Power Rangers RPM - Episode 3 - "Rain"

Episode Summary:
The three Rangers bring Dillon to Dr. K who tells them about the bio suits (something about bio energy from the Earth), that they are covert. Dillon says yellow, red, and blue spandex is not covert. Dr. K gets testy about it being called spandex. Dillon and the three get through a tiff when Dillon does 'testing' in a sexy a-shirt (I refuse to call it an 'wife beater' because that is just not right to reinforce that stereotype). The tests are many but it get interesting by the end.

A new attack bot is brought out and it will go through the water supply of the city according to Venjix. Later, Summer shows Dillon the Terra Ventura-like city. She says that once his DNA is attached to the morpher, it is permanent. He is made to care, in the rain as it rains. He agrees to it, with one condition... Ziggy gets out and all the other criminals are mad and get madder wen they hear about the Rangers. He hugs Flynn. Scott asks why Dillon why he needs him and he says he can make Shadow Puppets. Dillon bonds with his morpher and the suit teleports on him. The other three transform. Ziggy eats popcorn and take a picture of the four.


Dr. K coughs "ahem." and Ziggy asks what is up with the Spandex and then has to scrub the floor as punishment. Dillon has his pocket watch and Scott asks if he sleeps with it, Dillon says he would if he slept. Dillon has a strange memory/dream (with a woman in it) that wakes him up, taking him to Ziggy, wanting out of the city--something about a gate that releases propane gas and he has to escape that the little space of time when there is no fire. Dillon hotwires Scott's red car and speeds out. The monster releases toxic fog in the morning and the Rangers notice Dillon has bolted. The Rangers face Grinders and the monster. The monster disappears.

The rangers run to the harbor as Dillon tries to escape the city. The Rangers are surrounded by Grinders. Why is there a harbor if there have imports or exports? And can't Dillon escape through the harbor? Or is it a fake harbor? The monster is big now. Blue performs a new PR attack and looses energy. Red and Yellow do attacks too and loose energy. Ziggy notices they are in trouble and wants Dillon to hear this--he rewires it. Dillon is about to go out and hears this and turns and stops. He comes to the rescue and drives around the Grinders. He flips out and transforms. Red threatens Black and he tells them to face the monster. They call their zords.

The monster and Megazord face off. He busts them through the bridge. Black fights the Grinders much like the Mighty Morphin White Ranger fought the Putties while the Thunder Megazord fought before them. The Megazord is pinned and some how are rescued (maybe during the commercial break!) and they pin the monster. Black finishes off the Grinders while the Megazord finish off the monster. Bubbles fly. Ziggy celebrates. Dillon takes off his helmet and says he will be fine. He cuts off communication and marches.


Review:
In the Go-Onger footage, the monster pins the Megazord in a cross-like position and Green and Black save them, but since Green is not in this episode, the Megazord magically saves itself and the bridge is tied after the commercial break. Other than that, pretty standard episode with funny moments. It also gives a backstory to the suits and this 'bio' energy. Still no clues to Dr. K and Dr. K is still referred to as a 'him' even though sounding like a woman. Scott is pretty annoying, standard foil for a character like Dillon.

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Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Cutie #6: Keith Stone

He plays Brad Berrett/Kamen Rider Thrust, a dirtbike racer tricked into fighting thinking it is a "Battle Club" in order to clear his name after being blackmailed.

He has been in "Passions," "CSI: NY" and "Days of Our Lives."

Picture by John Russo, part of the About Face Project.

Short-lived Power Ranger Poll

I made this poll before it was known that this will be the last season of Power Rangers. I made this in thought Shinkenger wouldn't be adapted. The results were strange, in that 38 out of 54 wanted Shinkenger to be adapted into Power Rangers. 37 of 63 wanted an original Power Rangers with no Super Sentai footage. 18 of 63 didn't care. Regardless (because the poll doesn't matter), in the end Shinkenger will not be adapted. And we might get an Animated Power Rangers. Thanks for voting!

Power Ranger Hottie: Daniel Ewing

23 year-old Australian actor, who plays Dillon in "Power Rangers RPM."

He played Representative Basketball for Manly-Warringah for nine years.

He played Reuben Humphries in "Home and Away."

Power Rangers RPM Episode 1 & 2 "The Road to Corinth" and "Fade to Black" Review

I woke up at 5am and was pleasantly surprised there was no infomercial on WPLG 10 but the premiere episode of Power Rangers RPM. I doubt anyone else in Miami is up at this time to watch it, unless a diehard fan like me still exists. I am an Elementary school substitute teacher and I didn't hear any of the kids talking about this, most Power Ranger fans I have seen in Elementary school are in Pre-K to 1st Grade. Anyone else wouldn't be caught dead admitting they like it. Sidenote: Power Rangers has been at 5am in Miami since Mystic Force (2006).

It looks like they had no support from the font department because they use a generic font. The Black Ranger but not the Green Ranger is in the opening credits.

1st Episode Road to Corinth Summary
Three years ago the Venjix computer system (ala Skynet of Terminator) has taken over the world and has made it a wasteland. A signal has been sent out about the city of Corinth, the last hope in safety and everyone rushes into it before the dome closes, seemingly forever. Flynn, who happens to be Scottish, arrives on a bus FULL of people and he calls one of the footsoldiers (Grinders) a "worthless crap." Scott (Eagle 2) and Summer report to Colonel Truman that Eagle 1 is dead, Truman is upset and doesn't want to discuss it to his wounded son Eagle 2. One year later, the dome is closed and a mysterious man (with a pocket watch) protects a flower from footsoldiers and beats the 'crap' out of them.

He has a car and is assaulted by Ziggy, a talkative individual, claiming to shoot him in order to steal the car and go to Coronith. It seems there has been radiation because the compasses don't work. Anyhoo, Ziggy and the mysterious individual, who at first claims to not know his name or anything except for cars and then says to call him Dillon, they fight off robots and explosions as they zip into the dome. They must keep running because the car is almost out of gas and if Dillon shuts off the car... he won't be able to restart it again. Venjix releases a monster robot and the RPM team is sent, we are reminded of the three individuals we meet before. The bus driver Flynn is Blue, the pilot Eagle 2 is Red, and Summer is Yellow.

Second Episode "Fade to Black" Summary
Where we last left off, Dillon asks Ziggy what Power Rangers are. The 'drones' are sent, in other words, Bandoma from Go-Onger. Ziggy is scared of them but Dillon is not. The three activate their zords---which match their toy names (Bear Crawler, etc.). The putting the chip inside the zords is new footage instead of the Go-Onger footage. The grunts set a cannon that will waste Dillon's car, so he tries to gas it but can't... until he hits it and goes off. Unfortunately, he skids and luckily for him, he gets the cannon shot at the bad guys instead of at the Yellow Ranger. The Rangers form High Octane Megazord and destroy the giant monster.

Summer takes off her helmet and thanks Dillon. The guards take in Ziggy and Dillon, while Ziggy pretends he is a citizen and doesn't know who Dillon is. The two are in jail. Wow, two future Power Rangers in orange jumpsuits. Dillon has hardware inside him and he doesn't know why he does. Basically, he is a Bionic man. Summer asks to speak to him privately, he comments on how Yellow isn't her color (maybe a comment on how some Rangers don't look good in their color) and then she counters back if he practices the bad boy/brooding persona in the mirror.

She ends the conversation with that she doesn't care where he is from but where he is going, returning him his musical pocket watch. Meanwhile, Ziggy charms the guards and then the guards multiply... Ziggy doesn't shut up to the point that the guards are gone. We don't know if his stories are tall tales or not. Later, Venjix reveals the other two generals a scary new creation... the human-looking Tenaya 7. With the Rangers, Flynn and Scott are not all thrilled with Dillon, believing he is all machine and shouldn't be trusted. The mysterious Dr. K explains he is like Wolverine, just implants.

Ziggy is not loved in the jail, having enemies already. He tries to convince Dillon that they are a team and to bust him out. The convicts pin Ziggy down and give him a bulling speech. This gets on Dillon's nerves and he defies the leader of the crooks. Dillon beats them all up. The other Rangers are then impressed by what Dillon can do, via surveillance video. The Rangers come and offer him to join the team, he asks if he can choose his own color.

Review:
And it looks like the FCC did not review this because the Blue Ranger says 'Crap' in the first few minutes. What a way to go, Power Rangers!! The plot has been well thought out with the car's gas and the radiation effecting compasses. My favorite line: "Go shoot or something." Even though this series is more serious than any other, unfortunately it still has one Power Ranger tradition I wish was forgotten... the goofy voiced villain. Kitaneidas/General Crunch is now dumb and goofy, voiced by Charlie McDermott. Yogostein/General Shifter is delightfully British. It is also nice to see that RPM keeps Go-Onger motif of having the Rangers in suit but without helmet.

Funny how there is a jail in the city, seems they didn't want their convicts to perish, they still believe in justice and humanity even in the face of an apocalypse. Some fans may say that the series has shadows of Terraventure with its dome and faux-blue sky but it has its own spirit. The series has a good start, great effort, and promising start. The new writer/show runner Eddie Guzelian was real ambitious, around episode 15 or 18 was fired because of 'creative differences' with Disney. So they got Judd Lynn. So It might change in tone.

Related Topic: Road to Corinth Video | Fade to Black Video