"So, what are we doing today?" Well, if you MUST know, today is going to be an actionpacked day! We'll have the spotlight pointed on Jason David Frank, a MMPR toy review, a MMPR movie review, a poll update, and more! Well, get ready, get set, for one morphinomenal ride! Just sit back, buckle up, and most importantly...have fun!!! =-P BTW, this issue is dedicated to Rick a.k.a. RedRng. Welcome to new members SilverRng, Kl Cinder9, Navyrng, Freakling, all morphinomenal fans! Also, Sab4kids is temporarily leaving because she needs her mailbox clear, and ZEENO got pissed at me for that "Jamie13X" thingee, told me off, and told me he wanted off. Woah! Oh well, we 'stopped the ride' for him, didn't we? ;-) GOOD NEWS!!! The Amy Jo Johnson chat is now available. EVETTER127 (Evon) has Prodigy, and got the transcript. But, the file wouldn't save to the disk so she TYPED IT ALL OVER! Let's give her a big hand!!! She'll also get a point! ;-P And, now the transcript is available. You can ask me for it--if you already have, do it again because I don't have time to go back and make a list of all the people. Just ask me for it and I'll send it (In Kimberly's words on the Fan Club Video, "It's that simple!") ;-) IMPORTANT: *Tonight, David Yost will be on Circus of the Stars! Don't miss if you did before! Well, I hope your happy. I told you that I'm obsessed with Power Rangers at my school and camp. Need proof? Today, everyone was supposed to have papers taped on their back and people would go around and write a positive word that made them feel confident about being a good performer. Well, EVERY single word was Power Ranger related: I got "Power Ranger", "Morphinomenal", "Luv'z Kimberly", "Amy Jo Lover", "Green Ranger," "Blue Ranger," "Power Animation", "Yellow Ranger," "Power Ranger Rule", everything! I was depressed that nobody put one thing about performing. Like Kimberly says, "You know, this really sucks!" YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT... The quotes are getting a little hard! But, people still are getting them right! The first one was "You guys, I don't like this. Something is really wrong." Might I add that I say this quote SO much that every SINGLE person at my camp (Non-Power Ranger fans, teachers, assitants, etc.) could answer this one. It was Kimberly from "White Light Part I." Zordon and Alpha were gone, putties had just been sent down, ooze-like substances in the park...Kim HAS to say, "You guys, I don't like this. Something is really wrong." CVAdam got it correct first and then Patri56297. The second quote was "Pschh...not in this lifetime!" I expected many more to answer this one! It's from the episode that has aired the most (8 times)--"Bloom of Doom." Kim was under Zedd's evil spell and going around acting giving everyone a piece of her mind...Bulk and Skull ask her to join their Unsolved Mysteries club and she answers "Pschh....not in this lifetime!" Bulk: "Too bad--'cause our first gig is to find the true identity of the Power Rangers!" Skull: "Cool, huh? (Hold microphone to her face)" Kim: "(Hits the microphone) Get a life, Dimwit!" I have this memorized. I tried rewriting the script and now it's in my head! TODAY'S QUOTES Quote 1-"You didn't step sideways...and Beth ran into you?" Quote 2- "Newsflash!" What do the Rangers call Billy's Remote Activated Drivingzord for Basic Ultra Geomorphology? TRIVIAL PURSUIT The first trivia question was which three monsters were defeated by their vanity. I would have accepted any possible answers. The one I had in mind were Octophantom ("Oh, my lovely snout!"), Primator (He loved looking in mirrors), Octoplant (JASON: "Now, while she's looking at herself [in a mirror].") The second trivia question is Who played the organ at Zedd and Rita's wedding? Well, you guys could have described him! Anyway, it's that lizard with snakes wrapped around his body. His name is Snizzard and in the Monster Guide he is called Slizzard and Justin thought it was Scissors, but I read in six different MMPR magazines and on the CD Rom game that's it's Snizzard (SNake + lIZARD= SNIZARD) Anyway, he played "Hava Nagila" on the organ at Rita and Zedd's wedding -- I liked everyone's dance (The putties jumproping with Snizard's tail) except for Goldar eating the snake! That was nasty! I was eating at the time and... Today's Trivia Question is easier: "Which Rangers's parents are divorced?" You guys HAVE to know this one! Here's the scoreboard: Jojo Stix: 6 points RedRng: 5 points DavrosPrm: 3 points Chris7118: 1 point WhiteRng: 2 points Randi Twin: 3 points DarwnONeil: 2 points CV Adam: 8 points XSENTAIX: 8 points Ami Ree: 2 points Tien CO: 6 points STHJ@MARISTB.MARIST.EDU: 6 points Patri56297: 5 points WBarezz: 2 points tguingab@vms1.gmu.edu: 1 point R Donnely: 3 points EVetter127: 1 point HA HA...MY SIDES ARE ACHING Why did Jason date Tommy? He wanted to replace Amy Jo Johnson. (Get it--Red and White make Pink?) Well, as you can tell, I'm dying here! Somebody help me!SEND ME YOUR JOKES A.S.A.P.! Today's spotlight is on JASON DAVID FRANK/TOMMY OLIVER. It comes from Terri Ann C.'s FAQ guide, available now (And since the last year or so). _Jason Frank_ Age: 21 (as of May 1995) Middle Name: David Parents: Ray and Janice Frank (owners of a Covina, CA trucking company) Acting Experience: Auditioned for roles since age 12, but "I just never landed anything". Karate Experience: Holds a Fourth Degree Black Belt. Earned his first black belt at the age of twelve. Has created his own style of martial arts. By the age of 18, operated two martial arts schools. Favorite Color: Black, with a growing interest in green. Future Ambition: To be the next Bruce Lee. Marital Status: Married (yes, ladies, you may begin the collective weeping now) to Shawna, age 23. The couple have a son, Jacob, who is 21 months old. From abhaumik@kn.PacBell.COM: Jason David Frank attended Bonita High School in Covina (Another Los Angeles suburb.). He was instructed in the martial arts in Anaheim Hills (Yet another Los Angeles suburb), Orange County at Lou Casamassa's Red Dragon Karate Dojo by Chris Casamassa (Chris Casamassa was supposed to play the role of Scorpion in the Mortal Kombat movie). I have narrowed down Jason Frank's residence as to be in one of two cities, either Brea or Anaheim Hills (Both of which are in Orange County). From MovieWeb: Jason David Frank (Tommy, the White RangerTM), 20, was born in Covina, California and became interested in martial arts at the age of4. Jason, a certified fourth degree Black Belt, is an expert in all seven major styles of martial arts. He's been teaching martial arts since the age of 12 and continues to teach, time permitting. From Hollywood Online: JASON DAVID FRANK (Tommy, the White Power Ranger), 20, was born in Covina, California, and became interested in martial arts at the age of 4. Jason, a certified 4th Degree Black Belt, is an expert in all seven major styles of martial arts. He's been teaching martial arts since the age of 12 and continues to teach, time permitting. _Tommy Oliver_ Age: 18 Birthday: October 20 Sign: Libra Height: 6'0" Weight: 167 lbs. Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Favorite Food: Corn Flakes and Raisins Favorite Subject: History Hobbies: Playing the Blues on His Flute Most Annoying Shortcoming: Has a Bad Memory Most Annoying Shortcoming: Has a Bad Memory Did I mention he has a bad memory? Here is a poll update: POLL 1-FAVE RANGERS BLACK RANGER-1 point BLUE RANGER-4 points GREEN RANGER-2 points PINK RANGER-8 points RED RANGER-3 points WHITE RANGER-3 points YELLOW RANGER-2 points FAVE NON-RANGERS: BULK & SKULL-10 points RITA-1 point FINSTER-1 point ERNIE-1 point RICHIE/CURTIS-1 point LORD ZEDD- 1 point ZORDON- 1 point POLL 2: WEIRDEST MERCHANDISE Trini and Kimberly Barbie Dolls The Gummy Rangers Mac n Cheese ALL OF IT the Swiss Army Pencil Box Parachuting Ranger and the Punching Bags POLL 3- BEST & WORST OF BEING A POWER RANGER FAN: Nothing new. POLL 4-NOBODY'S PERFICT Ag216@freenet.toronto.on.ca pointed out that there was something wrong with my story -- she said that the Rangers lived in New York not California because on the movie there was a father driving a car with New York for it's liscene plates. Hmm...even though my story was right, she pointed out a BIG mistake by accident! Fred Kelmen's dad, a citizen of Angel Grove, had a blue liscene plate that read NEW YORK! I guess the producers wanted to have something to make people think it was happening in the United States (Instead of Australia) and didn't think anyone would notice the mistake! I don't know! (Shrugs) POLL 5-WHO IS MAX MOUSE? I want you to draw a picture of what you think I look like. Just take a guess--the only hint you get is that I'm 13 and I'm a male. JUSTIN, YOU CAN NOT ENTER--YOU HAVE MY PICTURE!!! Anyway, color in your picture and then either scan it if you have a scanner and e-mail it to me or you can mail it to me and I'll give you my address! Later on I'll find a way to print my picture (The same one Justin has) so you can see if you guys where close or not! REMEMBER...be creative!!! You don't necissarily have to draw or anything (That is the best because you can actually draw how you think I look) use your computer in some way, cut out magazine pics, etc. After this we'll do this with more members and it will be cool! ;-) So, draw your pics of Mark (Not, MAXMOUZE) now! I'd like to see how everyone pictures me! Some people have already entered so hurry! Whenever you hear the name MAXMOUZE, what do you picture me as? You must have a general idea of my appearance (Hint: I'm not a mouze.) Just draw it down and e-mail me when you're done! NEW POLL: POLL 6-CREATE A CREATURE B A C L submitted this monster. Lord Zedd would be proud. Name: Bacl's Plague Powers: Bacl's Plague can be destroyed quite easily. So easily that even stubbing it's toe would cause it to be destroyed. Unfortunatly whenever it is destroyed, no matter how it is destroyed, two more Bacl's plague appear, each with all powers and abbiliteis as the first one. Meaning that if one of these two get destroyed, two more come from that, and so on. Weapons: Bacl's plague wear a full body suit from head to toe, anything that touches this suit, turns into stone. Thus, Bacl's Plague can quickly change an enitre planet, and all it's inhabbitants, into stone. Bacl's plague can not be changed to stone by anouther Bacl's plague. Bacl's plague can change anything it has turned to stone, back to it's original state at it's will. Weakness: Everything, Bacl's plauge, while strong and quick, could be destroyed by a heavy breeze. Additional notes: When using Bacl's plague, it is advisable to destroy the first one, and second, third forth, and so on, thus creating about a dozen Bacl's plague. Send these down to different locations of target planet to help speed up the process of destruction. Kind of like Genie. He couldn't be destroyed either. He could fight forever. =:-() Here's Patri56297's idea: "Clayoozer." He is made of clay. He can "Morph" into different views. And do anything that clay can do. Didn't know clay could do that much. ;-) Here's WBarezz's: THE TIME BEING... This creature is a creature of pure malevolence. It is a chronic thief, whenever you set something down for the Time Being...it is taken away. This creature always shows up whenever you are trying to accomplish a task and it distracts you and you set it aside for the time being. THE STUDY PUTTY This putty is another nusance on a major scale. Puttys always show up at inoportune times but the STUDY PUTTY always appears when you need to concentrate on homework or a special examination. The Study Putty taunts you, until you are forced to enter combat with it thereby missing the test or exam. POLL 7-FAVORITE MONSTER Who is your favorite monster? Vote now. Here's mine: GNARLY GNOME: 1 point Don't forget to submit your things (stories, songs [what was the name for it], drawings, etc.) for Ami Ree's fanzine! I drew a picture but haven't sent it yet (I'm lazy, okay?) E-mail Ami Ree for more info. when you're done! NICE TO MEET YOU... Here is today's MMPR profile. SCREEN NAME: Psyclone12 REAL NAME: Chris Cooper but his screen/actor name is Christopher Bear CURRENT RESIDENCE: West Covina, CA BIRTHDAY: 8-14-73 FAVE EPISODE: Well, I'd have to say all of them..... FAVE QUOTE: "Cool stereo."........hey, my stereo was stolen and you learn to appreciate these things! Thanks, "Christopher". Coming up next we'll have Patri56297 and TommyOliv. I THINK I'M FORGETTING SOMEONE! IF IT'S YOU, E-MAIL ME! Good news!!!! Austin St. John's martial arts video just came out! Read all about it. --16 ("The Contest Zone: Video Mania!") _16_ . New York: The Sterling/Macfadden, Inc., September 1995., Pg. 34) "Though Austin St. John may no longer be on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, you can still see him on yuor very own TV! That's right -- the former Red Ranger shares his karate skills and physical fitness knowledge on video with you as he leads he workout on Karate Masters from UAV Entertainment. It's an easy-to-follow workout which includes action-packed sequences of Austin's most famous karate moves, including his famous "Tornado Kick." The video teaches basic karate warm-ups, techniques, secret stances and discipline that will click on the "power" inside everyone! For a beginning martial art student or Austin-adorers, Karate Masters is a must!" Know what's weird--I look at Austin, Walter, and Thuy and they look totally familar but nothing more. It's weird--they used to be the Rangers we all knew and loved! We took them for granted and now they're gone! And, now 'you don't know how much you miss someone until they're gone' comes to life! I swear, they look no more than familar! I can'r remember one episode they were on! HELP! On AOL, there's a place called Follyland. People vote for their fave movies and 1 is horrible and 10 is terrific! Well, MMPRTM got 5.33. We can bring that up. If every AOL member voted, it would go off the charts! And, downloading Follyland is free! So, vote today! Here is today's MMPR review. It comes from Davidcro@imap1.asu.edu: At Kay Bee toys yesterday, I saw the last of the Kakuranger robots for the first time. Ninja Man, first advertised as the Ninja Warrior but now called Ninjor is out. It looks like there haven't been _any_ changes from the original Japanese design. There aren't even any lightning bolt stickers! The box lists his two modes as "Ninja Mode" and "Attack Mode" but other than that, no details about his story are given. Price: $29.95. I'll wait until he shows at Toys R Us. Thanks, David! Next time we'll hear a review from TommyOliv. Here is today's MMPR Movie Review: MIGHTY MORPHIN ASSUMPTIONS MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE (PG) DIRECTOR: Bryan Spicer CAST: Jason David Frank, Steve Cardenas, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Amy Jo Johnson, Karan Ashley, Paul Freeman, Paul Schrier, Jason Narvy, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick By Bob Wilson (FW Aud) NO MATTER what John Fortescue thought, comparisons aren't half so odious as assumptions. I took for granted that reviewing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, something never intended for the folks here in Follywood or graybeards like me, would be fun if I matched samples of classic film-theory pomposity against the reactions of a youthful audience. I drafted an outline of such a review, went to the local multiplex for the first screening of the movie's first Friday, sat through the show, then came home and clicked File/Delete for my draft. Only one aspect of my assumption -- that I'd sit in the back, patronizingly observing kids having a good time -- was briefly correct: entering the theater, parents and children seemed wired, hurrying down the aisles to take seats, happily settling in, arranging their popcorn bins and soda cups. I was the sole "single ticket" in the crowd (which had caused the cashier to glance twice at me); the majority of all other adults had two kids with them, and a few had one or up to six. Average age of the kids was 9-10, several 6- to 8-year-olds were there too. The lights dimmed; the excessively detailed, surprise-spoiling promo trailers ran; the Rangers' movie began. For the next 95 minutes the audience was well behaved. Too well behaved. They were, of course, familiar with the semi-androgynous sextet of high- fiving heroes whose helmets, appearing when the characters "morph" for action, permit the hiring of stunt doubles who don't have to worry about their faces being seen. The general setup was also second nature for this audience. (Joe Leydon's 6/30 Variety review, available elsewhere in AOL, will clue you in on the TV series' basic -- very basic -- premises.) There were, however, fresh f/x galore, with a new set of monsters, mechanical or animal, clocking in about every fourth scene. These computer-composed adversaries were bonked, beaned, splattered and squashed with abandon; there was action a-plenty but only ogres' ooze, not blood, was ever spilled. In other words, the kids could have rooted raucously for Good's triumph without raising more questions of insensitivity to human carnage. Yet they didn't. Except for what is usually called a scattering of applause -- from 12 pairs of hands, I estimated -- when Paul Freeman (playing the chief villain with an ebullience permitted no other actor) was blown up at the end, the auditorium was silent throughout. No cheers for the gymnastics, no gasps at the fantastic scenery even when Graeme Revell's musical hints invited them, no chuckles at the heroes' quips...just polite attention to the screen from start to finish. Afterward, I stood by the exit doors watching and listening as the show let out. Two or three kids briefly imitated the Rangers' "yesss" arm movements, several played with the Rangers and Batman toys they'd brought to the theater, but none said a word in my hearing about the movie. One mother asked, "Pretty cool, Tommy, right?" without receiving a reply from her son. The film had no impact on its viewers, it had passed through this hour and a half of their lives like a Santa Monica morning's coastal fog...unremarkable and unremarked. My assumption's last fragment fell into dust: On the big screen, the Rangers couldn't get a rise out of the very audience that had made them national figures. And that, I believe, is the problem. These heroes are stick figures. In casual home settings, kids bring their own power/control fantasies to the TV series. When a larger-than-life theatrical "event" fails to meet them halfway -- by supplying a Kansas farmgirl or a Hobbit they can identify with -- no amount of optical razzle-dazzle will produce a human connection that, even in childhood, promotes active audience involvement in the most fantastic story. If other Fools see this film with a less passive set of young patrons, I'd like to know. It would salvage my assumption that Hollywood feature producers haven't lost the ability to enthrall pre-sold prepubescent patrons. Transmitted: 95-07-07 16:48:01 EDT (take25) Please, please, please, send in YOUR MMPR reviews! Next time, the spotlight will be on Haim Saban, we'll have an interview with Paul Freeman (Postponed due to lack of space), a toy review from TommyOliv, hopefully a movie review (SEND IN YOURS) and hopefully an article on a certain member obsessed with MMPR from a cerrtain friend who lives by him/her. (Guess who it is!) Anywayyy, time to go. Stay tuned next time for more interactivity (You guys can do it!), more entertainment (Yeah, I know, you don't believe it--but it *might* be possible with more interactivity) and more fun (Ditto). Well, I've got to go. "Ninjetti.............................................the bee!" "Buzzzzzzzzzzz....grumble..........buzzz..........grumble........." *NOTE FOR MMPR FANS: Oh no, I'm a grumble bee! ;-) MAXMOUZE