Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999–2000) User Reviews

Flawed, But Still A Good Season

[xgray-03873 · 7/10 · 23 September 2016]

I actually thought that this was still a good season. I mean, it's not a good as Power Rangers in Space or Power Rangers Time Force. It still had its' stronger points. Namely, the characters of Trakeena, Villamax, Deviot and the first Magna Defender, and of course, the team-up episodes with the Space Rangers and Karone being the secondary Pink Galaxy Ranger. My only complaints about this season, is the fact that they brought Kendrix back from the dead in the finale, the "Lights of Orion" arc and the "Lost Galaxy" arc. They were just dragging on and on for too long. Furio, and Trecheron were kind of boring villains to me and Scorpius didn't really do much until later on. My favorite Power Rangers characters are Leo, Karone and Damon. But, everyone was okay.

Overall, I actually think that Power Rangers Lost Galaxy is a very- underrated season and it deserves a lot more love.

I'd give Power Rangers Lost Galaxy a "C+".

"Go Galactic!"

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy review

[renegadeviking-271-528568 · 8/10 · 3 December 2021]

Three years ago, Shout! Factory and Saban struck a deal that saw the first in a long line of releases from Saban's now world-renowned Power Rangers franchise. The release in question was Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Season 1 Volume 1. It was the first but most definitely not the last of the Power Rangers franchise that fans would see finally get a proper release. Nearly three years after the release of that initial box set, Shout! Factory has seemingly come to the end of the road with the Power Rangers. That is because on March 10th, Shout! Factory will release what would be the first of the Power Rangers installments in the "post-Zordon era." The installment in question is Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. Long-time fans of Saban's Power Rangers franchise will especially appreciate this upcoming release primarily because it is the complete "series" set in one stand-alone box set. That is quite the noticeable change of course for Shout! Factory being that its previous seasons of Power Rangers were split up into multiple box sets. So, that Shout! Factory didn't take that route this time is sure to impress any long-time Power Rangers fan. Second to note of this collection is the writing within the episodes. The most noticeable aspects of the "series'" writing are that while it serves as its own series separate from the original Power Rangers franchise, it also maintains at least the slightest of links to that franchise thanks to the inclusion of Bulk and Skull yet again, and of course the re-introduction of the Astro-Megaship from Power Rangers in Space. It's sort of the writers' way of saying the past is gone but not totally forgotten. Long-time fans will appreciate this just as much. Also, worth noting of the writing is the fact that the writers were able to keep Leo's personal drama in check throughout the series, opting instead to allow the series' central stories maintain their place at the forefront of each episode. Last but not least of all that makes this set so welcome is its continued use of both "live" footage and stock footage from its Japanese base series. Just like the writing mantains a link to Saban's original Power Rangers franchise, so does this balance of footage. It rounds out the reasons that fans will want to add this set to their own collections. Together with the series' writing and its complete complement of episodes, all three noted elements combine to make Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Complete Series a fitting final release from Shout! Factory's series of releases from Saban's original Power Rangers franchise.

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Complete Series seems to be the last of Shout! Factory's Power Rangers releases. That is unless there is a deal in place that would allow Shout! Factory to release Seasons 8 - 17, which were previously released in two separate box sets containing Seasons 8 - 12 and 13 - 17. Regardless, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Complete Series is still a box set well worth the addition to any Power Rangers fan's personal collection. The most obvious reason that fans of Saban's long-running property will appreciate this set is the very fact that it features the entire "series" in one stand-alone box set. Shout! Factory didn't split it up into two separate sets unlike with its previous Power Rangers sets. This has been a point of contention among fans ever since Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Season 1 Volume 1 was released on DVD back in 2012. Save for the mid-season filler "series" Mighty Morphin' Alien Rangers every other season of Power Rangers released by Shout! Factory since has been split into no less than two boxes. That being the case, having this potentially final season set released in one box is a breath of fresh air. Should the seasons that followed actually be re-issued separate from their previously released five-season box sets, hopefully they will in fact be re-issued as their own complete stand-alone sets, too just like this one. Regardless, this complete showing of episodes in one box is the cornerstone on which the rest of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Complete Series' positives rest. It is a solid cornerstone, too.

The fact that Shout! Factory has presented Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Complete Series is a solid starting point in examining what makes this box set a success. It's not all that makes the set a success. The writing that went into the show's episodes is just as worth noting. Long-time audiences will appreciate the fact that the show's writers didn't just make a whole new series. They actually maintained a pretty solid link to Saban's original Power Rangers series with the inclusion once again of Bulk and Skull into various episodes including the two-part season opener. The Rangers even utilize the Astro Megaship from Power Rangers in Space throughout this season. These two elements of the show's writing by themselves show that the writers wanted to do their best to not alienate fans that came on board way back in the days of MMPR. The actual episodes though, are just as important to the presentation. Within the episodes themselves, the show's writers were able to balance just enough the personal drama of the Power Rangers (E.g. Leo's coming to terms with Mike's "death," Archie's dealing with Leo and the pair's growing friendship, Cerina's longing for her home world, etc.) with their battles against Scorpius and his evil forces. The writers never let that personal drama step on the "series'" central story line, thus creating a whole that keeps audiences fully engaged from the "series'" premiere to its final, climactic battle. The end result of that writing is yet another part of the whole of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Complete Series that shows just why long-time fans of the Power Rangers will enjoy this latest release.

The inclusion of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy's complete forty-five episode run in one complete stand-alone box set and the writing that went into the show's episodes complement each other quite well in terms of elements that make this box set a success for fans. The show's look is just as important to the presentation as the writing and the fact that the "series" has been presented in whole here. Both those that aren't so familiar with the Power Rangers and the franchise's long-time fans will appreciate that even this far into the Power Rangers' run, will appreciate that the show's heads once again combined new, live elements and CG along with the stock footage from its Japanese source series Seijuu Sentai Gingaman. This would be the last of the Power Rangers series to make that balance so noticeable for audiences. And it really added a certain something to the show, too. It could be argued that the balance of both elements creates once again that certain sense of old meets new that somehow creates so much enjoyment. It's that familiar something that especially long-time fans will understand and that new fans will appreciate when they see that balance for themselves. It's something that sadly was lost in some of the seasons that followed. The seasons in question had more of a spit-shined look about them. That look took away that certain feeling established by the previous Power Rangers seasons. Long-time fans will especially agree with that sentiment. And in doing so, they will agree even more that the use of both the original Japanese and American footage for this season completes the season, making all the more reasons for fans to add this set to their collections.

The mix of Seijuu Sentai Gingaman's original video with Saban's live and CG elements is a standard that long-time Power Rangers fans will definitely like about this season. The balance of the show's writing elements adds even more reason for audiences to pick up this box set when it hits stores. It's nice to see that the writers didn't alienate the Power Rangers' original audiences even in creating a new branch of the Power Rangers legacy. Rather they honored those fans and the legacy of the original series while bringing in a whole new generation of audiences with this season.

Looking back, this wasn't very good.

[Tenchi64589 · 7/10 · 22 November 2006]

After Power Rangers in Space, I really thought this show was over... I really misjudged that one.

This wasn't bad, but it wasn't too good either, let's face it.

I'll explain it as well as I can: First of all, mostly all of the villains were insectoids, and almost all of the episodes played out like episodes of Star Trek.

With that being said, I take nothing away from the series. It did have its good points.

One good point was all the different Zords: animals instead of cars or dinos.

I also liked the fact that Karone was brought back as a ranger... although, I can say that the Psycho Pink episodes wore on for quite a while.

To finalize, this Power Rangers series is only as good as you, the viewer, think it is.

As for me, I give it a 7 out of 10.

Lost Galaxy adapts complete Super Sentai concept

[donmccullen-1 · 19 November 2002]

Beginning with this Power Ranger series. It adapts the Super Sentai completely. Even though PR In Space did a good job of bringing in. After the first show you no longer see Bulk and Skull which has been the comic relief on PR for too long. It has also let go of past villains which got resolved in PR In Space. It also shows some real development with the characters both heroes and villains. It also delivers an overall storyline to the series just as PR In Space did. Even though the Japanese show Gingaman (which Lost Galaxy was based on) took place on Earth while LG took place on a Space Station that looked like a metropolis from inside it still showed that Power Rangers has finally grew up. Yes they are cheesy monsters but Sentai had those for years. But now Lost Galaxy shows that the characters do deal with trauma and personal struggles like the loss of a brother (one of the storylines that matched with Gingaman), and even the heroes don't quite make it. One example was Pink Galaxy Ranger Kendrix Morgan who gave her life to save Pink Space Ranger Cassie in the crossover episode. It also shows how some of villains can really be bad especially during Lost Galaxy's climax. You may say this does not belong in kiddy TV, but this was done in Japan for many years.

PR Lost Galaxy does give PR what it needs to run for many years, and give Super Sentai fans what they really want. A beginning, a middle, a great ending and great wrap-up, and then a new set of power rangers and villians to do it all over again.

i will always love power rangers

[bradleygranz · 10/10 · 24 April 2018]

Power rangers lost galaxy is one best power rangers shows ever made as a lot of action

Quite enjoyable

[FinisherDude · 9/10 · 17 June 2020]

When I first saw this series, I didn't thought much of it but this season expand more on what we think. People who watched the show understand that the story is actually pretty good. From start to finish it was good but In Space is a better season but still good. All I gotta say is the story is great, good characters, good acting and written very well. You may not like the costumes or whatever but if you put those grips aside you'll see it's a good season

different reactions to a very different show

[lisawea · 5/10 · 2 November 2007]

maybe it's just me but things seem pretty off-kilter in this incarnation. I mean as far as plot lines and stuff go this series is at least as good as the others; it just seems to have been made for a much younger audience than the others.

I am mostly referring to acting and costumes here but more than that the twists and turns (and blind passageways of life, diddlee-dee)that I noticed/loved in the other series seem absent here. There is no passion in the lines, no realism to the dilemmas. This show had wonderful writing in both script and plot, but it seems almost totally wasted. Had more emotion been put into there words, they would have had quite an impact. I haven't seen Ninja storm or Mystic force, which some people say are most for younger kids, so until I do I'll stop here. (not to mention the fact that I'm an older kid and this is a young kids show)

What I said before isn't entirely accurate. there is one aspect in which this is for slightly older kids: real life problems. they don't bring it up too much but this show deals with real loss; the losing family and losing friends type of loss. Plus the(original) Manga Defender was an awesome idea and pretty nicely/skillfuly displayed.

This could be considered a very basic introduction to the challenges and motivations in the outside world... but it seems to barely scratch the surface. 5 or 6 out of 10

Amy Miller is a remarkable trakenna

[gabethedinosaur · 10/10 · 1 March 2021]

Any was the perfect actress for trakenna. That costume and make up was just brilliant. Disney would never pick a better villain than any Miller who will always be my favorite villain for trankenna and power Rangers

Better than the others.

[Curly-18 · 6 April 1999]

"Power Rangers" was good. "Power Rangers Zeo" was great. "Power Rangers Turbo" was kinda lame. "Power Rangers in Space" was cool. "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" is better than the others because the zords are better looking than those Dinozords, the enemies are really interesting, the weapons are cool,the plots are better than the others, and the Rangers themselves are cool, too. But there is one thing that I don't understand: What happened to Andros,Cassie, T.J., Carlos, Ashley, and Zhane from "Power Rangers in Space?" Someone from school told me they all got kicked off the show because they were on the show for about a year. That sounds so fakey, but nevertheless, these new Power Rangers are awesome.

I'm kinda mad that Tommy, Jason, Billy , and Rocky are not on the show anymore. They were some of the greatest. Tommy and Jason were the most popular of the power rangers.I was so excited when Jason came back on the show. He became the Gold Ranger. Tommy and Jason were best friends and Tommy was really happy that Jason was back. "Power Rangers lost Galaxy"is awesome, but I still miss the original power rangers.

Top 4 favorite Power Rangers series

[bradgranz-77566 · 10/10 · 3 October 2022]

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy is another great power rangers series with great performances from Danny Slavin Valerie Vernon Reggie Rolle Archie Kao Russell Lawrence Cerina Vincent Melody Perkins Tom Whyte and Amy Miller and Kerrigan Mahan even though he's only like 5 episodes I still enjoy he's performance.

The show also has some pretty entertaining action sequences a great score by Jeremy Sweet.

And I thought the show had quite a few emotional moments that honestly had me crying my eyes out.

So this is definitely one of my favorite power Rangers series so I highly recommend checking this out, especially if you are a power rangers fan.

its pretty good but flawed

[erichedlund1 · 8/10 · 13 October 2013]

Power rangers lost galaxy was a pretty good series but there are a few parts I dislike. The series opens with a new cast besides bulk and professor phenomenous. I like the new cast Idea because you can make new personalities and make new story arches. The first two episodes are great introducing the characters and even giving Leo the red ranger and sense of sympathy. His brother mike returns as the magna defender. The magna defender is cool because he wants to destroy villains for his sons death but is willing to attack the rangers if they get in his way. Kai is my favorite character. Damon is my least favorite. The suits look cool especially with the Charlie brown zig zag line across the chest. The acting is pretty good. The theme song is okay but the my favorite part is the chorus singing "AH". Between the verse and the chorus. Its catchy. The sting-lingers are really cool looking. There is like one unmorphed fight in the entire series which is sadly disappointing due to the inabilities of the actors. The sting-lingers were in fact stronger because they force the rangers to morph when they fight and they sometimes have captured them. Trakeena is trained by villamax which make two great villains. Deviot is a robotic villain very loyal to scorpius trakeenas father. In space brought viewers back into power rangers after turbo almost killed it. Lost galaxy had its good moments and its bad. It wasn't the best recovery series but it was still good

Great Show! I Love it!

[spaceran · 9 March 1999]

I think Power Rangers has definitely improved over the past two years. Starting with Power Rangers in Space, the show has had great stories, great action and a lot of emotion. I love every second of it. The new cast is working out great. The stories has a lot of realism. People who still say that Power Rangers suck have probably not watched the show since 1993.

Very good

[JE_Karone · 13 June 2002]

It was very good, but I still like PRiS better. It was very good had good actors/actresses and the bad guys didn't act stupid :)

Okay that is what I look at with Power Rangers and they have had some bad seasons, and I think that Power Rangers in Space and Lost Galaxy are the best so far. Good acting, good bad guys,and good story line. Very Good. And the shows when the Space rangers and Galixy rangers team up, loved that. hehe didn't recognize Carlos :)

Everything was good sad to hear about Valerie though, but glad to see she hung in there :) I loved Melody taking her place after she left couldn't think of anyone better. Purfect idea :)

Then them coming back on Lightspeed very good :) wish Melody came too, but I was glad to see Valerie was there and okay :)

I'd give it 4 1/2 stars out of 5 :)

Another improvement

[Op_Prime · 20 May 2000]

While not the best of Power Rangers series, Lost Galaxy kept Power Rangers cool and from going back to it's 1993 state. The characters were great, along with the cast. Keeping the Rangers in space was a good move, now on a massive space colony searching for another world. That was a cool storyline. With elements like the Magna Defender, this show was serious and dark which suited this show.

A fan through the years

[ronda-4 · 8 December 1999]

I've been a fan since Power Rangers first came on in February of 93. In spite of the cast changes and name changes, I still love this show. The mix of Sentai and American footage and seeing it all put together is what keeps me watching this show. And as far as the violence, it's funny how others don't protest against racism and sex in shows but they can sure scream about the violence. This show does have some violence but there are lessons to be learned. Are you there to point the lessons out to your children?

Yes, a lot of people watch this. No, that does not make it a good show.

[Klectron · 10 December 2000]

Let's face it: these shows are an insult to your brain. I can literally see the little grey cells ooze out of people's ears when they watch this drivel. It's sub-standard to say the least!

Alright, what we have here are young, good looking actors who accepted this job for the money, for the audience they'd get, but certainly NOT for the complexity of their characters. A smile, a line of dialogue and a face do not make for a compelling character. Surely these actors must have had the same feeling, as none of them even make an attempt at conveying emotions. Maybe the creators of this stinker had a strict anti-emotion policy, who knows. In any case, the actors are filler.

What we have here as well are greedy producers, bent on lowering the IQ of the entire world-population by at least 25% after season 23. With the amount of people watching this crap, I'm convinced there will be a 23rd season someday. What's even more insulting is that they try to trick us into thinking that their shows carry a positive message and that they are in fact about deep moral values. They try to accomplish this by injecting Power Rangers with an almost intolerably high buddy-factor, by showing us typical youngsters with typical habits and typical social thoughts, comments and beliefs, and by letting at least one of the main characters be played by an Afro-American actor. It's sad but true.

The casting process must have been something like this: if you look good enough, if you can utter extremely lame dialogue, if you can produce evil grins non-stop and if you can laugh at senseless one-liners without throwing up in absolute disgust, you're the right man for the job!

As for the Power Rangers themselves, one can only blame the script-writers. These guys have some serious issues on their hands, like saving the world, fighting horrible demons, and so forth, and yet they are still capable of making stupid decisions and stating the plain obvious. An example of the latter:

The Power Rangers, fighting in the park, watch in horror as an evil monster zaps himself away, which happens in all episodes. They run towards each other, make some frantic movements, and then the following conversation ensues: Red: "He Escaped" Blue: "Yeah!" Yellow: "That was a tough guy!" Green: "Let's get out of here before he comes back!" Pink: "Good idea!" Red: "Let's go!" They run away.

This conversation is pointless. Instead of giving the viewer some relevant information, we are told that he 'escaped'. Duh! He 'was a tough guy'. We just saw the fight, so we know that too. They have to 'get out of here'. It seems quite obvious that one would not stand in a park for hours and hours after a long, dangerous fight with the risk of the enemy returning.

Maybe I'm being a little unfair here, but how can one give a serious comment on a show that takes it's audience for mindless zombies? The humorously intended scenes fall flat because they are all borrowed, if not downright copied, from shows like Saved By The Bell. The fight scenes have been done before, and better too. The characters are painfully stereotypical. It's unoriginal, dull trash. All of it.

S-Club 7 and Power Rangers do battle for the crown of idiocy. Lucky for us, the Power Rangers don't sing...yet.

Power Rangers on its last legs?

[Hephaistion · 8 May 1999]

What began as a controversial martial-arts show watched by millions may be rapidly deteriorating, and Lost Galaxy just might be the problem.

The Power Rangers have always combined the mystical with the technological, but in recent years the message of non-violence emphasized by famous real-life martial artists has been shrunk very much. They began as ordinary high school students with martial arts skills who battled the evil magic-using forces of evil in oversized robots. Now, the robot battle is pretty much the same, but the Rangers have exceedingly been moving from magical and mystical means to scientific alien technology (Power Rangers Turbo was clearly the end of the animal era; no more dinosaurs or mythic beasts, they've got cars and trucks. Lost Galaxy only vaguely emphasizes the magical, lights of Orion, etc.) The entire villain cast from the first series to the end of Space was wiped out with a single episode, which led me to wonder why the show could be rid of such popular characters so quickly to make ready for new material.

What disturbs me the most is the rate at which cast members are repeatedly leaving the series: the original six Rangers from the early 90's were reduced by three for argument over finances, then Amy Jo Johnson departed. By the time the Alien Rangers were used I could tell the show's interest was deteriorating for the cast themselves.The cast of Zeo was probably the last of the best; they had been the most popular Rangers and were now moving on. With them left the legacy; the new cast of Turbo and Space were only on for 2 seasons before being replaced with the Galaxy cast.

Is Galaxy the last saga of the Rangers legacy?

Just When You Thought It Was Over

[Derek-86 · 25 July 2000]

The title says it all. After "Countdown to Destruction" in "Power Rangers in Space" I really thought they'd stop. After about 5-6 years I thought it was over. The rangers reveal their identity and all evil is destroyed. But there's always a lost galaxy plagued with evil. I was uncomfortable with this too. Just like every other series except "Power Rangers Zeo." I thought they were starting over again but they brought in the old crew. Thats right! "Power Rangers in Space." Oh yeah, and the thing with Karone (Astronama) that was pure genius. Too bad this crew doesn't stick around for another spinoff to this.

The show is the best Power Rangers ever !

[andros-3 · 25 March 1999]

The cast was introduced in a very different and unpredictable way, the villians are stronger, the zords are cool, the weapons are also very cool, again this is the best power rangers ever.

Fantastic!!!!

[kryss · 15 September 1999]

My five year old son has been a fan of power rangers for about two years and Lost Galaxy is his favorite. I wouldn't even let my older kids watch the early ones but now we all watch together....especially the movies(which my son has all of).

The stories are great and they teach the little kids important lessons. Most important the characters show how to be good friends and always be there for each other. I hope Power Rangers goes on for a very long time.

Wonderful!

[Lho3323370 · 12 July 2001]

I have a video of this TV Series. My classmate Ina loves this program she told me that this is her favorite cartoon. Well the rangers must defeat the bad guys before trouble arrives. Well A bad guy killed Mike because he did'nt get what he wanted.