Agreed, Rita was imprisoned. And maybe her backstory was the mould on which several other villains were made by. Only with names, dates and odd events changed. I never hated Justin as such. But I will concede that he didn't fit in as much as they could have made him. He was something of the star of the first half of the series, a lot of the rangers victories were somehow down to him. I found his whole "Genius thing" a little hard to follow, they had to bring him into high school somehow, and putting him as a child prodigy seemed to be the best way. But he' super smart on his test, but after that he seems to be an average child.

The fact of the matter is, they brought him in to bring in a younger audience as the original fans were getting older. But all of this did was alienate some of the older fans and discourage some of the younger fans. Don't bring me down as a hater of Turbo, I've downloaded the entire series. But I do think Justin was the misstep that pushed PR over the edge and into being ended (temporarily).

Okay I see what you're saying about Justin. That's a very possible reason as to why bring in a younger ranger, but...well we can't go in the past. They didn't keep bringing up Justin's genius, no, but I noticed that unless it's a big part of the story they don't always bring it back in later. That goes for all seasons, which is a pity.

I suppose Justin could have been the reason. Although I could see that with others, not to a huge extent but think about fans who were lost when Trini, Jason and Zack left, or Kim, or Aisha, Rocky, Billy, Tommy/Kat/Tanya/Adam, and then all the seasons to follow. It's a risk bringing in new characters and replacing other characters, so you sometimes need something to help them stand out you know? Okay I'm going to stop here because I think I may begin going into a huge ramble, if not already started one, so....

Update: Just watched the first episode of Jungle Fury. The villain WAS imprisoned by a group of unnamed warriors, and unleashed by man. My hat remains uneaten until next year. Can you not see it's gotten very predictable now, I guessed it before it was out. I know this arguement's been dead for a while, just thought I'd pass on the good news.

PS. Jungle Fury is awful, just watch the first episode and you'll see how it mirrors Ninja Storm so badly.

Okay, once they were imprisoned, but once more name a different way other than imprisonment, revenge or power on how a bad guy will come about?

And I like Jungle Fury. Honestly I don't think it mirrors Ninja Storm except that they're at a hidden school. But I didn't see that much other similiarites. So if you did, please let me know.

First off if you go like that then every single thing in Power Rangers has copied the previous ones, there's just a bit of a twist. Most of the villians were imprisoned or banished, so to bring that up...And who was the unconvential mentor in NS, Sensei? Because he and RJ are nothing alike. You can say that LS/SPD/OO are the same or that TF/SPD are the same.

NS, their schools are destroyed and they're the only ones left. JF their school is not destroyed and they are not the only ones left. Tori/Shane/Dustin were not exactly top of their class. Casey isn't. But Lily/Theo are.

Most things tend to have similarites from other things, it's just the twists and characters that are done differently.

There are similarities in the series I admit, but there are far too many for my liking in this one. What I meant with the mentor/sensei thing was that they were not the sort of people you'd expect. I never meant to suggest that the two series were the same exactly, but try to find as stong-er similarites in Zeo and LR, and you probably won't find as many without getting petty. SPD and TF the same? Not really. TF involved an already established team of rangers having to go back in time chasing an escaped villain (a previously encarcerated villain? Never!) and adjust to the lifestyle of that time and bring in a new member in order to survive. SPD involved B Squad bringing in two members and fighting a villain, with other rangers popping up. The only similarities that spring to mind are the ideas that they're both large institutions, they capture not kill and some of the rangers are unlikely.

Casey isn't top of his game, as you said. A red ranger with the least experience of all the team, this is cliche #3 of power rangers.

Okay I see what you mean with the instructor.

I'm not saying that JF doesn't sit more closely to NS than other seasons, I was just pointing out that other seasons can be seen as similar. I just don't see it as a huge problem as I've found a lot of people have with it.

And no Casey didn't have that much experience, but don't forget unlike others--which people have pointed out so much--Casey didn't give up, he denied it because of the experience but then he embraced it and asked for extra training.

This is true, Casey did handle it very differently and perhaps more down to Earth like rather than the 'rising to the challenge' that other red rangers did.

I think so. Instead of him deciding to quit and not come back, he trained.

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