Reuploaded due to ContentID issues. The History of Power Rangers returns with the first of the Neo-Saban era! Enjoy all the pointless tangents! atopthefourthwa...
I really like how no one ever points out that a New Zealander trained an American with Japanese ancestry for his whole life and they somehow retained their native accents
I honestly realized he never said "spike did I ever told ya me and ya father helped the power rangers with sinizen of earth to beat some robots or aliens or whatever they were" why don't ya tell him bulk???
@@blaze048wanna know something funny, the sword in power rangers was from his wife Daiyu, but in the sentai they’re not married, she’s a yandere who killed or accidentally caused the death of her senpai, whereas decker had nothing to do with any of that at all and was an unrelated dude as a human who also happened to become half nhilock
I like to think of Antonio as the "Ronin Ranger". He's a self-made samurai without a clan that Wandered the Earth; very Ronin qualities from a modern perspective.
Let's be honest, Antonio is clearly supposed to be a ninja. I haven't watched the sentai, but between the sword, combat style, and the use of smokebombs, it's clear that the intention is supposed to be a reflection of Ninja Storm, where they had 5 ninja rangers and one samurai. Just... forget how reflective his suit is...
"Spike, did I ever tell you about the time when American media wasn't dominated by litigious corporate suits who try to shut everyone else down over copyright disputes?" "No, dad. And I'm pretty sure a time like that never existed."
Same. It really takes you out of the fights, especially Legendary Battle. When you're fighting for the survival of the world, i wouldnt think of it as the time to have a dick measuring contest with the enemy or make puns while killing monsters.
It's fine for characters who enjoy fighting or are supposed to be witty and arrogant, in small doses of course, but stoic or serious characters definetly should not be making jokes while fighting.
Yeah, especially the most overused bad joke in all of power rangers, "have a nice trip, see you next fall." I swear this joke is in every power rangers season
I find it hilarious how these modern PR games we have now refuse to use Jaiden when they throw in the red Samurai Ranger, instead using Lauren. Says a lot about how unpopular a Ranger Jaiden is.
@@keelanbarron928 The real reason is probably because Lauren gets a lot more attention in the comics, thus more popularity, but I like to think it's because Jaiden himself is such a tremendous hunk of wood that they went with the more interesting Shiba.
In regards to Nick apparently leaving out the first few episodes, they have made a number of questionable choices that hurt their shows. Also, they seem to rig their award show to keep Spongebob on top. When Avatar actually managed to take first place, Nick kept it out of the running entirely the following year. They might not like it when shows are serialized.
Supposedly, the reason that Nick (and a lot of other cable networks) don't like serialized shows is that they don't do very well in reruns. They bring in more viewers on new episode premiers, but episodic shows tend to do much better in reruns, and that's where tv networks make most of their money, repeat episodes.
That makes sense as I remember when Avatar’s third season aired they barely aired it except for when new episodes were coming. In fact the writer for the Avatar Episode The Great Divide said the episode was made because Nick wanted more episodic episodes for it. Because the people behind Nick prefer episodic shows because they think people get turned off of Serialized shows or would “confuse the kids”. Which given the fact the first episode of Avatar I saw was the Library episode that got me interested. Although I do recognize that with cable television you could air almost any episodes you want for episodic shows and generally no audiences will be confused but I grew up with cartoons that had seeialized stories.
I also personally believe they had a hand in sabotaging Avatar's Lego sets when it was in competition with Spongebob for a chance to receive a full set line. The Avatar Lego sets were really ugly with barely any effort put into them, the figures not even coming to close to resembling their TV counterparts and based on really generic locations from the series. Meanwhile, Spongebob's sets were instantly recognizable, the figures more accurate and they had more interactive elements to them.
Though another thing to consider is the year after Avatar’s win was 2009. Avatar had its finale in July 2008 and the Kids Choice Awards are typically held in early spring. Would it have made sense to nominate a show that had ended 9 months prior?
"Spike did I ever tell you about the time I tried to stop a baby carriage going down grass almost running people over and teenagers jumped over old people. Spike: um... why are people afraid to get ran over? Bulk:angle grove is full of idiots
Actually, funny thing about Origins: When the two episodes aired on TV, they DID have the original version of the intro. But for whatever reason, the Netflix and DVD releases of the season have the later intro.
JamesTheBrony/JTB Spike, did I ever tell you about the time a guy who became a dinosaur scientist used magical lightning from his eyes to push us into a dumpster?
Not to hate on Spike too much, but in my opinion Emily should have been Skull's daughter. It would have given Bulk a reason to be with the rangers and interact with them, maybe even been a counterpart to the kuroko. Would have been better than him just being comedy relief again despite having helped save the world on multiple occasions.
Imagine they just merged Spike with Emily. Have Bulk be unaware of Emily being a Power Ranger for a bit of the first season and just being there for her when she needs someone to talk to and help encourage her while still having a goofy subplot of him trying to train to fight the Nilocks in his own special way, then he ends up finding out later who she is and tries to assist more where he can to help her as she fights as a Ranger for better or worse. It would be an evolution of the character to be more of a caring but still aloof mentor role who helps guide her where he can.
I don't like how it's his first zord, but he barely uses it with the claw zord and really only used it with the ultrazord, it combined like one time with the samurai megazord.
Yeah but it IS a holdover from the sentai, in fact almost any plot point not related to Decker and Dayuu being lovers in life is from Shinkenger, including the slightly gay undertones of the relationship between rangers Red and Gold, despite showing ShinkenRed either had a thing for nobody or Yellow lmao but that’s besides the point
Okay. In Mia's scene in the first episodes. Small children running around- and magic arrow flying into child care center. Weapons in an American child care center. How did that get past the censors?
The thing about Mia working at a Child Care Center in Origins, and her attempts to become a good cook in later episodes is due to the fact her Shinkanger counterpart's goal was to become the perfect wife.
@@doggosho3044 Well Samurai tried to perfectly translate many of Shinkanger's plots, and character personality traits like Mia apparently having the same personality traits as her Shinkanger counterpart aka personality traits that scream I want to be some guy's perfect wife, and to an extent failing.
Yeah samurai was definitely handicapped by nick censors seeing as (and this may just be a nitpick) the rangers don't bleed they sparkle, and more accurately the amount of language censoring and how they couldn't tackle more serious topics like how Emily might have been suffering from depression or giving Jayden some daddy issues since it was dumbed down for a younger audience
@@Just_Julia_ No ranger bleed they all spark. No one in power ranger is allowed to say die only destroy. However I agree they don’t do serious topic anymore.
@@blaze048 Seeing as they've not only made that most of the network airing block in years past and made multiple unwanted spinoffs, but banned the only show that ever beat out Spongebob in Nick's own award show was banned from future entrance..... yeah. No question.
@@bthsr7113And yet they banned the episode "Midlife Crustacean" even though Mr Krabs got humiliated when he was caught in the act of stealing his mom's underwear. I can understand temporarily banning the episode about a quarantine during COVID-19. But Mr Krabs (again) got some sort of comeuppance for what he did in the episode. So it doesn't make sense.
It honestly dhows a lot of character, takeru slapping ryunosukes hand aside and telling him to protect himself, and that line just told leagues about takeru as a character compared to jaden in samurai.
Tbf, the incident involved a broadsword, I think. But probably because of assumption based on his role as Deker, it was mistakenly reported as a katana in some places.
Didn't this just get re-uploaded yesterday? I swear I just watched this. AND WHY PART 1? ‘’Spike did I tell you about the time where Linkara kept getting his HOPR series Content ID claimed on RU-vid?’’
RU-vid stop blocking funny power ranger reviews we enjoy Linkara talking about his opinions about the past power ranger seasons this is always my zone to smile and laugh when things get rough praise Linkara 🙏
Can I just say something about Jayden's character at the start of Origins, it can be said that his personally when he defeats the Moogers and his insistence of not wanting to work with a team is justified. Due to the fact that as you pointed out, Jayden has been doing this for a long time practically on his own, and now he is told he has to work together with four other rangers. His attitude is right, in the fact that up until that point him working alone is pretty much all he knew.
Also think about how he later says that "Many of these discs have been lost in battle". Linkara snarked at 'how could you lose them', but it's pretty clear how you might lose them: by DYING TO THE NILOCKES. There was a serious untapped potential here of him having seen his father, grandfather, and potentially countless family friends dying in this constant war, and never wanting to put it upon someone else.
28:47 it’s a real shame they didn’t just make Deker a possessed Cole in this season cause it could of formed a link between Samurai and Wild Force and why the Red Lion Zord was able to work for both teams powers in Super Megaforce. Something that not even Gokiager explained.
Well if I remember that episode in Gokaiger correctly, the red lion zord kind of tested the gokaiger team and also gained the blessing from the red gaoranger, who was a veterinarian, thus giving the Gokaiger team permission to use their treasure(?) (Can't remember what they used to refer the powers the Gokaiger were allowed to use from the other sentai teams), and the Gaoranger's treasure was summoning the lion zord, but again, they had to prove to the lion zord and the red gaoranger that they were worthy of usimg their power
@@mohammedyousef4005 yeah, most of the Gokaiger plot was searching for the treasures of every Sentai team to gain a powerup that is either used on the rangers themselves or their zord. Except the Caranger one. It's just a car safety add
@@NightridewithNikki It's been standard fare since Lost Galaxy to have each season be standalone much like the sentai barring the occasional team-up with the previous season's team so even if it's the same actor they're playing an entirely different character. It was the same for monster VAs. Robert Axelrod while best known for voicing Lord Zedd also voiced a number of other characters.
Spike, did I ever tell you about the time your dad and i tried to rescue some kids we thought were drowning but it just turned out they were just playing?
Knowing what we know now about Ricardo Medina Jr, seeing Deker endlessly talk about his sword makes me feel like that's the sword he used to stab his roommate.
Seriously would've had Daiyu admit it before Deker's last battle. And while there isn't an immediate reaction. Have his last lines be "I'm sorry Daiyu"
29:09-29:49 Out of all of those actors that have played more than one role in different seasons, it's odd how Linkara never thought about mentioning John Tui (Kruger in SPD, and Daggeron in Mystic Force). He should've been the most noted one in that group.
As far as Spike is concerned, I have a theory that Bulk had a sister and that Skull got married to her and had Spike from her since Spike says "Uncle Bulk"
It's a nice theory, but I do agree with Linkara in that it's unlikely since Skull and Kimberly have such massive personality differences, even with Skulls character development and changes. Although I can easily believe that Skull did become a professional pianist because he has awesome piano skills as was demonstrated in Zeo.
I call my mom's best friend's kids "cousin" even though we're not related. We just are that close. Plus, Bulk and Skull are as close as brothers, maybe even closer.
Seeing the beginning of the Neo-Saban era again makes me wonder how the Hasbro Era of Power Rangers will be. Since Beast Morphers is based on a popular sentai (At least outside of Japan) and they mention the morphing grid in its description, it's looking good so far.
I'm actually surprised that Hasbro's adapting Go-Busters instead of Zyuohger, Kyuranger, or Lupinranger Vs Patranger. Or outright rebooted the series with a MMPR remake.
I find it kind of ironic that darker who is played by Ricardo Medina is obsessed with his sword and Medina is now in jail for murdering his roommate with a sword
Good to know, even 5 years after the fact, that I wasn't the only one _slightly_ bugged by that line. The delivery and overall scene work well enough that it's not a big issue for me but there is something extremely weird about a samurai's mentor seemingly encouraging him to let his blade rust. ...well, metaphorically since the sword's made of magic rather than metal but it does leave the metaphor a bit off.
4:27 I think I know why they did this since it’s not a uncommon practice for kids action shows to start in the middle of the plot usually because there’s a formulaic structure to it essentially it’s to get kids hooked on the show without them getting bored by starting in the midst of the actions a good example of this being by design is Code Lyoko
Octoroo; 12:02, You're pretty grumpy for someone talented enough to talk with his mouth closed Linkara: 12:06, Okay, that was funny Me; I find it funnier that you even said that was funny
18:03 - I still can't get over the fact that, in Shinkenger, they make the zords grow by drawing 大, meaning "big", while in PR they make them grow by drawing 超, meaning "super". And... why? This seems like such an absolutely random thing to change, here. It's not like your target audience is likely to understand either of them.
While this is the first Power Rangers series to be filmed in HD, Super Sentai has been coming in 16:9 HD since either Dekaranger/SPD or Gekiranger/Jungle Fury... CORRECTION: Super Sentai began filming in 16:9 starting with Boukenger/Operation Overdrive. For Overdrive, Disney took the 16:9 footage and compressed it to fit 4:3... It especially shows in the mecha footage. For Jungle Fury and RPM, the 16:9 footage was cropped to fit 4:3
Honestly I would have loved to see bulk as a ranger it would fee full circle it started with them being bulk and skull as bully’s became good leads the people of the world to save the rangers and him becoming a ranger would be perfect as he would finally stand beside a team of rangers and could even link the samurai rangers to the mighty morphing or space rangers saying somthing like “when I was young I remember the space rangers saving the world along side me” or bulk even informing the samurai rangers about the sogun zords and finding out those zords belonged to Jason’s feathers team
Man, Samurai will always be my personal favorite season. Not for any like, objective reasons mind you. It's just the season that got me into Power Rangers and I don't think my childhood wold be the same without it. Although looking back, I think not liking it is totally fair. I just feel very nostalgic with it, which gives me a lot of entertainment value when watching it.
Off-topic: Glad to see there are other WKRP fans out there! Especially ones who appreciate Shout Factory's work on restoring the much-missed original music where possible.
They didn't have them in either season of Megaforce. Zenowing didn't get on in Dino Super Charge either. That IS still sorta continuing in the Hasbro Era tho (minus Steel).
I loved Samurai as kid but hated Megaforce! But at the same time even when I was little I did used to watch power rangers all the on jetix! So I was familiar with Power Rangers I love jungle fury as a six-year-old! I got the glasses as a birthday present and I thought at that moment my life could not be any better! My life has peak!
Samurai was the first Power Rangers I ever watched. Haven’t rewatched it in years but the samurai remix of “Go Go Power Rangers” has stuck with me, even more so than the Original Mighty Morphin version.
know what would've been cool for an extra ranger in this season? A graffiti artist. They can't do caligraphy like the rest of the rangers, instead, they used a spray can and stencils for their symbols. Could show alternate ways of doing things, and maybe show some prejudice on the Ranger's part for thinking he's "less skilled" or something.
Then because of Emia The Dragonzoid awakens and transports to... wherever they are and wipes out the Nilock and Mugers. No I wish that was what happened
The Samurai review keeps getting blocked in about 17 countries, then later it will sometimes be blocked altogether in ALL countries, thus reuploads are necessary.
I see I see. By the way brother, big fan of your History of Power Rangers series, been watching them for years now. I'm not a comics guy but I always check in now and then with you and I'm glad you're finding some success on RU-vid. It's a shame Patreon doesn't have its own video platform so you could upload this on there or something, hopefully in the future though. Keep up the good work!
Not only do Bulk & Spike almost never interact with the Rangers, but Bulk's fixation on samurais comes out of nowhere. I mean, at this point, the Rangers aren't public figures. Is it supposed to be like when he and Spike became obsessed with astrology and aliens during IN SPACE?
The trouble with Jayden’s nonexistent father issues begins and ends with the fact that in the Sentai, that is not his father. Jayden’s counterpart is not part of the royal bloodline at all; he’s just a kid who happened to have fire magic who got recruited to play body double for the real heir, the equivalent of Lauren. There’s no “daddy issues” for them to translate into English for the actor to clumsily try to say. This show is almost a note-for-note reenactment of the Sentai, but it makes these weird changes that scramble up the show’s emotional core. Dayu also suffers from this - they change her personality and backstory from the Sentai, but still give her the same ending. It doesn’t feel like a compelling tragedy; it just feels odd and out of line with the character’s trajectory.
after 3 months i'm back watching this again and echo linkaras love of shout factory. between their power rangers and super sentai releases they do amazing work.
It honestly kind of kinda hurts when I hear people talk shit about Power Rangers: Samurai. Especially because I know they’re right. Samurai was a HUGE part of my childhood. Hell, it was one of the things that introduced me to Power Rangers as a whole. The other one was the Turbo movie. That’s right, the Turbo movie. It’s always the flops that make up your childhood. Isn’t that weird? Anyway, as imperfect as Samurai was, it holds a very important place in my heart. In conclusion, I will always love this show.
That's totally cool if it was, but you need to get over yourself ,certain things you thought were good back then mostly sucked, its fine to latch on them, but pretending that they didn't suck isn't going to stop anyone from critiquing its shortcomings.
Plagued by plot holes, plenty of awkward moments (thanks to this being a translation of Shinkenger), and cringey acting and dialogue. But kinda forgivable because of Saban needing to rush this one by February 2011 when he back the franchise back from Disney in May 2010. But this series definitely did not deserve justice to the first female red ranger.
As a kid I watched Samurai after the Mighty Morpin' reruns and tbh it did its job. Ofc looking back on it with a more critical eye really does show to me that it was not very good. It still holds a place as my first full power rangers series.
I think we all have that kind of PR show that we look back on and say "It may not seem perfect now but it still holds a place in my heart for introducing me to the series." RainbowRanger I respect you and May the power protect you.
I feel like maybe there was a Kevin and Mia relationship they wanted to do but it’s never even acknowledged like Mike and Emily so it’s about as concrete as Linkara’s Aisha x Tanya theory sadly.
I mean they do set it up in an episode where a monster screws with a kid, telling him to give up his baseball hobby and in return the monster will help him see his father again, who's in the army. But it goes nowhere after that episode.
Well I grew up watching Dino thunder spd and wild force through reruns but in my teenage years I watched samurai and megaforce before school and I remember really liking both of them
Three thing I love about Samurai was the yellow ranger being a faithful adaption from shinkenger, both being a younger incidental ranger as the older sister became sick, which is a concept I adore. And two, Megamode, though I don’t like the cockpit, preferring the Shinkenger one, the samurai mega mode is incredible and looks badass and is a secret little thing I like about Samurai, Dino Charge and Ninja Steel. I also like the comedy relief, much better than Genta in Shinkenger
My head canon is that Cole has amnesia and becomes Deker. Like a full circle from Cole freeing Zen-aku and Merrick from a curse. Also for some reason I really love Barracuda Blade.
Yea and thanks to that we are probably never gonna get to see Cole Evens in Power Rangers again. Since he was practically the last hope of getting to know what any of the wild force rangers have been doing after their finale.
I'll give em this, Jayden can fight really well. Granted that's mainly the Sentai footage of Takeru being a badass. But even out of suit Jayden can fight close to Takerus level
As someone who saw random episodes of older Power Rangers seasons as a kid when Jetix was a thing. I remember not watching much of Super Samurai after the entirety of Samurai. And skipping both Megaforce & Super Megaforce (Dodged a bullet there). Now after watching this review. I think it was because Samurai left me burnt (Update. Seriously think a better insult towards Kevin would be calling him stubborn)
I think a female red ranger would be interesting for us life long fans who’ve been around since mighty morphin era. But then again the producers market to little boys. And little boys aren’t as mature and progressive as we like to believe. I think it’d still work if the show was well written but if it ain’t broke why fix it?
So I have a theory about why the sixth Rangers tend to be stronger in their introduction than after they join the team: With a Ranger team(of say five), the power is divided five ways. But a solo sixth doesn't have the power be divided. But upon joining the team, their power gets divided amongst the team making them as a whole, but as an individual they get weaker.
