Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 090

Originally recorded on January 8th, 2023.

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47, @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In our Extra Episode for November 2022, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon, we are back to discuss Power Rangers Dino Fury Season 2 episodes 16-18.

It was Wishful Thinking that this episode was going to come out in November, because of some Things Unspoken. Don’t give us a Guilt Trip, we’re still trying to catch up!

We catch up on the news including BOOM! Studios comic solicitations for March, Alien Rangers coming to the Lightning Collection, SHOUT! Factory continuing Super Sentai DVDs with Dekaranger and another update of Austin St. John’s (Jason Lawrence Geiger) federal indictment.

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 090 – “Rangers Review Dino Fury Season 2 Episodes 16-18”

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Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 089

Originally recorded on October 19th, 2022.

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47, @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In our Extra Episode for October 2022, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon, we are back to discuss Power Rangers Dino Fury Season 2 episodes 12-15.

It’s the Ultimate Mystery why this took Eric so long to edit. He had a Love Hate relationship with the last half of 2022. Rafkon Revealed itself and it took nothing short of Morphin Master powers to complete this extra episode.

We go over some news including the milestone MMPR Issue 100 coming out, new figures for the 30th Anniversary, and an update of Austin St. John’s (Jason Lawrence Geiger) federal indictment. We also address some concerns surrounding Simon Bennett.

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 089 – “Rangers Review Dino Fury Season 2 Episodes 12-15”

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Timestamps:

  • 0:00:00 – Intro and Podcast Catch-up
  • 0:06:00 – News – Comics
  • 0:11:56 – News – Products
  • 0:14:54 – News – Austin St. John Federal Indictment Update
  • 0:25:20 – Talking about Simon’s Break from Social
  • 0:34:58 – Dino Fury Season 2, Episode 12 “Ultimate Mystery” Review
  • 0:45:22 – Dino Fury Season 2, Episode 13 “Love Hate” Review
  • 0:56:54 – Dino Fury Season 2, Episode 14 “Rafkon Revealed” Review
  • 1:13:20 – Dino Fury Season 2, Episode 15 “Morphin Master” Review
  • 1:41:47 – Social Media Plugs and Outro

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Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 200

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47, @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

Eric, A.P. and Zach celebrate 200 regular episodes of the podcast as we explain the upcoming hiatus for June. With host Eric soon to be a father, it’s time to take a break.

We answer listener questions, discuss a Hasbro Pulse leak of “Selfie Series” action figures, and an update on Austin St. John‘s federal indictment.

Then we are joined by guests co-hosts Dr. Ben (@doctorbenMD), Mason (@Masonmerrell) and Tyler (@TylerBozetski) and talk about thoughts on a possible 30th anniversary season for Power Rangers, what we want to see from the ZAP Megazord line and more!

Thank you all for listening! This isn’t a goodbye, but we’ll see you soon.

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 200 – “Ranger Command’s Future?”

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Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 087

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47, @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In our Extra Episode for May 2022, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon, all three original hosts are back to discuss Power Rangers Dino Fury Season 2 episodes 8-11. A huge welcome back to A.P.!

This episode is Serious Business. The Hunt for ASJ is on because he’s all Losers Weepers from a federal indictment. Is he The Copycat or just another person caught in the act?

No, but for real… we go over the news including new comics, new products for the Lightning Collection, Power Rangers Scoops and a new game called Morphin Legends.

Then things get serious as we discuss allegations against Michael Copon and Austin St. John’s (Jason Lawrence Geiger) federal indictment.

Finally, we end on a light note as we talk about the final episodes in Power Rangers Dino Fury Season 2, Part 1.

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 087 – “Rangers Review Dino Fury Season 2 Episodes 8-11”

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Timestamps:

  • 0:00:00 – Intro and catching up with A.P.
  • 0:05:57 – Power Rangers Comics News
  • 0:16:58 – New Products from Hasbro – Lightning Collection Blue Ranger Power Lance and Helmet, Unruly Power Scoops, Morphin Legends
  • 0:38:33 – Allegations come to light against Michael Copon (CW: sexual abuse)
  • 0:44:05 – Austin St. John Federal Indictment
  • 1:18:40 – This episode not brought to you by Mt. Dew Spark
  • 1:19:58 – Dino Fury Season 2, Episode 8 “Serious Business” Review
  • 1:33:41 – Dino Fury Season 2, Episode 9 “The Hunt” Review
  • 1:46:42 – Dino Fury Season 2, Episode 10 “Losers Weepers” Review
  • 1:59:38 – Dino Fury Season 2, Episode 11 “The Copycat” Review
  • 2:11:17 – Social Media Plugs and Outro

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GUEST EDITORIAL – Austin St. John Indictment Fits Into Broader History of Childhood Heroes Letting Us Down

Austin St. John Indictment Fits Into Broader History of Childhood Heroes Letting Us Down

Guest Editorial by Tyler Waldman (@aresef on Twitter, RitoRevolto on RangerBoard)

I want you to think back to your childhood. Think of all those afternoons spent idolizing superheroes in TV, in movies, in comic books. The action figure by your bed. The shirt in your dresser. The poster on your wall.

You want these actors to stay true to the role models they represent. You want them to fight for the little guy, you want them to be honest with you, you want them to be that hero. But Tom Holland can’t crawl up walls. Chris Hemsworth can’t summon lightning. And not all Power Rangers actors live their lives in a way Zordon would approve.

In the 15 years since ranger actors first started attending conventions, many fans have had positive experiences with fans. We’ve met and gotten to mug with, gotten to shake hands with, gotten to thank them. Many of these people have been gracious and just as happy to meet us—Paul Schrier, Jason Narvy, Ron Rogge, Neil Kaplan, Erin Cahill and, of course, the late Scott Page-Pagter and Robert Axelrod, to name a few. But there are elements of these interactions that are inherently transactional. Any table at Power Morphicon, of course, they’re not doing these autographs for free.

But beyond that, there are people who see us fans less as validation and appreciation of the work they did and more as a resource for whatever they plan next. Michael Copon took 257 fans to the tune of $13,738 for an “independent Power Ranger movie”. The Time Force blue ranger raised that money in 2015—to be sure, he raised well short of his goal— and went into radio silence for five years. He returned in June of 2020, after the start of the pandemic, to claim he had raised the rest of the money, Ironically, he claimed he had been “screwed over… by some con artist investor” and would be funding the film with $200,000 of his own money. Nary a peep since then.

In 2020, Jason David Frank and Bat in the Sun raised half a million dollars for Legend of the White Dragon, a legally distinct hero series that would star Frank, Michael Madsen, Mark Dacascos and fellow ranger alums like Cerina Vincent, Johnny Bosch, Ciara Hanna and Jason Faunt. Now, to their credit, Bat in the Sun has been very forthcoming about posting pictures and news of their progress. But sometimes visual evidence is not quite enough.

And that takes me to The Order. The brainchild of Karan Ashley, it raised more than $142,000 from 1,633 fans. They were promised prints, they were promised shirts but, most of all, they were promised a movie directed by Phantom Menace stunt coordinator Nick Gillard that would, in many ways, bring the band back together. Despite a trailer purporting to show a movie in progress, that movie never arrived. The movie we were told we’d get, Erin Cahill, David Yost, Brad Hawkins, Catherine Sutherland, Alyson Sullivan, David Fielding, on and on and on… and the protagonist, Austin St. John.

Where to start with this one. Short of JDF, St. John’s face is perhaps the one most synonymous with MMPR and, therefore, Power Rangers in general as much as the public consciousness is concerned. And, after he left the show in an admirable stand for principle, he went on to live up to what it means to be a hero. He became a paramedic. He worked with our troops abroad. He worked in northern Virginia. And at Power Morphicon in 2014, he tended to me after a medical incident on the convention floor. And after that incident put me in the hospital for the rest of the weekend, he quietly helped ensure I could get to RangerStop later that same year. I’ll never forget that.

It’s because of that experience—or what I was told of it—that I was willing to let slide the people he associated with, and some of the things he said and did. I would sit out arguments, I would scroll past threads. As long as he wasn’t hurting anybody, you know, I’d let it slide, I thought. I owed him that.

Then I got home Thursday night to learn the awful truth, that St. John and others had allegedly scammed the federal government and financial institutions out of millions in COVID-19 relief aid.

Many businesses and many business owners have been going through the toughest period in their lives. Getting federal aid is hard enough as it is. But, if what federal prosecutors say is true, he and his alleged co-conspirators defrauded the government and banks of millions that could have gone to help businesses and employees who are truly struggling.

The news came to us at a tumultuous time in the Power Rangers fandom. Resurfaced allegations of sexual assault against Copon, the invitation of Samuell Benta to two stateside cons (including PMC) for the first time since the staff of the first Power Morphicon said he stole a banner signed by convention guests, one of four intended to be auctioned off for The Make-A-Wish Foundation. It began a conversation about who we should and shouldn’t welcome in our community what is and isn’t forgivable and who should and shouldn’t be welcome. It is a reckoning that comes several years after a similar discussion in the anime fandom. It’s a conversation that should continue.

I don’t know if St. John is guilty. I don’t know if he’ll go to prison. My heart breaks for the fans who, like me, feel betrayed by this news and others who were looking forward to meeting him or taking their kids to meet him on the con circuit. What I can say for certain is that you should think hard before giving to any legal fund that may emerge, no matter what he promises you.

Tyler Waldman is a Baltimore media relations professional, recovering journalist and former host of Rangercast. You can follow him on Twitter @aresef .
Edited by Eric Berry (@trekkieb47)

Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 153

Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 153

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47, @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

On this episode, hosts Eric and A.P. are joined by Josh (@KentuckyJAM), Kenn (@TheKennGlenn) and Chris (@TokuChris) to ponder about the future of Power Rangers. A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks since our last episode and we dissect what we think it means for the future of the franchise.

We discuss all of the latest news including the return for Power Rangers Beast Morphers, the departure of Melissa Flores from Hasbro, if Chip Lynn is leaving Power Rangers, and more.

It’s not all doom and gloom since there is a lot of horsing around for this episode. Then we read your responses to our Ranger Nation Answers question: Where do you see Power Rangers going in the 3 years (30th anniversary)? What do you want to see?

It’s Horse’n Time! Dragon Horse!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 153 – “Rangers Ponder the Future”

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Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 147

Green With Evil

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In our newest Rangers Commentary episode, Eric and Zach tackle the longest Power Rangers multi-part episode, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers’ “Green with Evil”. This arc is one of the most requested from our listeners!

What episode in the arc did we feel was lacking? Why is the dubbing for Rita and Scorpina so well done? Why IS the RadBug the only way to fly? We answer these questions and more!

We also discuss Power Rangers Beast Morphers coming to Netflix, our contest on Twitter closing next week and the excitement for RangerStop Orlando continues!

NO WAY!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 147 – “Rangers Commentary – Green with Evil”

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Timestamps:

Part 1 – 0:8:58
Part 2 – 0:35:53
Part 3 – 0:58:34
Part 4 – 1:19:46
Part 5 – 1:41:51
Overall thoughts – 2:01:00

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Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 052

Power Rangers SDCC 2019

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In our Extra Episode for July, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon, Eric, A.P. and Zach discuss all of the news from Hasbro for Power Rangers coming out of San Diego Comic Con 2019. The Lightning Collection, Beast Morphers new trailer, the comics – we talk about it all. Then, we analyze and summarize the Hasbro interview from Power Rangers Now.

We also discuss Hasbro’s second quarter earnings and what that means for the Power Rangers brand. Finally, we read our Ranger Nation Answers segment where our listeners weigh in on their favorite SDCC announcements!

It’s been a long road, but our time is finally near…

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 052 – “Rangers Recap SDCC 2019”

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NEWS – HASBRO SDCC 2019 – Power Rangers Beast Morphers Trailer

At the end of yesterday’s “Power Rangers Power Hour” panel a new trailer debuted that confirmed some rumors about who would be teaming up with the Power Rangers Beast Morphers.

After 19 years, Austin St. John will reprise his role of Jason Lee Scott, the Mighty Morphin’ Red Ranger! The trailer also shows other Dino-themed rangers returning. While we won’t see this epic return until next year, the trailer shows what we can expect from the rest of Beast Morphers Season 1.

What are your thoughts? Are you excited for the return of Legendary Rangers?

 

Beast Morphers trailer - Austin St. John

NEWS – Hasbro Reveals Power Rangers 2019 SDCC Exclusive

POWER RANGERS LIGHTNING COLLECTION 6-INCH MIGHTY MORPHIN RED AND ZEO GOLD RANGER 2-Pack – 2019 SDCC

San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Exclusive

(HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $49.99/Available: San Diego Comic-Con 2019)

Go Go POWER RANGERS! From the BEAST MORPHERS back to the original MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, the POWER RANGERS have brought teamwork, action and adventure to generations of fans. The legacy continues with figures, vehicles, collectibles, and roleplay toys from Hasbro, celebrating ranger teams from MIGHTY MORPHIN to the BEAST MORPHERS. Imagine all the action of POWER RANGERS with toys from Hasbro!

These 6-inch LIGHTNING COLLECTION MIGHTY MORPHIN RED RANGER and ZEO GOLD RANGER figures each features multiple points of articulation for high poseability and include two different heads that can be swapped, one of the Ranger in his helmet, and another without inspired by the Jason Lee Scott character, the original Red Ranger! This set also comes with Power Axe, Power Bow, Power Blades, Power Lance and Power Sword accessories that can be assembled to build the Power Blaster.

Look for other collectible figures in this Lightning Collection, including Mighty Morphin White Ranger. Each sold separately. Available at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 and on Hasbro Pulse following the convention.

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2019 SDCC

2019 SDCC

2019 SDCC