Power Rangers Dino Charge - World Famous (in New Zealand) - Episode Review

 

Summary:

Shelby wants a break and Kendall doesn't render. Chase shows them Sledge's transport pod over New Zealand in newspaper. Chase is excited. In Sledge's ship, a monster Meteor came for dinner, Sledge sends him back to complete his mission. The gang arrives via plane. Ivan wants to take a tour, Chase shows them the Sky Tower, music similar to the music that played when MMPR visited Australia plays. Chase says he is going home for Christmas in the south island. They see dolphins, Koda takes off his shirt and wants to swim, they stop him. They arrive at Big Foot Tours for Albert and find some traps and get trapped. Albert shows them a Unicorn horn and Bigfoot foot print.


He thinks they are UFO hunters when they ask for Sledge. He gives them the photos. Chase says Albert is nuts. Albert uses a police scanner. Riley wants to get out. Tyler tells him he went Bigfoot hunting with his dad. Albert talks about adventure. They leave and thank Albert for the locations. Someone steals a bike and the Rangers go after him. The Rangers are surprised to find the Purple Ranger and he runs off. They figure Sledge wants the Purple Energem. Meteor arrives and says he found him again and sends Viviks after him.


The other Rangers arrive morphed and fight the Viviks, Purple Ranger is bad at fighting the Viviks. Gold calls the Ptera Saber. Purple wimpers behind a bench. They strike Meteor and he retreats. They de-morph and find Purple behind the bench. Purple de-morphs and reveals to be Albert. He doesn't even know he is a Power Ranger or know the name of the Energem. He just wanted to do good deeds for the town. He says its a grand adventure but looks unsure. Wrench brings back Ice Age and Sting Rage.


The Rangers take Albert to an obstacle course and they are wearing exercise clothes. Albert shows them he can keep up. He runs ahead of them. They take a break. They ask how he bonded to the Energem. He was hiking with friends in a mountain in a ice storm. He saved a little girl and spotted the purple energem. It bonded to him instantly and he could become a Ranger, he was stopping thieves and was a local hero. They get called about alien bio signs in the city. Sting Rage and Ice Age attack Auckland. Meteor also attacks. 7 Rangers arrive. They morph and Albert cowards behind when the Rangers go ahead. He says he is afraid of fighting the monsters.


Red Ranger fights the Viviks. Purple cowards away. Ice Age fights Blue. Pink fights Sting Rage with Green. Red goes to Albert, Albert says the monsters want to destroy him. He says he never caught Bigfoot, he is a fraud. He did save a girl. Red says the Energem doesn't make mistakes, he is no coward. Meteor is about to launch meteor ball but the Rangers get it and play keep it away. Red punches it at the trio and takes them out. Sledge makes Meteor big. The Rangers wonder where Albert is, they call the zords.


The Rangers fight without Red in Dino Drive mode and fight with the Ankylo Zord. Ice Age takes down Tyler and freezes his leg. Albert takes Tyler. Chase calls Pachy Zord. They form Ankylo-Pachy formation. Tyler and Albert arrive at his home, he morphs and says his back hurts. He tries fighting the monsters. He kicks them back into his traps. He cuts the ice off Tyler's leg. Tyler calls him a sly dog. Albert de-morphs and says he can't remain a Power Ranger. The Megazord destroys Meteor. Keeper unbonds ALbert from the energem, saying his duty was to keep the energem safe. Keeper teleports in smoke. The Rangers leave.


Review:
Great ep, when I heard about this ep, I thought I would not like Albert because he was eccentric and a fraud but I actually did like him. Kudos to Lynn for shooting new footage of Purple when they could used the Kyoryuger footage. I like how Keeper appeared out of nowhere but it was explained with him teleporting away so he doesn't need an airplane ticket. I don't like that Chase flew all the way to Auckland to not even visit his family. Well, when you are a Power Ranger and already saw your sister, then who cares.


Which Series should be adapted for 2017?

It has yet to be announced, but there is a lot of suspicion over to which Super Sentai series will be adapted in 2017. Power Rangers Dino Charge will become Dino Supercharge for 2016 and continue using the Kyoryuger footage like Samurai used Shinkenger for two years. Now there are three Super Sentai series they can use: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, Ressha Sentai ToQger, and Shuriken Sentai Ninninger. Also Saban's contract with Nickelodeon ends in 2016, there are rumors the new series will go to Netflix, but I don't know.

Go-Busters (2012)

Go-Busters was the series before Kyoryuger (which became Dino Charge) and it was skipped and not adapted. Go-Busters has a spy and technology theme, drawing fans to wanting it to be like a sequel to RPM. Go-Busters start with three Rangers and in the end, they have five, even though in a teamup special, they have a second doppelganger team with two other Rangers.

Pros

• In the end, five Rangers, start with three. Silver and Gold come in halfway in the series.
• Each Ranger has a Buddyroid, a robo-animal buddy. Silver is actually a Buddyroid itself.
• In the end, three main Robos: Red has his own robo that combines with Yellow and Blue; Gold and Silver have their 2nd Robo which can combine with the first; A purple Lion Robo.
• Both main villains are humans, very little suit action. Saban would had to hire two actors, the female villain comes in half-way through the series.
• The main three have a power-up mode.
• The cockpits don't have to be changed.
• Without much zords, Bandai can add as many bikes or zords they want in the toyline.

Cons

• No 'Morphing' sequence, very little stock footage. They would had to create their own which they have done in the past.
• There is a Frog Buddyroid seen in the movie but rarely and there is no auxiliary zords.
• Not many toys like Kyoruger to split up for two seasons but like Dino Charge, they can make more.
• This series is already 'old' by time standards. Toei might have props in storage (they send props to the Power Ranger company once they are done with it) but they might have more wear and tear. Also, back when Saban adapted VR Troopers, Bandai didn't want to make the toys because they found the series too old and din't have molds anymore. Kenner opted to do it instead. Between 2012 and 2017 is 5 years.

 Toqger (2014)

 This series comes after Kyoryuger and it is train theme. Rumor is Saban doesn't like it because they believe United States do not believe trains aren't part of kids' lives like in Japan. Believe it or not, the biggest age demographic for Power Rangers is ages 3-6 and Thomas the Tank Engine's age range is 1 to 5 which is close. My nephew actually likes Toqger more than Ninninger. Well he likes Samurai more than them all to be honest.

Pros

• In the end, 6 Rangers, starts with 5. Orange comes in as a Sixth. 7th appears in a special.
• In the end, they have 4 main robos. They have many auxiliary zords.
• All the villains except the main (Z) are in suits.
• The Rangers change colors so we get female Blue, Green and Red. Also male Pinks.
• Their Power-up mode is once at a time, Pink and Yellow share one in one episode.
• The cockpits don't have to change.

Cons

The Rangers change colors so we get female Blue, Green and Red. Also male Pinks. Notice I have this as a "Pro" too. I don't care but some might care about males being in the supposedly 'feminine' color.
Pink and Yellow share a Power-up in one episode. Notice I have this on "Pro" too, this is sad the females share it and literally stuck together.


• Saban Brands reportedly thinks kids don't like trains in the US as much as in Japan.
• Spoiler Alert: Fans don't like that the Toqger end up being children. Saban could skip that.

Ninninger (2015)

This is the current Super Sentai which is the third Ninja series. If this is adapted, technically it would be the third (with Alien Rangers even though it wasn't explicitly stated) in PR as well.

Pros

• In the end, 6 Rangers, starts with 5.
• In the end, 4 Robos. They have a few auxiliary zords.
• Collectable item (like Ranger Keys and Dino Chargers) are Shurikens.
• The villain starts with 1 costumed villain, joined by 2 more.
• Red gets a power-up that so far Yellow and Gold have used. (Technically White too but it was without her suit so it can't be used)
• Chip Lynn said he is not in control of the decision but he likes Ninninger.

Cons

• Fans might be bored with yet another Ninja theme, but technically we have had 3 Dino themes and 1 officially stated full Ninja series.
• Boys might not appeal to male Yellow Ranger since it's been more than a decade (2006). MagiYellow did a cameo on the show but not useable footage.
• They would have to reshoot the cockpit footage possibly. 

Conclusion
I have asked fans with polls and most don't want Toqger and are torn between Ninninger and Go-Busters but most fans just want Ninninger. I wouldn't mind any. I am good either way.
 

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