"Power Rangers Wild Force" Forever Red (2002)

User Rating:

9.6/10   

Director:

Koichi Sakamoto

Writer:

Amit Bhaumik (writer)

TV Series:

"Power Rangers Wild Force" (2002)

Original Air Date:

5 October 2002 (Season 1, Episode 34)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Some of King Mondo's generals survived. They're preparing to attack Earth again. Andros (Power Rangers in Space) finds out about the impending attack, and contact Tommy. Tommy gathers all the Red Rangers from the past decade stop them. |

Cast

Ricardo Medina Jr.	...	Cole Evans / Red Lion Wild Force Ranger (Blazing Lion)
Alyson Sullivan	...	Lt. Taylor Earhardt / Yellow Eagle Wild Force Ranger (as Alyson Kiperman)
Phillip Jeanmarie	...	Max Cooper / Blue Shark Wild Force Ranger (Surging Shark)
Jessica Rey	...	Alyssa Enrile / White Tiger Wild Force Ranger (Noble Tiger)
Jack Guzman	...	Danny Delgado / Black Bison Wild Force Ranger (Iron Bison)
Philip Andrew	...	Merrick Baliton / Lunar Wolf Ranger
Ann Marie Crouch	...	Princess Shayla
Ilia Volok	...	Master Org
Sin Wong	...	Toxica
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Faunt	...	Wes Collins / Red Time Force Ranger
Jason David Frank	...	Tommy Oliver / Red Zeo Ranger
Christopher Glenn	...	Aurico / Red Alien Ranger (voice)
Richard Steven Horvitz	...	Alpha 7 (voice) (as Richard Horvitz)
Sean Cw Johnson	...	Carter Grayson / Red Lightspeed Ranger
Walter Jones	...	Gerrok (voice)
Archie Kao	...	General Venjix (voice)
Christopher Khayman Lee	...	Andros / Red Space Ranger
Jason Narvy	...	Eugene 'Skull' Skullovitch
T.J. Rotolo	...	Jindrax
Paul Schrier	...	Farkas 'Bulk' Bulkmeier
Danny Slavin	...	Leo Corbett / Red Galaxy Ranger
Dan Southworth	...	Eric Myers / Quantum Ranger (as Daniel Southworth)
Austin St. John	...	Jason Lee Scott / The Red Ranger
Catherine Sutherland	...	Tezzla (voice)
Selwyn Ward	...	Theodore J. Jarvis 'T.J.' Johnson / Red Turbo Ranger

Trivia:

In three different versions of the script for "Forever Red", a Red Ranger was supposed to be killed off in the final battle. One version had the original Red Ranger, Jason Lee Scott (Austin St. John), killed in the final battle. In another, the Red Galaxy Ranger, Leo Corbett (Danny Slavin), dies in the finale. In a third version, the Red Alien Ranger, Aurico (David Bacon), was killed in the final battle. Each version of the script was quickly rejected, because BVS Entertainment did not want to upset kids or long-time fans with the death of a Red Ranger.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jason says "It's Morphin Time!" and he holds out his Power Morpher to become the Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, look closely at the Tyrannosaurus Power Coin in the Morpher in the close-up shot. The Tyrannosauarus etched onto the coin has its head turned to its left. This is a mirrored image of the Tyrannosaurus, because the Tyrannosaurus insignia always has its head turned to its right, which is also seen in the archive footage of Jason morphing when he says "Tyrannosaurus!"

Quotes:

[Upon seeing Serpentera]
General Venjix: Zedd was a fool to leave this burried here! His loss, our gain!

Forever Red

All the red rangers from the previous Power Rangers seasons come back in this episode. I'm not going to give you a fully-bashing Forever Red review. I thought this episode could have been much better to be honest. It was very short and the plot wasn't so good. It was great seeing all the old rangers again, but you can't help being disappointed in an episode when it's much less than the average episode running time. It's ashame really, but It's worth watching for all the old rangers alone.

You can get this episode by buying The Ultimate Power Rangers DVD, along with

Mighty Morphin - White Light parts 1 and 2 In Space: Countdown To Destruction parts 1 and 2 Lost Galaxy: To The Tenth Power Lightspeed Rescue - Trakeenas Revenge Parts 1 and 2