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Power Rangers Operation Overdrive

#614: PROO 1710 "Lights, Camera, Dax".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Boukenger, episode 13.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 22:39;10.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits (version 2 debuts)

Source Description Edit Note
BOUKEN #13.

In the forest, Moltor leads a trio of Lava Lizards into a clearing, where he gestures, causing red lightning to crash down and burst the dirt. Moltor nods while his Lava Lizards react, to Skeltex slowly standing up and crackling with red electricity, before opening his mouth widely. Moltor nod-talks and motions arm during slow zoom in. Pan up Skeltex as he responds.

Cropped; transitions in; shot 11 is trimmed to reduce dialogue.

BOUKEN #13.

Zoom out as Skeltex speaks atop a beach rock while a trio of Lava Lizards reposition around him.

Cropped.

BOUKEN #13.

Distant shot of the rocky beach as each Ranger faces a Lava Lizard or two.

Cropped; US/NZ replaces surround fight footage just for the sake of doing so.

BOUKEN #13.

Red jumpkicks during sharp zoom-in.

Cropped.

BOUKEN #13.

Skeltex surges with reddish electricity.

Cropped.

BOUKEN #13.

Extreme close-up on Red's helmet headlights flashing.

Cropped; recycled, per source.

BOUKEN #13.

Red raises his Drive Lance overhead to pose with.

Cropped; cuts surrounding and follow-up stuff, US/NZ replaces some in fact.

BOUKEN #13.

Black sparkily bashes a pair of Lava Lizards with his Drive Slammer. Yellow leaps up then sparkily strikes a Lava Lizard with her Drive Claws. Pink fires her Drive Geyser at a Lava Lizard, bursting it, then turns and takes out another. Red leaps up and slashes his Drive Lance as Skeltex leaps up and slashes claws.

Cropped; US/NZ replaces follow-up of Red and Skeltex meeting in midair to add a Kalishplosion (I suspect the censors had issues with Drive Lance's sharp knife end).

BOUKEN #13.

Skeltex lands and turns to face the Rangers as they regroup around Red, who speaks and points his Drive Lance. Skeltex spreads arms and fires a crackling of red electricity forth, exploding behind the four in dramatic slow motion.

Cropped; shots 3 is trimmed to reduce dialogue; cuts final shot and follow-ups to remove additional explosion in front of Rangers, a big censor no-no.

BOUKEN #13.

Skeltex races toward the beach cave.

Cropped; US/NZ identically replaces prior shot of Skeltex breaking off from Red; cuts follow-up of Rangers shaking from the quake and Red stopping Black from following.

BOUKEN #13.

Now inside the cave during an earthquake, Skeltex tries going further into it.

Cropped; cuts follow-up of Rangers watching the outside.

BOUKEN #13.

As the entrance to the cave collapses, Skeltex is buried under falling rocks, and falls to the equally rocky ground.

Cropped; cuts follow-up close-up of his foot being buried under rocks.

BOUKEN #13.

The ground ceases quaking as the cave entrance is now fully blocked by debris.

Cropped; cuts follow-up of four Rangers talking then departing when quaking resumes.

BOUKEN #13.

Blue uses his Drive Vortex to fly out of the hole in the cave ceiling.

Squeezed & Blue added to footage with counterpart & woman erased; cuts later Megazord fight against Skeltex, among other usable footage.

Ending Credits