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63 out of 76 people found the following review useful:
It's a great kids show that should be acknowledged for what it is., 8 May 2005
Author: RayCRP from Chicago

I don't see why everyone here is bashing the original Power Rangers show. Nearly every one of them is saying how now that they've gone back and watched it as an adult, it's got horrible acting, horrible dialog, and cheesy and repetitive themes. Yeah, well, guess what: it wasn't made for you to go back and watch as an adult. It was meant for kids. Kid shows didn't have to have the best acting or best writing. If they had the money to hire people to win awards for superb acting and writing, they wouldn't have wasted their time on a kid show.

Power Rangers was meant for kids to watch, to be able to understand and follow along, and to learn from the cheesy and repetitive themes that good wins over evil, teamwork is a great thing, and that you have to believe in yourself. Did it succeed it conveying these messages? I think so. It did so in a way that kids liked, a way that was "cool" during its time. It had characters that kids could see and look up to. Jason was the brave team leader, Zach was the "smooth" dancer, Billy was the smart and resourceful one, Trini was determined and helpful, Kimberly was humble and graceful, and Tommy was noble and selfless. The show stressed that people had to work together as a team to fight evil, and when situations grew worse, they didn't give up, and they found a way to come through. And on the few occasions when it could be said that they lost, that lost honorably and were happy with what good came out of it.

I really don't see fair judgment in many reviews here that bash it after re-watching it as an adult. An adult won't get the same thing out of it as a child will. I was 7 when the show debuted, and I loved it. Now, sure, I can see several flaws in the overall performance delivery, but it still conveys the message in ways that kids understand. It's the same with Power Rangers, Pokemon, and whatever the next thing will be. They have great, wonderful messages for kids, and that's all they're meant to be.

Granted, Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger's story with 5 normal teenagers from an average city with boosted fighting power is a bit more believable than the newer Power Ranger shows where they fly through space on hoverboards and land on other planets, but hey, at least the new shows are trying to keep things fresh.

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47 out of 60 people found the following review useful:
An old classic almost lost., 14 October 2005

Author: Rob Can from United Kingdom

Being a child of... I forget, This show blew me away with what seemed great action and fx. Also who could forget dear old Bulk and Skull. Being older it still is fun to look back on and see how different it looks. It may look silly and cheap in the eyes of adults but to a child it just felt great. There wasn't much of a long plot going on which made it good as if you missed an episode it didn't matter, but saying that the zord changes were good and it made the show more interesting. When will people learn that a young child doesn't care much for plots, that has to wait for when they are a little older. Saddly when they made the zeo series, it would just never be the same. The new series tried too hard. Even as a child I never liked them. Maybe it was the new suits, I mean who designed them? And power rangers in space? It may have appealed to others but I think they should have stayed where they were. Simple enemies that would use the same techniques over and over. Make a monster that starts human size and then grow. And you knew that when they grow the show would almost be over. Oh and I must be dumb to forget the theme tune. I've check and they never made a slightly good theme tune again until this so call wild force series. This show was indeed a classic and I demand they stop making new ones and show the original again for the new generation.

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42 out of 52 people found the following review useful:
To all those who are too 'old' for Power Rangers, 4 July 2006

Author: archonite365 from Australia

How can u NOT like power rangers? For a 6 year old it was the coolest thing in the world. Good dialogue? Plot lines? Cheesy one liners? Sure they're there, but honestly, do u think a child would REALLY take those into account when thinking whether a show is good or bad? The problem with all u people is that u look at it with an adults point of view. Ask ANY child's opinion, and they would claim that MMPR is one of the best things since sliced bread.

I'm 19 now, and i still love watching it cos of the fond memories it brings back. I'm sure many of those around my age bracket still do too. Hell, its hilariously poor, but there is always that little part of me that turns back into a 6 year old kid, and cheers the Power Rangers on.

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27 out of 38 people found the following review useful:
Everyon Liked It, 12 April 2006
Author: Cobra Commander from United States

Everyone enjoyed the Power Rangers first seasons. The incredibly cheesy lines, ridiculous plots, and giant monster fight scenes made it all the more watchable. It was definitely watched by more people than you think when it first came out. Everyone tries to hide the fact that they watched it every time a new episode came on. The show was over the top and it rocked. The same thing was going to happen every episode, but it didn't matter. You knew there would be some small fights, Rita would get mad, make her monster huge.. which eventually lead to Morphin Time! Each villain had its own unique ability and look. They all made you laugh. The show lost its luster as it went on, but I guarantee you have to say the first seasons of Power Rangers were a total classic!

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22 out of 34 people found the following review useful:
It's amazing what we all used to watch., 14 September 2005
Author: Joel (Tenchi64589@aol.com) from Flower Mound, Texas

I was a Power Rangers fan when it first came out, (can you believe it?) but looking back, I noticed that it's a little messed up.

Although a lot of it didn't really look all that great, remember this: THE SHOW WAS MEANT FOR A YOUNG AUDIENCE!!! It was supposed to be dorky!

Like many fans my age, we were all in awe as we watched Tommy lose his powers, but then briefly regain them only to have the green ranger powers taken away again.

I'm also guessing that those that watched this for the first time didn't know the identity of the white ranger until part two of "The White Light."

Of course, during the 3rd season, it was kind of hard to follow... so I stopped watching until Zeo.

Recently, it's grown into a guilty pleasure for me, so I only watch it in secret.

As far as the rating goes, it's at least a 7.

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24 out of 39 people found the following review useful:
Mighty Morphin Power rangers are awesome! Watch this one and this one only!, 6 June 2005

Author: Chandlergellar from United Kingdom

when i was a little kid, the only that i loved was this, its the best show ever, yeah sure it may look a bit stupid now, but this is what made me believe in myself and that friends stick together! my favourite Character was Billy the blue ranger because he was cool the way he knew everything about well everything. i had such a huge crush on Kimberley the pink Ranger because come on Amy Jo Johnston is amazingly beautiful and i still have a crush on her now. This show also taught kids that violence isn't a good thing and the power rangers always stopped it, even tho it was obvious who they were because they all worked around in the same colour as their costumes, Bulk and Skull, they are legends hands down! they were always trying to a) be the rangers and win over there fans b) trying to find out who they were. i went a bit off it when they replaced Kimberly with a bloned girl, she didn't have the same attitude as Amy Jo and thats why i switched off, but this show will always be the best kids show ever, i guarantee it, forget the other power ranger series, this is the best one, also it was a shame to hear about the girl who played Trini, she was cool too. GO GO Powers Rangers, the mighty morphin Power rangers!!

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16 out of 25 people found the following review useful:
True Childhood Heroes and Role Models, 7 December 2006

Author: manchestertiger from Manchester

What can I say, I absolutely LOVED this show. Six superheroes that you felt you could really relate to and look up to. I so wanted to be one for so long after watching it and had a huge crush on the GORGEOUS Pink Ranger. The show just rocked (you could say I was mad fer it) and I could not start my Saturdays (or school days for that matter) without it. I recently found old episodes on You Tube and was transfixed. Who cares about plot etc It was just pure action, fantasy and innocent fun and was a big part of my teenage years. Yes, maybe at 15 years old I should have known better but I was still a big kid. Thanks to them I was able to stay away from drugs and cigarettes. Clichéd I know but so very true. OK, so I might not have realised my ambition to be a Power Ranger (except in my wild imagination) but I do have a great career, a healthy lifestyle and am loving life in Manchester. If it is ever released out on DVD I will shamelessly go out and buy the box set in Virgin Megastore even if it means revealing to everyone in the shop my secret obsession. Have to admit though what did leave me more "traumatised" was realising that as a lifelong Celtic fan I found myself watching a show that had Rangers in it and finding that my obsession with these Rangers led me to switching my allegiance to the blue half of Glasgow he he :D Some people said the colours were racist because the cool Black Ranger was black and the cute Yellow Ranger was Oriental. What a load of rubbish. If that really was so, then Tommy the Green Ranger might have had an Irish accent and there would have been an Orange Ranger from Belfast. Oh, and the Blue Ranger would have hailed from Glasgow where he would have supported...well Rangers of course which leaves me wondering how popular the Green Ranger was with kids in Strathclyde when everyone knows that the last colour a Ranger could ever be is Green and White. Tommy, it's a known fact amongst Tims and Bhoys that you can't be a Ranger and wear the Green and White of Celtic but I guess because you were such a hero to me that's why I know you can get away with it :)

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33 out of 60 people found the following review useful:
A Good Show, 26 June 2005
Author: Ginger87 from New York City

I used to watch "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" when I was younger back when it began in 1993 when I was 6 years old. I used to watch it with my neighbors and after the show we used to act it out. I was always the pink ranger and my sister was always the yellow ranger.

My favorite characters were the pink ranger and the red ranger. My favorite episodes, as I recall, were: "Happy Birthday, Zack", "No Clowning Around", and "A Bad Reflection on You". I also had many of the "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" videos. I used to watch the videos all the time.

I only liked the "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", none of the "Power Rangers" spin offs. I found the spin offs to be stupid. I give the "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" 9/10 stars and all of the following spin offs 2/10 stars.

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7 out of 11 people found the following review useful:
Absolute Rubbish, 24 December 2008

Author: Movie_Reviewer123

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Worst show I've ever seen. The story is about a group of teenagers who, for some inexplicable reason, have super powers, and when they use some special device, they morph into strange, poorly designed suits. The acting when they're not in the retarded-looking suits is decent. Definitely not good, but not the worst acting I've ever seen. However, when wearing their suits, the actors' acting goes from bad to worse; much, much worse. The hyper-animated idiots have a myriad of unnecessary motions they do. Even when they talk they look like they're having seizures. The villains are stupider than the Rangers. Every episode, some weak, idiotic villain comes up with some plan to destroy the Rangers. He/she then sends a force of hyper-animated aliens to attack the Rangers. The Rangers then initialize their 10-hour transforming animation, then they annihilate the aliens. Then, the poorly designed villain, which can either be an armored villain that actually looks and acts evil, to a humanoid ladybug-like creature with trumpets attached to its back that shows obvious signs of mental retardation. The Power Rangers fight the villain off, then the villain turns into Godzilla, whether it be by a rain cloud or a nuclear missile (yes, they fire nukes at the creatures and the creatures turn into giants). The Power Rangers spend 5 minutes acting hyper-animated and summon their Zords which are obviously toys that the producers of the show used special effects on to make them look real. The Power Rangers win, the villain gets mad, they all teach a "valuable" lesson, and the show ends. That's it. Twenty-five minutes of brain-washing, fake kung fu fighting.

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
A Great Show That Brings Back My Childhood Memories, 6 May 2010

Author: alucard_castlevania86 from Malaysia

I just love this show. To me its telling us kids and teenagers that we young generations also have a responsibility to protect the world. Before I go into the my opinion, I would first like to say I am deeply sadden by all the people her who have been bashing around about the MMPR. First off,the show was meant for kids and not adults. A kid see s it different from compare to an adult so please look at it from a child's point of view

The show introduces five teenagers Jason (a great and well respected leader, also my all time favourite ranger of all time), Kim (a good role modal for girls and in my opinion the one who should have had a crush on Jason), Zack (definition of Mr. Cool), Trini (Noble, Disipcline and kind hearted) and Billy (Mr Genius of the group). This show is just Morphinorminal. The first season needs no explanation. All the fights and others moments that we got from the show was just breath taking and a great music background just made it even more entertaining

Jason in my opinion was the best role modal for me. I feel that he has more strength, courage and determination over the other rangers which is why he was the leader of all the other red rangers. Apart from that, unlike the other red rangers after him, he was like the only who never really got an upgrade (ok he did get the green ranger's powers from Tommy but wasn't really something that big compare to the other red rangers) but he still kicks butt even when he is in his human form

All the way in the first season was great and things got more exciting when they introduced Tommy The Green Ranger. However, I never liked Tommy that much since he was always portrayed as the one to the rescuer when the other rangers had trouble but event though he might have been the savior in most of the ranger's battles, he was nothing compare to the Jason

The Zord battles were also great and I was really eager to see the Megazord once and for take out Goldar and Scorpina with his power Sword but sadly, that never happened. However, it was still great to watch though and I sometimes feel that the rangers fight Goldar and Scorpina better with the Megazord rather than on the ground

Then came the introduction of the Thunderzords and until now, I still can't choose which one's better between Thunderzords and Dinozords. However, it all then slowly started to go away from me when they introduced Tommy again this time as the White Ranger (which I really, really, REALLY hated and he was not suppose to be back in the series in during the first place). However even though Zordan did say that he was the new leader, he never really looked like one when Jason was still around but in my opinion, thats where it all started to go wrong. 1st off, Red is the symbol of leadership and having another color replacing its leadership was not a good idea. An example that failed was the Bettleborgs

Then finally, the killer blow was delivered into the show a few episodes later. When Jason, Zack and Trini left and were replaced by Rocky, Adam and Aishya the chemistry within the team especially when in the normal situations never really worked out with Rocky, Adam and Aishya around compared to Jason, Zack and Trini. I was really sad by this and ever since then, I've reduced my time watching the show especially when I can't seem to put up with Tommy bossing around all the time. I mean he never really had that spark as a leader compare to Jason since Jason most of the time works along with the team where Tommy on the otherhand, pphhhh just more to himself (He was just more of the showoff in my opinion) and the series buried itself deeper into the ground when they replaced Kim with Kat who didn't impress me that much

Later there was the introduction of the Zeo Rangers. However it was not really that great compare to the original MMPR but when Jason came back as the Gold Ranger, the show did get better and I feel that he was the saving grace of the show there for a while. I can't say much about starting from Zeo and onwards since I was never really into the show. I rather not go into the other series further since this review is about the MMPR

Overall I can say that this was definitely one of my favourite shows back then (apart Kamen Rider)and being able to watch it again on youtube etc. really brought the childhood back in me. I would welcome a movie remake of the Power Rangers but a series remake? Hhhhmmm........ I'm not so sure that it will be as good as before but its worth giving a try

IT'S MORPHIN TIME!

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