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So... There is going to be a box set of the first seven seasons of Power Rangers.

My wallet is going to be fucked if they release a box set of the other seasons.

So... can I just say that I've been working on my Power Rangers fanfic for, like, five years now and I've finally gotten to Day of the Dumpster and I'm having ALL THE FUN writing about the day from a non-Ranger perspective?

Yeah. That's all. XD

...Would anyone be willing to help me brainstorm on some ideas for an epic PR fanfic I'm working on? I'm still trying to flesh out some of the back story details, and I'm struggling a bit. =(

So, awhile ago, I was watching Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue and had an "omg, I am SO old" moment when I saw Carter and Joel listening to a portable CD player. In their car. I didn't really think much of it beyond my initial "wtf" reaction, but when I watched Linkara's recap, Linkara made some comment along the lines of "Apparently Miss Fairweather couldn't be bothered to include a CD player in the Rescue Rover," and a story idea was born...

Originally, this was supposed to explain why Miss Fairweather didn't put a CD player in the Rescue Rover. Then it sort of evolved into a story about the Rangers' music tastes, coupled with a Dana/Carter romance and apparently some Ryan angst thrown in. I... don't really know what happened.

Anyway.

Title: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Fandom: Power Rangers (Lightspeed Rescue)
Characters: Dana, Carter, Joel, Kelsey, Chad
Rating: PG
Summary: Joel is horrified to discover that Miss Fairweather hasn't included a CD player in the Rescue Rover. When he finds a portable one, Dana is reluctantly conscripted into burning a CD for the team.
Note: Keep in mind... Lightspeed Rescue aired in 2000. Which means, no iTunes for these poor Rangers! I mean, we're dealing with boomboxes here, guys.

( What does 'dig in the dancing queen' mean? )

( Oh, and there's also a soundtrack )

This is what I do when I should be working on my research paper.

On the spur of the moment, thanks to foxtree's comment here, I decided to write a crack-y sort of fic where Sky gets transported back in time, and is told by TJ and Rocky that he needs to chill out about being the Blue Ranger.

Here's the result!

Title: Adjusting to Blue
Fandom: Power Rangers (SPD, Zordon era)
Characters: Sky, Rocky, TJ
Rating: PG
Summary: Sky was prepared to sulk for all eternity about being the Blue Ranger, but when he unexpectedly travels back in time, he meets two other Blue Rangers who've faced similar problems adjusting.
Note: For the purpose of this story, TJ and Rocky apparently hang out with each other in Rocky's dorm room. I don't know why, they just do.

( Fic behind the cut! )

Finally watched it! Screw you, Nickelodeon, for not uploading it onto your site and making me download it. =(

Anyway.

Um... I'm not really impressed. As everyone else has said, it didn't feel like a pilot so much as a second or third "Ranger X needs to learn teamwork" episode. While RPM didn't provide any exposition, at first, as to how Scott, Flynn, and Summer became Rangers, there were still other forms of exposition - we could see them all coming together, and we knew from Dr. K's voiceover the general gist of what had happened. This? Not so much. No idea how the team came together, why they came together, etc.

The villains are really terrible. Honestly, the bulging costumes need to go. They're not remotely frightening. I assume, based on the horrible production quality, that they were using Sentai footage. Also, wtf is up with the premise of frightening people into... literally crying a river?

The Rangers themselves... Meh. They're pretty, but that seems just about it. They're also pretty bad actors, though hopefully they'll improve as the season goes on. The girls better have more to do later on, because right now they're just playing cheerleaders for the guys. Jayden seems incredibly wooden and a bit too "The moral of the episode: let me explain it to you" for my tastes. At least Kevin's hot!

Very disappointed by the reliance on the Sentai footage. I'm sorry, I know it's "the original footage" and all that, but it's terrible. Power Rangers needs more slow-mo/explosions and less shitty graphics, and Samurai is SEVERAL steps backward from RPM/Overdrive in that regard. Can we *please* start using more American footage? I'm sure it's a budget issue and most kids probably wouldn't notice enough to make the expense worthwhile, but still. I'm so sick of the absolutely ridiculous things (those arms? Really?) that happen in the Sentai footage.

Bulk and Spike were okay. Still raging over the possibility, no matter how small, of Kim being Spike's mother, but Spike himself isn't a bad kid. I liked his laugh. XD

On a more positive note, the theme was great! At first I was like, "There's no way they're going to fit 'Rangers together, Samurai forever' in that chord," but then they did! It was a pretty solid remix of the original theme. I also loved how they included the non-theme MMPR music at the end, when they did the high-five thing.

ETA: One more good thing - I liked the Megazord cockpit. The new costumes were pretty interesting, too. Also, the animation behind the Megazord as it finished the forming sequence was AWESOME! Yay, oceans! Ahem.

Overall, I'm very underwhelmed and more than a little bitter about the Sentai footage. Also, the whole "Rangers together, Samurai forever" thing sounds stupid. But, assuming we get more exposition/explanation in the future, I could wind up liking it! I won't write it off yet.

I was actually going to post this as a comment to second_batgirl's entry, but it wound up becoming really bitter and I decided I'd rather spare her. =P

Warning: if you ship Skull/Kim (this isn't the spoiler, btw), this entry is probably not for you.

( Spoilery news and discussion behind the cut )

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( Minor edit )

Continuing with this meme!

( Favorite sixth Ranger, favorite color Ranger, favorite formerly evil Ranger )

( Rest of the days behind the cut )

So, now that I've actually seen all the seasons of Power Rangers, I figured I'd give the 30 Days meme another go.

( Favorite season and favorite team behind the cut! )

More to come soon! =)

( Other thirty days, for my reference )

Stealing from pockythoughts! And also stealing her idea of using Zordon-era Rangers, because, um, I'm creative like that. Only difference is, I included some of the In Space ones. =)

First, write down the names of 12 characters (it's best when they're all from the same fandom). Then read and answer the questions. You can't look at the questions until you write down the 12 characters you're going to use.

( Meme! )