Vote for Best of Power Rangers!

[Duke]

Starting today, you can go to Jetix.tv and participate in a poll, and based on which series wins, two episodes of that season will be shown next Sunday on ABC Family Jetix at 11AM.

The current question is: Who is your favorite MMPR Villian?

The choices (w/ the results after I voted):

Rita Repulsa (Mighty Morphin'): 45%
Astronema (In Space): 22%
Trakeena (Lightspeed Rescue): 8%
Ransik (Time Force): 10%
Lothor (Ninja Storm): 15%

I voted for Ransik, since I have yet to see one episode of Time Force. Obviously, nostalgia wins out, even though Zedd was by far a better bad guy than Rita ever was. They'll probably show the Green Candle 2-parter.

[Chad Bonin]

If Ransik wins, I bet we get Force From The Future, complete with Aquitian cameo.

[Spike Mcdougal]

Rita Repulsa (Mighty Morphin'): 45%
NO!!

*Insert "The Bongo Run" Sound*

[Kyl416]

Starting today, you can go to Jetix.tv and participate in a poll, and based on which series wins, two episodes of that season will be shown next Sunday on ABC Family Jetix at 11AM.Actually if the voting isn't rigged, the first pick won't be shown until August 1 at 11:30am ET/PT. On the schedule is White Light tommorow, and CtD the following Sunday.

[Daredevil_2003]

I voted for the original, that was the only (even when I was younger and really into it) that I ever got into, the other's just seemed too stupid.

[Lord Dalek]

Bandora Forever!

[Andrew T. Hingson]

Why can't I vote for Lord Zedd? He was always my favorite.

[Deadly Messiah]

What about Zedd or the Machine Empire?

[PaQ]

I voted for Astronema.. Always liked her as a villain.. maybe it was that outfit..

Anyway, definitely unfortunate Zedd isn't there.. I liked him more than Rita back in the day.

[TheEvilClown]

Yeah where is Zedd he was better than Rita IMO

[Majin_Megabyte]

I also agree Lord Zedd is the far better Power Ranger main villian then Rita. Astorinma was pretty good villian as well in my opinion. I haven't watch Power Ranger since the ending of Space. I did watch almost all of Time Force which I did enjoy. You can say I watch the show once in a awhile.

[JohnCrichton]

Astronoma was the greatest hands down. She went the full run of being evil, then turning good, then turning into the Queen of Evil, almost destroying Earth and then went on to become a Pink Power Ranger.

I would wish that Ransik would win tho, just so we could see Reinforcements From the Future again.

[Youko Recca]

Ugh. Where is weak-ass monster lackey #25 ? I guess Astronema will have to do because of her backstory....

[TheEvilClown]

Just looked at the Results again

Lothor-50%
Rita-24%
Astronema 13%
Ransik 7%
Trakeena 5%

We have weird fans

[ClockStomper]

Lothor, higher than Rita? Or even Ransik? People ARE crazy.

My pic would be Frax since he reminds me of Mr. Freeze.

[loyalheart]

lothor's winning, but face it they already know who they will air,

[Wounded_Dragon]

Longtime fans becoming more and more a minority I see. To be expected I guess.

I'd rather Ransik or Astronema but that's just me. It's an accomplishment that BoPR hasn't been canceled yet...

[Mr. Pedro]

No Lord Zedd? Something is very wrong here.

[True Noir]

The only power rangers I ever watched was the first one. Mighty Morphen. This is kind of off topic but I used to think they said Cocoa Power Rangers instead of Go Go Power Rangers. I was only three though.

[Supernovametalstar]

Just looked at the Results again

Lothor-50%
Rita-24%
Astronema 13%
Ransik 7%
Trakeena 5%

We have weird fans
Nah, I think that most of the people voting are more familiar with the newer seasons, thus even though NS is still airing regularly, it will win. I hate it, but it is so. So much for giving people the right to choose :p.

[shogunthethird]

I couldn't access the voting for some reason but I was going to vote for Ransik because I met the actor who played him at a convention....who the heck was Trakeena again?

[Kyl416]

I couldn't access the voting for some reason but I was going to vote for Ransik because I met the actor who played him at a convention....who the heck was Trakeena again?The villain on Lost Galaxy. The moron who did the poll wrote Time Force for Astronema, and Lightspeed for Trakeena.

[shogunthethird]

no wonder I didn't remember her for Lightspeed rescue (minus her appearing in the obligatory "team-up" episode) but you know the wierd thing about LG? they had a villain named Scorpius that was just a malformed lump of latex and shortly after they killed him off or thereabouts guess what villain they introduced on Farscape? (here's a hint: tall, ugly scarran/sebacean hybrid that wears a lot of black leather)

[JohnCrichton]

Dear God... Lothor was one of the very worst Power Ranger villians of all time! How the.. indeed, we do have weird fans out there.... Lothor. Sheesh..

[Deadly Messiah]

Lothor is winning? WTF ()_*%#)(&*@)_*#@#(*@_

Sorry, but some people are morons. Lothor was the worst and dumbest villian ever. He wasn't even threatening at all.

[Kyl416]

Blame it on the young ones that only have seen from Wild Force on.

[Chad Bonin]

Sorry, but some people are morons. Lothor was the worst and dumbest villian ever. He wasn't even threatening at all.Because, you know, succesfully destroy two Megazords and stealing the powers of six Rangers isn't intimidating in the least.

[Youko Recca]

That doesn't stop him from beings a stupid piece of crap villain.

[Deadly Messiah]

Zedd destroyed 3 sets of zords (well, the dinos weren't really destroyed, but if they didn't upgrade, they would not have beaten him), the command center, the power coins. Oh, and he destroyed that planet the rangers got the sword from using Serpenterra.

Astronema would be my second pick because she was pure evil when she wasn't Karone. Plus she had cool hair colors.

[Duke]

Zedd destroyed 3 sets of zords (well, the dinos weren't really destroyed, but if they didn't upgrade, they would not have beaten him), the command center, the power coins. Oh, and he destroyed that planet the rangers got the sword from using Serpenterra.Not to mention he also LOOKED evil (even in his movie form), whereas Lothor looks...idiotic.



What about Zedd or the Machine Empire?
You act like this is the only poll they'll ever do. Jetix is going to run a new poll every week, so Zedd will probably pop up in a poll sometime in the future.

[PaQ]

Well obviously it looks like the votes are leaning towards the shows that are run more consistently on Jetix..

If Duke is right about more polls, that will be good, cuz hopefully Zedd will get on there..

I still wouldn't mind some Astronema eps though.

[Duke]

If Duke is right about more polls, that will be good, cuz hopefully Zedd will get on there..
Well, the commercial said "Vote for your favorite bad guy/Megazord/Monster/Red Ranger," so they'll likely have a new poll each week for Power Picks.

[Zedd]

Countdown to Destruction will not air on July 25. Instead, they are showing two PRNS episodes. This is the new schedule for July 25:

11:00AM - PNS-1101 - Prelude to a Storm
11:30AM - PNS-1120 - I Love Lothor

[Duke]

Damn kids and their Ninja Storm Power Pick.

[Duke]

New poll up, this time for favorite Megazord.

-Turbo Megazord
-Quantasaurus Rex
-Predazord
-ThunderStorm Megazord

As predicted, the NS Megazord is currently leading with over 75% of the vote. I voted for the Time Force Megazord so I can, ya know, actually see Time Force for once. Strange no Mighty Morphin' Zords were chosen, though, especially since the Turbo Megazord SUCKS.

[Spike Mcdougal]

Lothor!?! And now the Ninja Storm Megazord is winning!?!

Damn new breed

[Deadly Messiah]

Geez, people don't have any brains these days do they?

Why take some horrid acting and bad slang over something with a good story and cool villians?

I'll be voting for Predazord.

Oh, and it may be the same people voting over for the NS stuff. I voted for Predazord, hit refresh, and voted again. Did the same thing a third time. Of course, I don't have time to sit there and do it until he is higher than NS.

[loyalheart]

are calling NS bad and WildForce good? :shrug:

[Wounded_Dragon]

Meh, I smell rigged voting. PRNS's zord jumped up 10 percentage points when most kids (presumably those who favor PRNS the most) were fast asleep.

[Kyl416]

Geez, people don't have any brains these days do they?

Why take some horrid acting and bad slang over something with a good story and cool villians?

I'll be voting for Predazord.

Oh, and it may be the same people voting over for the NS stuff. I voted for Predazord, hit refresh, and voted again. Did the same thing a third time. Of course, I don't have time to sit there and do it until he is higher than NS.No vote Q-Rex, it's in second place. The more people who continue to vote for Q-Rex, the better chance it has of overtaking the T-Storm Megazord

[kaine23]

Lothar had promise...but he was too much of a joke to be a threat.

Zeed was quite villianus, and he looked hamburger-ish.

[Supernovametalstar]

How can you have a best megazord poll and not include the original? The first is always the best! Certainly better than the Ninja Storm brick of puke :mad:. I remember a time when megazord fights featured megazords that could, you know, actually move more than an inch at a time.

[ClockStomper]

This is the selection process from those who picked Lothor:

"Hmm...I could pick the Magneto of deformed mutates, or even an evil space witch who created the necessity for Power Rangers...but I'll have to go with the space ninja drag queen."

[Deadly Messiah]

are calling NS bad and WildForce good? :shrug:Actually I only voted for Predazord because GaoRanger is one of my favorite Sentai series. I only saw the first, last, and maybe 2 episodes from both TF and WF.

As for the eps they aired today, they should've aired at least GSpt2 when you actually saw an evil Lothor.

[Zedd]

And the winner is...

The Quantisaurus Rex, by 43 percent.

Airing August 1:

11:30AM - PRF-1120 - Quantum Secrets

[Duke]

Hooray! My first Time Force episode!

[Vyse]

The next category has been announced: BEST BATTLE. The choices are:
-Countdown To Destruction (in Space)
-Clash For Control (Time Force)
-End of the Power Rangers (Wild Force)
-Storm Before the Calm (Ninja Storm)

If you are smart, you should vote for C2D (so far, it's in the lead with 94% of the votes). It IS the final battle/season finale all other PR final battles/season finales are judged upon.

[loyalheart]

yeah c2d was fun/good, especially out of those choices.

[JohnCrichton]

Who picks these? Best battle was the end of Lost Galaxy.

[Deadly Messiah]

Why the hell is NS in there again?

Oh, and did anyone watch it today? TimeForce got gyped. I mean they showed 2 episodes of NS last week, but only one to TF. WTF is up with that?

[Zedd]

Oh, and did anyone watch it today? TimeForce got gyped. I mean they showed 2 episodes of NS last week, but only one to TF.

That's because the JETIX Kids Cup aired at 11:00am today. Next week it will be back to the usual two episodes.

[Deadly Messiah]

That's because the JETIX Kids Cup aired at 11:00am today. Next week it will be back to the usual two episodes.
Yeah, and it will probably be NS again.

[Chad Bonin]

Yeah, and it will probably be NS again.Doubt it, considering Countdown has 93% of the votes.

[NinjaJack]

C2D all the way! And JC is right though best overall went to PRLG`s ending.

[Samurai Karasu]

I hate any season past 3 so I'm going with Rita

[NinjaJack]

I hate any season past 3 so I'm going with Rita
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But they love you :D

[Samurai Karasu]

It looks like it wants to squish me :(

[Majin_Megabyte]

I hope Countdown to Destruction wins. That 2 part episode had me on the edge of my seat. Anything that can top the The Evil Green Ranger 5 parters is good in my opinion.

[SonGoku V3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/DragoKamen/superdekarobo.jpg
But they love you :DHoly crap!:eek: Can that thing move like the regular Dekaranger robo or will is destroy the city in 5 steps like Dekabase? lol


are calling NS bad and WildForce good? :shrug:The other guy might not be but I am...:D An excellent story (The Cole/Adler story, Merrick trying to redeem himself, everything with Jindrax and Toxica) is far superior to about 30 episodes of filler, IMO of course.;)

[Deadly Messiah]

WF is way superior to NS in everything, even acting, and that is pretty pathetic. NS is definitely the worst PR series since Turbo. In fact, I would rather watch Turbo than NS because Turbo at least had Kat for the first half of it.

[NinjaJack]

Bah!
WildForce was great in the team ups and last fifteen eps, but overall it sucked when they tried to do any stand alones.
Ninja Storm might not have the great multi-parters but they at least had some supurb stand alones like Double Edged Blake abd All About Beevil.
And Wild Force`s acting wasn`t anything to cheer about, Max was one of the worst actors of all the incarnations!

Sure Lothor was kinda lame, but he was suppossed to be a big silly dope...Master Org was supposed serious yet he could barely pull off one line of dialog without fudging it up real nice.

[Burgundy Ranger]

Bah!
WildForce was great in the team ups and last fifteen eps, but overall it sucked when they tried to do any stand alones.
Ninja Storm might not have the great multi-parters but they at least had some supurb stand alones like Double Edged Blake abd All About Beevil.That's odd. I thought PRNS's high-water mark was a multi-parter -- The Samurai's Journey (well, the first 2 parts, at least).

[Zedd]

ABC Family has announced the results for this week's Power Rangers Power Picks vote. The episodes airing this Sunday on ABC Family are from Power Rangers in Space:

11:00AM - PRS- 7026- Countdown to Destruction, Part 1
11:30AM - PRS- 7027- Countdown to Destruction, Part 2

This is not much of a suprise, as these episodes were winning by ninety percent earlier this week!

[Dogbert]

Don't stop voting yet. Those blasted NS kids have gotten NS up to 54%. ABC Family has already put PRiS on their schedule, but they have made last minute changes in the past. Keep voting for CtD!!

http://www.disney.go.com/jetix/powerpicks/index.html

[Mackaybear]

New poll up now. Best Bad Ranger.


I liked the PsychoRangers from In Space.

But I don't remember an Evil White Ranger in the Original MMPR or is my memory just failing me? I'd vote for the original Bad Green Ranger/Tommy from MMPR season one.

At least they've finally wised up and left NS and DT off the poll this time.

[Duke]

But I don't remember an Evil White Ranger in the Original MMPR or is my memory just failing me? I'd vote for the original Bad Green Ranger/Tommy from MMPR season one.
I certainly don't remember an Evil White Ranger. The whole POINT of the White Tiger coin was so that Tommy WOULDN'T become evil again.

For that matter, I'm curious as to this "Evil Red Ranger" in Zeo. I don't remember any evil Rangers in Zeo...ever. Unless they mean those episodes where Tommy can't control the Red Battlezord.

I can't get those clips to play on my tiny little 56K, anyone wanna tell us what's on those clips?

[Deadly Messiah]

I think they are just calling him the Evil White Ranger because Tommy was the White Ranger during the GreenRanger vs WhiteRanger 3 parter.

I'm voting for the Evil Red Zeo Ranger.

[Chad Bonin]

I'm assuming Evil Red Zeo is referencing Tommy's brainwash by the Machine Empire to be their king.

[Supernovametalstar]

Gah, there were two better evil ranger episodes in MMPR. Both of them involved evil cloned versions of the rangers. The one with Commander Crayfish has aired at least twice before, but the first one has never been on Best of, which irritates me. The one that they have up now for MMPR, it was the Green Ranger which was evil. Yet another typo leads me to believe that the people behind the Jetix site are just throwing up random things to fit a rough sketch from a faulty memory.

My vote goes for the Pyscho Rangers. Especially since the MMPR choice was one of the worst episodes ever.

[ClockStomper]

I really want them to fix the 9/11 knee-jerk edits. Unfourtanatley, I read on another board, ABC/FOX edited the master tapes of the show, so unless someone can dig up edit free tapes, the stupid, sloppy edits are permenant.

[Supernovametalstar]

I really want them to fix the 9/11 knee-jerk edits. Unfourtanatley, I read on another board, ABC/FOX edited the master tapes of the show, so unless someone can dig up edit free tapes, the stupid, sloppy edits are permenant.
Woah, that completely sucks. I always thought they just made edits to the tv tapes they used. Who messes with master tapes? I wish my Timeforce tapes were in better condition since apparenty I can't retape better versions or even buy them on DVD (like Disney would even make a boxset of any PR show).

[Zedd]

ABC Family has announced the PRPP voting results for this week.

The episodes airing on ABC Family on Sunday, August 15 are:

11:00am - PRM - 2045 - Return of the Green Ranger, Part 2
11:30am - PRM - 2046 - Return of the Green Ranger, Part 3

[Antiyonder]

I really want them to fix the 9/11 knee-jerk edits. Unfourtanatley, I read on another board, ABC/FOX edited the master tapes of the show, so unless someone can dig up edit free tapes, the stupid, sloppy edits are permenant.
Is the source reliable?

Cause I heard that the episodes on The Best Of Power Ranger DVD are edit free (Most notably Countdown To Destruction).

[Duke]

Is the source reliable?

Cause I heard that the episodes on The Best Of Power Ranger DVD are edit free (Most notably Countdown To Destruction).
I have the DVD, but I didn't watch CtD last Sunday. What were the edits, I'll tell you if they were on the DVD.

[Dogbert]

The new poll for August 22nd is up. I also can't get the video clips to play on my 56K modem, so if anyone else wants to fill us in on the episodes, you'll have my thanks.

Greatest Girl Power Moment:

MMPR - Kimberly - A Brush With Destiny & Unknown Episode
MMPR - Katherine - A Ranger Catastrophe, Parts 1 & 2
PRiS - Astronama - ???
PRLR - Dana - ???
PRLR - Trakeena - Trakeena's Revenge, Parts 1 & 2)

http://www.disney.go.com/jetix/powerpicks/index.html

Edit: Updated titles

[Deadly Messiah]

Oh cool, I voted for Kat because she is the best female ranger.

The Kim scene is from the episode with the Painter from Season 3 where her mom is going to move to Paris with the artist.

The Kat scene is her first appearance when she was in the demon cat form.

Not sure what episode teh Astronema scene is from, but it has her and Andros fighting each other. It is probably close to the episode when she returned as Karone for a short time.

Dana's scene has the Titanium Ranger attacking her saying it is nice to finally meet her.

[Deadly Messiah]

ABC Family has announced the PRPP voting results for this week.

The episodes airing on ABC Family on Sunday, August 15 are:

11:00am - PRM - 2045 - Return of the Green Ranger, Part 2
11:30am - PRM - 2046 - Return of the Green Ranger, Part 3What happened to Part 1?

Why are they putting 3 parters on there when it only goes for an hour?

[Dogbert]

I updated the episode list with some additional titles. I think Kim would be the best choice. A Brush With Destiny hasn't aired since March 1996! Kat's episodes would be another good pick because it hasn't aired anytime recently, but at least I remember what it was about.

[Zedd]

What happened to Part 1?

Why are they putting 3 parters on there when it only goes for an hour?

Power Rangers Power Picks airs each Sunday from 11:00am - 12:00pm. There are only two slots available. Return of the Green Ranger was one of the voting choices, and it won. They had to pick two episodes from the three-part miniseries.

Why they made a three-part miniseries one of the choices, that's anyone's guess. But this sure isn't the first time they only showed part of a multi-parter.

[Burgundy Ranger]

FYI, "A Brush with Destiny" hasn't been on U.S. television since 1996. Would love to see it get dusted off and shown again!

(That -- more than the actual characters or actors -- is my first criteria for voting)

[Chad Bonin]

Part of wants to see some crossover goodness. Part of me wants to get my Kat on.

[Duke]

I never liked "A Brush With Destiny" so I voted for Kat.

Early results:

-Kimberly: 4%
-Kat: 2%
-Astronema: 92% (Guess CtD had a lasting effect)
-Dana: 1%
-Trakeena: 1%

[Dogbert]

Results for August 22nd is in:

11:00AM - PRS- 7010- The Secret of the Locket
11:30AM - PRS- 7011- Astronema Thinks Twice


Next week's poll is for best team-up.

PRiS: Space Rangers and Ninja Turtles - Save Our Ship & Shell Shocked
PRLR: Lost Galaxy and Lightspeed - Trakeena's Revenge (1 & 2)
PRWF: Time Force and Wild Force - Reinforcements from the Future (1 & 2)
PRZ: Zeo and Alien Rangers - Rangers of Two Worlds (1 & 2)

At the time of writting this, PRZ is leading with 36%, PRWF has a close lead with 34%, PRiS is behind with 26%, and PRLR is losing with only 5%.


My thoughts:

- We missed a chance to see an episode not aired since 1996!

- We get best team-ups, but To The Tenth Power & The Power of Pink are missing.

- Two of my personal favorites, True Blue to the Rescue & Forever Red, aren't there because they're only one part long.

- Trakeena's Revenge is up for vote again! Why???

[Deadly Messiah]

I never liked "A Brush With Destiny" so I voted for Kat.

Early results:

-Kimberly: 4%
-Kat: 2%
-Astronema: 92% (Guess CtD had a lasting effect)
-Dana: 1%
-Trakeena: 1%
WTF? When I voted, Kat was winning with most of the votes. Great, another PRiS episode. I have all those on tape. I want to see episodes I never recorded.

[sag_2002]

Man, this week's Power Picks suck. We've got the god-awful Ninja Turtles teamup, the ultra-rushed TF/LSR teamup, a Zeo teamup with a team I personally don't care about... I'm sticking with the TF/WF episodes by default.

Hopefully next week's will be better than this garbage.

[Duke]

I haven't seen any of Time Force. The only Wild Force episode I've seen is "Forever Red." I hate "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation."

Take a wild guess which one I'm picking?

EDIT: Current results

Space Rangers & Ninja Turtles - 27%
Lightspeed Rangers & Lost Galaxy Rangers - 8%
Time Force Rangers & Wild Force Rangers - 27%
Zeo Rangers & Alien Rangers - 38%

BTW, nobody ever did mention all the possible edits to CtD so I could check them out...

[Deadly Messiah]

Countdown to Destruction had edits? I'm curious now.

And why would people want to see that Ninja Turtles ep with the PR again? NT TNM only had 4 good episodes, the 3 parter with the vampire lady, and the return of Oroko Saggi (the one with his medallion).

ANyway, I'm sick of seeing PRiS on the Power Picks. How about some episodes that have never been aired more than twice? Well, at least it isn't NS.

[Duke]

I really want them to fix the 9/11 knee-jerk edits. Unfourtanatley, I read on another board, ABC/FOX edited the master tapes of the show, so unless someone can dig up edit free tapes, the stupid, sloppy edits are permenant.
This is the post I'm talking about. My DVD has tons of buildings being blasted by ships, so I doubt it's edited.

[MJC]

I'm pretty glad PRiS is doing so well. I've always considered it the best PR series (although that's not necessarily saying that much) and I don't have any episodes on tape.

[Dogbert]

The results for August 29th are in:

11:00AM - PRZ - 4027 - Rangers of Two Worlds, Part 1
11:30AM - PRZ - 4028 - Rangers of Two Worlds, Part 2

And while we were waiting for the results, another poll went up and has apparently already finished. Here are the results for September 5th according to a semi-reliable source (rangerboard). If anyone that gets official updates from ABC Family could confirm that voting for the 5th is in fact closed, please let us know.

8:30AM - PRG - 9018 - Facing the Past, Part 1
9:00AM - PNS - 1126A - Shane's Karma, Part 1
9:30AM - PNS - 1127B - Shane's Karma, Part 2
10:00AM - PRF - 1132 - Beware the Knight
10:30AM - PRW - 1223 - The Wings of Animaria
11:00AM - PRS - 7022 - Mission to Secret City

The next vote should be for September 19th due to the Marvel pre-emption on the 12th.

http://www.disney.go.com/jetix/powerpicks/index.html

[Zedd]

The results for August 29th are in:

11:00AM - PRZ - 4027 - Rangers of Two Worlds, Part 1
11:30AM - PRZ - 4028 - Rangers of Two Worlds, Part 2

And while we were waiting for the results, another poll went up and has apparently already finished. Here are the results for September 5th according to a semi-reliable source (rangerboard). If anyone that gets official updates from ABC Family could confirm that voting for the 5th is in fact closed, please let us know.

8:30AM - PRG - 9018 - Facing the Past, Part 1
9:00AM - PNS - 1126A - Shane's Karma, Part 1
9:30AM - PNS - 1127B - Shane's Karma, Part 2
10:00AM - PRF - 1132 - Beware the Knight
10:30AM - PRW - 1223 - The Wings of Animaria
11:00AM - PRS - 7022 - Mission to Secret CityYes, those are the official results and the poll is closed. Only "Facing the Past" is not technically a two-parter. It kind of is, but the names are different. "Facing the Past (1)" would make more sense.

[Dogbert]

Yes, those are the official results and the poll is closed. Only "Facing the Past" is not technically a two-parter. It kind of is, but the names are different. "Facing the Past (1)" would make more sense.True! That's what I get for copying and pasting from rangerboard. :sweat:

[Dogbert]

The poll for September 19th is up:

Vote for most shocking secret:

MMPR - The White Ranger - White Light (1 & 2)


I don't know what the other episodes are right now; my computer won't load them right now. If anyone else can get the voting page to work, here it is:

http://www.disney.go.com/jetix/powerpicks/index.html

[Chad Bonin]

I guess they really want Tommy to win.

[Deadly Messiah]

I liked White Light, but the Gold Ranger one was so much better.

Anyway, right now WhiteLight is winning with 43%, followed by GoldRanger with 16%, then the ****ing NS ep with 15%, followed by a 13% of WF, and 12% of LSR.

[sag_2002]

"White Light" was one of the classic episodes, not only in Mighty Morphin, but throughout the entire franchise. If these episodes win (which they should), it'll be a well-deserved victory.

(Note: I especially loved Kim's reaction to the revelation of the MMPR White Ranger. :D)

[Chad Bonin]

"White Light" would have been much more shocking if I didn't know beforehand...

The revelations of the Gold Ranger were much more well done. Is it Billy? Nope, they bring back a plot point from 40 or so episodes ago!

[Dogbert]

Here are the full list of options:

MMPR - The White Ranger - White Light (1 & 2)
PRZ - Gold Ranger
PRLR - Ryan's Family Secret
PRWF - Zen-Aku's Journey
PRNS - Hunter and Blake

I don't know what the voting is now (I'm connecting at 32K, so flash is not an option), but last night Zeo was in the lead with 32% and MMPR had a close second with about 25%. I think Zeo would be a good choice, but I wouldn't mind seeing White Light again. Since I do have the DVD with White Light on, I voted for PRZ.

Update: PRNS is winning by default again. It has 84%!

[Dogbert]

OK, now this is very strange. According to Rangerboard, which is semi-reiable, PRNS had 14% at 5:38 AM today, but had 85% at 7:08 AM. Anyone think the voting may be rigged? This seem to support that theory. Why would all the PRNS kids vote this morning? If kids were going to vote, wouldn't it be over the weekend when they have time and when the ads air the most? Why would they all just suddenly vote on a Tuesday morning?

[William C. Maune]

Perhaps it doesn't constantly update and instead it just updates every so often. Plus, if they were going to rig the poll then why even have a poll?

[Zedd]

Perhaps it doesn't constantly update and instead it just updates every so often. Plus, if they were going to rig the poll then why even have a poll?Exactly, no reason to have it then. Poll results are not always instant, especially when they involve flash animation.

[PowerZord]

This is fricking rigged!!! Ninja Storm is winning.


White ranger- 5%
Gold ranger- 7%
Ryan's Family secret- 4%
Zen-Aku- 4%
Hunter and Blake- %80

I wanted Ryan to win, since i don't have it on Tape. And hey where is the Green ranger saga? I need the full saga, I have some cuts in part III

[Dogbert]

Perhaps it doesn't constantly update and instead it just updates every so often. Plus, if they were going to rig the poll then why even have a poll?It does update often; we can see small changes if we watch closely every few hours. Even if that was the case, it is update more than just once a day, so the PRNS jump is too big to be explained by that.

Why have a poll if they don't let the people choose? Simple, regardless of if the viewers get to choose, they still think they do and will watch to see which one won. The bigger question is why PRNS would be ABC's pick. I think they may have to pay less to show it. Remeber, even though ABC owns the rights to the show, they still have to pay the actors, the directors, and the musicians for every airing. Since PRNS was filmed oversees, they may have gotten actors to settle for less. The only question about this is if it is a big enough difference for them to rig the polls.

[William C. Maune]

Residual payments aren't usually all that much in the first place. Even if the NZ actors do get less, I can't see it being enough to make a difference.

The easy explanation regarding why NinjaStorm is in the lead is because it is the newest series (other than PRDT) and thus the one that kids are most familar with. Most of PR's ratings comes from kids, not older fans, and kids are the ones mostly posting in the poll.

If they really wanted to rig the poll they'd likely be smart about it. It doesn't make any sense to suddenly mess with the voting on a Tuesday. If they really wanted to rig it there are probably computer programs they could use to make it look a lot more natural.

Even if the poll does update fairly regularly, their could have been a glitch overnight that kept it from updating properly or something. Or perhaps since the poll was still new, there weren't previously many votes and thus it didn't take many NinjaStorm fans voting to considerably shift the poll. When a poll is new it doesn't take much to considerably shift the results.

Finally, if kids realize that their choices aren't winning, eventually they'll stop tuning in. I don't see any benefit to rigging the vote.

[Dogbert]

The easy explanation regarding why NinjaStorm is in the lead is because it is the newest series (other than PRDT) and thus the one that kids are most familar with.
...
Finally, if kids realize that their choices aren't winning, eventually they'll stop tuning in. I don't see any benefit to rigging the vote.In other words (mine) if the mass voting efforts by Rangerboard and other adult PR fans works, kids will believe their picks aren't winning and won't tune in. So, it's entirely possible that ABC wants PRNS to win because it will get the most viewers.

And what does ABC care if it looks sloppy; the kids that watch PR get their favorite, so they won't notice.

I doubt ABC would go to all this trouble to rig this voting, but I believe it is possible.

[Zedd]

The vote is not rigged. Who knows how many or how few people may be voting at a time? You really can't go by how frequently it updates. You might be jamming in votes for one, while someone else is for another, etc. But there's no reason for them to rig the votes. Then they would just have BoPR.

Here are the voting results for September 19:

11:00am Power Rangers Ninja Storm - "Thunder Strangers, Part 2" - PNS-1106B
11:30am Power Rangers Ninja Storm - "Thunder Strangers, Part 3" - PNS-1107C

[Deadly Messiah]

WHAT!? Tommy was winning by 60% when I voted 3 days ago though. HTF did NS win? This is just getting rediculous! ABC should not put NS on anymore of their polls.

[Kyl416]

WHAT!? Tommy was winning by 60% when I voted 3 days ago though. HTF did NS win? This is just getting rediculous! ABC should not put NS on anymore of their polls.7:54am on 9/14:

White Ranger: 21%
Gold Ranger: 32%
Titanium Ranger: 14%
Zen Aku: 19%
Thunder Rangers: 14%Then not even 2 hours later at 9:01am on 9/14

White Ranger - 4%
Gold Ranger - 5%
Titanium Ranger - 2%
Zen-Aku - 3%
Thunder Rangers - 85%

[Deadly Messiah]

A little off-topic, but does anyone know what happened to Ranger Central? I had a link that went directly to their episode guides, but I have been getting a Page Not Found message for the past few weeks.

[Kyl416]

Ray closed the site. But Ray gave someone permission to host an archive at RangerCentral.org

[Dogbert]

New poll for September 26th: Coolest Lair

I wouldn't call them lairs, but then again, I disagree with ABC Family a lot!

MMPR - "Ranger Central" (What?)
PRNS - Ninja Ops
PRWF - The Animarium
PRLG - Terra Venture
PRLR - The Aquabase

The Command Center, which is what it is called you idoits at ABC, is in the lead for now with 44%. PRNS is in second with 22%.

http://www.disney.go.com/jetix/powerpicks/index.html

[Deadly Messiah]

I just voted for the Animarium.

I really think ABC needs to take the NS crap off their polls! There is no reason for NS to be on them anymore. I mean they seem to have one at least half of the polls.

[Zedd]

We have a winner!

Sunday, September 26, 2004:

11:00AM - PRM - 2031 - The Power Transfer, Part 1
11:30AM - PRM - 2032 - The Power Transfer, Part 2

[Chad Bonin]

Yay! The Command Center won!
Nay! It wasn't even called the Command Center.

Yay! The Power Transfer is airing! Have fun with three characters whose actors never showed up for filming!
Nay! The much better focus episodes for Command Center would have been "Hog Day Afternoon", featuring Goldar and Rito's stumbling through the basement on top of the explosion of the place... plus, it's a much more epic arc.

[Duke]

Nay! The much better focus episodes for Command Center would have been "Hog Day Afternoon", featuring Goldar and Rito's stumbling through the basement on top of the explosion of the place... plus, it's a much more epic arc.
Didn't that have a cardboard version of the Command Center with cobwebs all over it?

[Duke]

In case you didn't know, there's a new poll up:

Most Sinister Spell:
MMPR - Island of Self Doubt - 47%
PRZ - Machine Empire - 6%
PRT - Rangers Become Insects - 10%
MMPR (w/ Leo in Battilizer) - Rangers Become Children - 27%
PRLG - Hexuba's (w/ picture of Trakeena) Evil Spell - 9%

[Chad Bonin]

"Rangers Become Children"?

That MUST win. "Rangers in Reverse" sorely needs to air. It was the end of the Mighty Morphin' era...

[Kyl416]

"Rangers Become Children"?

That MUST win. "Rangers in Reverse" sorely needs to air. It was the end of the Mighty Morphin' era...The odd's are that they would have aired the 2 parter from season 2 where they became kids because they only have space for 2 episodes.

Anyway the results have been released:


Please note This Sunday - October 3rd Power Rangers Power Picks "Most Sinister Spell" (Voted by the fans) is the Island of Self Doubt from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The episodes airing this weekend are:
11:00AM - PRM - 2031 - Island of Illusion prt 1
11:30AM - PRM - 2032 - Island of Illusion prt 2
Please make a note for all your schedules.
It's about time we've got some episodes that have never aired on ABC Fam

[Beat]

Ah, the Island of Illusion, or the only PR appearance of Dai-Satan (although he wasn't called that obviously)

[Deadly Messiah]

I would have prefered the LG episode since the villians inside the LG were so much cooler than the bugs.

[Duke]

The poll results have been changed slightly. Self-doubt now has 46%, the middle three increase a percent, and the last one remains the same. I know it doesn't matter, but still...

[Zedd]

The Power Rangers Power Picks schedule for October 3 has been revised:

11:00AM - PRM - 2029 - Rangers Back in Time, Part 1
11:30AM - PRM - 2030 - Rangers Back in Time, Part 2

[Samurai Karasu]

Ah, the Island of Illusion, or the only PR appearance of Dai-Satan (although he wasn't called that obviously)
I coulda sworn he also appeared in Doomsday parts one and two.

[Samurai Karasu]

The Power Rangers Power Picks schedule for October 3 has been revised:

11:00AM - PRM - 2029 - Rangers Back in Time, Part 1
11:30AM - PRM - 2030 - Rangers Back in Time, Part 2
You don't know how bad I pray you're kidding :(

[kaine23]

Nice to see something from the orginial series winning.

[Kyl416]

You don't know how bad I pray you're kidding :(He's not. ABC Family Publicity's Explanation:


Please note This Sunday - October 3rd Power Rangers Power Picks "Most Sinister Spell" HAS BEEN CHANGED. Due to delivery issues.

In other words, they probably don't have the episode or they lost the tape because ABC Family never aired "Island of Illusion" so they have no idea where they were storing it.

[Frank Castle]

Nice to see something from the orginial series winning.I'm with ya on that one. I'd love to have the original series on dvd.

[Duke]

In other words, they probably don't have the episode or they lost the tape because ABC Family never aired "Island of Illusion" so they have no idea where they were storing it.
So...if there ever IS a MMPR set, "Island of Illusion" will be missing?

[Chad Bonin]

Yay. Rangers as kids beats Rangers doubting themselves.

Seriously... though, it's been forever since I've seen "Island of Illusion"... maybe they DID lose the tape. Wouldn't be good for DVDs though...

[Kyl416]

So...if there ever IS a MMPR set, "Island of Illusion" will be missing?I contacted ABC Family Publicity about this, their response:

episode hasn't come in yet
In other words, since ABC Family never aired the episode, it's not in ABC Family's readily available programming library, so they had to get it from the main Disney Vault, but some lazy ass person didn't want to drive it over to ABC Family right away. So it will remain in the vault collecting dust right next to "The Lost Episode", "A Friend in Need", "Doomsday", and the entire VR Troopers and Beetleborgs episode library.

[Chad Bonin]

Well, we know that legally, Disney can not air "A Friend In Need" or any morphed footage from Masked Rider.

[Samurai Karasu]

so um....do you guys think there's a good chance of Power Rangers season one on DVD maybe =D

[Dogbert]

so um....do you guys think there's a good chance of Power Rangers season one on DVD maybe =DNot anytime soon. I forsee Disney releasing more and more current season DVD until they run out of ABC Family episodes. Once that happens, they'll start going back to older stuff. Disney could do it three ways as far as I can see:

1) Release random best ofs in true disney style.
2) Go with season sets, but don't do MMPR because of the number of episodes involved. They would most likely start with LG, LR, TF, or WF because they are self-contained.
3) Just start releasing them in seasons sets like they should.

I think it could be a long time before we get seasons sets for the older shows, but I think it will happen some time. Unlike what most people believe, emailing Disney might help. I did, and if enough of us do, they might consider releasing season sets.

[Chad Bonin]

It depends on if those Jetix/Fox Kids UK box sets do well... and if they come out...

The sets showed "Dungeons and Dragons: The Complete Series", and something I swear looked like "Jesus in Space". They could be great looking mock-ups, they could be real, but any Saban box sets leads toward PR sets.

And they'd either start with the current series (for kids) or MMPR S1 (for those with disposable income).

[kaine23]

I can see the audio tracks now on the dvds explaining where/why/how they spiced in sentai footage, especially the early seasons. :D

[Duke]

Is there some sort of marathon going on this Sunday, because the poll hasn't changed at all.

[Kyl416]

Is there some sort of marathon going on this Sunday, because the poll hasn't changed at all.There's no marathon scheduled. They'll probably update the poll later this evening or tommorow.

[Kyl416]

They just posted the new poll:

Outrageous Monster
Power Rangers Turbo - "Mad Mike the Pizza Chef"
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - "The Magmavore Monster"
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - "Oysterizer Monsters"
Power Rangers Ninja Storm - "The Flower Power"

[Duke]

I can't get the poll still, even though I used Ctrl+F5. But when I can vote, I vote for LSR. Don't wanna see Turbo or NS, and I didn't like the Oysterizer monster.

[Kyl416]

You have to delete all of your Temporary Internet Files

[Chad Bonin]

I'm tempted to vote for Turbo, just because it's one of the more "It's obvious we're based on a kooky Japanese show" episodes... and TJ references it in Forever Red.

EDIT-
Wait, crap... the Oysterizer monster is the last episode of Season 1, AND has Zack with the Dragon Shield.

[Kyl416]

Vote Lightspeed. We will get an episode that has never aired on ABC Family.

[Chad Bonin]

"I, Eyeguy" and "An Oyster Stew" are airing on Sunday.