The Spandex Report: The Power Rangers Newsletter

The Spandex Report
Delayed Due to Monster Attack
May 15, 2011

News

- Matt Austin will soon be hosting a random draw to give away a Red SPD suit to a lucky winner who donates towards his newest short film. More information can be found here and here.

Next Episode Airtimes

- Samurai - Team Spirit (Nickelodeon - Sat. May 21, 2011 at 12:00pm)
- Samurai - The Tengen Gate (Nickelodeon - Sat. May 28, 2011 at 12:00pm)

Team Spirit episode synopsis, spoilers, highlight to read -=- When a Nighlok steals people's spirits, including the Yellow Ranger's, the other Rangers must defeat him before his victims fall into an eternal sleep. -=-

Blogs, RPGs, and Communities

- ranger_recaps posted recaps of Stitch Witchery and The Wheel of Fate.
- pr_samurai has discussion posts up for The Blue and the Gold: PR-Only Post/For comparisons to the Sentai version.
- pr_meta has a discussion on power addiction.
- snowynight is running a pan-fandom female-centric relationship fest at fandom_fest. Information can be found here. If you think you can stretch your PR fanfic chops with this, feel free to sign up!
- femslash11 has a poll for which fandoms should be included in this year's ficathon, and Power Rangers is an option.
- rivulet027 is asking permission to create pairing specific masterlists

Fanfiction

- Bystander Effect by Hagar (MMPR, Aisha/Shawna, PG)
- Earth's Song Chapter 8, Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 by dj_rocca (NS/JF, T)
- The Watcher by queenriley (PRS, Jayden/Antonio, G)
- Summer's Boys Chapter 53 by Guardian of Hope (RPM, Scott/Flynn/Summer, T)
- The Power of Friends Chapter 38 by Guardian of Hope (Multi-season, T)
- First Mystic Chapter 3 by Guardian of Hope (Multi-season, T)
- The Edge of Glory by Syd and Z (SPD, T)

Artwork

- Power Rangers Trini Kwan by Angrysmurf (MMPR)
- Thunder Brothers by Rebel-Paisley (NS)
- Power Rangers RPM Gem by Angrysmurf (RPM)
- Doctor K pin up by Angrysmurf (RPM)
- PR Wild Force Taylor by Angrysmurf (WF)
- Bulk and Skull by Joekearon (MMPR)
- Rita Repulsa by kato-Regama (MMPR)
- Power Rangers by glantern133 (MMPR)
- Power Rangers Commish by animeVSreality (SPD/TF)
- Kimberly Hart by Mac-Leod (MMPR)
- Tommy Oliver by Mac-Leod (Zeo)
- Jason Lee Scott by Mac-Leod (MMPR)
- Zack Taylor by Mac-Leod (MMPR)
- My Precious Pink Princess by inkypaws productions (MMPR)
- Power Rangers Samurai by color art blue (PRS)
- MMPR Terrored by anw rev (MMPR)
- Tommy Green and White Ranger by darkssj3goku (MMPR)
- Powr Rangers - Trini Kwan by Black Wolf Demons (MMPR)
- Red Ranger by BronzeAthelete (MMPR)
- Green Ranger by Artist Eternal (MMPR)
- RPM Dylan and Ziggy by angrysmurf (RPM)

Multimedia

- Vid: Unexpected Arrival by catt021 (PRS)
- Vid: Crack(ers) and Power Ranger Pretzels by RevolutionChick

Notable Discussion

Henshin Justice Unlimited

- Samurai Episode: Room for One More
- Samurai Episode: The Blue and the Gold
- PR Samurai: Power Rangers Samurai - News/Rumors/Discussion!

- General: Gokai adaptation speculation.

Power Morphicon

- Samurai Episode: Room for One More
- PR Samurai: Power Rangers Samurai - General Discussion

Power Rangers United

- Samurai Episode: Room for One More
- Samurai Episode: The Blue and the Gold
- PR Samurai: Antonio...the New Gold Ranger!
- PR Samurai: Spike

- General: Biggest Plot Hole Of Them All
- General: Will We Forever Lose Touch With The Zordon-era?
- General: Saban 1.0, Disney, Or Saban 2.0?
- General: The Original Script Of Forever Red

Rangerboard

- Samurai Episode: Unexpected Arrival
- Samurai Episode: Room for One More
- Samurai Episode: The Blue and the Gold
- PR Samurai: Power Rangers Samurai General News

- General: For a superhero, I sure need YOUR help a lot ;)
- General: EVENT: No Pink Spandex Live - Saturday, April 30th - Guest: David Yost
- General: What if there wasn't any behind the scenes drama?
- General: Most epic scene in Power Rangers history
- General: If you could ask Zordon anything
- General: Our MMPR Cosplay at WonderCon 2011, San Francisco
- General: Would Finster have joined the Power Rangers, if given the chance?
- General: Which Power Rangers would you want to return in an American version of Gokaiger?
- General: DT Hayley is related to Karl Ziktor
- General: Spirit Rangers are...American Made? Wait, what...?
- General: What do you think older Sentai would have been called if they were Power Rangers?
- General: Were there any other recurring PR-exclusive allies?
- General: What exactly happened to Jackie Marchand?
- General: Power Rangers S.P.D. to be dubbed in Japanese

Rangercrew

- Samurai Episode: The Blue and the Gold
- PR Samurai: Power Rangers Samurai Discussion
- PR Samurai: PR Samurai Ratings Thread
- PR Samurai: Has Bulk taken a step back???
- PR Samurai: PRS S2: Possible New Morph?

- General: Who would and would not comeback
- General: A question about Turbo
- General: Power Rangers 2013 Adaptation
- General: The Power Rangers Franchise 1 Year After the Sale From Disney to Saban Brands
- General: Rita and Zedd
- General: Passing the Torch question.
- General: Should Justin have been the 2nd Red Turbo Ranger?
- General: PR in Space Question
- General: Were the writers considering making Kat have a relapse in season 3?
- General: Judd Lynn on the Phantom Ranger
- General: How would you feel about a self-parody season?
- General: MMPR in Gokaiger!
- General: Flash Morph
- General: Power Rangers S.P.D. to be dubbed in Japanese.

Tokusatsu Fusion

- PR Samurai: Power Rangers Samurai Discussion Thread


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