Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Green Candle Part 1 Commentary

This is Jason David Frank, Tommy the Green Ranger,

and you are listening to the Command Center.

I have the perfect plan to conquer that pathetic

little planet Earth! Yes, it's so devious and

sinister even for me! What's the plan, your evilness?

With the Green Candle, formed from magic wax,

when it burns down it will steal the Green Ranger's

powers! First we kidnap him, then the earth shall

shake. You'll have the Green Ranger's power as

well as your own. Whisper softly, let it out.

Find Green Ranger, point him out! You found him!

What a great day! Hello and welcome to From the

Command Center The Podcast This is Episode...

Thirty -seven. Yeah, that's right. Thirty -seven

in a row? Um... I am, of course, one of your

hosts, TFJ and Mike, and once again, joining

me is Spade of the Super -Syntag Eyeball Matrix.

Hello! Hello, sir! Yes, and Scotty's candle burnt

out this week, so... Sorry about that. He'll

be back next time. Yeah, maybe there'll be some

white light in his future. Alright, so here in

the intro, rather than just jumping into the

commentary, Spada pointed out to me last time

in the Calamity Kimberly commentary about the

Legacy Dragonzord and Dragon Dagger. I'm looking

at these pictures and I will link to these in

the post for episode 37, but I'm sorry, that

Dragon Dagger, I know it's supposed to be a toy.

That's not authentic at all. Hey, I'm just glad

they're re -releasing it. I know. I'm just saying,

it just looks weird to me. It doesn't... Like,

if they were gonna go for a show -accurate one,

I'd be happy. It also might not be done yet.

Yeah, that's true. I don't see anywhere on this

packaging that says, oh, packaging not complete

or whatever, but... No, I mean, you know, Legacy

Dragonzord, I think that's cool. I think it's

gonna be interesting and it's in you said last

week that you haven't had a dragon Zordon a long

time Yeah, I haven't and I haven't if they've

been they've been prohibitively expensive Yeah,

so the fact they're doing a legacy version And

they're also gonna be doing a legacy titanus

as well I assume so they've hinted at that. Yeah,

they've hinted at it. So there is that so Alright,

well, we're here to talk about the Green Candle

Part 1. This starts the downward spiral for Tommy

Oliver. Yep. So you're gonna hear the morphin

sound and then you'll sync up your DVD players

streaming whatever you watch your Power Rangers

stuff on in a moment. Alright, go. Dumpster!

Diving! A creepy Japanese lady just came out

of a dumpster. What do we do? And then... And

then... Why does she want to conquer Earth, anyway?

Yeah. Somebody comment on this episode and tell

us. Why does Rita Repulso want to conquer Earth?

Just... because? Apparently. I mean, it's not

like she needs to create a hyperspace bypass

to, you know, cut through Earth and destroy it

so Phanagar can survive. No, I mean, it's nothing

like that. Now I've got myself thinking, why,

like, going through all the villains? Okay, this

is legitimately good staff -decent sparring.

Yeah, I was gonna say, wow, Zack is not breakdancing

while doing this. That was legitimate, actual

martial arts stuff. Yep. Is this really what

high school was like in the early 90s? I don't

know. I wasn't in high school in the early 90s.

Wait, is that? That board was awfully scored

on the back. That reminds me of a skydive board

break he did recently. What does she got a map

to Disneyland? Wait, isn't that Legend of Zelda?

Yeah. Why does she have a map of Hyrule? And

why does she have a mini wand? It just found

the Eye of Sauron! Talk about being in a savage

land. now where did that where did that girl

come from she was like not there a second ago

and then poof oh my this is what we call harassment

nowadays yeah really speaking of harassment Here

are two lawsuits right here. Yeah. Oh my. Oh,

it's a fish. It's like. I think Rita just sent

a monster. I know, right? Undo the zipper. Lift

it up higher and undo the zipper. Lift it up

higher and undo the zipper. How the hell does

that work? That's what I want to know, because

I don't think Jason Narvey is that strong. And

now they're all going to stand over you and laugh.

That's... That's actually really very mean. Ah!

Hello, Skull! Hello, Mr. Skullhead. I swear,

like the volume just dropped on Netflix for me

because I moved the scroll wheel and I swear

it was like Goldar was trying to pitch like a

Ron Popiel machine or something to me holding

that candle. It was like an infomercial. Said

it, forget it. Oh God. Quack, quack, quack. Puddies!

When you absolutely have to be inconvenienced

except no substitution. Why did he jump? That's

a camera technique. It has to be. Because he

did tell us that they would not allow him to

be in the actual suit, and I don't know how much,

okay, the ground stuff I can see him doing, but

I don't know how much aerial stuff they allowed

him to do out of suit. Well, wasn't Amy Jo Johnson

like a legitimately, like she was legitimately

a gymnast, right? Yes, yes. and they take the

morpher wait how did she lose the morpher in

the first place fell out of her pocket I guess

it's the only way I can explain it why doesn't

one of them just morph I'd like to see that happen

I'd like to see what would happen if they did

And wait that was like thrown straight up in

the air how but whatever That's ridiculous Why

does gold art sometimes have wings and sometimes

not I've asked that question so many times And

as I said last episode they've all been kidnapped

at one point or another Jason oh hey recognize

this place the dark dimension otherwise known

as Rita's S &M club. Let your mind wander on

that one, folks. I don't have to. I saw an episode

of World's Worst Tenants where they were running

an S &M club out of an apartment building. Shoot

him! Don't steal his powers just shoot him And

that is a very bad photo Photoshop effect And

they couldn't bother to find a really green candle

they had to use Photoshop If he's so bad, why

was he and he your discard pile? Given the time

we've been recording these shows, I am getting

really sick of Rita's voice. Why is Trini wearing

mom jeans? Because she has no fashion sense.

Or early 90s. I prefer to go with my explanation.

watching this as a kid and seeing that commercial

break and it's like oh god I have to wait five

to twenty five minutes for commercials to stop

and back then in 93 there was nothing called

DVR nope you couldn't fast -forward live TV hell

we didn't even really have internet back then

94 was when I first got AOL at 26 baud 2600 baud

I Remember when I got a 15 What was it a 14 for

modem? 14 for KBPS modem that was so fast Now

you would think that the green candle sparks

as his energy rule you you would think that that

would set something on fire Nah. Eh, don't worry

about it. We'll fix it in post. Yeah, really.

Attack, putties. Well, it'll be in the future.

It'll be so much easier when they actually have

a giant... Button on their chest to push them

away. Yeah, there's that Eventually they get

to the point where they're not even really punching

all that hard. They're just kind of tapping the

button. Yeah Button mashers no need apply I'm

looking up to see what the putties were called

in Japan. I don't remember. They were called

Golem Hey. G -O -L -E -M space H -E -I. I wonder

if Willy Watt had anything to do with them then.

Probably not. Yeah, considering he's in like,

you know, 40 years or 50 years from now. You

know, I just noticed something about the Trinosaurus

head as it comes up out of the fire. It looks

like it's a resin model. Oh, it's very possible.

I mean, in order to get it to animate, they probably,

they could have very possibly just put, made

like little resin castings of it. Yeah. Wait,

did Trini and Kimberly just... Wait, maybe it's

just the lag because I hear our recordings or

playbacks aren't completely in sync, and I could

have sworn I heard Trini and Kimberly yell with

Jason's voice. Most likely, yeah. This is a two

-parter I remember what happens with this now

I vaguely do The yeah, well we'll get to it I

think Wish you hadn't said that cuz now it's

flashing through my head is it's puppet pal time

I am back to be a complete and total douchebag

Prepare to die Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't

in past episodes, hasn't Jason defeated Goldar

one on, both Jason and Tommy defeated Goldar

one on one without their powers? Yes. I'm surprised

that, uh, that Tommy, well, I like that he did

something different here with grabbing the sword

and escaping that way, but I'm surprised he didn't

pull a Jason and hide under the smoke. Oh, yeah.

Eat birds slowly. Oh crap, I forgot to - I left

the keys in the animation! Okay, I can - looking

at him playing it, it - Can get behind the The

legacy version now because I Actually, I don't

see the buttons, but I see his hands moving so

all right Wait isn't the dragon sword already

wait what it returned to the sea and then oh

wait what yeah, what the hell I don't remember

there being a duplicate I don't remember there

being a toolkit either! What the? Oh! Oh, that's

right! I completely forgot about him! Cyclops!

Okay. Yes, I - I completely forgot that that

guy was in this episode I saw him earlier and

then cuz I could have sworn I think in part two

when we get to that next time I I think he did

they turn this like they do a solar eclipse or

a lunar eclipse or whatever the hell because

it's nighttime for a while so but yeah I completely

forgot like wait a second what Because I thought

the explanation was, oh, he sent it back to the

sea and then revived it again. Yeah, but it came

up. Yeah. Unless the editors forgot to, you know,

do their jobs. Yeah. What what what candle did

he touch? Well, I have to admit it is a nice

twist, you know Okay, so it is the same because

I'm looking through the credits before it closes

because I haven't looked through the credits

in 20 years So it is the same. Okay, because

I usually only see the the end of like like I

said before where they Just do the the Zord So

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are blue. No girl in the world's gonna go out

with you. Hey, I'm stuck. You're stuck! Get me

out of here! Get me out of here! I can't breathe!

I can't breathe! I hope Stella's right! I haven't

seen Green Candle two -parter in a very very

long time even when I watched it back when we

did the season one episode of From the Command

Center for a review of the overall season. I

did not remember that twist. Remember seeing

the Cyclops monster But he just goes to earth

like she she builds him he comes and her finster

doesn't yeah the last time you see him He's just

standing there. So yeah, you Kind of absurd assume

that he's gonna do something but then it's like

oh crap. That was a cyclops monster I completely

forgot about him Yeah, I mean we both did we

could we completely we both completely forgot

that he existed Yeah, I'm like wait a second.

Why is there double dragon swords? What in the

hell? Because Zordon even says it she got control

of the dragon sword again So even Zordon is playing

the red herring type of thing there. It's like

oh my god Zordon lied to us. What the hell? Overall,

Green Candle Part 1, it's got a really freaky

twist if you're not expecting it like us, and

it leaves it off in a good cliffhanger. Yeah,

it does. So, we'll see what happens next time

around in episode 38 of the show. Any other final

thoughts? Overall, an okay episode. I still think

the action scenes in Kimberly's catastrophe confusion

kerfuffle were better. But still, this was an

okay episode. Now, proving that our memory is

nowhere near as good as it should be, I think

if memory serves, which I'm pretty sure it doesn't,

the next episode is actually much, much better.

Yeah. Well, I mean, the beginning part of this

was really good with Zach and Tommy, so that

was kind of cool. Zach finally not doing breakdance

fighting. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yes the the fighting

between us or the sparring that was actually

really well done Yeah, all right. Well, that's

gonna do it for us on this episode of from the

command center Hopefully the next double shot

that we record Scotty can Come back from his

calamities and we'll see For now, I'm Tf2 and

Mike with the end of the ball matrix May the

power protect you. Yes! And your end will come

soon, Green Ranger! Very soon! What is Alpha

doing? He's scanning Tommy for internal damage

due to crossing dimensions. You're all clear.

Thanks, Alpha. You are welcome. Man, I'm just

glad I was able to get out of there. Hey, I remember

Rita's secret dimension. That's one bad place.

The important thing, Tommy, is that you're okay.

Am I? According to Rita, my power's gonna be

gone soon. She's just bluffing, Tommy, trying

to scare you. How would she be able to take away

your power? I'm afraid it is possible, Rangers.

Zordon, then you found out something about the

green candle I told you about. Yes. Rita has

a special form of wax from the Gamma Tri -System.

Once touched, it retains a person's body energy.

But I never touched anything. You did when you

worked for Rita. No way! And she's been saving

the wax all this time? Yes, and now she has made

a candle from the wax and cast a spell over it,

connecting the Green Ranger's power with its

flame. Rita wasn't bluffing. Once the candle

burns out, I'm history. The Green Ranger's...

finished.