I remember watching this show on TV exactly 20 years ago, '94. During that time, the show was hugely popular, and I was obsessed. All these kids seemed to know about the show, and talk about it. There was so much Power Ranger franchise, and from what I remember some of it was hard to find in stores because of the popularity of the show. I remember dressing as the Red Ranger in 2nd Grade that Halloween year, and a lot of the other people at my school were dressed as Power Rangers, mostly the Red Ranger. I remember exciting points in the series, like when Tommy becomes the White Ranger as we hear about a new White Ranger, but aren't sure who he is going to be. I didn't know it was going to be Tommy, except one of my friends at school told me that same day the episode aired that it would be Tommy as he was losing all his powers during this time 20 years ago when Lord Zedd was taking over. I remember my mom reading me a newspaper article on Tommy becoming the White Ranger the next day. I remember feeling amazed at seeing their zord transformations. I also did not know while watching it as a kid how the Power Rangers is based off of a Japanese series, Zyuranger. Looking back at the series, as now you can own copies of the episodes when they aired on TV on DVDs. There have been times when these older episodes aired on ABC Family. You can also watch a lot of the episodes online for free. Watching this show years later will take you back down memory lane. However, you'll see screw ups in the series that you might have slightly noticed as a kid, but will notice more now while watching the series. I also remember going from one year '94 to being obsessed with the show to the school year after in '95 to remembering it, but no longer caring about the show. I stopped watching after Season 2, I saw the Power Ranger movie once in the movie theaters. I liked it but didn't care about it. I also saw the Power Rangers World Tour Live on stage many years ago and enjoyed it, but gradually lose my interest in Power Rangers, not watching Season 3 or caring about it. It also seemed like lots of people lost their interest in the show the year later. Like, it seemed like during the 2nd Half of Season 2 the show just lost a lot of its appeal. I even remember my teacher telling me how she once went to the store and saw all this Power Ranger merchandise. However, when she went back months later she saw Pogs merchandise. Pogs were things you could collect back then. I remember some of the things kids collected in the '90s you no longer hear about today, like pogs, gogos, tamagotchis. Watching the series years later you'll notice some flaws. The show started out with a lot of potential, and I bet it could have been popular much longer if it didn't mess up on certain things. Like here are some flaws I've noticed, one is there isn't much of a plot to the show. Basically, almost every episode would start out at school or the Juice Bar where the characters would talk about an incident and then Rita and Lord Zedd would come up with a monster based on the incident. The show would frequently end with the Power Rangers laughing at Bulk and Skull, I didn't laugh too often while watching the show and didn't think of Bulk and Skull as funny. Another, is there weren't many main characters in the show. There were lots of extras, but the main human characters were mostly just the Power Rangers, Bulk, and Skull, Mr. Caplan Mrs. Applebee, and Ernie. There also was Zordon and Alpha, and then Rita/Lord Zedd and their minions. There was also bad acting. Other flaws, when Jason, Zach, and Trini left the show in Season 2, if you watch those episodes before they get the new rangers you'll be able to tell they're not in there as they don't have much screen time, and are only there for brief recycled scenes. They aren't hanging around the others as they normally are, and their voices are obviously voice-overs. I feel like the show lost a lot of it's appeal after they changed the 3 Power Rangers as while the next 3 Rocky, Adam, and Aisha were still cool, though not as cool. Other flaws for the show, the show seemed to become predictable, even as a kid. A lot of Lord Zedd's monsters were taken down easily even though he was supposed to be the bigger villain with the more Powerful Monsters. So, not angrily I just lose interest in the show. I for one, can't believe a Power Ranger series is still running as most of us probably remember just the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and it hasn't seemed so popular since then or doing well. You don't really hear about kids watching the show nowadays. I even remember reading a 2001 interview from Jason, Tommy, and Kimberly about being on the show and they thought it was time to cancel the show. It's been many years later and they still haven't canceled it. You can watch episodes of Zyuranger on YouTube with English subtitles. Comparing Zyuranger to Power Rangers, Zyuranger is better. They seemed to have more characters, better acting, more of a storyline, more action, and obviously not screw ups from switching scenes like they'd switch scenes from Zyuranger to Power Ranger shows. I'd give the show an 8/10 as it was good in the day, but still had its flaws. It was nice sharing my thoughts on the Power Rangers. I'm sure a lot of you can agree with what I said.

What time can do to a TV series; TV-on-DVD continues to work its wonders on me...20 years ago, a children's TV series premiered on American televisions everywhere that integrated footage from a well-known Japanese "super sentai" (Japanese superhero team) series called "Dinosaur Team Beast Ranger" ("Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger") with newly shot scenes featuring an English-speaking American cast of actors (later seasons would integrate even more stock footage from other super sentai TV shows), that drastically worked its way into American pop culture in such a fashion that it rivaled yet another superhero craze at the time, that of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.It is highly debatable that the rising popularity of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" during its TV run (from 1993-1996) helped lead to the downfall of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (which I was also a staunch fan of and was also enjoying a massive pop culture craze at the time).Saban's "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" was a TV show I watched just as religiously as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." Like every other kid growing up in the early to mid-1990s, I was seven when "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" debuted in August of 1993. I collected the toys, too, and thoroughly enjoyed "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" (1995) when it came out, though I have now have mixed feelings about that picture.The series initially centered around "five teenagers with attitudes" - later to be supplemented by a sixth member - in the {fictional} city of Angel Grove, California, who became a team of color-coded superheroes to fight against the forces of the evil witch Rita Repulsa (initially played by the late Japanese actress Machiko Soga, who only appeared in stock footage from the original Japanese version and whose voice was dubbed; Carla Perez played the character onward while voiced in both instances by Barbara Goodson). (She would later be joined by the even more-powerful Lord Zedd, her brother Rito Revolto, and finally her father Master Vile in later seasons).The five heroic teenagers chosen by the demi-god Zordon and his twitchy robot servant Alpha 5 were Jason Lee Scott/The Red Ranger (Austin St. John), Kimberly Hart/The Pink Ranger (Amy Jo Johnson), Zack Taylor/The Black Ranger (Walter Jones), my personal favorite Billy Cranston/The Blue Ranger (David Yost, the series' longest-serving member), and Trini Kwan/The Yellow Ranger (the late Thuy Trang). In later seasons, their numbers were supplemented by the likes of Tommy Oliver/The Green Ranger/The White Ranger (Jason David Frank), who eventually became the sixth member and de-facto leader of the group, and was finally the most powerful Ranger of them all; Adam Park/The Second Black Ranger (Johnny Yong Bosch); Rocky DeSantos/The Second Red Ranger (Steve Cardenas); and Aisha Campbell/The Second Yellow Ranger (Karan Ashley). This second line-up was my favorite cast from the entire series.In all of their battles with Rita Repulsa's minions (which included, among other things, chaotically-edited Karate-based martial arts fighting sequences), they were aided with the power of the Zords, ancient giant robots based on prehistoric creatures (and later, ninja-like and gong-fu-animal-themed warrior figures), like the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, Pteradactyl, etc., which could form together to create a Mega-/Thunder-/Ninja-zord and would be used to fight Rita's monsters when she used her powers to turn them into towering monstrosities (giving rise to many daikaiju-styled monster battles that utilized stock footage from the original Japanese version of the show, which were produced by the Toei Company and Bandai).And on the their down time, the kids had to find time to deal with being common, everyday American teenagers, and having to deal with numb-skull local bullies - and the show's comic relief - Bulk (Paul Schrier) and Skull (Jason Narvy). (P.S.: For those that cared - and if you were a worrisome enough parent during those days - you could find a meaningful message about the power of teamwork, individual uniqueness, courage, friendship, and working together for a common good.)For anyone like me who grew up watching this show and you look back upon it now as an adult, you could find a lot of faults with "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers." I'm watching the show right now as I write this and I find little about it that is truly objectionable. In fact, I'm reminded of all the care-free afternoons as an easily impressionable nine- and 10-year-old that I spent watching this show, and the memories came instantly flooding back to me as if it was still 1994, 1995, and 1996 again. Ah, the joys of youth-gone-by.Sit back, relax, and enjoy one of the greatest experiences of your long-forgotten childhood!10/10

This Power Rangers show has been around for a while. I was even an extra in the Australian filmed Power Rangers: The Movie of 1995! So I have had an up close look and feel of this production. Many say the much later New Zealand filmed Power Rangers shows are crap, and while I agree the series has gone on for too long, I am still able to watch the New Zealand shows when I am not feeling too demanding.Last night I watched some of the old 1993 shows and I must may say they stand the test of time rather well. I am an adult with childish viewing tastes and I feel television always needs a series filled with action, monsters, humour and crazy young people. Power Rangers, both 1990s stuff and 2000s stuff, really does provide that.Note: Power Rangers Turbo/PR In Space are a knockout!

Is it cheesy? Yes it is. However, it's also a classic among 90's children shows. MMPR became an instant hit among many kids when it first aired. This show is just cool and awesome. Modern power ranger shows are garbage, but the original series lives on in the hearts of those who watched it growing up.It's not so hard to understand why many children loved it. The show was about 5 normal teenagers who suddenly get superpowers and giant robots that they can use to save the earth. Children in the 90's looked up to the power rangers as heroes because most kids want to do exactly what the rangers do: possess cool powers and fight monsters. Many claim it's a bad show because it encourages kids to solve problems with violence. This is not the case at all. In the show, the rangers were told to never use their powers for personal reasons, and also to use as little force as possible to win. If they broke these rules, they would lose the powers. The show also has many episodes that teach friendship, teamwork, forgiveness, hard work, and compassion. The original 5 rangers were very different, but were best friends. You had the tough guy, the cool guy, the nerdy guy, the caring girl, and the valley girl. This taught acceptance of those that are different. Looking back on the show as an adult, i realize how cheesy it is and how many plot holes there were. But that doesn't stop it from being a great show. Most kid's shows are full of plot holes. The show is clean and teaches good values, unlike many modern shows. To me, power rangers started going downhill with Zeo Rangers, and the latest stuff is just terrible. However, the original series brings good memories to me. I give it 10/10.