Reviews by jenndubya

For a series that's supposed to be ending this year (or at least ceasing production for the time being) if you've actually watched this season, you'd think that it still had many more years in it's future. Sure, if it ended after seasons 13-16, I might disagree. However, the show seems to have just hit it's good spot again.

With the old EP going off to do [Link removed - login to see], we were treated to a new guy in charge -- who was later replaced mid-season with the man who had been with the show for the first nine seasons, who produced (arguably) the fandom's favorite seasons.

We start off the season with a race to Corinth City, where we meet our core three Rangers: Scott, Flynn and Summer. They're joined by the eccentric Ziggy and brooding, bad boy Dillon. Along with their mentor, Dr. K and military head, Colonel Truman [with his (bumbling) sidekick, Corporal Hicks] we've got our good guy team that's ready to fight Venjix and his army of robotic soldiers.

This is the first season in awhile that's successfully used a multi-cultural cast. We've got an African-American Red, Scottish Blue, a Yellow from a rich family, an eccentric, mob failure as Green, a bad boy robot as Black, a child genius as mentor and Asian twins as Gold and Silver. This is probably the most diverse cast since moving the show to New Zealand -- if only because Operation Overdrive failed to realize how diverse their cast was.

With this season moving into Mighty Morphin Reversioned, I'm a little disappointed. R.P.M. shows that the show has still got it, so reruns in 2010 aren't as exciting as how much they want us to be excited. Again, if the reversioned reruns followed seasons 13-16, I might think differently. But the show has just hit it's groove again. I love Mighty Morphin as much as the next 90s kid (possibly more), but I can't help but think of what a Judd Lynn adaptation of [Link removed - login to see] might look like -- and I'm not just saying that 'cause the suits look awesome either.

After her mediocre debut album and overrated -- but good -- sophomore effort, Kelly really came into her own as an artist here. However, lack of promotion really hurt the album and it's reception.

The album starts out with the debut single, Never Again. A decent track, which probably would work better on her last album. The next track, however, is one of my favorites. One Minute is a fun, dance track. A complete 180 from my other favorite, Maybe. Just the way she opens the song with "I'm strong, but I break/I'm stubborn, but I make plenty of mistakes" reels you in. It's just her and a guitar, until around the 2:00 mark when the full band kicks in. Yet, it still keeps the same basic tone with the full band that it had with just a guitar.

There's only one song that I'd kick off the album. Yeah holds no merit compared to the rest of the album. In fact, I'd be kinda embarrassed if that that was on my album -- no matter what the genre. Kelly should have included the Dirty Little Secret b-side instead of that poor excuse for a song.

In closing, I highly recommend this album to any Kelly or pop/rock fan.

At first, I saw Delta as just another generic pop artist. Then I saw her perform on Letterman. Wow! The girl's got some pipes.

I see Delta as a nice mixture of three particular singers. She looks like Brooke Hogan (I thought she was Brooke when I first saw her video), sounds like Amy Jo Johnson (with less folk influence) and has Natasha Bedingfield's ear for music. Being a big fan of the last two, it's a given that I'd like Delta.

The album doesn't jump right into the music like most albums. The opening track, Believe Again slowly speeds up--but doesn't get too fast either. The second track is the first single, In This Life.

My favorite tracks don't pop up until after the halfway point. First we have Woman, which seems to be a cry out for attention from that special someone. Then there's Brave Face and One Day. The latter would have to be my favorite track on the entire album--a plea to stop procrastinating. The former has one of the greatest lines in songwriting history: "Feels like I'm running with my high heels on/And they're chasing us/Waiting for it all to go wrong."

In the end, if you were thinking about purchasing the album, go ahead and buy it. If you haven't but are a fan of the singer-songwriter style and/or good pop, give it a listen.

I obviously haven't played this in a long time, but I vividly remember this being my favorite game on the Genesis. However, I sucked at Genesis games and this was one of the very few I was actually good at. I still own my Genesis, along with this game, and wish so much that I could play it one more time. It probably won't live up to my nostalgia, but it would be nice to stroll through Angel Grove and beat up putties one last time.

This seems to be everyone's go-to season for comparing Power Rangers to a prime time drama, like Smallville. Yes, it does have mature elements like death; but so did just about every other season in it's own way. In fact, one of my favorite episodes is "Movie Madness," which is one of the silliest episodes in the history of the franchise.

If anything, what this season does best is weave together the silly and serious stuff so well that you don't feel any mood whiplash. And that's why I love it so much. You'll have a two-parter that is filled with some of the most absurd things that you could think of, then immediately follow it up with a Ranger being stalked and brainwashed. But it works.

Sure, this season has it's flaws; what season doesn't? Especially one with a time traveling element. However, if you can get past the fact that half the team is pushed to the background most of the time, you'd find a nice little gem.

What do you get when you mix a Native American, Korean, Mexican, African and Australian? Power Rangers: Zeo, of course!

If you were one of those kids who stopped watching the show after Jason, Zack and Trini left--or maybe after Kimberly left--you missed out on some great TV. For one, the characters stopped being goody-two-shoes all the time and started acting a bit more like real people. (Not that we didn't like the walking stereotypes of season one.) Even Bulk and Skull got some real character development this season! They also got rid of the horrendously small Command Center, for a much bigger Power Chamber. Also, we received the surprising return of... Jason!

There are also some little things that I liked about this season. Like two of the VR Troopers randomly popping up out of nowhere. (Obviously the actors, not the characters.) The second group of zords--Super Zeo Zords and the Warrior Wheel--were awesome as well. With the latter possibly being the best toy ever.

In closing, if you grew up with the original series and want to get in touch with your inner child, THIS is what you should be watching.