It's Morphing Time.
- Dragonsword.
- Mastodon.
- Pteradactyl.
- Triceratops.
- Sabretooth Tiger.
- Tyrannosaurus.
Yeah.
- The new 'Power Rangers' movie is out this Friday and
a lot of you guys are excited, we assume.
But you guys better be excited, because we dug up a punch of power rangers things.
So you're gonna sit there and like it or I'm turning this car around.
Here are seven things you didn't know about the power rangers, probably.
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- You five are the Power Rangers.
- Is this some kind of joke?
We're talking to a wall.
- It's been well publicized that Bryan Cranston is in the upcoming
'Power Rangers' film.
But you may be surprised to learn that this isn't the first time
he's taken his talents down to the Power Rangers universe.
Cranston did voices on the OG 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' TV
series back in the 90s.
Check him out.
- Goodbye Power Rangers.
(Sound) - Now what would really be cool,
is if the Power Rangers had to face off with Heisenberg in the new movie.
Who else wants to see the Rangers against the one who knows.
(Sound) - Hey guys, guys.
Checkout how we glow.
- Cool.
- Yeah, I'm black.
- What?
- I am.
- No you're not.
- (Laugh) - This Friday's 'Power Ranger' is
still targeted at younger audiences, but it does have a PG 13 rating.
And it's the first 'Power Ranger's' movie to ever get one.
During the 90s, Fox and Saban received nonstop complaints from parents about
the violence in the TV series and movies, so they really had to water things down.
They had to steer clear of showing blood and by season two of the TV show,
the Rangers were barely able to use their weapons.
Kind of like what happened with 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II 'The Secret
of the Ooze'.
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Canada edited the show even more than the US and
New Zealand straight up banned it all together.
So even with a PG-13 rating,
don't expect this new 'Power Rangers' to go all Logan on you.
In our last thing, we mentioned a minor connection between the 'Power Rangers' and
'Ninja Turtles'.
Okay, it was really just a similarity.
Well lay off me, here's something a bit more solid.
Dean Israelite who directed 'Power Rangers' 2017, is the cousin of
Jonathan Liebesman who directed 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' a couple years back.
So if you're keeping your fingers crossed for
another serious crossover like they did in the shell shocked episode of 'Power
Rangers in Space', this may give you a bit more hope.
- It's time for some shell shock.
- What are those things?
- I can't believe it but I think they're.
- It's the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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- Most people realize that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was adapted from
a Japanese series.
It was called 'Super Sentai'.
The American show repurposed all of the combat footage from the Japanese series
and then shot new material with the Rangers for only when they
weren't in their costumes, and/or when they weren't wearing their helmets.
The writers had the daunting task of essentially reverse engineering
a plot around fight sequences, in which they had no real idea what was happening,
which is kinda how I feel about doing this episode of Things You Didn't Know.
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- (Foreign) - In the original series,
the yellow ranger was actually a dude.
That's why the Pink Ranger wears a skirt but the Yellow Ranger doesn't.
Cuz we can all agree that girls needs skirts in order to fight.
And quite frankly, if you look at that Yellow Ranger,
it's honestly pretty (Bleep) obvious that that's a dude.
Come on.
Look his dick is right there.
You can't see that dick right there?
Moving on. (Sound)
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- Hey guys.
- Tommy. - (Laugh)
- You have to do alone this time.
We're here to fight by your side.
- Tommy, played by Jason David Frank quickly became the most popular ranger
after debuting on the show.
Saban would get letters everyday from fans asking to bring Tommy back,
what those fans didn't know was Tommy was originally supposed to die.
- (Foreign) - The Green Ranger
died in the Sentai series, and Tommy was going to have the same fate, but
he achieved a huge level of popularity almost immediately.
Kind of like 'Pokemon Go', but
unlike 'Pokemon Go', Tommy's popularity actually lasted.
- Never would have seen that coming.
- So what was supposed to be a limited run on the TV series led to Tommy,
holding the record for the longest stint as the leader of the rangers.
The most episode appearances overall, and the record for the most color changes,
he's worn green, white, red, and black, which is a lot, I guess, next thing.
(Sound) (Crosstalk) - Can you name a ranger?
- The green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green.
Who's you're favorite Ranger?
- Filming all those 'Power Rangers' episodes, couldn't have been a walk in
the park for Jason David Frank or the rest of the cast and crew.
Because filming for 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' usually lasted seven days a week.
The show would film with the actors during the normal work week, but then they'd have
to come in on the weekends to record the dialogue for the battle scenes.
- There's plenty more where that came from, you overgrown seafood platter.
- And the production cycles would run for 16 weeks at a clip.
That's a long time to go without a day off.
Somebody do that math for me and
let me know down in the comments, cuz I'm going on to the last thing.
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Nightmarish production scales were just one way the studio
tried to stretch every dollar.
Even with the fight sequences already in the can thanks to the Japanese show,
they knew they'd still need to film some things with the American cast.
So, rather than hire an actor and a stunt performer, they cast Walter Jones and
Austin St. John, because they both had backgrounds in martial arts.
And they hired Amy Jo Johnson and David Yost, because they were both gymnasts.
Not only were the actors getting shafted on their pay, but they were getting a raw
deal while also putting themselves at risk doing often dangerous stunts.
- Jeff, I hurt my leg again - Hmm?
- I hurt my leg again.
- No you didn't.
- Yes I did.
- The studio was paying them such low rates that it eventually led to a lot
actors leaving the show, including who left after about a season and a half.
That's it and I'm on a level with you guys,
I have roughly zero comprehension of anything I just said.
'Power Rangers' lore goes completely over my head.
But hopefully, you got something and some things out of it.
Thanks for watching and subscribe to Cinefix for more truish things about
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the 'Power Rangers', right here on 'Things You Didn't Know'.
- Look out, Rita, we're not backing down, cuz we're the Power Rangers.