(Special Note: I've been getting emails from people that think I am somehow officially connected with the show. Some ask to act on the show or to meet the Rangers. Some parent's have asked for things for their kids. I don't mind getting emails......I just want people to understand that Power Rangers Online is just a fan site. I am just a fan like all of you. There are tons more fan sites out there ( as there is for most popular tv shows). Disney does have  its own  site for Power Rangers.  The official Power Rangers page is here.)

 
Massive News Update after a few weeks of no news activity. Scroll down a bit to get to the first new newsbyte)


2/15.09 I recommend fully that you check out the last two podcasts that Rangercast has put out. Which are podcast 110 and 111



2/15/09 A rough cut promo of RPM has leaked on the internet. It was something created in house and not intended for the viewing of the general public. Somehow it leaked on the internet.

Reaction to it has been very positive. It has gotten people excited about the driection of early RPM.  The promo gives us our first looks at the  the RPM characters and the premise of the show. It comes off as pretty epic.We also hay have got a possible  sample of the RPM threm song mid way through. The  Rangercast Podcast  has a link to the youtube video of it.


Some members of the   cast   are not  happy with his scripts so far and the direction the show has taken post Eddie Grizllia'ns'; departure. [Credit: Mesh ( Fury Diamond.)]

Chris Funaro made a case for Judd Lynn at Starpoints Rangercast. Basically that  the actors were loyal to Eddie and don't know of Lynn. They also may not understand what Power Rangers is. Its very possible that  Lynn is doing what has to be done to salavage the  second half of the season. But you're better off reading Chris's post to get his full message.
 
Judd Lynn  started out on the production staff during early MMPR. He started out as the production manager and ended up doing some directing. He ended up transitioning to the writing end of things. He became Story Editor in the middle of Turbo ( which had production drama midway that parrallels RPM's drama).

 Judd was instrumental in the creative direction of Power Rangers from Mid Turbo- Power Rangers Time Force.  And is regarded by many to be one of the finiest writers in the history for the franchise.  

He left after Time Force, due to  burnout and creative differences with Johnathon Tzachar ( who was showrunnrer from mid turbo-WF and a big part of Saban era PR as a whole). Judd left the TV bussiness and went into constructing houses last we knew of him. He is return to PR is unexpected. 

( Its a shame that Judd isn't returning under better circumstances. He is one of my personal favorite writers thats ever worked on  Power Rangers. And seems to be someone that cared about the show when he worked on it in the passed. Judd wrote most of the scripts during Mid Turbo-TF. Which is unprecendent for a Story Editor. Its surprising to see that some are not happy with his work. But its understanable with him coming into the current situation. He almost has to be the bad guy here, to get production back on track. Its impossible for him to come in and follow Eddie's vision, since he isn't Eddie.

I agree with Chris here. If he was brought in to make sure the rest of production goes smoothly, it makes sense to do what he is doing. And its highly possible that the actors are biased. Who knows if Mesh's source isn't one of the bitter ones.  We simply can't really tell until we see RPM as a whole anyway. Judd Lynn's return does give me some hope that RPM's second half will still be good. )


Mesh source presents things as Disney making Eddie look back so they couild fire him without the actor's walking off the set.  He hasn't heard Chris's side of the story, but thinks it could be plausible. Here is his post.

( I personally think Funaro's information makes sense. You could see where a newbie Exec would get over ambitious and make those rookie mistakes. Its noble that he cared about Power Rangers and tried to make a qaulity tv program. But if he really was threatning things on the production end and not responding to Dssiney's memos.... You can't really blame them for making a change. Thats this the way show biz works)

2/15/09  More has come out about the RPM production situation. Fury Diamond is reporting that Eddie Guzelian  had a very clear vision for what he wanted to do in Power Rangers. A crew member didn't like what he was trying to some of the changes he was trying to make. So the crewmember convinced Disney to have him fired.  His final episode is episode 18. Go here to see the post.

2/15/09. There has been a a lot of drama at Rangerboard lately. Jack Olesker ( a long time TV writer that has worked on such shows as New Adventures of He-man, Hecliff, The Littles, and Mask) showed up at Rangerboard claiming to be the writer of the early MMPR bible.

At first he just answered a  slew of questions from the board and was very casual. But then he presented a pitch challenge. Which he intended to present to Disney.  Rangerboard posters submited their ideas for an animated version of Power Rangers. Some people suspected that Olesker was acting officially.

But then it came down that Olesker was actually workng on his own and didn't go through Disney first. Disney ordered his thread be shut down and that Oleskar cease the pitch challenge immidiately.

It is actually a big no no to get  ideas from fans. Since it opens up tons of legal issues later on. Since fans might claim future storylines were their ideas. Which could lead to lawsuits. Plus Jack was not working officialy with Disney, so it was illegal for him to  even be doing the pitch challenge.

Jack has apolgized for his end and claims that he had good intentions. He admits that he should have went to Disney first. His plan was to try and present Disney with fan  feedback. In hopes of creating a reality show where fans got to   compete against each other's ideas. With the winner's idea being used for an animated version of Power Rangers.

Jack Olesker invovlement would have been early on before production on MMPR began. Most people in production don't even remember him. But it is assumed that he had at least had some ealry invovlement in MMPR. Its hard to say just how much the MMPR bible was similar to the actual show we got in season 1.

But Olesker is a real person tha thas been active in other fandoms before. He showed up at He-man.org to discud the New Adventeures of He-man. And he is a legit name in the tv industry.

A lot of the threads  got  deleted or restricted. But here is his apoligy for the contest idea. The pitch thread is no longer accissible.

2/15/09  Since our last update, Richard Genelle sadly passed away at the young age of 47. He reportly suffered an heart attack. We wish him and his family the best. Please keep them in you're thoughts and prayers.

Richard Genelle is notable iin Power Rangers circles for potraying Erinie. Who ran the Juice Bar at the Youth Center during MMPR-Zeo. Richard 's character played a pretty significant role in early Power Rangers. Most old time Power Ranges fans should have fond memories of the Ernie character. He was always the lovable Juice Bar  owner. Who was a positive figure in the Ranger's life. Ernie's was wrttiien out by Turbo. When Lt Stone bought the Jucie Bar.

But in real life, Richard was a loving  husband and father to his family. Which is far more important than his contributions to a saturday morning kids show. Which is why we wish him and his family the best. Click here  for more information.

2/15/09  A lot has happened since our last news update. I'll try to get us caught up here. I'll try to go in order and work my way up

 I've actyally been working on the site the past since the last new update. I've been focused on rewatching MMPR, VR Troopers, and keeping up with Dragon Knight. I've been updating the Episode Guides  as I watch. I just haven't been able to finish proofreading my updates, so the haven't been updated. I'm rewatching Power Rangers from the beginning. I plan on expanding all the episode guides and screen capping every episode. That will of course take a long time.

I'm sorry that I  keep falling behind on the news. In a perfect world, I'd like to make some sort of news update every day. But its easy to get behind and get discouraged. Or just side tracked by another part of the site I am working on. Hopefully, I can eventually get in a grove where I update news everyday. 

1/21/09  Fury Diamond is saying that Eddie Guzelian was not let go because of RPM's darker plot. He was actually hired for his creative vision. Some behind the scenes issues led to his departure midway into production. Here is Fury Diamond's post.

Fury Diamond broke the story about Eddie Guzelian being the new Executive Producer of RPM. With the catch being that he was let go halfway through the season.  His vision for RPM was said to be darker and more mature then recent PR.  ( Scroll down for the prior newsbye about this).

1/21/09  With Power Rangers exclusively airing on ABC Kids we can assume that reruns from prior season  will cease to air. Currently Toon Disney airs Power Rangers reruns from NS on. But with the relaunch to Disney XD Power Rangers doesn't seem to be on the schedule.  


1/21/09  It appears  that the rumors of Power Rangers being exclusive to ABC Kids  are true. Power Animals sent an email to a Disney  official and recieved confirmation that Power Rangers is only airing on ABC KIds ( go here to see his post). This is after Burgandy Ranger ( of Power Rangers On Air Central) said that he didn't see RPM on Disney XD's schedule for the month of feburary. The GKA times noticed that PR didn't appear in the press release for XD's programming. But that wasn't confirmation that PR would not be airing on on Disney XD. Spikytv claimed RPM was debuting in Febuary on DisneyXD. But that is not the case.

Power Rangers began airing on ABC Kids  in 2001, several months after the Disney Buyout. But it also aired on ABC Family a week later. At some point  ABC Family  began to get the episodes first. Then PR began to air on Toon Disney.  Eventually, Toon Disney had the first  run airing and ABC Family stopped airing Power Rangers entirely ABC kids continued to air new episodes on delay.  

Power Rangers orginally debuted on the Fox Kids Network in 1993. It was produced by Saban Entertianment. Which ended up having a 50 percent stake in the kids network.  In 2001 Saban Entertianment (along with Power Rangers) was sold to Disney/

1/18/09  Fury Diamond reports that  Ari Boyland  will be the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers RPM.  Here is the post about this. Go here for more casting information.


Zarius says that Guzelian was the  Executive Producer  of American Dragon: Jake Long.  As well as a  Story Editor on Kim Possible and Fillmore. And also worked on Xiaolin Showdown. Here is his thread.

1/16/09   I started a website that will serve as a database for VR Troopers. I am currently rewatching the whole series and updating as I go. I aim to create a comphrensive episode guide along the way. I also want to get a campaign together to get VR Troopers back on the air. I have created a message board to go with the site.

1/15/09  I have made a major decsion. We are returning to the Power Rangers Online Ezboard. Which has upgraded to a Yuku Forum. The Power Rangers Online Yuku was the orginal Message Board for the orginal PRO. When I gained control of the board I created this version to bring that site back. I lost sight of my goal  and moved to more upgraded forums. Now I have decided to go back to PRO's Routes

Rider Power will still be a part of my affilates of sites. It will just become a Kamen Rider forum. I think its better to focus RP on one topic then to try to turn it into a board for three or four different shows.  It will be the forum for Kamen Rider Online.

1/8/09  Mutant Chat ( A bunch of pr fans from Rangerboard and Funaroboard) is hosting a aim chat with  Greg Arnowitz ( one of the Executive Producers for Power Rangers SPD) tommarrow night ( Saturday). The chat doesn't have a link. To be elegible to be part of the chat, you need to sign up here and give you're aim name ( you need to have aim and be signed on that night). Space is limited.

1/7/09  DisneyXD ( the soon to be rebranded Toon Disney)  has released its Spring/Fall Schedule.  Power Rangers was not mentioned at all. Despite what another outlet has reported, this does not mean that Power Rangers is'nt going to air  DisneyXD. It could very well mean that they were simply not mentioned on the release.  At this point, we have to assume Power Rangers RPM will  air on  DisneyXD ( after it changes over from Toon Disney). This could mean that Power Rangers will not be considered a high priority on the new network. But for that we will have to wait and see. Bruce's Kalish's new show ( Aaron Stone) is mentioned. But there is no mention of his work on Power Rangers. Kalish was of course the showrunner of Power Rangers SPD-Jungle Fury. And has recently left the series. See the   Press Release is  here  .

1/5/09  Power Rangers RPM will debuted in Feburary 2009  on Toon Disney ( soon to become DisneyXD).  RPM wil preimere on ABC Kids on March 7, 2009. The source for this story is Spikytv.  

1/5/09   Gage has opened a new version of his Power Ranger Webportal. He seems off to a very good start. Go there for news on Power Rangers and its forum.

1/5/09 I want to draw attention to two Power Rangers forums. The first  forum is  the Time Force Forums and is located at Timeforce.ca/  . The forum is owned by Argus. The second forum is Power Rangers United.  Both forums are  worth checking out.          

1/5/09  Lets highlight some major threads on some of the boards throughout the fandom. There not affilated with PRO.

 Power Rangers Wild Force : Bad season or the worst season? by JDF'd

  Jason David Frank met  Thuy Trang Years Later?    by  New York Man.

  Rescue Force - The Australian Toku (Pic Heavy)   by  Snoopswarner.

 Power Rangers Forever Red behind the scenes   by t-rex.

Rate the very first five seasons of PR and tell   by RedPsychoRanger23.  

 Ranger vs. Ranger  by RyanRXP.

 Power Rangers RPM 6th And 7th Rangers  by Simango.      

Jungle Fury Theories   by  Jade

Rewatching Old Power Ranger Seasons  by  Goose

1/4/09    Mesagog/Dai Shi  (owner of the Power Rangers Empire forum)  is tentatively planning a Power Rangers Convention..However, there is some controversy.  Disney  aparently doesn't want any Power Rangers Conventions  without the Morphicon group. So its debatable as to wether the PRE Convention would be allowed to happen at all. The good news is that there does seem to be plans for a Morphicon 2 in the future. Mesagog/ Dai Shi has created a forum for feedback.  The threads here are the source for this newsbyte ( the first paragraph).

Morphicon was the very first Power Rangers Convention ( held in LA). It was helped back in 2007 after a few years of planning. The convention was officiall sanctioned by Disney. All profits were givening to the Make A Wish Foundation.Morphicon featured various cast and crew members that worked on the show over the years. The event was organized  by Maureen Dawson ( also known as  Ivydraken). Plans are tentative for a new convention. Morphicon is in no way associated with the prespective PRE Convention.  

1/4/09 Here is a  Selection of Fan Fiction from Fanfiction.net. The authors are not affilated with PRO in any way. ( descriptions and ratings  taken from FanFiction.net).  

Romance of the Phoenix and Mermaid » by hansbmd reviews It's been six months since Nick left Briarwood, and Madison is completely devastated that he hasn't returned. But when he finally does, she's mad about it. When a new villain arrives, will she go to his side or be rescued by her knight-in-shining armor? Fiction Rated: K+

 Love Across Time » by AnimeJunkieGrrl reviews A PRSPD/PRMF crossover. A magical mishap brings two teams together. What happens when the new girls on each team falls for members from the opposite teams? Do opposites really attract? Daggeron/OC and Sky/OC Fiction Rated: T   

 Once a Ranger: The Legend Continues » by Kat Ranger reviews The fight is far from over for the Retro Rangers as they return to action at full force against a new enemy. The battle is on... Fiction Rated: K+

To the past » by ShadowTrunks1128 reviews DT & MMPR- An evil monster sends the DinoThunder Rangers into the past where they face the Might Mophin Rangers, past villains, and maybe a new on! was original called 'Full Circle' by Timeout. yes i asked if i couldFiction Rated: T

1/3/09 Here is a selection  of fan fiction from accress various message boards. This authors are not afflilated with Power Rangers Online in anyway. (if you can't see a story, it might mean you have to log in to their forum.

  Orgins :  A Power Rangers Saga by Xanderian.

 Power Rangers The Movie: The Return Of The  Ooze by Bradlee_Scott.

 Prophecies Of The Morphing Grid: Special Edition by Darky

 Power Rangers: Overdrive  by Dark Huntress

 Power Rangers Ninja Strike .   by Hope Hayashi.

 This Christmas: A JF Christmas Story by Rangermistress.

The Power Rangers    by  graygaurdianranger

 Power Rangers: A New Beginning  by The Game.  


Power Rangers Turbo: The Story by Dame1980.

 PRJF: Engulf by the Darkness.   by  MysticKnight.

 Merry Christmas SPD  by Delgado.

01/1/09  The GKA Times is reporting a rumor that Jetix Europe and Disney may be producing a Power Rangers TV Show just for Europe.  Aparently, crew members are already prepping to shoot down in New Zealand. Disney recently bought out Jetix Europe, which has become a co-producer of Power Rangers. This move would not effect the US Series. Click here for the story.

12/12/08  Kamen Rider Central ( an affilate of Power Rangers Online  , Kamen Rider Online, and Rider Power) is hosting a internet chat with the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Cast and Crew. It will be held on Saturday 8 pm eastern ( 5 pm pacific). I'd like to thank MR-Aftershock for making this possible. I'm proud to be hosting this chat for him. Usernames in the chat delete after a certain amount of time. So you're best bet is to show up at the chat early and register ( its easy and takes five seconds). Please be respectful and kind. Below are the confirmed guests and the link to the chat.

CONFIRMED GUESTS :

Stephen Lunsford - Actor - Kit Taylor ( Dragon Knight )

Yvonne Aries - Actor - Maya

Matthew Mullins - Actor - Len ( Wing Knight )

David Jakubovic -Production Editor

Nathan Long - Story Editor

Chat Link

http://kamenridercentral.com/krdk/phpMyChat.php3

( Most Dragon Knight news  I  cite or report will now only be posted at Kamen Rider Online)
 
12/12/08   Kamen Rider Online has been down for the last day or so,  due to  a webhost change. The site will be back up as soon ( if not already), when my new webhost account is activated. This move doesn't effect any of my other sites yet, since I am sticking with the old webhost for most of them. Kamen Rider Online will be you're source for Kamen Rider Dragon Knight news and series information. It basically will be what this site is for PR but for Dragon Knight.  

12/12/08  I've been doing some massive updates to the Jungle Fury section. Its going to have information up into about midway through the season. I am actually catching up with JF while I update. So the JF site should be comprehensive by the time I am finished with it. The goal is obviously to cover the whole season. A JF episode guide has also been added. I opened an RPM section but there isn't much there right now. Don't expect much until the season actually starts.

08/24/08 No Pink Spandex has relased another podcast. Which is part three of their Anime Central 2008 convention coverage. More specifically the Life After Power Rangers Panel with Jason David Frank ( Jason David Frank), Steve Cardenas (Rocky), Karan Ashley (Aishia), and Robert Axelrod (Lord Zedd).

08/24/08  Rangercast has posted a new podcast. And features part two of their Okaton coverage. As well as some video Tyler shot at Okaton. The goal of their donation drive for the American Cancer Society is now at 200. They have been able to raise 182 in donations so far.

08/24/08 The Spandex Report has updated for the week.  Including a  newsbyte about changes hin Tonn Disney and AbC kids schedule.  Also including links to some fan fics and fan art. As well as some of the better message board posts at the top PR boards.  And linmks to some of the lasts podcasts. As usually the Spandex Report is a good glance over the fandom news.

8/18/08 Rangernews has a an interesting newsbyte of a JDF panel apearance up. Along with a link to some video. Frank discusses how he almost had a role on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, his "Undressed" apearance with Alyison Kippermen ( who went on to play Taylor in Wild Force, and  meeting up with the late Thuy Trang (Trini) a few years after she had left the show.  Click here for  more about this (leads you to Ranger News)

08/18/08  A new Live Journal community as sprung up, known as Rangernews.  It strives to Power Rangers related news. Anything that has to do with the cast and crew or any type of fandom related news. Rangernews was created by Lisa J, who is best known for her work on Awwman.com and the No Pink Spandex podcast. She is also a former co-host of the Rangercast podcast.  I really think Rangernews is worth a visit from everyone here. The Spandex Report has already givening it a vote of confidence.

08/18/08 Power Rangers Jungle Fury  got a reference on the Daily Show. The show focused on the Olympics.. Which takes place in China this year. Host John Stewart jokingly said he had to summon the Power of the Jaguar or Ferret and mentioned the Jungle Fury Power Rangers. Aparentlly his son watches the show. Its always impressive to see a mainstream Power Rangers reference that doesn't just refer to MMPR. Credit this to XtrEEmMaShEEn3k2. Here is his post , which links to a video of this .

08/18/08 The  Rangercast podcast  has a new episode up. That was filmed on location at the Otakon. And features an interview with Tony Oliver. Former Story Editor of MMPR season 1 and an important part of Power Ranger's creation. He is most famous for his role has Rick Hunter in Robotech. As well as audio from a press conference by Jam Project ( a Japenese band).  Go  here for the link to  listen to the podcast.

08/18/08   No Pink Spandex has released its latest podcast in two formats.  This is part two of the Power Rangers Panel from the Anime Central Convention. Which  consisted off Jason David Frank ( Jason David Frank), Steve Cardenas (Rocky), Karan Ashley (Aishia), and Robert Axelrod (Lord Zedd). The two formats are quicktime and AVI. Here is the quicktime version and the AVI version.

08/18/08   The Spandex Report has made two updates during the previous two weeks. Discussing news on the rebranding of Toon Disney, Power Rangers remaining in New Zealand, Turbo DVD Box sets in Great Britain, and a Daily Show Power Rangers reference. And of course spotlights posts from various message boards. As well as Fan Fiction on various life generals. It also spotlights  some podcasts, merchandise, mulitmedia, and fan art.  Click here to go to the Spandex Report.

08/18/08 The PRN situation is currently in limbo. The domain owner is hesitant to bring back the board.  He has given me the old website files that he aquired from PRN Ranger. Which changes my plans considerably. Since I was orginally just going to  remake the site from scratch one of the old layouts. Not it might make more sense just to finish the content on the current PRN layout ( which is the next to last layout designed, the final one ended up being a reboot that never went past an incomplete SPD site). I'm not currently  sure where I precede from here. But I will keep you all updated on any changes. For now you can view the PRN website here.

08/18/08 I wanted to spotlight  a Power Rangers forum. Power Rangers United is a populated board  that deserves some reconition. The Spandex Report has been covering it in its weekly updates. The forum was started after the owners of Power Rangers Universe wanted a reboot.

08/09/08  Toon Disney is being rebranded into Disney XD. This move is to  go with a strategy to target the boys 6-12 demo. Toon Disney is of course the home of first run Power Rangers episodes. Which carter to that same demo. The change is gouing to happen in Faburary 09.  The Los Angelos Times first reported this story. Here is the link to the Toonzone newsbyte on this.

08/09/08 A webpage is making the rounds in the fandom ( aparently orginating from  a reporter at Toonzone)  with some information on the shooting location for Power Rangers 09. And it seems to indicate that they are shooting  in New Zealand. Several months ago Power Animals heard a rumor that Power Rangers's production might move to Canada. But later debunked the rumor. So its no shock that Power Rangers is keeping its production in New Zealand.  Here is the link to the page with the information.

8/09/08  Jesse Herndon has posted a copy of the orginal Toei/Saban contract. Which dealt with how Saban was going to recieve the Toei footage to adapt into Power Rangers. The contract deals with the Zyuranger ( which was used for MMPR season 1) . Its a very interesting read. Go to funaroboard to see.

08/09/08 A while back I discussed a possible relaunce of Power Rangers Network. The plans for the relaunch feel through. However I am already working on new plans. I have already begun working on the relaunched site. And have found the old proboard PRN board, to use as a temporary base. But all admin accounts have to be approved byt he admin, who is no longer around. The board does allow some guest posting. Unfortunately it only allows guests to post in Advirtisements.  But this is only temporaty anyway. As I hope to convince the current owner of PRN to bring back the vbulletin. My goal right now is to get the site back up, but I still need to sell the owner on the idea.

I put up a new PRN test page.  There isn't much there yet and there are a lot of broken links. So its very much in beta ( the testing phase).  Its not even the permanent url, since my goal is to gain use of the real domain eventually .I made a post at the old PRN board asking people if they want PRN back. If you really want PRN back post that you do in the thread. Post as a guest though. We don't have an admin to aprove new memberships. But that won't be a problem if the Vbulletin comes back.  Here is the link to the thread.  Here is the link to the site I am constructing.  

What does this mean for PRO.... Well, nothing really.  I don't plan on taking anything away from PRO in any major way. I want PRN to stand on its own. I may use a lot of concepts I wanted to do but  never implemented to PRO. But I am not going to take major sections of PRO and move them to PRN.  So rest assured that PRO is not going anywhere. If you are interested in helping with the new PRN email me here.

08/03/08  The Spandex Reporthas made its latest update for the week. It provides with us with numerous Power Rangers news. This week deals with the Power Rangers RPM's trademark, Morphicon's charity auction, Power Rangers boxsets in Germany, and more. As well as the weekly happenings on message boards,  merchandise related items , podcasts, fan art, fan fiction, and more. They update every week with a new group of updates. That now cover Power Rangers Empire in their forum updates. 

08/03/08  Germany is getting a DVD boxset for Power Rangers Turbo. They already have box sets for  MMPR-Zeo in germany. The Turbo one will come out on August 25 and costs 24.99 ( Euros). There are english tracks avialable. But if you buy the set make sure you're DVD Player supports the DVD format they use. Since its a foriegn produced DVD. Here is a link to information on the DVD, which is in German.  credit: The Spandex Report.
 
8/03/08  The lastest episode of the No Pink Spandex Podcast is now up. It has panel footage from the Anime Central 2008 Convention. Which consisted off Jason David Frank, Steve Cardenas, Karan Ashley, and Robert Axelrod. Frank of course protrayed Tommy Oliver from MMPR-Turbo, "Forever Red", and Dinothunder. Cardensa protrayed Rock Desantos from MMPR season 2-the first episode of Turbo. Karen Ashley protrayed Aishia from MMPR season 2- season 3, Robert Axelron portrayed Lord Zedd from MMPR season 2- Space. No Pink Spandex is produced by Lisa J.  This link will lead you to the podcast.

8/03/08 The Rangercast podcast has come out with their lastest episode. With a two part episode. The first part deal with Okaton hype. And the second featueres a descussion on  "Arise the Crystals Eyes" ( the latest Jungle Fury episode, well before tonights new episode airs). They also talk about Morphicon's charity auction. They also remind you to donate to the American Cancer Society. If you use the Pay Pal link on their site, it could make you elgible to when prizes. More information on that can be heard on their podcast or by contacting the staff.  
  
8/03/08  The Okaton Anime convention begins this Friday;  from  Baltimore  Maryland . Some alums from Power Rangers will be there. Richard Epcar, Tony Oliver, and Derek Stephen Prince  are slated to appear. Richard Epcar protrayed various voices for Power Rangers villains MMPR-Wild Force ( as well as other Toku and anime roles). Derek Stephen Prince played the Elgar  and Treacheron during Turbo and Galaxy respectively. Among some voice other acting roles  ( including Auric the Conquer, during Zeo).  Tony Oliver was the orginal story editor for  MMPR and essentially one of the early show creators. He also provided the voice you here during the orginal Megazord's transformation sequence. As well as a few other vocal roles on the show. He is best known for his role as Rick Hunter in the Robotech anime series. Click here for Okaton's official site. Here are threads  about fan gatherings for Rangerboard and Henshin Justice users ( gets you're parent's permission kids).
 
8/3/08   The people behind Morphicon are auctioning off three banners from the convention. The procceeds of which will go to support the Make A Wish Foundation.. In some controversy, the fourth banner is in the hands of Samuel Benta ( Will in Operation Overdrive) . The actor aparently wishes to keep it as a collectors item and has refused to give the banner back to convention President Maureen. The Morphicon team asks that fans do not take partt in any auctions invovling this fourth banner. As they are not  sponsering this auction. And it would not be Benta's right to auction it off at all. Morphicon is the fan orginized Power Rangers convention from June 2005Check out Chris Funaro's thread at Rangerboard for more information on the banner auction.

8/3/08   Raida|23 of Henshin Justice has descovered that Power Rangers RPM is in fact trademarked by BVS Entertianment. Which makes it pretty much the official title of Power Ranger 09.

Power Animals orginally reported that RPM was the working title for Power Rangers 09 several months ago. But later reported that their was a chance the name was going to be something different. This latest report shows that RPM is most likely going to remain the title.

Power Rangers RPM will be based off of Go-onger and adapt that Sentai into a new PR season. BVS Entertainment is a subsideray of Disney and the parent company for Power Ranger.  Go here for Raidaj23's thread .

7/29/08 In my  Fan Fic newsbyte from a few days  ago,  I made one big mistake. If you look at Fanfiction.net there seem to be plenty of fan fics based off the PRU and actual characters. So the orginal team trend is mainly happenning at message boards. It was still a topic worth discussing though. But Fanfiction.net was very underrated by me. And we could diffinitly use more Power Rangers Fan owned archives. For Fanficton.net, Parental Guidance is suggested. .Here is the link to fanfiction.net's  Power Rangers section .

7/29/08  Lets spotlight some fan fiction from Fanfiction.net. Parental Guidence is suggested, just in case.  Vespera writes "Blues ". Which expands upon love story between Tori and Blake.  Vespera also writes "Color Scheme", which gives some insight on Tommy;s motive's during DinoThunder.   SilverRider writes "Words Apart". Which explores on some additonal reasons why Eric left prep school. Etcetera writes   "Roaring On the Wind". Which deals with a Red Ranger team up alternate universe.. These stories are from the Power Rangers Unlimited community of Fanfiction.net. Which is managed by Cassandra S. Fisher.  Here is a link to other Fanfiction.net communities. Here is the link to the Power Rangers section in general.

7/29/08  Its been awhile since I have givening Naks Power Rangers a plug. But words cannot describe how great a site it is. It has probably the best episode guide in the fandom. It  has every episode of  Power Rangers summerized, in special detail for the last several years. It has character profiles for every character. It has a great links section. The site also has great pictures. The layout doesn't look like much but it doesn't matter, since the site is a great resource. That rivals even Power Rangers Central. The site has been in operation since Lightspeed Rescue was on the air. Which is quite an accomplishment.

7/28/09  Lets highlight some message board fan fiction. Parental Guidance is suggested, some of these fics have ratings at the beginning of them.   On Rangerboard you have, " An Unstoppable Storm" (by Kameorulz).  A story about the Ninja Storm Rangers and some original, chracters.  On Power Rangers Empire  ( must  register or log on to see the fan fic section)  you have, "Power Rangers: Overdrive" (by Dark Huntress). Which remakes Operation Overdrive to be more in line with Space Patrol Delta.  At Starpoints Rangercast you have,  "Once A Ranger: The Legend Continues" ( by Delgado). Which celebrates the one year anniversy of "Once A Ranger".  On Rangertalk you have, "Crisis: An SPD Rewrite" (by Tempest). Which seems to be  some sort of SPD remake. On Funaroboard you have,  " The Zedd and Rita Chronicles" ( by Power Animals). Which tries to give some insight on Lord Zedd and Rita's back story, relating to Mystic Force. .

7/28/08  Henshintalk has gone through a restart and is once again Rangertalk. The board has been restarted on the Rangertalk domain. The archives to the old posts and member profiles are still around as an archive. You just can't actively post on the archive. On the restarted board members will have to sign up for new accounts. This was done to get a fresh start and for the admins to get a handle of some things that got out of control. Do to the archive being kept, nothing was really lost at all.

Upons aquriing Power Rangers Central Micheal Bastian created Rangertalk to act as the ne support board for PRC ( Since RB was retained by Ray Calderon, who decided to let it stand on its own). And quickly grew into one of the largest boards in the fandom. Power Ranger Lagacy was later merged into Rangertalk. 

The site became Jetix Talk in an attempt to reach out to other Jetix fandoms. But this idea was abandoned for a return to the Rangertalk name. Some time later the decsion was made to expand thins to all Tokus and Henshin Talk became the new name. Until the recent return to the Rangertalk.com idenity. here have been a number of crashes and restartes over the years, but for the must part things have been steady since its 2004 start. But this latest restart has not resulted in any real data loss ( again, because of the archive). Go to Rangertalk or go to the archives.

7/28/08 Well the fanfic thread  yesterday at Rangerboard that I mentioned has turned quite interesting. Chris Funaro has jumped in with his own viewpoint. And there were a lot of other responses as well. So I would check it out if you haven't already. I also started another related thread at Funaroboard, thats worth checking out too.

7/27/08  This is a big selfish of me. But I just started a thread at Rangerboard pertianing to fan fiction. More specifically about the appeal of Mary Sue  characters and fan  made teams in Power Rangers fanfiction.  I am hoping to get some good discussion on this subject.

Personally, I feel its a shame that we don't have more fan fiction based off the actual show's canon. In the past fan fiction seemed to focus more on this. But now we seem to get more of the Mary Sue/new team stuff ( not that there isn't still some fan fiction based of of the actual Power Rangers  characters). So I am just curious to why these authors do this? Basically to get in the heads of the opposing viewpoint of mine and some others.

A Mary Sue character is a fan made character that usually can do no wrong and just kicks butt ( to put it bluntly). Sometimes being representive of the author himself/herself. In Power Rangers Fan  Fiction this usually invovles a fan created Ranger.

In the last several years we have seen an outbreak of fics that feature fan created teams. Which basically use the Sentai concept that Power Rangers itself has adapted,  with each season starting over with a new team and villains. Which in the cast of fan fiction, the powers are  purely fan created. And usually has little do do with existing Power Rangers stories.

In the early days of the fandoms (when Fan Fiction Archives played a more important role) fanfiction was more based off of  stories based on the actual series. Obviously this could never be officially canon, but it could diffinitly be interesting. With  some authors going to great lengths to solve the conical mysteries of Power Rangers.

The change to fan created teams over canon expansion,  had a lot to do with Power Ranger' s switch to the Sentai approach. As well the shut down  of many of the fan fic archives. Click here for the thread I started ( if you haven't been there already).

7/27/08 The Spandex Report has updated for the week. They spotlight some of the major message boards posts and fan fiction entiries of the week. Among other things of note; like mulitimedia, episode air time schedules, merchandise, and fan art.

7/27/08  I wanted to give a Plug to the "After the Power " website. It featurea pictures from Ranger actives in other acting roles. The site has many actors profiled for their various roles in TV and Film. Its quite unique idea and served a purpose. Since there are fans that like to follow the actors closely and see what they have done outside of the Power Rangers  bubble.

7/ 27/08  After a two week break, the Rangercast Podcast is back with a new episode. They discuss the reason for their short hatius as well as the "Dash for the Dagger" and "Race To the Nexus". As we  the upcoming Otakon convention. They also discuss what they would have liked to have seen in a Power Ranger's animated series ( which isn't happening). Rangercast has been nominated for a Parsec Award for Best Fan Podcast. They also begin a drive for the donation to the American Cancer Society. The episode is dedicated to James Waldman (1953-2008).

7/23/08 Xrangeronline is a news site for Super Sentai and other Tokusatu. Its run by Boukenger. And has been in operation for a few years, with some retoolings over the years. It also has a picture gallery and forum.

XRangeronline.com once had a site that I ran. Originally I had a site called the Power Rangers Online Database on rangerdatabase.com, in hopes of promoting the Power Rangers Online Ezboard. The companion news and opinion site for it was XRangerOnline ( thats how I spelt it when I ran a site on the domain). It eventualy took a similar format to this news section.

Eventually I dropped XRangerOnline  and just focused on PROD. I  morphed PROD into the new version of the PRO website ( My work is inspired and meant to be a continuation of the old PRO but thats another story that is answered in the FAQ)  and ended up adding a news section. I then let Boukenger  use the xrangeronline.com domain, to make a brand new site of his own. He has really impressed me. I am happy I let someone use the domain, that is making good use for it. 

7/23/08  Power Rangers Gateway contains a group of websites  with information detailling  Ninja Story, Space Patrol Delta, Mystic Force, Operation Overdrive, and Jungle Fury. Power Rangers Gateway is a long running site that stands up pretty well with most sites its age. This includes ranger bios, news, pictures, weapons bios, villians bios,  and much more for each season.

In an era, where new websites are hard to come by and message boards oversaturated...Its nice to see a quality site that has come about during the past five years. Its not the only one, but a good one none the less.

7/23/08 Xrangeronline is a news site for Super Sentai and other Tokusatu. Its run by Boukenger. And has been in operation for a few years, with some retoolings over the years. It also has a picture gallery and forum.

XRangeronline.com once had a site that I ran. Originally I had a site called the Power Rangers Online Database on rangerdatabase.com, in hopes of promoting the Power Rangers Online Ezboard. The companion news and opinion site for it was XRangerOnline ( thats how I spelt it when I ran a site on the domain). It eventualy took a similar format to this news section.

Eventually I dropped XRangerOnline  and just focused on PROD. I  morphed PROD into the new version of the PRO website ( My work is inspired and meant to be a continuation of the old PRO but thats another story that is answered in the FAQ)  and ended up adding a news section. I then let Boukenger  use the xrangeronline.com domain, to make a brand new site of his own. He has really impressed me. I am happy I let someone use the domain, that is making good use for it. 

7/23/08  Power Rangers Gateway contains a group of websites  with information detailling  Ninja Story, Space Patrol Delta, Mystic Force, Operation Overdrive, and Jungle Fury. Power Rangers Gateway is a long running site that stands up pretty well with most sites its age. This includes ranger bios, news, pictures, weapons bios, villians bios,  and much more for each season.

In an era, where new websites are hard to come by and message boards oversaturated...Its nice to see a quality site that has come about during the past five years. Its not the only one, but a good one none the less.
 
 

7/22/08   It seems someone is trying to start a Beetleborg's Message Board. The layout needs a lot of work ( the colors make it hard to read) and its not very active yet. But it is a nice idea. There aren't many  active Beetleborg's sites or boards around. So I hope this new board works out.

Big Bad Beetleborgs was a spin off series of Power Rangers back in the mid ninties, from Saban Entertiantment. It adapted another Toku Series.  In Beetleborgs three ordinary kids used a wish to become their favorite comic book superheros. As a ramification the villan's were able to escape the comic book world. The show was later retooled into Beetleborg's Metallix.  Beetleborg's aired on Fox Kids and got some pretty good ratings during its run. 

7/22/08  I'd like to spotlight a notable site that is very useful. Rangerprops provides the fandom with a place to discuss props. Whether you are collecting them or looking to make you're own. They cover Power Rangers and Kamen Rider props. They have a gallery and forum among other things. The forum is a great place to discuss the props of PR and Kamen Rider. And is full of some fan propmakers. This site fuffills a niche in this fandom.

7/21/08 Lets spotlight some notable threads.  Parental Guidence suggested ( just in case). At Henshintalk you have, " Who Didn;t like the Zordon era"  and "How Should Disney Handle the Decline of Power Rangers" .  Starpoints Rangerscasts has, " Can Disney's Series live up to Saban's"  and "Power Rangers Anniversy". At Rangerboard you have, "What You Miss Most About  PR Pre-Lost Galaxy-Jungle Fury  and  "PRLG: Quasar Quest Review ". At PRE you have,  "Does Anyone Know Who Sky's Dad Was" and "Most Touching Momment in Power Rangers"

7/21/08 Time to go into more Fan Fiction plugs. As usually parent's should check these fics out first before letting their kids. This time I'm going to highlight fics from Power Rangers Empire.  You have to be registered there to see the fics. But registration is free.

 First up we have " Its Morphing Time: Part 1" , by Red One. Which is a retelling of MMPR. M14Mouse takes the comedic route for NS, in her " Hug the Guinea Pig" fan fic.  M14Mouse also writes, PRLG Stars. Which is a story about the friendship between Kendrix and Damon.  "Power Rangers : A Wild Time" for  SPD is written down by MarieScott. And seems to feature a team up between Time Force, SPD, and Wild Force. Magi-Mermaid writes "Power Rangers DinoThunder: The Jerrasic Age ". Which deals with the DT Ranger's children. "Power Rangers Jungle Fury: Unleash the Beasts" is written by Master RJ. It features the Jungle Fury Rangers and a few new characters. Darky5k ( who I believe is Darky from Rangerboard) writes, "Prophecies Of the Morphing Grid".  Which seems to dive into the ancient history of the Power Rangers Universe.

7/20/08 When I was catching  up on news last week, I forgot to include  an important update. Its old news now but...... Nutty88 posted some interesting news at Rangerboard, about the UK getting DVD boxsets for Ninja Storm-Operation Overdrive . Before non UK fans try buying these they must make sure their DVD players can play the foriegn format that the UK uses. In the US, we have Operation Overdrive released in various volumes of DVDs. But no complete collections of episodes for other seasons.

Here is the thread at Rangerboard about this

7/20/08  Time to spotlight some fan fiction being posted on various PR forums. . I'd suggest parents sample these before letting their children read. Just because I am not closely reading these. But I want to try and promote some fan fics on various boards. I'm actually looking for someone that follows stuff like this. So drop me an email if you're interested in sending me links to some good fics.  I'm not going to be able to list stuff from every board in this newsbyte. But I  will try to rotate and plug fics from the other boards next time. I want to try and make this an everyday newsbyte, or at least fequent ( Yes, I actually plan on posting newsbytes everyday).

Lets start with Rangerboard. There is Twilight Ranger's own sequel to Forever Red,"Forever Red  2". Shycode is writing  "Mighty Morphing Power Rangers: Return to Angel", whichs  features the return of Master Vile , Thrax, and Angel Grove. Darky writes yet another continuation of  Power Rangers in, "A Future In Recovery: AFIR 2- Revolution In The Land Of Confusion". Which features the return of Tommy Oliver as Green Ranger and Dex as Masked Rider, relating to SPD as well. Lastly, here is a pair of  JF  fan fics to qwell you're taste buds; GenerationX7's " Big Trouble in China"  and  "Aggression of the Scorpion" by Jerry. For more RB Fan Fiction go to their fan fic section.   

Now on to Henshin Talk. You have Pinkranger's  "Power Rangers Time Force: The Missing Year" , which  continues the adventures of the TF Rangers  ( once they return to the future). A Sequel to DinoThunder in "Power Rangers DinoThunder Season 2", by DTY.  Which acts a somewhat of a sequel to Ninja Storm with new Rangers. But with some old allies in the former DT Rangers. Here is Skelemon's , "Friend In Need" . Which is an SPD fic centering on Sam and Z. For more Henshin Talk Fics, go to their fan fic forum.

Now lets look at Starpoints Rangercast. A Forever Red inspired "Power  Rangers : Forever Pink", by Dracus ( There have been numeroud Forever Pink fics over the years by different authors).  Dracus writes another fan  fic that takes place during MMPR season 1, "Mighty Morphing Power Rangers: Maiden of Destruction".  Solarbaby614 writes " PRJF: Mommy Dearest". Which is a story about Casey's mother. For more Rangercast fiction go here.

7/20/08 Speaking of Chris Funaro, I wanted to point out an interesting thread on Funaroboard. Which I coincidently started ( the thread not the board, obviously  ). Its asking about why we don't have new fandom contributers to take the riens of the old guard.  It garnered some very interesting responses. And is a very worthwhiled read.  

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