Power Rangers 19-25
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mad_tea_partyI know, I know. You all probably thought I'd decided to quit after all the life heartaches. But no. I have a goal, and i plan to keep it. So without further adieu, here are my reviews for Seasons 19-25
Super Samurai (Season 19)
Super Samurai continues where Samurai left off. It introduced Jayden’s older sister, Lauren as the rightful Red Samurai Ranger. The series ends with Jayden taking back the mantle and defeating Xandred completely.
I will say that I am not fond of this “Super” trend that developed when Nickelodeon got the streaming rights of Power Rangers. I get they had some kind of rules, but couldn’t they have just done it literal seasons instead of making a separate “series”? By this point in the franchise, it should have been common knowledge that Power Rangers is was usually at least 40 episodes in total, and in later Seasons 32-38 episodes long. They knew what they were getting into, and they should have adjusted accordingly.
Instead, due to the lack of popularity (that’s my guess) we get over priced and hard to find digital and DVDs. Nickelodeon misstepped. I just really hope they didn’t do that to Dino Charge because I absolutely DO want that one (I want the Samurai seasons too, but will be foregoing the digital version due to price).
As a whole, Power Rangers Samurai and Super Samurai were both solid, give or take a few strange writing choices.
MegaForce (Season 20)
Here is where things are gonna be a little strange, you guys. I have a love/hate relationship with the entire MegaForce series, but I will get into the specifics of the “hate” part when I get to Super. First the good. MegaForce as a whole had a lot of great things. Great, committed, actors. A lot of fun callbacks to the original series. And even though I will be honest and say I opted *not* to rewatch this series (and you’ll know why in a mnute), I am still glad it existed because without it, I wouldn’t come back a second time. (This was what I consider my second Power Rangers fandom revival).
I got to express this to John Mark Loudermilk at Power Morphicon in 2024, while I was thanking him and Cameron Jebo (who I still haven’t seen in the actual series) for their part in it.
Super MegaForce (Season 21)
I will not spout a bunch of hate about this series. I didn’t watch it, and I most likely never will for reasons that only partially have to do with the adaptation of one of my favorite Sentai series.
Dino Charge and Dino Super Charge(Season 22/23)
I never thought I would find another series in the franchise that would grab me and refuse to let me go. But I did. Dino Charge (and I’m speaking as if it’s a full season it’s own even though it’s split into two)had so much to love. Of course there was the usual camp, but there were stories, too.
This series had some great gimmicks. There were two Rangers from the past. Koda, the Cro-Magnon who was frozen in a block of ice with the blue energem, and Sir Ivan, who was trapped as well, before being freed and bonding with the gold energem. Watching Koda and Sir Ivan acclimate to the present day was so funny at points. They both grew.
This series also introduced me to one of my favorite villains since Divatox, and I’m glad his story actually pans out. Ryan Carter as Heckyl was so well done. You get a real feel for his pain later in the series.
I liked this series so much that I actually went on a massive hunt for the season DVDs. I have not done that yet to this point, despite really liking Samurai/Super Samurai it never crossed my mind to to look on Ebay. I finally secured both seasons, and I feel so much better.
Ninja Steel (Season 24 and 25)
Okay, this one took me a long time to get through, but not because I didn’t love it. I absolutely did. Real life kind of got in the way for a bit.
Ninja Steel was a true anniversary season. There were tons of nods to the original Mighty Morphin, including a remixing of Bulk and Skull’s theme for every time Monty and Victor Vincent walked into the shot. It’s the first time in franchise history that there are two rangers as a couple from the beginning. Calvin and Hayley were adorable. I think they’re relationship grew as the series went on, and I liked how they didn’t portray it as perfect. They had a lot of faults, and flaws that they worked through.
The highlight for me was Preston. Preston was played by Yoshi Sudarso’s younger brother, Peter. And maybe in part that’s why I was drawn to him at first, but Preston definitely holds his own. He had some of the better storylines outside of Brody and Levi.
Something else I really liked was Mick Kanic. kIt might be another case of the actor and maybe a tad bit of bias, but I’d like to think it’s not. Mick brought back the wise mentor trope in a very subtle way, and I thought it was nice to have back. I don’t remember seeing it since Ninja Storm. Maybe Samurai a little bit but far and few between.
Ninja Steel holds up, at least for me. I know a lot of people did not care for it, and I have yet to truly understand why. I thought the plot was familiar, comfortable. And that’s as it should be for an anniversary series. A True anniversary series.
It must have been popular on some level. The DVDs were much easier to find, so were the digital seasons.
I am down to my last 3 seasons of the franchise. I cannot express the amount of raw emotion I am feeling rightn ow. This journey has been a long one with breaks in between, and I am not ready to end it yet. But all good things must come to an end, right? Let's just hope it goes out on a good note! I'll let you know!
Super Samurai (Season 19)
Super Samurai continues where Samurai left off. It introduced Jayden’s older sister, Lauren as the rightful Red Samurai Ranger. The series ends with Jayden taking back the mantle and defeating Xandred completely.
I will say that I am not fond of this “Super” trend that developed when Nickelodeon got the streaming rights of Power Rangers. I get they had some kind of rules, but couldn’t they have just done it literal seasons instead of making a separate “series”? By this point in the franchise, it should have been common knowledge that Power Rangers is was usually at least 40 episodes in total, and in later Seasons 32-38 episodes long. They knew what they were getting into, and they should have adjusted accordingly.
Instead, due to the lack of popularity (that’s my guess) we get over priced and hard to find digital and DVDs. Nickelodeon misstepped. I just really hope they didn’t do that to Dino Charge because I absolutely DO want that one (I want the Samurai seasons too, but will be foregoing the digital version due to price).
As a whole, Power Rangers Samurai and Super Samurai were both solid, give or take a few strange writing choices.
MegaForce (Season 20)
Here is where things are gonna be a little strange, you guys. I have a love/hate relationship with the entire MegaForce series, but I will get into the specifics of the “hate” part when I get to Super. First the good. MegaForce as a whole had a lot of great things. Great, committed, actors. A lot of fun callbacks to the original series. And even though I will be honest and say I opted *not* to rewatch this series (and you’ll know why in a mnute), I am still glad it existed because without it, I wouldn’t come back a second time. (This was what I consider my second Power Rangers fandom revival).
I got to express this to John Mark Loudermilk at Power Morphicon in 2024, while I was thanking him and Cameron Jebo (who I still haven’t seen in the actual series) for their part in it.
Super MegaForce (Season 21)
I will not spout a bunch of hate about this series. I didn’t watch it, and I most likely never will for reasons that only partially have to do with the adaptation of one of my favorite Sentai series.
Dino Charge and Dino Super Charge(Season 22/23)
I never thought I would find another series in the franchise that would grab me and refuse to let me go. But I did. Dino Charge (and I’m speaking as if it’s a full season it’s own even though it’s split into two)had so much to love. Of course there was the usual camp, but there were stories, too.
This series had some great gimmicks. There were two Rangers from the past. Koda, the Cro-Magnon who was frozen in a block of ice with the blue energem, and Sir Ivan, who was trapped as well, before being freed and bonding with the gold energem. Watching Koda and Sir Ivan acclimate to the present day was so funny at points. They both grew.
This series also introduced me to one of my favorite villains since Divatox, and I’m glad his story actually pans out. Ryan Carter as Heckyl was so well done. You get a real feel for his pain later in the series.
I liked this series so much that I actually went on a massive hunt for the season DVDs. I have not done that yet to this point, despite really liking Samurai/Super Samurai it never crossed my mind to to look on Ebay. I finally secured both seasons, and I feel so much better.
Ninja Steel (Season 24 and 25)
Okay, this one took me a long time to get through, but not because I didn’t love it. I absolutely did. Real life kind of got in the way for a bit.
Ninja Steel was a true anniversary season. There were tons of nods to the original Mighty Morphin, including a remixing of Bulk and Skull’s theme for every time Monty and Victor Vincent walked into the shot. It’s the first time in franchise history that there are two rangers as a couple from the beginning. Calvin and Hayley were adorable. I think they’re relationship grew as the series went on, and I liked how they didn’t portray it as perfect. They had a lot of faults, and flaws that they worked through.
The highlight for me was Preston. Preston was played by Yoshi Sudarso’s younger brother, Peter. And maybe in part that’s why I was drawn to him at first, but Preston definitely holds his own. He had some of the better storylines outside of Brody and Levi.
Something else I really liked was Mick Kanic. kIt might be another case of the actor and maybe a tad bit of bias, but I’d like to think it’s not. Mick brought back the wise mentor trope in a very subtle way, and I thought it was nice to have back. I don’t remember seeing it since Ninja Storm. Maybe Samurai a little bit but far and few between.
Ninja Steel holds up, at least for me. I know a lot of people did not care for it, and I have yet to truly understand why. I thought the plot was familiar, comfortable. And that’s as it should be for an anniversary series. A True anniversary series.
It must have been popular on some level. The DVDs were much easier to find, so were the digital seasons.
I am down to my last 3 seasons of the franchise. I cannot express the amount of raw emotion I am feeling rightn ow. This journey has been a long one with breaks in between, and I am not ready to end it yet. But all good things must come to an end, right? Let's just hope it goes out on a good note! I'll let you know!
