SABAN'S POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE [2017] [PART 1]

Welcome back! This weeks blog entry is all about the new "POWER RANGERS" movie and the tv series.

Did you know that there have been 24 seasons and counting? Most of the seasons count as separate series. They are:

- "MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS" [SEASONS 1, 2 AND 3]

- "MIGHTY MORPHIN ALIEN RANGERS" [S3.5 \ A 10 EPISODE MINI-SERIES]

- "POWER RANGERS: ZEO" [S4]

- "TURBO" [S5]

 - "IN SPACE" [S6]

- "LOST GALAXY" [S7]

- "LIGHTSPEED RESCUE" [S8]

- "TIME FORCE" [S9]

- "WILD FORCE" [S10]

-"NINJA STORM" [S11]

- "DINO THUNDER" [S12]

- "S.P.D." [S13]

- "MYSTIC FORCE" [S14]

- "OPERATION: OVERDRIVE" [S15]

- "JUNGLE FURY" [S16]

- "RPM" [S17]

- "MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS" [EX RE-VISION]

- "SAMURAI" [S18]

- "SUPER SAMURAI" [S19]

-"MEGAFORCE" [S20]

 - "SUPER MEGA FORCE" [S21]

- "DINO CHARGE" [S22]

- "DINO SUPER CHARGE" [S23]

- "NINJA STEEL" [S24]

AND "SUPER NINJA STEEEL" [S25 - COMING SOON]

Plus three theatrical movies:

- "MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE" [1995] [RATED PG]

- "TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE"  [1997] [PG]

 
TURBO RANGERS MOVIE POSTER.jpg
 

AND 'SABAN'S POWER RANGERS" [2017] [PG-13].

And three t.v. movies:

- "POWER RANGERS: MYSTIC FORCE: DARK WISH - THE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE" [RATED TV-Y7] [2006] [A 90 minute t.v.-movie that re-aired as a three part episode]

-"POWER RANGERS: SAMURAI: THE CLASH OF THE RED RANGERS - THE MOVIE"[2011] [TV-Y7] [A 1-hour t.v.-movie event]

AND "POWER RANGERS: SUPER MEGAFORCE: THE LEGENDARY BATTLE THE MOVIE" [2014] [TV-Y7] [This 1-hour t.v.-movie is also the "SUPER MEGAFORCE" season 21 finale! \ An "EXTENDED EDITION" DVD also exits with an additional 8 minutes not shown in the broadcast version}. 

Did you know that some episodes only appeared on VHS and were never seen on t.v.? Most of them were apart of the "MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS" series and some videos also included bonus footage, interviews music videos!

These titles include: 

-"ALPHA'S MAGICAL CHRISTMAS"

-"I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE RANGER" [This special was released with exclusive extra footage and alternate scenes\cuts not shown in future releases.] [this episode premiered on VHS before airing on t.v. as the season 3 christmas episode.]

- "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE STUPID: THE MISADVENTURES OF BULK AND SKULL"

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- "LORD ZED'S MONSTER HEADS" [HALLOWEEN SPECIAL]

-"THE POWER RANGERS HOLIDAY SPECIAL" [With the two previously mentioned "MIGHTY MORPHIN" christmas episodes and "A SEASON TO REMEMBER" from the "ZEO" series]

-"MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE OFFICIAL FAN CLUB VIDEO!"

"MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS KARATE CLUB VOL.1 : THE GREEN RANGER KATA" and "VOL.2: THE WHITE RANGER KATA"

- "MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS LIVE: THE WORLD TOUR: LIVE-ON-STAGE"

-"POWER RANGERS 3D: POWER RANGERS TRIPLE FORCE" [AKA the "LIGHTSPEED RESCUE/LOST GALAXY" crossover episode "TRAKEENA'S REVENGE PARTS 1 AND 2"]

and "THE BEST OF THE POWER RANGERS: THE ULTIMATE RANGERS" [Featuring the top 5 fan-favorite episodes including:

-"WHITE LIGHT PARTS 1 & 2" ["MIGHTY MORPHIN" S2]

-"COUNTDOWN TO DESTRUCTION PARTS 1 & 2" ["IN SPACE"]

-"TO THE TENTH POWER" ["LOST GALAXY"]

-"TRAKEENA'S REVENGE PARTS 1 & 2" ["LIGHTSPEED RESCUE"]

and "FOREVER RED" ["WILD FORCE"/The 10th anniversary episode] 

Did you know that the "POWER RANGERS" franchise is based on a Japanese t.v. series called "SUPER SENTAI"?

The first season was called "HIMITSU SENTAI GORANGER [FIVE RANGERS]". 

"SUPER SENTAI [DINOSAUR SQUADREN] ZYURANGER" is the franchises' 16th installment and is also the season that was adapted into America as "SABN'S MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS".

"SUPER SENTAI" has been around for over 40 years!

"SUPER SENTAI" first aired in 1975 and was created by SHOTARO ISHINOMORI.

Shotaro_Ishinomori SENTAI creator.jpg

Ishinomori was born on January 25, 1938 and died on Jan. 28, 1998. Ishinomori also went by two other names:

His birth name was SHOTARO ONODERA.

His second name was SHOTARO ISHIMORI until 1986 when he changed his name to Ishinomori. His first name always remained the same.

Ishinomori is also the creator of "CYBORG 009",

"SKULL MAN",

SKULL MAN.jpg

"KAMEN RIDER" [which was created with a similar concept to "SKULL MAN" and "SUPER SENTAI"] and more!

"MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS" Premiered on august 28, 1993 and is created and owned by HAIM SABAN. 

SABAN was born on October 15 1944 in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Egyptian-Jewish family.

SABAN is an Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, philanthropist,   musician, record, film & television producer/executive producer.

He is the founder of SABAN PRODUCTIONS [1984]

He renamed it SABAN ENTERTAINMENT in 1988.

[1996]

 He changed it again to SABAN BRANDS in 2011.

[2017]

[This logo premiered with the "NINJA STEEL" episode "LIVE AND LEARN"]

A new logo is shown with the 2017 movie!

SCG [SABAN CAPITAL GROUP] FILMS

[Okay, enough with the logos!]

SABAN was also the creator of other action kids shows such as:

-"VR TROOPERS" ["VIRTUAL REALITY TROOPERS"] [1994-96]

-"BIG, BAD, BEETLEBORGS" [S1] [1996]

-"BEETLEBORGS: METALIX" [S2] [1998]

- "MASKED RIDER" [1995]

and "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION" [1997-98]

Did you know that even though the RANGERS have done multiple season crossovers they have only done a crossover with one other SABAN owned series!

The event aired as part of the "IN SPACE" season as a 2-part episode:

"POWER RANGERS IN SPACE/NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION:

SAVE OUR SHIP [PART 1] AND SHELL SHOCKED [PART 2]" [The RANGERS also share the same universe as the other previously mentioned SABAN shows].

Okay i'll have cut this entry in half because it's getting a bit too long so goodbye for now!

TO BE CONTINUED....