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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
I hand it to Saban...he tried..., 6 April 2004
Author: pinoyartist99 from California, USA

VR Troopers was okay...suprisingly, it's counterpart is actually 3 unrelated Metal Hero Shows. Not to mention, they were all 80s shows. So trying to tie in together 3 unrelated shows that were all out-dated 80s footages was some effot there. However, if Saban was trying to pull something like this. I'd prefer he adapt something like Blue SWAT or the Rescue Mission Series, like Winspector or Solbrain. On second thought...nevermind...one, look how Beetleborgs turned out and it's too little too late for using early 90s Japanese footage for this Millenium. That and Saban is no longer in the toku-adapt business any more, that's Disney's department now.

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Mighty Morphin V.R. Troopers?, 24 April 2003
Author: Spider-Lou from Bristol, CT

This U.S./Japan hybrid would have succeeded had it not been for contrivances by the American production team. The Saban company attempted to distinguish it from the Power Rangers as much as possible, by having the heroes fights set in virtual cyberspace instead of reality.

The U.S. characters lacked the personality to draw kids/audiences in. The villain Grimlord is actually a white business man in the real world, but inanely chants "Forces of darkness, empower me, blah, blah, blah" to enter cyberspace. So silly. The fight footage is great, almost rivaling the footage of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. However, the fact that it occurs in "virtual reality" is downright stupid.

VR Troopers had entertainment value, but it made me cringe a lot.

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I found it interesting, 22 March 2000
Author: Op_Prime from Ardmore, PA

This was a somewhat interesting show. It had an original premise and an interesting group of characters. Granted, the show seemed like a rip off of any of those Power Rangers shows, but the show quickly established an identity for itself. It's a shame it was cancelled after only a couple seasons or so, it was just getting very interesting.

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If this was supposed to be a sit-com, it would have been a classic., 10 May 2004
Author: Delta Matt from Wrexham, Wales

It boggles the mind when you think of what executive meeting was behind the creation of this one. "Hey, I've got an idea - let's do Power Rangers with a slashed-in-half budget!" That doesn't sound like such a good idea to me - mainly because it ISN'T a good idea.

Here's your premise - two guys and a girl go around fighting a decadent capitalist who moonlights as the evil Virtual Reality Warlord "Grimlord". They also like to take out his entire army in every episode (goons with such incredible names as Fist-bot and General Eye-bar. Obviously they didn't have the imaginative "Transformers" authors when they came up with the names). It's not such a hard task, as a mop and a bar of soap would be more effective at world domination than Grimlord and his minions.

As one might expect from this type of show, the characterization of our three "heroes" is slightly optimistic. I'm currently 20 years old, coming on 21 - which isn't too far off the age of the three VR Troopers in this "TV Gem". I enjoy singing in my band, going to rock clubs, going to the pub, sitting in front of the tele and listening to a bit of music - which is pretty typical, I'd say. Whereas Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. have full time jobs, and enjoy going to the Dojo and beating up bad guys in order to save the world in their FREE TIME. Right. If someone asked me whether I wanted to become a VR Trooper, the first question would be "How much?" and the second would be "who's covering for me at the week-end?". As the VR troopers a) seem not to get paid at all (despite the fact that their students debts will still be BLOODY high) and b) drop whatever they're doing 24/7 to go off and play with Grimlord, they must be insane.

Of course, you could argue the fact that without them, the world would be in danger. However, you would be ignoring the fact that no matter how many times Grimlord's army shoots at anything, they never hit the target. So we're really in no danger. And for an Evil Warlord, Grimlord's really not that evil. It seems to never have occurred to the guy that as his army is completely incapable of making the slightest dent on the teen-age heroes when in costume, killing them in their sleep would be the easiest option. After all, Grimlord knows exactly who the VR Troopers actually are, in a bizarre plot point. How long do you think Bruce Wayne would have lasted if the Joker knew who he was? Not too long, really.

While all those issues are slightly silly, there are some aspects of the show that are nothing short of annoying. In a few examples:

1) The way the scene of a fight will shift from a rock face to open land to a forest to a lake and back to the bloody rock face again.

2) When in costume, the VR Troopers compensate for the fact that we can't see their lips by nodding their heads around inanely. It looks ridiculous, and if I talked to one of them, I would point and laugh.

3) The dog. It talks. Strange really, as the motion that the dog makes whilst talking looks incredibly like the motion that a normal dog makes when chewing on something. And the words are (of course) completely out of sinc. Also, the dog's favourite insult is blowing a rasberry at someone. This is obviously achieved by filming the dog putting it's tongue out, and playing it in reverse. And they do that on a regular basis. It's not funny, it's annoying.

4) "Forces of darkness, empower me. Take me back to my virtual reality." Every damn episode. Anyone with a basic education in English could tell whoever wrote that that the second line is a few syllables too long. But Hell, "poetic license". Or in this case "complete-absence-of-poetry license".

5) The features of the programme that were SUPPOSED to be amusing were anything but. For instance - that newspaper editor.

HOWEVER - after all this, this show has perhaps the highest recommendation I could possibly give. And why, you ask? It's one of the funniest things I've seen in my life! It goes into the same bracket as "The Final Countdown" by Europe - things that are so bad, they're brilliant! Forget that it's attempting to be serious, and you will enjoy it as much as "Blackadder", "Fawlty Towers", or any great sit-com which you enjoy.

If you can, watch the episode with "The Doggy Rap" in it. Conclusive proof that not only can white men and women NOT rap, but some black men can't either.

Not to mention the fact that the "actress" playing Kaitlin is very attractive. I'm a red blooded male, after all.

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It was 10 times better then power rangers, 11 July 2006
7/10
Author: Rage Ragger from Netherlands

well thats my statement anyways.

I liked VR-troopers as a kid. this series was a combination of the Power rangers and Starwars.

it had it's childish goofs, but the fighting scenes where fun to watch for me at that age. I'm not gonna judge this series for having childish contents. couse it is A KIDS show!.

besides that it had a decent story.

you have your standard villain that wants to take over the world. with his robot army. and I find that the Robot army gave it a little more realism. couse in the power rangers you can clearly see it's a lame ass monster costume.

the whole Trooper thing was all about special crystals that acted as battery's. for powering high technical suits.

unlike the first negative comment that was given, this series had it's value for me. + I still like the themesong LOL

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This show is my fav, 2 January 2006
Author: manwithabigCOCACOLA from United States

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

As you will see in my biography, I wrote my doctoral thesis on this show and found it enlightening. Not to mention the eye candy cast and lovable animal sidekick. If i had one wish, it would be to be a VR trooper. Grimlord was soooooooooooooooooooooo evil that I still have nightmares. I couldn't believe the twist ending to series - I couldn't believe it had to end that way, but it did, and I had to live with it. In the end, I think the show is better for it, and could only have been improved by an extended transformation sequence. Nonetheless, If you enjoyed Steel Magnolias or Remains of the day or even that travesty My Dinner with Andre, you will die for the vr troopers.

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At least it beat the Power rangers...., 6 September 2005
Author: dinoballz from Netherlands

VR Troopers was 1 of many cashing in projects by the Saban & Levi money factory. The stars of this show fought a slightly more realistic but still, far too melodramatic battle against some of the most extravagant cardboard boxes ever made.

Of course, not just the enemies were made of cardboard, true to the success-formula of power rangers, fortresses, vehicles and anything else you can't find anywhere else in the human world were made for a few nickles, and merchandised for thousands and thousands of dollars.

So my conclusion is pretty much my title, because even though it was lame... it wasn't as lame as the Power Rangers.

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Sarah Brown's dirty little secret., 11 August 2005
Author: NickSoapdish from United States

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Before gaining fame as Carly(#1) on General Hospital, Sarah Brown played Kaitlin Star on VR Troopers. If I was her I would not want people to know I was on this show. VR Troopers was created by the same people that made the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Although I liked the Power Rangers when I was a kid;I never truly liked VR Troopers. VR Troopers was not very good. That talking dog was creepy and not funny,and that newspaper editor( "I've got an IDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-YAH!!!!") wasn't very amusing himself. this shows' special effects were even worse than the Power Rangers', and the enemies were not as memorable. I remember this show had a big cast change in the second season (mostly just with the villains). The fight scenes were awkward, often the environments would change with little or no explanation ("Escalate to Indigo Sector!"). VR Troopers certainly was a bizarre show. If you're just watching this show in order to make fun of it, you will probably enjoy watching VR Troopers.

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One Interesting Fact, 17 June 2002
Author: gingared25 from Claremont, CA

There is something interesting about it: If anyone here Knows the Japanese Metal Hero shows, then you know the three shows involved.

First season: Jiku Senshi Spielvan (Dimensional Warrior Spielvan), Choujinki Metalder (Super Man Machine Metalder).

Second Season: Jiku Senshi Spielvan (Dimensional Warrior Spielvan), Uchuu Keiji Shaider (Space Sheriff Shaider)

The Interesting Part: On the first season, They used Metalder battle scenes for when Ryan Steele fights. On the Second Season, they turn back the clock and use Shaider scenes for Ryan Steele battle sequences.

Oh well, I just want to point out something.

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