SDCC Jason David Frank Interview
 

I get the sense from this that JDF has never seen any Power Rangers beyond Mighty Morphin, I know that he has no obligation to but then stop saying 'the franchise' as if you're speaking about something collectively when you don't seem to know about anything outside of the seasons you've starred in.

I love JDF don't get me wrong, I love how great he is to his fans, but I hate how this twenty years of Power Rangers is more just one long nostalgiawank for Mighty Morphin, may as well call it Twenty Year MMPR Anniversary.

So much great stuff came out after MMPR, MMPR is probably one of, if not the worst, season of the show and a terrible representation of all the great things this franchise as achieved. It's buried itself under nostalgia.

I never know how to react when everybody gets pissy about nostalgic MMPR fans. I am one of those people but I am well aware that it is far from being the best written or acted, nor will I argue that it was the best. The show holds a very special place in my heart and still holds an incredible amount of cheese and charm.

I guess you had to be there...

Being punched by the Green Ranger is one of the greatest achievements one can aspire to.

Jdf should have had something red in that outfit, he's got hi's other colors on there.

That's actually a good point.

It was a the most popular thing with young boys for a time. Seasons after MMPR really can't make that claim. Plus, MMPR is what is turning 20, not the later seasons, so it makes sense it is getting the biggest push. When Star Wars has an anniversary people tend to focus on remembering the oldest stuff first. Just the way it is.

In Space and Time Force respectfully disagree.

Where there toys impossible to get? Did parents wait outside TRU every morning to try and get them for Christmas? That's the stuff I'm talking about. Keep in mind MMPR has the advantage of being daily instead of weekly. So many new episodes and all the other kids would talk about it every day at school. Hard for other seasons to compete when they on last a year and are around 40 episodes. And back then few had cable so the choices for kids shows were much more limited. Just like TV shows in general no longer get as high of ratings because it's spread out. I once read that a third airing of a popular Seinfeld episode had more viewers than the CW gets in a whole week.

This attitude sums up the problem.