Showing posts with label villains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label villains. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Differences Between Power Rangers Villains and Super Sentai Villains

Now this crossed my head. Bwahahaha! Enough. Cough. Headache. At last the idea is free from my head and now it's time to write it...

Sentai villains that die usually meet a more tragic and deserving end compared to Power Rangers villains.

In Super Sentai, villains have their own theme song and in some, their own song numbers. Bandora's group was a musical gang of their own. Bandora even had her own catchy theme song "Song of the Witch Bandora".

In Power Rangers, most of the supernatural were changed into aliens in MMPR. It was only in Lightspeed Rescue when supernatural enemies were introduced in the Power Rangers universe.

If any Sentai villain is dressed too sexily (like Zonette and Shelinda), the U.S. doesn't port them over for censorship reasons.

Many Super Sentai villains were downright more evil (and scary) than Power Rangers villains, which may have inspired the dark nature of Lost Galaxy's Trakeena. In fact, we see how evil they are when MANY civilians die in just one sitting. If one saw Zyuranger, Bandora is WAY MEANER than Rita Repulsa!

Also some Super Sentai villains were ported to become simply"guest characters. Shaddam and Exhaus are among the few. Shaddam was just known to MMPR as Mondo the Magician (a monster of the week) and Exhaus was just known as Goldyle in Turbo while in the Japanese version, he was the MAIN VILLAIN.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

The Z-Putties

The thing is I can't help but think that Lord Zedd despite the fact he's one of the meanest and most powerful Power Rangers villains in history had one BIG problem- it was his replacement putties. I assume while he was conquering one planet after the other, he must just have been using the normal putties because he told Goldar that he had new ones. Yes he did and to think about it, they were stronger but they had one problem- one hit at the chest and poof!

Okay it's NOT easy to target the chest but the Power Rangers knew their secret that they didn't have to morph. Even a simple throw of a ball at their chests was enough to defeat them. Soon enough, these guys became easier than Rita's putties. One just hit- poof! Sadly many PR fans berated them for becoming too easy to defeat.

Funny that when Rita married Lord Zedd and the two were starting to like each other even when the potion was fading, that Rita didn't bother to redesign the putties even if Lord Zedd would have allowed her.

Monday, July 5, 2010

The Rita Repulsa/Mystic Mother Connection

The thing is in Power Rangers Mystic Force, what really got my attention was this that the characters of Rita Repulsa and the Mystic Mother were connected into one character, which is after Rita Repulsa was purified in Power Rangers in Space. It kind of got my attention at the same time that it was Soga Machiko footage so no surprise that both characters were merged although in Super Sentai, Bandora (Rita Repulsa) didn't become Magiel (Mystic Mother) since it's just highly impossible without Countdown to Destruction.

However I think it kind of drives the question- since when did Rita Repulsa get so big? If you remember Countdown to Destruction, Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa became human, they were still a couple and the appearances were kind of different. So another, how did Rita Repulsa also gain her new sit as a high ranking sorceress of good magic? It's just kind of boggles me though but I guess Disney was trying to honor the death of Soga Machiko (which happened after Magiranger was completed) by connecting the characters together.

A big mystery if you ask me!

Sunday, July 4, 2010

The Relationship of Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa

If there was any PR couple that really lasted long, it was Lord Zedd and Rita. So okay Lord Zedd didn't like Rita when he first appeared on the show because she failed to capture the Earth and banished her away. But he underestimated her that she was able to return to the moon, drugged him with a love potion and ended up marrying her while she planned to take over. But things went rather differently after their rather funny wedding which led to one of the most dangerous alliances in history.

So what happened next? Rita came to truly love Lord Zedd for who he was and not for his power even if he was still under the influence of the love potion. Lord Zedd on the other hand was coming to accept Rita as his wife. The two had rather difficult journeys while designing even deadlier schemes as a couple. Even when Lord Zedd had toned down in terms of his temper, it didn't make him any less dangerous.

So Goldar discovered it was all a sham and tried to administer the antidote but to everybody's surprise, Lord Zedd was still in love with Rita. Theoretically saying, Lord Zedd may have suppressed his feelings for her long enough that even when the antidote was administered, it was no use or that nobody was aware of the potion's fading effects while Lord Zedd's love for her began to surface on its own. Of course while Lord Zedd became less scary, he wasn't getting any safer now that he and his wife came up with better plans, many times nearly spelling the end of the rangers. Their only problem lies on the fact that Rito her brother had become a numbskull even if he helped them destroy the Thunderzords.

So it came to a point that they planned to torture Kimberly Hart by draining her life force away to force the rangers to pilot the Shogunzords. Very wicked move. However their ally Catherine turned against them and replaced Kimberly Hart who fortunately survived. So they did end up destroying the power coins then the Command Center only to discover they had to face the Machine Empire. They did succeed against the Machine Empire but they were still left wandering, no longer finding a place to stay home for some reason. Eventually by Power Rangers in Space, they were turned into human form.

Later, within the TV canon, Rita Repulsa became Mystic Mother although the Sentai counterpart, Rita and Mystic Mother were not the same person. We don't know of what happened to Lord Zedd although their evil son Thrax showed up. When Thrax was born is left out of the question.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Some Unique Characteristics in PR Villains. (Disney)


Master Org is the first and perhaps the best villain within the Disney arc. He had an enormous history with Cole (Red Ranger) according to his history. Having killed his parents and along with many to follow, Master Org proved to be one of the top villains in PR history. Having Cole forgive him in the end of Wild Force marked a merciful event for the Disney era.


I found Lothor to be more on the comical side of Power Rangers Ninja Storm. But the fact that Cam (Green Samurai) was actually related to the main villain of this series made it more intense within the plot. Not to mention the rangers' mentor, Sensei, was Lothor's younger brother. Lothor lacked a Sentai counterpart.


Mesogog had the most significant motivation amongst PR villains. Rather than wanting to take over or destroy the world, Mesogog actually wanted to convert the world back into the age of dinosaurs. Having a brief rivalry with Tommy (Black Ranger) and family relationship with Trent (White Ranger) made it even harder for the Dino Thunder Rangers to face him off. Mesogog also lacked a Sentai counterpart, making him somewhat more unique.



Emperor Grumm was rather like Lord Zedd in the later series' of the Zordon arc. But before he became comical towards the end of SPD, he was actually enormous rivals with the Rangers' mentor, Doggie Kruger. Grumm had destroyed Kruger's home planet and almost taken his wife!! Once again, Grumm lacked a Sentai counterpart.

((The rest of the Kalish seasons will be skipped due to poor quality of the series' overall.))


Venjix was a perfect villain for RPM. If you had seened the movie
Jaws by Stephen Spielberg, you would think he'd be an unstoppable force just like the shark had. You'd also get nostalgia from the Terminator, because Venjix had very close relations with SKYNET. Venjix is perhaps one of the the best villains within the Disney era. ((EDIT ME IF I'M WRONG IN SOME AREAS, I DIDN'T FINISH RPM YET.))

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did Tenaya have any kind of relationships with Dillon (Ranger Black) in RPM? She was an intense rival to Dillon in the first half of RPM. She had also been very serious throughout the series, trying to avoid to smile. Almost capable of hijacking the rangers, she became the mastermind of the Venjix Virus.
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I had done more opinions in this blog since I haven't been watching many Disney series'. Also the fact I kinda rushed my thinking, too. I may not be 100% accurate in my facts, but I'd love to have you edit any mistakes I made.

Please share your opinions. :-)

Monday, March 29, 2010

Some unique evil characteristics in PR Villains (Saban era).

*SPOILER ALERT*

Lord Zedd

Lord Zedd, especially in Season 2, was probably one of the greatest villains in Power Rangers history. Having that motivation of destroying the Power Rangers and taking over the world was one of the best things in PR villainry. Even better, though, Lord Zedd had married Rita Repulsa, the first archenemy of the rangers.

Zedd can easily compare to some of the Super Sentai villains. But if you asked me, he would best compare with Bakkasufundo of Choriki Sentai Ohranger. Who knows? MMPR Season 2 came before Ohranger, could he be an inspiration?

Trakeena

Trakeena, in my opinion, is the best Power Rangers villain in history. She reminded me a lot of Astronema from Power Rangers in Space, but with only a more grim personality and desire to destroy the Power Rangers.

Also, the final battle of Lost Galaxy involving Leo (Red Ranger) and Trakeena can be described in one word, "EPIC." Not to mention the fact that he nearly sacrificed himself for the sake of Terra Venture. Her return in Lightspeed Rescue was also amazing, for she turned out to become the original Dark Beast of KyuuKyuu Sentai GoGoV.

Diabolico

Diabolico is one of the more underappreciated Power Ranger villains, but I'll give him a spot for here.

Not only was he the general of the demons of Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, he was nearly the murderer of two of the rangers. If you haven't seen the episode, prepared to be spoiled. But in one episode, they explained the origin of Dana (Pink ranger) and Ryan (Titanium ranger) and how Ryan became a villain. While they were about to fall of a cliff after a car accident, Diabolico emerged from nowhere and kidnapped Ryan. He promised Captain Mitchel he would raise him until his 20th birthday, otherwise he would kill them.

Though afterwards, he continued to remain evil and proved to be an unstoppable foe to the rangers. However, his greatest heroic moment was when he defeated Queen Bansheera and saved Carter's (Red ranger) life from eternal torture.

Ransik

Ransik recieves the spot of the 2nd most evil PR villain of all time for me. In the year 3000, Ransik had been the most dangerous criminal of that time. He (supposedly) murdered Alex, the orginal Red Time Force ranger, and escaped with a reign of destruction following him.

Ransik continued his rampage onto the past. Having pure hate for humanity and being pleased when the rangers had killed his own friend, Frax. With the last confrontation with the Time Force rangers, his last battle with Wes and Jen would have to be the best fight in Power Ranger history.

Frax

You may be asking, "Why is he in this list?" Of course, Frax has got to be up there in one of the greater PR villains. If you want to realize, Ransik and Frax have similarities to other TV show villains.

Ransik- Megatron (from Transformers)

Frax- Starscream (from Transformers)

Of course. Frax had the same sole reason as him for destroying humanity. However, he had somewhat betrayed Ransik and had taken most of the army with him. Frax is the main cause of the final onslaught in the last few episodes of Power Rangers Time Force.
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