So, Gekiranger is a little more than half done in japan. I think the ' american' title is going to be jungle fury .. More tonight

A Look At Red #16

And to begin once again...

Character: Nick Russell (Bowen)
Actor: Firass Dirani
Ranger: Red Mystic Ranger, The Light
Picture From: Ranger Central



I've decided to return to my commentary on the Red Rangers with a continuing installment of the men in Red. At first I held no interest whatsoever in the current season. I don't believe the writers really quite knew what to do with the character of Nick. Firass is actually a decent actor but the role was flatter than a steamrolled pancake. There was great angst potential with him and it fell a bit short. Let's break down the angst module:

Heavy hinting from the very first episode (via a red blanket) that he is the long lost child of Udonna (Snow White at 40) when he does find out that Udonna is his mother its so anti-climatic... no grand declarations that "It's not true! That's in impossible" just a simple.. "You're my mom? Hi mom!"

Koragg, turning out to be his dad under a really powerful spell, would certainly be a cause for great angst. And that angle seemed to be the only avenue for his angst to vent. (Being psychically linked to your postal dad that's trying to kill you, tends to do that to a person)

Being the outsider from the big city to the small sleepy town (with a major shopping district for destroying massive amounts of buildings and property) and being the first accused of any deviant behavior (Ala stealing the daily deposit to the record store) was touched on mildly but later repercussions never thoroughly discussed.

All in all... Nick was a pretty bland character who might have been a slightly less mediocre Ranger had it not been for Richard Brancatisano's (Xander) show stealing presence.