#popping) BUT. AS I WAS SAYING. SEND ME ASKS IF YOU WANT SCOOBY DOO OPINIONS. DEAR GOD I GET SCATTERBRAINED SOMETIMES.

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The live action Scooby-Doo movies?

I did not see this ask until RIGHT now (first time on desktop since crab day, second time since Nov 5 2020 [which was DOUBLY experience since I got my phone taken the same day]) so I'm going to assume this ask got eaten on mobile because tumblr, HOWEVER you poked a bear with this ask anon (as I'm sure you knew when asking) SO without further ado: my Scooby Doo live action opinions

So when you say 'live action Scooby-Doo movies' I'm assuming you're talking about the James Gunn films, starting with Scooby-Doo (2002) followed by Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, just due to like, generally popularity and also the fact that I have actually seen those films. However shoot another ask if you wanted me to include Curse of the Lake Monster in this (because I will if anyone cares and turn this into a live-action scooby dissertation, i'd just need to like. watch the movie first) But anyways where I'm going with this is that this post is about the Gunn movies aka the ones with SMG, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, and ofc our #1 man, Matthew Lilliard.

Okay so my take on these movies is... complicated. I wouldn't say it's as complicated as my feelings towards SDMI, because I watched the live actions way less as a kid and generally care less about them, but still no matter how much shit I throw at these two movies there are parts that I generally like (even love) that stops me from totally condemning them wholesale. Like the fact that these movies are FUNNY! There's so many moments from this duology that are just beyond iconic "like, that's one of my favorite names!" the whole thing with Scooby in the dress at the airport, ET. CETERA (like I can go on!)

The Gunn movies are genuinely SO fun and I can 100% see and understand how they've stood so well in the public view as a representation of Scooby. HOWEVER, this is where you start to see my problems with them. For the general American, (because that is the audience I'm familiar with) ESPECIALLY millennials and younger, who happen to make up the majority of both people on this site AND people I talk about Scooby with in real life, these movies, and the elements they introduced as "quintessential scooby tropes" are the base of their understanding of the Scooby franchise, along with likely some miscellaneous WAY episodes and maybe SDMI.

Which is where I get pissed off. In the pushing of the narrative of "breaking away" from the Scooby norm, Gunn basically invents (aka totally makes up) an idea of what classic era Scooby was like, cementing an idea of classic Scooby into the public mind that is totally disingenuous and just straight up false. For example, in attempting to portray Daphne as having taken strides to be seen more seriously in solving mysteries and defending herself, it pushes the narrative that in the classic era she WASN'T taken seriously, and only existed as a damsel-in-distress prop of a character, which is just not true??? Like yes, Daphne is clumsy, that's a part of her character, and her friends (because, fun fact, the gang ARE friends) joke about it sometimes because that's what friends DO. Framing that in some kind of sexist "that's all she does" lens is just total bull, especially as gang members fall into secret passageways/get lost etc. in WAY ALL THE DAMN TIME because that's how the plot functions! Like are we calling Velma ditzy for losing her glasses every other episode? Of course not, and Fred falls into passageways all the time, not to MENTION Shaggy and Scooby and all they get up to. Also one last thing on the topic of Daphne, like this idea of her mystery solving skills not being respected by the gang is just so supremely bullshit it amazes me sometimes, especially when she was the LEADER (or leader adjacent) through pretty much all of her appearances in the 1980s [Not that James Gunn could look at '80s era Scooby without spitting on it, but I digress]

AND THIS IS JUST DAPHNE! Like the perceptions pushed towards Fred (and Velma, but mostly Fred) through these movies are just as bad! Like okay, with Fred---In these movies Fred is just an asshole. I hate Gunn Movies!Fred. I mean yeah he can be funny but it's almost always so mean! Almost nothing makes me madder than a mean Fred by the way. If he's putting other gang members down (even halfway, like with his whole "dorky chicks like you turn me on too" line, which... ew) then to me something has gone very, very, VERY, wrong in your basic understanding of Frederick Herman Jones as a character. Like he's the cheerleader! He puts himself in between his friends and danger! He loves nets, and traps, and Elvis impressions, and wrestling, and the trapeze, and cars, and most of all he LOVES sharing the things he loves with his friends! (Sometimes to a bit of an extreme. No one wants to hear about your net facts, Fred) And the live action movies just don't understand that at all. And I know there's maybe something to say I suppose in that some of those aspects of his characterization hadn't been "established yet" by the time "Scooby-Doo" came out in 2002. But it's there if you look. For Fred Jones, being the leader means being the caretaker, (he's the Mom friend what can I say) and any version where he's cruel and arrogant and just DOESN'T CARE about his friends in the way he's shown to in the Gunn movies is just so far from Fred to me it's not even funny. And what makes it even worse for me is that this (or at least something similar) is the idea of Fred that has really spread to the popular culture. Just the "leader", the jock that makes the rules, the one that [insert X adaptation here] finally gave a personality and made interesting (something that has been said more times than I can count for pretty much every gang member, save Shaggy and Scooby).

And I haven't even touched on Velma, and how they gave her a bit of a early 2000s smart superiority girl complex against Daphne, plus the whole makeover thing and etc. etc. The Gunn Movies are pretty much what would happen if you took someone who hadn't seen Scooby since they were 7 years old (and honestly had a pretty negative outlook against it then) and tried to "fix" it, only his memory was so bad he just made up problems (and threw in a good helping of early 2000s style sexism with it) convincing pretty much the entirety of the popular culture that said problems exist and that Gunn was absolutely brilliant for fixing them (and then bringing up said "problems" whenever anyone wants to talk about Scooby) and this entire rant has been without even fucking MENTIONING what is probably the reason you, anonymous tumblr user sent this ask in the first place, to I, Swishy "Scrappy Doo Redemption Arc" Broke-on-books (dot tumblr dot com), which is his HIGHLY SUCESSFUL and utterly sadistic character assassination of my number one man, Scrappy Doo.

And I am going to try my damnedest here not to get totally into my highly passionate opinions over what James Gunn did to Scrappy in the first of his Scooby movies and how thoroughly it has pissed me the fuck off because I have been writing this post for over an hour now and if we start to really get into my feelings on this topic it will certainly be a couple of hours more but like. That Fucking Bitch. I give James Gunn personally a solid eighty-five percent of the blame for making my life as a Scrappy Doo fan UTTERLY unbearable with this stupid fucking movie alone, and just his Scrappy crimes would honestly be enough for me to say that I hate this movie, not even considering the numerous Scooby crimes I've been talking about here for the past million paragraphs, but the part about this movie that makes me the MOST mad the most pissed off is that it's actually a good fucking movie. James Gunn wrote two hilarious and entertaining movies that have become beloved in the popular culture for their successes in that arena, while at the same time pissing all over the core themes and messages of the franchise of which it was based, that of friendship.

TLDR; The Live Action Scooby Doo movies (written by James Gunn) are highly entertaining and fun pieces of media to watch, and are widely loved by the general public and looked at with fondness and nostalgia because of that. However, as a hardcore Scooby Doo fan (writing that phrase sounds so ridiculous but oh well) the existence of these movies and their impact on the popular culture can be extremely frustrating (despite any personal nostalgia said fan may have) due to their spreading of a misinformed picture of what "typical Scooby Doo" looks like. This picture is especially frustrating due to the fabrication or exaggeration of problems present in classic Scooby (such as sexism in regards to the girls), as well as giving more ammunition to other problems in Scooby fandom (such as oversexualization, and sexualization in general, which no one wants to see in regards to their children's cartoons, like HONESTLY.) Discussions of sexism and sexualization in Scooby (both of which ARE present and are issues, although not at their worst in WAY) can often lead to an overlooking of the issues that are very present and clear in WAY and have continued since then with far too little resistance (I'm 100% talking about the racism here) HOWEVER that topic deserves at least a dozen posts of its own that I am no way informed or qualified enough to even begin to think about writing. The Gunn Movies are frustrating to many longtime Scooby fans because of these reasons, but for me, and fellow Scrappy Doo fans there is also the added aspect of the demonization of Scrappy Doo in the live action movies and the affects that has had on the popular culture as well, making it uniquely inhospitable to like or enjoy the character of Scrappy. End post.

#that last sentence is such a weird tone jump btw but its because the topic flowed one way and i had to jump it back to a summary to actually #finish this monster of a post #SO anon i hope you're happy with this and this makes my opinion make some more sense. and you or anyone else is more than welcome to ask me #questions about anything i said here or my opinion on any and everything scooby related (and not) so if theres a specific aspect of this yo #would like expanded on i can definitely 100% do that for you or anyone who cares #also there are many complexities towards my feelings on these movies that i didnt get to hit on despite the monstrous size of this rant (il #check word count later but im not gonna fuck with it now because im terrified of deleting this post by accident) one of which is my lasting #fondness towards all of the actors in this movie. YES including freddie prinze jr. i may have major issues with his fred but hes also playe #characters i really really like. for example hes the va in this tv show i LOVE and havent watched in like 10 months despite the fact im on #the last season because freddie's character dies in like 7 episodes and i am NOT AT ALL emotionally prepared for that on any level because #that is my fictional father goddamnit!!!!! #also every buffy the vampire slayer gifset that crosses my dash gets me closer and closer to watching it because oh my god daphne!!!!! that #sarah michelle gellar thats daphne oh my god!!!! also i went and saw guardians of the galaxy 3 with my friend (despite not having seen a #marvel movie in 2+ years AND holding a grudge over james gunn's scooby doo crimes)[the things you do for {platonic} love amirite?] #and the title sequence SAID linda cardellini was in it and i got SO excited i was looking everywhere for her it was like wheres waldo in th #discount movie theatre FOR REAL and i just could NOT for the life of me find her (turns out she was VAing the ferret) so in a way linda mad #me cry with that role. whatever. istg i get so off topic i forget what i was even talking about but ANYWAYS <<<1 of my fave english words b #dubs (my favorite spanish word is el amanacer btw. it means sunrise. also burbujas because its bubbles and saying it sounds like bubbles #popping) BUT. AS I WAS SAYING. SEND ME ASKS IF YOU WANT SCOOBY DOO OPINIONS. DEAR GOD I GET SCATTERBRAINED SOMETIMES. #scooby doo #answered #anonymous #blah

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Roses: Redux Entry3

Summary: Ichigo just wanted to grab some coffee.

Prompt: Cops/Coffee

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Ichigo loved his sisters immensely so it wasn't at all a surprise that he ditched Drunk Tank duty to come to her aid when Yuzu, his youngest sister, called in a fit of homesickness at two in the morning.

Not that he wouldn't willingly ditch the Drunk Tank if he could, but the old man tended to get supremely pissed off when anyone did, and at least with the reason being Yuzu the old man would go easy on him. For whatever reason, he had a soft spot for damsels in distress.

Renji had followed him out of the precinct with the finger aimed at his face.

Still dressed to the nines in his blue uniform, he tossed his hat in the backseat of the police cruiser, and Ichigo mentally ran through his list of options of what to do to make his sister feel better.

She had adjusted well, in his opinion, considering it took a week for her to finally concede defeat and admit she wanted to go home. But she had called him, and that was progress. Karin would have called him instead from across the country on Yuzu's behalf, otherwise, and dad - Jesus - he'd be on his way right now, and Ichigo would know because the car was still in his name and fuck, I owe how much in speeding tickets?

The bell jingled overhead in greeting as he pushed the door open to Hisana's, a coffee shop he had resolved to take Yuzu to once she was feeling a bit better. The scent of grounded coffee beans and freshly brewed jasmine tea overwhelmed his senses, and he smiled slightly. It smelt a little bit like home.

"Officer, I'm so glad you're here!"

"Yo," he greeted the owner, and the coffee shop's namesake, as he approached the counter. "How's it going, Hisana?"

With a wave of her hand and a slight shake of her head, she said, "Can't complain, really. What can I do for you? The usual?"

"Oh yeah, that would be great." He would probably be watching reruns of Friends and Brooklyn Nine-Nine with his sister and he'd need the caffeine. Digging into his pants’ pocket to retrieve his wallet, he added, "And a vanilla bean, the jasmine blend, if you don't mind?"

"Ooh, meeting someone?" she asked, ringing him up, and casting him a mischievous look.

He snorted. Right. "Nah, my sister just started at the university and she's got some homesickness I need to help take care of."

"Aw, aren't you sweet?" He snorted again, glad for the stiff collar of his uniform in successfully hiding his flushed neck. He could never take a compliment, though fortunately, the owner of the coffee shop knew that well enough and charged on, "Speaking of, my sister's around too."

Ichigo groaned. "Hisana, we talked about this -"

"I'm not trying to set you up, I promise! I just wanted you to know in case – you know – you run into her, maybe show her around, I don't know," she was quick to say, her careless shrug too strong on her one shoulder that it almost popped her chandelier earring right out.

"How long has she been around exactly?"

"Not long, a month maybe?" Hisana said thoughtfully, and at his open mouth – likely to ask why she hadn't shown her sister around – Hisana added, "She's just been working, and that's not healthy! I can't get her to go out, but if she were asked out, maybe -"

"You just said you're not trying to set me up," he pointed out, and behind her, Rangiku, one of the baristas, likely returned from one of her many smoke breaks and still balancing a cigarette between her index and middle finger, laughed.

"She's not, she's setting Rukia up."

"With me," he reminded.

"It's a loophole, super narrow, but still a loophole," Rangiku declared before whining when Hisana snatched the cigarette from her hand and threw it away with a disapproving huff. Turning to him once more, Hisana persisted, "Just meet her, that's all I'm asking!"

"Don't worry, she isn't a troll or anything," Rangiku added with a harder than necessary back-pat for her boss. "I mean, she's related to this short glass of water."

"I'm not that short!"

"Depends on your preferred latitude, darling," she remarked with a wink getting both her companions to roll their eyes. "Rukia's a bit taller; though don't expect a supermodel, oh! And she likes cute things so try not to scowl too much when you meet her, alright?"

They're nuts, he thought shaking his head. "Whatever, can I just get my order now? I've got my own sister to take care of, you know."

Rangiku clapped her hands. "Ooh, are you looking to set her up too?"

The scowl that overcame his expression seemed frightening enough at the suggestion that the strawberry haired woman only laughed nervously. "So protective, some would think that's cute."

"Bye Rangiku."

Taking the Styrofoam cups, Ichigo nodded at Hisana. "Thanks."

"So, my sister," she tried once more, and he sighed. There really was no stopping her. "Fine, whatever, we'll see."

Cheering regardless of how unenthusiastic he sounded, Hisana bid him goodbye, and Ichigo got as far as the door before his mood officially took a turn for the sour.

"He's got my purse," a woman shouted, and he didn't think twice before running in her direction, thrusting his drinks into the woman's hands to hold as he chased the perp into a nearby alley.

He managed to chase him through the labyrinth of back alleys until Ichigo had him trapped in a dead end. "You're under arrest."

"Shit, come on man!" Adjusting the purse's strap in his one hand, the perp outstretched a hand with a knife, as if to ward him off.

"Buddy, you realize you're looking down a barrel of a gun, for a handbag? Just put it down, and this won't get worse than it is."

"Exactly, it's just a handbag," the perp sneered. "You can just call this a loss!"

Ichigo raised a brow. "You aren't exactly in a position to make demands here, so let's just put the knife down."

"You don't even have your gun drawn; you probably don't even have one!" Before Ichigo could blink, the perp moved to try and tackle him, the handbag and the knife cast aside in favour of fists. They grappled for all of twenty seconds before Ichigo had the upper hand again with little more than a slight bruise blooming on his rib, until –

"Officer, are you okay? Oh my god!"

Losing precious seconds and concentration to look up at the woman that had just been robbed standing in the alley with his drinks and a terrified expression on her face, just enough time for the perp to punch him solidly in the face and send him staggering back.

The perp shoved the woman out of the way, coffee spilling everywhere, and made a break for it, leaving behind his bounty as well, apparently escaping from a cop was more important than whatever was in the woman's handbag despite the fuss. And as Ichigo managed to get his bearings to give chase once more, the perp yelped before he collapsed in a heap at the mouth of the alley.

"I've been looking for you, asshole." Standing over him, a woman, short and dark haired glared down at the perp, her own purse dangling on her shoulder as she levelled a small bottle of pepperspray at him like a gun.

"God, what the hell is with you people?" the perp complained, covering his face and moaning.

"You broke my phone trying to rob me a month ago, you jerk," she grumbled. "Don't move so this guy can arrest you, or I'll spray you again. Hands where I can see them."

Finally chancing a glance at Ichigo, he felt almost embarrassingly winded all over again. Goddamnit, who had eyes like that?

"Officer," she greeted with a curt nod, turning her glare back to the man on the floor that she had managed to incapacitate, and it looked like she could have done it without her pepperspray or the fact that the perp hadn't seen her coming.

Ichigo cleared his throat and approached, cuffing the guy easily and hauling him to his feet.

"I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you, you meddling kid," the perp declared, glaring at the young woman who rolled her eyes. "Please, what makes you think you're villain enough for a Scooby Doo reference?"

"Hey, you alright?" He remembered to turn and ask the woman that had just been relieved of her purse, and who was also looked embarrassed from being shoved aside by the perp in his bid to escape.

"Y-yes, Officer. But I – erm, your coffee, I kind of – dropped them -"

Well, that's just great. Ichigo shook his head. "Its fine, would you mind coming with me? I'm going to need your statement."

She nodded enthusiastically, hands clasped at her front, unintentionally emphasizing the size of her breasts which had the perp distracted enough that Ichigo grunted in annoyance and shoved him out the alley. "Okay, that's enough."

"If you don't mind coming with me as well, Miss," Ichigo began once more as he herded the perp back to the police cruiser, followed dutifully by the other woman.

"Am I in trouble?" she asked, dark brows furrowed over the bluest eyes he'd ever seen.

"No, I just need your statement."

"Vigilantism is a crime!" the perp shouted as they stepped back into the street and made their way across to where the police cruiser was parked.

"So is stealing people's things," Ichigo retorted, with the woman adding, "And breaking phones, Jesus, I've had to work my ass off for a replacement for the past month!"

Shoving him into the back of the car, still cuffed, and looking displeased, Ichigo slammed the door shut with a grunt.

"Did you get hurt?" the woman asked, brows still furrowed with a worried lilt at the corner of her mouth.

"He got a few punches in, I'm fine," he dismissed, shaking his head. "You?"

"I had the element of surprise," she replied, flicking a strand of dark hair behind her ear and grinning in triumph.

"You really shouldn't have done that though," he hated to say with a frown, "much as it pains me to admit it, he is right about vigilantism."

She shrugged, short hair bouncing across her shoulders. "Not if you call it revenge."

He snorted. Wow. "Well, I'm still going to need you to come with me to the police station to get that statement."

"Sure, whatever you say, Officer."

"It's Ichigo," he decided to correct, and a tug at a corner of her lips granted him a reward of a slight smile and damn it, who looked like her at two in the morning?

"I'm Rukia."

Well, shit.

Drop me a review hither

A/n: In editing this entry, and realizing it just looked uglier as time went on, I decided that it needed a facelift all together so here we are.

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Power Ranger Script VS Final Movie

Hey All,

I came across the 2nd draft of the Power Ranger movie that’s been floating online.  From my knowledge the script is legit, but for all, I know a fan dedicated a lot of time into it, lol.  Anyways, here are the difference, and pardon me on some of the randomnesses of it.

I would say SPOILERS but fuck it.  This is so different it doesn’t count.

Plot:

- Zordon was the original Red Ranger, while Rita was the Black.  Zordon defeats Rita and puts her in like a deep freeze sleep for 20K years.  

- Rita betrayed her team due to Lord Zedd’s Promise of Power.  Side note Lord Zedd pops up on the last page, with the Green Power Coin.  (Hinting at him being the original Green Ranger)

Apparently, there’s this dig that awakens her scepter, and that’s what awakens her.

Goldar was defeated in a battle but was also in a mummified state.  He later gets revived and becomes the very much like the Goldar from the original Mighty Morphin Series.

The dig is very close to finding the Command Center, which is technically a part of a ship.  Which if activated in the right way could fly off the earth.  However, it needs to drain the energy from the earth’s core to power it; hence earth is fucked if Rita succeeds in operating it.

Zordon, who is this alien octopus/jellyfish thing, travels to earth along with alpha 5 to stop Rita.  They crash near Trini’s place, which leads to Jason, Billy, and Trini finding them.  The three freak out and after a kinda bullshit kiddish fight knock out the two and lock them in a truck.

By the way, the three go to school with the aliens in the trunk.  (smh)  Anyways school is let out, b/c all the alien activity knocks out communication in the world.  So cell phones, tech, etc… are useless.  Once the everyone is leaving Zach kinda overhears Trini, Billy, and Jason talk about the alien and follows them.  

The four eventually let Zordon out of the trunk and end up getting their asses handed to them by a pissed off Zordon.  The fight finally ends when Billy apologizes, and Zordon can see that he means it.  

Zordon gives the exposition about the history of the Rangers and explains they need the command center to give off a distress single to their main base so more rangers can show up and stop Rita.  This leads to the group splitting up.  Zordon, Alpha 5, Billy and Zach all go to the command center while Trini and Jason go to a museum to collect Rita’s Scepter.   (Note: At the beginning of the movie all the kids go to their local museum to see the display of “ancient tech” aka the scepter, Goldar, etc… it pretty much reminded me of the beginning museum scene in Scooby Doo 2)

Before they leave, Zordon gives Jason a power coin, which leads to Jason giving Billy a power coin. Two major fights happen at the same time.  Jason fights putties and a revived Goldar at the museum.  Jason kicks the putties ass but ends up losing badly to Goldar.  He ends up getting saved by Trini who nails Goldar with her car.  Jason gets in the car with Rita’s scepter and escapes.  Meanwhile, the Command Center has this security robot that almost kills Billy and Zach.  Billy falls off this walkway and morphs midway through the fall.  We don't see the morph we just see Billy as he recounts his survival.

Kim is like Jason Statham in Spy where he floats in and out, but once she becomes a Ranger, then she becomes a key player.  She actually encounters Rita, Baboo, Squatta, and Scorpiona first.  She meets them outside the police station and either follows them or sneaks onto their “ship”… it was getting kinda boring at this point, and I didn’t want to re-read it.

At the command center, Zordon is trying to build power to send a distress signal, but once he sees that Rita has assembled her group of assholes he then realizes that they’re going to need the Zords.  He sends Jason off to retrieve his in the jungle, but Jason didn't want to go alone and asked Billy to come.  Billy chickens out, and the two have a fight.  Zach defuses the situation by telling them that the earth is in trouble and to knock their shit off.  Zach then steps up and asked to be a Ranger to help.  Jason gives him a coin, and then Zordon sends both Zach and Jason to the Jungle.

There are bits in the jungle, but frankly, you don’t care.  The only thing that comes out of that sequence is the reveal that Zach is the Pink Ranger.

Meanwhile, Zordon is powering the ship and keeping eyes on Rita and her gang.  Rita is trying to find the command center and decides to investigate where Zordon initially landed.  Which is by Trini’s house.  Trini flips her shit and demands that Billy gives her a coin.  He does, and she rushes off.  Zordon’s pissed b/c she could get herself killed, so Billy goes after her.

Trini ends up in a fight with Rita and the gang.  Billy comes to help, and the two get their asses kicked.  Kimberly pops up and saves them by using a taser gun, brass knuckles, and a baton.  Don’t worry it only last for like five seconds, but then Rita beats her.  All three end up getting teleported out (along with Trini’s parents - who are knocked out) back to the command center.  This apparently made shit worse b/c it gave off their location.

Rita and the dickheads all head to the command center to ambush the Rangers.  Billy gives Kimberly a power coin, and they try to hold off the army of putties.  

Jason arrives with Zach in the T-Rex Zord but instead of calling the rest of the Zords.  Jason sees the opportunity to destroy Rita and fails.  Which leads to him getting drained and almost killed.

Zach and Jason are thrown from the Zords, and it’s Trini’s super speed that saves Jason from getting murdered by a sniper bullet.

Kimberly fights like a bad ass but then is teleported out by Billy once he realizes shit’s going south.  In the end, the Rangers lose the fight and the command center and are teleported.  Billy remains behind, and it's due to his suit that he’s able to hide in plain sight.  From there we discovered that the SOS message from Zordon did actually go through, but Rita reveals that all the Rangers are dead and that Lord Zedd is now in charge.   (Apparently, it’s been over 20K years, and this asshole's still alive so… okay….???)

Billy gets ahold of Kim first to tell her the news and the gang take it hard.  However, they realize that if they don’t regroup the world will be destroyed.

(From the actual script)

                                              Jason What’ve we got to lose, that we die twenty minutes before everyone else on the planet? I’m not gonna stand here, waiting for the world to end.  You wanna lose to them?  Really, they’re the ones who take out earth?

The Rangers yell our responses.  Consensus: Dominators suck.

                                             Jason I am not going to let our planet be destroyed by a bitch, a blue baboon, a bug and two rejects from the Muppet Show.

                                            Zach I heard that I want round two.

                                            Kim My cell phone hasn’t worked in over 24 hours, and I am PISSED OFF.

I will say in my opinion the funniest scene happens directly after this.  Which is the gang use Kim's car to get back at the command center.  

(From the actual script)

INT. KIM’S CAR - SHORTLY THEREAFTER

All of the Rangers are awkwardly asked into Kim’s car, driving in tense silence.

                                           Zach SAVING THE WORLD!

The Ranger immediately all start whooping and celebrating.

They only have one shot of using the teleport station, so they hold off using it.   Kim ends up destroying her car as she plows it into a pile of Putties by Jason’s T-Rex Zord.  The group splits up, causing Rita’s dipshit crew to split up as well.  That when Billy uses the teleport to zap everyone into Jason’s Zord.  Billy gets caught by Godar but teleports just in time.

From the T-Rex Zord, Jason summons the Mastodon, Saber Tooth Tiger, Pterodactyl, and Triceratops.  Everyone gets in their Zord and get into a massive fight.  Zach ends up blowing up this alien tech tower thingy that’s stopping all our communications.  Billy and Trini end up destroying this powerful cannon that the command center has.  Jason and Kim finish killing this spider alien ship thingy that Rita has.  (just go with it)

This pisses off Rita, so she makes Goldar grow.  Which BY THE WAY she does not say “Make my monster grow!” now excuse me if you’re throwing in alien spider ships you might as well commit to the cheese factor and put in the infamous fucking line.

The gang realizes that they are fucked, Jason’s red screen soon becomes multi-color, and he knows that shit’s about to go down b/c… that’s right… he activates the Megazord feature.  The group is barely in the Megazord for two minutes before they fuckin split up again.  Billy and Kim go back to the command center to shut shit down.  Scorpiona is trying to sabotage the Megazord on the outside, so Zach exits to fights her.  Jason and Trini end up using the Megazord to fight Goldar.  Jason is having a hard time focusing, due to the mental strain from the ship but soon realizes that Trini can handle it much easier.  He gives up control, and she takes point.  

In the End: Kim fights Rita and hold her own, but doesn’t actually beat her.  Billy stops Rita from activating some switch that would end up killing the earth.  For a second I thought they were gonna kill Billy, but they pussed out and didn’t.  Rita get’s teleported off Earth by Squatta, and baboo once they realize that the Rangers were winning.   Gondar is defeated by Trini and Zach beats Scorpiona.  

Alpha 5 and Zordon who were injured/damaged when Rita first invited the command center are fine, and the Rangers win the day.  People hook up, people say I love you, and everyone is celebrating like it’s 1999.

Cut to months later.. I guess.  I don’t know, but you assume it.  Anyways Trini’s in Harvard turning in her exams, and teleporting from the bathroom to a lake house.  All the rangers are there and have a fun time when Zordon call them saying that Rita is making an attempt to get another ship that was damaged in Tokyo.  The Ranger zoom off to save the day again.  The ending teaser scene is Lord Zedd realizing that Zordon is alive and that he has a power coin that is… wait for it… green.

Boom cut to black and me thanking God that the script is finally over.  I’ll post more differences once my brain reboots.

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