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[Zap Rowsdower]

Is Lord Zedd an American creation?

Yep, completely original character.

 

[Conrad Link]

I always thought those new Zords looked dumb.

 

[redmetal86]

Hell yeah new zords

"These new zords are amazing" - find them at a Toys R Us near you

Sometimes separately too. "Assault Team".

 

[KSweeley]

Is Lord Zedd an American creation?

Yep, he is: http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_Zedd

Lord Zedd is a major villain from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series and recurring through Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers in Space. He was played by Edwin Neal, with Robert Axelrod supplying the voice. Steven Blum voiced him in the video game Power Rangers: Super Legends and Tony Oliver voiced him in the Power Rangers Super Megaforce video game.

The character was the first American-made villain for the Power Rangers series of shows with no origin in the Japanese Sentai shows.

 

[Defuser]

Is Lord Zedd an American creation?

Yeah, there was no such villain in the Dairanger series which is season 2's counterpart. The villains in the Dairanger were human looking.

 

[Aiii]

I never like the fact they use the Dairanger zords but they never used the suits. Or else Saban could have saved money and used the Dairanger footage instead.

I think they just had too much merchandising based on the old designs going on to make the switch at that point. I mean, they had anything from coloring books to lunchboxes with these suits on them. It would have instantly made all of that obsolete.

 

[Sanjuro]

Pizza!

 

[Ithil]

I never like the fact they use the Dairanger zords but they never used the suits. Or else Saban could have saved money and used the Dairanger footage instead.

Guess the MMPR brand was too strong at the time to change.

 

[ramparter]

I never like the fact they use the Dairanger zords but they never used the suits. Or else Saban could have saved money and used the Dairanger footage instead.

Woh I had no idea the suits in original had changed. But you know what, imo those constant changes ruined the series for me. Just find a good design and stick to it. Guess in US they didn't want to change since the already had established the merchandise and branding.

 

[TheChits]

I never like the fact they use the Dairanger zords but they never used the suits. Or else Saban could have saved money and used the Dairanger footage instead.

These suits are so damn good

 

[JC Lately]

Wait, wasn't Bulk and Skulls 4-wheelers totaled last episode?

 

[KSweeley]

Interesting fact: the only Dairanger costume that was adapted for Season 2 of MMPR is Kiba Ranger which became the costume for the White Ranger, Dairanger costumes weren't used until Super Megaforce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosei_Sentai_Dairanger

Gosei Sentai Dairanger (五星戦隊ダイレンジャー Gosei Sentai Dairenjā?)[Note 1][Note 2] is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the seventeenth production in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of television tokusatsu dramas produced by Toei Company, following Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. It was originally broadcast from February 19, 1993 to February 11, 1994. Toei gave this series the name Star Rangers for international distribution.[1]

Elements from Dairanger were adapted into the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, specifically the action sequences between the giant robots (which became the Power Rangers' Thunderzords) and some of the monsters. None of the Dairanger costumes were used in Power Rangers, except Kiba Ranger's, which was adapted into the White Ranger's costume for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: the suits from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger were instead used for the other Rangers in that show (The end credits listed the show as titled Dai Rangers). The core Dairanger costumes in the footage were not used in Power Rangers until Power Rangers Super Megaforce.

In July 2015, Shout! Factory announced that they would release "Gosei Sentai Dairanger: The Complete Series" on DVD in North America.[2] On November 10, 2015, Dairanger was released on DVD in North America. This is the Second Super Sentai Series to be released in North America. In addition on May 23, 2016, Shout! streamed the series on their website.[3]

 

[Santiako]

Lord Zedd has to be one of the most badass designs of all time. So good.

 

[King Gilga]

I never like the fact they use the Dairanger zords but they never used the suits. Or else Saban could have saved money and used the Dairanger footage instead.

TBH White ranger aside those all look like shit compared to the OGs.

 

[cordy]

DAT MUSIC

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Michael Zackson

 

[KSweeley]

TBH White ranger aside those all look like shit compared to the OGs.

Kiba Ranger's suit looks just like the White Ranger's suit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ino0GX5oT-s

 

[hypernima]

Oh god the fight choreography, I thought it was so good as a kid lmao.

 

[papertoonz]

Wait, wasn't Bulk and Skulls 4-wheelers totaled last episode?

they found the ranger ones and took 2 of them

 

[itwasTuesday]

lol @ the shot of nothing but static grass for like 4 seconds

 

[WillyFive]

TBH White ranger aside those all look like shit compared to the OGs.

No they don't? They are a clear improvement.

 

[Aiii]

Rocking out so hard to this music, is this stuff on Spotify?

 

[Geist-]

Oh god the fight choreography, I thought it was so good as a kid lmao.

To be fair, nothing had good fight choreography in a live-action kids show during the 90s.

 

[babyshaq90]

that's the way the putty crumbles!

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Rocking out so hard to this music, is this stuff on Spotify?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapmx8Ecza8

Maybe?

 

[papertoonz]

god the new shield looks so shit

rip AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[jett]

So most of this footage is actually all-american huh? That's interesting.

 

[Defuser]

If they have used the Dairanger suits you guys could have experience this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEqGzFXCy3Y


The Theme for Dairangers was about chinese martial arts.

 

[itwasTuesday]

cliff hanger man

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Oh there's the new opening!

 

[spindashing]

NEW INTRO

 

[NightOnyx]

Rocking out so hard to this music, is this stuff on Spotify?

Yeah, Wasserman's music is so good!

 

[Emperor_EL]

I'm sure Billy & Trini could've finished the device faster if Alpha helped them...

 

[cordy]

Damn...

The reason I love guitars riffs is purely because of Power Rangers and Megaman X.

 

[Aiii]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapmx8Ecza8

Maybe?

No, but a full album of "redux" versions are: https://open.spotify.com/album/57mbu6XukJFP3wrXGNk3TJ

 

[WillyFive]

So most of this footage is actually all-american huh? That's interesting.

You can tell because the suits look a lot worse and they suddenly stopped using fight choreography with weapons and switched to doing dances and flips so that they don't upset parents.

 

[JC Lately]

New intro!

 

[KSweeley]

If they have used the Dairanger suits you guys could have experience this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEqGzFXCy3Y


The Theme for Dairangers was about chinese martial arts.

What year did Super Megaforce come out in?

The core Dairanger costumes in the footage were not used in Power Rangers until Power Rangers Super Megaforce.

 

[Kaizer]

Just woke up & thought they'd be at Rocky, Aisha, & Adam - glad I haven't missed th it arrival yet!

 

[Miggy]

Whew that season 2 intro tho!

 

[TheChits]

Intro spoilers!

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Aww yeah that new intro

 

[Conrad Link]

Dem spoilers in the new opening!

:'(

 

[Ithil]

Woh I had no idea the suits in original had changed. But you know what, imo those constant changes ruined the series for me. Just find a good design and stick to it. Guess in US they didn't want to change since the already had established the merchandise and branding.

That's not how the Sentai worked, all the shows were standalone so it wouldn't make sense to keep the same suits.

 

[spindashing]

You can tell because the suits look a lot worse and they suddenly stopped using fight choreography with weapons and switched to doing dances and flips so that they don't upset parents.

The easiest way to tell the NA suits? More wrinkles and Tommy's shield is SO discount

 

[jwk94]

What year did Super Megaforce come out in?

2015 I think

 

[WillyFive]

If they have used the Dairanger suits you guys could have experience this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEqGzFXCy3Y


The Theme for Dairangers was about chinese martial arts.

Would have been so great to see Jason do that.

 

[aly]

New intro hype!!

 

[Frumix]

The easiest way to tell the NA suits? More wrinkles and Tommy's shield is SO discount

They're also more matte. This tell is consistent to this day.

Woh I had no idea the suits in original had changed. But you know what, imo those constant changes ruined the series for me. Just find a good design and stick to it. Guess in US they didn't want to change since the already had established the merchandise and branding.

Well, the very first Sentai, Goranger, also lasted longer than every subsequent show, until they started changing it to keep the show fresh. As you can see, it proved to be quite effective in the long run.

 

[snowmint]

Did you guys talk about the zyu2 footage that saban ruined for season 2 that was lost forver ubtil a poduction guy leaked the never before seen uncut footage before?