"Come on, come on, everybody!!!" Yeah, don't miss this! Today we'll have the spotlight on Haim Saban, an interview with Paul Freeman, a list of MMPR songs on the movie and where you can find them on the movie, a MMPR video game review from TommyOliv, a MMPR review from Canada, info. on the Mighty Weenie Pathetic Rangers, etc. So....ARE YOU READY?! (Action boy now...) Welcome to new members ChellLee and GukeanNuke, both big MMPR fans. Off the list is Habur, who thought the nls were too much trouble. Bye Habur. We'll miss ya! I believe the next chat/sim will be on the 30th. More details later. HELP! On the movie, there is a song called Papa-Ooma-Mow-Mow. It's somewhere between Mr. Kelman coming to his house (SenSurround plays) and the kids at Ernie's (Trouble plays.) Was that the song the zombie man danced to? Did he even have a song that he danced to? Anyway, thanks in advance! Speaking of the movie and music, here's the order the songs went in. Thanks to Ami Ree and to the MMPR Interactive thingee that I got from Hollywood Online (Hollywood Online is on the World Wide Web for those Internet people who want to check it out.) Higher Ground...................skydiving Free Ride...........................rollerblading Are You Ready?................fighting the Ooze men outside the parking garage Go Go Power Rangers.......fighting the Ooze men inside the parking garage Cross My Line...................instrumental during the Free Ooze/Carnival scene SenSurround......................playing in Mr. Kelman's car as he drives up his driveway Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow.....Zombie Dancer? Trouble..............................kids listening to it at Ernie's Firebird..............................the Tenga scene Dreams..............................fireworks scene Trouble..............................credits The Power.........................credits Kung Fu Dancing...............credits Ayeyaiyai (Alpha's Song)...credits YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT... Last week's first quote was "You didn't step sideways....and Beth ran into you?" I understand that some of you haven't seen this episode--but, those who have are crazy for answering. This is simple! It's from the best episode ever "Different Drum." Kimberly was teaching a dance/exercise class and there was a deaf girl named Melissa there and a girl named Beth there. Well, Kimberly forgot to sign moves so Melissa got all messed up and ran into Beth. Beth told her to 'watch it. You almost knocked me over.' And, Melissa ran out of the room. Kim told the class to take a break, walked over to Melissa, asked what happened? (I know all the signs from this episode. What happened is point out your index fingers and turn them left to right twice.) Melissa signs something but so the audience will know what it is, they made Kim go, "You didn't step sideways...and Beth ran into you?" (This one is hard to describe). Then, they go on talking and I memorized all the signs. I wish I could show you guys...it's pretty cool! No one got this right!!!!!!!! The second one was not very difficult except I took out the whole phrase. Of course, Tommy said this in "Green With Evil Part II." He said, "Newflash, Kimberly. You are not the center of everyone's universe." Justin thought "DAMN! That was mean!" I think he's an idiotic jerk! How many people go say Newsflash to cute girls (She was not that cute back then, I'm sorry.) So what if he was under a spell??? I don't care! I did like how possessed he look during the closeup on him after Kimberly walked off...his eyes were like glowing green and he's doing this really possessed smile. XSENTAIX got this right only. That gives him 3 points. Today's quotes are: QUOTE 1- "20 goes into 40 two times and 20 goes into 0 zero times, so 400 divided by 20 is 20!" QUOTE 2- "Excuse me, but does that account for your rudeness?" TRIVIAL PURSUIT I accidentally put two trivia questions in. The first one was, "What do the Rangers call Billy's Remote Activated Drivingzord for Basic Ultra Geomorphology?" The answer is the RADBUG, introduced on "Big Sisters." STHJ@MARISTB.MARIST.EDU got it right first. Then, Randi Twin, Ami Ree, and DavrosPrm. The real trivia question was "Which Ranger's parents are divorced? " The answer is Kimberly ("Forever Friends" which coincidentally aired the same day told this as well as "Return of an Old Friend" as well as a recent nl issue.) Jojo Stix got this right, then CVAdam, STHJ@MARISTB.MARIST.EDU, then Ami Ree, then WBarezz, then DavrosPrm. Today's trivia question is "Give an estimate of how many people shouted 'Happy birthday, Zack!'. You can be off by 20 either way. DON'T CHEAT EITHER! ;-) Here is the scoreboard: Jojo Stix: 8 points RedRng: 5 points DavrosPrm: 5 points Chris7118: 1 point WhiteRng: 2 points Randi Twin: 4 points DarwnONeil: 2 points CV Adam: 9 points XSENTAIX: 11 points Ami Ree: 4 points Tien CO: 6 points STHJ@MARISTB.MARIST.EDU: 9 points Patri56297: 5 points WBarezz: 3 points tguingab@vms1.gmu.edu: 1 point R Donnely: 3 points EVetter127: 1 point Now THAT is a scoreboard! Last time only two people were on it--now there's 17! You guys did great! XSENTAIX won....again! But, I know that you guys will beat him next time! The scoreboard will go to zero and anyone can win! Second place went to CVAdam and STHJ@MARISTB.MARIST.EDU and third place went to Jojo Stix. Here is an update on the polls: POLL 1-FAVE RANGER Here is a poll update: POLL 1-FAVE RANGERS BLACK RANGER-1 point BLUE RANGER-4 points GREEN RANGER-2 points PINK RANGER-8 points RED RANGER-3 points WHITE RANGER-3 points YELLOW RANGER-2 points FAVE NON-RANGERS: BULK & SKULL-10 points RITA-1 point FINSTER-1 point ERNIE-1 point RICHIE/CURTIS-1 point LORD ZEDD- 1 point ZORDON- 1 point SABA/WHITE TIGERZORD- 1 point POLL 2: WEIRDEST MERCHANDISE Trini and Kimberly Barbie Dolls The Gummy Rangers Mac n Cheese ALL OF IT the Swiss Army Pencil Box Parachuting Ranger The Punching Bags and... The McDonald.zords because they don't interlock. Art work is terrible. -- Patri56297 [MAX'S NOTE: What do you expect for less than $2. ;-) ] DavrosPrm said the MMPR fruit snacks. [MAX'S NOTE: What do you expect from Brock's or whatever cheap place that made the snacks?] POLL 3- BEST AND WORST BEST- I lost all my old friends! }:-) And made real friends! (That's you guys, and the local Rangers) WORST- It seems, Saban Entertainment used me to create Tommy. I'm 100% like him! AND...I think Jason Frank is trying to be like me! }:-) STRANGE, we're about 95% alike. (I'm not married .... and don't have a kid.) Weird, Justin! I'm as perky as Kimberly ;-) POLL 4- NOBODY'S PERFICT! I noticed a big and funny mistake on "Wild West Rangers Part I." When the Rangers run to the lockers to stop the putties, Goldar, and Needlenose from going through the time hole, there is a poster on a locker saying, "Fire Safety Week." I believe that ended several episodes before. --Marx Okman I saw a mistake in "Zedd's Monster Mash". When Tommy was walking down with the kids/putties, Goldar appeared. At that time Tommy had a rag on his head. When the view switched for the fight, the rag wasn't on anymore. ZORDON MUST HAVE TELEPORTED IT! }:-P I HAVE A BIG ONE! I'm not sure if this is a mistake or not but on the credits of the movie, they forgot to list Firebird. --Marx Okman Also, on "Day of the Dumpster", the Rangers flash their weapons. But, they don't get their weapons until "Teamwork", the third episode. --Marx Okman POLL 5- WHO IS Marx Okman? When you guys are done with your pics, e-mail me for my address if you don't have a scanner! POLL 6- CREATE A CREATURE B A C L's plague Clayoozer The Time Being The Study Putty and MEGAZOID! YES, ZOID! It's a cross between Megazord and the Noid! He's 600 feet tall and takes you pizza! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! --XSENTAIX The first is called a Wastem: A cute little cuddly critter that looks like a teddy bear that got stomped on the head by a 16-ton weight. Its remarkably dumb (point it at a wall and it will gleefully keep walking into it for hours (days, weeks, months, years...)). Its so cute, however, that nobody can harm it (even though it is delicious and nutritious -- a fifth food group). It comes to Earth by meteorite and soon insinuates itself into the hearts and minds of all of Angel Grove. The bad part of it: its like a tribble -- you feed it, it produces more. Soon Angel Grove is swamped by hordes of mindless, cute little Wastems (hence the name; what do you say when you see one? "Wastem!") --AltanK The second is the Wastit: Similar in all respects to the Wastem, but incredibly vicious (and not good eating). It is often mistaken for the Wastem, and this triggers its attack: it turns into a gaping maw of teeth and tentacles the size of a truck tire, eating and killing. --AltanK Yuck! Gross! Nasty! ....cool! Wish Haim could hear these gross, nasty, and cool ideas! He'd be impressed. ;-) POLL 7-FAVE MONSTER Gnarly Gnome-1 point Chunky Chicken-1 point Madame Woe-1 point Nimrod [The Scarlet Sentinel]-1 point Robogoat-1 point NEW POLL: POLL 8-LOL What episodes make you burst out laughing? So, far we have a vote for Wild West Rangers from Ami Ree. I can't decide between Best Man For The Job, Different Drum, and For Whom the Bell Trolls. What do you think? NEW POLL: POLL 9-MUSIC BOX What is your fave MMPR song on the soundtrack? What is your fave MMPR song on Mighty Raw's album? Vote away! HA HA...STOP! MY SIDES ARE ACHING! [Joke of the Day] Here's one from me: Why did A.J. cross the road? I was on the other side. Instead of having about 4 jokes each issue, we'll have one each! Send in your jokes ASAP! WWW:On the World Wide Web, there is a place with Mighty Morphin Power Ranger episode parodies. It's under http://www.cyberverse.com/~piero/mwpr.html and MWPR stands for Mighty Weenie Pathetic Rangers. This is not a basher thingee. That's the name of the team. Actually, Piero is one of the biggest MMPR fans ever! It's for 'fans with open minds or people who hate the sight of Power Rangers.' I don't think people who hate Power Rangers would get it. You have to see the episodes in order to understand what "changes" were made to them. Some of the parodies include: Day of the Toilet--Day of the Dumpster Dumb Warrior--Dark Warrior Green With Vomit--Green With Evil The Slot Machine of Misfortune--Wheel of Misfortune The Green Popsicle--The Green Candle (This one confused me--I haven't seen the ep.) Muddie on My Empty Hallow Head--Putty on the Brain Missing Spleen--Missing Green The Power MasterCard--The Power Tranfer Two Take Away One Leaves Kimberly's Brain, And A Ranger Without Powers is Pathetic--When Is A Ranger Not A Ranger? The Bed Wetting--The Wedding Storybook Stooges--Storybook Rangers Blue Ranger Gone Plaid--Blue Ranger Gone Bad It has all of the second season and 38 of the 60 1st season episodes and even some PSAs. They're not bad...but, I haven't seen the Dark Warrior and Green Candle episode and this confused me! When I see the episode, my brain is going to be mixed up. If I were you, I would chose the ones I've seen. If you have AOL, you need 2.5 to get to the World Wide Web. Today's spotlight is on HAIM SABAN. It comes from Terri Ann C.'s FAQ guide: _Haim Saban_ HAIM SABAN (Producer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Saban Entertainment) is the creator and producer of the phenomenally successful "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers(TM)." An Israeli who spent part of his childhood in Egypt, Saban began his career at age 22, in Israel, as a music promoter and manager. In 1973, the Yom Kippur War forced him to move to France where he forged Saban Records, a successful producer of television soundtrack recordings. In 1980, Saban relocated to Los Angeles, where he opened Saban Entertainment. During the last 15 years, Saban Entertainment has grown exponentially to become a leader in the creation, production, acquisition, distribution and licensing of all forms of television programming, music and feature films for the worldwide entertainment marketplace. Saban, whose international company holds offices in such locations as Los Angeles, New York, France and Germany, lives in Beverly Hills with his wife and two children. Now that we've met Haim, let's meet Patrick: Here is today's MMPR profile: SCREEN NAME: Patri56297 REAL NAME: Patrick CURRENT RESIDENCE: Central NJ BIRTHDATE: 3/21/80 FAVE. EPISODE(S): "Blue Ranger Gone Bad, White Light Pt. 2, Rocky Just Wants To Have Fun." FAVE. QUOTE: To tell you the truth, I don't follow quotes that much. Next we'll hear from TommyOliv. SEND YOUR MMPR PROFILES IN NOW!!!! IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! Now that we've met Haim and Patrick, let's meet PAUL FREEMAN, shall we?-- Disney Adventures ("Our Lunch With The White Ranger".) _Disney Adventures_. New York: Disney Magazine Publishing, Inc., August 1995. Pgs. 18-19) IT'S IVAN OOOOOOOOZE! Is the slimy villain in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' new movie really all bad? We had to find out! By Liz Smith "Welcome to my nightmare!" D.A. heard Ivan Ooze's ooey-gooey greeting, and 'cause we're not scaredy-cats, we decided to take the Ivan challenge. We asked the powers that be to dig up ol' Ivan--he's been buried for 6,000 years--so we could have a chat. They told us he wasn't in a good mood. Hmmm...maybe a long-distance chat would be better. Cranky Ivan (played by Paul Freeman) rang us from jolly ol' England. Now, we know he's supposed to be this awful, horrible, detestable villain, but D.A. and Ivan got along quite nicely. So nicely, in fact, we're planning on getting together for tea and crumpets really soon. First we talked to Paul about what it was like to become Ivan Ooze: D.A.: "How long did it take you to get made up in the Ooze outfit?" P.F.: "The first day, it took seven and a half hours! Then the makeup artists got it down to a mere four and a half hours. My mask is five separate pieces stuck onto my fave and into my nostrils! I had to wear false teeth and contact lenses. I had to eat through straws--soups and stuff." D.A.: "So Ivan's got purple power, huh?" P.F.: "Yeah, they needed to dye my tongue, too, because when I talked, my pink tongue came out amongst all this purple. To make my tongue purple, I had to hold black currant juice in my mouth and spit it out right before I spoke." D.A.: "What's Ivan's best feature?" P.F.: "I'll tell you what gave me a buzz--I've got false purple hands with great veins and long purple fingernails, and on top of each knuckle is another nail! There's an extra nail on the thumb knuckle, too! You might not even be able to see it in the movie, but it gave me a great deal of pleasure!" Then--presto--right before our very eyes, Paul became Ivan, the dreaded ooze-man... Uh, we'll continue that next week. ;-) Now, it's time for today's toy review. It comes from TommyOliv. MMPRTM(SNES) Review (I would do a level by level by that would take hours!) Overall: The game has excellent game play(It's not hard to control) There is one known flaw-It gets HARD! The only reason that they CALL it MMPRTM is that Ivan Ooze Makes an appearance- all the other monsters are repeats from the other GAME! No known tricks MMPR(Sega CD) You are not completely in control! It's nonstop action all the time! A button or direction comes on the screen press too late-lose power-don't press it-lose power-press it too early in expert mode lose POWER! 9 Episodes in all there is two tricks if you want them EMail me! Want more info Email me! BTW I'm getting a Virtual Headset for my SNES! $64.99! Thanks, TommyOliv (Tommy Oliver). Now, here is today's movie review. It was submitted by ag216@freenet.toronto.on.ca (Y.W. Chan). It's the MMPRTM Review from The Toronto Star. (Note from Y.W.: It really criticizes the movie, and I have nothing to do with this one! Remember that, because I'd never write a review like that.) FLASHIER POWER RANGERS STILL GETTING HIGH ON HOKEY VIOLENCE Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie PG Starring Jason David Frank, Amy Jo Johnson and Paul Freeman, written by Arne Olsen and John Kamps, directed by Bryan Spicer. At Famous Players theaters. (Two stars rating) By Rob Salem, Movie Critic. To say that the movie is better than the TV show is not saying very much at all. Indeed, to many poor overpowered parents, immersing an open wound in carbolic acid and scrubbing it out with sandpaper would be preferable to having to endure an hour and a half of en masse movie-theatre Mighty Morphin mania. For those who have somehow managed to remain ignorant of this much-maligned and merchandised TV phenomenon- banned in Canada but freely broadcast across the border- the MMPR series is a cheap cut-and-paste job combining newly-shot Saved By The Bell-type California kid sitcom scenarios with goofy rubber monsters, "giant" metal robots with clumsy fight scenes clipped from an old Japanese kiddie show called Zyn Rangers. How could any movie version possibly not be better? Actually, it depends on how you look at it. And MMPR:TM does indeed look better than Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the TV show. But then, your average Godzilla movie looks better than the MMPR TV show. For the new movie, the Rangers have been given new sculpted suits which though they're not quite bulging Batman calibre, are certainly more figure-enchanting than those cheesy Spandex outfits they're forced to wear on TV. They also have shine, new, computer-generated animal assault vehicles, or Zords, as any parent who has ever been inside a Toys R Us store is only too aware- shiny, new, computer generated metal monsters to assault with them. But there is another side to this coin and rest assured, considerable coin will be generated by the marketing of all the new MMPR paraphernalia, which also includes a wisecracking new villain, Ivan Ooze, and his various accouterment. Putting this more expensive gloss on the characters and creatures also has the unsettling effect of making them seem more real- again, in this case, a pretty relative concept. But take away the cartonnishness of the violence and what you have left is, well, violence. When a Ranger kick connects with one of Ooze's gibbering hench things, it splatters into a puddle of purple goo- a sight that had a rather unsettling effect on the two 5-year old fans I brought to the screening for moral support. they also got very quiet during the attack of the giant metal insect monsters. Riveted, but quiet. In fact, the entire theater was enveloped in a kind of deadly calm- you could have heard a pin drop, had anyone chose that particular moment to drop one. Mind you, I cannot attest to what happened when all those hyped-up kids got home- or later that night in bed. But for those few precious moments in the Saturday morning screening, the were the quietest, most well-behaved little children in the world. Well, 'scuse me! If you hate MMPR, don't see the movie. ;-) I'm telling off a reporter from a Canadian newspaper. I don't think he can hear me. :-? Anyway, next time we'll have the spotlight on Shuki Levy, an interview with Ivan Ooze (Continued from today's interview), a toy review (SOMEONE SEND ONE IN!!!!), a movie review (DITTO!!!!), and I guess, more. Well, that's all for now. Ninjetti.............................................the cat! "Rrrrrrrrrooooooooowwwwlllllllll!" [I didn't morph out. I just saw Kimberly's naval.] Mm__)