Waiting for HOPR RPM

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Lewis has said that it's coming and those who have contributed to his Patreon get an early peek but this here is going to be relating to my personal experience regarding Power Rangers RPM.

I remember years ago, I was looking forward to the next season. After Jungle Fury which surprisingly was an improvement over Operation Overdrive, I hoped that the next season would surpass that. Yeah. Operation Overdrive kind of killed my interest in Power Rangers for me but Jungle Fury surely brought me back... just for a little. I had no idea but when Toon Disney was rebranded as Disney XD, no Power Rangers shows were there. Instead they ended up on ABC Kids on Saturday mornings or should I say at around 12:30pm to be precise. I saw it and it was different... it was insane and it was awesome. It reminded me a bit of Power Rangers in Space where they took the stuff from Megaranger and made something that is considered one of the best. In this case, they decided to follow the idea of an apocalyptic world and the only safe haven is somewhere in the city. Man vs. machine like the Terminator. Right away, I was hooked and I did see every episode. Almost because most times they don't show it due to sports and that kind of made me upset. When I did finish watching everything, I felt satisfied and enjoyed a great series, if not one of the best.

But now looking back on it and reading up on all the info regarding RPM, I can't help but feel a bit sad. Why? Disney. Disney's the reason because when Bruce Kalish left, they wanted to screw the franchise so they first expunged it from their cable channels and delegated it to ABC Kids on Saturday mornings because they thought that no one would watch it and when it ended, they still had the rights to the show so they aired a 32-episode recut of the original MMPR. I didn't like it. But it didn't matter once Saban bought Power Rangers back from Disney later in 2010 and that's how Samurai came about.

So what are your memories of RPM? How did you feel when Disney screwed the show over and did this? Let me know in the comments.

UPDATE: Here it is: atopthefourthwall.com/history-… it's four parts long.
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Well I finally saw all four parts and... Yeah, this season is a great one, despite all of the behind the scenes mumbo jumbo. And Lewis has brought up a good point, shows like Power Rangers can do serious and mature things even when it's made for kids. Gravity Falls did it, Adventure Time did it, Steven Universe did it, hell even MLP did it. It just shows you that kids' shows can be on the same level as the shows you would see on HBO, Showtime, FX, AMC, Starz and other cable networks.

Now comes Samurai, as well as the start of the Neo Saban era.