G&C Podcast - Episode 282: We Watched Mighty Morphing Power Rangers: The Movie - Plus Alex's Cruise Adventure!

[00:00:00] Hey everybody, on this episode of Gaming and Collecting, me and Alex are going to be talking about the 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers film, while also talking about Alex's recent cruise adventure. But anyways guys, on with the episode.

[00:00:37] Alex got back from a cruise. Yeah! I'm back from my cruise and I didn't want to go back to work this week, but I had to! I have so many emails. I still haven't- I went back to work yesterday. And I'm on day two and I still haven't caught up with all my emails. It's terrible. That's always fun. Because more keep coming in! So I'm like, I gotta read this. So I'm like scheduling out. I'm like, okay, I gotta read this email at this time today.

[00:01:05] Oh, but then I gotta read this email. Like, it's insane. So I'm behind on things, but my boss is like, just take your time, get back in. Switch your mic. You're like my newest finger injury? What did you do? I don't know. I just noticed it when I got home and I was like, oh! Phil! It was bleeding everywhere too, it was bad. Jesus, Phil, that's not good! I didn't notice until I got home. I looked down and my hand was covered in blood. I was like, ew. How did that happen?

[00:01:35] Yeah, that's just my life. I constantly am hurting my hands and I don't know why. You're a machinist. It's never like machining related. It's always the dumbest things. Like I had, the worst one recently was I was walking past a machine and a chip flew out of a machine that I wasn't running and hit me in the hand and just got my hand open and I was like, like, why? Like what is the world? I have a vendetta against you apparently.

[00:02:03] Oh, now I'm at the point where I'm just like, ugh. Like I don't even know what to say half the time. Ugh. But yeah. But you went on a cruise though. Yeah, and Bill took care of my two precious kitty cats while I was away. How was it babysitting? It was fine other than them beating the shit out of each other every morning.

[00:02:25] Yeah, Bill finally experienced that. Every morning and for me afternoon when I feed them, they beat each other up. Well, it's play fighting. It's play fighting. I only had one serious fight where it actually got violent. Oh, really? Yeah, where there was like hissing. Did one of them go, eeeh? Oh. There was hissing and I think Oscar bit her because she like screamed at him. It was, it was, uh, it was traumatic. I had to split him up.

[00:02:53] The thing is Poopy starts it every time. Because she literally, you saw, she literally, she lays on her side. Yeah. And then he comes over and at first he get, they're giving each other kisses and it's sweet. But then she just goes, meh. And she starts it every time. And Oscar's not gonna fight back. Not gonna, uh, no, Oscar is gonna fight back. So then they just start going, meh.

[00:03:17] The best was like one time she like pissed him off and he like kind of walked away and then he just comes back and he just sits on her face. And I'm just like. That's revenge for all the time she's done that to him. It was like very nice, Oscar. Very nice. Yeah. They are a handful, but thankfully no anxiety diarrhea. So, woohoo! I mean, knock on wood. See, Poopy wasn't a problem. She's like pretty chill. Oscar. I hope he didn't give a shit that I laughed.

[00:03:47] Oscar is so needy. It's not even funny. Yeah. He's very, I mean, he's in this room as we speak. Yeah. So, he's very needy. Um, but then we love that about him. We love that about him. Oh, he's under the desk. So how was your sailing the seven seas? It was good. It was a seven day cruise. So. Alex was trying to find the one piece. I was, I was, I didn't find it.

[00:04:13] Uh, in the first, first day was a little stressful. Like the boarding, the boat was me and mom were a little stressed and we kind of were like, we want to go home. But then we were like, okay, we can't, we can't be quitters. It's fine. We're, we just don't know what's going on. And then the next day we kind of figured more of it out. Um, which was good. You know, everyone, all the, all the people on the boat were really nice. Uh, the food was really good.

[00:04:43] We didn't really, we didn't eat any, like have a bad, there's just so much food. Like I understand why they say like people gain like so much like weight on a cruise. But the thing is, is that like mom and I were never hungry to eat all the food that they were offering us. We were like, not like they were like, you don't want an app. And we were like, no, we're good. Like we're still not that hungry after breakfast. We're not hungry after the seventh appetizer and breakfast. Well, yeah. Like some, like, I don't know.

[00:05:12] It's different vibes and stuff, but mom and I just ate like we normally ate, you know. There are people that cruises are their life and this is just, they, this is the thing they do. Yeah. Um, it's not for everybody. I will say the entertainment like on the boat was really good. Like they had like a ballroom dancing troupe, which like you weren't expecting like to be like really entertaining, but it was like super, they were amazing. So they were great.

[00:05:39] They had like a little like Broadway experience show, a magician, a comedian. They have this thing called dueling pianos where it's like two people and they both have pianos and they both have to like sing requested and like play requested songs that people shout from the audience, which was cool. Um, all of that was really fun. And, uh, Halifax was great. That was it.

[00:06:04] Our cruise went to Halifax in Canada, uh, Nova Scotia, and then what the hell? Um, and then Bermuda, uh, which was also really cool. Halifax. Well, our, unfortunately our excursion for Halifax was supposed to be like an all day, um, tour of the sites and stuff. But then it, unfortunately, I guess we were like only a couple of people signed up, so they canceled it.

[00:06:31] So we had to jump on a different excursion, which was good because we went to this place called Peggy's Cove, which had a lot of history that was also kind of dark. Like, yeah, the Halifax explosions kind of thing that place is known for. Yes. Tragically. The explosions, uh, then like they talked about how Peggy's Cove was like this lady. They named it after this lady who forgot her memories. And like, they just were like, all right, your name's Peggy now.

[00:07:00] And this is your Cove. But that was, it was pretty cause it reminded me so much of the Cape. So it was kind of like, oh, nice. And then we like came out. We got poutine. Mom and I got poutine, which was really good. Did mom like poutine? Yeah. Okay. And we found like some cute little shops and stuff, which was also fun. No, it was good. And then we only have like half a day there basically. Like we had to be back on the boat at like three o'clock.

[00:07:30] So we started there day at like eight, uh, and ended it at three, which was pretty good. Uh, I took a bunch of photos. And then we were at sea for another day. Um, which was good. Oh, on the day, the first day we were at sea cause we were going to Halifax. We were at sea for a day and that's where mom and I played bingo for the first time.

[00:08:00] And I won bingo. I won almost $500. She got dirty looks. I did. They were like, so one of the things they said is like, if, um, if you are like one, um, bingo ball away from like winning, you have to stand up. So we were, we were literally like, I'm not kidding. Like it was a diamond.

[00:08:26] So we had to get the top middle, bottom middle, and then the two side middles. You had to get that to get bingo. And literally after the first three things I had, like I had, I was standing and they were like, what? People were like booing me. And I'm like, I'm sorry. Oh, I would have been such a dickhead. And then like, no, there was kids and stuff. But, uh, and then literally the next one they called, I won. Bingo people are psychos.

[00:08:56] I swear. Mom and I played, how many times we played bingo? Four times. We played bingo four times. We only got three shirts, but we played four times. And it was fun. Uh, it's always like crazy to see like how people react when they won. There was no jackpots that were won. Cause there's like a bingo jackpot. Yeah. Uh, but yeah, it was pretty cool. It was pretty fun. We did that. Went to shows. Uh, we did a couple, our first night we did, they had like one of those movie theaters on the boat.

[00:09:25] That like, they give you dinner. So you like watch, you eat dinner and then you watch a movie. And that was fun. And then our next specialty one we went to, they had like this nice steakhouse. Um, and that was really good. And then we're out, we went to, and then we went to an Italian place on the boat, which was also really good. And then the last place we went to was hibachi on the boat, which that was my favorite thing. We ate the whole time. It was so good.

[00:09:56] Um, but yeah, no, it was good. And then Bermuda, um, in Bermuda, we did, um, well, the first day we did cycling, uh, cause, uh, I can't stop. Unfortunately though, like it was, it was, it was e-bikes and it was designed for people who may not be able to. Normies. Well, no, more people who like couldn't ride a bike for multiple hours consecutively.

[00:10:27] It was kind of set up like that. So there were some points where he was like, all right, just put on the trigger and just go. And I wanted to pedal. But the thing is, is like, if I was pedaling, I would have like held up the line and stuff. So there's points where I was forced to kind of like use the, um, what's it called? Uh, throttle. Yeah. Throttle. In order to not get left behind. But I did at one point change my gears so that I could. Alex was there like being like, you guys are weak. I, yeah, I was.

[00:10:56] I was like, this is, you weak. I feel like if we ever went back to Bermuda, we would just rent bikes and then bike around instead. Um, that was really fun. It was opposite side of the roads though, which was, um, good, which was interesting and fun. Um, it was kind of funny biking. Cause I was like, well, I'm on the wrong side of the road, but I'm on the right side of the road.

[00:11:22] Um, and then the next day after that, well, and then we did a bunch of shopping and stuff. Uh, I got built a great bottle opener from Halifax. It's cursed. It's very cursed. What do you mean? Uh, it's wonderful. It's like a, it's like the guy from that, like from like the, the, uh, those like long John Silvers. Not that it's like, it's that brand of like, like the frozen, like fish products.

[00:11:50] I think that's long John Silvers. No, that's a restaurant chain. That is? Yes. It's not good. Well, it's like the yellow. I know what you're talking about. I can't remember the name of it. The yellow, um, fishing, jeep sea fishing jacket or something. It's the, the sea captain, but the, the bottle opener is his mouth and it is cursed and it's on my refrigerator. I thought it was a great gift. It was something. I like that.

[00:12:16] I like the, uh, the pewter magnets you got me as well in the, the, um, key chain of the cruise ship was fun. Yeah. Yeah. Um, well, so in the second in Bermuda, we did like a sites tour, which was fun. Cause then we ended up like driving past some of the places we biked. I honestly wish we did more in Bermuda. Like it was kind of the, our last day got shortened because on Saturday and Sunday, it started storming.

[00:12:46] Well, it was Saturday into like Sunday morning. So like, um, we, the boat had us leave a little bit early to try and beat it. But on Saturday was bad. Like Saturday, the boat was moving so much. Um, like to where like they had barf bags on like all the stairwells and stuff for people. And like, we even, we ended up, we had dinner reservations. Were they the red biohazard bags? No, they were like little paper barf bags. Okay.

[00:13:16] So it wasn't traumatic. Well, it was, and it was kind of terrible. Cause like, so they, they tell you a seasickness. Cause if you're feeling seasick, you actually want to have food in your stomach. Cause if you don't have food in your stomach, that's going to make you feel more nauseous. Yeah. So we were like, both me and mom were both feeling kind of like nauseous at that point. Cause the belt was moving so much. Like everyone was walking and like falling over. Like it was bad.

[00:13:41] Um, so we went upstairs to the, um, just the, um, they always have a buffet that's open like all day, basically. So we went up to the buffet and like, we're walking around trying, we were trying to find the ice cream machine. Cause we weren't really that hungry, but we needed to eat something. And we were like, let's just eat ice cream. Uh, and then we, we get there and we have to pass. Like, I guess someone like got really sick, like in the middle of the buffet. So they had a bunch of stairs. Yeah. No, it was bad.

[00:14:10] Like they didn't make it in time. They didn't get some food in them in time. Um, but yeah, no, it was bad. People were getting sick. I don't think they served lasagna. You could never eat lasagna on a cruise ship after that. Oh, yeah. Uh, but that day wasn't, wasn't as great, but the, um, and mom and I kind of just were like, we were just tired, especially after hibachi. Cause it's like entertainment.

[00:14:40] Uh, it's like a show. They throw the food at you. They didn't. They didn't. That's the only thing. Cause I warned mom. I was like, they might throw the food. And she was like, what? No. In this one, instead, they just, they sang a lot. Ah, which was equally as fun. And, uh, so now we could go to hibachi with mom. I'll never forget the, um, when, uh, when I was still working at Richard's, I always remember the, uh, when we did the Christmas party at the hibachi place, which was, which was pretty fun. Even though I was so fucking tired.

[00:15:09] Cause I did not go, cause I was still working third at that point and I did not go to sleep in between. So I had been up for, Oh God, almost like 17 hours and they gave us free drinks and, Oh, but, um, I was so drunk at hibachi that when they did the food throwing thing, they just threw it at me and it bounced on my forehead. And I'm like, I was legit just looking at him like, you're gonna throw it. Like I didn't even know it. You didn't even know it. Nope. I was so funny.

[00:15:38] I was, that was before I'll still never forget. Cause I was after the after party. Cause then there was an after party afterward where we drank more. I remember I got home and I was so drunk and I was just hanging out with mom in the kitchen in the living room. And I remember we were having an unrelated conversation. And then suddenly I started talking about formula one out of nowhere. And she was like, she was so confused. Oh my goodness. Uh, I was basically Kimi Raikkonen at that one presentation presentation where he was wasted out of his mind.

[00:16:09] It happens. Oh, another thing too. We did, we did, um, we did a, what is it? We did two tastings. Damn it. What? It was margaritas, but then we did. What is it? What is it? It's going to kill me if I can't remember. Is it a beverage? It's a type of cocktail. I'm just brain farting which type it was.

[00:16:40] Martini. Yeah, we did. Oh, shaken, not stirred. We did a martini tasting, um, on one of the days at sea. And though it was so good. Like mom and I were having so much fun. Uh, cause all the drinks we did at the tastings, like you couldn't actually get on the ship. So it was like worth like, cause you had to pay extra to do the tasting. So it was definitely worth it, you know, to do the tasting. Um, cause you got like these drinks.

[00:17:10] They have one that was like a chocolate, a Bailey's chocolate martini. Oh, I've had something like that before. I had a coffee martini once. It was Boston cream pie martini. That's what it was. Cause they like brought in Boston. Oh, that was still mom. Didn't like it, but that was the most delicious. I drank mine and I drink hers. I drink mine and I drink hers. I was just like, that was the most delicious thing I ever had. Like, I can see my nothing into that.

[00:17:39] Um, and then the second, the second one we did was a margarita, which you would have really liked the last one. Cause it was, um, it was a, um, jalapeno with mango fusion margarita, which that one was really good. Cause the first one was like a wine. Like they actually used like a wine to make the margarita, which was really good. Mom liked that one.

[00:18:04] Then the second one was like kind of that classic, like blue margarita, um, with, um, blue curacao. And then the third one was like a more lemony, which was like that one was really, or no pineapple was pineapple. Uh, which that one is really good. And then the last one was the, um, jalapeno, which you would have really liked, but that they were all so good. The tastings were really fun. Um, Nice.

[00:18:33] Mom and I also were like, Oh my God. Like, well, when we were, so when we were getting ready to, we were docked and we were waiting to exit the ship. Cause you had to leave in groups because obviously not everyone can just leave at once or all, or no one would get off the ship. So when we were waiting, we just like over here, there was a Starbucks in the main lobby as well as a bar. And we were at the Starbucks getting coffee and then we're sitting down kind of waiting with like our stuff.

[00:19:02] And then we just like hear people going, is, does my drink package still work? I'd like to get a martini to go, like get their drinks to go. And we're like people it's eight in the morning. Alex, as a third, as someone who's worked third shift, sometimes time don't matter. Well, no, people wanted to get what they could. I'll never drink package.

[00:19:27] I'll never forget the time I was working third shift and I, it was a bad night and I had gotten like drunk when I got home from work and the fucking Jehovah's Witnesses showed up and I was wasted. I scared them. You're like, you need us, sir. No, I scared the shit out of them. They ran away. Cause I'm pretty sure I answered the door shirtless and I looked like shit. I was like, I was like, I was like, oh. That is one perk of the condo. No soliciting. I've never.

[00:19:55] That doesn't stop them though. You do know that, right? I know, but I've never had one bother me. So I feel like it's because of where my door is because you can't necessarily see it. Yeah. There's a few solicitors here. I didn't see. I just don't answer the door and they'll go away eventually. Yeah. I've never had one. I've had a couple. Your door is a lot harder to see though. And they, cause you're in the middle of your condo, like out of the three, it's, you know,

[00:20:25] you, they probably don't think your house even, they probably think your house is part of someone else's. See? That's the park. I'm like right on the end and my door is like right there. Also you have like your front yard situation thing too. Unlike, um, me who has a backyard. Yep. So. I win. Yeah. Um, no, but it was, it was really good. It was fun to spend time with our mom. Um, we had a lot of fun. You got to cruise off your bucket list.

[00:20:54] We do. I don't think either of us are going to be cruising anytime soon because honestly, by the end, I just fucking hated people. I was like, get me off this boat. I hate everyone. And mom was the same. We were both were just like, we're people now at this point. Um, like, well, cause you're just surrounded by people all the time and you're like, you know what? If you think that's crazy though, I remember that there is like those metal cruises where they have like just hundreds of metal bands and imagine a cruise ship just full of metal heads.

[00:21:25] I like metal music, but I would not do that. No, I wouldn't either. But I've seen video footage. It's like, that seems like a disaster. Yeah. Well, and I'd also do like, I'd also do like a, like an adults only cruise if I did. I would definitely, cause you know, I don't want kids. I find them annoying. Is it weird though, Alex? I don't want to deal with them. I've reached a point in life where I actually don't think kids are that annoying. I find teenagers more annoying than anything now.

[00:21:54] I find them all annoying. Yeah. Kids. I can just kind of put it fast on their kids and like, whatever. I blame the parents more than anything. Yeah. Um, parents are terrible right now. Teenagers though. They annoy me the shit out of me just cause I'm like, they should, they know better. Do they scare? They're the living shit out of you. They make me want to like slap them so often. You didn't get my joke. No, I, I know it's a mic. Oh, dude. I wanted to. When, when, when me and mom saw my chemical romance live and they played that song, it

[00:22:24] was the funny, mostly cause of the wasted girl next to me. It was fell out of her chair the whole time. But, um, God, when they were playing that, just singing it. I'm like, that was a great show. I, I legitimately like I'm so happy about that one, but, um, turn that fan off. Stop it. Enough. Enough. I will mute you.

[00:22:55] Hey! Hey! What's that in your hand, sir? I won't tell you until you put the fan away. Alright, I put it away. It is. It's still on cause it's hot in here. That's fine. Have you not turned your AC on or is it just low? No, it's just this room is always hot and I'm not putting it out. I lived it. I lived in it for a while. Yeah, exactly. You know.

[00:23:18] Um, yeah, so I am drinking, well, what's left of a, uh, uh, Franny's Irish ginger ale. Wow. Still don't understand the, how these things work, like how they could be this good and have this little calorie and caffeine. It doesn't make any sense. I don't question it. I don't question it. They're probably, there's probably something bad in them that's gonna come back to haunt us later, but oh well.

[00:23:46] That's why I've stopped drinking them as much. I am. Give us a rating. Uh, as far as ginger ales go, it's, I like them because they don't give that, they don't leave, so like, it's not like a, what's the, what's the ginger ale that the common brand? Canada? Yeah, it's not like a can to dry that leaves that like aftertaste in your mouth after you drink them. That dryness.

[00:24:12] It's not even that, it's just, it's like a, you can taste the syrup kind of taste. Hmm. Well, it's more so classic soda-y. Yeah. These are, don't leave that and they could be caffeine. Uh, give them probably, it's probably like an eight out of 10. It's not my favorite out of the Frannies, but it's, it's one of the ones I tend to get a lot. Hmm. What are you drinking? What are you drinking? Eight out of 10 what? Uh. Cowboys. Uh. Sea cowboys. Uh, buffet pukers.

[00:24:42] No, if you wanted it to be good, you would do less buffet pukers. I just had to relate it to your cruise. No. Aren't you going to ask me? Oh, you got a different cup. I do, guess what? I do, guess what? It's a cruise cup. Oh. Mom has a purple one and I have an orange one. What's, what are you drinking water? No. No. I'm changing it up.

[00:25:11] I am drinking sparkling cherry water. Oh. That's fun. What brand? Uh, it was the big Y store brands. Those are fine. It was cheaper than the, I've even realized, I thought it was going to be more like, you know, like seltzer watery. I wasn't expecting it to have so much flavor, but you don't mind because I like cherry. Nice. So that's good. I got that one.

[00:25:40] I got the kiwi strawberry and I got the lime one. So I wanted to change it up this week because I haven't really been doing, I've just been drinking water. So I decided I would bring my sippy cups back out. Like this is a sippy cup. My water bottle is my water bottle. Sippy cup. It's cause, so Alex doesn't spill. Well, no, I could still very much spill. Cause this like, if I tipped it far enough.

[00:26:09] I like how she's just actively tempting fate. No, I can't. Bubby's right here. He's right. I mean, hello. He just wants love so much here. I know. I'm going to see if he'll speak into the mic. Hold on. They never do when you try to force it. You never know. I'm stuck. Hold on. Hold on. Distract them. Distract them with your song.

[00:26:38] No, damn it. He left me. So if you're ready. Oh wait, wait, wait. Come here. I got him. I got him. Here he is with his big butt. He's just a big cat. He is. Oh, he's stuck on the cord. Hold on. There we go. All right. Just don't choke yourself again. What do you have to say, buddy? What do you have to say?

[00:27:11] I'll give him kisses because he gets annoyed. He's just like, I'm not doing it. No, he never wants to. All right. All right. All right. You know, what are you doing? Oh, he made a noise. Did you hear it? Yeah, I could hear that. You're lucky. He is such a nice cat. He is.

[00:27:43] Because the old Wui days, Wui would have beat the shit out of you. All right. Sit in my lap, buddy. Sit in my lap. All right. He's in my lap. Yeah, but Cruz was really good. That's good. It's been taking some time getting back to work. But I was also happy because I missed my kitty cats, even though Miss Poopy is being anti-social downstairs. Oh yeah, because we got pizza on the day you were back. Well, you got a sandwich. Yeah, I got a grinder. I got a pizza and it was very doughy.

[00:28:13] And it was very good, even though the next day wasn't so great. But that's besides the point. But you also had jalapeno poppers. Yep. And mozzarella sticks. We were having a junk feast. Yeah. Sometimes that's what you got to do. Hmm. Well, because everything too on the boat was so fancy. And mom and I were like, I just wanted chicken Caesar wrap, which I haven't gotten yet. I might get one at work this week because they make a mean chicken Caesar wrap.

[00:28:39] Or if Bill would want to eat D'Angelo's, I might get D'Angelo's. Ugh. I just want a chicken Caesar wrap. I want a good old chicken. Oh! Hey! You can't have a chicken Caesar wrap. You can't have one. Oh! Oh! He just like looked at me and was disgusted when I said no. That's the biggest sin I commit as a pet owner saying no to my cat. Oh!

[00:29:07] Should I tell the hairball story to the podcast? Sure. Why not? Yeah. So Oscar almost coughed up a hairball on me last night, but I moved him before. And then one of the things with Oscar is he likes to eat tissues. So I have to put them in a plastic Ziploc bag so he doesn't eat them. So I didn't have time to open it to get the tissues.

[00:29:31] So I just put it under his mouth and then his hairball tobogganed off the bag onto the floor. Ah! Did you hear that? Yeah, he was very insulted by that story. He bit me. Yeah, yeah, hairball toboggan. Not like hard or anything. He just did like a frustrated little... I think he wants down. Okay, go down. Go down. There you go. Yeah, it literally... It like went...

[00:30:01] It was so gross. And then like, of course, whenever he barfs, Poopy runs up to us like... Second dinner! Like she's so fucking gross. And tries to eat... Thankfully, it was just hairball. Like there wasn't any food or anything. So it was pretty easy cleanup. But I'm not kidding. Every time he like throws up his food, she's always like...

[00:30:31] Mm-mm. Pretty chewed! That cat is... That cat is not right. I know, she's gross. I love her so much that she's disgusting. How can such a beautiful cat be so disgusting? I mean, they both kind of are. But, you know, in their own ways. But yeah, that was my cruise and then Oscar hairball story. Lovely. We should probably move on to our topic for the episode. Stop it. Stop. Stop. Stop it.

[00:31:02] We're having fun. This is... This portable fan is so nice. It's like... What's the video out of spite now? I look hideous! The knock-in-off.

[00:31:34] So... Oh wait. Hold on. Try to see... Nope. It's like the goddamn electric toothbrush she turned on. Yeah, the thing that no one can see. There's a flashlight on the end of my portable fan that I'm shining into the camera. Lovely. Alright, now I have to figure out how to turn it off. Oh.

[00:32:02] It's like when she turned on the electric toothbrush and targeted, like... Please stop doing that. I turned it up on the highest setting. Oh, look! You can see my like dumb little random curl that grew. Your Superman split curl. Oh. Yeah, I don't know what happened. I don't know why I have one of those now, but... I do. Alright. Moving on though... Thanks so much for listening you guys. Stop it. We're not done. To us talk about my cruise.

[00:32:31] Podcast is over. No, it's not. It's been a good time. Stop. Oscar, what do you say? Yeah! It's time to go! Mommy needs to watch more Dora Hidoro! I started watching season two. Nice. I'm only one episode in, but I've used it as... It's my new bike-a-laying one, but I feel like I'm not going to be able to resist. Nice. Um, so, before the Alex went on the cruise... We, um... I thought we did that after!

[00:33:02] No, that was definitely before the cruise. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah! Because then we watched another, a great film. No. Like, this one was just okay, but the other thing we watched after was a cinematic masterpiece. That was one of the worst films I've ever seen. It's... What are you talking about? Alex... Everything about that movie was garbage. Everything about that movie was amazing! Ugh...

[00:33:31] Don't worry, guys. Oh, and then we also discovered that all the Barbie movies are being released on YouTube, so we can finally do the Barbie retrospective of just the ones I want to talk about. It's more garbage to watch. Those are not garbage! They're delicious! No... But, um, speaking of things that are... I don't know why, but like that Gordon Ramsay line, like whenever she's like, they're not garbage! They're delicious! Oh, it's the frozen ravioli! Oh.

[00:34:01] And Gordon Ramsay's like, I think it was from the Amy's Baking one. That one just comes in, it's an earworm in my brain. That episode's so hard to watch, because that was fucking... Those people were the most infuriating people. They're divorced now! Yeah, because the husband got deported. Like, back to where he came from. And she just TikToks now, apparently. Like so many of these people. Creatures. Um...

[00:34:27] So, speaking of like movies though, we also watched another movie that's also not objectively good, but nostalgic in that kind of like so bad it's good kind of way. Like, it was... It was okay, you know, especially compared to the other movie we watched. If nostalgia wasn't a thing that the movie... So we watched the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie from 1993.

[00:34:50] That movie is objectively garbage, but it's like, nostalgically one of those movies that I'm like, this is amazing trash. Um... It was on YouTube. Just conveniently right on YouTube. It was. Which, you know, didn't surprise me based on its quality. Because no one... No one gave a shit about that. Well... I mean, the main villain was Grimace. Like the true form of Grimace.

[00:35:18] The main villain is the only reason you watch this goddamn thing. Um... So the movie... The movie's great. He's Grimace's true form. The movie's also a lot shorter than I thought. It's only 96 minutes. So it was... Oh no, it wasn't even... Not 93, 95. So this was released... I was barely a year old. And Alex was... a fetus. Yeah. Most likely. Um... Yeah, the film, $15 million budget, it shows.

[00:35:47] It shows. Yes. And, uh, it made $66.4 million. So it made its money back, but it got destroyed in the box office. Deservedly so. I mean, yeah, it's not good. It's not a great movie at all. But that soundtrack... The soundtrack is pretty amazing. Like the, uh... The fucking Power Rangers overture, which had, um... It was like a bunch of, um...

[00:36:12] Different, like, 80s artists, including Eric Martin from Mr. Big, was doing the vocals, which is... Incredible. Um... This movie is... Something. Like, it is so... It's like a high-quality version of the show. But with, like, the same shitty acting that we love. Yes. And, like... It also looks kind of worse. Yeah, those suits... Those suits were bad.

[00:36:42] So for the... People who don't know, the movie, they have made, like, custom... So for people who don't know Power Rangers, Power Rangers is famously... It is a... American-ization of Japanese, um... Super Sentai. Yeah. It's like Sailor Moon Monster of the Week, but live action. Yes. Well, Sailor Moon is basically just Super Sentai, but for girls. Yeah. Um... But... The thing that made Power Rangers unique was it would take the, uh, the Japanese footage...

[00:37:10] Basically, the thing you learn about Power Rangers is, and particularly the guy who created it, Haim Saban, he was a cheap motherfucker. Like, this guy was extremely cheap. That's why half the cast left. Because they weren't getting paid a lot. Um... But, um, he was a cheap motherfucker. But the... Because of that cheapness, it's actually how he came up with the genius concept for... Power Rangers, where he essentially took the Sentai footage from Japan and he would splice it together with American footage. Yeah.

[00:37:39] Basically to make this show super cheap so they wouldn't have to record all these awesome action scenes. Yeah. Um... If anything, they'd just have to record voiceover. They would do voiceover, they would do the non-morphed stuff, and they'd hire, like, unknown martial artists who weren't actors for cheap. Or gymnasts and stuff to do the, uh, the acting. Um... And it... It was very a unique concept for the time. It, like, stuck out a lot.

[00:38:04] I think a big part of it was the first season they chose Mighty Morphin was based off of, um, Jurainger, which was, um... The dinosaur-themed one. And those suits are iconic. Mm-hmm. Like, the dinosaur and stuff. Like... Because originally they were gonna do this one called, like, I think it was, like, Bioman, maybe. Or... The previous... They were gonna do an older Sentai originally first. Yeah. And it was tech-based, and it looked really boring, and it probably wouldn't have taken off because the dinosaurs. Like, 90s and dinosaurs. The dinosaurs! The dinosaurs. But, um... Yeah, they...

[00:38:33] So, for the, um... The show, they would... A lot of the... Pretty much all the morphed footage was, um... Was, uh... Japanese footage. That's why, like... Because in Japan, there was only one female Ranger, but in America, to get more girls in the cast, they would make the, uh, yellow Ranger also a female. The girl. Yep. Which is why, um... But going between the normal footage to the Japanese footage, it's like, oh, she's suddenly a man now. Whoops!

[00:39:03] It's very noticeable once you realize it. As a child, I never... You never paid attention. But once you know, you're like, oh. Yeah. Yep. You're like, this is noticeable. I see now. Um... So... The movie... Yeah, the movie suits, though, are completely original for the movie, and they're, like, super armored-looking, and they look like shit. Yeah, and you can tell that they had trouble moving in them. Well, apparently most of the cast... A lot of the cast, like, did their, um, own stunts, too.

[00:39:31] Because a lot of them were, like, martial artists and stuff. Mm. Um... Uh, this movie's also very interesting, because it came out between season two and three. Uh, it's non-canon, like, because a lot of the events that this movie, like, showcases were then later done via the Sentai footage in the third season, so it was completely different. Yeah. Um... But, like, because this was right after season two, this was already during the point where the cast had changed.

[00:39:56] So the Red Ranger, the Yellow Ranger, and the Black Ranger had changed actors, because the original three had left due to a pay dispute. Yep. Um, so the new actors were... Um, they're pretty iconic nowadays. Um, most famously, Johnny Young Bosch, before he was the anime guy he is nowadays, um, played the Black Ranger, and his most famous line in this film is, I'm a frog. Yep. Um... He was a frog. Yeah.

[00:40:23] But, but a frog will get a kiss, and then you become a prince. Yes. God, that scene is so cringe, but I love it. Oh, yeah. Mom, Phil, this movie was pretty cringe. Oh, yeah, but as a child, I fucking loved it. The amount of times I had to subject Mom to that garbage, I feel bad. It's okay, I made her watch Sailor Moon many a time, so... If it's Sailor Moon, it's way more interesting than this movie. True. It was! Better show! Alex, my love! My love!

[00:40:54] That goddamn dove. Which, which has better acting, Alex? That's the real question. Sailor Moon. Plus, I don't know, that deke dove, Alex. Shh. Um, shh. So, one thing I have to say about this movie, the first, like, 20 minutes are boring as fuck. Yeah, it's like that skydiving scene. Yeah, the skydiving scene. They probably spent so much fucking money on, and it's like...

[00:41:21] Actually, I have a strange suspicion that probably didn't cost them. Oh, okay. They probably spent more to get higher ground by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Oh, yeah, I forgot that was the song that was playing. I do love the Bulk and Skull scenes, even though they barely do anything in this movie. Yeah. Like, Bulk and Skull, obviously for those who don't know, are the comic relief duo of Power Rangers. Fun fact, Bulk's actor, Paul Schreier, I think his name is, he is the longest running actor in Power Rangers.

[00:41:49] Like, because he was on the show from the first season all the way until Lost Galaxy. And then he came back briefly every now and then, like, he had a bit part in, like, Samurai years later. Um, he's, he's, he's an OG. Like, apparently it conventions him and, uh, the actor that plays a skull do a panel, and it's apparently the highlight of every, uh, con. Like, trying to, so, I didn't realize how many series there was of Power Rangers.

[00:42:19] Power Rangers was still going on up until a few years ago. It's been over for a couple years now, but, like, it, it went on for a while. Yeah, because it's Mighty Morphin, and then Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers? Well, here's the thing, it was, so... Did we get that? Yes, yes. So... You probably don't remember it, well, mostly because I think it happened before... You were, like, two when that happened. Uh-huh.

[00:42:48] Um, the first, so Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ran for three seasons. Um, because they, they didn't want to change the suits and stuff for a while, that's why, like, but they would use, like, other Sentais for footage, and they would splice it together the weirdest ways. Like, famously, like, this, the power, this is how interesting Power Rangers is when you actually look in, like, read into this.

[00:43:08] Because in the Sentai for, um, the original, for that Mighty Morphin's based off of, the Green Ranger, like, the super popular Green Ranger, you know, with the shield and, like, the dragon flute thing. Yep. Like, he died in the Sentai. Like, he was dead. So that's why, like, he, in the American version, he disappears after, they, they, that's why they stopped using the Green Ranger after a while, because they ran out of footage, and they had no more footage of him.

[00:43:33] Like, that's why they did the whole thing with the White Ranger, where they actually took the, the, the sixth Ranger from the, the next Sentai, which they didn't adapt. They, uh, well, they adapted the, the, like, monsters and stuff, but they didn't use the, um, the suits. They continued to use the, uh, the Mighty Morphin suits. But because they needed a Power Ranger to use, they actually got the White Ranger suit from that next Sentai, and then they just kind of spliced them together. Hmm.

[00:43:58] That's why the suit looks, like, oddly different from the rest of them, but it kind of works. It, it's, the way, the way they would splice the shit together was always funny. That's why, like, in certain scenes, you would never see them on screen together, because they technically didn't have footage of that. That's, like, I'm trying to see, like, a side-by-side of, like, just all the, all the different ones.

[00:44:20] Oh, yeah. Because, um, they had the three seasons of Mighty Morphin. Alien Rangers was, like, a weird, like, mini-season that took place towards the end of Mighty Morphin Season 3, before they went into Zeo. Um, and then Zeo went into Turbo. And basically every season would be, they'd switch to a different Sentai and change the suits, basically. Um, but there, there was an ongoing storyline from all the way from the first season up till In Space, which, which is considered the Zordon era.

[00:44:48] Um. Okay, I found a WikiHow article of how to watch the Power Rangers in order. And it's probably wrong. I think it is! It's probably wrong. Um. I just wanted it for the picture that shows all the different suits and stuff. Oh, yeah, it's crazy. Like, um. Because I don't remember half of these. Well, it's super funny, too, because there was the original, there was, so it was created by Saban,

[00:45:16] and Saban produced it all the way from Mighty Morphin to Wild Force. Um. In the middle of Wild Force's production, Saban got bought by Disney. Mm-hmm. Well, a bunch of Saban's properties got bought by Disney. Because I remember Ninja Storm was on Disney Channel. Yep. It was Disney XD. So, Ninja Storm was the first one that Disney did fully. Disney took over Wild Force halfway through. Mm-hmm. Um. That's why Wild Force is weird, because it still feels like, it's still technically Saban era,

[00:45:45] but it was finished by Disney. Um. Then Disney ran it from Ninja Storm all the way until RPM. Um. RPM is hilarious, because RPM was, by then, Disney was done with it. They were just over Power Rangers. Because they bought Marvel by this point, they didn't need Power Rangers anymore. Oh, yeah. They were like, who gives a shit? They were like, stupid, and it costs too much money. Um. So, they, um. Because one of the reasons why Power Rangers production moved from Los Angeles to New Zealand was because it was a, to save money. Because they basically, Disney, Disney was going to cancel it.

[00:46:15] And then just rerun, like, reruns. Yep. But they convinced them to keep it going, but they moved it to New Zealand because it was cheaper. That's why all the actors in, like, those first few Disney seasons are very clearly from New Zealand. Mm-hmm. You can tell by the accents. It's very obvious at times. It's very much New Zealand people doing, like, American accents, and it's very noticeable. But, um. By the time they got to RPM, Disney was done with it. And they didn't, they were basically going to do this one final season.

[00:46:43] And the only reason it went by was because the guy who pitched it was like, we're going to make it super dark and super edgy. And Disney was like, okay, sounds good. So then they got the Sentai that they were going to use for this one. And it's car themed. And the Megasorts have giant anime eyes. And the guy was like, fuck. But he somehow made it work. He made this, like, dystopian, like, the world. It's an alternate reality one. It doesn't take place in the main universe. They made it, like, completely alternate reality.

[00:47:10] And it's like this whole where the world is, like, the last surviving humans are in this dome because there's this evil alien A. No, not even alien. It's just an evil AI that's taking over the planet. It is dark shit. All right. But the Sentai it's based off is the goofy car one. And it's so funny because the suits literally have seatbelts. Like, it is so... And seatbelts? Yeah. What is the name of this one? RPM. If you look at the suits, they have, um... Like, seatbelts. RPM. Oh, yeah, they do.

[00:47:40] It's so goofy. But it's one of the darkest seasons of Power Rangers. Um... And then... Is there a Pink Ranger? So there isn't always a Pink Ranger, believe it or not. Like, in, uh... In Wild Force, there was a White Ranger, but not a Pink Ranger. What the heck? Sometimes they have green and black. Like, it's... Some of the combinations are bizarre. One of the best ones is Dino Charge, which had, like, 11 Rangers.

[00:48:10] There was a Graphite Ranger in that one. Dino Charge. Dino Charge. There's pink, green, red, blue, black. These are just straight-up spandex suits, too. Oh, yeah, there's more. There's a purple. Oh, the best one was Jungle Fury, where they just straight-up had tracksuits. Like, that was the suit. Wait, I need to see. Jungle Fury.

[00:48:40] Oh, these look spandexy! They're based off of tracksuits, though, because the entire season was, like, BMX-themed. It was weird, but it was in the Jungle. It's a weird season. A good season, but a weird season. Yeah, but after Disney got rid of it, then it was... Saban repurchased it, and we had the Neo-Saban era. The Neo-Saban era is notable for, like, they did four seasons, and three out of the four were shit.

[00:49:10] The only one that's really good is Dino Charge. Huh. And then after that, Hasbro bought it and did, like, two seasons, or three seasons, and then that was it. But is it still going on in Japan? No, the Super Sentai ended. It did! Very recently, which is crazy. So sad. It's funny, though.

[00:49:39] Sometimes they were really at the subject of the Sentai they were based off of. Because, like... One of the funniest is Turbo was the first car-themed season. And the whole reason Turbo is so stupid is because it was based off of a Sentai called Car Ranger. And Car Ranger was, like, a parody season where it was making fun of Sentai. Basically, it was a self-aware parody. But they still used it, so, like, that's why that season is so doofy.

[00:50:06] They fight a pizza monster and they get baked in a giant pizza. Oh, I remember that. And the lead actor for that season after... Because Turbo was interesting because they changed the cast halfway through. And the Red Ranger from the time, Selman Ward, I think his name, he has a famous line where he's like, Now we're going to toss your salad. They used that in the episode. No! It's in the episode. And he gets... Conventions... He gets brought up at conventions so often.

[00:50:36] Of course he does. Apparently it was a gag line that he said in between takes, but that they used it in the episode. The Power Rangers also met the Ninja Turtles. Yeah, why not? It was weird. It was during In Space and it's, like, episode four, right before... We barely even got used to the In Space, like, cast by this point in the fucking Ninja Turtle episode. I want to find, like, a tier list. Of the best Power Rangers... Well, that's highly subjective.

[00:51:06] That is highly... Tier list. I've been watching, like, retrospectives on the Power Rangers, like, deep dives for, like, the last, like, couple weeks. And I'm like, why is this shit so fascinating? There's just so many of them. I know. I think the last season they actually had a female Red Ranger. It was kind of cool. Oh. Pretty neat. And the Blue Ranger from this movie actually came back for that season. Which was kind of cool. He was, like, a mentor figure.

[00:51:36] Because they did that once and always, like, Netflix movie. Which was, like... It's cheesy as fucking very, very Power Rangers. The acting's terrible. But it had... It was the original... Oh, no! What happened? I blew the fan on Oscar and he didn't like it. Oh. Sorry, buddy! Well, now I feel so bad. I thought it would be nice and refreshing for him. Alex, he's scared of a lot of things very easily.

[00:52:06] True. But I love... Okay, come here. Come here. I'm sorry. Tell Oscar that you're sorry that I scared him. No, no, no. I'm sorry your mommy can't stop using the goddamn fan. I love my mini fan. Oh, yeah. There was also... Turbo was also the season that had the child actor that was the Blue Ranger. I didn't notice that. Okay. Apparently he's, like, a... Was this a really short actor in Japan? Or...

[00:52:36] No, no. Japan was an adult. It was an adult. That's why when he goes into morph mode, he just grows. He becomes an adult. Shh. Don't question it. Apparently he's kind of a douchebag. Like, nowadays. But that's... He griffs at conventions now. Basically. Why do you keep whining? Tell him to stop whining. Whining.

[00:53:05] So, going back to this movie, though, like... I love how they spent all that money on these suits. And then that new set for, like, the power... The power chain. Like, the command center. Yep. Just to never use it again. Yeah. Like, oh, yeah. I love that when they destroy the command center. Because that's one of the things that Ivan, who's the main villain, who's the best part of this movie. Grimace. Maybe towards the end, when he turns into, like, this slime monster. He's Grimace evolved form. That's what Grimace evolves into.

[00:53:33] It goes from Grimace to Ivanus. I love the scene where, when the Power Rangers first run into him, they're like, where the Power Rangers are like, oh, boy, where's my autograph book? Like... That man was just having a good time. Who was the actor for that? Uh... Paul Freeman, who played Ivanus, he was just chewing the scenery the entire time. And it was amazing. Oh, he was in Hot Fuzz. That's funny. Anyways.

[00:54:03] Ooh! Excuse me. Yeah, he was just, like, chewing the scenery, like, the entire time. Like, he just... But he goes into the command center and plays a flute and blows it up. But when they... At the end of the movie, when they restore the command center, they very clearly just play the footage of it getting destroyed in reverse. And it just fixes itself. Because it's so, like, stupid. Like, the knocked over towers just all of a sudden go, whoop, back upward. Yep. What do you expect?

[00:54:32] They wasted all the budget on other shit. Yeah. Because then after they do the skydiving scene, then we get, like, a roller skating montage with Freeride playing in the background. Yep. Come on, it's on a free ride. Like, and it's just... They're just roller skating. I'm like... I'm like, alright. The children in the theaters have fallen asleep at this point. And the parents have ran off to the bathroom to go do... You know what? Yep. Ew. By this point, you know what happened. Ooh!

[00:55:03] But, uh... Yeah, it takes forever for anything in this movie. The best part of this movie is literally, like, the first time when they morph. And, like, you get that fight where they're beating up the slime monsters. Yep. That is, like, literally the point where the movie peaks. And then it's basically just kind of mid after that for the rest of it. Yeah. Because then, like, after they... Because what was his plan again? What was Ivanu's plan? He was going to take over the world by using...

[00:55:28] He basically cosplays as, like, this weird magician selling purple goo to children. Even though it's supposed to target the parents, right? Well, the thing is, it's harmless to the kids, but when the parents touch it, it brainwashes them. Yes. But, like, this was the 90s. It was a different time, so there was nothing weird about a strange man distributing purple goo for free. You know, he wasn't selling it. He was just giving it away to children for free. Oh, no. Chris Hansen! It was Ivan's Ooze.

[00:55:57] Chris Hansen needed to be called on Mr. Ivan Ooze. Well, to be fair... We don't know what the ooze is made of. I don't want to think about that. It could be his shit! No! We were there, but... Yeah, so his... What were you thinking? Oh, speaking of poop, I made that a word on my Tamodachi Island life, and now everyone talks about poop. Of course they do. But, um... Oh, God, the Chia Yosuke's thing we did. Forgot about that.

[00:56:27] But anyways, um... Yeah, like, the, uh... His plan is he wants to basically... He imprisons Lord Zed and Rita in a snow globe. Hmm. And just takes over. And his plan is he's gonna use the parents to dig up these giant, like, creatures that he finds out in the rubble. I don't know, it's random. Don't question it. Just accept it.

[00:56:54] I love the scene when he's, like, having them all work, and he's just chilling back with, like, a drink. Just clearly, like, chewing the scenery the whole time. But, uh, his plan is basically to get these things to take over the world, and then he's just gonna have the parents literally walk off a cliff. Yep. Like, also, Bulk and Skull just kind of end up... They skydive into that area. And then, like, when all the kids are, like, partying... Um... Are you good? Yeah, I thought I heard something.

[00:57:25] Yeah, and I hate when you just hear random shit, and you're like, what was that? No, yeah. I was like, I don't know if that was Miss Dangles getting into something, or... I don't think it was. But, um... I don't know. Ah! You know that scene when, like, the random kid that's, like, supposed to be, like, the kid appeal, like, character in this movie? He was so unremarkable. Oh, yeah! He was so unremarkable. I already forgot his name.

[00:57:54] But I don't even remember his name. Or his dad. But he goes to, like, this party. Because, of course, when all the parents are gone, the kids are all like, we can just party and snort the purple goo. Whatever's going on there. And Bulk and Skull were just hanging out with them. And I'm like... They were just... They're not true adults. They are... Are just big kids. Alex, you gotta remember, even though all the actors in Power Rangers weren't very clearly adults, they were high schoolers. High schoolers!

[00:58:25] But, um... Yeah, their genius way of stopping the adults from walking off the cliff is to literally just push them. Like, push until they spray them with water and then somehow it heals them. It was pee. Sure. From the sky. There's also the scene... So they have to go get new powers from this weird alien planet. And this was stupid. Yeah, this is so boring.

[00:58:53] This was so stupid and boring. I agree. The problem with this movie is it's... Not only is it, like, kind of, like, not great, but, like, it's so all over the place. Because we jump from, like, Ivan Ooze to suddenly the Power Rangers and back to Ooze to the kid to, like, all this random shit. Like, it's not concise at all. No. Um... So we're on this planet and they're just searching.

[00:59:17] And then this, like, random owl lady shows up to beat up the random crow people with, like, whenever they show up, they have, like, the random bass song for no reason. That bass song is better than it has any right to be, I'm just gonna say. But, um... Yeah, to fight the crow people. Like, this random, like, owl lady shows up. And I'm, like, at my point, I was, like, ah, this was the point to keep the dads interested in the phone. Yep. Because she's in the skimpiest outfit possible. Skimpy for, like, the 90s by nowadays standards is not really that skimpy, ironically.

[00:59:46] Well, also, like, well, for a kids movie, it was pretty skimpy. Got some belly. And some cleavage, basically. Also, didn't you say, like, that the... Yeah, they filmed it with a different actress at first and then they changed to the actress in this one. I have no idea why, but, yeah, that happened. They refilmed that entire thing. Probably cost money. Yep. I wonder if it was a pay dispute. Maybe. Knowing Saban, it's very possible.

[01:00:15] Also, another thing about this movie that's very clear. Aside from Kimberly, because she's, like, the token, the girl, essentially, who's gonna have screen time. Yeah. You notice that, like, basically all the characters, like, Tommy's the only one that does anything in this movie. Yeah. Like, literally, the rest of them are incompetent besides him. Pretty much. Like, even poor David Yast barely does anything out of the Blue Ranger.

[01:00:42] But, of course, we know from the fact that there was a lot of not great things going on with him. I feel so bad after hearing that. Like, what he went through. He's thankfully made peace with it and things are looking up considering he did come back for that last season. Yeah. And the once and always thing. And people, he is very popular at conventions, so I think things have gone well for him in the long run. But, yeah, that's what he had to go through during the show was terrible. But I'm not gonna get into that here. If you know you don't. Get into it!

[01:01:12] Now! Oh, because it's really dark. Yeah! But, um... Yeah. Like, literally, like, any situation in this... Like, poor Rocky has, like, maybe, like, three lines in this movie. Rocky? Not that Rocky. Um... Stop it. Um... No. Yeah, so they eventually do get their new fancy powers. They find this random rock on, like, this alien planet. It's completely different than the show.

[01:01:40] The show, like, they find this weird, like, ninja guy and he gives them their ninja powers. He's like, yes. But I love how they all have, like, these different, like, reasonings for why they got their new spirit animals. And then we get to Johnny and Bosh and it's like... He's like, what's wrong, Adam? And he's like, I'm a frog. It's amazing how that man is probably the most successful out of all of these actors nowadays. Just being, like, in so many animes. Like, he's Yunarikami, for God's sake.

[01:02:11] Um... And he's most famously known for... What did you send me? Yes. Yes. Um... I mean, you should make that your profile picture. No. Maybe in, like, one server. Because I can do, like, custom ones. Why not? There you go. Um... What did you do? Ugh!

[01:02:41] No! Fucking terrible when that happened. Oh, no. So, they do eventually get their, um... Their new powers and they can morph again. Um... And then they go... They have to go save the day. So, of course, these giant... CGI behemoths are walking around. And they get their new Megazords, which are also CG, and they look terrible. Yeah. Like, the models in the show... All the CG in this is awful. It was 95.

[01:03:11] I'll give it a pass for 95, but now it is... Oh. Um... Also, that was probably where all the budget went. Let's be real. No, yeah! I'm sure that was expensive at the time. Because they eventually do show up to save, like, the kids and stuff. Because there's a point where, like, the kids are on a train. Also, this film, despite being Angel Grove, like... Where, like, the, uh... The series takes place. If you're paying attention, you can very clearly tell it's Sydney, Australia.

[01:03:40] Like, it is very clearly Australia at times. Um... So, they end up going to that and they stop the giant robots that are going around. And Ivan, who gets so fed up, he turns, like, into slime and, like, just kind of fuses with one of them. And then we get the actual Megazord fight. And it's very, uh... They send him to space. Yeah. And then they just kind of push him in front of a meteor. And then he dies. Yep. It's very anticlimactic.

[01:04:09] And then they use the power of love to save Zordon. Yeah. And that's pretty much it. Also, Zordon... What's going on? He's a creepy guy. Why? He's creepy. In this little egg dome. Eggman dome. He's Dr. Eggman! No, he... He's in the show lore. He's basically a wizard who's, like, out of, like, time. He's, like... He's in and out of time, kind of, like... The time stream.

[01:04:39] So he has to be in that vortex to exist, basically. Which is funny, because in in space, when they shatter his tube, it actually causes a wave of, um... Of happiness. It causes the Zordon wave, which basically destroys all evil in the universe until the next season. I think he should... I think he should... I think they should let him die, then, so that all the happiness can come out. Well, he dies at the end of in space. It never comes back. Good.

[01:05:05] No, it's literally at the end of in space, they smash the tube, and it destroys all evil in the universe until the next season. Well, yeah, because they gotta keep making more. In space was supposed to be the final season of, um... Power Rangers. Power Rangers has had many final seasons over the years. Like, because it's been, like, so close to being canceled. Oh, it's been doing, like, the final, final season. Wait, wait. There's an episode in Mighty Morphin Season 2 that was supposed to be...

[01:05:33] Or maybe it was Season 1 that was supposed to be the series finale, but then it was popular, so they kept going. There was a point during... Because the ratings were terrible by Turbo. And then in space ended up saving the series by being, like, basically bringing it back. Disney was gonna cancel it after that, but RPM was very popular, brought it back. It's been an up-and-down cycle over the years. Yep. But, um... Yeah, they saved the day, and then all the parents are back, and then they just party. Yeah, that's really it.

[01:06:03] There really wasn't much for story. No, the story is barefoot. It's... It was mostly just watch Ooze Man be a oozy guy. There are more complicated stories in some of the episodes. Like, that's the crazy part. I think, granted, the episodes are only, like, what, 30 minutes max? Not even with commercials? Fun fact, a lot of the seasons are on YouTube right now. So if you want to watch Power Rangers, it's right there. Yep. Get it before it's claimed. No, no, no. No, it's the official Power Rangers channel.

[01:06:33] Oh! They're up there legally, like, just free to watch. All right, just watch it then. Why not? It's, like, certain ones, because then there's other ones on Netflix, because I think all the Hasbro shows were on Netflix for a while. Either way. You can watch Power Rangers on YouTube. Yes. Report back to us when you do a full report. We need it by the end of the week. When you watch all 1,000 episodes. Yes. End of the week.

[01:07:03] Hey, if you can do that, you can watch One Piece. So, and we know what's better. One Piece. So watch One Piece instead. Yeah, don't watch Power Rangers. Just watch One Piece. Slade. Watch it! What a random call out. Whenever I can, I let him know he should watch One Piece. I know he never will. No, I think he said he might watch the One Piece. Or at least he'll try it.

[01:07:31] I am going to pester him if he does not. So, get ready! Just like you. I'm going to pester you. Until you watch it. Or the original. Get to it. Yeah, the original ain't happening. You just got a quick 1,000 to catch up on. Yeah, the first season. Yeah, you can do it in a year. Just watch season one. I believe in you. If you start now, you'll be ready by the time we do the year-end rundown. No.

[01:08:01] That's really all you can watch. So. I'll let you skip the filler. I don't know. So, this movie is pretty bad. They actually did release it over in Japan as well. Which is really funny. They dubbed in Japanese. But I think they actually dubbed it in Japanese with the Sentai actors. Which is kind of amazing. That's kind of hilarious. But yeah, this movie is very nostalgic. It's bad.

[01:08:29] But it's in one of those, it's so bad, it's good kind of ways. It's much better than the Turbo movie. Which also released in theaters. But that movie is literally just the pilot for the Turbo season. It's just a longer episode of the show. That's somehow more boring than this movie. I gotta look that up. The Turbo movie? Yeah. I watched that one a lot too as a kid. It was bad.

[01:08:54] There was also the 2017 reboot movie that's also kind of bad from what I've heard. Oh my god, the Turbo movie had this creature. Yeah, that takes up like 80% of the fucking screen time. Ugh! Unless you're talking about... Are you talking about the Mole Man or the lava creature? The Mole Man? Yeah, yeah, that guy. Yeah, that movie... The Turbo movie's not very good. Ugh!

[01:09:24] This is terrible! Yeah. The thing takes up so much screen time. Because they don't even... His eyes are so close. That's a wizard, Alex. So fucking... Well, if it's a wizard, then... I must be... You know what the problem with the damn Turbo movie is? What? They don't morph until like the last like... 10 minutes of the movie. Wasn't in the budget. No, it was in the budget. They were just... Spent too much on the puppet. On the... I don't think the Turbo movie had a very high budget.

[01:09:54] I'm not gonna lie. I can tell from these screenshots. Who was the villain lady? Oh, Diva Talk. She was the main villain of Turbo. Hmm. She was popular with the... I can tell. If you can get my drift. Um... Yeah, that movie had a 9.6 million dollar budget. I don't even know where it went.

[01:10:21] It went towards the many puppet faces of this hideous monster. It's hideous. Probably. Um... Yeah. So... This movie is... This movie is nostalgic. It's bad, but... In that so bad it's good kind of way. And I still enjoy watching it, even though it's ass. Because at least we got that one really fun fight scene. That really fun version of the Power Rangers theme.

[01:10:52] And Ivan Ooze being Ivan Ooze. Also, the, um... The video game adaption for this movie has the greatest title ever. I'm sending you a cursed object. I'll look at it in a minute. Um... The reason I always say, though, is like, um... The, uh... The name for the video game is literally called... Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie The Game Featuring Ivan Ooze. Yep. That is the full title. And it is great.

[01:11:22] Or what did you send me? I'm sure someone owns that now. Oh, no. It's probably in the Hasbro vault. Yeah, I think it is. That's gross. Yep. You're welcome. Maybe they auctioned it like they did, like... I don't know. Ew. Anyways. Um... Anyways, guys! Yeah! Thanks so much for watching the gaming and collecting...

[01:11:52] Yes. Can we talk about Bratz? We'll get to it. We'll get to it. I want to talk about Bratz! We're gonna get there. Don't worry. We might need to re-watch it as a refresher. No, I remember. It can take a crackle more. A long time. I remember. No, we might... I think we'll need a refresher. I don't need to see that one girl's Harry Pit again, okay? Yes. Yes, you do. It's natural, Bill! It's natural!

[01:12:23] Nothing about that movie was natural. It's not life. True. Why did she have a mariachi band in her house? I'm not saying... She was Latino! I'm not... That doesn't make it any better! That makes it worse! I know! That's why that movie is awful! It's so stereotypical! Terrible! Oh my god! That movie's terrible! It's terribly amazing! I'm not saying anymore. I'm saving it for the episode. Bratz! Anyways, though, guys.

[01:12:53] Once again, thank you for joining us on the Gaming Collecting Podcast. You can find Gaming Collecting on all the major podcasting platforms. Particularly Apple Podcasts, Spotify, you know it all. Follow us on the SuperPod Network, superpodnetwork.com. Awesome site where you can find all sorts of podcasts, videos, blogs. And until next time, guys. We'll see you all later. Alex ships Ivan Ooze and that creature from the second movie. Hell yeah! That's her OTP. That's my OTP.

[01:13:21] Maybe I'll add them to my Tamadachi life island. Add Ivan Ooze. Just Ivan Ooze. No, I don't want that on my island. No, thank you. Wait! I should add Grimace! Yeah, why haven't you added Grimace yet? I should make Grimace. I don't know how to make him. I'll see if there's a... I'm gonna look that up. Anyways, guys. Go, go, Power Rangers!