Power Rangers Ninja Steel Episode 1 Preview
 

Behold "Brody The Ninja!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR_yIE2CbLU

That Monsters voice is painful :lol

Shinobimaru will be the Alpha of the show. Didn't see that coming.

Also, Ninjas are commonplace in the vast cosmic frontier of outer space. But of course!

Somehow I'm suprisingly okay with them using Shinobimaru as a robot/Alpha5.
Although you don't think they made him a character just to have that one episode where the enemy makes everybody depressed make more sense...right?

What I don't really get yet is why did they feel the need to change the robots face?

And another series where the Red Ranger lost his dad and is looking for them. I can get that a lot of boys are growing up without dads these days, I'm one of them. But don't run that plot device into the ground.

I wonder if Brody has any mixtapes on him :lol

Cool i like the new Red Ranger. I like that he has his Zord there to. hmmmm? That other guy looks like the guy that played Boom in SPD?

It is the guy that played Boom in SPD.

Maybe the zord version is his battle face and this is his regular face?

How cool it would be if his dad is the Ninja Storm Red Ranger.

So they can sell two versions of the toy, silly. :lol

He sounds like somebody is trying out their best Skeletor impression.:lol

If the Alien rangers can be ninjas, these guys can be too. it makes just as much sense as one monster being able to destroy whole galaxies.

Also, Boom is back. Yay Boom.

So a second Red Ranger that has lost their father in a row, huh?

Not knocking it or anything, just kinda feels too 'samey' after having that the previous season.

I wouldn't mind the idea someone suggested earlier in the thread if his Dad turned out to be the Ninja Storm Red Ranger, but I doubt Saban would make such a unique and cool connection.

Especially sad when there were two previous Power Rangers teams that were ninja themed (Alien Rangers and Ninja Storm(, but given they never attempted to do any crossovers in Dino Charge/Super Charge with Mighty Morphin or Dino Thunder despite the Super Sentai version of the show did.

We established that way back in S3 of Mighty Morphin :p

Another missing dad, huh?


Maybe the red ranger merges with it, and thus the face changes into a fusion of the two?

...what on earth did they do to Shinobimaru.
BRUH. REALLY?

My theory is the face we saw is default to his factory model and the Shuriken face is after he gets infused with Ninja Power and becomes the Red Ninja Zord.

A new trailer has also been posted online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPrBeUE0qBM

Why is the sound quality so bad?

It was ripped from Nick's website.

I don't think I've ever seen as quickly shoved out exposition about a backstory in Power Rangers before now. :lol

I probably won't like it, but hey, Dino Charge started off semi-decently, so I'll give it a chance.

...I do hope I don't regret it :lol

As long as its not as bad as megaforce/supermegaforce.... i hope they do a gobusters buddy thing but i guess it would be hard to do with a train and a dump truck.

First Shinobimaru's head is an early 80s low res rendition and now Raizo is allegedly the grandchild of Skeletor.
......
YOU MANIACS! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO TOKU HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLL
*sobs in the corner*

On the bright side I do like seeing Mr. "SPD Orange" ranger himself return and I like the setup of the show.

I know I'm going to be met with negativity, but I'm a pessimist.

Ninja Steel looks like it's just recycled Dino Charge with ninjas instead of dinos.

So...is Gabi Raizou their mentor or something? I'm very confused...

Seriously? You had to ask that? XD No, no, no. Gabi Raizou is a bad guy. Shinobimaru and Brody are prisoners....or something of that calibur.

"See, he lost his father right? And then he becomes the red ranger!" Didn't we do that one already? "Yea but see this guy.. he's in space! Totes different." ... Riiiiight.

Did they think we forgot that after only a few weeks or are we already at the point where we just stop caring? I sincerely hope that 'Redbot" is his nickname too and not his character's name. Wow, I miss DC. Come back Tyler! Save us please!

Lets not forget Ninja Storm. You know the season where a ninja becomes a luchador leading an army of space ninjas! Remember people this is the series where a mighty wise sage like being from space gives awesome powers to untrained, no combat experienced teenagers! Then left a dumbass tiki head in charge of the back up plan! We do not question shit about this series or we could be here for at least a month!

Point to the 2017 movie for making it seem like they got the powers by accident.

I have hope for this, Redbots head does bother me a bit

No, please. Let us forget Ninja Storm...Please.

Can we really call Zordon wise? Like, really? He didn't make the powers, he didn't train the team, and he certainly didn't aid the team when they needed him the most :lol

Also, considering Alpha was the one in charge of operating the command center, you could argue that Alpha was basically leading the team, since all Zordon was good for was saying "Look to the Viewing Globe"

Ehh matters on what you would consider wise. He did managed to get a crap ton of powers or knew how to get them. Just never really thought much of what else or was to lazy. You could say him being stuck in the tube affect him intellect wise.

It seems as though that the lackluster effect of Dino Supercharge has left everyone with a bad taste in their mouths! Word of friendly advise, rinse it out and start anew in the morning, cause this as gotten old! We can't let a few continuity-crushing mistakes destroy anyone's love of any franchise, and though Neo-Saban has made some questionable decisions, we have to let every new entry stand on its own merit, not simply based on the merit of what preceded it. I'll admit that "Redbot" and "Ripcon" are not highly imaginative names given the PR designations of the past, and how voice-acting as become generic and unassuming, but nothing should deter someone from watching based solely on such baseless reasons. The second you think that something is no longer worth your time, things will change behind your back and you'll never bother to turn around to see what your missing!

Now! That said, what about the possibilities?

Kelson Henderson is definitely unexpected, and the last thing I saw him in was an episode of Ash vs. The Evil Dead (which was also unexpected)!!! Using an Otomonin as a robotic assistant has its perks because that implies that EVERY SINGLE ONE FROM NINNINGER COULD RECEIVE SUCH TREATMENT!!! The Zords have become Extra/Bangai Heroes in their own right and could receive new battle footage in the process!!! Some of the auxiliary Otomonin did very little on their own after their individual introductions, so this offers a degree of possibilities! If possible, find the new trailer and view it as well. You may find some obvious new footage which looks promising (though not involving robots or Zords). And yes, while it does seem like they are needlessly copying Dino Charge "What about daddy?" plotlines, that doesn't mean they will exactly follow the same mold. Remember, Kyoryuger and Ninninger had the "Daddy of Red" in a major supporting role, so this is just riding the tide. And note, Ninninger had less extra Rangers than Kyoryuger, so they can't completely replicate the same parameters unless they make NEW RANGERS!!! Given the number of aforementioned auxiliary Otomonin, PR-exclusive Rangers aren't entirely out of the question!!!

http://www.morphinlegacy.com/2017/01...premieres.html

Pro's
- Kelson Henderson. Welcome back, Boom.
- Red Bot. Unique plot-device potentially.
- Brother is name-dropped

Con's
- Missing dad
- Ripcon's voice
- First interaction between Brody and Ripcon

So here we go.

I didn't like this preview overall. Why? Because once again it feels like we're being given a slapstick attempt at slapstick comedy. Ripcon appears to be a general and, if given Ninninger footage is any indication, meant to be the first real villain that harasses the Ninja Steel Rangers. And in this VERY FIRST CLIP we see the Red Ranger, before he's the Red Ranger, best Ripcon in a comedy moment.

Therefore the entire threat that Ripcon is supposed to represent (we're going to be told how evil he is, because Power Rangers TELLS us things now and doesn't bother to SHOW us things) is wasted because I know the Red Ranger already out-smarted him before he had any powers.

Look back at like Goldar before he was comedy relief. He was a badass. He was never "defeated", only "subdued". The Rangers were afraid of him. Nearly everyone who loved MMPR will agree that the two most memorable unmorphed fights were between Jason and Goldar during "Green with Evil" and Tommy and Goldar in "Green No More". During "Return of an Old Friend", the Rangers were timid when handing in their power coins.

Ripcon?

Falls for the "look over there while I do something sneaky" trick.

Do not like. And his voice - did we go back to Megaforce villain voice overs? Not a great step in my opinion and not the voice I would choose.

The writing? Again - more telling, not showing. We're TOLD that Brody has a father who is missing and that this will be story for the future. We're TOLD that Brody also has a brother who is missing and that this will be story for the future. We're TOLD that Brody's father is a Ninja Master and that this will be story for the future.

How much more epic would it have been to start with a flashback of Brody's dad, in suit, fighting the bad guys and something like an explosion happening and everyone going "Where is he? Was he destroyed?" only to see a shadow dart off in to the distance. Fast forward to the ship scene. Done. Now we were SHOWN a mysterious Red Ranger ninja who disappeared and THEN discover it's this guy's father and it's been 10 years and no one knows where he is.

This is why Power Rangers Ninja Steel has a lot of work to do. For starters, it's following one of the biggest disappointments in Power Rangers Dino Supercharge, where an entire season of build-up and brilliant story-telling was flushed away for poop jokes, throwaway story resolution ("Dad! You're back! Oh, you're leaving? Okay dad, see ya!"), and an overall dumbing of the writing to a forcefully felt pre-school level.

I do not have high hopes for this season. If we've learned anything from Dino Charge/Dino Supercharge, it's that Chip and Co. would rather carve their own Universe than expand on the one that's already there, meaning don't count on Mystic Force Yellow, Ninja Storm Red, or Alien Red Ranger to make an appearance.

Now - I'd love to be wrong. I'd love to see Shane return and for the audience to learn that Brody is his son. I'd love to see Preston mention his mentor at magic school was a bit of a whacky guy only to see Chip roll up to give him another magic lesson. I WOULD LOVE THAT.

But that's too easy. That's too "fan-service"y. That's too much of what I want.

Instead, I expect toilet humor, numb writing, and of course, never using the theme song in the show ever because it's cheaper to use this royalty-free music we purchased.

I hope I'm wrong. I really, really do.

Why would the teacher be chip?

because in ninninger the blue ranger went to a magic school in england (:eyebrow) and his teacher was magiyellow (aka mystic force yellow if you not familiar with super sentai)

Chip's Magiranger counterpart appeared in Ninninger 38 as the magic instructor to a special academy in England. The original actor appeared and while he didn't participate in any battles, he did transform toward the end. It's generally hoped that if Ninja Steel follows Ninninger, that they would incorporate some of the ENDLESS stream of Sentai cameos they kept churning out, but it's not likely!

I think he confused Chip from Mystic Force with Chip Lynn.

Also, RedBot somehow....reminds me of Redman, haha.