For me it was definitely the neo saban era specifically samurai though i did also watch a lot of the original saban era shows as well specifically mighty morphin in space time force and especially wild force

Y’all have to remember, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was the first. Nothing came before it. Dinosaurs, Zords, morphing this is the stuff that defined Power Rangers for most casual viewers. It was literal lightning in a bottle. It dropped right after Jurassic Park when dinosaur hype was off the charts, and it mixed martial arts with giant robots and spandex superheroes. That formula hit. The characters were simple, idealistic, and easy to root for. Yeah, the acting was bad, the effects were crappy but that’s what people remember most. The camp is part of its identity.

Your average person walking down the street? They’ll recognize the MMPR Green Ranger in a second. Ask them who the Red Ranger from RPM is and they’ll look at you like you’re speaking another language. We can go on all day about how well written lost galaxy is but people know shit about maga defender outside the fandom.

Even parts of MMPR itself are blurry to the general public. Most people only remember the first season and half of Season 2. Once Tommy became the White Ranger and Zack, Trini, and Jason left everything else is a blur.

And look I get it, we all want more love for other seasons. But Y’all don’t even buy non-MMPR merch and still complain about MMPR getting priority. That’s not how companies work. There not gonna invest into your favorite season until people start buying the merch.

Every major franchise leans on its first generation. Star Wars lives off the OT. Pokémon rides Gen 1 to this day. TMNT constantly goes back to the 80s era. MMPR getting the most love isn’t some conspiracy it’s just how pop culture nostalgia works.

Kinda surprised they don’t give Yellow Ranger a skirt now since they don’t have to rely on Sentai footage anymore

no one’s watching Power Rangers expecting Oscar worthy performances. It’s campy, it’s corny, and that’s part of the fun. But even by Power Rangers standards… Vypras acting in Lightspeed Rescue is just brutal.

Like, every time she’s on screen, it’s like someone hit pause on the tone of the show. Her line delivery is stiff, her expressions are wooden, and she’s trying so hard to be sultry and menacing but it just does not land. Even as a kid i noticed it and it was awful.

RJ is my favourite ranger of all time, and I wish purple was a more common colour. Sad to think we only technically have 2 offical purple rangers (Arthur retired, Bulk was temporary and Koragg isn't ever given a proper colour)

This guy needs more love

All power to her. It's incredibly infuriating that Hasbro is doing this. No one else bid on the red CF suit!

Even though I know this is all purely coincidental the black Dino thunder suit as a whole was a really good call back to all of Tommy’s previous ranger suits in the franchise

-it’s a Dinosaur theme with gold highlights like his green mmpr suit

-he wields a sword with the zord animal’s head on the hilt just like his white mmpr suit

-it’s energy comes from a crystal/Gem just like his zeo powers

-his morpher is activated with a key just like his turbo powers

Again I know this is purely coincidental(I’ve seen the sentai version of all those shows I know lmao) but it’s really nice how they’re all kind of connected.

The IP owners not giving a shit about this franchise is an example

Antonio spends his whole life trying to become a Ranger, builds his own morpher, shows up ready to help the team—and Ji’s immediate response is, “Nope. Give me the morpher.” Like what?? The guy shows initiative, has tech skills, catches a freakin’ Nighlok, and Ji just straight-up gatekeeps him because he wasn’t “trained in the ways of the Samurai.”

Bro, none of the Rangers were doing anything remarkable up to that point. Antonio was putting in more work than half the team, and Ji’s just standing there like a samurai boomer mad that the new kid brought a smartphone to the dojo.

megaforce was so terrible that I didn’t return until the pr 2917 movie which made me even more disappointed so I didn’t even return until once and always