Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers - The Movie II: The Green Legend - Jay Lee
Don’t be fooled folks - this isn’t the script of the second Power Rangers film at all; this is a rather bad piece
of fan fiction. Right, I’ll start with the plus side: the plot, while obviously not Shakespeare, is just the type of
thing that you could have expected in the Power Rangers sequel. Well, now for the downside, i.e. everything
else. The plot goes something like this: regular villain Lord Zedd is seeking to revive Ivan Ooze, the nasty
from the first film. Instead he creates a new being from Ooze’s residue (it’s ooze - could you guess?) which
romps about their base. By some amazing leaps in logic, they work out that they can create some more nasties
which can take on other things’ shapes. Meanwhile on Earth, prime MMPR fodder Jay is introduced, and of
course, everyone instantly loves him despite the fact that no one has a clue who he is. Through a contrived plot
twist, he ends up en route to becoming a Power Ranger, and saves the others who are captured after a battle
with the ooze monster. Right, now you needn’t read the story, as it is little more than an expanded version of
this. The prose makes the ‘bad’ Mr Benn fanfic on this site seem like Tolkien, and the grammar, spelling, and
quite frankly everything else, is a mockery. For example, the only dialogue occurs in a clump right at the end,
despite many conversations throughout the story being mentioned. For example, the first sentence is “It is the
time (a couple of months after) when Ivan Ooze had been destroyed.” I think that the excuse is that the author
may be young - that is young enough to spell ‘calm’ with an ‘r’, but old enough to know what liquid nitrogen
is. A hopeless case. [1/5]
The Prophecy - Shana Oliver
I was enjoying this until around half way through, when a horrible sense of deja vu started to creep over me.
Why didn’t I recognise the first half of the story? Well, I only ever saw part two of the first Green Ranger
Power ranger two-parter. Yes, this is *another* carbon copy fanfic, where some one can’t be bothered to think
up their own story so they lift someone else’s completely. I don’t mind parodies. I don’t mind homages. I don’t
even mind reruns of a story, set in a parallel world, *so long as the stories are different!* This is the Green
Ranger story, with the addition of an Orange Ranger, but subtract her from the equation and you’re are left
with the original story, unchanged. Judging by the ending, this seems to be a ‘pilot’ for a series of stories
about eight Power Rangers. I only hope that these are tired old retreads of MMPR stories with added rangers.
[1/5]
Immortal Flame - Marc De Asis
Before this story starts there is a warning that some scenes might not be suitable for kids. Great, thinks me, a
*proper* Power Rangers story. No such luck, I’m afraid, for this is rather bad. After the planets align (“This
happens only once in a million eras” we are told) the rangers find themselves powerless, and are all captured
by Lord Zedd except Billy. Billy recruits a new set of rangers, who travel to the planet Bio where they are
given some very unwieldy sounding powers (try ‘blue water triceratops dolphin power’ on for size). We are
told that these powers are undefeatable, and indeed, they rescue the rangers, share out their powers, and the
cast is endlessly juggled. Jason, possessor of the Red Phoenix power is made lord high god of all power
rangers across the land. Big mistake. Meanwhile, Lord Zedd realises that the only thing that can stop the new
powers is a crystal which he just happens to have in his pocket. Jason is kidnapped, and placed in a torture
chamber where he is repeatedly ‘scourged’ (not whipped). The power rangers start to lose their powers again,
and Pink Ranger Kat, who is facing retirement, and ex Pink Ranger Kimberly, back from her holidays, go off
to Bio to swap powers. When they return, after much pointless fighting, the day is saved. The plot is
ridiculous and the dialogue awful, but there is a saving grace. The aforementioned “not suitable for kids”
content takes the form of an unintentionally hilarious kinky torture scene. Anything that begins “What does it
feel [like] to be tied [up] without your clothes?” can’t be all *that* bad. [1/5]
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