While recently searching IMDB for some silly trivia answer, I started thinking about a show I used to watch as a kid-Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (MMPR). Did anyone else watch this show? If you didn't, I'll try to explain it in as serious a manner as possible.
Basically, there were 5 or so "normal" high school kids who moonlighted as "Power Rangers" (karate specialists with color coded astronaut costumes) to fight bad guys. The "Mighty Morphin'" part comes along when the Ranger turned into their other-other alter ego (aside from average high schooler), which was a Transformer-type dinosaur/animal creature. These creatures were large, and would fight the enemies that somehow also grew to gigantic proportions.
Now, just writing out this plot makes me feel silly, but as a kid, I loved these guys (and gals). If you want to feel even more ridiculous, check out some of the season details from Wikipedia (I'll let you find the link yourself).
Anyways, as a kid, I was a big fan of the Yellow Ranger, Trini. I have a very distinct childhood memory of finding a Yellow Ranger belt-coin transformer device and hiding it at the local Wal-Mart so that I could come back and buy it later.
But, "Trini" soon was off the show and on to better things. The show got more complicated and many spin-offs and fancier-type things happened, and it was a little too much for me. They took some that was good, and really tried too hard. Soon after the original cast and plot was gone, I lost interest (starting middle school may have also had something to do with this).
I guess we have low standards of what we watch as children, but sometimes the original is always the best. This is especially true in TV and movies, but in many other things as well. What's so bad about vanilla ice cream, or a pepperoni pizza? But, we live in a world that demands Golden Rush Oreo ice cream and deluxe Italian meat pizzas. Sometimes, we need to just set back and enjoy some original Power Rangers with vanilla ice cream. Enjoy your YouTube search for some episodes.
