![]() ![]() With astonishing marketing brilliance, the original creator, Saim Haban, figured out how to make a show about the toys. Wouldn’t it be fun to run like you’re the Road Runner? Rangers is nowhere near as inspired or fast as Stephen Chow’s realization of that dream in Kung Fu Hustle (2004), yet it remains a provocative experiment with live-action cartoons. That form, the chief engine of kitsch here, can be amusing. ![]() ![]() It introduced a hybrid genre into popular children’s television, a live-action show with a cartoon feel, what producers called a “degrees live cartoon,” the live part achieving the pace, color, and crazy action of a cartoon. The franchise was actually innovative when it launched in 1993. Catch an eyeful on the two DVDs comprising Season 13’s 10 episodes, on Power Rangers S.P.D. More villains who look like Godzilla on a bad day. More bright leather motorcycle jumpsuits. This venerable series, now in its 13th season, tells us that more is better. In the land of kid vid, no one does kitsch better than The Power Rangers. ![]()
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