Showing posts with label Power Rangers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Power Rangers. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

DVD Review - Power Rangers Super Megaforce: The Complete Season


NOT RATED; 460 minutes; $14.98; Amazon

Lionsgate Home Entertainment is not just releasing one Power Rangers DVD set this week, but they are actually releasing two!

Arriving on DVD today is Power Rangers Megaforce: The Complete Season (you can read my review here) and Power Rangers Super Megaforce: The Complete Season. Both sets are 5-discs and come with a Digital Ultraviolet code.

Super Megaforce is the second season of the "Megaforce" series, but technically it is the 21st season of the Power Rangers franchise.

The first episode (Super Megaforce) picks up directly where the first season ended. Robo Knight has vanished, and Prince Vekar invades Earth with his alien armada. To save humanity, the Megaforce Rangers must use their new Morphers and special keys that will allow them to use the powers, weapons and zords of every past Power Ranger.

Everything leads to the Megaforce season (series) finale, "The Legendary Battle," where several of the past Rangers (actors) return for cameos. The fifth disc on the set features the original version of the episode and the extended movie version.

Disc 1: Earth Strikes Back
  • Super Megaforce
  • Earth Fights Back
  • Blue Saber Saga
  • A Lion's Alliance

Disc 2: The Silver Warrior
  • Samurai Surprise
  • Spirit of the Tiger
  • Silver Lining
  • Silver Lining, Part 2

Disc 3: The Perfect Storm
  • Power of Six
  • The Perfect Storm
  • Love Is in the Air
  • United As One
  • The Grass Is Always Greener...or Bluer

Disc 4: Sky Strike
  • In the Driver's Seat
  • All Hail Prince Vekar
  • Vrak Is Back, Part 1
  • Vrak Is Back, Part 2
  • Emperor Mavro

Disc 5: The Legendary Battle
  • Extended Movie Edition
      • Bonus Feature:
      • Power Rangers: A Legacy Featurette

Saturday, August 13, 2016

DVD Review - Power Rangers Megaforce: The Complete Season



NOT Rated; 460 minutes; $14.98; Amazon

Arriving this Tuesday on DVD and Digital from Lionsgate on Tuesday August 16th is Saban's Power Rangers Megaforce: The Complete Season, featuring 20 episodes on a 5-disc set.

Power Rangers Megaforce debuted on Nickelodeon in 2013 as the 20th Anniversary season for the franchise. Though shot in New Zealand, the series was set in Angel Grove, California (the same setting for the original Mighty Morphin seasons).

The 20th season centered on a supernatural wizard named Gosei and his robotic assistant Tensou recruiting five teenagers (Troy, Gia, Noah, Emma, and Jake) to become the Power Rangers Megaforce; giving them powers, weapons and zords to protect Earth from an alien invasion lead by the Warstar Empire. Later in the season, the Rangers team up with a Robo Knight, a robot created by Gosei, to defend Earth.


The episodes on the 5-disc set are:

Disc 1: Ultimate Team Power
  • Mega Mission
  • He Blasted Me with Science
  • Going Viral
  • Stranger Ranger

Disc 2: The Mysterious Robo Knight
  • United We Stand
  • Harmony and Dizchord
  • Who's Crying Now?
  • Robo Knight

Disc 3: The Great Dragon Spirit
  • Prince Takes Knight
  • Man and Machine
  • Ultra Power
  • Last Laugh

Disc 4: Ultra Defenders
  • Dream Snatcher
  • Gosei Ultimate
  • The Human Factor
  • Rico the Robot

Disc 5: A Battle To The Finish
  • Staying on Track
  • The Human Condition
  • The Messenger
  • End Game

Special Features includes:
  • "Power Rangers Morph Through 20 Years" Video
  • Character Gallery
  • Zord Gallery
  • Digital Ultraviolet

Saturday, July 16, 2016

DVD Review - Power Rangers Dino Charge: Breakout



Not Rated; 92 minutes; $14.98; Amazon
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Now available to purchase on DVD and Digital from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Saban's Power Rangers Dino Charge: Breakout, featuring four exciting episodes from the hit series. There are no special features or extras on the disc.

Borrowing footage, costumes and props from the Japanese Super Sentai Series Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, Power Rangers Dino Charge debuted on Nickelodeon in early 2015 as the twenty-second season of the franchise; however, like other previous seasons, the Dino Charge episodes features a new plot, cast and villains.

Dino Charge centers on five young adults, Tyler, Shelby, Koda, Riley, and Chase who use the power of Energems to become the Dino Rangers. Guided by archaeologist Kendall Morgan and an alien called the Keeper, the Rangers uses their new-found powers, weapons and zords against the evil alien bounty hunter, Sledge, and his army of minions, who are dead set on collecting all the Energems.

The episodes featured on this release are:

"When Logic Falls" - Sledge sends down his newest monster, Puzzler, to distract the Rangers as he attempts to gain control of the Ptera Zord.

"The Royal Rangers" - Tyler and Shelby go undercover as a prince and a princess at a museum event to retrieve the "The Stone of Zandar," which happens to be the Golden Energem.

"Breakout" - Phillip III, the Prince of Zandar, arrives at Amber Beach to take his claim on the Golden Energem, but his arrival gives Sledge an opportunity to send his henchman, Fury, to steal the Energem.

"Knight After Knights" - The Rangers try to find a way to ally themselves with the Sir Ivan, the Gold Ranger.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

DVD Review - Power Rangers: Ninja Storm: The Complete Series



TV-Y7; 750 minutes; $22.97; Amazon; Shout! Factory
Now available on DVD from Shout! Factory is Power Rangers: Ninja Storm: The Complete Series. The five-disc set features all 33-episodes from eleventh season of the popular franchise. This marks the first time a season was filmed in New Zealand, and the second season to be in the hands of Disney (BVS).

Using costumes, props, monsters, zords and footage from the Japanese Super Sentai series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger, Power Rangers Ninja Storm centers on three teenagers, Tori (played by Sally Martin), Shane (played by Pua Magasiva) and Dustin (played by Glenn McMillan), who all live in Blue Bay Harbor. While at first glance they just look like your average teenagers, but they are actually students at the secret ninja school called the Wind Ninja Academy.

After the academy is the attacked by an evil banished ninja master, Lothor (played by Grant McFarland), he captures most of the students and turns their master, Sensei Kanoi Watanabe. into a guinea pig. The only survivors besides Sensei (voiced by Grant McFarland) and his son, Cam, are Tori, Shane and Dustin. The latter three are given morphers that gives them powers to transform into Wind Rangers. Along with the ability to summon zords, the Rangers battle Lothor's monsters throughout the series.

Later, the Wind Rangers join forces with the Thunder Rangers (played by Adam Tuominen and Jorgito Vargas, Jr.), and Cam (played by Jason Chan) becomes the Green Samurai Ranger.


Wednesday, June 8, 2016

DVD Review - Super Sentai: Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Complete Series


Not Rated; 996 minutes; $59.97; Shout! Factory; Amazon
Believe it or not, but the Power Rangers franchise wouldn't exist if it wasn't the for the long-running Japanese series Super Sentai. Saban Brands (the creator/owner of the Power Rangers) used costumes, props, zords and footage from the Super Sentai series to make the Power Rangers seasons, which the tradition continues today.

The first Super Sentai series, titled Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, debuted in 1975, which involved five twenty-somethings that transform into superheros. Each new series that followed had a new cast, costumes, zords, and villains. The franchise is currently in it's 40th season (series). There are also over fifty feature films.

For the first time ever, the Super Sentai: Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Complete Series is now available in the United States thanks to Shout! Factory, featuring all 53 episodes. There are no special features or extras on the 10 disc set.

Originally airing in Japan from February 1994 to 1995, the Ninja Sentai Kakuranger is set about a hundred years after the war between the Youkai and the ninjas. The war ended when the Youkai Commander Nurarihyon and all their energies were sealed away by Sarutobi Sasuke and the ninjas. A few of the Youkais survived by living as humans for centuries, well that is until they tricked Saizou and Sasuke (descendants of Kirigakure Saizo) into opening the sealed door and releasing all the energies, giving the Youkai the ability to transform into their original form.

Due to the new threat on Earth, the ninjas give Saizou and Sasuke strong powers and the ability to transform into Ninja Blue and Ninja Red. Three other Saizo descendants are summoned as well - Tsuruhime (Ninja White), Seikai (Ninja Yellow) and Jiraiya (Ninja Black). Together, they must battle the Youkai army with their Ninja powers, weapons and zords.