Bandora's Palace | A Tokusatsu Podcast
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -Two bearded bros with attitude watch and dissect their favorite super hero show where the heroes bleed sparks, ride dirt bikes, fight with the power of friendship, and always win when they bust out the giant robots.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a phenomenon in the US in the 1990s, but the show that provides it's basis and much of it's footage, Japan's Super Sentai, is part of a beloved genre that's been going strong since the early 1950s.
Together, Stephen and Pat will not only relive their childhood love of American Tokusatsu adaptations, but will explore the genre's Japanese roots and celebrate the transformative nature of American Sentai, as well as the general badassery of rubber monsters and giant mecha!
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Episodes
MMPR Episode 8 - The Nerds Are Multiplying
September 03, 2020 13:37 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBStephen and Pat are back to bring you... well, a Billy spotlight. Yeah, we know. Join us for questionable secret handshakes, unfortunate gender humor, mystery Asians, and Zelda references.
MMPR Episode 7 - The Raddest of Bugs!
September 01, 2020 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBStephen and Pat are back in Angel Grove for another episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! Join us for unexpected homoeroticism, unrealistic portrayals of children, terrible lip synching, and the introduction of an all time Power Rangers icon!
Zyuranger Episode 8 - Definitely A Sex Thing
August 27, 2020 13:43 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBToday, Pat and Stephen sit down to watch the Zyuranger episode from which Food Fight pulls it's footage and... boy, choices were made. Join us for inexplicable backflips, extremely sad fat children, creepy men with mustaches, and just, so much fetish content.
Zyuranger Episode 7 - Danning it Up
August 25, 2020 17:06 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBWe're back in fictional dinosaur Tokyo, and oh boy, it's a Dan spotlight episode! Join us for needlessly misunderstood villain gimmicks, fun hats, inexplicable child torture and unnecessarily depressing backstories
MMPR Episode 6 - Bucket Full Of Beans
August 20, 2020 13:34 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBStephen and Pat are back at it, and we're excited to bring you one that we've been hyping up for weeks: Food Fight! Join us for an embarrassment of riches that include but are not limited to: Questionable Fashion Choices, Ernie Getting Chicks, Weird Race Decisions, and Spicy, Spicy Peppers!
MMPR Episode 5 - Nerds Can't Dance
August 18, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBStephen and Pat are joined by Ash of Rogue Podron and Why Am I Watching This? Podcast to discuss Different Drum! We marvel at the physics of runaway laundry carts, dunk on nerds and fat dudes dancing, enjoy a surprisingly positive case of disability representation in 90s media and lament 90s sensibilities on LGBTQ issues. Also, gnomes!
Zyuranger Episode 6 - The Goddamn Dino Crystals
August 13, 2020 13:24 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBStephen and Pat return to enjoy the final installment of this very timey-wimey 2 parter! Things get unexpectedly real, Stephen gets extremely salty about crystals, and Dora Sphinx gets the type of character consistency we've only heard tell of in legend. Seriously guys, Dora Sphinx is the best. Also Daizyuzin!
Zyuranger Episode 5 - I Love Dora Sphinx
August 11, 2020 04:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBStephen and Pat are back at it again with another 2 part episode of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger! Join us as we puddle over poorly translated riddles, we rage over gross incompetence, we get extremely excited about well written villains, and we accidentally shit talk Power Rangers a lot. Oops!
MMPR Episode 4 - Fruit Shakes on the Zack Man
August 06, 2020 14:55 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWe're back in Angel Grove and... boy, is this a Power Rangers ass episode of Power Rangers! Join us for a Jason-centric episode featuring improbable plot devices, tickle fights, inexplicable crystals, and many, many weights.
MMPR Episode 3 - The Mayor of Garbage
August 04, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBStephen and Pat head back to Angel Grove with Episode 3 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Teamwork. We discuss the merits of civil service, get into the nitty gritty of early 90s environmental law, enjoy some break dancing and back flips, and relax with a cool glass of Putty Juice.
Zyuranger Episode 4 - The Hail Mary Play
July 30, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBStephen and Pat dive back into Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger for the thrilling conclusion of our 2 part adventure in the underworld! Will our heroes make it out in time? Will Bandora cause an existential crisis of the afterlife? Do Dan and Geki absolutely rock out with professional wrestler makeup? Find out in Reawaken, Legendary Weapons!
Zyuranger Episode 3 - Go To Hell!
July 28, 2020 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBStephen and Pat continue their rewatch of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, which is off to a strong start! But will they still feel so positively when they take a trip to literal Christian Hell? Does Boi want to kill his friends? Does Barza fuck? Find out in today's episode of Bandora's Palace!
Zyuranger Episode 2 - Always Aim For The Eyes
July 23, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBStephen and Pat are back with the epic conclusion to the series premiere of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger! Will the children survive? Is the spaceship still tiny? Will the White Wizard Barza ever truly make himself useful? Stay tuned and find out!
Zyuranger Episode 1 - Bandora's Day Out
July 21, 2020 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBIt's a whole new world filled with familiar faces as Stephen and Pat watch episode 1 of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger for the very first time! Join as we experience a world of evil witches and white wizards, secret underground dinosaur shrines, child astronauts, and rad dudes with big swords! We're not in Angel Grove any more!
MMPR Episode 2 - The Human Chain
July 20, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBMighty Morphin Power Rangers is off to one hell of a start as Stephen and Pat check out Episode 2: High Five! Trini is hysterical, Billy is utterly worthless, and Jason displays... questionable tactics in this classic, character driven episode.
MMPR Episode 1 - After 10,000 Years I'm Free!
July 19, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBStephen and Pat are diving in with an old favorite: Episode 1 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! Join as we're struck by wave after wave of 90s nostalgia, we have immediate and pressing concerns with Jason's sense of fashion, and we notice some unsettling behavior in Zordon as we experience the episode that began an empire all over again!
Episode 0 - Wanna Watch Some Tokusatsu?
July 18, 2020 16:26 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBStephen and Pat sit down for the very first time to introduce ourselves and the concept for our show! We discuss our history with the Tokusatsu genre and the areas where it *may* be a little lacking, and we layout our plans for Season 1 of Bandora's Palace podcast!