OneManSentai I just wish that it had better execution, decent writing that doesn't feel so horribly-rushed and actors that can *ACTUALLY* do a better job at hiding their Australian and New Zealand accents on-screen.
Still don't quite agree with Linkara on Overdrive being worse than Megaforce. His main argument is that the Megaforce rangers are more heroic than the asshole Overdrive rangers, but at least the Overdrive rangers HAD personalities. My main argument is that Overdrive at least TRIED to be consistently entertaining.
I think a good gage for how someone will feel about Overdrive is Dax. DB didn’t find him the worst thing about the show and likes it more than the average fan. Linkara despises every iota of his being, so he hates the show about that much. Personally I found Dax to be little more than background noise and I enjoyed the show. It wasn’t great, but I was never excessively bored like by Ninja Storm or Time Force (I got really tired of filler in Time Force, but anything that developed the story was significantly more entertaining than Overdrive)
I think Operation Overdrive's fatal flaw is inconsistency. Like, the rangers would be hunting the jewels in one episode, then they'd be off doing something else entirely in the next. And there were too many 'main villains' to keep focus on one thing or another as well. And some things that could've been bigger parts of the plot didn't last long. But at least it HAD a plot. Megaforce was just 50 episodes of Goseiger in 20 episodes of Power Rangers.
imdb88 Yeah Linkara is wrong about this season being worse than Megaforce /Super Megaforce. His hate for the Overdrive let’s him believe that the season that literally disrespected the legacy of the franchise is better than a season that at least tried to do something unique as an anniversary series.
I remember liking some parts of Operation Overdrive, such as: -The Once a Ranger episode (even with all its flaws) -Mack taking down a giant monster, without a Megazord, not even in Ranger form -Will and Kamdor's final fight -Tyzonn"s story arc -The three episode story arc with the Fearcats summoning a monster that practically took three Megazords to take down But I can respect your opinion about the series.
I've always liked the final battle against Agrios, their last stand against the Fearcats and Kamdor using the Blue Sapphire to summon the asteroid before goading them to come and fight him. He was such a badass. Oh, and the first fight with the Cyborg Fearcats when the rangers got their butts handed to them, and the base destruction scene.
Actually I don't really hate Operation Overdrive it's one of the first Power Ranger series I've ever watched I will say one thing it's better then Super Megaforce that's for sure
I think Operation Overdrive's fatal flaw is inconsistency. Like, the rangers would be hunting the jewels in one episode, then they'd be off doing something else entirely in the next. And there were too many 'main villains' to keep focus on one thing or another as well. And some things that could've been bigger parts of the plot didn't last long. Other than that, it's very underrated. P.S. Screw you, Linkara!
I'm not too familiar with Linkara, but would you consider him to be to Operation Overdrive what HiTop Films is to the MCU Spider-Man Trilogy (If you're familiar with HiTop, that is)?
Operation overdrive was one of my first ranger seasons that I was really into. When I learned that it was hated I can understand why, but man, my nostalgia goggles
You're the same as me. I too became a PR Fan because of Operation Overdrive and I honestly was heartbroken when I learnt people hated it. I've seen some people say that this Linkara guy had torn OO apart, so is he kind of like "the HiTop Films of Power Rangers"?
I too also grew up on Operation Overdrive and I it’s still one of my favorite seasons. I also have a personalized Autograph of Dwayne Cameron (Mercury Ranger) and a signed script of once a ranger part 1 and 2
Operation Overdrive had the potential to be epic all the way, but just didn't seem convincing or believable. Mack and Rose were the only rangers who I could take seriously. Dax was so-so, Tyzonn was eh, but Will and Ronny were both annoying, bland, and boring. I really don't know what to say about Andrew. Many people say that he was annoying but never explained how. Spencer was funny and was the best character. As for Flurious and Moltor, those two were awful villains. And don't even get me started with Norg. He was all the way effed up. Miratrix and Kamdor was just as effed up as Norg was. Overall, even though Operation Overdrive was bad, it wasn't as bad as Megaforce and Super Megaforce.
Paul Verner Norg was comic relief on the villains' side, and you can't talk crap about Kelson Henderson's performance. Sure he was annoying to you, but he MUST'VE made you laugh a few times.
I enjoyed overdrive despite how bad it was while it has lots of problems... It still tried to be fun and unique in its own way. The concept was interesting, most of the main cast was fun, it managed to pull off having multiple villain factions pretty well and at least its not mega force.
Turns out that there was some production bullshit going on behind the scenes. By 2007, Disney was just done with Power Rangers due to the invention of new plotlines requiring larger budgets to film new footage. They told Bruce to adapt as many Sentai plots as possible and at one point thought of literally doing an 4Kids style dub of the Sentai with no American assets whatsoever. They slashed the budget massively which, since they shot a lot of Kalishplosions for Overdrive, meant that they had fuck all money and had to speed the writing and editing process. Still better than the clusterfuck that was Super Megaforce's production (holy fucking shit was that seasons production a Lovecraft style abomination).
As much as I cringed when I watched Overdrive, it's ten times better than what power rangers is producing now with the exception of Dino Charge (the first half really). As much as I strongly dislike this season, I'll watch it in a heart beat over Megaforce any day of the week.
Amen! And I also agree that the first half of Dino Charge is exponentially better to anything else in the Neo-Saban era. Dino Super Charge however... ehhh...
I think the whole power rangers franchise should’ve ended with megaforce because you know the writers are running out of ideas when they do a second dinosaur and ninja themed series
@@marlom7882 I think you forget that a lot of these themes are pulled from those in the Sentai counterpart. They've had several ninja seasons in Sentai. I wouldn't be surprised if the current contract with nickleodeon which ends in 3 seasons, that power rangers ends permanently.
Your idea for Billy sounds cool, but unfortnately, David Yost wouldn't agree to it since he left the show after facing harassment from the crew and doesn't plan to wanna come back.
Lenard Williams ya that's what I heard too. Even heard he loves going to cons to meet fans and it looks like he has a ton of fans regardeless of what happened and who he is. Just glad to see the guy is doing better in life at least.
Completely agree. One of the several issues with my thought experiments is that it's not as fun to consider practical limitations. So I take more of the "fan-fic" route, if you will, where the possibilities are theoretically limitless. But I admire David Yost quite a bit for his stance, since he went through a lot just being on the show but still loves and interacts with the fans.
Gameslayer 9000 Well, I don't blame the rangers because Jayden was their friend. To be replaced at the last minute by a sister they never knew that was hyped as the "One" that could seal Master Xandred away for good. I especially don't blame Antonio because he was the only one that wasn't a Samurai. He only joined because his best Friend was Jayden and they had a brotherhood bond.
White Darkness They just carbon copied and Whitewashed the Sentai storyline with the sister coming in and taking over. That's on Saban. He didn't have much time after buying back the franchise from Disney. So, he just copied the Sentai but with an American point of view
Traxx is easily explained. he was born before Countdown to Destruction, likely while Rita and Zedd were living with Master Vile. And he was protected from the Z-Wave due to distance (possibly being raised by his grandfather in a different galaxy). The Z-wave having a max range is something that must be assumed as in the very next season ancient evils show up again.
let's not forget the infighting that was going on between the villians only made the team look weaker than they already did. And to expand on the galaxy themed idea you had maybe the once a ranger team up include both Andros and Karone from in space and lost galaxy.
Same but megaforce isn't as bad has people says it is. When it's good, it's really good(the Casey cameo episode) but when it's bad, it's Really bad(legendary battle) but other then that megaforce makes me say "This season is bad, but I guess it's okay I guess"
@@Dwood777 After all the interviews of the megaforce cast I have seen, they were told by episode 5 to stall character growth. Every bit of emotion troy shows was snuck in by Andrew Gray, every Jake/Gia look and comment was snuck in/adlibbed (They admitting to screwing up every take in the finale except the cheek kiss ones, so Saban had to use one of them.), Every moment Emma had with Orion/Emma/Noah was Christina masterson trying to get something going on with her character, Orion was sneaking in goofiness to be more like Gai. It's a scavenger hunt season and I love watching an episode to find the stuff they sneak in.
Having the crown jewels separated and dispersed throughout the galaxy could have re-introduced Triforia, Mirinoi, and other planets we haven't seen since before SPD. That and Mack Hartford uses the red crystal as a power source/"soul" being that he is an android.
oh the mack jewel idea is absolutely perfect. ik ik it's been 4 years but still. it'll also create a much more legit reason for the crown reviving him in the end
I've watched through O.O several times and never once thought to myself, I hate this. It's a bad season but I still liked what it was trying to do. Will, might get a lot of hate for being a lone wolf but that died down quickly after episode 3. I was disappointed with Dax and Ronny's lack of character development as both were favorites after, Will. Tyzonn, in my opinion had one of the best intros of a six hero. The backstory was good, being a monster and serving, Moltor, even the he's an alien jokes made me chuckle. Mack is an underrated Red Ranger and Rose sometimes can be annoying being a know it all. The villain factions definitely could've been done better but I loved The Fearcats and how much they just owned everybody.
Dude operation overdrive was actually a great season. It was heavily affected by the writer's strike in 2007 which really destroyed that season. Obviously it wasn't a good season but they had good ideas and they could have done more if it weren't for the writer's strike.
@@ErickNation19 Yeah, the Fearcats were the most effective villain faction that season. In my opinion, they were stronger, smarter, and much more motivated than the others. Kamdor was a jerk, but at least his rivalry with Will was fun to watch. Miratrix reminded me a bit of Trakeena with her training backstory, but that was it. Of the two brothers, Flurrious was the most bothersome for me. Not only did he do next to nothing but watch everyone else kill each other for the treasure, but he showed no appreciation for Norg, a rather underrated minion who proved quite capable holding his own, tracking down enemies, AND acquiring even one of the jewels to the crown! Moltor wasn't much better, but at least he wasn't lazy.
I enjoy Overdrive to beginning to end, really it was a great season, with great twists, the fact that Mack was an android the hole time and not some kind of weird dream like the robo turbo rangers, really add a lot to this season
Better than Megaforce. At least its shittiness is consistent and The butler, Hartford, Mac, Will, Rose, Tyzonn and most of the villains provide some real entertainment.
The best thing Operation Overdrive did was connect the items they searched for. In Boukenger, the every episode precious got a bit boring, but I guess they were more focused with character development and made it work. It was nice to see here they found a way to connect the items as a connected quest to form a better over arching story line - and it almost worked.
This was my favourite reason 😟 and I liked Dax But if you were the executioner in the production team , this season would have been everyone's favourite If saban productions give u a job in the lead production , please make operation overdrive 2 with those ideas but same megazords , overdrive megazords were the best , agree or not
Also I agree, Megaforce sucked, I was so looking forward to the pirate group being able to call on past powers, and then they made it part of megaforce and screwed it completely up.
Late comment but I'm just gonna say it Operation Overdrive is genuinley in my honest opinion one of the most entertaining and fun seasons of power rangers ever It's so Off the wall stupid and insane The characters, the villains, the fact that there's no real genuine theme holding anything together except that they're sorta kinda maybe treasure hunters/spy's/???? They're so goddamn weird and dumb and that's FUN TO WATCH it's funny how all over this season is I think it gets way too much flak from people who take power rangers as a series way too seriously.
Overdrive was middling sure, but nothing before or after will EVER be as bad as the blasphemy that is Super Megaforce. Gokaiger is, in my opinion, the finest Super Sentai ever made and deserved a really well made 50-episode season. For them to water it down and combine the 98 or so episodes of Goseiger and Gokaiger into a 40-episode season was unforgivable....
just something i had in mind for Thrax...i think he was born some time before Count down of destruction. like: during Zordon's sacrifice he was only a baby hense. not evil nor good so he'd be completley unaffected by the Z-wave...as for everything else idk..
The Fearcats are some of my favorite villians in Power Ranger history. Definitely in top 10. I also like Kamdor and Moltor, but Flurious I hated. Especially the way he killed Moltor.
Despite all the problems this show has, Overdrive is legit one of my all time favorites lol. This was one of the first PR shows I ever watched growing up and I watched our dvds over and over so I always get the nostalgia.
After watching countless seasons of Power Rangers, I have split them into 5 categories as follows: - Bad potential, bad execution (Megaforce, Samurai, Mystic Force) - Good potential, bad execution (Operation Overdrive, Wild Force) - Bad potential, good execution (RPM, Jungle Fury, Lost Galaxy) - Good potential, good execution (Dino Thunder, Time Force, SPD) - Just sorta there for whatever reason (Ninja Storm, Turbo)
Whilst I'm not sure if my heart could survive an entire season of Tori and Kira being on the same team, the idea of the Veteran Rangers being the team for a whole season is a pretty good one. I also like your idea of having each of the jewels on different planets, each tying into Ranger lore
Jungle Fury was a lot better. Operation Overdrive was a fun season to watch, but Jungle Fury had a LOT more good villains. Operation Overdrive's best villains were the Fearcats in my opinion.
4:12 in Bridge case, I say two words, Time portal, and it was mentioned in season of SPD, it always pop up randomly and can send anyone to any different timeline or bring then in current present.
Thrax being an ex partner of Heartford rather than trapped by the Sentinal Knight would work well as a counter to Heartford who formed a team dedicated to returning the jewels to Sentinel Knight. However, a counter because Thrax unites the villains and they attempt to find the jewels for their own purposes. When in reality, Thrax is hoping the rangers win so he can steal the jewels form them and wipe out the other villains all in one.
I wouldn't mind a PR show where you have a team where each person is different in their own way and abilities but they make those differences work together. For example, Hartford could send Will on a covert mission to find a jewel guarded in a fortress or some other place in another planet. His spy skills would be put to good use.
I thought Dax was adorable. But then again we all have our weaknesses (I've had to hear you drone on and on about Gia and Kendall) Overall this wasn't an offensive season, but it wasn't great either. It was just there and I wanted more character development from people other than Tyzonn.
0:49: "But was the harsh reaction justified?" YES! From the very beginning, we saw that this was going to suck, because *wow* was that ever a terrible theme song they opened with! There's only been one series of Power Rangers that got away with having a bad theme song while still managing to be a good series -- RPM, of course -- and this theme song was even worse. Add on top of that a nonsensical plot, unlikable characters, and a really cool premise that fizzled hard because they were never given the opportunity (read: budget) to fully commit to it, and you end up with an abysmal season, right up there with Megaforce, Turbo and Ninja Steel on the "worst of all time" list.
Thank you, because actually liked this season too. Yeah it was cheesy, but the concept was cool, loved the suit designs and the fight scenes were absolutely killer!
Been binging your content for a little while now and the sly cooper reference has made me a complete fan of you that was my all time favourite game as a child and I adore it so much
Tbh the biggest downfall of Operation Overdrive has to be the rangers themselves... The only commendable thing about this season is that it accidentally explores a unique concept of Power Rangers, and it is: What happens when the wrong people get chosen to be Rangers. Why the wrong people? Because this is the most un-heroic team in the entire franchise... They never acted like true heroes, and worse yet, they never acted like friends, constantly giving up either on the mission, themselves, or even each other... Tony Stark even says it best: "If you're nothing without the suit, then you shouldn't have it" Say what you will about Samurai and Megaforce, they're a mess, but you know what? Even those two teams were heroic, plot variety aside, the core of power rangers will forever be heroism, and if your team is failing at heroism, then the season is simply never going to work.
In the beginning, the sentinel knight was in a weakened state, so bringing back 5 retro rangers wouldve weakened him even more and possibly even have killed him if he powered them up for too long
Maybe, but his weakened state makes very little sense, since he was fully ready to keep the replacement Rangers empowered for as long as it took to complete the mission but was still in spirit mode prior to that random deus ex sword they found one fine day.
A fantastic failure is better than a mediocre success. A youtuber I follow said that and I think it rings true here. At least Overdrive tried to do something
To be slightly fair to the Sentinel Knight: I operate on the theory that Adam repaired his morpher after discovering it could still function in his In Space appearance, which is supported by his adeptness with technology in Once a Ranger, and I thought the Ninja Storm Rangers got their powers back in the Dino Thunder team up?
The Disney Era is NY favourite. SPD, Jungle Fury and RPM are my favorite seasons (RPM's theme song is still the worse though). I think that Overdrive had a pot of potential (like you said) but, sadly it didn't fulfill it's potential completely. I did like it when I was young.
LOL, I don't know how they screwed up RPM's theme so badly when almost every theme song in the franchise is at least good and at most epic. It's kind of fascinating to think about.
This was the second Power Rangers series I saw, and now I realize I forgot all the villains and most of the storyline. I saw Mystic Force first and I remember most of that. Thanks, I needed the refresher. You got good points too.
You know when the past Rangers came in and in storyline threatened to replace the Rangers? Normally fans would go 'Oh no, I like the old Rangers but I don't want the new Rangers to go.' Instead everyone was saying, 'Good. When can the new Rangers leave? Can they go now? Don't give the old Rangers their morphers, because the new suits suck.' And till this day the only thing that I remember about Overdrive is: Once A Ranger, Mercury Ranger was really shiny, and red was a robot Pinocchio.
The thing that threw me off is when the red ranger got his battlizer. When sentinel knight was saying it would kill any human if they used it. And yet the red ranger just so happened to be conveniently a robot????? I know that they revealed it way earlier than that episode but still. The fact the HES the only one felt too convenient to me.
Having flashbacks of the Operation Overdrive team just giving up and being all envious of the past PR team members in the two parter. It still makes me shake my head and laugh at the same time.
AND, they could still have used their civilian powers to help out, even if they needed to do so indirectly. Heck, Rose never even needed any DNA modifications to be useful, she's just brilliant, so they could have at least made sure she stuck around.
Fun fact: the actor who played Will is also an actual real life thief....and kind of an asshole. I think the story is a bunch of Rangers signed some banners at Power Morphicon that they would then auction off for charity and he just straight up kept one. He has been banned from ever coming back.
Mac, the zords, Once a Ranger, and to a lesser extent, Tyzonn were the only things that compelled me to watch Operation Overdrive. I distinctly remember crying in the finale with Mac sacrificing himself when I first watched it as a kid. Rose had some cool moments. Everything else was forgettable
Here's an idea, Overdrive The Sentinel Knight is able to seal Moltor and Flurrious, but not before they injure him severely. He's on the verge of death, and so he doesn't have any choice *but* to use the Corona Aurora to seal the two of them away (he needed a powerful artifact of some sort). Sure Thrax still doesn't make any sense but at least you could say 'oh he was too weak to send them to other planets' or something.
Also, hated how Zuuban, the gold guy sword, was some super ancient god. In reality, he was an ancient guardian and was kinda like a pokemon who only spoke his name and he was hilarious.
I liked Overdrive, The idea of traveling the world instead of being in one city. And the idea of having multiple villain teams. With each of the villains being more at the power level of general then a main boss.
You have some great ideas on how this could have been improved. I like the idea of the jewels being scattered across the galaxy and Thrax being the major villain for the season, but that still does deal with the problem of where he came from with the messed-up continuity.
Very true. I didn't address that in the video, but you could easily make him a relative of Zedd's without the continuity breaking next of kin nonsense.
I have to disagree with you on the finale part. I personally think Overdrive’s season finale was in fact the best episode, and perhaps my most favorite episode. Because not only was the final battle eye candy, but it redeemed a lot of the main cast and was written so much better than most episodes.
100% agree! Probably the smartest way to fix the season was to hire the once a ranger team to lead the season considering it is the 15 anniversary. Idk if i would stick to soley those five. I'd assume Hartford is still the head of this season. Since it would be expensive for them to shoot the season in their original team suits and drive away from the sentai footage, I'd have Tori as Overdrive Pink , Kira as Oveedrive Yellow, Blue Ranger Sky (As him being a dick could bring tension within the team) as overdriver blue, Xander (to compensate for Sky) as Overdrive black and you could have Mack as overdrive red. Adam could be the Mercury ranger or any other cool veteran. Perhaps the finally can revolve around them using their og suits like once a ranger.
Something worth a mention is that the treasure idea was liked by Disney, but then the staff was given a small budget to work with. Just letting you know that. Keep up the great work with your videos.
wow you are right about the knight. i think over drive is at least was enjoyable and fun in a goofy way but that's me. it had lot of good ideas but some didn't work out. you are right about the fear cats, they should had been the main villains. i can stand the rangers expect dax. they should kill dax and replace him. if the rangers were more likeable then i think more people would like this season
Couldn't agree more. Any season, regardless of narrative ambition, can be saved by great characters. Take Ninja Storm. Really good season that is completely carried by the team more so than any deep thematic construct.
Hey what are your thoughts about GoGo Sentai Boukenger compared to O.O ? You know for story or plot, I would actually prefer O.O because I don't know if you have seen boukenger or not but there is actually no story. SGS secret organisation collected precious before, collected precious during the series and also collects in the future so basically no start or end but O.O has. Honestly boukenger's name should be "49 days in the life of an adventure group (and three movies)".
You should channel your thought-exercising into a video, can you please do a vid about what you think it would look like if mermaids and mermen became Power Rangers? (You don’t have to, it’s just a suggestion, but I would love to see your thoughts)
There were a few more subtle anniversary references, such as Bullock's chest having the same jewel as Magna Defender and the Lavadactyls reusing the sound effect for Kira's Pterazord.
Actually, I loved the look of these rangers, they look the best out of them all to me, they are the first ones that come to mind when I think of power rangers, maybe not the show, but their suits do!
Thrax should have been the main villain. He should have also been the one to create Mack alongside Andrew Heartford. But then Heartford kicks him out due to his diabolical idea of having an army of machines operate the power ranger morphers and rule the world and claim any powerful treasure out their using the Corona Aurora to enable that possibility. Thrax . This would have made the final battle much more memorable an more on a personal level aswell as the fact that the universe is at stake. Also I would have loved if Thrax had left a chip inside Mack before he left Heartford's company enabling him to control Mack like a sleeper agent. Also, I think he should have observed the main villains and now and then send a monster once or twice and only make an appearance to fight the rangers in Once a Ranger and episodes since then. I also would have loved it if instead of Flurious threatening to kill Mack and the jewel being handed over, if Thrax had Mack aim his Overdrive gun at himself in order to blackmail Heartford. Initially I would have had him enter the base posed in his previous form and then reveal he was Thrax after an argument with Heartford about how he was right about the use of the Crown Jewels and to question what Heartford wanted to do with them saying it was both of them who had those ideas
I really like your ideas! The Mack sleeper agent thing would have been maybe a better twist than his mechanical side, because they could have played a season long game of "who done it?" where everyone seems like a suspect.
Actually.... Operation Overdrive is like my second favorite season of Power Rangers, Dino Thunder being the first. editing this: it's basically my Guilty Pleasure.... What can I say I liked the team the most?
... come to think of it, there are 5 major factions in Overdrive (Moltor, Flurious, the Fearcats, the Rangers, the duo whose name I forget) and 5 stones of the Corona Aurora. Why not give each of these factions one of the stones (maybe give one to Thrax if you want the Crown itself to count as #6) and say the Sentinel Knight DID spread them across the galaxy? Each of them gets one stone but they need all 5 and the crown to win.
He could, but then again, the military has never been a consistent presence, or even a presence, in Power Rangers save Lost Galaxy. But even then, the GSA Starship Troopers weren't very useful.
The Disney Brain *facepalm!* Next season after Super Ninja Steel better have at one or two rangers that are actually in, or have served in the military. The last time we've had rangers with militaristic backgrounds was in Lost Galaxy, Wild Force and RPM.
The Disney Brain But do you know why I sometimes hate it when our mentor characters always have to rely on a bunch of inexperienced teenagers to fight giant monsters instead of actual experienced fighters or military soldiers? It makes the experienced fighters, and athletes, our own military, and police officers look like a bunch of wusses in the Power Rangers universe, and it keeps treating them like they don't deserve to fight alongside with our "heroes", because they're not the inexperienced, "special" teenagers. And that's just disrespectful.
I liked the villain dynamic in this season, only if I cannot remember when a show had so many factions working within their own designs. I remember being genuinely saddened by the defeat of the terror twins.
Overdrive could've had many of the problems fixed if they made Sentinel Knight lose the crown by means of a villain like Thrax. Thrax is an ill conceived addition to the canon by literally every means I can think of and is kind of a letdown with the concept and the design especially was... well, weird. Though them forgetting the Zordon wave from In Space is one thing, they can write around that and say the Knight kinda screwed that up by sealing Thrax away, he ended up making Thrax immune to the wave or protected from it.... and despite how well the Boom comics are doing with canon and creating their own, they still goofed that up waaaaaay worse with their Drakkon backstory
That, or they could have made Thrax Zedd's brother who was banished the the Lost Galaxy where we know the Z wave never reached. Even that would have been more believable, especially with Rita becoming the Mystic Mother so any kid she could have had would probably not have been evil at all.
Thrax is also very much lacking in his design, considering how much of it is recycled from other characters, you can kinda see where I'm coming from on that point. While I was okay with Flurious being the main antagonist of this series and the, um, final boss, with what Thrax is and what he did in this, plus the combining teams that it took to fight him, he was pretty cool despite my complaints.
I think Operation Overdrive's fatal flaw is inconsistency. Like, the rangers would be hunting the jewels in one episode, then they'd be off doing something else entirely in the next. And there were too many 'main villains' to keep focus on one thing or another as well. And some things that could've been bigger parts of the plot didn't last long. Other than that, it's quite underrated.
Oh come on, the last fight of Operation overdrive, while transforming in Frozen state and transformation while fighting against the chillers and lava lizard and the last fight where Mack went like- If I die then you will come with me. He went full suicidal mode and that's was badass as F, brother.
Overdrive and Megaforce: One team is led by a robot who acts like a human, the other is led by a human who acts like a robot.
LOL, couldn't have said it better myself.
Kyle Stubbs This makes me think the writers ended up working on the wrong season.
Kyle Stubbs hahahaha... 😆😆😆😆
Kyle Stubbs true. Mack was more likable than Troy.
Kyle Stubbs both suck crap
I knew I wasn't the only one that saw some good in Overdrive outside of Once A Ranger!
OneManSentai bringing back the old Rangers was good and their original actors
OneManSentai I just wish that it had better execution, decent writing that doesn't feel so horribly-rushed and actors that can *ACTUALLY* do a better job at hiding their Australian and New Zealand accents on-screen.
OneManSentai you need to see what linkara thinks about it, he hates this episode in this season.
OneManSentai pretty much
OneManSentai It had a lot of potential. It was definitely unique. It was just not executed as well as it could have been.
Still don't quite agree with Linkara on Overdrive being worse than Megaforce. His main argument is that the Megaforce rangers are more heroic than the asshole Overdrive rangers, but at least the Overdrive rangers HAD personalities. My main argument is that Overdrive at least TRIED to be consistently entertaining.
Couldn't agree more.
I think a good gage for how someone will feel about Overdrive is Dax. DB didn’t find him the worst thing about the show and likes it more than the average fan. Linkara despises every iota of his being, so he hates the show about that much.
Personally I found Dax to be little more than background noise and I enjoyed the show. It wasn’t great, but I was never excessively bored like by Ninja Storm or Time Force (I got really tired of filler in Time Force, but anything that developed the story was significantly more entertaining than Overdrive)
Dax is hilarious.
I think Operation Overdrive's fatal flaw is inconsistency. Like, the rangers would be hunting the jewels in one episode, then they'd be off doing something else entirely in the next. And there were too many 'main villains' to keep focus on one thing or another as well. And some things that could've been bigger parts of the plot didn't last long. But at least it HAD a plot. Megaforce was just 50 episodes of Goseiger in 20 episodes of Power Rangers.
imdb88 Yeah Linkara is wrong about this season being worse than Megaforce /Super Megaforce. His hate for the Overdrive let’s him believe that the season that literally disrespected the legacy of the franchise is better than a season that at least tried to do something unique as an anniversary series.
I remember liking some parts of Operation Overdrive, such as:
-The Once a Ranger episode (even with all its flaws)
-Mack taking down a giant monster, without a Megazord, not even in Ranger form
-Will and Kamdor's final fight
-Tyzonn"s story arc
-The three episode story arc with the Fearcats summoning a monster that practically took three Megazords to take down
But I can respect your opinion about the series.
i'd add Will's duels with Kamdor and Miratrix. Pretty solid fights
I've always liked the final battle against Agrios, their last stand against the Fearcats and Kamdor using the Blue Sapphire to summon the asteroid before goading them to come and fight him. He was such a badass. Oh, and the first fight with the Cyborg Fearcats when the rangers got their butts handed to them, and the base destruction scene.
Actually I don't really hate Operation Overdrive it's one of the first Power Ranger series I've ever watched I will say one thing it's better then Super Megaforce that's for sure
I think Operation Overdrive's fatal flaw is inconsistency. Like, the rangers would be hunting the jewels in one episode, then they'd be off doing something else entirely in the next. And there were too many 'main villains' to keep focus on one thing or another as well. And some things that could've been bigger parts of the plot didn't last long. Other than that, it's very underrated.
P.S. Screw you, Linkara!
I'm not too familiar with Linkara, but would you consider him to be to Operation Overdrive what HiTop Films is to the MCU Spider-Man Trilogy (If you're familiar with HiTop, that is)?
Operation overdrive was one of my first ranger seasons that I was really into. When I learned that it was hated I can understand why, but man, my nostalgia goggles
You're the same as me. I too became a PR Fan because of Operation Overdrive and I honestly was heartbroken when I learnt people hated it. I've seen some people say that this Linkara guy had torn OO apart, so is he kind of like "the HiTop Films of Power Rangers"?
I too also grew up on Operation Overdrive and I it’s still one of my favorite seasons. I also have a personalized Autograph of Dwayne Cameron (Mercury Ranger) and a signed script of once a ranger part 1 and 2
Operation Overdrive had the potential to be epic all the way, but just didn't seem convincing or believable. Mack and Rose were the only rangers who I could take seriously. Dax was so-so, Tyzonn was eh, but Will and Ronny were both annoying, bland, and boring. I really don't know what to say about Andrew. Many people say that he was annoying but never explained how. Spencer was funny and was the best character. As for Flurious and Moltor, those two were awful villains. And don't even get me started with Norg. He was all the way effed up. Miratrix and Kamdor was just as effed up as Norg was. Overall, even though Operation Overdrive was bad, it wasn't as bad as Megaforce and Super Megaforce.
Paul Verner Norg was comic relief on the villains' side, and you can't talk crap about Kelson Henderson's performance. Sure he was annoying to you, but he MUST'VE made you laugh a few times.
You forgot the part about Flurrious wearing Anchor Arms.
I think Will was a Badazz character despite him being a asshole in real life!
I enjoyed overdrive despite how bad it was while it has lots of problems... It still tried to be fun and unique in its own way. The concept was interesting, most of the main cast was fun, it managed to pull off having multiple villain factions pretty well and at least its not mega force.
Turns out that there was some production bullshit going on behind the scenes. By 2007, Disney was just done with Power Rangers due to the invention of new plotlines requiring larger budgets to film new footage. They told Bruce to adapt as many Sentai plots as possible and at one point thought of literally doing an 4Kids style dub of the Sentai with no American assets whatsoever. They slashed the budget massively which, since they shot a lot of Kalishplosions for Overdrive, meant that they had fuck all money and had to speed the writing and editing process. Still better than the clusterfuck that was Super Megaforce's production (holy fucking shit was that seasons production a Lovecraft style abomination).
As much as I cringed when I watched Overdrive, it's ten times better than what power rangers is producing now with the exception of Dino Charge (the first half really). As much as I strongly dislike this season, I'll watch it in a heart beat over Megaforce any day of the week.
Amen! And I also agree that the first half of Dino Charge is exponentially better to anything else in the Neo-Saban era. Dino Super Charge however... ehhh...
I think the whole power rangers franchise should’ve ended with megaforce because you know the writers are running out of ideas when they do a second dinosaur and ninja themed series
Deity Saturn
won;t shock me in the slightest if we get another space or time force style themed series
@@marlom7882 I think you forget that a lot of these themes are pulled from those in the Sentai counterpart. They've had several ninja seasons in Sentai. I wouldn't be surprised if the current contract with nickleodeon which ends in 3 seasons, that power rangers ends permanently.
@@TheDisneyBrain explain I will listen
"Live action Sword Art Online"
Best analogy for Samurai I've ever heard!
Hahaha, I was quite proud of that line :)
Your idea for Billy sounds cool, but unfortnately, David Yost wouldn't agree to it since he left the show after facing harassment from the crew and doesn't plan to wanna come back.
PyroDan yes that’s what I thought it’s sad how he got treated by everyone there
PyroDan That is sad. But he sure doesn't mind making money off of Power Rangers and his time on said set.
Lenard Williams ya that's what I heard too. Even heard he loves going to cons to meet fans and it looks like he has a ton of fans regardeless of what happened and who he is. Just glad to see the guy is doing better in life at least.
PyroDan I just came from Rangerstop convention in Orlando, Florida. He was there. He had a booth right next to Bulk & Skull and Austin St. John
Completely agree. One of the several issues with my thought experiments is that it's not as fun to consider practical limitations. So I take more of the "fan-fic" route, if you will, where the possibilities are theoretically limitless.
But I admire David Yost quite a bit for his stance, since he went through a lot just being on the show but still loves and interacts with the fans.
In my headcanon, I just view Thrax as an impostor who claims to be the son of Lord Zedd and Rita solely to give himself more credibility.
I figured he was just the cleansed evil of both that made him.
I didn't like samurai because of how jaden looked like justin bieber.
I gave up on the series by episode 5 so...
I like Jaiden but he just a copy-paste jason
Gameslayer 9000 Well, I don't blame the rangers because Jayden was their friend. To be replaced at the last minute by a sister they never knew that was hyped as the "One" that could seal Master Xandred away for good. I especially don't blame Antonio because he was the only one that wasn't a Samurai. He only joined because his best Friend was Jayden and they had a brotherhood bond.
Lenard Williams indeed sure it was a good on paper, but the execution was poorly timed
White Darkness They just carbon copied and Whitewashed the Sentai storyline with the sister coming in and taking over. That's on Saban. He didn't have much time after buying back the franchise from Disney. So, he just copied the Sentai but with an American point of view
Traxx is easily explained. he was born before Countdown to Destruction, likely while Rita and Zedd were living with Master Vile. And he was protected from the Z-Wave due to distance (possibly being raised by his grandfather in a different galaxy). The Z-wave having a max range is something that must be assumed as in the very next season ancient evils show up again.
let's not forget the infighting that was going on between the villians only made the team look weaker than they already did. And to expand on the galaxy themed idea you had maybe the once a ranger team up include both Andros and Karone from in space and lost galaxy.
I take overdrive over Megaforce any day.
Same but megaforce isn't as bad has people says it is. When it's good, it's really good(the Casey cameo episode) but when it's bad, it's Really bad(legendary battle) but other then that megaforce makes me say "This season is bad, but I guess it's okay I guess"
I somehow watched it.
@@Dwood777 After all the interviews of the megaforce cast I have seen, they were told by episode 5 to stall character growth.
Every bit of emotion troy shows was snuck in by Andrew Gray, every Jake/Gia look and comment was snuck in/adlibbed (They admitting to screwing up every take in the finale except the cheek kiss ones, so Saban had to use one of them.), Every moment Emma had with Orion/Emma/Noah was Christina masterson trying to get something going on with her character, Orion was sneaking in goofiness to be more like Gai.
It's a scavenger hunt season and I love watching an episode to find the stuff they sneak in.
Same
After Super Megaforce, I hold Operation Overdrive in a new light.
Having the crown jewels separated and dispersed throughout the galaxy could have re-introduced Triforia, Mirinoi, and other planets we haven't seen since before SPD. That and Mack Hartford uses the red crystal as a power source/"soul" being that he is an android.
oh the mack jewel idea is absolutely perfect. ik ik it's been 4 years but still. it'll also create a much more legit reason for the crown reviving him in the end
You made excellent points there DB, also your ideas would have made the season that much better. Thanks for sharing them with us.
You're very welcome! :)
I've watched through O.O several times and never once thought to myself, I hate this. It's a bad season but I still liked what it was trying to do. Will, might get a lot of hate for being a lone wolf but that died down quickly after episode 3. I was disappointed with Dax and Ronny's lack of character development as both were favorites after, Will. Tyzonn, in my opinion had one of the best intros of a six hero. The backstory was good, being a monster and serving, Moltor, even the he's an alien jokes made me chuckle. Mack is an underrated Red Ranger and Rose sometimes can be annoying being a know it all. The villain factions definitely could've been done better but I loved The Fearcats and how much they just owned everybody.
The Fearcats were one of my highlights for that season
@@ErickNation19 how about some love for my favorites, Miratrix and Kamdor
GoddessOfWhim2003 gotta show them some love
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Dude operation overdrive was actually a great season. It was heavily affected by the writer's strike in 2007 which really destroyed that season. Obviously it wasn't a good season but they had good ideas and they could have done more if it weren't for the writer's strike.
@@ErickNation19
Yeah, the Fearcats were the most effective villain faction that season. In my opinion, they were stronger, smarter, and much more motivated than the others. Kamdor was a jerk, but at least his rivalry with Will was fun to watch. Miratrix reminded me a bit of Trakeena with her training backstory, but that was it. Of the two brothers, Flurrious was the most bothersome for me. Not only did he do next to nothing but watch everyone else kill each other for the treasure, but he showed no appreciation for Norg, a rather underrated minion who proved quite capable holding his own, tracking down enemies, AND acquiring even one of the jewels to the crown! Moltor wasn't much better, but at least he wasn't lazy.
Spencer was my favorite character this season, lol.
I loved him!
Mine was Adam. Sure he was only in one 2-parter, but he is my favorite ranger from MMPR
Spencer is right up there with my all-time favorite characters in the franchise: Astronema and Cruger.
@@TheDisneyBrain Mine's NORG, everyone's favorite yeti!
I love overdrive,mainly cuz it was the first ranger show I watched,and I really like the designs
Some people can't stand the Overdrive uniforms but I actually love them.
Same
I enjoy Overdrive to beginning to end, really it was a great season, with great twists, the fact that Mack was an android the hole time and not some kind of weird dream like the robo turbo rangers, really add a lot to this season
Better than Megaforce. At least its shittiness is consistent and The butler, Hartford, Mac, Will, Rose, Tyzonn and most of the villains provide some real entertainment.
The best thing Operation Overdrive did was connect the items they searched for. In Boukenger, the every episode precious got a bit boring, but I guess they were more focused with character development and made it work. It was nice to see here they found a way to connect the items as a connected quest to form a better over arching story line - and it almost worked.
Operation Overdrive was the season I watched as a kid, so it'll always hold a place in heart.
4:43 I always assumed they had Thrax after Zeo and that's why they didn't return during Turbo.
This was my favourite reason 😟 and I liked Dax
But if you were the executioner in the production team , this season would have been everyone's favourite
If saban productions give u a job in the lead production , please make operation overdrive 2 with those ideas but same megazords , overdrive megazords were the best , agree or not
Operation Overdrive is my favorite season of all power rangers.
U R right bro
Everyone has their preferences
@@pn2294 same I love overdrive but I get that it's not everyone's favorite
Rosie is my favorite here, i love that episodes with the pirate & the moments with tayson, love u Rosie my little pirate 💖
Linkara summed up perfectly why once a ranger is a bad power rangers episode
Also I agree, Megaforce sucked, I was so looking forward to the pirate group being able to call on past powers, and then they made it part of megaforce and screwed it completely up.
Mack and rose are the only rangers from this season who I actually liked
Rose is a Filipina
Late comment but I'm just gonna say it
Operation Overdrive is genuinley in my honest opinion one of the most entertaining and fun seasons of power rangers ever
It's so
Off the wall stupid and insane
The characters, the villains, the fact that there's no real genuine theme holding anything together except that they're sorta kinda maybe treasure hunters/spy's/????
They're so goddamn weird and dumb and that's FUN TO WATCH it's funny how all over this season is
I think it gets way too much flak from people who take power rangers as a series way too seriously.
I actually like Overdrive. And I like Dax.
That is rare some liking dax
SAME, I was waiting to see someone say it
Me too
Same here i like him better than every other joke characters that over do it
Honestly, same
My Overdrive Team
Red: Leo.
Blue: TJ.
Black: Cam
Pink: Vida.
Yellow: Kira
Mercury: Jason.
switch karone and kira around you put them at each other's colors
Tyzon getting corn rows to be like Will is enough to make this season gold
Don't forget that Spencer also dressed in dreads too.
The theme song for Operation Overdrive is one of my favorite! The others are Ninja Steel, Ninja Storm, Mystic Force and Dino Charge!
Overdrive was middling sure, but nothing before or after will EVER be as bad as the blasphemy that is Super Megaforce. Gokaiger is, in my opinion, the finest Super Sentai ever made and deserved a really well made 50-episode season. For them to water it down and combine the 98 or so episodes of Goseiger and Gokaiger into a 40-episode season was unforgivable....
overdrive is one of my fave seasons and it always breaks my heart seeing people hate this season :(
According to Linkara, Will is a thief in real life, too. He stole a signed poster from a charity drive.
From young children. He has it and is never going to give it back as well
@@estebangutierrez160 no he didn’t there’s a video on TH-cam of the actor explaining what really happened
I actually really love this season
just something i had in mind for Thrax...i think he was born some time before Count down of destruction. like: during Zordon's sacrifice he was only a baby hense. not evil nor good so he'd be completley unaffected by the Z-wave...as for everything else idk..
The Fearcats are some of my favorite villians in Power Ranger history. Definitely in top 10. I also like Kamdor and Moltor, but Flurious I hated. Especially the way he killed Moltor.
Despite all the problems this show has, Overdrive is legit one of my all time favorites lol. This was one of the first PR shows I ever watched growing up and I watched our dvds over and over so I always get the nostalgia.
Same here used to have the first two dvds I watched all the time
After watching countless seasons of Power Rangers, I have split them into 5 categories as follows:
- Bad potential, bad execution (Megaforce, Samurai, Mystic Force)
- Good potential, bad execution (Operation Overdrive, Wild Force)
- Bad potential, good execution (RPM, Jungle Fury, Lost Galaxy)
- Good potential, good execution (Dino Thunder, Time Force, SPD)
- Just sorta there for whatever reason (Ninja Storm, Turbo)
Whilst I'm not sure if my heart could survive an entire season of Tori and Kira being on the same team, the idea of the Veteran Rangers being the team for a whole season is a pretty good one. I also like your idea of having each of the jewels on different planets, each tying into Ranger lore
Please do “In Space” next. The streets needs it.
Jungle Fury was a lot better. Operation Overdrive was a fun season to watch, but Jungle Fury had a LOT more good villains. Operation Overdrive's best villains were the Fearcats in my opinion.
4:12 in Bridge case, I say two words, Time portal, and it was mentioned in season of SPD, it always pop up randomly and can send anyone to any different timeline or bring then in current present.
Thrax being an ex partner of Heartford rather than trapped by the Sentinal Knight would work well as a counter to Heartford who formed a team dedicated to returning the jewels to Sentinel Knight. However, a counter because Thrax unites the villains and they attempt to find the jewels for their own purposes. When in reality, Thrax is hoping the rangers win so he can steal the jewels form them and wipe out the other villains all in one.
I wouldn't mind a PR show where you have a team where each person is different in their own way and abilities but they make those differences work together. For example, Hartford could send Will on a covert mission to find a jewel guarded in a fortress or some other place in another planet. His spy skills would be put to good use.
I thought Dax was adorable. But then again we all have our weaknesses (I've had to hear you drone on and on about Gia and Kendall)
Overall this wasn't an offensive season, but it wasn't great either. It was just there and I wanted more character development from people other than Tyzonn.
0:49: "But was the harsh reaction justified?"
YES! From the very beginning, we saw that this was going to suck, because *wow* was that ever a terrible theme song they opened with! There's only been one series of Power Rangers that got away with having a bad theme song while still managing to be a good series -- RPM, of course -- and this theme song was even worse.
Add on top of that a nonsensical plot, unlikable characters, and a really cool premise that fizzled hard because they were never given the opportunity (read: budget) to fully commit to it, and you end up with an abysmal season, right up there with Megaforce, Turbo and Ninja Steel on the "worst of all time" list.
Thank you, because actually liked this season too. Yeah it was cheesy, but the concept was cool, loved the suit designs and the fight scenes were absolutely killer!
Do SPD next!!!
Dhilax Rasaratnam it is next
I was originally thinking of making a video in between this one and SPD, but I'll probably just do SPD next :)
The Disney Brain Love that 👍
Disney Brain yes please. I’ve been waiting for like... ever.
Good news everyone! It's uploading as we speak! Or rather, as I type.... lol
Been binging your content for a little while now and the sly cooper reference has made me a complete fan of you that was my all time favourite game as a child and I adore it so much
3:45 He said he didn't know the sword could do that.
Tbh the biggest downfall of Operation Overdrive has to be the rangers themselves...
The only commendable thing about this season is that it accidentally explores a unique concept of Power Rangers, and it is: What happens when the wrong people get chosen to be Rangers.
Why the wrong people? Because this is the most un-heroic team in the entire franchise... They never acted like true heroes, and worse yet, they never acted like friends, constantly giving up either on the mission, themselves, or even each other...
Tony Stark even says it best: "If you're nothing without the suit, then you shouldn't have it"
Say what you will about Samurai and Megaforce, they're a mess, but you know what? Even those two teams were heroic, plot variety aside, the core of power rangers will forever be heroism, and if your team is failing at heroism, then the season is simply never going to work.
I’ll say this about Overdrive. It has one of my favorite battlizers.
I’m so excited that the next power ranger video is S.P.D.!!
:D
In the beginning, the sentinel knight was in a weakened state, so bringing back 5 retro rangers wouldve weakened him even more and possibly even have killed him if he powered them up for too long
Maybe, but his weakened state makes very little sense, since he was fully ready to keep the replacement Rangers empowered for as long as it took to complete the mission but was still in spirit mode prior to that random deus ex sword they found one fine day.
A fantastic failure is better than a mediocre success.
A youtuber I follow said that and I think it rings true here. At least Overdrive tried to do something
To be slightly fair to the Sentinel Knight: I operate on the theory that Adam repaired his morpher after discovering it could still function in his In Space appearance, which is supported by his adeptness with technology in Once a Ranger, and I thought the Ninja Storm Rangers got their powers back in the Dino Thunder team up?
The Disney Era is NY favourite. SPD, Jungle Fury and RPM are my favorite seasons (RPM's theme song is still the worse though). I think that Overdrive had a pot of potential (like you said) but, sadly it didn't fulfill it's potential completely. I did like it when I was young.
LOL, I don't know how they screwed up RPM's theme so badly when almost every theme song in the franchise is at least good and at most epic. It's kind of fascinating to think about.
It really is.
I'm fine with this season sine it was one of my first seasons eventhough I don't remember it much
This was the second Power Rangers series I saw, and now I realize I forgot all the villains and most of the storyline. I saw Mystic Force first and I remember most of that.
Thanks, I needed the refresher. You got good points too.
The way you throw shade at the neo saban era 😂
You know when the past Rangers came in and in storyline threatened to replace the Rangers? Normally fans would go 'Oh no, I like the old Rangers but I don't want the new Rangers to go.'
Instead everyone was saying, 'Good. When can the new Rangers leave? Can they go now? Don't give the old Rangers their morphers, because the new suits suck.'
And till this day the only thing that I remember about Overdrive is: Once A Ranger, Mercury Ranger was really shiny, and red was a robot Pinocchio.
The thing that threw me off is when the red ranger got his battlizer. When sentinel knight was saying it would kill any human if they used it. And yet the red ranger just so happened to be conveniently a robot????? I know that they revealed it way earlier than that episode but still. The fact the HES the only one felt too convenient to me.
Having flashbacks of the Operation Overdrive team just giving up and being all envious of the past PR team members in the two parter. It still makes me shake my head and laugh at the same time.
AND, they could still have used their civilian powers to help out, even if they needed to do so indirectly. Heck, Rose never even needed any DNA modifications to be useful, she's just brilliant, so they could have at least made sure she stuck around.
Fun fact: the actor who played Will is also an actual real life thief....and kind of an asshole. I think the story is a bunch of Rangers signed some banners at Power Morphicon that they would then auction off for charity and he just straight up kept one. He has been banned from ever coming back.
Mac, the zords, Once a Ranger, and to a lesser extent, Tyzonn were the only things that compelled me to watch Operation Overdrive. I distinctly remember crying in the finale with Mac sacrificing himself when I first watched it as a kid. Rose had some cool moments. Everything else was forgettable
Here's an idea, Overdrive
The Sentinel Knight is able to seal Moltor and Flurrious, but not before they injure him severely. He's on the verge of death, and so he doesn't have any choice *but* to use the Corona Aurora to seal the two of them away (he needed a powerful artifact of some sort). Sure Thrax still doesn't make any sense but at least you could say 'oh he was too weak to send them to other planets' or something.
Also, hated how Zuuban, the gold guy sword, was some super ancient god. In reality, he was an ancient guardian and was kinda like a pokemon who only spoke his name and he was hilarious.
6:40 Yes, bring back Lothor's nieces! :3
I liked Overdrive, The idea of traveling the world instead of being in one city. And the idea of having multiple villain teams. With each of the villains being more at the power level of general then a main boss.
You have some great ideas on how this could have been improved. I like the idea of the jewels being scattered across the galaxy and Thrax being the major villain for the season, but that still does deal with the problem of where he came from with the messed-up continuity.
Very true. I didn't address that in the video, but you could easily make him a relative of Zedd's without the continuity breaking next of kin nonsense.
I have to disagree with you on the finale part. I personally think Overdrive’s season finale was in fact the best episode, and perhaps my most favorite episode. Because not only was the final battle eye candy, but it redeemed a lot of the main cast and was written so much better than most episodes.
100% agree! Probably the smartest way to fix the season was to hire the once a ranger team to lead the season considering it is the 15 anniversary. Idk if i would stick to soley those five. I'd assume Hartford is still the head of this season. Since it would be expensive for them to shoot the season in their original team suits and drive away from the sentai footage, I'd have Tori as Overdrive Pink , Kira as Oveedrive Yellow, Blue Ranger Sky (As him being a dick could bring tension within the team) as overdriver blue, Xander (to compensate for Sky) as Overdrive black and you could have Mack as overdrive red. Adam could be the Mercury ranger or any other cool veteran. Perhaps the finally can revolve around them using their og suits like once a ranger.
Will didn't want the spotlight, he wanted to do things by himself
Something worth a mention is that the treasure idea was liked by Disney, but then the staff was given a small budget to work with. Just letting you know that. Keep up the great work with your videos.
wow you are right about the knight. i think over drive is at least was enjoyable and fun in a goofy way but that's me. it had lot of good ideas but some didn't work out. you are right about the fear cats, they should had been the main villains. i can stand the rangers expect dax. they should kill dax and replace him. if the rangers were more likeable then i think more people would like this season
Couldn't agree more. Any season, regardless of narrative ambition, can be saved by great characters. Take Ninja Storm. Really good season that is completely carried by the team more so than any deep thematic construct.
Hey what are your thoughts about GoGo Sentai Boukenger compared to O.O ? You know for story or plot, I would actually prefer O.O because I don't know if you have seen boukenger or not but there is actually no story. SGS secret organisation collected precious before, collected precious during the series and also collects in the future so basically no start or end but O.O has. Honestly boukenger's name should be "49 days in the life of an adventure group (and three movies)".
This show was what brought me to power rangers. So it is my favorite show
You should channel your thought-exercising into a video, can you please do a vid about what you think it would look like if mermaids and mermen became Power Rangers?
(You don’t have to, it’s just a suggestion, but I would love to see your thoughts)
There were a few more subtle anniversary references, such as Bullock's chest having the same jewel as Magna Defender and the Lavadactyls reusing the sound effect for Kira's Pterazord.
Actually, I loved the look of these rangers, they look the best out of them all to me, they are the first ones that come to mind when I think of power rangers, maybe not the show, but their suits do!
I honestly don't see a problem with the theme song at all i thought it was a really good one, but im confused why people don't like it
Thrax should have been the main villain. He should have also been the one to create Mack alongside Andrew Heartford. But then Heartford kicks him out due to his diabolical idea of having an army of machines operate the power ranger morphers and rule the world and claim any powerful treasure out their using the Corona Aurora to enable that possibility. Thrax . This would have made the final battle much more memorable an more on a personal level aswell as the fact that the universe is at stake. Also I would have loved if Thrax had left a chip inside Mack before he left Heartford's company enabling him to control Mack like a sleeper agent. Also, I think he should have observed the main villains and now and then send a monster once or twice and only make an appearance to fight the rangers in Once a Ranger and episodes since then. I also would have loved it if instead of Flurious threatening to kill Mack and the jewel being handed over, if Thrax had Mack aim his Overdrive gun at himself in order to blackmail Heartford. Initially I would have had him enter the base posed in his previous form and then reveal he was Thrax after an argument with Heartford about how he was right about the use of the Crown Jewels and to question what Heartford wanted to do with them saying it was both of them who had those ideas
I really like your ideas! The Mack sleeper agent thing would have been maybe a better twist than his mechanical side, because they could have played a season long game of "who done it?" where everyone seems like a suspect.
Operation Overdrive is still one of my favourite seasons behind Jungle Fury and SPD
The overdrive suits r one of my personal fav💙❤️🩷🖤💛🤍
Actually.... Operation Overdrive is like my second favorite season of Power Rangers, Dino Thunder being the first. editing this: it's basically my Guilty Pleasure.... What can I say I liked the team the most?
... come to think of it, there are 5 major factions in Overdrive (Moltor, Flurious, the Fearcats, the Rangers, the duo whose name I forget) and 5 stones of the Corona Aurora. Why not give each of these factions one of the stones (maybe give one to Thrax if you want the Crown itself to count as #6) and say the Sentinel Knight DID spread them across the galaxy? Each of them gets one stone but they need all 5 and the crown to win.
*Rose:* "You're rich, buy an army!!"
He could, but then again, the military has never been a consistent presence, or even a presence, in Power Rangers save Lost Galaxy. But even then, the GSA Starship Troopers weren't very useful.
The Disney Brain *facepalm!* Next season after Super Ninja Steel better have at one or two rangers that are actually in, or have served in the military. The last time we've had rangers with militaristic backgrounds was in Lost Galaxy, Wild Force and RPM.
The Disney Brain But do you know why I sometimes hate it when our mentor characters always have to rely on a bunch of inexperienced teenagers to fight giant monsters instead of actual experienced fighters or military soldiers? It makes the experienced fighters, and athletes, our own military, and police officers look like a bunch of wusses in the Power Rangers universe, and it keeps treating them like they don't deserve to fight alongside with our "heroes", because they're not the inexperienced, "special" teenagers. And that's just disrespectful.
Xavier, "an army can't stop them, but you can" god that dialogue makes me chuckle with annoyance.
Yeah that is a problem Not just in The power Rangers universe I See it quite often in other Shows
I liked the villain dynamic in this season, only if I cannot remember when a show had so many factions working within their own designs. I remember being genuinely saddened by the defeat of the terror twins.
Mig and Benglo?
Overdrive could've had many of the problems fixed if they made Sentinel Knight lose the crown by means of a villain like Thrax.
Thrax is an ill conceived addition to the canon by literally every means I can think of and is kind of a letdown with the concept and the design especially was... well, weird.
Though them forgetting the Zordon wave from In Space is one thing, they can write around that and say the Knight kinda screwed that up by sealing Thrax away, he ended up making Thrax immune to the wave or protected from it.... and despite how well the Boom comics are doing with canon and creating their own, they still goofed that up waaaaaay worse with their Drakkon backstory
That, or they could have made Thrax Zedd's brother who was banished the the Lost Galaxy where we know the Z wave never reached. Even that would have been more believable, especially with Rita becoming the Mystic Mother so any kid she could have had would probably not have been evil at all.
Thrax is also very much lacking in his design, considering how much of it is recycled from other characters, you can kinda see where I'm coming from on that point.
While I was okay with Flurious being the main antagonist of this series and the, um, final boss, with what Thrax is and what he did in this, plus the combining teams that it took to fight him, he was pretty cool despite my complaints.
I think Operation Overdrive's fatal flaw is inconsistency. Like, the rangers would be hunting the jewels in one episode, then they'd be off doing something else entirely in the next. And there were too many 'main villains' to keep focus on one thing or another as well. And some things that could've been bigger parts of the plot didn't last long. Other than that, it's quite underrated.
Operation Overdrive is the very first Power Ranger series I remember watching, and it's kinda sad that I'm seeing all of these flaws now :'(
Billie Jex same but I grew up on samurai 😂
But have to agree one thing. That out of luck episode is the most funniest episode of all seasons....I still use to laugh at this episode.
Megaforce somehow beat Operation Overdrive in badness.
Hey I liked those seasons
@@yehhkow847 nah Megaforce was apsolute shit but OO was enjoyabls
Not as bad as Ninja Steel
Ninja Steel was fine cause it wasn't an anniversary season.
Oh come on, the last fight of Operation overdrive, while transforming in Frozen state and transformation while fighting against the chillers and lava lizard and the last fight where Mack went like- If I die then you will come with me.
He went full suicidal mode and that's was badass as F, brother.