Carter Grayson and Dana Mitchell's Double Date

What I'm about to say is going to be controversial and a bit of a stretch for the average Power Rangers fan, who does not follow Rob Ager, Darren Foley and other great internet film critics. However, it does bring out a missing "it" factor in the franchise that could distinguish it from a mere post George Lucas Clone prequels. In fact, it can help present Power Rangers as great a work of art as some of the finest film classics of both past present and future.

Certain music fan vids have shipped the Dana Mitchell and Carter Grayson together, possibly from outpours of psychological color associations (in this case Red and Pink) fans had with love in Power Rangers starting from Kimberly and a later Red Ranger Tommy in Mighty Morphin, Kat-Tommy from Zeo and Kendrix-Leo from Lost Galaxy.
In fact, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue has exactly what Alfred Hitchcock (and in turn inspired David Lynch) had in many of their films, not to mention Walter Hill in the Warriors, Paul Thomas Anderson in the Master.
The use of this literary device, is called the double, a character who physically look similar in similar situations within a film in the previous cases, and in this case, a franchise. I have speculated this ever since I watched Lightspeed Rescue when I was 14, and finally have more evidence of it now rewatching episodes. Saban did this possibly afraid from alienating fans from watching a Power Rangers series that is too different, even though it did not primarily take place in Space and had nothing to do with Angel Grove. I am 99% sure Saban and his lieutenants were aware of this when they were casting, unlike when they cast Thuy as Trini and Walter as Zack.

Look at the resemblances here.

Carter is Leo (the leader)

Dana is Kendrix. (Both blonde, like romances in a Hitchcock film or Kat from Zeo)

Chad is Kai. (Asian American)

Kelsey is Maya (Brunette)

Joel is Damon (African American)

And to be honest, are they really lying about having the same crew for a different series post-Lost Galaxy? Although characters on screen change, Most of the backstage crew is still the same, (sold from or to Disney or not.)

Furthermore, it is sort of possibly inadvertently hinted in the story.
Remember that story about Carter wishing he could be as good of a superhero as Captain Mitchell? Well, in fact, what he may have inferred by that was he wanted to become Captain Mitchell's son, or Dana's husband, because of how much of a father figure and role model Captain Mitchell was to him growing up.
We do not see what of Carter Grayson's family. He's an adult. They could live far away. They could have been old or died. (Maybe they died in that fire that traumatized him when he was younger.)
The point is in the show, he is lacking a family. In fact, most Power Rangers series lack families and ever since Turbo, they have made that less of an issue. With Captain Mitchell and possibly Dana, he can have a family in the show, a theme shared in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy with Lost Galaxy's and its source footage, Gingaman's Red Ranger brothers.

Another Lost Galaxy-Lightspeed Rescue connection
Leo has a brother. Dana has a brother. Leo and Kendrix want a relationship between each other. Carter and Dana want a relationship between each other.They're both coupled with each others associated self in a different Power Rangers generation.
Furthermore, Leo and Kendrix never get to tell each other how they feel, even if they do flirt with each other, because Kendrix dies in Lost Galaxy. Is this the reason why Carter and Dana never start a relationship either? It's a theory...

Recently, there has been a picture circulating of Alison MacGinnis backstage. And get this: rumor is she's naturally red-head and wears a blonde wig when portraying Dana Mitchell!

This gets more interesting in the Junior Ranger Trakeena's Revenge episode. The mother is a redhead, like Alison MacGinnis. You could debate if this red head is Carter Grayson's wife, but the Junior Ranger could definitely be an offspring-like figure, just like Captain Mitchell and Dana Mitchell.

Furthermore, during several parts of the episode, Leo Corbett, Carter Grayson's predecessor is losing his powers and voice, just like the the redhead mother. In fact, we do not get to see much of Kendrix or her antecessor Karone in the episode. They've become powerless. Heck, we do not get to see much of Dana and Carter in the same episode despite the fact that they are physically perfectly fine in the episode.

A lot of what could have happened for Lightspeed Rescue.
I am not suggesting that this is canon or was the original intent of the writers, unlike what Rob Ager and Darren Foley suggested for their respected films by their favorite auteurs. However, would not everybody like the be Stalinist for once and rewrite history so that something better comes from Power Rangers canon for once?
This must be done at the teamup, as it may be another 5-10 years before something monumental as this happens. Sure, they screwed up the monumental passing of the torch from Bulk to Spike and the Samurai Rangers. They just have to keep the two in character and nothing else can be screwed up from that.

Writers do not, I repeat, do not have Dana take Carter's last name, it has to be Carter who takes Dana's.

Who's Crying Now? Hopefully not me

"Look at me! Do you see any tears?!"
Sure, the actor who plays Troy does not have the right charisma, but he at least works hard to get a performance out of himself under the production schedule's limits.

The bully plot does not seem to have to be there and got resolved way too easily. I doubt we will see any of these characters in the future, and since we saw very little of them, hopefully for the better.

Side note, are the extras ever the same? How does class in this town work?

Also, Creepox has not been around long enough and have enough character development for me to care for his destruction. He seems to be an overrated grunt in my opinion.
Wikipedia lists him with a superiority complex. However, not much can be done with it in a Nickelodeon/Saban Brands context. He's not exactly as Amon Goth memorable.

There really was not much to this episode. Ultrazord already? I super duper dog dare you!

Why are the Power Rangers Megaforce writers so fucking incompetent?

Seriously.
You still have problems writing episodes?
I understand Saban does not pay, but you chose this job for a reason. You may want job security.
I understand that screenwriters do not need to take screenwriting 101 classes to get their job.
But seriously, what the fuck are you doing?

United We Stand
The beginnings of most of these episodes do not set up for the rest of the episode so well.
Gia and Emma dirt biking in the middle of the woods, nearly killing themselves for no reason while discussing how awesome they are as if this was Dr. Strangelove or something. (Wouldn't that be an interesting premise for Power Rangers?) What the fuck does any of that have to do with their friendship and saving the world from a motherfuckin alien invasion? Are you selling fucking Power Rangers mountain bikes or something? Seriously, what was the point of this scene supposed to convey.

I get it... She likes bikes. She likes nature. But it's a bit one note. You're not really developing the characters, the setting or the conflict. They hang out. Does that truly make them friends however?
Maybe Gia can talk about how Jake is creeping her out, but does not know how to react or something. Maybe they can talk about their journeys as heroes and how much trust they put into each other.

Robo Knight
What the fuck does Jake liking Gia have to do with Jake running into all his classmates? What does the friggin teacher running into a hoe have to do with the Robo Knight? (Epiphany: Are we supposed to picture the Jake as a teacher running into hoes in the future? That's the only saving grace for that intro.)

In the words of the Dude, why the fuck does everything have to be a motherfuckin travesty with you, Saban? What the fuck did any of that stuff have to do with the Robo Knight? What the fuck did any of that have to do with Robo Knight? What the fuck are you talking about?
For a mass marketing corporation, you figure marketing 101 would be to advertise the main feature or toy of the episode! Here's the Dude's can for your downfall Donny shows. Now shut the fuck up, Donny!

I trip on acid watching the beginning of Prince Takes Knight

"Some scientists believe that dreams can tell the future."

Where the fuck is the evidence of that? Cite something. Here goes Saban and teaching me what wombats don't look like again. (VR Troopers)
"Oh come on!"

"Ah! A snack and snare job! I'm in." He continues while squatting, "I, PsychoDICK, master of the draining energy am the man for the job!"

Capture Robo Knight! We'll drain him dry and reprogram him!

In the words of Jake, Oh come on!

Power Rangers Theme Park Tie-In?

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Dream Battle, a Lynchian Turbo episode?

A lot of it does not make sense.
There is a scene where Damon fixes a battery of some sort for a scooter without actually seeing Damon fix it.

After seeing Damon sleepy and worried after a nightmare, the next direct conclusion he has is that Damon's nightmare is trying to kill him.
Yes. Really. That was his FIRST CONCLUSION with NO EVIDENCE.
Did you read the script, Leo? Did you read the script?

How did the guy get the flowers if nobody lived there? Was he a swabbie, Deviot, Hexuba or Mutiny in disguise?
Why introduce the girl with the broken down car at the beginning of the episode if Damon did not think that she was the one who sent the flowers?
Where are they when they are dreaming? Are they in the Astral Plane? Do they project real versions of themselves onto a planet or some place onto Terra Venture?

However, it is also (a failed) but honest attempt at Lynchian cinema.
After all, how does cinema work?
How do dreams work?

Side note: based on the Damon/Hayate footage, it seems obvious to me that it was supposed to be a Ginga Green episode. There was probably a scene where Hayate figured out the monster's weak spot.

Also, Kai sleep instead of work? LIES!

Also it's pretty cool that Rajia Baroudi, Delphine had a job after the lack of success of Alien Rangers.

Robo Knight The Episode And the Knight Analysis

The good:
I really like the Robo Knight character. I would've liked him more if he had more homages to Alex Murphy or Metal Heroes. However, he's good where he is at. There's a mystery built around him.

There's a lab.
The Billy ripoff has a lab. Yay.

They went to the Command Center for once.
Yay. They actually talk to Gosei and Tensou actually making them characters on the show opposed to not using them at all. Yay. Maybe we can become fans of them.

The bad:
Jake and Gia.
It's a Robo Knight sixth warrior episode. This barely went anywhere and took away from the episode.
They have not established whether there should be a reason for us to root this on other than "the show told us to" and I do not see chemistry between the two.

The environment
What the f**k does the environment have to do with a f**king alien invasion? F**king invade with your millions of your monsters and boogers. This is not an unconventional auteur made show where you are trying to take risks like RPM. Don't do this Dune invasion crap when you're not David Lynch.
This isn't Wild Force. You're not trying to be Wild Force. So why try to be Wild Force all of a sudden? This isn't Wild Force! I repeat this is not Wild Force.
What are you going to do after the polluting mutants are done in the series? There's only 3 of them!

The ugly:
The intro. I will be writing a NSFW article about that.

Harmony (for me) and Dizchord Analysis

Hey yo my dizzle!
Diz is PRPHD heyah.
And diz is my Power Rangerz Megaforce review.
So 90s!

So yeah, this episode really is not a hip hop pun episode despite the pun from the enemy's name.
However, it does set up some things correct that many may have taken for granted in United We Stand. Emma does not hear Troy, because she is wearing headphones. (Indicating that it is a music episode.) Then they introduce the musical monster of the week. Haha the teacher/principal administration character is tone deaf. Troy and Emma are weakened by the monster earlier so they are unable to defeat Dizchord. Trouble ensues. This sounds like a real goddamn Power Rangers episode post-Saban II somehow!
I really like this episode, because they cut the school gimmick of the episode down a bit.
Sure the episode is not Cruel Story of Youth, Taxi Driver or even the introductory episode of Gokaiger, but at least Saban Brands straightened out some episode basics in this episode unlike in others in the season.

Also, why put a voice over on a long shot?

Gia goes blurry even, making the chosen shot even more confusing.

Wouldn't a voice over be more fitting if she said "Wow! Even normal music is affecting her now!" here? (Plus with more enthusiasm.

Ernie, stop being an asshole!

I also probably wouldn't have had the bad guy telling the Rangers what the plan was after already telling the audience what the plan was.

The end was a little sappy and probably why everybody hates American Idol and Goseiger, but Eri probably made it work. (She wasn't dubbed!)
It was sorta cool how they had shots of the world, even if they were only one shots with probable use of green screen.

If you wanted me to direct the episode:
Not that I expect Saban Brands or Nickelodeon to do so, but I would've made the episode really dark to fit the alien invasion theme. I would've had the music suck up souls like in Raiders of the Lost Ark. It would not work by their standards, but I figure it'd be friggin awesome anyway. It'd be different at least than American Idol J Pop. Sirens led sailors to their doom didn't they?