

[roguefan]

I see your point honestly I do but why wast precious time on it. they only have 32 episodes assuming they did not up it this year. He was designed to fit into the 2 episode plot and it would be throwing him in there just for the sake of throwing him in there. To me its a waste but hey thats my opinion. I am kind of biased to the fact I think he was to lame to bring back.

[ginge_ranger]

I think it was worth seeing him again, but why have him there just too be destroyed. I'm sorry but I cant see your point.

[SPDomega]

I think it was worth seeing him again, but why have him there just too be destroyed. I'm sorry but I cant see your point.
As an unexpected return in the finale to provide some major threat, because in my opinion I can't think of a good finale for PR with the way the separate factions have been handled so to have him show up would be good.
I see your point honestly I do but why wast precious time on it. they only have 32 episodes assuming they did not up it this year. He was designed to fit into the 2 episode plot and it would be throwing him in there just for the sake of throwing him in there. To me its a waste but hey thats my opinion. I am kind of biased to the fact I think he was to lame to bring back.
Good point, and no your not biased its just your opinion. Kalish's writing has been too quick moving so for Kalish to do it would probably waste time in the finale.

[ginge_ranger]

As an unexpected return in the finale to provide some major threat, because in my opinion I can't think of a good finale for PR with the way the separate factions have been handled so to have him show up would be good.

argh I really can't see this point ... you defeat the factions and hey presto Thrax isn't defeated. The whole thing just seems kindof pointless too me. I'm sorry and im definately not trying too put you down, but I simply don't understand where your coming from.

[roguefan]

Dont worry about it. You have your opinion and it make sense and I would agree with you. One thing I hated about season 2 is they kept bringing back the stupid monsters. When your dead your dead with very few exceptions. Move on and go forward.

[ginge_ranger]

But I think you could get away with it in Season 2 due too lack of footage. OO would have no excuse.

[SPDomega]

Dont worry about it. You have your opinion and it make sense and I would agree with you. One thing I hated about season 2 is they kept bringing back the stupid monsters. When your dead your dead with very few exceptions. Move on and go forward.
Yeah, that's because those monsters brought back were Zyu2 monsters that Saban had footage made in Japan for. They probably really wanted to make their money worth it.

[ginge_ranger]

Yeah, that's because those monsters brought back were Zyu2 monsters that Saban had footage made in Japan for. They probably really wanted to make their money worth it.

Saban didnt have footage ... a lot of S2 footage was American made

[roguefan]

Ok I just dont get it what is it about thrax that you like? He wasnt that strong, he looked silly, he is unrealistic.....he is 12 years old at the oldest people.......he was a vilian for two episodes. Why would you want him back. Bring the other rangers back ok i can understand that but him?

[ginge_ranger]

Ok I just dont get it what is it about thrax that you like? He wasnt that strong, he looked silly, he is unrealistic.....he is 12 years old at the oldest people.......he was a vilian for two episodes. Why would you want him back. Bring the other rangers back ok i can understand that but him?

You've hit the nail on the head.

[SPDomega]

Saban didnt have footage ... a lot of S2 footage was American made

Oh yeah, I know that. What I mean is Roguefan said they brought back the stupid monsters over and over again, and the majority of reused monsters were from Zyu2, so Saban probably wanted to get their money's worth be reusing the suits, costumes, and footage associated with those monsters.

As for why I want Thrax back, its not that I really care for the villain. All I'm saying is I've read a lot of stuff from people saying his death was anticlimactic and should've been done better, so I'm just saying there would be a possibility of maybe him returning for the finale since his destruction at the hands, err feet, of the Sentinal Knight was so poorly done.

[roguefan]

Do you honestly think they are going to make it any better the second time around though? If anything by bringing him back it would be even more anticlimatic, in my opinion. So where back to the core of the problem, a poor attempt at a teamup/reunion special.

[SPDomega]

Good point, but part of this possibility is that Thrax is alive because his death wasn't convincing. And I guess its a matter of how one felt about Once a Ranger too.

[ginge_ranger]

it wasnt convincing?

[roguefan]

LOL I dont know I think He made a very convincing KA-BOOM like all other monsters.

[ginge_ranger]

but its like just because you didnt like his destruction you want him too come back and .... die better?

and it was only bad in comparison to the amount of damn explosions in the freaking show!

[SPDomega]

it wasnt convincing?
Kinda unconvincing. Once kick, fall to the ground on his face, boom. Not to mention that he and Flurious had been seemingly been blown up earlier, which yes I guess can be attributed to the overuse of explosions the show now uses.

[roguefan]

LOL yes the method of destruction was week as a new born runt kitten but it did make a nice boom. LOL it would have wasted time if they made the fight last longer. That was the least of their problems. And bringing him back for a better finish is like starting the season again next year to try to make it better, Just doesnt make much sense but somewhat understandable.

[SPDomega]

A valid point. I haven't really felt it much for Overdrive so hopefully the finale will not royally suck with or without Thrax.

[roguefan]

Well the mack story has peaked my interest a tad but they are going to have to make it realy interesting to salvage the season. Lets see where they go with roney on empty. Bouken had an interesting story so hopefully they dont butcher it to much.