Despite how the Power Rangers franchise draws much of its material from the Japanese series Super Sentai, the series’ best villain is not from its parent show. Power Rangers features a lot of enemies, some of which hail from its monster-of-the-week format, while others have more staying power. Oftentimes, Power Rangers pulls its weekly villains from the Super Sentai series, but then develops its ultimate antagonist for each season independently. This has allowed the series to tailor its cultural impact in America separate from its roots in Japan, helping make the Power Rangers franchise what it is today.
At its most basic level, each Power Rangers season tells the story of a group of people, often teenagers, chosen to battle the forces of evil by transforming into master combatants with signature weapons and robots. Each Ranger team faces its own weekly and season-arc villains, although the most popular antagonists also...
At its most basic level, each Power Rangers season tells the story of a group of people, often teenagers, chosen to battle the forces of evil by transforming into master combatants with signature weapons and robots. Each Ranger team faces its own weekly and season-arc villains, although the most popular antagonists also...
- 4/6/2023
- by Alex Keenan
- ScreenRant
Looking to put a twist on your next game night? Try Liebrary!
Co-designed by fellow actresses and long-time best friends Daryl Hannah and Hilary Shepard, Liebrary is a bluffing game where players attempt to create the most believable first line of a book.
The two came up with this game while bored on vacation, looking for something the whole family could play. Here's what they had to say about life, friendship, and building the perfect board game.
momlogic: How did the idea for Liebrary come about?
Daryl Hannah: Liebrary is based on an old parlor game from the 1800s where players would pull books off the shelf from their personal libraries. We would always have game nights and play the game in this manner, but you need a wide variety and a Huge number of books to play, and not every book would have a description or a playable first line!
Co-designed by fellow actresses and long-time best friends Daryl Hannah and Hilary Shepard, Liebrary is a bluffing game where players attempt to create the most believable first line of a book.
The two came up with this game while bored on vacation, looking for something the whole family could play. Here's what they had to say about life, friendship, and building the perfect board game.
momlogic: How did the idea for Liebrary come about?
Daryl Hannah: Liebrary is based on an old parlor game from the 1800s where players would pull books off the shelf from their personal libraries. We would always have game nights and play the game in this manner, but you need a wide variety and a Huge number of books to play, and not every book would have a description or a playable first line!
- 11/16/2009
- Momlogic
Jamie Lee Curtis attending the Children Affected by Aids Foundation's 16th Annual Dream Halloween Los Angeles in Santa Monica. Photo copyright by Chris Hatcher / PR Photos. Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse attending the Children Affected by Aids Foundation's 16th Annual Dream Halloween Los Angeles in Santa Monica. Photo copyright by Chris Hatcher / PR Photos. Jamie Lee Curtis attending the Children Affected by Aids Foundation's 16th Annual Dream Halloween Los Angeles in Santa Monica. Photo copyright by Chris Hatcher / PR Photos. 10/24/2009 - Hilary Shepard and Daryl Hannah - Children Affected by Aids Foundation's 16th Annual Dream Halloween Los Angeles - Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Air Center - Santa Monica, CA, USA ©...
- 10/26/2009
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Film review: 'Turbo: Power Rangers'
Still immensely popular on morning TV and worthy of a second round as a big-screen contender, the Power Rangers return in "Turbo", a high-spirited fantasy adventure co-directed and co-written by franchise co-founder Shuki Levy.
20th Century Fox's family-oriented film is action-packed and silly, the equal of 1995's entertaining "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie," but unlikely to open with much of a bang.
A multigenre combination of sci-fi concepts and characters, cliffhanger heroics, kung-fu movie fights and juvenile humor, Saban Entertainment and Toei Co.'s "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie" borrows heavily from "E.T". and the Indiana Jones trilogy. Current "Power Rangers ZEO" and former cast members return with several newcomers as the Rangers battle a wicked space pirate.
The five Rangers -- including Tommy Jason David Frank) as the new Red Ranger, young Justin Blake Foster) as Blue Ranger and Rocky (Steve Cardenas) -- are directed by leader Zordon to rescue a fugitive wizard captured by matinee vamp Divatox (Hilary Shepard Turner) and her dim-witted but fearsome henchmen.
Purring and looking like E.T.'s cousin from the planet of the leprechauns, the wizard Lerigot is vulnerable to sunlight and even has a scene in which he heals a Ranger's wound. To further gain our sympathy, Lerigot's wife and infant are captured and threatened, but it's the villains who are the most entertaining.
The pace is fast and furious, with the teen heroes handling numerous opponents and perils as normal humans. But the crowd-pleasing final third finds the turbo-powered Rangers in their Zords taking on Divatox and her husband-to-be, a powerful demon imprisoned inside a volcano.
Old pros of the first film or the TV show, Frank, Johnny Yong Bosch, Catherine Sutherland and Nakia Burrise are a smoothly functioning unit, with Foster's gung-ho rookie stirring things up. Low-comedy relief is again provided by stooges Bulk (Paul Schrier) and Skull (Jason Narvy).
Returning for a subplot involving a submarine and lava pit, former Red Ranger Jason (Austin St. John) and Pink Ranger Kimberly Amy Jo Johnson) are involved in the exciting finale.
Directors Levy and David Winning, along with cinematographer Ilana Rosenberg and production designer Yuda Ako, display plenty of imagination and create a few wondrous moments with the low-tech special effects.
TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE
20th Century Fox
A Saban Entertainment/Toei Co. production
Directors:David Winning, Shuki Levy
Producer:Jonathan Tzachor
Writers:Shuki Levy, Shell Danielson
Executive producers:Haim Saban, Shuki Levy
Director of photography:Ilana Rosenberg
Production designer:Yuda Ako
Editors:Henry Richardson, B.J. Sears
Music:Shuki Levy
Costume designer:Danielle Baker
Casting:Julie Ashton
Color/stereo
Cast:
Tommy:Jason David Frank
Rocky:Steve Cardenas
Adam:Johnny Yong Bosch
Katherine:Catherine Sutherland
Tanya:Nakia Burrise
Justin:Blake Foster
Divatox:Hilary Shepard Turner
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
20th Century Fox's family-oriented film is action-packed and silly, the equal of 1995's entertaining "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie," but unlikely to open with much of a bang.
A multigenre combination of sci-fi concepts and characters, cliffhanger heroics, kung-fu movie fights and juvenile humor, Saban Entertainment and Toei Co.'s "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie" borrows heavily from "E.T". and the Indiana Jones trilogy. Current "Power Rangers ZEO" and former cast members return with several newcomers as the Rangers battle a wicked space pirate.
The five Rangers -- including Tommy Jason David Frank) as the new Red Ranger, young Justin Blake Foster) as Blue Ranger and Rocky (Steve Cardenas) -- are directed by leader Zordon to rescue a fugitive wizard captured by matinee vamp Divatox (Hilary Shepard Turner) and her dim-witted but fearsome henchmen.
Purring and looking like E.T.'s cousin from the planet of the leprechauns, the wizard Lerigot is vulnerable to sunlight and even has a scene in which he heals a Ranger's wound. To further gain our sympathy, Lerigot's wife and infant are captured and threatened, but it's the villains who are the most entertaining.
The pace is fast and furious, with the teen heroes handling numerous opponents and perils as normal humans. But the crowd-pleasing final third finds the turbo-powered Rangers in their Zords taking on Divatox and her husband-to-be, a powerful demon imprisoned inside a volcano.
Old pros of the first film or the TV show, Frank, Johnny Yong Bosch, Catherine Sutherland and Nakia Burrise are a smoothly functioning unit, with Foster's gung-ho rookie stirring things up. Low-comedy relief is again provided by stooges Bulk (Paul Schrier) and Skull (Jason Narvy).
Returning for a subplot involving a submarine and lava pit, former Red Ranger Jason (Austin St. John) and Pink Ranger Kimberly Amy Jo Johnson) are involved in the exciting finale.
Directors Levy and David Winning, along with cinematographer Ilana Rosenberg and production designer Yuda Ako, display plenty of imagination and create a few wondrous moments with the low-tech special effects.
TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE
20th Century Fox
A Saban Entertainment/Toei Co. production
Directors:David Winning, Shuki Levy
Producer:Jonathan Tzachor
Writers:Shuki Levy, Shell Danielson
Executive producers:Haim Saban, Shuki Levy
Director of photography:Ilana Rosenberg
Production designer:Yuda Ako
Editors:Henry Richardson, B.J. Sears
Music:Shuki Levy
Costume designer:Danielle Baker
Casting:Julie Ashton
Color/stereo
Cast:
Tommy:Jason David Frank
Rocky:Steve Cardenas
Adam:Johnny Yong Bosch
Katherine:Catherine Sutherland
Tanya:Nakia Burrise
Justin:Blake Foster
Divatox:Hilary Shepard Turner
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 3/27/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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