Saturday, March 21, 2009

Power Rangers RPM - Episode 4 - "Go For the Green"

No change in the opening sequence credits.


Ziggy holds an audition for the Green Ranger, with many funny candidates. The main three are not impressed. Meanwhile, Dr. K has Dillon on a rotating disc like she is cooking him in a microwave and explains to him about the powers of the Rangers. Ziggy is stopped by the mafia, who want their money and they threaten him, he is saved by a woman whistling "The Farmer in the dell" in a very creepy way. She beats up the mafia guys and then auditions to be the Green Ranger and is accepted. Dr. K gives Ziggy the morpher to give to this girl named Tenaya, who beats up the army guys checking her for Venjix hardware. She becomes the true form and Ziggy sees this and runs off. He gets on a bike that looks as if Hanto's bike has been rusted for 100 years. Tenaya lifts up his bike and he asks her what she is, she recites a long poem about how she is humanity and Ziggy tells her it was a rhetorical question.


Ziggy informs Dr. K from a clothes line and hides from Tenaya who is after him. Dillon is on his way... Ziggy decides to kill two birds with one stone and sick Tenaya on the mafia. Ziggy runs off with the morpher but Tenaya tries to rob it. Dillon comes in and they try to run her off with Dillon's car but Tenaya gets on top. Dillon and Tenaya fight and he stops her poetry. Ziggy takes this opportunity to bond his DNA to the morpher and transform. Tenaya tells them about the digging robot and Green and Black head to the forest to find the robot. They use their weapons Rocket Blaster and Turbo Axe. The five reunite and the trio is beat up by the robot.


Black and Green fight the robot and use their blaster to defeat him. Green is still a 'faidy cat. The Megazord fights the giant robot. Dillon surprises the others (Dr. K and trio) that the Green Ranger is Ziggy. They are not happy, saying that not just anyone can be a Ranger. Dillon has his excuses, saying that Dr. K told him to do whatever it took to protect the powers from evil and tells them to put up or shut up, get used to it. Dr. K says he has to do lots of training. The gang leaves as Ziggy thinks chicks will dig the outfit.


Review:
Very interesting plot to begin with, with the mafia and Tenaya being a candidate for the Green Ranger to 'infiltrate' the Rangers and destroy them from within. But it enters usual Disney Power Ranger territory when Tenaya reveals her cards before getting the morpher. It gets smart again with the fun and smart dialogue and interesting use of 'the farmer and the dell.' Also, interesting inclusion of the Japanese footage (the forest and zord sequence).
This episode will be released in the first volume DVD on July 7th in America. And since YouTube is most concerned about American copyright, I can not keep this episode online while it is avaliable for sale because of copyright and they will delete my account.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Which inclusion do you mean?