@@tresrules16543 Basically in the sentai they explain that Queen Banshera was about to be reborn do the planets making a Cross that would bring ruin to the universe so a scientist created the ranger suits and make his 5 sons (that all work as first responders) fight the Demons of disaster and yes he leave them alone with their mother Who later died do to a plane accident
Is Sentai variation is very interesting because it's basically family versus family. The rangers being siblings and the villains being an entire family of Royal demons each one that's a master of their own element/ natural disaster
@@alvarodebarrio7718 Well, I knew that was the plot for GoGoV. I just found it odd that a rescue based sentai had to fight demons. Like where is the correlation between those in real life, and how do they even connect like that?
@@tresrules16543 I imagine it's due to how common youkai are in their legends, there is one for everything, so when they need to make a superpowered antagonist they go "stick a demon in there" Remember how the Soul Eater's mangaka decided to make a prequel to his demon/monster hunting story and went "It'll be about firefighters, I'm a fucking genius" And it was actually good-fuck! Them japanese people are onto something with the demon fighting (blank) organization
One thing I really appreciated about LightSpeed Rescue, an ACTUAL Adult cast! Not a bunch of Teenagers! Thanks to this they had the opportunity to explore more types of scenes.
@@BlueBlazeKing true, but I still like seeing a more proper mature cast with folks like Police Officers(Timeforce/SPD) or Jobs that are unmistakably NOT Teens. Heck, They could bite the bullet and ACTUALLY do the Animal Rangers from Dobutsu Sentai Zyuohger. They did well enough with Anubis Cruger from SPD so I think it shouldn't be too tough.
I agree. Idk why Conner kept referring to them as teens, but the team being adults-mostly with professional careers-was a good change of pace. It’s probably the most plausible team of Rangers to aspire to be, like kids actually became doctors and firefighters because of this show.
@@bgcrp2005 Nah, I never saw Lost Galaxy as teens. They were all holding down legit jobs on Terra Venture, some of them pretty high ranking. You don't get that as teenagers.
Even to this day, it’s so cool how this season made a fully unique ranger without sentai footage, and the aqua base’s destruction was the best base destruction bar none
I love how even though Conner & Linkara handle their retrospectives more-or-less differently, that they BOTH have the same reactions and opinions regarding the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed team-up (how does LS know Leo?, what do you mean “There’s no such thing as monsters”?, EVERYTHING about the little girl, etc.).
I would think that Lightspeed knows about Leo and the Galaxy rangers because of Andros setting up the first instance (even if not mentioned in the series) of a ranger database..
Glad you did a retrospective on this season. Lightspeed Rescue is a season that grew on me the more I watched it. I believe this season is pretty underrated and has one of the best ranger casts. Carter is a brilliant red ranger and Joel is absolutely delightful.
I agree , I think it's a season people don't have problems with but kind of sleep on it , even though it's got good rangers , good villans and good action
16:26 Fun Fact, this "Random Guy" has had probably the most success of anyone on this season... That David Leitch, movie fans might recognize the name, as he's famous director. His directorial debut was freaking John Wick, and has also directed Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and Fast and Furious Spin off Hobbs & Shaw. Wild.
The actor who played Joel actually did pretty good for himself, too. He ended up playing leads in a few major, emmy winning film projects about 5 years after this. I want to say, he played James Brown in a docu-film, but I'm not 100% sure if that's the one I was thinking of.
I don't know if anyone else had noticed, but there was this sense of comradery between Diabolico, Loki, and Vypra. Regardless of whoever had gotten destoryed, the other 2 were likely to bring the other back. Once Olympius came into the picture after Diabolico was wasted, no one is getting along despite the attempts. Any attempts are slapped away by each other: Vypra treating him like a kid, Olympius blaming them both over Bansheera's imprisoned body when they had nothing to do with it, it was a constant trade of hostility and belittling from both sides, and bringing Diabolico back into the picture did not help matters, at least on Olympius's side. It was basically 3 thugs versus a spoiled brat. After exiling Olympius to the shadow world and witnessing Bansheera's reaction, it's likely he grew weary of his standing (likely comparing Oympius's situation to that of Ryan's). If she's willing to disown her own son over her palace, then it means everyone's expendable in her eyes. There was more to Vypra's story behind the scenes. Jennifer, her real name, had to leave the set earlier than expected and eventually retire from her role as Vypra due to severe skin outbreaks with the makeup they were using on her. It's not all bad as she would eventually use that to develop her own line of special skincare products and cosmetics. She seems to be doing well for herself.
It's good that they translated the dynamic well despite not taking advantage of the fact they are siblings in the original. In source, (the equivalent versions of) Diabolico is a very bossy older brother on behalf of their mother and he has a chip on his shoulder because in spite of being the first born, he wasn't going to be next in line. Loki and Vypra completely disregard Olympus because he's a baby. And Olympus hates the fact that he's looked down upon, and thinks Loki is an absolute dumbass and Vypra is incompetent. You can really see it coming from their family dynamics and you don't have to think twice to know why it makes sense. So all things considered, I think they did a good job with conveying that in spite of removing their family bonds that their dynamic is still kinda like that for different reasons like arrogance and jealousy.
I generally agree with you about regular vehicles being boring Zords, but here it makes sense that they would be rescue vehicles. Way better than Turbo being like "B-T-Dubs uhh you have rescue vehicles now bye!"
@@Irrelevant66 I think that’s because by the time the series reached Lost Galaxy, Linkara aged out of the target demographic. I think he’s specifically stated that before. So he’s not reviewing it as someone who loved these seasons as a kid like Conner is doing.
@@MikeP828He has indeed stated that on multiple occassions. Plus, Linkara's also just much more dry about it because he's been doing it so long and so regularly. You can tell he still cares, especially with the seasons he liked, but it's just as much business as pleasure for him, if not more.
Sasha Williams was my babysitter when I was 6, and I made her watch the Green with Evil VHS tapes on repeat. When she got the role in LSR I lost my mind 😅
Lightspeed Rescue is my favorite season of Power Rangers. I was in high school when it came out and I was going through some tough personal stuff. Lightspeed was an anchor that kept me focused, and Carter was an inspirational force I absolutely needed. It may not be the best season, but it will always be super meaningful to me.
I liked how the villains in the Sentai version all had a separate deck of monster cards each one of different element that represents them. Diabolical head storm based monsters that used strategic planning Viper head water-based monsters focused on espionage, thieving, gorilla warfare. All the earth-based demons were just blunt power Prince Olympians have firebase monsters that also focused on psychological harm
I like that the Rangers seem like adults with established careers, and their problems seem more mature than earlier seasons. It tries so many new things for being a season that is otherwise very straightforward on the premise.
I think what I like most about this Power Rangers team is that they aren't just spandex-covered superheroes. Here, they do actual first responder stuff. And the fact that early on, they show that they don't care if they have powers or not, is another plus. I mean could you imagine a Power Rangers team that lost access to their powers and decided "Yeah, we don't really want to help out anymore. We're going back to our other lives." Man, good thing that doesn't happen in any future seasons. Also, I'm SO excited for Time Force. That was the first Power Rangers season _I_ watched myself when I was 6 years old.
@@jpcsdutra Also the mermaid Marina was played by Psycho Yellow's voice-actress. I'm surprised he didn't notice, especially since he talked about how beautiful she was in the "In Space" video.
50:40 Don't worry, the Battlizers will look significantly better after this season. My personal favorites out of the bunch being: -Red Battle Warrior (Time Force) -Tri-Battlized Armor (Ninja Storm) -Red Sentinel Ranger (Operation Overdrive)
Chads actor would eventually go on to be a stunt teacher for the cast of Power rangers beast Morphers ,essentially teaching the actors Stunts and choreography before they were properly casted
Thank you so much for making this! Lightspeed rescue is my all time favorite season. I just love the whole military style power rangers concept it’s so fresh. The demons are actually threatening. The titanium ranger is so badass. Every member of the team is memorable especially Joel and his developing romance with Ms. Fairweather.
Just found your channel this morning and have been watching all these, imagine my pleasant surprised face when I saw this just now exactly 1 minute ago from this post. Keep up the great work!
Hey man, I just wanted to let you know that your videos help a lot. This week has been the worst. I’m not gonna get into all of it but all of your videos really helped me get through this rough time in my life. I just wanted to say thank you for everything 🙏🏽
Lightspeed Rescue isn't in my Top 10 seasons or anything like that, but it did have some noteworthy moments. One that sticks out to me was the good Captain's car accident that caused him and his kids to be hanging on the side of a cliff before Diabolical (probably spelt that wrong) saved Ryan. It was a little thing, but as a kid it taught me the importance of paying attention while driving because ONE second of looking in the wrong direction could be deadly. Then, Carter's childhood hero turning out to be Captain Mitchell was amazing storytelling! Ryan was awesome, BUT sadly he had so little screen time as a ranger due to being the 1st U.S. original ranger in the Power Ranger series. Joel was a lovable a**hole who slowly grew as the series went on. Darn shame his dynamic and eventual MARRIAGE to Dr. Fairweather isn't talked about as much as I think it should. It's a big deal that it's an interracial couple, but even more important was seeing Joel humbling himself and getting to know Angela rather than the constant Brock from Pokemon antics he'd pull off for MOST of the season.
Just found your videos, as someone who loves Power Rangers and game soundtracks this scratches a good itch for me! Keep up the good work and I'm definitely looking forward to Time Force
I love Lightspeed rescue a lot. Some of it was my nostalgia because it was my first power rangers shows and it means a lot to me. I’m now more open up to why people may not like the season. But when it is good it is really good
I just watched this one about a year ago. This was the one that I was most excited to watch, as I love when heroes prioritize civilian rescue over fighting the bad guys.
I have to say, i love this. I look forward to these and i enjoy that you go over every episode. You take time to explore themes and look into the characters. I can't wait for Time Force!
Wanna know what I like about this, it was the Power Rangers with tech fighting the supernatural and the start of few ranger teams that fought against them, like Mystic Force, Jungle Fury and Samurai.
carter is the realest red ranger. even without morphin, he is a hero and a good example. LightSpeed rescue is one of my favorites seasons, and definitively my favorite opening. So nice to see your reviews going on!
@AndreNitroX I've seen fragments of the other Incarnations of Power Rangers before Lightspeed Rescue but watching Lightspeed Rescue was my first Full experience of watching Power Rangers
Lost Galaxy and Lightspeed Racue were the seasons I grew up with, and are to this day still my favorite. I appreciated how these seasons handled more mature themes while still feeling like Power Rangers. Sure, it still has cheesy elements, but its PR for crying out loud. The choreography was top notch, the teams actually felt like people doing their jobs, and the Magna Defender as well as Carter are the GOAT
Lightspeed was my ranger season, i caught a few episodes and reruns of the seasons before but Lightspeed was the one i was old enough to remember watching as it was airing originally.
I look forward to these every month man, I didn’t even watch light speed rescue but I was definitely anticipating your video ! Hope you do all the seasons!!
Another silly detail about the crossover - for absolutely no good reason, they use Gingaman footage for the Lost Galaxy team morph instead of the existing morph sequence they had, which is noticeable by the mismatched skin tones.
Ah yes Lightspeed rescue the first power ranger show I ever watched and remembered I have more nostalgia for time force but Lightspeed was the first one that made me realize that heroes weren't just people in power suits and cool weapons but people willing to go out of there way to help those in need
I started my Power Rangers rewatch at 18, took me 10 years to get fully caught up because I needed a break due to Samurai being so bad. But when I got to Lightspeed I was loving it. Like for once they felt like something that could actually happen, not the fighting demons part but the team organized by the government, one of the few entities with the ability to afford the tech.
Just recently found your channel and I really love the power rangers videos and I’m really happy to see a new video already, keep it up and I hope it’s a long running series 🙂🙂🙂
Lightspeed Rescue was 1 of the 2 seasons that really got me into Power Rangers. The other being Wild Force. I still find myself humming the Lightspeed Rescue theme every now & then. I had missed the older seasons, mainly because of my family not wanting me to watch it at the time. By the time Disney picked up the rights for the series, I was able to watch it as much a kid could with regular episodes of 2-3 different seasons every week. Ryan is easily 1 of my all time favorite 6th rangers, just about sitting next to the Tommy. While Ryan had limited scenes overall due to being an American original ranger, a lot of the scenes that you see him in, especially early on, really show the kind of guy he is. While he did start out raised evil, he did show that he had the true heart of a ranger deep down. While the season wasn't perfect, it is a great example of a "jumping in point" in the series.
I remember playing the video game for lightspeed rescue on the Playstation, seeing tjat footage of the game (that i never fully beat) brings back memories
OK, fun fact, the emblem on the Rangers suits are actually based off siren alarms not umbrellas. Which is why you see the alarm going off at the beginning of the opening. Also in the Japanese counterpart, their morphed suits are actually canonically referred to as hazmat suits.
46:54 minor thing, there’s actually been 3 crossover episodes so far ( 6 if you count the Adam, Justin and phantom ranger episodes in In space, I don’t cause it’s not the full team but I get it if you do) zeo and alien during Billy’s sendoff, to the tenth power and trakenas revenge
In the episode Trakeena's Revenge when Carter and Leo send the little girl in to pull the fire alarm it was actually the correct call (not to bring up suspect calls from later in the episode mind you) if Carter had gone into the building as "Lightspeed Rescue" using that authority he would have alerted the monsters in the building about trouble and most likely they would have taken a much more defensive stance even taking civilians as hostages.. If he had gone in as a fire fighter it would most likely have been done as a routine test of the fire alert systems, but he would have again been known as lightspeed meaning that they would have alerted the monsters in the building.. The third option sending Leo in would have been just as bad if someone who knew Leo was looking in a security camera at the time.. This is why when the call was made to send the little girl into the building to pull the alarm it was actually the correct call to make as she would not attract any high levels of attention from the monsters until after the alarm is pulled and even then the civilians in the building are already evacuating meaning there is much less chance for any monsters that remain to take hostages.. I know this is very much me just over thinking things but it makes the most sense.. The other small point I would like to make about this episode is HOW Carter knows who Leo and the Galaxy rangers are.. Consider that Andros from the Space Rangers teamed up with the Galaxy rangers for taking down the Psycho rangers, considering they worked together and that Andros is shown to be working towards checking on various threats (such as in a few more seasons when he calls to action the 10 red rangers for Forever Red) it would stand to reason that Andros began creating the first edition of the "Ranger Database" which later on in Dino Thunder would be further expanded upon by Tommy Oliver, then used as the basis for the future Ranger Databases as seen in Super Megaforce, and onward. Sorry about the length of this post and any terrible editing that I might have had, but I hope that this helps explain a few of the various seeming errors in the episode.. Thank you for your time and please keep up the awesome work on these videos..
i love this series man and appreciate all the work and effort you put into these videos, but like are you ever concerned that any of them will be taken down?
I'm kinda disappointed that you didn't mention how the first monster the rangers fought was Psycho Red's monster form reused as a new character (with slightly darker colors for the face). Or how the mermaid Marina was played by Psycho Yellow's voice-actress (i mean you talked about how beautiful she was in the "In Space" video).
Awesome vid!!!! Lightspeed Rescue was an amazing show, and it has a soft spot in my heart. Carter was so heroic, he was def my fav (together with Ms. Fairweather, who I think was my first or second TV show crush) I'm suuuper excited about Time Force tho, def my fav PR season, super looking forward to the next vid!
The third episode was one of those core memories for me, and one of the better written episodes. Carter was brave but headstrong. Mitchel had to rein him in. If Mitchel just told Carter what was wrong, Carter would be second-guessing himself. But he trusted Carter to have some self-reflection and to find out *why* Mitchel ordered him to do what he did, so he knows that Mitchel still trusts him, but will be there as a safety net (and this compounds on later when it's revealed that Mitchel was the firefighter that saved him all those years ago).
Connor. I’m watching your awesome vid and immediately picked up on the Trails series music in the background. Put the video over 11 for me. Really enjoying your videos on these seasons and hope you keep going.
I love how the rangers are based on first responders,but their villians are just straight up demons for some reasons
I've always wondered how the sentai ended up coming to the decision to do this
@@tresrules16543 Basically in the sentai they explain that Queen Banshera was about to be reborn do the planets making a Cross that would bring ruin to the universe so a scientist created the ranger suits and make his 5 sons (that all work as first responders) fight the Demons of disaster and yes he leave them alone with their mother Who later died do to a plane accident
Is Sentai variation is very interesting because it's basically family versus family. The rangers being siblings and the villains being an entire family of Royal demons each one that's a master of their own element/ natural disaster
@@alvarodebarrio7718 Well, I knew that was the plot for GoGoV.
I just found it odd that a rescue based sentai had to fight demons. Like where is the correlation between those in real life, and how do they even connect like that?
@@tresrules16543 I imagine it's due to how common youkai are in their legends, there is one for everything, so when they need to make a superpowered antagonist they go "stick a demon in there"
Remember how the Soul Eater's mangaka decided to make a prequel to his demon/monster hunting story and went "It'll be about firefighters, I'm a fucking genius"
And it was actually good-fuck! Them japanese people are onto something with the demon fighting (blank) organization
I once saw someone describe Carter as “The Power Rangers equivalent of Captain America” and I gotta say, that perfectly describes him.
I totally support that claim it fits him
@@ethanleslie588 Right!
I Always Thought Leo Fit That Role More
@@ryanwiebe4096 Leo reminds me more of adult Spider-Man for some reason
@@BaulFoodmanedits Wildforce was Wild. Haha!
The random guy that challenges Chad to a fight is David Leitch. The director of John Wick, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, etc.
oh
That’s really cool!
David Leitch didn’t direct John Wick
@@14ssjgoku No but he was involved, so it’s an understandable mistake
With a resume like that it makes total sense for a guy like him to randomly challenge a power ranger to a fight in the streets lol.
In the Sentai, all the rangers are siblings. All the villain are, too. It's an interesting contrast between two very different family dynamics.
The morphing sequence in LSR is pretty good but I prefer GoGoV's henshin sequence. The sound effects make all the difference.
@@anthustenebris9202 bwppeabweaaablipliblbiblbiblip
I prefer lightspeed since the morpthing is better
One thing I really appreciated about LightSpeed Rescue, an ACTUAL Adult cast! Not a bunch of Teenagers! Thanks to this they had the opportunity to explore more types of scenes.
I mean that’s how it was since Lost Galaxy, and I don’t think we go back to high school until Dino Thunder and Megaforce
@@BlueBlazeKing true, but I still like seeing a more proper mature cast with folks like Police Officers(Timeforce/SPD) or Jobs that are unmistakably NOT Teens. Heck, They could bite the bullet and ACTUALLY do the Animal Rangers from Dobutsu Sentai Zyuohger. They did well enough with Anubis Cruger from SPD so I think it shouldn't be too tough.
I agree. Idk why Conner kept referring to them as teens, but the team being adults-mostly with professional careers-was a good change of pace. It’s probably the most plausible team of Rangers to aspire to be, like kids actually became doctors and firefighters because of this show.
@@BlueBlazeKingactually the lost galaxy group were teens they were 18/19 not early teens but teens
@@bgcrp2005 Nah, I never saw Lost Galaxy as teens. They were all holding down legit jobs on Terra Venture, some of them pretty high ranking. You don't get that as teenagers.
Even to this day, it’s so cool how this season made a fully unique ranger without sentai footage, and the aqua base’s destruction was the best base destruction bar none
I love how even though Conner & Linkara handle their retrospectives more-or-less differently, that they BOTH have the same reactions and opinions regarding the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed team-up (how does LS know Leo?, what do you mean “There’s no such thing as monsters”?, EVERYTHING about the little girl, etc.).
I would think that Lightspeed knows about Leo and the Galaxy rangers because of Andros setting up the first instance (even if not mentioned in the series) of a ranger database..
Glad you did a retrospective on this season. Lightspeed Rescue is a season that grew on me the more I watched it. I believe this season is pretty underrated and has one of the best ranger casts. Carter is a brilliant red ranger and Joel is absolutely delightful.
I agree , I think it's a season people don't have problems with but kind of sleep on it , even though it's got good rangers , good villans and good action
I also like lightspeed rescue theme song was fire and it futured the very first american made ranger titanium ranger
"Falls into a pit Mike style" CONNER YOU WRONG FOR THAT
Is he though? XD XD XD
16:26 Fun Fact, this "Random Guy" has had probably the most success of anyone on this season...
That David Leitch, movie fans might recognize the name, as he's famous director. His directorial debut was freaking John Wick, and has also directed Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and Fast and Furious Spin off Hobbs & Shaw. Wild.
The actor who played Joel actually did pretty good for himself, too. He ended up playing leads in a few major, emmy winning film projects about 5 years after this. I want to say, he played James Brown in a docu-film, but I'm not 100% sure if that's the one I was thinking of.
Bro that's actually insane
I don't know if anyone else had noticed, but there was this sense of comradery between Diabolico, Loki, and Vypra. Regardless of whoever had gotten destoryed, the other 2 were likely to bring the other back. Once Olympius came into the picture after Diabolico was wasted, no one is getting along despite the attempts. Any attempts are slapped away by each other: Vypra treating him like a kid, Olympius blaming them both over Bansheera's imprisoned body when they had nothing to do with it, it was a constant trade of hostility and belittling from both sides, and bringing Diabolico back into the picture did not help matters, at least on Olympius's side. It was basically 3 thugs versus a spoiled brat. After exiling Olympius to the shadow world and witnessing Bansheera's reaction, it's likely he grew weary of his standing (likely comparing Oympius's situation to that of Ryan's). If she's willing to disown her own son over her palace, then it means everyone's expendable in her eyes.
There was more to Vypra's story behind the scenes. Jennifer, her real name, had to leave the set earlier than expected and eventually retire from her role as Vypra due to severe skin outbreaks with the makeup they were using on her. It's not all bad as she would eventually use that to develop her own line of special skincare products and cosmetics. She seems to be doing well for herself.
It's good that they translated the dynamic well despite not taking advantage of the fact they are siblings in the original.
In source, (the equivalent versions of) Diabolico is a very bossy older brother on behalf of their mother and he has a chip on his shoulder because in spite of being the first born, he wasn't going to be next in line. Loki and Vypra completely disregard Olympus because he's a baby. And Olympus hates the fact that he's looked down upon, and thinks Loki is an absolute dumbass and Vypra is incompetent.
You can really see it coming from their family dynamics and you don't have to think twice to know why it makes sense. So all things considered, I think they did a good job with conveying that in spite of removing their family bonds that their dynamic is still kinda like that for different reasons like arrogance and jealousy.
I generally agree with you about regular vehicles being boring Zords, but here it makes sense that they would be rescue vehicles. Way better than Turbo being like "B-T-Dubs uhh you have rescue vehicles now bye!"
The theme song for lightspeed rescue is a total banger
Absolute peak
Totally Morphinomenal.
Absolute orchestra
We went from Dinasour Powers, Ninja Powers, Ancient Crystal Powers, Jeep, Space Powers, Galactic Beasts Powers, and now, Shield Power.
And upcoming? Animal cars.
Connerthewaffle is basically doing linkara's history of power rangers at this point but more efficient!
And more love, I don’t hate the linkara videos but I deeply appreciate how much outright love for the Series you can feel in Conner’s videos.
Connor definitely has MUCH more love for this then Linkara, I also appreciate that he is willing to reference the Super Sentai counterparts as well.
Yeeees !! Been waiting for this one ! Love from across the pond, but this was my first Power Rangers. I love the rest, but this was my first!
@@Irrelevant66 I think that’s because by the time the series reached Lost Galaxy, Linkara aged out of the target demographic. I think he’s specifically stated that before. So he’s not reviewing it as someone who loved these seasons as a kid like Conner is doing.
@@MikeP828He has indeed stated that on multiple occassions.
Plus, Linkara's also just much more dry about it because he's been doing it so long and so regularly. You can tell he still cares, especially with the seasons he liked, but it's just as much business as pleasure for him, if not more.
Sasha Williams was my babysitter when I was 6, and I made her watch the Green with Evil VHS tapes on repeat. When she got the role in LSR I lost my mind 😅
Are you serious, that awesome
i'll either wait 7 years for the rpm review, or a few months with this guy. goated
Lightspeed Rescue is my favorite season of Power Rangers.
I was in high school when it came out and I was going through some tough personal stuff. Lightspeed was an anchor that kept me focused, and Carter was an inspirational force I absolutely needed.
It may not be the best season, but it will always be super meaningful to me.
I liked how the villains in the Sentai version all had a separate deck of monster cards each one of different element that represents them.
Diabolical head storm based monsters that used strategic planning
Viper head water-based monsters focused on espionage, thieving, gorilla warfare.
All the earth-based demons were just blunt power
Prince Olympians have firebase monsters that also focused on psychological harm
I like that the Rangers seem like adults with established careers, and their problems seem more mature than earlier seasons. It tries so many new things for being a season that is otherwise very straightforward on the premise.
Carter's actor would've made the most perfect Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil
Funny you say that because I recently found out that Jason Faunt (Wes from Time Force) was Leon at one point.
@@vampdeluxe77and Daniel Southworth (Eric) was Vergil in Devil May Cry
@@thepanpaladin1043Johnny yong bosh is everybody in anime 😎
@@thepanpaladin1043 Funnily enough, another Power Ranger would play the reboot DmC Vergil, David de Lautour(RJ from Jungle Fury).
I think what I like most about this Power Rangers team is that they aren't just spandex-covered superheroes. Here, they do actual first responder stuff. And the fact that early on, they show that they don't care if they have powers or not, is another plus. I mean could you imagine a Power Rangers team that lost access to their powers and decided "Yeah, we don't really want to help out anymore. We're going back to our other lives." Man, good thing that doesn't happen in any future seasons.
Also, I'm SO excited for Time Force. That was the first Power Rangers season _I_ watched myself when I was 6 years old.
I am looking forward to Connor trying to maintain smiling and happy when talking about OO for long. XD
I'm amazed he didn't call out that the first monster is just the monster form of psycho red
Wow I never realized that
gotta reuse props when you can to save on that big 6th ranger budget they blew through lol
Oh my god I had never noticed it was just a recolor of that (with less purple)
@@jpcsdutra Also the mermaid Marina was played by Psycho Yellow's voice-actress. I'm surprised he didn't notice, especially since he talked about how beautiful she was in the "In Space" video.
Lightspeed Rescue was my gateway into Power Rangers, and to this day, Carter Grayson remains my favorite Red Ranger of all time.
I named my son after him
Ah yes, the character that is effectively the Leon Kennedy of Power Rangers
oh
Carter went head first into some of those battles like a boss by himself
Carter is a legit leader and one of the most powerful red rangers not just raw power but will power
This series is single handedly getting me through the end of school
Love the fact that you showed gameplay of the Lightspeed Rescue PS1 game. I loved that game when I was a kid.
That was/is the best Power Rangers video game ever in my opinion.
The fact we don't have some kind of in depth power rangers video game that's not a fighter is actually really sad
@@dragonMaster24921would be cool to have more but I just know it’ll probably me MM focused
50:40 Don't worry, the Battlizers will look significantly better after this season.
My personal favorites out of the bunch being:
-Red Battle Warrior (Time Force)
-Tri-Battlized Armor (Ninja Storm)
-Red Sentinel Ranger (Operation Overdrive)
For sure they get so much from time force onward
One of my personal favorites is Red Dragon Fire Ranger.
@saphiro007 It's a very good one. Unfortunately it was just shy of my top 3
Chads actor would eventually go on to be a stunt teacher for the cast of Power rangers beast Morphers ,essentially teaching the actors Stunts and choreography before they were properly casted
Thank you so much for making this! Lightspeed rescue is my all time favorite season. I just love the whole military style power rangers concept it’s so fresh. The demons are actually threatening. The titanium ranger is so badass. Every member of the team is memorable especially Joel and his developing romance with Ms. Fairweather.
So glad you're doing a video on Light speed Rescue as it is my top 3 favorite Power Rangers seasons
Likewise I loved the whole first responder aspect of it
You using the Get Over the Barrier theme from Trails from Zero is so flipping appropriate for this Power Rangers series.
Can't wait for Time Force. The theme song for that series was amazing. I also can't wait for you to cover S.P.D as well.
Cant get enough of the rangers series, please keep it up. These are genuinely great
Just found your channel this morning and have been watching all these, imagine my pleasant surprised face when I saw this just now exactly 1 minute ago from this post. Keep up the great work!
He is awesome discovered him last year.
This series has gotten me back into Power Rangers, and I've never been happier. Keep 'em comin'!!
Hey man, I just wanted to let you know that your videos help a lot. This week has been the worst. I’m not gonna get into all of it but all of your videos really helped me get through this rough time in my life. I just wanted to say thank you for everything 🙏🏽
Thank you for the kind words and I hope whatever you're going through turns around and things get better!
@ConnerTheWaffle super sentai did have a few ar episodes
Carter is not talked about enough in the “Greats” category. ❤
Lightspeed Rescue isn't in my Top 10 seasons or anything like that, but it did have some noteworthy moments. One that sticks out to me was the good Captain's car accident that caused him and his kids to be hanging on the side of a cliff before Diabolical (probably spelt that wrong) saved Ryan. It was a little thing, but as a kid it taught me the importance of paying attention while driving because ONE second of looking in the wrong direction could be deadly.
Then, Carter's childhood hero turning out to be Captain Mitchell was amazing storytelling!
Ryan was awesome, BUT sadly he had so little screen time as a ranger due to being the 1st U.S. original ranger in the Power Ranger series.
Joel was a lovable a**hole who slowly grew as the series went on. Darn shame his dynamic and eventual MARRIAGE to Dr. Fairweather isn't talked about as much as I think it should. It's a big deal that it's an interracial couple, but even more important was seeing Joel humbling himself and getting to know Angela rather than the constant Brock from Pokemon antics he'd pull off for MOST of the season.
If you released one of these every day it still wouldn’t be often enough. Can’t get enough of the series
Just found your videos, as someone who loves Power Rangers and game soundtracks this scratches a good itch for me! Keep up the good work and I'm definitely looking forward to Time Force
These videos cannot come out fast enough I'm loving looking back on the power rangers and my childhood. Thanks and keep them coming 😊
can't believe you didn't mention carters 1v1 with the queen
I think most can agree Joel had the best personality of the Rangers for this season.
I love Lightspeed rescue a lot. Some of it was my nostalgia because it was my first power rangers shows and it means a lot to me. I’m now more open up to why people may not like the season. But when it is good it is really good
I just watched this one about a year ago. This was the one that I was most excited to watch, as I love when heroes prioritize civilian rescue over fighting the bad guys.
I have to say, i love this. I look forward to these and i enjoy that you go over every episode. You take time to explore themes and look into the characters.
I can't wait for Time Force!
Thank you for another retrospective on LR. Now I dying to see time force my al time favorite season. ❤
Wanna know what I like about this, it was the Power Rangers with tech fighting the supernatural and the start of few ranger teams that fought against them, like Mystic Force, Jungle Fury and Samurai.
carter is the realest red ranger. even without morphin, he is a hero and a good example. LightSpeed rescue is one of my favorites seasons, and definitively my favorite opening. So nice to see your reviews going on!
I loved Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
That's how I got into Power Rangers
This show was my first exposure to PR
@AndreNitroX
I've seen fragments of the other Incarnations of Power Rangers before Lightspeed Rescue but watching Lightspeed Rescue was my first Full experience of watching Power Rangers
with linkara done with HOPR for now this is the best content please continue through all the series.
I have waited for this and waited and it has finally come THANK YOU
Ever since he started these power rangers reviews I’ve been wishing for a Lightspeed rescue video since it is my favorite season
Lost Galaxy and Lightspeed Racue were the seasons I grew up with, and are to this day still my favorite. I appreciated how these seasons handled more mature themes while still feeling like Power Rangers. Sure, it still has cheesy elements, but its PR for crying out loud.
The choreography was top notch, the teams actually felt like people doing their jobs, and the Magna Defender as well as Carter are the GOAT
Hell yes! I just finished your PR series yesterday and I was hoping Lightspeed would hit soon! Perfect timing
Lightspeed was my ranger season, i caught a few episodes and reruns of the seasons before but Lightspeed was the one i was old enough to remember watching as it was airing originally.
Yesssss, Time for Time Force next!!!! I'm excited, Time Force is my favorite season and I've been looking forward to you covering it! : D
I look forward to these every month man, I didn’t even watch light speed rescue but I was definitely anticipating your video ! Hope you do all the seasons!!
im excited for your vid on RPM. With power rangers being my childhood, seeing vid like these bring back so many amazing memories
Connorthewaffle's Weird History of the power rangers
Full of Love Critique and Canadian humor as a northern boy myself i really do appreciate this
Another silly detail about the crossover - for absolutely no good reason, they use Gingaman footage for the Lost Galaxy team morph instead of the existing morph sequence they had, which is noticeable by the mismatched skin tones.
I have been seriously enjoying this watch along/retrospective series. I get so excited when I see a new one is here! Please keep goin with them!
I agree. The costumes don't really hold up nowadays. The choreography goes hard, and I'm feeling it more than 20 years later.
Love the choice of using music from undernight inbirth for certain episodes fits light speed rescue really well
I gotta pull an all-nighter to finish my final University project - this video could not have come at a better time! THANK YOU!
Ah yes Lightspeed rescue the first power ranger show I ever watched and remembered I have more nostalgia for time force but Lightspeed was the first one that made me realize that heroes weren't just people in power suits and cool weapons but people willing to go out of there way to help those in need
The Oldest Power Rangers I used to watch back when re aired on Jetix, good stuff keep it up Waffle dude!
The artwork for Ryan's cobra tattoo is actually pretty damn good too.
Watching all your power rangers weird worlds, got me rewatching the time force power rangers. Can’t wait till you do that one, and it’s next !!!!
mannn these videos are so awesome im always looking forward to the next one, keep it up man 👍.
Fun fact: the Titanium Ranger's suit was designed by same suit designer who design the GoGoV suits
I started my Power Rangers rewatch at 18, took me 10 years to get fully caught up because I needed a break due to Samurai being so bad.
But when I got to Lightspeed I was loving it. Like for once they felt like something that could actually happen, not the fighting demons part but the team organized by the government, one of the few entities with the ability to afford the tech.
Loving the series my guy. Keep up the good work.
Having watched this season in full, I love the Thunderbirds/Gerry Anderson styled sequence of launching the zords.
This Power Rangers season was the one that I grew up with. Love this shit.
Just recently found your channel and I really love the power rangers videos and I’m really happy to see a new video already, keep it up and I hope it’s a long running series 🙂🙂🙂
Lightspeed Rescue was 1 of the 2 seasons that really got me into Power Rangers. The other being Wild Force. I still find myself humming the Lightspeed Rescue theme every now & then. I had missed the older seasons, mainly because of my family not wanting me to watch it at the time. By the time Disney picked up the rights for the series, I was able to watch it as much a kid could with regular episodes of 2-3 different seasons every week. Ryan is easily 1 of my all time favorite 6th rangers, just about sitting next to the Tommy. While Ryan had limited scenes overall due to being an American original ranger, a lot of the scenes that you see him in, especially early on, really show the kind of guy he is. While he did start out raised evil, he did show that he had the true heart of a ranger deep down. While the season wasn't perfect, it is a great example of a "jumping in point" in the series.
I just finished watching your other Power Rangers videos. Perfect timing!
Super Train Megazord. I love trains and when the rail rescue zords first took off galaxy railways style, then combined I cried happily.
I remember playing the video game for lightspeed rescue on the Playstation, seeing tjat footage of the game (that i never fully beat) brings back memories
OK, fun fact, the emblem on the Rangers suits are actually based off siren alarms not umbrellas. Which is why you see the alarm going off at the beginning of the opening. Also in the Japanese counterpart, their morphed suits are actually canonically referred to as hazmat suits.
46:54 minor thing, there’s actually been 3 crossover episodes so far ( 6 if you count the Adam, Justin and phantom ranger episodes in In space, I don’t cause it’s not the full team but I get it if you do) zeo and alien during Billy’s sendoff, to the tenth power and trakenas revenge
Love these videos man I hope you do all the seasons
I’m so excited for ninja storm, Dino thunder, mystic force and jungle fury. That was my era
I've been waiting for this! Thanks :)
In the episode Trakeena's Revenge when Carter and Leo send the little girl in to pull the fire alarm it was actually the correct call (not to bring up suspect calls from later in the episode mind you) if Carter had gone into the building as "Lightspeed Rescue" using that authority he would have alerted the monsters in the building about trouble and most likely they would have taken a much more defensive stance even taking civilians as hostages.. If he had gone in as a fire fighter it would most likely have been done as a routine test of the fire alert systems, but he would have again been known as lightspeed meaning that they would have alerted the monsters in the building.. The third option sending Leo in would have been just as bad if someone who knew Leo was looking in a security camera at the time..
This is why when the call was made to send the little girl into the building to pull the alarm it was actually the correct call to make as she would not attract any high levels of attention from the monsters until after the alarm is pulled and even then the civilians in the building are already evacuating meaning there is much less chance for any monsters that remain to take hostages.. I know this is very much me just over thinking things but it makes the most sense..
The other small point I would like to make about this episode is HOW Carter knows who Leo and the Galaxy rangers are.. Consider that Andros from the Space Rangers teamed up with the Galaxy rangers for taking down the Psycho rangers, considering they worked together and that Andros is shown to be working towards checking on various threats (such as in a few more seasons when he calls to action the 10 red rangers for Forever Red) it would stand to reason that Andros began creating the first edition of the "Ranger Database" which later on in Dino Thunder would be further expanded upon by Tommy Oliver, then used as the basis for the future Ranger Databases as seen in Super Megaforce, and onward.
Sorry about the length of this post and any terrible editing that I might have had, but I hope that this helps explain a few of the various seeming errors in the episode.. Thank you for your time and please keep up the awesome work on these videos..
that all makes more sense now thanks for pointing it out
I can’t wait to see you do the disney era, dino thunder was always my favorite season.
i love this series man and appreciate all the work and effort you put into these videos, but like are you ever concerned that any of them will be taken down?
This is my First Power Rangers Season I watched when I was a little kid
This Power Ranger Series you are doing is like a big flashback to my childhood💯
this channel is a memory unlocked
Not one of my top seasons but it does have a pretty solid Red and Sixth Rangers.
I'm kinda disappointed that you didn't mention how the first monster the rangers fought was Psycho Red's monster form reused as a new character (with slightly darker colors for the face). Or how the mermaid Marina was played by Psycho Yellow's voice-actress (i mean you talked about how beautiful she was in the "In Space" video).
Awesome vid!!!! Lightspeed Rescue was an amazing show, and it has a soft spot in my heart. Carter was so heroic, he was def my fav (together with Ms. Fairweather, who I think was my first or second TV show crush) I'm suuuper excited about Time Force tho, def my fav PR season, super looking forward to the next vid!
The third episode was one of those core memories for me, and one of the better written episodes. Carter was brave but headstrong. Mitchel had to rein him in. If Mitchel just told Carter what was wrong, Carter would be second-guessing himself. But he trusted Carter to have some self-reflection and to find out *why* Mitchel ordered him to do what he did, so he knows that Mitchel still trusts him, but will be there as a safety net (and this compounds on later when it's revealed that Mitchel was the firefighter that saved him all those years ago).
I was waiting for this video! I loved Lightspeed Rescue when I was younger!
Connor. I’m watching your awesome vid and immediately picked up on the Trails series music in the background. Put the video over 11 for me. Really enjoying your videos on these seasons and hope you keep going.
Literally asked myself after work if you made this video yet. And right before bed I’m checking . You are a base god my friend
This was the season i watched after finishing Ninja storm and man i gotta say the destruction on marnier bay was insanse
I really love these videos Conner. I'll never stop watching PR even at 30 years old lol just too nostalgic.
Super excited to see what Conner thinks of my favorite power rangers season!