UPDATE: Hey everyone, I apologize for my mistake in saying the Phantom Ranger was an american made creation and didn't have a sentai counterpart. When I did my research I saw "VRV Master" and my brain thought it was VR Troopers, so i didn't pursue it past that, my bad!
No worries. As a sentai fan, I could honestly tell you that nobody cared for VRV Master. Signalman was also pretty stupid. The additional characters in Carranger were all pretty lame with the exception of White Racer who was both refreshing and well acted despite only have a few appearances.
@@wilsonweiseng6485 you're asking me??he's a goofy walking traffic light which is also a cop how the !@$$%^%& am I supposed to know what's up with him??
I actually met Catherine Sutherland this past year at a convention(which by the way she was so nice and sweet) when I asked her about how the change of cast came about and she told me her, Nakia, and Johnny didn’t know they were going to be replaced as they found out from a newspaper article. She was very upset because she felt blindsided and wanted to finish the whole season. She was willing to do the two parter and welcome in the new cast but was mad at everyone in charge. Just wanted to give some insight from what I learned from the pink ranger herself, also great video can’t wait to see more.
Once JDF said he was done after Turbo (he wanted to be done after Zeo but was convinced to stick it out) Saban decided to blindside everyone else and replace the whole cast smh Saban’s always done some shady dealings.
@@bball90He's been known to do fuck actors over. I mean, he wouldn't unionize the show when it became a success, which forced Austin St. John, Walter Jones, and the late Thuy Trang to quit the show over a pay dispute, leading to the creation of Rocky, Adam, and Aisha to replace them. He didn't fire David Yost due to his sexuality, but, considering the harassment that happened on his watch that made him quit the series, he might as well have. He straight-up forgot how to write Power Rangers starting with Megaforce, from what I've heard, which led to Hasbro getting the rights and, by extension, the roadmap we know today. And, in the case of Turbo, he typecasted Jason David Frank and, allegedly, decided that a new team would help him pocket some mucho dinero. So, yeah, he's fucking shady.
@@bball90 he came back in Dino thunder as a favor to the producer but it does say something when a villainess says "Elsa: (To Tommy) Aren't you a little old for this, Tommy?"
The second cast made the season so much better. They all felt like real characters and brought some much-needed fresh air to the franchise. TJ was a kind-hearted and warm leader; Ashley was a sweet and positive girl; Cassie was spunky and wise-cracking, and Carlos was a very cool guy who showed so much character growth from his guest appearance. I didn't mind Justin because I was still a kid when I was watching 'Turbo' and he was relatable. I took a break from the franchise during 'Zeo' and he helped reignite my interest in it.
It's certainly a shame the director's cut of the Turbo moive is lost media, they even had a scene where they explained why they needed the Turbo powers.
The Phantom Ranger actually was in Carranger, as VRV Master and pretty much filled the same role as Phantom Ranger at least in terms of giving the team new Zords/Mecha. We did actually learn more about VRV Master compared to the Phantom Ranger since Carranger and Megaranger were separate seasons all the Carranger plot lines actually had resolution and Carranger had a much happier ending than Turbo did
If I had a nickel for everytime Power Rangers had to adapt a serious story out of a Not-So-Serious Sentai Season involving Cars, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice!
I got to meet Johnny at a local comic con and asked him about the Turbo season. He said they didn't even tell them they were thinking of replacing them and that some of them learned about it in the newspaper which had a casting call for new rangers and confronted some show runners about it. Guess he wouldn't have minded finishing the series, but sheesh... EDIT: Also the Phantom Ranger does have a sentai counterpart. He was called VRV Master
It would have been such an AMAZING plot twist if Dimitria was actually Divatox in disguise the whole time. Not only would it make her apparent uselessness actually part of a long-game scheme to waste the power ranger's time and keep tabs on their activity like Master Miller in Metal Gear Solid, but it would also act as a connection to _In Space_ where she leaves the command center with the Blue Centurion, the command center gets destroyed in their abscene and the Blue Centurion gets ambushed and destroyed by who he thought was Dimitria but instead was Divatox all along. It would explain their absence at the end of Turbo and would make Divatox destroying the command center make way more sense.
A lot of videos talk about Justin being a thorn due to being a kid turned adult for the power ranger. People forget that in the OG super sentai, the original white ranger was a kid
I like the inclusion of a kid ranger here, always liked the trope of a mature kid who knows when to get serious and is allowed to be a kid and still learn from things. It also evokes the feeling of "If that kid can pull off kickass moves like that, maybe I can too."
Common trope for super hero stories to pull off a sidekick so that kids can project better. Batman had Robin, Superman had Jimmy Olsen, Captain America had Bucky. Even Sentai had a lot of recurring kids as either victim or ally of the week every season. I would not be surprised at all if the hate Justin got was more from the older fans, but admiration from younger fans.
@@wilsonweiseng6485 Yeah, it's pretty rare. Only happened in 4 seasons out of 47 so far. Dairanger, Ohranger, TQG and Kyuranger. If we don't count weird extra heroes, because Carranger and Kakuranger did have kids be heroes with the theme of the season, but not with the whole suit and helmet and everything
I think the reason why Alpha 6 had a Brooklyn accent in Turbo was probably because Saban was experimenting with the idea of different Alphas having different personalities and accents. Like imagine a British talking Alpha or an Alpha with a southerner accent. Obviously the accent Alpha 6 got wasn't well received, so they went back to the good ol' "Aiyaiyaiyaiyai" in In Space.
I actually liked the second half the most. It felt like a reboot and a much needed one. Even as a kid I felt Justin got a bad rep but rewatching Turbo years later. He was totally fine and for the most part a realistic point of kid becoming a ranger. Love this cast, Also I loved how you talked about TJ. I felt him being an open and understanding Red Ranger added charm to the team. Carlos felt more like the prototypical Red Ranger and Ironically was my least favourite of this group. Turbo deserves it's flowers and it (and Space) are the reasons why Power Rangers are still going. If it did end with Space I would have been content because it is a masterclass ending but I'm glad it continued. Anyways, Awesome review and looking forward to "In Space".
I just wish they would add the power rangers to fornite, Im not a fornite super fan by any means but I play the game every now and then wit my homies and to see that the TMNT and TRANSFORMERS made it into the game why can't power rangers? #fornitepowerrangers
I agree, i like Linkara's videos but he is such a fanboy of mighty morphin it's annoying, though i will admit he actually judges the latter shows pretty fairly
Power Rangers was never really groundbreaking but due to decreasing viewership they started doing random shit. Randomly switching to Turbo without explanation for ditching Zeo. Never explaining phantom origin. Etc. the second half post passing of the torch the writing improved and the finale is one of the greatest things in the franchise.
Plus because of how bad it was doing they went all out no matter how bad the Green Screen looked for In Space making it a fan favourite and one of if not the best series.
“Never really ground breaking” Yea……no Power rangers during mighty morphin with as a international PHENOMENON Anybody saying it wasn’t during that time really doesn’t know what the fuck they are talking about
Considering Rangers is adapted from a yearly changing franchise: Sentai, Saban couldn’t keep using the Mighty Morphin (Zyuranger) suits and editing together many different fight/zord scenes from different seasons of a Japanese show forever. There needed to be a shake up (follow Japan’s formula) for better or for worse.
an unfortunate fact@@tokublwhovian. granted in space is my personal favorite and arguably best season, the show just declined in popularity. naturally how things go in America lol smh
I always felt like Justin would of been the perfect way to piece all the Ranger series together, like keep him as a Ranger until he turns into a mentor to a team
The Phantom Ranger was in Carranger, he was not a ranger and he had very little screen time though. only having major roles in a handfull of episodes and a cameo in one or two. He was VRV Master, his design was inspired by the film The Wraith, starring Charlie Sheen
So, wait… are you gonna be doing a video on EVERY Power Rangers season, or will you be stopping at a certain point? Because I’d love to see you talk about all of them!
He said that he would do all the zordon era (so he probably will stop with In Space) but I think he said that if it’s popular enough he will do more. I do hope he does, I especially would like him to tackle Lost Galaxy, Time Force, SPD, RPM and Cosmic Dino Fury.
My take on justin is he was exactly the type of character the blue ranger role originally was in mighty morphin, The really smart and insightful backup to the red ranger.
I should mention that Johnny Yong Bosch send in a panel that there's a 3-hour cut of the turbo movie where when Justin gets character development and they show footage of them losing their zep power and mermaids for some reason
I was already encroaching "too old" by the time "Lost Galaxy" came out. I was just invested and, much like Conner, I thought the female Rangers were just so pretty! Anyway, I had such fuzzy memories of "Turbo", mainly because life was really sucky for me while its run was going on. Reviews like this fill in the gaps and, in a weird way, are kind of like therapy. Hoping you get to do "In Space" and "Lost Galaxy" to round out the original Fox Kids-era Rangers.
man i had the turbo and mmpr movie collection as a kid, and i wore the tape out on that vhs. i didnt even know this was tied to Zeo and wondered what Kat was turning into Pink Zeo for.
I'm 34 and I grew up watching all this. A couple years ago I got sick and had to be home for a week or so. I ended up rewatching the old era on Netflix. Its funny I never liked anything after turbo when I was a kid but I really ended up liking the "new" team on the rewatch.
8:24 Super Sentai had their own kid ranger a few years before. In Dairanger, Kiba Ranger(where the White Ranger suit comes from) is a kid who becomes adult-size when he transforms.
Thanks for your great job man! Very appreciate it. Keep going, you have our support. Would be glad to re-watch other seasons by your review, and after Zordan Era's too. Love u!
Might be worthy pointing out that besides Big Bad Beetleborgs, in Japan both Dairanger and Ohranger saw moderate success with kid sixth rangers, Kou and Riki, the only times they would have kid warriors too (Until TQG and Kyuranger many many years later anyway). To have someone in the main cast be a kid at some point would not be far from source material.
Great video! I personally enjoyed Turbo and liked with work that came about with TJ's team even if it meant we losing the cast that had been there since MMPR. On a side note, the Turbo movie mentioned that Justin's mom was dead and that he was at the children's shelter because his dad was having to rebuild their lives. It's why we only ever see Justin's dad during the few spots we see him: they're moments where he is able to do things like celebrate Justin's birthday or find a way for them to be family again. I had a buddy who went through that and related to Justin as a result. Anyway, great video like i said!
I love this series so much! Watching your MMPR video really sparked my interest in power rangers again. I can't wait to see where you take this series. Keep up the good work!
I personally think that it is that easy to create a time go back monster, its just that it needs rituals and stuff to go back more than like a day or 2
Personally as someone who watched this as a kid, the movie and the ending are the only thing I could recall until a few episodes like the robot one were triggered. Watching this one thing that is kind of weird when the base gets attack is that TJ says the Rangers are "in it until the end" which implies their death. Justin is freaking 12 years old and TJ is just making that decision without any contemplation. They probably should have teleported him to safety. That being said the finale and segue into "In Space" is something I can still recall 20+ years later (and this being the first time I have seen it since) which I think says good things about it as I could not tell you how Mighty Morphin segued.
Exactly the same, they didn't showed Turbo much when i was a kid so the only things i knew where: they have a movie, the change the cast, blue Senturion is there and they get a complete defeat at the end
I never disliked Turbo. Justin was fine and the Beetleborgs was awesome. Tommy and his crew left was sad but TJ and the new team carried the show forward.
I remember getting into a fight with a bully, and after standing up for myself we became friends, so Justin's bully becoming his friend after beating him up makes sense to me.
Turbo was a definite mixed bag of a season. I enjoyed it but it was hard to watch at times, plus I was distracted by Beetleborgs on TV too. Beetleborgs is so another show you should look at if you are looking for some extra ideas😊
It really is interesting, learning about all the ups & downs of the Power Rangers franchise. The 2 Power Rangers movies were my main introductions to the series (my parents didn't let me watch the show during its original run) before getting into the series proper with Lightspeed Rescue & Wild Force during the Disney era. So I have a soft spot for both movies, despite how bad they could be at times. I still love the Turbo theme. Also, 1 Power Rangers season that did the comedy to serious transition best was RPM, since its Sentai origin was a similar tone to Carranger. Can't wait til you tackle In Space with all the things it put in, to go out on a bang.
I know it's a long way off, and who knows how long he'll continue covering Power Rangers, but that is legitimately one of my most favorite seasons, tied with Space and Time Force for the number 1 spot.
@@Morgil27 11 seasons away to be exact since jungle fury is the 16th season while turbo is the 5th season the wait will be long but worth it cause i love jungle fury
I just started marathoning this series a couple weeks back and couldn't make it through Turbo. I have been checking your channel every day to see if I can get the cliff notes 😂
I told the actor that played Justin when I was a kid, I didnt like it (we're about the same age), but it's fun now as an adult rewatching it. I feel like it was jealously.
Whatever it's actual quality,, I have such fond memories of the Turbo movie from when I was a kid. Pretty sure we still have the VHS somewhere, actually. Probably it helps that I was eight-ish when it came out and could pretend I was power ranger material because of Justin. I didn't realize until you played that clip, but the names of my favorite sleds were Mountain Blaster and Red Lightning after the Turbo cars--Storm Blaster and Lightning Cruiser. Also, we didn't have access to whatever channel Power Rangers was on, so the movie was literally all the sentai content I had to watch. Well, that and the first movie and a few random VHS episodes I had of Mighty Morphin'. Sad days, having no access to the cable OR the internet. Seeing your run through of the events has been AWESOME, since I'm finally getting some idea of what happened in the canon and how actors came and went. Thank you for making and posting these!
apparently originally passing the torch was going to have all the Rangers that had left this series up to that point, so Tui, Austin, Walter, Amy Jo, and David Yost.
Lmao Turbo's ratings got better partway through - i.e., it's when the ratings to SAVE power rangers started the increase. Without Turbo's incredible lead in, Space wouldn't have been half the show it was.
I remember watching this movie multiple times as a kid, still don't know why I liked it so much, but I guess it's because I never watched the ones before! 😂
Personal theory is that, the samething that happened to Jason in the zeo happened to the rest of the rangers. The powers was unstable. Also santia was already using kids. The white ranger was a 9 year boy. The gold zeo ranger was a preteen.
funny enough, justin was the most competent one of the rangers. when ever something was happening, he knew it was divatox's doing, and would jump into action.
The WEIRD World of Power Rangers In Space please after this one. Power Ranger In Space best Zordon Era season to make a video about. Also technically lost galaxy is zordon era if you wanna make a video about it too it would be super cool
The finale is my second favorite to Space. It is the first time the Power Rangers just lost. And it was great with it being a dark end and made Space even better. Also I’ve always loved the Rescue Megazord and so happy I was able to finally get one two years ago.
the only thing i remember as a kid from watching this movie was justin dropping his key and yelling "my key! my key! my key!" it probably didn't last long in the movie, but to kid me it lasted like 10 minutes and felt very awkward. lol
I enjoy your analysis of the power ranger seasons. I wish I would have discovered your channel sooner and i can’t wait for your analysis of Power Rangers in Space. It’s one of my favorite seasons too.
Although TJ was a solid red ranger, and the phantom was a cool, if underdeveloped character, Turbo deserves all the hate it gets. Zeo was objectively better. The best thing Turbo did was set the stage for In Space, which it did very well. Although I disagree that Turbo wasn't all that bad, this episode, and this entire video series, are awesome and very well done! Please keep up the good work.
Im glad he talks about super sentai! I adore the super sentai series, so I highly recommend people check it out! The current sentai, King-Ohger, is an amazing series and I'm sure it'll hook you into the show!
The Phantom Ranger always heavily reminded me of the suit Charlie Sheen wore in the movie 'The Wraith", an old 80s thriller about a teenager who was killed by an evil drag racing gang who then reappears in a similar suit to avenge his death by killing them one at a time. I'm 99.10% (lol) sure that was the inspiration for the Phantom Ranger's design.
