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Sunday, March 22, 2020

Age Differences between Cast Version 2 (2020)


I will note the age differences between the Power Rangers in each cast. Most actors are between the ages of 18 and 28, some have been in their thirties. And the original cast are entering their forties. Most cast members only have 2 to 5 years in difference within the cast.

When MMPR was shot in 1993, Amy Jo Johnson (Kim) was 22; Austin St. John (Jason) was 17; Thuy Trang (Trini) was 19; Walter Jones (Zack) was 25 or 26; and David Yost (Billy) was the eldest at 24. When Jason David Frank (Tommy) joined the cast, he was 20. David Yost had a 7 year difference from Austin St. John, the youngest. Paul Schrier was 23, he is a year younger than David. Jason Narvy was 19, 2 years older than Austin. According to NoPinkSpandex, Walter Jones lied about his age and is older than David. 

In season 2 when Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam) joined the cast, he was 18; Steve Cardenas (Rocky) was 20; and Karan Ashley (Aisha) was 19. David (25) and Johnny had a six year age difference. Amy Jo was 24; David was 25 and Jason was 21. By Season 3, Jason was 22; David was 26; Steve was 21; Johnny was 19 and Karan was 20 and Catherine Sutherland (Kat) was 21 when she joined the cast. Steve is 5 months older than Catherine.

Aquitar (Alien) Rangers: Karim Prince (Cestro) was born in 1974 and was 21 in 1995. Alan Palmer (Corcus) looks to be in his 40's now, so I suppose he was in his late 20's during this time. Same goes for David Bacon (Aurico). I am not sure about Rajia Baroudi (Delphine) or Tideus' actor Jim Gray.

By Zeo, Jason was 22, David was 27, Steve was 22, Johnny was 20, Catherine was 21 and Nakia Burrise (Tanya) was 21. David Yost has a six year difference with Nakia. When Austin St. John (Jason) was added, he was 21. Catherine is 11 months older than Austin. I don't know how old the triplets that played Trey are.

 Blake Foster (Justin) was 11, he was born in 1985 and he is now 26. Jason was 22 and later 23, Jason is about 12 years older than Blake. Johnny is 9 years older and Catherine and Nakia are about 11 years older. Hilary Shepard Turner (Divatox) was born in 1961, at the time she was 35, she was 12 years older than Jason David Frank and 24 years older than Blake. Carol Hoyt (Dimitria/Divatox) was 34 at the time. As for the new cast, Patricia Ja Lee (Cassie) was 22; Selwyn Ward (TJ) was 20; Roger Velasco (Carlos) was 20; and Tracy Lynn Cruz (Ashley) was 21. The eldest was Patricia and she is around 10 years older than Blake.

For Space, Christopher Lee (Andros) was 20, Patricia was 23, Selwyn was 21, Roger was 21 and Tracy was 22, Justin Nimmo (Justin) was 24 and Melody Perkins (Astronema) was 24. Justin Nimmo is 4 years older than Christopher. Melody is 8 months older than Justin Nimmo. Jason David Frank is 5 years older than Christopher Lee. Selwyn was a year older than Christopher. Paul Schrier was 28 and Jason Narvy was 24, 2 months younger than Melody.

 
In Lost Galaxy, Archie Kao (Kai) was 29, he is 10 months younger than David Yost. Reggie Rolle (Damon) was 23; Danny Salvin was 26; Cerina Vincent (Maya) was 20; Russell Lawrence (Mike) was 21; Varlie Vernon (Kendrix) was 23; Melody Perkins (Karone) was 25. Archie was the oldest and Cerine was the youngest. Danny is 6 years older Christopher Lee. Amy Miller (Trakeena), who married Reggie Rolle and I can't find her age.

 
In Lightspeed Rescue, Sean Cw Johnson (Carter) was 22; Michael Chaturantabut was 25; Alison Macinnis (Dana) was 20; Keith Robinson (Joel) was 24; Sasha Craig (Kelsey) was 18, Monica Louwerens (Angela) was 26; Ron Rogge (Captain Mitchell)  was 32--a year older than David Yost. Ron was only 12 years older than Dana and Rhett. Rhett Fisher (Ryan) was 20, 2 months younger than Alison.

Jason Faunt (Wes) was 27--five years older than Sean Johnson; Michael Copon (Lucas) was 19; Erin Cahill (Jen) was 21; Deborah Phillips (Katie) was 23; Kevin Kleinberg (Trip) was 18; Dan Southworth (Eric) was 27; Dan is 2 months older than Jason. Edward Albert played Mr. Collins and was 50 at the time, making him 23 years older than Jason Faunt. He passed away in 2006 at the age of 55 due to Lung Cancer. Vernon Wells (Ransik) was around 55 and I don't know how old Kate Sheldon (Nadira) is. So, Kevin was the youngest of the Rangers and Dan was the eldest, with a 9 year difference, more than David Yost and Austin St. John's age differences.

 
Wild Force: Ricardo Medina (Cole) was 25; Alyson Sulivan (Taylor) was 25--4 months older than Ricardo; Phillip Jeanmarie (Max) was 24; Jessica Ray (Alyssa) was 20; Jack Guzman (Danny) was 24; Philip Andrew (Merrick) was 24. Jessica Ray was the youngest and has a 5 year difference from Ricardo and Alyson. Ilia Volok (Master Org) was 37 and I don't know how old Ann Marie Crouch (Shayla) is.

 
Ninja Storm: Pua Magasiva (Shane) was 23; Sally Martin (Tori) was 18; Glenn McMillan (Dustin) was 19; Jason Chan (Cam) was 32---a year younger than Amy Jo Johnson; Jorgito Vargas Jr. (Blake) was 26 and Adam Tuominen (Hunter) was 23; Katrina Devine (Marah) was 23 and Katrina Browne (Kapri) was 28.

 Dino Thunder: Emma Lahana (Kira) was 20; James Napier (Connor) was 22; Kevin Duhany (Ethan) was 20;  Jeffrey Parazzo  (Trent)was 26; Jason David Frank was 31--a year younger than Cam. Jason, being the oldest, is 11 years older than Kevin and Emma, the youngest.

SPD: Brandon Jay McLaren (Jack) was 24; Chris Violette (Sky) was 24; Matt Austin (Bridge) was 27; Monica May (Z) was 21; Alycia P. (Syd) was 22; Michelle Langstone (Kat) was 26--a year younger than Matt Austin.  John Tui (Doggie) was 30.  John Tui had a 9 year difference between him and Monica.

Mystic Force: Firass Dirani (Nick) was 22; Angie Diaz (Vida) was 18; Richard Brancatisano (Xander) was 23; Melanie Vallejo (Madison) was 27; Nic Sampson (Chip) was 20; Antonia Prebble (Clare) was 22; Geoff Dolan (Leanbow) was 42. Of the main five, Angie was the youngest, having a 9 year difference with Melanie, who played her sister. Peta Rutter (Udonna) was 47, making her 25 years older than Firass and Geoff was 20 years older than Firass. Peta died in 2010 at age 51. John Tui (Daggeron) was 31.

 
PROO: James Maclurcan (Mac) was 22; Caitlin Murphy (Ronnie) was 21; Samuell Benta (Will) was 21; Rhoda Montemayor (Rose) was 28; Gareth Yuen (Dax) was 29; Dwayne Cameron was 26 (Tyzonn) and Ria Vandervis (Miratrix) was 23. Rod Lousich (Andrew) was 40--18 years older than James.

Jason Smith (Casey) was 24; Anna Hutchison (Lilly) was 22; Aljin Abella (Theo) was 23; David de Lautour (Robert James) was 26; Bede Skinner (Jarrod) was 32;  Holly Shanahan (Camile) was 27; Nikolai Nikolaeff  (Dom)was 27---a month younger than Holly. Bede was the eldest, 6 years older than David. Anna being the youngest, was 4 years younger than David and 10 years younger than Bede. Jungle Fury.

RPM: Eka Darville (Scott) was 20; Ari Boyland (Flynn) was 22; Rose McIver (Summer) was 22; Dan Ewing (Dillon) was 24; Olivia Tennet (Dr. K) was 18; Adelaide Kane (Tenaya) was 19; Milo Cawthorne (Ziggy) was 20 and I don't know old the others were. Dan was the eldest and Olivia was the youngest, 6 year difference.

Samurai: Alex Heartman (Jayden) was 20; Erika Fong (Mia) was around 24 years of age; Hector David Jr. (Mike) was 22; Najee De-Tiege (Kevin) was 25; Brittany Anne Pirtle (Emily) was 22 in December. Ricardo Medina (Deker) being born in 1977, he was 34 at the time. Paul Schrier, born in 1970 was 41. Felix Ryan (Spike) was 21. I don't know how old Steven Skylar (Antonio) was 23. Kimberly Crossman (Lauren) was 21. The youngest is Felix and Paul is 20 years older. Ricardo is 13 years older than Alex. OMG, Paul could be Alex and Felix's dad! Not Najee's dad, because that would be 15 year difference, well, who knows. Alex was born in February of 1990 and Felix in July, making Felix 5 months younger.

Megaoforce: Andrew Gray was born in 1987 and was 26 in 2013. Ciara Hanna was born in 1991 and was 22 in 2013. John Mark Loudermilk was also 22, five months younger than Ciara. Azim Rizk was born in 1990 and was 23 in 2013. Christina Masterson was 24 at the time. Cameron Jebo was 25, born in 1989. Andrew is the oldest and John is the youngest, they have a 4 year age difference. 


Dino Charge: Brennan Mejia was born in 1990 and was 25 in 2015. Camile Hyde was born in 1993 and was 22 in 2015. Claire and Camile are as old as the franchise. Yoshua Sudarso was born in 1989 and was 26 in 2015.  James Davies was born in 1989 and was 26 as well. James is a month older than Yoshi. Michael Taber was born in 1994 and was 21 in 2015. Davi Santos was born in 1991 and was 25 in 2015. Claire Blackwelder was also born in 1993 like Camile and was 22 as well, making it funny her character is supposed to be older. Jarred Blakiston (Prince Phillip) was born in 1991 and was 24 at the time. Ryan Carter (Heckyl) was born in 1992 and was 23 at the time of filming in 2015.  Arthur Ranford (Albert) was born in 1948, making him the oldest Power Ranger actor at the time at age 67. 

Of the main seven, the oldest is James Davies and the youngest Michael Taber, being 5 years apart. Arthur Ranford is 41 years older than James and 46 years older than Michael Taber. Ryan Carter who plays villain Heckyl is 3 years younger than James Davies and 2 years older than Michael. Jarred is about the same age as Davi Santos just like Camile and Claire are only a few months apart. I can't find an age on Reuben Turner (James) but he can't be that much older than Brennan. According to Rangerwiki (http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/James_Navarro), Reuben was 28 at the time of shooting, making him only three years older than Brennan and about 2 years older than James Davies and 39 years younger than Arthur Ranford.


Ninja Steel: Christi (Sarah) was 24, Will Shewfelt (Brody) was 22, Peter Sudarso (Preston) was 27, Zoe Robins (Hayley) was 25, Nico Greetham (Calvin) was 22, and Jordi Webber (Levi) was 23. Will is younger than Nico by 2 months. Will and Jordi are only a year apart. Kelson Henderson (Mack) was in his 40s. 

Beast Morphers: Abraham Rodriguez (Nate) was 19 when they started, Colby Strong (Blaze) was 25, Liana Ramierez (Roxy) was 21, Rorrie Travis (Devon) was 24, Jazz Baduwalia (Ravi) was 20 or 21, and Jacqueline Scislowski (Zoey) was 19. Kristina Ho (Betty) was 25 and Cosmo Flores (Ben) was 22. Teulia Blakely (Commander Shaw) was 44 and is 24 years old than Jazz. 

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Power Rangers: Non-Color Teammate Names (2019)

I did the Super Sentai version, here are the Power Rangers. I'm not counting Ninjor or Blue Senturion or any Ranger-like Allies that are like them.

Phantom Ranger
The first Sixth Ranger to not have a color in his/her name. In Super Sentai, his counterpart VRV Master was not a Ranger, no mecha (zord) nor personal weapon. 

Magna Defender
Magna Defender, himself, is considered a Rnager-like Ally but when Mike became him, the show and toyline treated him as a Sixth Ranger. 

Titanium Ranger
Titanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. It is a lustrous transition metal with a silver color, low density, and high strength. He is basically a Silver Ranger. Boom Comics considers him this as he was included in the Silver Ranger cover they did a year ago.

Quantum Ranger
 Quantum distinctly is not a color. It is considered they picked this name not to be confused for Red. His Japanese counterpart as called Time Fire.

Lunar Wolf Ranger
While in Super Sentai, he was Gao Silver with the color in his name, Wild Force decided to call him "Lunar Wolf" instead of a color. My guess they did this because Quantum Ranger had a non-color name and wanted to keep that motif. 

Kat Ranger/Shadow Ranger/Omega Ranger
Shadow Ranger is hard to definiate if he's black or blue or what. So understandable they called him 'Shadow.' Omega Ranger, surprisingly, was not called 'White' but probably 'Omega' being that Omega means "the last." Omega Ranger's original name was DekaBreak. Kat Ranger is just named that because she is Kat, a feline. Her counterpart was Swan-inspired. My guess they did all this was because Dekaranger didn't use color names for their non-core Rangers.

Nova Ranger
"Nova" is a space thing, she was probably called that because it sounded cool. Her counterpart was "DekaBright."

Solaris Knight/Wolf Warrior
Even though treated as a Sixth Ranger both by Power Rangers and Super Sentai, fans don't consider him a 'Ranger' because of his name 'Knight.' Fans consider him a Ranger-like ally. I consider him a Ranger regardless. His counterpart was MagiShine. Wolf Warrior's Japanese counterpart was Wolzard Fire. He is considered a Ranger-like Ally. 

Mercury Ranger
His counterpart was Bouken Silver so he had a color name, but this guy was probably named Mercury because it was considered cool. My guess is because the last season the sixth rangers didn't have color names.

Robo Knight
After Operation Overdrive, all rangers went by colors or animals (in Jungle Fury). The only one during Saban era to not have a color name was Robo Knight, stylized after Gosei Knight. 

Graphite Ranger
"Graphite" is not a color. It is a crystalline allotropic form of carbon. In Japan, he was Kyoryu Gray. With all the unique color names like Aqua Ranger and Purple Ranger, Graphite Ranger is the only one that isn't a color. Gray Ranger doesn't sound as catchy either. He is also considered a Silver Ranger in Boom Comics. 

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Power Morphicon 2018 News Round-up

Here is the round up. The con is not over just yet. I wasn't able to go this time. I've only been to Power Morphicon 3 and 4. We got all the info we wanted, the rest of the returning cast for the anniversary special, the new Beast Morphers cast and some toy info. I guess fans wanted to see Beast Morphers toys but I am guessing we might at a toy fair or NYCC Comic Con.

Official Video:
Power Rangers Ninja Steel
Anniversary specil "Diensions in Danger" airs August 28th at 8pm

Returning cast:
Jason David Frank - Tommy Oliver/Green MM/White MM/Red Zeo/Red Turbo/Black Dino Thunder (so far Green MM and Black DT)
Steven Cardenas - Rocky DeSantos/Red Mighty Morphin Ranger/Blue Zeo (here Red MM)
Catherine Sutherland - Kat Hillard/Pink Mighty Morphin/Zeo/Turbo Ranger (here Pink Turbo)
Selwyn Ward - TJ Johnson/Red Turbo/Blue In Space Ranger (here In Space Blue)
Jason  Faunt - Wes/Red Time Force Ranger
Jeffrey Parazzo - Trent/White Dino Thunder
Li Ming Hu - Gemma/Ranger Operator Series Silver RPM
Steven Skyler - Antonio Garcia/Gold Samurai Ranger
Ciara Hanna - Gia/Yellow Megaforce Ranger
Yoshi Sudarso - Koda/Blue Dino Charge Ranger

Official Video:
Power Rangers Beast Morphers


Red Ranger - Rorrie Travis 
Blue Ranger - Jasmeet Baduwalia
Yellow Ranger - Jacqueline Scislowski

Hasbro has revealed Lightning Collection
https://twitter.com/PowerRangers/status/1030896158191898625

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Power Rangers Returning cast projects

The special 25th Anniversary episode "Dimensions in Danger" will air Tuesday August 28th at 8pm in honor of the 25th anniversary of the original airdate of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers August 28, 1993. The official returning cast is Catherine Sutherland (Kat Hillard/Pink Turbo Ranger), Jason Faunt (Wes Collins/Red Time Force Ranger) and Jason David Frank (Tommy Oliver/Green MM Ranger). They will be meeting the Ninja Steel Rangers to help fight a foe. This is old news but I figured i'd post it two weeks before the airing. Other rumored returning cast have not been confirmed. 





Power Rangers Legacy Wars/Street Fighter Crossover
Produced by Bat in the Sun, known for the popular web series Super Power Beat Down, the short film follows ex-Rangers Tommy Oliver (the original Green/White Ranger) and Gia (the Yellow Ranger from 2013’s Power Rangers Megaforce) as they team up with Ryu (Peter Jan) and Chun-Li to fight M. Bison (Kevin Porter). It is coming soon.

Dino Mega Charge
There has been pictures of Brennan Mejia and Ciara Hanna some fans (including me) thought were for a Ninja Steel ep but actually for a fan film called Dino Mega Charge,


Friday, July 21, 2017

Power Tropes: Turned to hate or de-friend

I've been reading a lot of TV Tropes and got some free time so decided to cover some tropes (common writing themes used in popular culture) in Power Rangers. Since Power Rangers been running for almost 25 years and Sentai for 42, lots of plots have been reused. I will be covering Sentai later as there is a lot more series to go through. I decided I won't do big tropes that were done less than twice like evil sisters (Astronema and Tenaya) or evil turning good.


MMPR (1995) - Season Three
In "Stop the Hate Monster," the Rangers are put under a spell to dislike each other. 

Ninja Storm (2003)
A monster splits Shane and Dustin apart. 

Megaforce (2013)
In "United We Stand." Emma and Gia are put under a spell to hate each other.



Monday, December 21, 2015

Final Robo/Megazord Colors

I'm not talking about the secondary Megazord like Super Zeo Megazord, Rescue Megazord (Turbo), and Omega Megazord (Lightspeed) that were multicolored. I'm talking about the last one which can be one color but not belonging to one particular Ranger (most of the time Red) or it could belong to one. Like it could be of 5 Rangers like MagiLegend/Manticore Megazord but one solid color. It could belong to one Ranger like Gigant Bragi-Oh or a power-up like MaxOhJa/Mezadon Megazord or Lion Ha-Oh.
 
MaxOhJa/Mezadon Megazord
In Abaranger and Dino Thunder, it was red and black. It belongs to power-up of Red: AbareMax and Triassic Ranger.
 
DekaWingRobo/Swat Megazord
Made of five zords for an upgrade, mostly black with some red, blue and silver.
 
MagiLegend/Manticore Megazord
Made up of Five Rangers and two 'Zords' but as mostly white.
 
DaiVoyager/BattleFleet Megazord
It was made of five zords but mostly navy color.
 
SaiDaiOh/Rhino Steel Megazord
Since GekiChopper is mostly white and red, the zord itself is navy and white, I am counting this one. It is the final zord.
 
Kyouretsu-O/Paleomax Megazord
Even though it is a tri-colored zord, I am counting it since it only belongs to Red. It is mostly maroon (red) and black.
 
 
Mougyu Dai-Oh/BullZord
Red and Black, belonging to Shinken Red and in Samurai, to the Shogun mode upgrade.

 

Gosei Ultimate/Ultimate Megazord
Belonging to the upgrade of all five rangers. All silver.
 
LionOh (Go-Busters)
Belonging to all the Rangers, it was indigo and gold.
 
 
Gigant Bragi-Oh/____Charge Megazord
I don't know the Dino Charge name yet. The robo is mostly silver but with some gold, red and black It belongs to the Silver Ranger. But I consider it a final megazord and since most likely we will see all the Rangers in it.
 
Hyper Ressha TeiOh
Gold and black robo with some red belonging to the Rangers.
 
Lion Ha Oh
 Red and gold robo belonging to the upgrade of Red, even though it isn't really the last one and I know you were thinking I should add OhBlocker.
 
As you can see for the final robo design color, Toei/Bandai/Plex decided with red four times, silver three times, twice or thrice a blue hue, only once white and once gold. Red and Silver seem to be the go-to colors.