Looking at Turbo and its true value to the PRU

PRangerX · 01/10/11, 08:14 PM

Turbo is generally looked down upon as one of the worst seasons of Power Rangers. Ironically Turbo actually preformed better then Zeo, a fan favorite. Zeo was pretty much a failure in terms of ratings and toy sales. Turbo actually saved the show a long with Space. People seem to forget how valuable its second half was.

First half Turbo was the real boring part of the season. It forced Justin as the main star of the show. As an attempt to captialize on the popularity of Beetleborgs at the time. Which failed since Beetleborgs was popular because of the mansion monsters, not the kids. They also failed by presenting Justin as this super genius who hanged out with College age kids. Also, nothing really happened during the first half. Half the time their wasn't any zord battles. They also tried to treat a more comedic sentai into a serious PR season. The Carranger footage made this hard.

Now Second half Turbo is when things got more interesting. Changing the cast allowed things to become fresh. All of the sudden Justin was hanging out with High School Kids. Plus he was no longer, treated like the star of the show. And really acted more like a regular kid his age. Second half Turbo also embraced Carranger's whackyness. However, the stakes were actually higher as the season went on. Turbo's finalie was one of PR's best, and really set the stage for Space. In fact Turbo's whole second half did this. Since it gave us backstory for the new Turbos that we didn't have time for in Space. Space was about Andros, we already knew who the other Space Rangers were. Turbo got the audience used to the new cast to allow for an easy transition to Space. and this really worked when it came to ratings and probably toy sales.

So in essense, Turbo's second half was actually a fine installment of the series. That was very important to the PRU. The first half is really the bad parts the people remember. Even Justin wasn't as bad in the second half.

01/10/11, 08:14 PM	#1
PRangerX Administrator Join Date: 12/04/00 Posts: 4,004	Looking at Turbo and its true value to the PRU Turbo is generally looked down upon as one of the worst seasons of Power Rangers. Ironically Turbo actually preformed better then Zeo, a fan favorite. Zeo was pretty much a failure in terms of ratings and toy sales. Turbo actually saved the show a long with Space. People seem to forget how valuable its second half was. First half Turbo was the real boring part of the season. It forced Justin as the main star of the show. As an attempt to captialize on the popularity of Beetleborgs at the time. Which failed since Beetleborgs was popular because of the mansion monsters, not the kids. They also failed by presenting Justin as this super genius who hanged out with College age kids. Also, nothing really happened during the first half. Half the time their wasn't any zord battles. They also tried to treat a more comedic sentai into a serious PR season. The Carranger footage made this hard. Now Second half Turbo is when things got more interesting. Changing the cast allowed things to become fresh. All of the sudden Justin was hanging out with High School Kids. Plus he was no longer, treated like the star of the show. And really acted more like a regular kid his age. Second half Turbo also embraced Carranger's whackyness. However, the stakes were actually higher as the season went on. Turbo's finalie was one of PR's best, and really set the stage for Space. In fact Turbo's whole second half did this. Since it gave us backstory for the new Turbos that we didn't have time for in Space. Space was about Andros, we already knew who the other Space Rangers were. Turbo got the audience used to the new cast to allow for an easy transition to Space. and this really worked when it came to ratings and probably toy sales. So in essense, Turbo's second half was actually a fine installment of the series. That was very important to the PRU. The first half is really the bad parts the people remember. Even Justin wasn't as bad in the second half.