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[Blablurn]

Watch the highlights of the movie in this little clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb9EwqPhGSo

What a movie. It came out in June of 1995.

What a time to be a Power Rangers fan back then.

Dem effects.

DEM NEW COSTUMES.

I don't understand why they didnt reuse them for the show later on.

Dat Kimmy

The toys were great too

And there is a special version of the main theme as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZeglDY3aHg

 

[Penguin]

As fun and goofy as it could be, why not just wait until the actual 20th anniversary to make this thread.

That said, any movie that has a giant robot hitting the big guy in the nuts is a win!

 

[Eyeshield1625]

"Time to boggy with the bear". Loved this movie as a kid.

 

[Slayven]

I played the hell out of the soundtrack.

 

[Frozenprince]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CMOgCvhZ5U

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

 

[Deified Data]

I'll always remember the air boarding scene vividly.

 

[B_Spooky13]

As much as I wasn't into the TV show... I really liked the movie and video games. They were fun

 

[Eiolon]

I didn't care about the movie too much. It was cool but I didn't like how it left two timelines with different ways they got their ninja powers between the show and movie.

They didn't re-use the suits for the show because none of the Japanese counterpart shows, which was the primary source material, used them.

 

[Frozenprince]

I didn't care about the movie too much. It was cool but I didn't like how it left two timelines with different ways they got their ninja powers between the show and movie.

They didn't re-use the suits for the show because none of the Japanese counterpart shows, which was the primary source material, used them.

They didn't use them for the show because the budget was higher. That's literally the only reason.

 

[Sephzilla]

Only flaw this movie has is that it lacks the Green Ranger and instead has the infinitely less cool White Ranger

 

[NYCmetsfan]

I don't understand why they didnt reuse them for the show later on.

Isn't it because the power rangers never do the fight scenes? Those are from some japanese show right?

 

[Blablurn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CMOgCvhZ5U

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

I have totally mentioned that one in the OP, brah lol

Isn't it because the power rangers never do the fight scenes? Those are from some japanese show right?

ah fuck

you are right lol

 

[KarmaCow]

I remember in the middle of watching the movie in theaters was the point where I kinda stop caring about Power Rangers. It was a weird feeling.

 

[Slayven]

Isn't it because the power rangers never do the fight scenes? Those are from some japanese show right?

Pretty much. As soon as the Japanese production wraps up they ship the suits to Saban to begin their filming. So they get free suits and footage, makes sense to use it.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

They didn't use them for the show because the budget was higher. That's literally the only reason.

No, the post you quoted was right. They didn't use them because the Sentai didn't use them, and that's where the majority of the fight scenes you see in the show are taken from. It's literally dubbed-over Japanese footage.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Those suits were cool... sooo... umm.... it had that going for it?

I remember Tommy in the first fight scene, Tommy says something like "Welcome to my nightmare!" out of fucking nowhere, for no reason at all. Like... what? What is that even supposed to mean?!

 

[Regulus Tera]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CMOgCvhZ5U

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

I haven't listened to this in years. dem riffs

 

[NYCmetsfan]

This kid annoyed me.

 

[Anth0ny]

I recently rewatched it, along with the entirety of MMPR. Not as horrible as you'd think. dat CG though.

 

[BatDan]

Isn't it because the power rangers never do the fight scenes? Those are from some japanese show right?

Yes and no.
Fight scenes come from Super Sentai. The original costumes came from the 16th series Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger (which finally came out on DVD here in the States).
However, due to the popularity of these suits, they filmed a lot of original fight footage using them. Following they movie, they would be fighting monsters from the 18th Super Sentai series, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. That team's costumes would eventually be used for the Alien Rangers at the end of the season. For the giant battles, they would use the Kakuranger footage.

 

[Eiolon]

They didn't use them for the show because the budget was higher. That's literally the only reason.

No, the budget was higher for the movie so they could afford to re-create everything and make it modern and high tech.

 

[PROh1bited]

I remember my dad getting this for us when it came out on VHS. The good ol days.

 

[Sephzilla]

Those suits were cool... sooo... umm.... it had that going for it?

I remember Tommy in the first fight scene, Tommy says something like "Welcome to my nightmare!" out of fucking nowhere, for no reason at all. Like... what? What is that even supposed to mean?!

It's because Ivan Ooze says "Welcome to my nightmare" just before that fight scene happens

 

[Valkerionseven]

I remember my dad getting this for us when it came out on VHS. The good ol days.

same.

And that not exactly appropriately dressed for a kids movie, but clearly meant to keep the parents from slitting their throats in the theater, amazon lady... who gave them ninja powers that made no sense to me haha. Was a cool way to transition series into the next season that was from Japan though.

 

[sixteen-bit]

uh-oh, we're in trouble

 

[Barajas_201]

Dude, I watched it a while ago and Van Halen's Dreams had me in tears, sweet nostalgic tears hahaha, loved it still after all this time.

Spoiler

I also feel old :')

 

[Frozenprince]

No, the post you quoted was right. They didn't use them because the Sentai didn't use them, and that's where the majority of the fight scenes you see in the show are taken from. It's literally dubbed-over Japanese footage.

I'm aware that the show is just Sentai with american actors in the non-fight scenes.

But the reason it's that way in the first place is because they had almost no budget. The movie changed that, if they had the budget for a show of their own they'd have made one.

Saban is a notorious stickler though.

 

[RangerX]

I saw this in the cinema when it came out. I was 10 but I don't really remember much apart from Ivan ooze.

 

[styl3s]

The only good thing to come out of the terrible mess of a movie and those terrible shiny versions of the power rangers were the colored coins that came with the figures.

Saw the movie when it came out (i was 12 i believe) and was actually baffled at how much of a mess it was and how cheap it felt compared to the already cheaply made show. As a kid i understood and embraced the hokey cheapness of the show but i went in expecting this amazing big budget movie and me and my friend walked out and ended up sneaking out and into the Mortal Kombat movie which was infinity better.

 

[J10]

Terrible movie. Superman Returns was better.

 

[Slayven]

Terrible movie. Superman Returns was better.

Meet me somewhere

 

[BY2K]

Zordon made Ivan Ooze miss the Brady Bunch reunion.

What an asshole.

 

[J10]

Meet me somewhere

You need me to help you cross the street, old man?

 

[Toa TAK]

The movie theme song was the best part for me.

 

[Skux]

same.

And that not exactly appropriately dressed for a kids movie, but clearly meant to keep the parents from slitting their throats in the theater, amazon lady... who gave them ninja powers that made no sense to me haha. Was a cool way to transition series into the next season that was from Japan though.

That's like the only thing I remember from the film lol

 

[NYCmetsfan]

does anyone have a link to that viral reboot. It got taken down from youtube. (Which is Bs)

 

[BatDan]

That's like the only thing I remember from the film lol

She was almost played by Mariska Hargitay. There's even a picture from the set.

does anyone have a link to that viral reboot. It got taken down from youtube. (Which is Bs)

That wasn't a reboot, that was a fan film.

 

[Sciz]

Watched this for the first time recently with a couple friends as we run through MMPR for laughs. Our impressions of it are as follows as the film progressed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYEJx7PkWE

 

[Huff]

Still enjoy it. Soundtrack is cray

 

[styl3s]

same.

And that not exactly appropriately dressed for a kids movie, but clearly meant to keep the parents from slitting their throats in the theater, amazon lady... who gave them ninja powers that made no sense to me haha. Was a cool way to transition series into the next season that was from Japan though.

The entire movie made no sense.

I have read through out the years that the movie was a complete mess going in to pre-production and was hastily thrown together to cash in while the franchise was still mega hot.

 

[Blablurn]

She was almost played by Mariska Hargitay. There's even a picture from the set.

That wasn't a reboot, that was a fan film.

 

[Bold One]

She was almost played by Mariska Hargitay. There's even a picture from the set.

That wasn't a reboot, that was a fan film.

I really liked the Ninja motif in the film, but I havent seen in ...20 years so it may be nostalgia talking

 

[Ronin]

I remember reading that Johnny Yong Bosch did almost all of his own in-suit stunt work because of an injury to a stuntman.

 

[SomeRandomWeirdGuy]

Saw it somewhat recently and thought it was pretty shit. The new suits made for the movie were awful looking and the cgi was terrible. The villains were the best part of the whole thing.

And the White Ranger suit is infinitely cooler than the Green Ranger suit. The suits with mouths are inherently inferior to those without.

 

[Van Owen]

She was almost played by Mariska Hargitay. There's even a picture from the set.

That wasn't a reboot, that was a fan film.

The chick they actually used is way hotter.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Saw it somewhat recently and thought it was pretty shit. The new suits made for the movie were awful looking and the cgi was terrible. The villains were the best part of the whole thing.

And the White Ranger suit is infinitely cooler than the Green Ranger suit. The suits with mouths are inherently inferior to those without.

How dare you!

I remember thinking the suits were really cool when I saw it all those years ago.

 

[styl3s]

Saw it somewhat recently and thought it was pretty shit. The new suits made for the movie were awful looking and the cgi was terrible. The villains were the best part of the whole thing.

And the White Ranger suit is infinitely cooler than the Green Ranger suit. The suits with mouths are inherently inferior to those without.

Are you gonna sit there and tell me Ivan fucking Ooze peddling his bootleg nickelodeon gak was a good villain?

How dare you!

I remember thinking the suits were really cool when I saw it all those years ago.

Suits always felt too shiny and had this like XTREME sports vibe to them.

Like, looking at them on google they literally look like people took pieces of pro skating gear and stuff and made a suit out of it.

Looks like hes gonna break out a snowboard and crank some 311.

 

[Toa TAK]

She was almost played by Mariska Hargitay. There's even a picture from the set.

Why the change in actresses?

 

[Slayven]

Are you gonna sit there and tell me Ivan fucking Ooze peddling his bootleg nickelodeon gak was a good villain?

 

[SomeRandomWeirdGuy]

Are you gonna sit there and tell me Ivan fucking Ooze peddling his bootleg nickelodeon gak was a good villain?

I wouldn't call him a good villain but that he and the other villains were more fun than everything else in the movie. I enjoyed watching them be stupid at least.