EPISODE 292 - Powerball Rangers

Nothing like a group of 30-year-olds sitting around talking about the Power Rangers. Of course, if you’re a longtime listener to this show that will come as no surprise. We often spend more time than we should talking about TV shows and cartoons we watched as kids. There’s a good reason it was brought up on today’s show though. Haim Saban, the filthy rich fellow that created the Power Rangers brand has reached a deal with Lionsgate to re-imagine the Power Rangers on the big screen. There has been some sort of Power Rangers iteration on television since 1993. The current, SUPER MEGAFORCE is still sticking with the five member team of teenagers color-coded red, blue, black, pink and yellow. The Rangers have been to theaters twice and those films were a slight increase special effects-wise from the show. It’ll be interesting to see how this film will look. Even today, the show’s fighting sequences, costume quality and acting isn’t too different than it was in ’93. Maybe they’ll go a dark, gritty, Chris Nolan route. You can’t go wrong with that… just ask the MAN OF STEEL. Grown men talking about the Power Rangers can’t be any worse than grown men watching and believing the WWE is real, can it? We get into this conversation during the New Releases segment since WRESTLEMANIA XXX is coming to home video this week. It’s a little sad to see a 40-year-old going as nuts as a ten-year-old over the matches. It’s one thing if he’s doing it for the sake of his kid… but if he genuinely believes the body slam he’s cheering for is real — which there are those guys out there that do — then that’s a different, more sad story. SpikeTV is bringing back the mini-series! You don’t see those too much anymore, except maybe on the Hallmark Channel. In 2015 the network for men… and now women too, will tell the tale of King Tutankhamun and how he became Egypt’s most famous Pharaoh. Murder, mystery, intrigue! All of these elements will be entombed in the story of his rise and fall. SpikeTV wants to broaden its audience and this they say, is their first step in that direction. Musician Deadmau5 took to Twitter this past week to complain about one of his more popular songs being included on one of those “Now That’s What I Call…” albums. This one caters to the techno and dance music crowd. The man who credits himself with inventing EDM (Electronic Dance Music) seemed pretty ticked off that his “Suckfest9001″ track was included in the compilation without his knowing. He even threatened Universal Music Group, the company behind the album, with a cease and desist! Although, it was in a tweet, no official court action as of this writing. Charlie — who’s into EDM — breaks down the EDM scene and why Deadmau5 got included on this album. Apparently there’s a popularity threshold that once crossed, means your stuff, whether you like it or not, may get thrown onto these cookie cutter discs. Pot lovers in Colorado couldn’t wait for the ballot initiative legalizing the stuff to pass. Now that it has, the high they’re getting legally, just isn’t good enough. At least, for a select Darwinian few it’s not. They’re producing something called hash oil, which in some cases is 60% or more THC. As a result the super-concentrated goop gets you a faster, more potent high. One problem, making the stuff is as dangerous as making meth, according to fire officials in Denver. You have to use butane which is highly flammable and explosive. Already, just five months into this year there’s been as many hash oil-related explosion injuries as there was ALL of last year. Is it legal though under the law to make the stuff? That’s the issue that’s up for debate. We discuss, but more so laugh at this whole situation. And lastly, Captain America got caught sending dick pics to a teenage girl. Now before you ladies race to Google trying to find Chris Evans’ winter soldier, let me say it’s not THAT Captain America. This Steven Rogers could be found at Universal Studios theme park. He could also be found on the girls’ Instagram. That’s where she posted a picture she took with him while visiting the park. And that’s where he found her and befriended her online. Before too long he was sexting her, even after she told him she was only 16. He wanted her to ‘marvel’ at his member, but it didn’t work out that way and he was arrested instead. The theme park fired him too. Maybe there’s a job for him as a Power Ranger when he gets outta jail. I’m sure once this new movie gets made you’ll see those guys everywhere. Show Links: Fox’s “Gotham” YouTube: Halo Legendary Speedrun – 1:38:57 TerryCrews.com “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” Official Website The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Lionsgate SpikeTV Hulu Pizza Hut Follow @deadmau5 on Twitter AllMusic.com: Now That’s What I Call EDM 2014 USA TODAY: Explosive results as amateurs make super-strong pot Gawker: Captain America Arrested for Sending Dick Pics to a Teenage Girl