MMPR Season 1 alternate ending?

[Reaper33X]

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?

[Digifiend]

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

[kainhighwind2]

Originally Posted by Digifiend

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

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

[SirStack]

Originally Posted by Reaper33X

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?

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

[big smile]

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

[RitoRevolto]

Originally Posted by big smile

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

[The 2nd Evil]

Originally Posted by RitoRevolto

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.

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

[RitoRevolto]

Originally Posted by The 2nd Evil

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

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.

[Ataruman]

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.

[Whiteranger90]

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