Jungle Fury Feedback: No 'I' in Leader
 

Well, it seems the episode is on a cable service called RCN. Some has seen it already. Episode Description: SPOILERS:

I'm not in the mood for a big review so:

Well, the episode was one of my least favorites throughout the season so far. There were few exceptional scenes, but the main plot, and character focus was disappointing.

The fight scenes were nice (especially RJ's fights). Ironically I enjoyed Dai Shi's battle/training against the Rin Shi. Pretty intense if you ask me. Master Mao making an appearance was a cool touch, and it somewhat cleared the "Dai Shi/Jarrod" confusion. I really enjoyed the ending also. For these reasons, that's why I gave it a low 3.

You know? There's something very wrong when you start thinking that maybe Nick wasn't so bad.

This... This has got to be the worse episode of Jungle Fury yet. Worse than Good Karma Bad Karma. Why on earth was Casey thinking RJ was stepping into his territory? What's Casey beef? So RJ doesn't tell Casey they change practice time by an hour and Casey gets all mopey? He gets mad because RJ starts taking over in battle and giving basic orders? Dude, RJ BEEN DOING THIS ALL SEASON LONG! RJ wasn't overstepping his bourndies, he was just doing what has done all season long, guide the rangers, train them, etc.

Now this is the main problem with this episode, why on earth is Casey the leader? He an inexperience rookie. A cub. Both Lily and Theo have been at the academy for how long exactly? And RJ is a freakin' master. By all rights, Casey should not be leader. RJ should, or at the very least, one of the other two. Casey has never once came up with battle plans or strategies or told the team to train. Never! Why are the writers acting like he has? It would have been soooo better if they had never brought up this whole leadership thing because for the most part, the team seem to pretty much been on equal footing. It's like they only made Casey the leader because their under the belief of "Red Ranger's the leader because he's Red." Again, if anybody should be leading this team, it should be RJ or the other two.

RJ never did anything wrong, he was just doing what he always done before donning the spandex so I don't get why he admit he did. And Why? Because he's overexcited about being a ranger. Dude, you had a MORPHER in your cabinet for god knows how long that you decided to bust out now of all times! Yeah, I'm not even touching the whole Dai Shi thing. While I'll admit the the final scene with Fran and the others was cute, it just didn't save the episode.

This gets a 1/5.

I really wanted to like this episode.

I really wanted to like Casey.

But they've made it impossible here.

2/5

It wasnt the worst episode of JF though, theres still "Dance the Night Away" and "A Taste of Poison"

Likewise.

Jungle Fury Feedback: True Friends, True Spirits
 

Yep, the episode on Jetix.TV

U.S.: http://disney.go.com/dxd/index.html?channel=16953

Outside the U.S.: http://a.dolimg.com/media/en-US/dxd/...x700_31fps.swf

He just can't get over Flit

Wow, what a breath of fresh air. Totally beats Monday's "ear aching" mess (sarcasm).

Once again, the episode starts off with a explosive battle. It's odd how every episode starting off with a battle this season, usually are the better episodes (Way of the Master, Ghost of a Chance I). It's a good thing they used NZ footage for werewolf scene, because it would have been odd seeing RJ wearing a leather jacket in the MZ.

I really don't care what anyone says...Flit=Awesome! I just love his play by plays for the MZ fights, the teaming-up two of Jungle Fury's best characters...speechless! The backflash scene with Flit fighting Camille *wonders if she'll go back to that hairstyle*; was nicely done. It only made Fli more of a character, and hopefully we'll see him change back in the end. They didn't do it Geki, but things might be different here.

The fight scenes in this episode, and the series as a whole, was quite impressive. I've grown to respect wire-fu more, and I like how they level out between wire and on-foot combat.

I echo what another member said on RB: At last, Dai Shi is out on his own.

The ending was such fun. Period.

Well, as I said up above, this episode beats Monday's. 5/5. Rhino Ranger is next!

Well I'm on my 7th straight Power Rangers. I'll be 5 behind this episode so that means I'll be seeing it soon on ABC.

I've watched Power Rangers dating back to Wild Force. (Which I'm finishing up)

After 6 shows it's good to see Disney do something differant with the Wolf Ranger.

I'll give this a 3/5

RJ made it cool.

But I can't take Flit seriously as a character, he's just too lame (even by PR standards).

After seeing and, despite being a beat by beat translation of Lesson 27 (Even ancient Camille had the same hair style as Mele), this was easily one of Jungle Fury's better episodes. Leaps and bounds compared to that godawful No 'I' in Leader. I don't care what anybody says, Flit. Is. Awesome. I really enjoy Werewolf!RJ rampange through town and even the RJ vs. Wolf Spirit fight wasn't as intense as Gou vs. the Werewolf, I like it for what it worth. Even the final scene where everybody was trying to smash the fun was fun. And And I'm calling it, Flit going to be RJ's business partner when JF over after Camille's curse breaks off on him.

Overall, I give this a 4/5.

Saw this yesterday on ABC and it was a really cool episode to watch.

I have a feeling this series is going to get even better by the minute from here on in. The Shark mode was awesome to watch. Loved the whole episode.

i saw same ep with shark on tv at gfest yestrday

Jungle Fury Feedback: Path of the Rhino
 

Not as bad, as I thought it would be.

Besides it being somewhat of a direct Geki translation, it was a good episode. Dominic is very entertaining and comedic, his sharp chemistry with Fran was enjoyable, and his fight overall was quite impressive. 4/5. I'm looking forward to the rest of his arc.

I think that SPD was a big step up for the powerrangers and with jungle Fury It keeps geting better and better.

Too lazy to do a full review so I'll say this, I really liked this episode:

- I like Dominc. He's fun and likeable; something I can barely say for half the JF characters.
- I like the FranDom scenes.
- Casey still continues to suck, but his apology to Dominic made his character likeable for a bit.
- As meh as the Overlords are, I like Grizzaka's plans with the Phantom Beast.
- Dai Shi continues to be the most incompetent villain in years suffering an identity crisis. He thinks he's human now? How anyone can think he's the best villain Disney has come up with I'll never know.
- I am seriously getting tired of them playing the JF theme near the end of the battles, both the lyrics one and the instrumental one.

3/5.

3/5

- Dominic is interesting, Fran was finally likeable

- Casey continues to be a douche

- DaiJarrod continues his bipolar streak

- Overall it was pretty underwhelming and random for a new ranger intro episode (compared to intro episodes of the past). RJ pulling the Rhino Morpher out of nowhere drags this one down for me.

"Bad" is definitely the right word to use for the ep. First 10 minutes are wasted on Hamhock, next twenty are crammed between the weakest Ranger-Gone-Bad plot ever and RJ's hidden pet problem. The only thing I thought was fresh and something to wake the crowd was when Fran threatened to morph. Completely and utterly worth skipping.

Lame titles are normally a decent indicator of what to expect. No different here.


RJ's revealed as the werewolf, feels responsible for the attacks on the citizens, tries to leave town, but needs to help his friends. This might have been better if I hadn't already seen a much superior version of this plotline in RYAN'S DESTINY.

Grizzaka's big and bad. Why exactly? No one's actually bothered to explain what's so great about this Zokkado shit, other than only Grizzaka has it... until the end, when Dai Shi sneezes and channels it. Ridiculous.

Speaking of ridiculous, simply putting Fran in danger somehow results in RJ regaining control of his wolf spirit. Yet tearing into Casey and Theo didn't do a damn thing. Weird.

Oh, and the best part, RJ's been sitting on a morpher for weeks now because eating potato chips seemed like a much better idea to him.

But look, there's a good part! Possibly the best morph sequence ever made, followed by the most interesting fighting style ever translated to PR. People are hating on the "laser knees", but if the wolf's fists can catch fire, I think it ties the whole attack pattern together with his knees following suit. Anyone know who the Wolf Ranger's stunt actor is? His manuerisms when chumming around with the other Rangers mimicked RJ well.

Zord battle was boring until GekiTouja got involved again, this time resulting in the Wolf Pride Megazord, complete with badass finishing move. God, I love that Megazord.

Now, back to the bad. Worst "suspense" humor PR's ever used, in a world where that kind of joke is rarely implemented well. Since when does RJ have any friends besides his employees, that would just happen to own a dog which very much resembles a wolf? It just didn't need to be there.


So, safe to say this was the worst introduction to a new Ranger ever written. Only goes to show the extreme level of talent that David de Lautour has to make it feel better than that.

Episode wasn't bad. Just wasn't good.

Casey feels replaced. No one cares.

Monsters are repainted Shadow Guards. Guess the crew doesn't care either.

Lily and Theo are getting their asses kicked. RJ and Casey don't care.

Satellite dishes can apparently redirect energy blasts instead of just being blown to pieces. The laws of physics don't care.

RJ jumps into Zord battle by himself. The other Rangers don't care.

Jarrod summons up Zokkado Power. Apparently, Master Mao is the only one who cares.


Apathy is the only thing you can apply to this episode, aside from the awesome uniform they gave RJ to wear for the remainder of the season.

I think this was a better origin story for RJ's Ranger powers than his actual debut. Flit gets to have a storyline, explains why he never gets digested by Camille, and gets to aid RJ in his quest to tame the wolf (which actually delivered a moral, in embracing what you are rather than fighting it). Only thing that didn't make sense is why Camille feels so attached to him (well, that and why the crew didn't give Camille the hairstyle she had in that flashback, which suits her much better).

Thankfully the Wolf Ranger got a fair shake just in time for the Rhino Ranger's debut.

Jungle Fury's 2-for-2 in terrible extra Ranger introductions. They've only got one chance left with the Spirit Rangers, and since there are three of them, I'll forgive them for Sentai's two if it works.

Dominic is officially the most out-of-nowhere Ranger in the history of the series. Even when Dana suddenly had a brother, at least Captain Mitchell lamented about his birthday and such before he appeared.

Also startling me is why they decided to make Dominic so much like his Gekiranger counterpart. Ken may not have been a practical joker, but he still didn't take life very seriously, which is what they seem to want Dom to be like.

The withholding of two important points bothered me. RJ told him all about Dai Shi being freed, yet forgot to mention he and his students were Power Rangers? And why didn't anyone mention to us that Dominic had control of not just any animal spirit, but apparently "one of the toughest" until after he saved Fran?

The Red Ranger rivalry angle really didn't work in this one. While it made more than enough sense why Conner didn't want to join forces with Trent, Dominic had never done anything mean-spirited, the worst thing was almost getting the guy on the skateboard hurt. Hell, he and Theo have done more harm to the team being scatterbrained, and they've been Rangers for months now!

Now that I've seen where Dominic got his morpher, I can say this about RJ: That "guy that knew a guy" was you, wasn't it? You just didn't want to tell us so that we wouldn't whine about you not making new morphers all day long. But judging by how effeminate the Rhino bracelet looked, it's probably best he retire from that. And why is it white? Obviously the Rhino Ranger's white, but the Rhino Morpher's orange, his animal spirit's orange, so shouldn't the bracelet match? I don't know.

The morph sequence was hot. Reminds me of Adam's OaR morph, though, with the rocks and everything. Unfortunately, the battle wasn't very memorable, even when Jungle Fury's original battle scenes have been choreographed pretty well. And all through it I was just wondering why everyone else decided to stand around and watch. At least with past sixths, the Rangers have normally been beaten to a pulp before they get their butts saved. This was just cruel on their part, especially since he had to wade through a sea of Rin Shi before he could get to Crocovile. It all felt like some kind of audition. Thankfully we skipped the normally obligatory post-debut Megazord battle courtesy of Gekiranger not giving Ken SaiDaiOh yet.

As for Dai Shi, the writing continues to get worse. Now he thinks he's a human? I thought he was supposed to HATE them! If they wanted to iron in the point about Grizzaka destroying him, he could have said something like "in this pitiful human body, I don't have the power to put Grizzaka in check like I could before." But the reason they didn't do that is obvious, they have no clue who this guy is supposed to be! Is he a dragon with a human shell? A scared teenager with a growing evil influence? We the audience can't even explain it, and we explain everything away to help ourselves try to enjoy this crap.

I still don't even have enough of Dom's personality to make a fair judgment of his character, so I guess I'll wait until he earns his Zord (since for some reason, he can't just make one out of his animal spirit like everybody else). Ultimately, the only thing worth watching here was Fran get someone to bounce off of.

lily went talk to casey and theo about this

...about what?

I saw both parts today on ABC.

Jungle Fury like Operation Overdrive before this last year is getting better by the episode. I can't wait to watch the 2nd half of Jungle Fury after Episode 16.

This is the 1st time I've seen all three main Rangers get more than one Zord.

The last time I saw this was Tyzon who got 3 but he was an extra Ranger.

It was cool to see Elephant , Bat and Shark upgrades get used in one fight like that.

I can't wait for the rest of Jungle Fury.

Jungly Fury Feedback: Dash for the Dagger
 

It airs tonight at 8. Enjoy!

So, they start us off with a memory/dream, of Master Mao giving Dominic the control dagger. This dagger, ultimately, is not only the key to Dom's destiny, but the key to the Nexus. The most Powerful Nexus.

Then we moved onto the Burger spot a.k.a., "Dom's secret hiding place of the dagger." I have to admit, that was totally unexpected...and Genius. Surely I'm not the only one, who wanted to slap Theo for being *Theo*, again.

The laundry room and taxi cab scenes, had such realistic elements; it was as if we weren't watching Power Rangers. I loved it! However, the dialog in the last scene where they found the dagger was kinda cheesy. For real.

For a moment, I was asking myself, "Why do we need a monster?" But then the fight against Whirlnardo vol.2 came...and Wow! The BGM was Rockin' (literally); and the team roll call/fight was awesome. Best roll cal yet.

So, besides a couple of cheesy scenes (including Jarrod's "lol" facial emotion at the end); DFTD was a solid episode. Looking forward to the "field trip" next week. "The Winds of Fate, are about to change." Classic.

This episode was too meh to review in detail...


It was neither here nor there.


2.5/5

God, this episode was so... mediorcre. The plot was so non-existent. I don't think I'll be able to remember this episode later.

- Eh, I don't really care about the Crystal Eyes.
- Well Dai Shi, looks like all that training for the Zokado power proved to be useless since Grizakka kicked your butt (again) without breaking at sweat and locking you in your own jail cell. Dai Shi, you suck. You really really suck. I'm in awe of your sucking prowess. Seriously, your like an innovator in the field of human failure, blazing new trails to suck, and earning your way into the Loser Hall of Fame. Your starting to make Gruumm look cool.
- Theo acting like a dick again. I kinda like it when he acts like this, makes his character more fun.
- You know, I really like Dominic's and Theo's interactions.
- So wait, Dominic hid the Control Dagger in a seat cushion in Ocean Bluff? That doesn't make sense. He was travelling the world, why would he hide it in a diner of a town he wasn't going to live in?
- Why the heck are Theo and Dominic talking out loud about the Control Dagger and the Rhino Nexus with that woman sitting between them? Man these rangers have such low IQs.
- So Casey, Lily and RJ, how does RJ hitting Whirlnado for a little bit then Casey and Lily hitting him suppose to be "Combining our powers"?
- Someone brought this up, why don't they have the Wolf Zord combine with the Ape and the Penguin instead of using the Wolf Pride? I know I know Gekiranger but still, why couldn't Geki do this?
- Camille, nice outsmarting Lily.
- Gangster Rinshis, cool.
- Casey stills continues to act like a jerk to Dominic. Casey, shut up. Just. Shut. Up. Go stand in a corner or something.
- Was a roll call even neccesary?
- RJ you lazy bum, why aren't you help them in the zord fight? This is like a repeat of Things Not Said where the Sixthes just stand there acting like cheerleaders.
- Oh, I just found out Whirnicane is voiced by Nic Sampson (Chip in MF, voice of Sentinel Knight in OO). But I don't get why they act like this is a new monsters, there's no difference between Whirlnado and Whilricane. Couldn't they just said Whilnado just survived the first fight?
- I find it odd the Rangers didn't called the Megazord, "Jungle Master with Bat Power".

Eh, this episode was, again, mediorcre. Like, nothing happened really, this episode is just there. No Fran (Whoo-Hoo!) and no Flit (Boo!) this week. I give this a 2 out of 5.

i liked the episode ecept the fact that everyone is still a douche bag to Dominic and (spoiler) and Dominic was a retard for letting the Rhino Dagger that opens the Rhino nexus easly get into the hands of Dai Shi.

i give it a decent 3.5 out of 5

Why was everyone so afraid of Dai Shi being released from that box? So far he has been a complete tool. The Rangers should laugh in his face. Camille is more badass of a character when compared to him. Hate to say it but the only good episodes for this season were the first 13. Of course not having Lily train with Master Phant ruined a fairly good episode in the first 13.

Why do I say this? B/C I will not justify Disney's laziness anymore.

I am especially tired of having to create theories & fanfics just to cope with how s***ty Disney is with writing the Power Ranger franchise.

Jungle Fury Feedback: Race to the Nexus
 

The episode has aired, so I guess we can discuss it:

I'd say this was a good way to end Dom's arc.

Hmmmm, the Rin Shi building a mysterious device? Interesting. More Phantom Beast build-up, no doubt. I'm assuming "Snapping Turtle", "White Tiger", and "Avalon Dragon" (???); will be the ones to capture Swoop, Finn, and Phant. I certainly hope all this, lives up to the "hype."

You know, the Dai Shi and Camille scenes, is leading me to conclude that Dai Shi is forming a soft heart for Camille. Just a few episodes ago, he had a fetish for punishing her... I was loving the chemistry, too. Definitely the highlights of the episode!

OK, seriously...Jellica CANNOT fight! She continues to be one of my favorite of the three- or now only two; but she reminds me a lot of Udonna. Her power is 9 times out of 10, expressed through her staff. I'm really annoyed by that, for some odd reason.

Well well well, I think Casey's "Tiger Instincts" was the most semi-activity he's had since..."One Master Too Many." Way to go Casey, *straight face*. I'm glad they used Jan's "Jungle-tastic flip slash!" Why? I always thought it was neat.

And at last, we move onto the "Rhino Steel Pride Warrior Megazord!" Lol. I was expecting more of a epic showdown/defeat. Not entirely bad, for what it was worth. But honestly, "Rhino Warrior Mode"? "Rhino Steel Megazord"? ..."Rhino Pride Megazord"?!?! ...Which is it for crying out loud?! Still love the design, though.

Overall, "Race to the Nexus" was again, a good way to end this arc. A lot of it reminded me of "Nothing to Love" (battle, talk, battle, battle, and more...battle). I'm not bashing on the battles in this one, I enjoyed bits and pieces of 'em. Plus, it continues to build towards the Spirit Ranger arc. 4/5. "Arise the Crystal Eyes" is currently airing on Verizon FIOS for those that have it (me not included).

Finally saw the episode.

- Yeah, the Overlords. How do the rangers know the Overlords? Beside Jellica, we never the rangers meet or ineracted with the other two. Hell, by all logic they shouldn't even know Carnisoar and Grizzaka even exist, so how do you know what they look like?
- Finally, Grizzaka does something other than sit on his rear and scream "Zocato!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- Why is Carnisoar asking Casey which one is the real one? He makes Pre-Marriage Zedd look competent.
- You know, the great power being a Zord doesn't jizze well. Rhino Steel cool and all, but no zord needs this kind of hype.
- I like how Jarshi knows Dominic. Atleast it keeps me from asking "How the heck does he even the about the Rhino Ranger?!?"

Pretty mediorcre. 3/5.

Dai Shi pawns Rangers. Beast Masters pawn Dai Shi. Rangers pawn Beast Masters.

This story makes no sense.

Jungle Fury Feedback: Arise the Crystal Eyes
 

Oooookay

- RJ's explanation of the Crystal Eyes was expositonrytastic. It's nice to finalling get to know what the Crystal Eyes are after, er, "building" up to them.
- Hey, Dai Shi kicked Grizzaka out. There's a slight hope of Dai Shi being taken seriously.
- So, Camille does the crossowords? How do they get the news paper?
- So Casey figures out Jenning's animal spirit is a Dolphin? Now I wonder what a Dolphin Spirit zord would look like. Nice that they explain a little about the animal spirits.
- Yeah, Casey, walking up to someone and demanding that you give them their work looks pretty stupid. Now, if you had been morph....
- Ugh, did they really need to waste our time walking the Rangers fight Rin Shis?
- Why was Casey trying to keep Dai Shi from going after Jellica instead of running after her himself? Does it really matter who revives the Phantom Beast?
- I've-I've got to ask this again, what exactly is Zokato power? All Grizzaka and Dai Shi do is scream it and get covered in a bad cloud and, according to RttN, give you the ability to fly.
- You know, I wonder why Casey didn't try pulling out the Strike Rider on Grizzaka?
- ..... So, instead of utilizing teamwork to take down the Grizzaka, Casey demands Dominic’s morpher, and combines his weapon with it to take down Grizzaka? Amd Casey's answer is "I didn't know until now." That ridiculous. And "The rhino power made all the difference." But Dominic had been in this fight the entire time. Also, shouldn't have Dominic demorphed after he gave Casey his morpher?
- "Rhino Steel Warrior Mode", I hope that's the official name.
- So they combine all the zords and just call say "Stampede!"? Why not call it the Jungle Master Ultrazord or something?
- God, Grizzaka was such a Morticon clone in this episode.
- So, the Rangers have the other five eyes and Jellica only keeps the three she already had? Well, this seem pointless.

Not much can be said about this episode. Fran and Flit basically make a cameo and apparently, Flit afraid of Dai Shi. 3/5.

This was a fine way, to begin a new adventure! Some pretty average to semi-awesome fight scenes, mixed with a little cheesy dialog, but still played out to be a good episode.

Okay, when Casey first entered Dr. Jennings office...how in the world could he tell the eye was an Iguanas? I mean, her back was faced AWAY from Casey to where, basically no one could see the eye. Need I have to mention...All. The. Eyes. Look. The. SAME. ??? Yeah, that was kinda of a low score in my book. In that same scene, I was trying to imagine Jennings becoming the Dolphin Ranger...but no, just no. I couldn't picture it out right.

Moving onto Dai Shi revealing his Zakado to Grizzaka, that was completely bad***. I'm sorry, I just had to give Dai Shi his props for taking back his throne. He totally made Grizzly look like weakling. That still doesn't mean I don't like Grizzly, because he gave the ranger's the beating later on in the episode. That was ONE of the best fights, this season.

As for the ending the battle/Zord fight, I have no idea how Casey suddenly posses all these Tiger-tastic abilities, but IF this is the beginning of some Casey development..."Hooray!" for Casey. It's about time. Anyhow, "Arise the Crystal Eyes" as I said above, was a nice way to begin a new adventure in Jungle Fury. 4/5. I'm really looking forward to, the Spirit Ranger arc.

In GoaC the fears are metaphorical.

Lily- Kind-hearted. Looks for the good inside of everyone. She is the happy person most aspire to be. The spider symbolizes that which is not wholesome or cute. In Lily's world or view thereof, the spider is the personification of the everyday fears that people have. The world is not perfect & we must live day to day in it. Trying to be who we feel we are while at the same time hiding a part of ourselves deep inside. Thus the spider fear.

Theo- Multi-tasker. Constantly seeking the approval of others. The karaoke symbolizes Theo & his fear of the perception towards him. A lingering feeling that someone is watching him constantly just waiting for him to fail. Thus the social rejection fear.

Casey- A cub. Promoted to Ranger solely due to standing against Jarrod- fighting dark forces. The closet door symbolizes that which is unknown. A darkness in which Casey fears for he is still learning. He fears what lies ahead. Thus the monster in the closet fear.

This aired on ABC today.

Anyway I'm really loving the current series.

I like where this is going. Two Master Megazord fights. I'm getting close to RJ Morphing as Wolf Ranger.

Problem was I'm not sure I liked Cheetah girl too much in this one. Personaly that was a tad much in the rude factor.

Jungle Fury Feedback: Fear and the Phantoms
 

Yeah, part one of the Spirit Rangers arc.