A Little Less 'Power':
A Look At The Last Years of the
Disney-Owned Power Rangers
As being a member of RangerBoard for nearly ten years, I've grown to love the franchise with its ups-and-downs, trials and tribulations. Recently, I had the opportunity to catch up on the only remaining seasons that I did not watch of the franchise, which were:
Power Rangers Mystic Force,
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive,
Power Rangers Jungle Fury and
Power Rangers RPM. I would mention these different seasons in passing and based on what I've read from other people. However, I've never gotten the chance to see the complete season of each
Power Rangers re-carnation. So, I decided to do just that when I signed up to Netflix; which has every single
Power Rangers episode up to until
Power Rangers Super Megaforce (which will be added in 2015 upon the completion of its season). Plus, in particular, it was good to see these seasons because they are the closest thing (in episode count) to the current seasons of the franchise.
Before I begin discussing each of the four seasons, I also wanted to mention that as I was watching each episode from these seasons, I wanted objective eyes to watch with me. This person is my brother. He, too, has watched every season of
Power Rangers and currently watching
Power Rangers Super Megaforce with me—but he is not a member of any forum. I believe his opinion, added with mine, will illustrate in a combination of our views of the four seasons a responsible and thoughtful conversation about the remaining Disney-produced seasons. Not to make this post as long as it needs to, we're not doing a character study. We're not doing a treatment. What we are doing is giving a semi-book report on each season. The more I realize we discuss in length about these seasons and don't get to the point, the more we lose touch of the content in which we are discussing.
The following format for this report will be: concept, story, acting and overall.
Part I 
CONCEPT In our opinion, we believe that the concept was very interesting to see on screen. This meant that the magic motif was a great kids concept to go with and something that made for an intriguing story to tell. Because it seems like the use of wizards and witches can go in many directions, along with understanding that this is a
Power Rangers season, it ended up being to us that having such things to work with created a perfect way to teach lessons kids can learn and take with them.
To us, the suits, monsters and set designs were pretty good. At first, they're nothing to ride home to. However, when you have a considerable amount of time to see all of it in action, one gets use to them and enjoys how well it works for kids. Understanding that the Walt Disney Company had no control of at least the first two things, it was fortunate that the designs were appealing.
STORY
In terms of the story, it was pretty well executed; much like any fairy tale (no pun intended) would be told from the beginning, middle and end. The characters were more developed in this adaptation of
Power Rangers than in any other adaptations ever told. The reason for this bold statement is because each character played a central role in each other's life. As people, they never had a bad bone in their body. With every person they got in contact with, they wanted to make a friend; whether it was the villains or customers in their music store. Everybody deserved a chance in their friendship. This kind of concept alone (not to offend anybody by what I'm about to say and excuse for the constant word "positive") was pro-life to persevere, pro-liberty to never give up on the things you believe in and pro-friendship to make a connection work despite the obstacles. Above all, it was positive children's programming.
Whether
Power Rangers was on FOX, ABC or Nickelodeon, each episode had an E/I icon; which indicated that the program was suppose to empower kids. In each these episodes,
Mystic Force hit the mark on positive entertainment every time. If ION Television (whose slogan is "Positively Entertaining") wanted to put a kids block, I would highly recommend they would air this season as its flagship kids program.
When you watch positive programming, you feel better. With all the problems that children and their parents go through in the world, it helps to watch entertainment that makes you feel good. It may come off cheesy. It may come off cheap. However, it told a positive story and characters who couldn't be bad if you pried out of them. These are a great group of people. If these characters were real, we would want them as best friends. Simply put, as children grow up, this is the type of entertainment that one should want them to watch.
ACTING
As it might be repetitive on other reviews coming up, the acting was the best you can get for a kids program. However, with
Mystic Force, emotionally it was a little better. Throughout the series, the actors were dealt with emotional situations that showcased how good of actors these
Power Rangers were. From Chip's friendship to Vida, Vida's relationship with Madison and Nick's relationship with Udonna, they handled the material very well. It didn't come off cheesy. It didn't come off as if they were literally reading off lines (like you see in the Neo-Saban seasons). When these group of actors felt something, they showed, it. If it was happy, they acted. If it was worried, they acted.
OVERALL
Mystic Force is every bit a great
Power Rangers season than most based on its story; which we have mentioned under "story" of this review. Please understand that Disney that was responsible for making this season and the next three. They followed their company philosophy more so than they did owning the other seasons they have done (outside of
Jungle Fury, which we will get to). Disney is notorious for delivering content that is story-oriented. What this means is that above anything else, story is number one. From
Once Upon a Time to
Scandal to
Grey's Anatomy to
Frozen to
The Lion King and any current and future Marvel property. Telling a story has gotten Disney to the place they are at today. This meaning that they are the most recognized, family entertainment on Earth. If a future
Power Rangers season wanted to be created (hint:
Power Rangers Dino Charge), the production should use
Mystic Force's story structure to create its season. Members of this board speak too much about just the acting and story of a
Power Rangers season. Take a look at this season to really see how important Bruce Kalish (the creator of this adaptation) took the story and put it center stage.
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Part II 
CONCEPT In line with
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, this is the second time that a series used serviceable machines as its basis for powers. What made
Operation Overdrive different was that the concept involved relics that needed to be found all over the planet; which required a large scale production that they didn't have. Therefore, it made the series quite difficult to bring to life. With that in mind, it never worked from the beginning. If
Power Rangers was on Syfy, than this series could have been one of the best because finances could have helped make this concept become the concept that the creator (Bruce Kalish) wanted.
Given this, you have to give him credit for trying because as it is, the entertainment industry is hard. We have to remember that
Power Rangers is a full twenty-minute action show (really, it's twenty-two minutes which includes one-minute intro and end themes). Name for us a twenty-minute action show? Don't worry, that's why we have this thread.
Their costumes are the most disgusting, cheap suits the franchise has had; which seems like it made the promotion of the series more daunting. Keep in mind that
Power Rangers is made to sell toys. Entertainment is secondary; just like
G.I. Joe was in the 1980's.
Lastly, the theme is the worse ever because it was like getting Susan Boyle and using nails on a chalkboard to do the song.
STORY
Given its concept, the story was extremely washed up and ill-fated. The creator came off as if he was burnt out of creating a positive story. Plot lines and sequences never worked to the point of creating an intriguing story to follow. From their mentor (Andrew Hartford) to his choice of Rangers, the direction of the story also didn't made sense. The Rangers came from different walks of life; which they enjoyed except for Mack. He was a spoiled brat and later learned that he was a robot made by his irresponsible father who could not take time out of his business life to start a family.
Now, one should take a good look at the actor who played Hartford (Rod Louisch):
We are heterosexual males, but acknowledge what we are saying when stating he is a good-looking man who looks like he would have zero problems looking for women. Women could literally fall on him. Because of this, it was simply bad casting and messed with the entire story that the creator wanted to establish between father and son. He is not a geek. He is every bit a GQ (Gentlemen's Quarterly).
In terms of the characters, they never seemed to have much interest to the viewer other than the fact that they were the colored Ranger assigned. They weren't friendly. They were simply colleagues. It helps when you are part of a team to be friendly in hopes that you will become friends. We didn't see that here. There were too many instances in the story that came off as if these Rangers were never sold on the idea of being a Power Ranger. They just did it because the story dictated that they had to do it while seeing in other parts that they wanted no part in saving the world.
Hartford is by far the fourth worse mentor (besides Ji in
Power Rangers Samurai and
Power Rangers Super Samurai, Gosei in
Power Rangers Megaforce and
Power Rangers Super Megaforce and Doctor K in
Power Rangers RPM, which will be explained). He never instilled confidence in his team. His demeanor came off as if he was never sure about anything. The best way to explain him is imagining if you were assigned to bake an apple pie, chocolate chip cookies and a batch of brownies at under an hour with little resources and help at your side.
Even from the selection of the Rangers themselves, the story came off as extremely cheesy. Hartford's explanations as to why they were selected to be Power Rangers was the weakest manner by which a team was ever selected. Also, it was disturbing to see them get new abilities that changed their DNA because of how uncomfortable they were in becoming a Ranger in the first place.
In sum, the characters acted like toddlers at a birthday party, waiting to go home.
ACTING
The acting on this series was awful. The actors did the very best that they could to act on the series better, but they failed at that task because of the material. From scenes that they were dealt with and involved connecting with one another, they simply didn't do a good job in convincing the audience.
One thing that caught our attention was the only appearance of Caitlin Murphy (Ronny Robinson/Yellow Overdrive Ranger) whose only acting credit is this season. At some point, it would be great (and if it's possible) to get in contact with this actress to know what her experience was to do this show. Yes, it was awful and she was awful in it (to be clear, we believe that given better work, she would have done a better job), but did this series scar her? Currently, it's very difficult to find information about her. The only piece of significant information that we could find is recently, Fury Diamond of RangerCrew
indicated that she was initially contacted by Saban Brands to star in
Power Rangers Super Megaforce before never hearing back.
The reason why we are curious is simply because it's not often that someone just does one project. Was the production or acting process so bad that she decided that it wasn't for her? Or, was it entirely something else? As far as we can research, she is the only Power Ranger to ever have done only one project. If this is wrong, we would certainly like to be corrected and shown in the right direction of other fellow Rangers who have a similarity to Ms. Murphy's acting career.
OVERALL
Overall, because we have discussed a lot,
Operation Overdrive was clearly one of the worse seasons the
Power Rangers franchise has ever seen. It is very well possible that this may have killed the franchise for Disney, but then we got
Jungle Fury and
RPM. This series offered very little positive feedback to children. With the amount of seasons the franchise has already produced, this could easily be known as a very forgettable one.
We will leave it at this: if someone were asked you if he or she watch
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, your answer should be a flat-out, no. If they ask why, your answer should be, "I can never give back the time you have in your life in watching this series. The show is awful, awful, awful. Yes, there are two celebratory fifteenth anniversary episodes. However, even those episodes are DREADFUL."
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Part III 
CONCEPT The concept for this series fell in line with the other similar concepts of
Power Rangers Ninja Storm and
Power Rangers Dino Thunder in that the series focused on three leads instead of the traditional five that most
Power Rangers seasons begin with. After the disastrous
Operation Overdrive, this series' concept also felt refreshing. It didn't try to be over the top or too boring. It was just right in the middle. What we liked the most was that the series took an approach to animals for the first time since
Power Rangers Wild Force. This in itself gave the series a calm, but also a soothing series to watch. Think of it like this:
Power Rangers Jungle Fury felt like the morning after a loud night out where things were completely different from what was (
Operation Overdrive was too much of a mess and therefore didn't provide a stable thing to watch), but still was presenting the focus; which was that we followed a series of heroes stopping evil.
The only downside to the concept were its costumes; which came off extremely cheesy and cheap, but understandable because the Rangers were trying to resemble the actual animals they were given powers for. The theme was catchy and therefore nostalgic to the original
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers theme.
STORY
The story for
Jungle Fury was pretty straight forward and possibly the most standard form of storytelling from any previous season in that it had a beginning, middle and end. What we liked particularly about the storytelling was that this story focused on three young people working toward something noble; with the potential of becoming more, which was (and continues to be) teaching others. The story handled relationships really well. From the relationship between the Lily and Theo, Casey with all of the teammates and how RJ in time got to be part of the team. They also took care of weak points from supporting roles on the show. For instance, Fran was included more as the story went along; not like how Toby had found out at the very end that his workers were the Power Rangers.
The creator of the show (Bruce Kalish) uniquely took the time to introduce three new Rangers in which he created and not immediately rush them in. In addition, it might have been short-sighted, but with thirty-two episodes, Kalish did the best he could to develop the final Ranger (Dominic) and provide some sort of relationship with some one (Fran).
Overall, the story was very positive for children as it taught them responsibility (i.e. running a pizza shop, working with colleagues and working on their craft to become Pai Zhuq Masters) and also seeing the good in people; much what we saw in Mystic Force. These aren't characters who cannot be nice to anybody. They always see the good in everyone. That is a message any parent (we're sure) would want their children to learn. The characters all had resolution (including the supporting ones like Fran). They never came off as annoying and made you feel as if you wanted to be friends with them in some way in your own life.
ACTING
The acting wasn't particularly bad. Obviously, we know that because two of the actors (Anna Hutchison and David de Lautour) have gone on to do American work with de Lautour appearing in an very important arc on
Once Upon a Time and Hutchison re-occuring on
Anger Management. These were the first group of Rangers who did what they were suppose to do. It came off as a perfectly cast Disney Channel series.
OVERALL
Besides
Mystic Force,
Jungle Fury was the most positive kids program of the
Power Rangers anthology. We've said this with Mystic Force, but we're going to say it again with Jungle Fury: you have to stay positive and showcase positive kids programming. There were many points in this series (much like
Mystic Force) where the characters were good and that behavior rubbed off other people. In turn, this created an unified environment for the series. Because of its concept (animals and kung-fu), the series was great to utilize its lessons on how a particular animal could affect one's temperament. This is significant because it's possible that teachers across the world often teach young children how to communicate by demonstrating how an animal might behave (i.e. a tiger is ferocious or loud, therefore when you're mad, you seem to behave like a tiger). This series is also good for children who have a hard time expressing themselves and could therefore use animals as a way to express how they are feeling or use animals to showcase the state of their relationships with others.
People may say that this is the season that might have destroy
Power Rangers. However, we believe that is not the case as there was
Power Rangers RPM; which we will talk about next that could have done that.
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Part IV 
CONCEPT What is to say about this obscure, disinteresting, anti-kids, grotesque series about...? It's not even about
Power Rangers. It's about "Ranger Operators." The concept had no focus. It had no direction. It had no story. It had no beginning, no middle, no end. The series just was.
The general concept is about the end of the world caused by a computer virus (Venjix) that was created by a lone female (Doctor K); who ended up becoming the mentor for a group of young people who most of them didn't want to be "Ranger Operators" in the first place. Doctor K did not know how to stop her own creation? Then, you have individuals within the domed city of Corinth who never prosecuted her at all. How on Earth can we believe a story about a person who was so smart that she created Venjix, but doesn't know how to stop it? Then, she was given the ability to create technology from... who? How when the end of the world came? To back up, the concept is also terrible for children to believe that a secret government group (Alphabet Soup) was truly responsible for the consequences that occurred because despite whether this is suppose to be based on actual things in life, it's not ever suitable for children for any circumstances.
At its truth,
Power Rangers RPM is the most convoluted piece of children's entertainment we've have ever seen because of the following explanations:
- Understand that it is true that Venjix was created and destroyed Earth in a manner of months. Because of this, there is no way that Venjix could not destroy Corinth in an instant; like he did the rest of the world. What was so important about that one place that he couldn't destroy? Nothing as one would know upon seeing the entire series.
- Speaking of Corinth, the city itself was completely dumb in the sense that because they were trying to defend themselves from Venjix, Venjix ended up entering the city
every single time. To boot with the stupidity, the rest of the world was filled with toxic air, but yet (especially during the second half of the series), the characters found themselves outside of the city fighting without protection. A reasonable person would conclude that each character would have become sick. Instead, they were perfectly healthy.
- The costumes for the series were absolutely stupid (and that is saying it nicely without using off-color remarks). They could have been suitable had the concept been different.
- The fact that it tried to disconnect from the
Power Rangers world was absolutely dumb and contradicted the entire aspect of
Power Rangers. Please understand that
Power Rangers is an anthology (like HBO's
True Detective and more famously FX's
American Horror Story) where there is a general story focused on the title of the show; just a different concept of that title for other seasons. For instance,
American Horror Story's first season was about a general horror story. Season Two focused a
different horror story and similar characters in addition to new characters. Last season,
Coven focused on all-new characters with the mention and appearance of other characters and they will do it again this October on FX with
Freak Show.
That is what
Power Rangers is. It is not like that for the Nick (for as long as it is on there). It's going to be
Power Rangers () and
Power Rangers Super (). Do you understand why the series finale of this season (
Super Megaforce) have brought back characters from the previous seasons? Because they are all-connected. It serves as as the central point for that series. You can't go against that. By doing so, you are potentially destroying the
Power Rangers story. The only other time we have ever seen a story this convoluted, this disorganized was with the transition from
Power Rangers Zeo to
Power Rangers Turbo; which ironically enough was about cars. Maybe
Power Rangers and cars don't go together, but if they do, a creator tasked to create a story must do so wisely and responsibly.
The creator (Eddie Guzelian) wrote the first fifteen episodes and was fired off the series because we believe he sold Disney on a concept that did not end up on the screen. It's one thing to create your own story about
Power Rangers, but to transform it to a story that confuses and disorganizes every single point of
Power Rangers is not what Disney signed up for. The reasons why we believe this to be true is explained as follows:
When Eddie was originally brought on by Disney, we believe he provided an American version to
Go-onger instead of what was
RPM because the former goes in line with what Disney produced from past seasons. Although they wanted him to be creative, they didn't want him to go off-the-rails in the sense that when a script was ready, he could provide it. Disney took a series bible that consisted of things they could market and would gravitate toward audiences. Instead, we believe that when pre-production got underway, Eddie fooled Disney by going forward with the actual bible of the series he wanted to make. By the time Disney saw what Eddie was doing, they proactively sought out someone who would take over when it was possible to do; which ended up being Judd Lynn. There's no other reason to explain why the story was so off-putting to the previous installments of the franchise. If one follows a series bible, then there should not be any problems with scripts because the central points of what an episode needs to have are addressed. If Eddie would have went with an American version of
Go-onger, then we wouldn't have seen such distorted story. Things would have been explained more clearly. This is not to say that there should have been a copy-and-paste of a Super Sentai, but at least being creative that it makes sense. Eddie never accomplished that feat.
STORY
The story never made sense from the moment the pilot aired. It was a story that got worse, and worse and worse as the story continued to unfold. Plot points were replaced by bad plot points. What we saw in front of us convoluted what was actually suppose to happen. What we mean by this is the Sentai footage resembled the Rangers in cars, but the creator never made it about cars; which seemed to confused the viewer. This is not to say that it has to be copy-and-paste like mentioned in the last sub-section, but when you are given material, you have to follow it whether it is good or not. Therefore, you have be creative as long as it can make sense with the Sentai footage. It can't secondary. Otherwise, you will find yourself shooting more footage to replace what the actual intent of the series is suppose to be; which ended up happening and making for a dishonest experience of a
Power Rangers season. Perhaps some do not like the format of how a
Power Rangers episode is suppose to be, but much like a procedural, there is nonetheless a format that must be followed to guarantee a successful translation of the product. This is probably why it has been difficult for either Saban Brands or another company to adapt
Kamen Rider; because there must be a certain format on how to tell a story without going off the rails. In not wanting to go too far off, perhaps the last couple of seasons (
Kamen Rider Wizard and
Kamen Rider Gaim) provide for a clearer path toward this because those series are broken into sagas (especially
Gaim).
Focusing on the Ranger Operator Series Black as if he was the most important thing to the series since the days of Tommy was completely ludicrous to see. He is not a Red Ranger. Therefore, he is not as important. The story focused too much on his arc and failed to established the relationships with other characters; leaving that entirely up to individualized episodes in the "Ranger" saga. This disregarded any realistic opportunity for cohesive story development for everyone involved. Plus, it doesn't seem appropriate to center a story on a character when stealing it from another (i.e. Andros' arc on Power Rangers in Space). Because it is one of the most significant story lines in the franchise, it seemed very weak by Eddie to utilize it.
In addition, what truly makes Dillon so special? What makes Tenaya so special that she was a version seven upgrade? What happened to versions one through six? More pointedly, what made Dillon and Tenaya so important to Venjix? A possible answer could have been that embedded into the creation of Venjix were its creator (Dillon and Tenaya's parents, who were spies for the government or something) and saved from the mistakes they made as a result of their work instead of having Doctor K create Venjix). However, that would actually require thought of how this plot point would affect the story as a whole.
Before, we mentioned that there were a few mentors that were the worse in the franchise. Now, we will explain why Doctor K is the worse of them all:
- She did not provide any kind of mentorship toward the Ranger Operators and spoke to them in a manner that was entirely inconsistent to an ideal mentor should talk to a group of heroes; meanwhile not realizing she was flawed herself. She was the one who created Venjix. She was the one who never answered for her crime. She was also the one who didn't take responsibility for the mishaps of the Ranger Operators.
- In touching on one point (she never answered for her crime), it demonstrated the lowest point of the series and franchise because she ran away when it should have been the other way around. With Gem and Gemma already being on the team when Doctor K's discovery is made, they could have become co-mentors to the others and create the technology to stop Venjix while Doctor K stood up for what was right because it would have taught kids that when you do something horribly wrong, there
will be dire consequences. For Truman (who we will touch on in a minute) to forgive her is unrealistic even for Power Rangers because this is a show that always talks about consequences and learning from them.
- In addition, because Doctor K was so evil to not answer for her crimes, who is to say that she was in fact in favor for Venjix to destroy everything while she acted as a proxy to establish his end game (to destroy everyone) by creating the technology that never seemed to destroy him anyway. The only way he was taken down was by going into his system; which proves why the series was a total waste of creation and why nothing truly made any sense. Generally, when powers are created, they are used to stop the threat. The Ranger Operator technology never did that thanks to the smartest person in the world (Doctor K). Tell us how that makes sense?
- People bag Justin (the Blue Turbo Ranger from
Power Rangers Turbo) for his age. It's impressive to hear how little people haven't talked about how young she was to be the team's mentor. She had not lived yet. She had no basis of conventional conversation that would lead to inspiration and guidance. She was abrasive; which summed up her convoluted creation.
- Aside from all of this, Doctor K was a very disturbing character and probably was the most disturbing besides her friends (Gem and Gemma) in the franchise. The reason is primarily because of how cut-off she was from society and more so how her development toward the viewer came off. It didn't matter. A person who went through so much would not know how to talk. She would have a mass amount of trauma and would not be able to hold a conversation nor a relationship with another person. For example, one looks at how she thought that the sun would burn her if she went outside. She was traumatized of the outdoors. Does this not appeal a sense of disorder on how bad this series was to include such a character? The character and how she acted never made any sense. Ever. Because of this, it would seem like showing this to children can be extremely traumatizing and disturbing because of the significance of the material. It is never suitable for children because they could not come to comprehend what is truly going on with Doctor K.
The only things we'll say about Colonel Truman is that he was the Colonel of Nothing and not the Colonel of Corinth. He never protected his city and he was just a placeholder for the general story that never worked. Ernie on Megaforce and Super Megaforce works a lot better than him because he is the guy who makes the drinks for the Rangers... that's it. What got us as well was why they needed him in the first place? They had their Zords. They had a mentor. They were the protectors of the city, not him nor his army. Truman's army could do nothing against Venjix's army. If he was really a Colonel, then he would have protected the city from ever having any of Venjix's robotic soldiers from entering in the first place. You know. We know that.
Truman's judgment is just as troubling as his creation because there was never a reason as to why he would trust someone who first presented herself as a robot to him. For all he knew, Doctor K could have been Venjix and he wouldn't know it because he didn't see her appearance. Even when he did find out that she was a young teenager, he still took orders from her and not the other way around. The biggest bomb of them all is how he could forgive Doctor K and the team for keeping such a dire secret that put the entire city in jeopardy. No human being would ever stand for the injustice that Doctor K created and had to serve her time for what she did. By the time "Ancient History" aired, Judd Lynn had to stick with what he had for the series and saw himself okay with how none of the Ranger Operators could be replaced for their crimes. What would have been okay was for them to serve their time after they took down Venjix as a demonstration to children that consequences are paid.
Gem and Gemma are on the same level of disturbing as Doctor K because they were a part of Alphabet Soup. These morons finished each other's sentences and annoyed us to believe how Bulk and Skull couldn't have become Power Rangers with the antics they did. Because they were always happy-go-lucky, but had the past they did, kids wouldn't come to understand the significant trauma they were dealt; which does not to serve to be entertainment of any kind. The Samurai and Megaforce Rangers would love them as friends because they also didn't have personality beyond what they were originally presented with (they had powers and finished each other's sentences).
Ziggy was completely unfunny, silly and annoying. Again, why couldn't Bulk and Skull become Power Rangers? Perhaps he was their dream come true, but still does not defeat the purpose of his existence. We will say thought that the reason why he had trouble with the Scorpion Cartel was the most noble act of any of the other Rangers; which is irony to say because of how annoying he was throughout the series.
ACTING
For as bad as this series was, the acting was right on par of being bad. We are surprised that two major up-and-coming stars came out of this season (Rose McIver and Adelaide Kane). The acting came off as if we were watching
Saturday Night Live where scripts are held on the opposite side of the actor's angle to read their lines. There were no takeaways either than the inappropriate display of Ms. Kane's body; which wasn't suitable for children. In other words, her suit goes in the same line of how Kimberly Hart, Divatox, Astronema and Emma Goodall looked on the screen; it isn't okay for kids to be sexualized on the screen.
OVERALL
RPM is anti-life, anti-children, a total piece of garbage for kids entertainment. It is enough that we see messages of anti-government, globalists propaganda on television. We don't need to see that (more so our children) on television. It's stupid, wrong and the major reason why
Power Rangers was ultimately cancelled by Disney. There may have been other factors that led to this conclusion. However, it was the poor story, characters, concept and acting that led to the demise of this franchise. Had it perform well (alas
in Space), then Disney would have found a way to create another season and push back their efforts to cancel for another year. You know that. We know that.
In addition, it's violence and overly mature concept didn't fit the nature of
Power Rangers. Rangers were killed in the end. Yes, this was found in
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy with Kendrix, but here, it happened with more than one Ranger in a very violent matter. We don't know why it was called
Power Rangers RPM in the first place when they didn't consider themselves Power Rangers and nothing at all (beyond the initial concept of suits and machines) resembled RPM; which is why we said what we said about how there were two bibles created by Eddie. Like
Operation Overdrive, this series could easily be forgotten and yet another series we will never get back hours of our lives from viewing. There are too many positive entertainment programming today that we could have focused our viewing habits on and not focus on
RPM. Like
Operation Overdrive, we would never recommend
RPM to any fan whatsoever. We actually felt bad watching the series because we know with at least two actresses who can actually act; granted this was one of their first pieces of work, it was awful and yes, they were awful in it.
If there was any opportunity to re-do the series, it would have to exclusively be about the Super Sentai. If you don't like the Super Sentai, then you can do what Haim Saban did this previous year and skip it. In the end, whoever will continue airing season of the
Power Rangers in the future must commit to a basic story concept, story and characters in an overall direction that will never produce garbage like
RPM and
Operation Overdrive. In our eyes, there were really nineteen seasons of the
Power Rangers, up until the Nick seasons. These seasons never existed in our minds and could be seen as webisodes to us.
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Sum-Up: Future on Netflix 
The biggest takeaway from reviewing these series were the emphasis on story. Too often, there are people who focus on just how bad it is, but what would help is creating a universe where it didn't have to be complicated. The only way that could possibly happen introducing
Power Rangers on Netflix, the world's biggest streaming service. The company spent $268 million on programming in 2013. Even if they were to spend $5-10 million on
Power Rangers (which could end up being their central kids show), it would be a win-win situation. The service already has
House of Cards and
Orange Is The New Black. Imagine if they were to add
Power Rangers to the arsenal of shows? Saban Brands already has a relationship with Netflix by putting up more than 700 episodes of this storied franchise. With more television networks finding new ways to bring quality programming to their consumers, it would be a smarter move for Saban Brands to work with Netflix to developing
Power Rangers seasons.
The advantages would include:
- A longer time per episode
- Deeper storytelling.
- More cost-efficient spending on production.
Power Rangers is a twenty-minute action show. Imagine the possibility future seasons can have if that were extended an additional twenty minutes
and without commercials. Each episode would play out like a mini-movie; much of akin to HBO programming and why its programming is regarded as the best in the business. If you really care about storytelling for this franchise, then Netflix is the home for the P
ower Rangers. Overall, Nickelodeon is under a transformation at the network at this time. Viacom (the owner of Nickelodeon) has been trying to find an identity in the world of entertainment that has prevented them from actually being able to go with one central focus and let that be its focus. If you watch Nickelodeon on a regular basis, you don't really know what the network actually is. It's
Spongebob Squarepants and something else; we really don't know what it is. In addition, it is quite clear that the network doesn't care about the Power Rangers. What they care about having the
Power Rangers as a presence on its network. They don't really care about having
Power Rangers as a show to focus on and make better. Rather, its attempt come off as if they are trying to produce one gigantic commercial. That's not what the
Power Rangers has become. The network doesn't care about story. All they care about is revenue because they are the ones who get money for putting
Power Rangers on the air. The fact that there is even message boards and blogs about
Power Rangers freaks them out because they look at
Power Rangers as something very simple, but it's a lot more than most people give it benefit for. This show is not
The Simpsons or
Modern Family. There are many characters and many plot lines and many powers and many years of story already told. In a lot of ways, this franchise is up there with
Star Wars,
Star Trek,
Lord of the Rings,
Harry Potter,
DC and
Marvel.
As we have said before, if story is important to you (and it's why you're here to speak about the
Power Rangers and more), it would be best for you to endorse a Netflix original produced
Power Rangers' season. The potential setback would be that it would not be on television anymore, but where television is going, it would be best to set up the franchise for the next great entertainment journey: internet television. If you assess the entertainment web right now, every major network (including Nickelodeon) have platform their network on the internet. As the internet evolves, there could come a time where television channels will no longer be popular. It doesn't mean they will go away entirely, but they will lose entire popularity.
Power Rangers deserves to be protected and if it intends to go on as a television series, you can bet that Netflix will take care of this series. They will promote it. They pump their own money to make it as beautiful, professional and overall successful than you think. If you are a Netflix subscriber, you will notice that Netflix has its original channel and Netflix Kids.
Power Rangers is the popular program on Netflix Kids. In the United States, Netflix has an estimated 36 million subscribers. The number is going to continue growing and since
Power Rangers is the most successful program on Netflix, it's simply open to Saban (who has opened up a film company) on whether he wants to take this next venture into entertainment with his most prized possession.
