Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Power Rangers has its own version of Skynet, and it led to a Terminator-style post-apocalyptic future. While Power Rangers is usually associated with Mighty Morphin, there have multiple seasons since the original series ended in 1995. Power Rangers would continue to follow the Angel Grove characters until 1998 when Zordon’s death led to the beginning of a new era for the show.
Ironically, Venjix was created by Dr. K, the scientist who would help Earth fight back by assembling a team of Power Rangers. Funnily enough, Dr. K’s Ranger Operator program was already in development when Venjix served humanity, meaning this artificial intelligence helped create the Power Rangers that would one day fight its army. Although there are plenty of sci-fi stories about A.I.s taking over the world, R.P.M. has a lot of direct connections to Terminator.
R.P.M. made the most of the Super Sentai show it was based on, Engine Sentai Go-onger. This was the first Power Rangers show to have a car motif since 1997, yet R.P.M. could not have been more different from Turbo. The characters are all well-developed, Dr. K is a very unique Ranger mentor, and the dynamic between the team is great. R.P.M.