(Special Note: I've been getting emails from people that think I am somehow officially connected with the show. Some ask to act on the show or to meet the Rangers. Some parent's have asked for things for their kids. I don't mind getting emails......I just want people to understand that Power Rangers Online is just a fan site. I am just a fan like all of you. There are tons more fan sites out there ( as their is for most popular tv shows). Disney does have  its own  site for Power Rangers.  The official Power Rangers page is here.)


(Massive News Update, after a few weeks of no news activity. Scroll down a bit to get to the first new newsbyte)


2/15/09 I recommend fully that you check out the last two podcasts that Rangercast has put out. Which are podcast 110 and 111



2/15/09 A rough cut promo of RPM has leaked on the internet. It was something created in house and not intended for the viewing of the general public. Somehow it leaked on the internet.

Reaction to it has been very positive. It has gotten people excited about the driection of early RPM.  The promo gives us our first looks at the  the RPM characters and the premise of the show. It comes off as pretty epic.We also hay have got a possible  sample of the RPM threm song mid way through. The  Rangercast Podcast  has a link to the youtube video of it.


Some members of the   cast   are not  happy with his scripts so far and the direction the show has taken post Eddie Grizllia'ns'; departure. [Credit: Mesh ( Fury Diamond.)]

Chris Funaro made a case for Judd Lynn at Starpoints Rangercast. Basically that  the actors were loyal to Eddie and don't know of Lynn. They also may not understand what Power Rangers is. Its very possible that  Lynn is doing what has to be done to salavage the  second half of the season. But you're better off reading Chris's post to get his full message.
 
Judd Lynn  started out on the production staff during early MMPR. He started out as the production manager and ended up doing some directing. He ended up transitioning to the writing end of things. He became Story Editor in the middle of Turbo ( which had production drama midway that parrallels RPM's drama).

 Judd was instrumental in the creative direction of Power Rangers from Mid Turbo- Power Rangers Time Force.  And is regarded by many to be one of the finiest writers in the history for the franchise.  

He left after Time Force, due to  burnout and creative differences with Johnathon Tzachar ( who was showrunnrer from mid turbo-WF and a big part of Saban era PR as a whole). Judd left the TV bussiness and went into constructing houses last we knew of him. He is return to PR is unexpected. 

( Its a shame that Judd isn't returning under better circumstances. He is one of my personal favorite writers thats ever worked on  Power Rangers. And seems to be someone that cared about the show when he worked on it in the passed. Judd wrote most of the scripts during Mid Turbo-TF. Which is unprecendent for a Story Editor. Its surprising to see that some are not happy with his work. But its understanable with him coming into the current situation. He almost has to be the bad guy here, to get production back on track. Its impossible for him to come in and follow Eddie's vision, since he isn't Eddie.

I agree with Chris here. If he was brought in to make sure the rest of production goes smoothly, it makes sense to do what he is doing. And its highly possible that the actors are biased. Who knows if Mesh's source isn't one of the bitter ones.  We simply can't really tell until we see RPM as a whole anyway. Judd Lynn's return does give me some hope that RPM's second half will still be good. )


Mesh source presents things as Disney making Eddie look back so they couild fire him without the actor's walking off the set.  He hasn't heard Chris's side of the story, but thinks it could be plausible. Here is his post.

( I personally think Funaro's information makes sense. You could see where a newbie Exec would get over ambitious and make those rookie mistakes. Its noble that he cared about Power Rangers and tried to make a qaulity tv program. But if he really was threatning things on the production end and not responding to Dssiney's memos.... You can't really blame them for making a change. Thats this the way show biz works)

2/15/09  More has come out about the RPM production situation. Fury Diamond is reporting that Eddie Guzelian  had a very clear vision for what he wanted to do in Power Rangers. A crew member didn't like what he was trying to some of the changes he was trying to make. So the crewmember convinced Disney to have him fired.  His final episode is episode 18. Go here to see the post.

2/15/09. There has been a a lot of drama at Rangerboard lately. Jack Olesker ( a long time TV writer that has worked on such shows as New Adventures of He-man, Hecliff, The Littles, and Mask) showed up at Rangerboard claiming to be the writer of the early MMPR bible.

At first he just answered a  slew of questions from the board and was very casual. But then he presented a pitch challenge. Which he intended to present to Disney.  Rangerboard posters submited their ideas for an animated version of Power Rangers. Some people suspected that Olesker was acting officially.

But then it came down that Olesker was actually workng on his own and didn't go through Disney first. Disney ordered his thread be shut down and that Oleskar cease the pitch challenge immidiately.

It is actually a big no no to get  ideas from fans. Since it opens up tons of legal issues later on. Since fans might claim future storylines were their ideas. Which could lead to lawsuits. Plus Jack was not working officialy with Disney, so it was illegal for him to  even be doing the pitch challenge.

Jack has apolgized for his end and claims that he had good intentions. He admits that he should have went to Disney first. His plan was to try and present Disney with fan  feedback. In hopes of creating a reality show where fans got to   compete against each other's ideas. With the winner's idea being used for an animated version of Power Rangers.

Jack Olesker invovlement would have been early on before production on MMPR began. Most people in production don't even remember him. But it is assumed that he had at least had some ealry invovlement in MMPR. Its hard to say just how much the MMPR bible was similar to the actual show we got in season 1.

But Olesker is a real person tha thas been active in other fandoms before. He showed up at He-man.org to discud the New Adventeures of He-man. And he is a legit name in the tv industry.

A lot of the threads  got  deleted or restricted. But here is his apoligy for the contest idea. The pitch thread is no longer accissible.

2/15/09  Since our last update, Richard Genelle sadly passed away at the young age of 47. He reportly suffered an heart attack. We wish him and his family the best. Please keep them in you're thoughts and prayers.

Richard Genelle is notable iin Power Rangers circles for potraying Erinie. Who ran the Juice Bar at the Youth Center during MMPR-Zeo. Richard 's character played a pretty significant role in early Power Rangers. Most old time Power Ranges fans should have fond memories of the Ernie character. He was always the lovable Juice Bar  owner. Who was a positive figure in the Ranger's life. Ernie's was wrttiien out by Turbo. When Lt Stone bought the Jucie Bar.

But in real life, Richard was a loving  husband and father to his family. Which is far more important than his contributions to a saturday morning kids show. Which is why we wish him and his family the best. Click here  for more information.

2/15/09  A lot has happened since our last news update. I'll try to get us caught up here. I'll try to go in order and work my way up

 I've actyally been working on the site the past since the last new update. I've been focused on rewatching MMPR, VR Troopers, and keeping up with Dragon Knight. I've been updating the Episode Guides  as I watch. I just haven't been able to finish proofreading my updates, so the haven't been updated. I'm rewatching Power Rangers from the beginning. I plan on expanding all the episode guides and screen capping every episode. That will of course take a long time.


1/21/09  Fury Diamond is saying that Eddie Guzelian was not let go because of RPM's darker plot. He was actually hired for his creative vision. Some behind the scenes issues led to his departure midway into production. Here is Fury Diamond's post.

Fury Diamond broke the story about Eddie Guzelian being the new Executive Producer of RPM. With the catch being that he was let go halfway through the season.  His vision for RPM was said to be darker and more mature then recent PR.  ( Scroll down for the prior newsbye about this).

1/21/09  With Power Rangers exclusively airing on ABC Kids we can assume that reruns from prior season  will cease to air. Currently Toon Disney airs Power Rangers reruns from NS on. But with the relaunch to Disney XD Power Rangers doesn't seem to be on the schedule.  

  


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