katie: a friend of mine was bringing out some serious knowledge about mighty morphin power rangers last night
theo: ooh
theo: props for that
theo: also that show like JUST ENDED
theo: like the last incarnation just got cancelled i heard
theo: and there were SOOOO MANY
katie: no way!
katie: I just saw it !
theo: huh?
katie: the power rangers
katie: on tv
theo: ! you are not kidding me?
katie: I am not kidding you
theo: because that would fit with the timbre of this day
theo: is it old school or new school techno infused colormania style?
katie: new school techno infused colormania
theo: woha. i’m going to give you an EXTRA hi five just for seeing that
theo: what colors are they now?
katie: http://www.rangercentral.com/
theo: it sure LOOKS like tommy is still in these episodes
katie: wow
theo: because he had the funky rebel hair
katie: so I’m looking at the episode guide
katie: there have been at least 10 different power ranger forces
theo: AMAZING
theo: i did not know that
katie: MMPR S1
MMPR S2
MMPR S3
Zeo
Turbo
Space
Lost Galaxy
Lightspeed
Time Force
Wild Force
Ninja Storm
Dino Thunder
S.P.D.
Mystic Force
theo: i bet people have debates over which squads kick which other squads’ asses
theo: like i think the wild force sounds like a bunch of losers. they’d probably lose to ninja storm any day
theo: of course, ninjas are unbeatable
theo: even by power rangers
theo: what is SPD?
katie: no idea
theo: where’s this mystic force business?
theo: i don’t see that
katie: I think that’s the current squad
theo: hum. perhaps
katie: Dino Thunder?
theo: i think i’ve seen 30 seconds of that
theo: but the zoids were dinosaurs already
theo: so i don’t get why that’s new or interesting
theo: maybe that’s when their helmets change
katie: so I think spd stands for super pirate domination
theo: omg i would crap my pants if that were actually a show
theo: also i’d probably buy the dvd’s
theo: so there’s a magna defender in one
theo: not a ranger
theo: but a DEFENDER
katie: ooh
katie: I was a magna defender once
katie: in high school
katie: I think it’s what got me into carleton
theo: also there are two people who play the pink ranger in that season
theo: what’s up with that?
theo: a season of power rangers
theo: with duplicate pink ranger
katie: oh I see
katie: Kendrix and Karone
katie: maybe they’re twins
theo: woha
theo: or like the lost galaxy did something to one of them
theo: and mightily morphed her
theo: or something
katie: it’s possible
katie: anything’s possible on the lost galaxy
theo: the only way to know for sure…
theo: oh shit, they had the lunar wolf ranger in later seasons too
theo: none of this abnormal color shit
katie: there’s a shadow ranger in one of them
theo: looks to me like in ninja storm they get sweet names, all of them
theo: which makes sense
theo: because ninjas are really sweet
katie: like what?
katie: I’m not sure there can be anything sweeter than “Kendrix”
katie: or the lunar wolf ranger
theo: like CRIMSON THUNDER RANGER
katie: wow
theo: except that thunder is actually colorless
katie: which is why they have to add the color descriptor on
theo: or the green samurai ranger/cyber-cam
katie: duh
katie: oh the power rangers
katie: still goin strong after 37 years
theo: do you realize that we just had like a 20-minute at-least-semi-intelligent conversation about possibly one of the worst television series EVER? only made possible because of our combined amazingness, is my guess
katie: that is impressive
katie: you know what’s awesome about the power rangers?
theo: ?
katie: try explaining the formula of the show
katie: so, there are these high school kids
katie: and sometimes they get a call from space
katie: and they have to put on ski suits and helmets
katie: and do lots of head nodding and hand waving to accentuate their gestures because you can’t see their facial expressions
katie: but sometimes, sometimes, that’s not enough to defeat the villain
katie: and then the high school kids have to use their powers to morph into individual robot animal dinosaur machines
theo: yes, or the master villain intercedes at the last moment to bail the mini villain out of trouble
katie: and then sometimes even that is not enough
theo: indeed
theo: so THEN?
katie: and then the rangers have to combine forces to assemble a larger robot machine thing made out of the smaller animals where all the rangers control the robot while sitting in the same room and then they defeat the monster/robot which has grown to a greater size
katie: and there’s sparks and lots of slow-moving robot action
theo: and destruction of the city
theo: but only parts that have not been previously destroyed and for some reason contain no people
katie: right
katie: they relocate to usually the desert
theo: or possibly outer space or the future
katie: yes
theo: ZORDON
theo: warns them
theo: and summons them
theo: (sorry, i just saw his name)
katie: oh yeah!
katie: and the little robot
katie: alpha
theo: the timeline is actually very informative
theo: The lost tiki of Auric is recovered by Tanya’s parents. Auric the Conqueror joins the team.
theo: that’s my favorite line from the timeline so far
theo: because it makes NO SENSE
katie: indeed
theo: also what impresses me is that the plots of 11 or so different series seem to mesh, mostly
katie: that’s fairly impressive
theo: also it’s riveting
theo: well, as opposed to my packing and going to bed
katie: =)
katie: I should be heading in that direction myself
katie: the bed direction, not the packing direction
theo: remind me to count (possibly on the plane) the number of times the rangers get new zords
theo: yeah sorry to be keeping you
theo: sorry i have to keep quoting this. because it is also awesome
theo: and seriously, it seems like they find 2 ENTIRELY NEW SETS OF GIGANTIC ROBOTS every season
katie: that’s convenient
theo: The Rangers meet Andros’s best friend, Zhane, the Silver Ranger who had been cryogenically frozen for two years. He discovers that his morphing powers are extremely limited, and recharges them by letting himself be zapped by lightning.
theo: yes. yes it is
theo: like it’s BETTER than soaps
theo: indeed
theo: so i discovered why there were two pink rangers
theo: kendrix was destroyed in battle against Psycho Pink
theo: apparently
katie: destroyed?!
theo: but apparently she gets resurrected
theo: by Sabers
katie: phew
theo: i’m HALFWAY DOWN
theo: and i can’t stop cracking up
theo: this shit is whack
katie: but you’re learning so much!
theo: this is pushing useful knowledge out of my brain and replacing it with power ranger trivia
theo: precious, precious trivia
katie: =)
theo: if it doesn’t bore you too terribly
theo: there’s like a TIMELINE TABLE OF POSSIBLE EVENTS in the middle of the timeline area
katie: wow
theo: like, one season has like 10 different things that might have happened
theo: apparently
theo: that would be Present day – Time Force Era
katie: might have happened?
theo: it sort of looks like the same thing keeps happening but getting marginally better each time
theo: like mr collins starts to survive in later timelines
theo: clearly he’s a crucial player
theo: and doomtron stops killing people
katie: huh
katie: I think if I have a kid, I might give him the middle name “doomtron”
theo: i’m going to hold you to that
theo: it’ll be lawsuit time if i hear you haven’t
theo: incidentally, i’m now roughly 3/4 done with the timeline
katie: congrats
katie: =)
theo: and it’s been… 11 minutes
theo: since the middle
theo: that equals 44 minutes of nonstop power ranger
katie: wow
theo: if you leave before i finish the timeline i’ll just send you interesting tidbits
katie: okay. to bed with me.
katie: have a good night with your rangers
theo: aah yes
theo: and i will
theo: apparently they’ve grown dinosaur zoids at this point
katie: awesome.
katie: =)
katie: goodnight, ranger
theo: meanwhile, trent as the white ranger traps dimetro and cephala zords in containment fields….
theo: night katie
theo: Hayley is able to demorph Tommy using a special slime but he is stuck in invisible mode due to the power of the Black Dino Gem overloaded.

Auto response from katie: sleeping now

theo: Mesogog splits from Dr. Mercer and he takes Elsa’s lifeforce to power his transmogrifacation beam rendering her to an amensiac human.
theo: god, i just can’t stop
theo: He shows off his Super Dino Mode.
theo is away at 1:17:32 AM.