Power Rangers Absurdities

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My little brother has a habit of watching power rangers. He has so many different power rangers series from power rangers mighty morphine, power rangers samurai and power rangers mega force with the OG theme song (Go go power rangers!), power rangers space patrol Delta (SPD), power rangers Dino thunder (I can't remember) etc.

Power rangers is a show I enjoyed watching as a child. I loved how the teenagers had a device that changed their normal clothes to their rangers costume after they yell some chants and do some moves. They even have vehicles that when put together, can form a giant robot like The Transformers. The giant robots is usually used to fight biggerband stronger monsters and the rangers always had a master to guide them on their quests. One unique thing about the power rangers is the colours. Each ranger is identified by a colour and that colour will also be the colour of their rangers gear, vehicles etc.

As a child, we had different rangers we wanted to be like. My close friend wanted the pink ranger and I wanted the red or black ranger. The red ranger was always the leader of the group and the black ranger, though very rare, was considerably the strongest power ranger of the series we was watching at the time. My younger brother wanted to be blue and he would wear his blue shirt and trouser to that effect.

Now, watching the different power rangers franchise as an adult, I'm realising just how ridiculous so many things are and I wonder how I didn't notice them as a child. I figured the things I consider ridiculous now were probably the things that appealed to me as a child and to other children currently. The ridiculous things include:

• MORPH TIME: Changing into their robot-like costume is usually called morphing. They yell some things like "Red ranger activate..." or so, I don't remember. The transformation process usually takes a little while. They make some exaggerated moves with their hands and legs, bright light engulfs them and they show the change into their fighting suit. This is shown for all the rangers and while this is happening, the monsters they are fighting would stand patiently, waiting for them to transform one by one before attacking. What's worse is when the transformation happens in the middle of a battle, the monsters who were trained by good parents do the polite thing and let them finish their Morph sequence. I assume the monsters are usually like "oh, you want to change and also get your weapon? Oh, that's alright. Even if our main goal is to kill you, we'll be kind enough to wait for you to get your weapons in order to make our jobs harder." Who wouldn't love that lol. It's just ridiculous to watch the actively fighting monsters take a step back, yelling and staggering for several minutes till, waiting for the rangers to finish dressing up and looking pretty for the gram.

• SHOTS:

  If you've watched power rangers, you'll notice how no one ever really dies during a battle, they don't even get slightly injured. This is because both the power rangers and the monsters never make an accurate shot. No matter how close the target is, they will still shoot just in front of or before the target, making the target fly or fall forward, sometimes in slow motion. We're led to believe the power rangers spend their whole lives preparing to defend their planet, yet they didn't learn the basics of shooting or throwing weapons? They just go out there wasting time, energy and weapons. They eventually do get rid of the monsters but that's after they've used up what I assume will be more than half of their ammunition. I believe this is done not to showcase a large extent of violence to kids who are watching. No matter how ridiculous it may seem, I believe it works.

That's all folks! Thank you so much for reading!

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