DinoThunder: An Opertunity Lost?

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DinoThunder proved to be a fan favorite season. And probably the most popular of the Disney produced seasons, thus far.

When you look at the characters, you could really see how it would have been a great time to go back to continuing casts. The DT Rangers were kids in high school, much like the original Ranger teams. Since they weren't tied to a Ninja School like the NS Rangers ( who would be great canidates otherwise), it would have been more plausible for them to get tottally unrelated Powers.

I'd suspect JDF wouldn't have been able to have been back. But you could have wrote him off and continue with the other castmembers.

The big obstecale would have been the Dekaranger footage. Which was much different than Abaranger and was based off a space cop theme. But through proper editing and innovative thinking you could have gotten around that.

I'd tie everything together to the greater PRU. Lets say that the UAE had been resembled and was causing turmoil in the galaxy. SPD would be an orginzation set up to protect the universe after Countdown To Destuction

Lets say the core DT team are attending school at Angel Grove University. Trent would be elsewhere. Devin and Cassidy would attend the school.

An force loyal to the UAE would restore Lothor ( his genetic sample surviving the destruction of Mesogog's Lair). Commanding him to conquer Earth. Lothor could have recruited Zeltrax to be his general ( who would have been revealed to have survived his aparent demise, not like he didn't get "destoryed" a few times). Lothor would be assisted by Broodwing, a servant of the new leader of the UAE ( Emporoer Gruumm). And would have all Broodwings technology to work with.

Sky Tate would be an alien SPD officer sent to Earth by Tommy. To recruit the DT team to once again be Power Rangers, to Ensure Earth would be protected from a UAE threat. It would be revealed that Tommy was in a secret mission in outer space. And shockingly, Trent had gone with him.

Sky would be SPD Red. Conner would be SPD Blue, Ethan would be Green, and Kira would be yellow. By a strange twist, Cassidy would end up becoming SPD Pink. Anton Mercer could be the mentor, having used his company to set up ficilities for the team ( knowing Tommy's plans). With Hayley back for tech support. Devin could fill the Boom role, in a less Zany way.

It would be interesting for the Rangers to have to deal with Anton as mentor. Since he would be less democratic then Tommy. Also Conner would be mad that he wasn't Red anymore. And for the first time not the team captian. Cassidy would be interesting to see as she adjusts to being a Ranger.The Rangers would also have to deal with Sky's more military approach to leadership.

Early on we could be introcduced to an alien theif named Jack Landors. Who Sky had been chasing earlier. He would rob from the rich to give to the poor. He would end up jioning the team as the Shadow Ranger. Much later Trent would return from Outer Space with the Omega Ranger powers.

The season could lead into yet another continuing season, carrying on with the remifications of the new UAE. Which would require more innovation, as you try and adapt Magiranger footage.

It would have been a great point to continue PR as a continuing saga again. Of course the opertunity is long gone. But its fun to look back and think about what could have been. Even if it is fan fic like. I did try to be realistic. Which is one of the main reason why I proceeded as if JDF couldn't be brought back.