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PRxSS: Tragic Connection
8 months ago
This journal hurts to make... but I can't hold it back any longer.
As anyone born in the 80s-90s, you likely tuned into Fox Kids, if not for Saturday morning cartoons; it's for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
As many a fan of Tokusatsu, it's common knowledge Power Rangers was the Western adaption of a Japanese superhero show known as Super Sentai. Though SS began in 1975 with Himitsu Sentai Goranger, Power Rangers began in 1993 after the 16th entry, Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. A popular entry, even to this day thanks in part for it's story and adding the sixth ranger.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers set the stage for live-action superhero shows, though not the first in America, became a national phenominon. The team went as followed: Jason the Leader, Zack the second-in-command, Kimberly the gymnast, Billy the genius, Trini the honorable fighter, and later on Tommy the villain turned hero. Tommy first became the Green Ranger, then the White Ranger before becoming the leader after Jason, Zack, and Trini left. The trio were replaced by Adam, Rocky, and Aisha, with Kat replacing Kimberly, even Aisha with Tanya at the series finale.
But what no one knows is that Zyuranger wasn't the first choice for Haim Saban to adapt, in fact; he tried to adapt the eighth entry, Choudenshi Bioman. He even got Mark Dacascos and Miguel Nunes Jr. to play the Red and Green Rangers for the pilot trailer.... but it was never picked up. If anything, the robot sidekick in that show had to be the inspiration for Alpha 5-9.
Now I'm bet everyone's wondering "With all this droning, what does Bioman have to do with MMPR?"... well... it's likely a coincidence... but it's something that's been eating at me.
You see, characters dying is nothing new in either shows, but despite being a kids show; Super Sentai had heroes dying here and there. The second KiiRanger and Black Condor, the first Cossack Jack was shot, Dragon Ranger Burai... that on hurts the most to this day. Which brings me to the subject of this journal... the death of the Yellow Ranger in Bioman. Thing is, the actress who played the Yellow Ranger left after only nine episodes, no one really knows the reasons, and since the producers couldn't have her in Ranger form 24/7.... they decided to kill off her character.
The character was rather cheerful and had a love of life, so it was a shock she was given such a brutal death. Thing was, one of the villains created a gun that shot energy that weakened the heroes and eventually kill them.... unfortunately.... the Yellow Ranger ended up being shot at the most and she dies at the end of the episode.
Fast forward to 2001, eight days before one of the worst things to happen in America.... Thuy Trang, the actress who played Trini... got into a car accident... and she died on her way to the hospital; an episode of PR Time Force was dedicated to her.
Now, I know, there's a difference, not only in PR and SS, but also a completely different entry that was never even adapted... but still... it hurts all the same. In Bioman, the Yellow Ranger was an all-loving heroine, and in real life, Thuy Trang was said to be a caring person. I just can't help but see parallels between these two.
I apologize for all this, I don't mean to bring anyone down, and I hope no one else feels the same way I do about this, but whenever I see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6rQS8MRS8 ... it hurts more that we'll never see Trini ever again, even though she technically was in Once and Always.
As anyone born in the 80s-90s, you likely tuned into Fox Kids, if not for Saturday morning cartoons; it's for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
As many a fan of Tokusatsu, it's common knowledge Power Rangers was the Western adaption of a Japanese superhero show known as Super Sentai. Though SS began in 1975 with Himitsu Sentai Goranger, Power Rangers began in 1993 after the 16th entry, Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. A popular entry, even to this day thanks in part for it's story and adding the sixth ranger.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers set the stage for live-action superhero shows, though not the first in America, became a national phenominon. The team went as followed: Jason the Leader, Zack the second-in-command, Kimberly the gymnast, Billy the genius, Trini the honorable fighter, and later on Tommy the villain turned hero. Tommy first became the Green Ranger, then the White Ranger before becoming the leader after Jason, Zack, and Trini left. The trio were replaced by Adam, Rocky, and Aisha, with Kat replacing Kimberly, even Aisha with Tanya at the series finale.
But what no one knows is that Zyuranger wasn't the first choice for Haim Saban to adapt, in fact; he tried to adapt the eighth entry, Choudenshi Bioman. He even got Mark Dacascos and Miguel Nunes Jr. to play the Red and Green Rangers for the pilot trailer.... but it was never picked up. If anything, the robot sidekick in that show had to be the inspiration for Alpha 5-9.
Now I'm bet everyone's wondering "With all this droning, what does Bioman have to do with MMPR?"... well... it's likely a coincidence... but it's something that's been eating at me.
You see, characters dying is nothing new in either shows, but despite being a kids show; Super Sentai had heroes dying here and there. The second KiiRanger and Black Condor, the first Cossack Jack was shot, Dragon Ranger Burai... that on hurts the most to this day. Which brings me to the subject of this journal... the death of the Yellow Ranger in Bioman. Thing is, the actress who played the Yellow Ranger left after only nine episodes, no one really knows the reasons, and since the producers couldn't have her in Ranger form 24/7.... they decided to kill off her character.
The character was rather cheerful and had a love of life, so it was a shock she was given such a brutal death. Thing was, one of the villains created a gun that shot energy that weakened the heroes and eventually kill them.... unfortunately.... the Yellow Ranger ended up being shot at the most and she dies at the end of the episode.
Fast forward to 2001, eight days before one of the worst things to happen in America.... Thuy Trang, the actress who played Trini... got into a car accident... and she died on her way to the hospital; an episode of PR Time Force was dedicated to her.
Now, I know, there's a difference, not only in PR and SS, but also a completely different entry that was never even adapted... but still... it hurts all the same. In Bioman, the Yellow Ranger was an all-loving heroine, and in real life, Thuy Trang was said to be a caring person. I just can't help but see parallels between these two.
I apologize for all this, I don't mean to bring anyone down, and I hope no one else feels the same way I do about this, but whenever I see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6rQS8MRS8 ... it hurts more that we'll never see Trini ever again, even though she technically was in Once and Always.
