I Love My Mom

[sadlikeknives]

So, my mom came into the study last night while I was watching Power Rangers: Dino Thunder. Stop laughing.

Mom: What're you watching?
Me: Power Rangers.
Mom: Oh, okay. *sits down* Isn't that that Tommy guy you had a crush on when you were eight? Didn't he graduate from high school about ten years ago?
Me: Yes. He's a teacher now. And a Power Ranger again. Apparently the actor's real hard up for cash or trying to collect all the colors or something.
Mom: The Rangers look kind of young...
Me: Yeah. I figure if the principal wasn't evil she'd be looking into the amount of time he spends with those kids.
Mom: Which color is he?
Me: Black. And he's been green, red, and white, so I figure pink is next.
Mom: No, not pink. He'd probably have to be gay then. Yellow or blue, maybe.
Me: One of his girlfriends left him by moving to Florida, and the other one apparently left him by moving back to Australia.
Mom: Pink it is!

A few minutes later, a villain with compound eyes for his head shows up:
Me: Why does evil have such bad fashion sense?
Mom: I don't know, but if they cut down on the pyrotechnics and the costuming budget, they might be able to hire some decent writers.
Me: It's for seven-year-olds, Mom.
Mom: Then it shouldn't be showing at ten-thirty at night. And that's no excuse for miserable production values.
Me: ...I love you so much right now.l

Comments

[jlrane.livejournal.com]

That show was entertaining, once. I watched a couple of my nephew's (a 4 yr old) videos, and noticed that the cast has gone through some really awful cycles. They just always have one asian/black ranger and one blonde female ranger, and the rest are more or less random. And the script is unfailingly terrible. I guess it was that bad when I was a kid, but it seems to have gotten worse.

[vampychick.livejournal.com]

Yes, but now they film in New Zealand. So for one series, they had two Maori Rangers, and a Ranger who was supposed to be I think Hispanic but was possibly also Maori, and another Ranger who was East Asian.

Oh, and one of the Maori Rangers and the really blond WASP-y Ranger were brothers. I never did figure out how that was supposed to make sense. And the lone female Ranger couldn't disguise her Kiwi accent for shit. And their teacher had been transformed into a CGI guinea pig. It was awful.

We uh, watched that one next.

[jlrane.livejournal.com]

HAHA! wow. Are these available on DVD?

[vampychick.livejournal.com]

Some of them are. Try Wal-Mart. Or like, Suncoast in the kids' section.