There's a certain amount of cognitive dissonance underlying the production of Bryan Spicer's 1995 kids flick "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie." Thanks to the popularity of their TV series, the Power Rangers had become a pop phenomenon , grabbing the majority of eyeballs within a very specific age group. To remind readers, the original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV series re-used a lot of footage from the Japanese tokusatsu series "Super Sentai," intercutting it with new material featuring American actors (some of whom even reunited decades later for 2023's "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always" ). It was cheap to film, quick to produce, and it made boatloads of cash.

"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" also borrowed footage from "Super Sentai," but it containe

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