Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Poll Results: Red Ranger at Disney World / No PR into Super Sentai


Do you think MMPR Red should replace SPD Red at Disney World?
Yes! 133 of 193 votes
Don't Care 29 votes
No 24 votes
They should leave the park altogether! 7 votes
It is almost midway into April and it seems like the Red Ranger won't be changed at Disney World. For some unknown reason of course.

My friend who is currently working at Disney World, a friend of his says that they saw the original Green Ranger but maybe he got confused with the Green Samurai Ranger, who still roams the park, along with the White Dino Ranger. It would be cool if it was true, but my other sources at Intercot boards say there are no plans to add a new Ranger.


Has no PR Season got you into Super Sentai?
Was Already a Fan 137 of 260 votes
Yes 94 votes
No 29 votes


More Goseiger Rumors for NEW Headders

Check out Dukemon22's TokuInsider for fan drawings of the rumored mecha. These are most likely happening. The artist of the drawings is the same artist who did drawings of Engine Oh G-9 and G-12 way back when in 2008, a.k.a. the RPM Ultrazord.

DX Tensou Gattai GoseiGrand
GoseiGrandeon (Lion, Black Armored Vehicle), GoseiSealeon (Sea Lion-motif, Blue battleship), and GoseiSkyleon (Lion-motif, Red-Fighter/Rocketship) that goes in the center. This belongs to Gosei Knight, whose motif is a lion.

DX Tensou Gattai GoseiWonder
A recolor mecha for the movie. A little bit like Bakurenoh (Copy Zord of Dino Thunder), the GoseiDragon is re-colored blue with a bird head with tentative name. The other animals include Wani Headder (Black Crocodile), Zou Headder (Yellow Elephant), Iruka Headder (Blue Dolphin), and Kabuto Headder (White/Tea-colored Beetle). I am getting tired of the black mecha, why can't they use violet, fuchsia and other colors?? I know one of the Dragon repaints is purple but come on!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Exploring the AquaBase



While I did the post on TerraVenture, someone asked about the AquaBase from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (2000). Luckily, Rovang.org did cover it, with a 3-D model below. I hope nobody asks me to cover the interior of the Astro Megaship, because that thing had no consistences and it is covered rather well in Rovang.org and PRC (Rangercentral.com). As for the Aquabase, the inconsistency with it is when the MaxSolarzord Bay comes out of the once, there seems to not be a tube or any connection from the Aquabase. Obviously, the Saban crew built the Aquabase before knowing about the Max Solarzord base.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Who Would Win? #2 - Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers


Dillon vs. Gunpei
Dillon was alone in his car in the desert, where he is stopped by Gunpei, attempting to arrest him for improper parking. Dillon kicked his butt.
Of 164 votes, Dillon won 1112, Gunpei got 64 votes.

Tommy vs. Burai
Out of 176 votes, Tommy won 112. Which I disagree. In my scenario, Rita accidentally opened a wormhole and the evil Green Ranger was sent to when Burai was alive and raging mad. In my imagination, Burai killed him.

Theo vs. Retsu
Out of 157 votes, Retsu won with 118 that he could win a battle against Theo. The Fantastic Technique would outsmart Theo, who would be too busy gloating and multi-tasking to concentrate.

Casey vs. Jan
110 out of 162 votes, fans voted for Jan to kick Casey butt. I think Jan would just want to be friends and they would go out for Pizza afterwards.


UPDATED 4/14/10
Kamen Rider Dragon Knight vs. Kamen Rider Ryuki
Len Vs. Ren
With 108 out of 174, Ren was voted most likely to win against Len. I am split on this decision, I do not know who would win. Ren was really tough, no mercy. Len was tough but he would feel bad about it and might be caught off guard by another Rider that has armor just like his but might think it is a Xaviax trick.

Extensive Analysis of Terra Venture

After scoping out Lord Zedd's balcony on Rovang.org's Writer's Guide to the Power Rangers, I took a look at the Terra Venture from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999). I myself would not try to figure out the cluster-maze of a space station itself but I am glad someone did. It is interesting. I do wonder if the creators, especially Ron Mason, who is credited to having a hand in it [according to the image below from Paul Schrier's (Bulk) old website], had a schematics to it. I thought it was just generic domes but there seems to be some detail and logic to it all. Above is my scan of a Fox Kids Magazine at the time, I no longer own it.

Above is the image that used to be in Paul Schrier's (Bulk) old website. I am surprised the Saban Entertainment had enough money to make such a detailed computer-graphic model. Sometimes it looked like a real scale model (miniature). Above details where the Astro Megaship docked, the Living Quarters, and the small upper dome where the command headquarters was.

I figure that if Transformer fans can compare the sizes of the Death Star to Unicron to see which is bigger, then us Power Rangers fans can try to decipher Terra Venture.


As for the Rovang.org site, he goes into more detail. He names the domes 'Red Dome,' 'Purple Dome,' (I like colors so I like this) because of the lack of names on the show itseld. There were some domes that got names in the episodes but never really established which dome which was. There was Ocean Dome, Mountain Dome, Industrial Dome, and Forest Dome, but as I said, some didn't get establishing shots and some got ambiguous footage. And it was hard to tell by all the little cluster domes. I used to think they just showed random domes.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2010 - Green With Evil Part 1 - Ep Review

121 of 145 voted that they are looking forward to the legendary five-parter.


Episode Summary:
Jason fights a new kid in town in a martial arts tournament. It ends up in a tie and Kimberly is smitten with the young man named Tommy, as he scares off Bulk and Skull the next day at school. Unfortunately he has also caught the eye of Rita, who has decided to make him the owner of the Sixth Power Coin and be her evil Green Ranger under her spell. Tommy trashes the Command Center, dis-communicates Zordon from 'this dimension' and puts a virus in Alpha, leaving the Rangers helpless. The Rangers fight the mysterious stranger and wonder who is this green dude bent on destroying them.


Episode Review:
Now the comic book graphics are international! And there are more Anime 'woosh' effects and a new movie-like widescreen sideway effect (below). I didn't like so many graphics on the inital fight with Jason and Tommy. Especially the red glow when Jason hits Tommy, because it suggests to little kids who haven't seen the series before that Jason has magic powers outside of his suit and used them against Tommy.


Dan Evans the Third already apologized about what he did to the saga. But it doesn't look too bad. I like the effect above. And as you can tell, the title card says 'Green With Evil Part 1,' how I remember it when it first aired. Video tapes had it as 'Out of Control' and the TV Guide (below) entry has it as such. I am not complaining that both titles aren't on the episode, I just think it is interesting. As for the episode itself, it indeed is still as good as remembered, unlike early episodes. It sets everything up wonderfully. Tommy does de-construct everything that has been established and the brutalness is what got us hooked. Except for the original footage inconsistency, where Tommy is frozen in the crystal---that's Burai, who was frozen and you can see his pointy vest, Tommy didn't have on... yet. And the head scratcher that Zordon knew the Green Ranger was Tommy in a matter of seconds even though he never met him (unless he is the Rangers' creepy stalker) while the Rangers don't recognize him through his voice.


The Dinozord labels have been upgraded. A new 'to be continued' graphic is added, moving larger on the screen and all the rangers get cut out with colors and a 'we're doomed' voice bubble was added. When it first aired, I was 11 and thought it was really awesome that it was a five parter. I had seen two parters before but never a five parter (they are really rare in TV, that five episodes are called the same title). And five parters never happened in Power Rangers again. All in all, I can't wait until the next episode next week but too bad we gotta wait two weeks for the rest of the five-part saga (Part 2 airs next week and Parts 3, 4, 5 air in May) while we only waited a day each for the original one.