MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

Hey everyone,

With the new movie coming out, lots of websites have been posting "did you know..." and "interesting facts" about power Rangers.

One that I keep reading is that they filmed an alternate ending to Season 1 of MMPR, as they weren't sure that it'd be picked up for season 2.

Does this footage exist anywhere? I'm sure a lot of fans would be interested to see it.
Or can anyone confirm how this ending was written?

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

Show would've ended at Doomsday (ep 40) and would've featured a senior prom and Rita and her goons getting sealed up.

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

Pretty much. We saw about 80% of what it would have been in Doomsday.

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

The "senior prom and Rita's son Bubba" ending to Doomsday may not have been filmed, but it was indeed written. Sadly, we've yet to see any script form of it. However, the earliest script of "Doomsday, Part II" we do have does involve Rita getting sealed away: http://sirstack.livejournal.com/5629.html

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

Didn't Paul Schrier say that Machiko Soga was flown over to the US to film her bits of the original ending?

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

Pretty much what was said. The original Zyu plot of Bandora's son being revived and manipulated by Dai-Satan would have been kept leading to her resealing. My only real thought: considering Lokar was considered a minion of Rita and not the other way around, I do wonder how they would have done it...or if Lokar would have just remained a Goldgoyle-esque "my most powerful monster" without making him the boss.

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

Never heard about this! Very cool. I'll look this up!

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

I don't know about that. All I know is that Saban did pay Toei for original footage of Rita and her crew in the palace (not to be confused with Zyu2, which came later). This footage was used as early as Day of the Dumpster.

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

It's what most of the Goldar talking scenes were, as in ZyuRanger, Griffozor was a lot less chatty.

Re: MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?
 

No, those were actually filmed in the US. I'm saying they had Machiko Soga et al come into the studios at Toei and basically do English lines, which were then dubbed over by Barbara Goodson and the like.