Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

Alright, today's review is one of two movies that I used to love as a kid, though looking at it now, the positive impact they had on me decreased significantly. The main reasons are mainly due to the history behind them, the plot of the films themselves, and how they hold up and compare to the franchise they represent. What are the two films I am reviewing today, you may ask? None other than the terrible and critically panned films based on the beloved Power Rangers series, with a special guest reviewer, my younger brother, the talented and hyperactive and witty Aidan Lewis. *applause* He watched these movies with me the last time I had to watch him, and his opinions and my own were similar.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, all I can say is that this is one of those films that should have stuck to the style of the television series it adapted instead of changing so much, but hey, at least we still get the White Ranger and fan favorite, Tommy Oliver! *applause* The film begins with (as Linkara of thatguywiththeglasses.com would say) our "unrealistically goody good" heroes participating in a charity skydive event. Meanwhile at a construction site in the city of Angel Grove, California, a group of construction workers uncover an egg shaped prison known as a "hyperlock chamber" which contains either
A. The film's versions of Rita and Zedd, the television show's antagonists (Based on Bandora and Gorma, respectively)

B. A new antagonist made specifically for the film

C. Absolutely nothing and the egg serves no purpose to the plot whatsoever

If you picked B, you are absolutely correct, because the hyperlock chamber, opened by Rita and Zedd, contains none other than our cheesy, comedic, lothor-esque (Power Rangers Ninja Storm reference for those who did not watch past Mighty Morphin/Zyuranger). It seems the motive for Ooze is to get revenge on the rangers' leader and Mentor, a floating head in a time warp known as
Zordon. In my opinion, throughout the course of the entirety of Power Rangers, Zordon was the best mentor character in the series, and they should revive him for the upcoming anniversary season, unless the new mentor character, Gosei, is meant to be his reincarnation or something (Note: He's not, and in my opinion, nice disguise Tommy Oliver, but I figured out it's you behind the tiki head.) Back to the plot of the film, the Rangers explore the construction site and come across Ooze's footsoldiers, which prompts Tommy into saying the iconic phrase "It's Morphing time!" However, in the midst of the battle, the rangers lose their powers due to Zordon being attacked by Ivan Ooze, who infiltrated the command center and completely annihilates it, even going so far as to short circuit Zordon's robotic assistant, Alpha 5, voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz for all the Invader Zim fans out there (sorry, no Zim review anytime soon). Upon arriving at the Command Center, we see Zordon on his deathbed finally in a humanish form, who instructs the rangers to travel to Phados to obtain the "Greater Power", and I do not mean anything you would find in Gokaiger. After obtaining the greater power of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Okay, I made a Gokaiger reference, but that is the only one I shall make) and brand new zords based on the mecha of the sentai "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger", the rangers return to earth to defeat Ooze. The strange thing is that for a kids film, it takes a kick in between the legs to defeat Ooze and send him flying into his own comet. Overall, the film itself does hold up in some aspects, but the plot is dated and it is not canon to the series itself, but it did foreshadow events to come in season three of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.