Power Rangers Samurai Christmas Together DVD Review

 

Interview with Cerina Vincent October 5, 2012Cast, InterviewsComments Off RangerCrew is hosting a two-part interview with Cerina Vincent, also known as Maya from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. The first part of the interview has been posted to RangerCrew. Stay tuned for the audio interview with Cerina this weekend! We would like to thank Cerina for taking the time to talk to us about Power Rangers and her current projects. Check out the following links to learn more about Cerina. Cerina Vincent’s Official Site Cerina Vincent’s Twitter Busted Foundation Read more » Power Rangers Samurai Christmas Together, Friends Forever DVD Review October 5, 2012Products, ReviewsComments Off Power Rangers: Samurai Christmas Special I got my review copy of the upcoming Power Rangers Samurai Christmas Together, Friends Forever DVD in the mail today! These DVDs are produced by Lionsgate and will release on October 16th. You can pre-order your copy today at Amazon. Unboxing the Power Rangers Samurai Christmas Together, Friends Forever DVD The front cover of the Christmas DVD box is an improvement from the Monster Bash DVD, but not as spectacular as the previous Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Super Samurai DVDs. The bright color usage of the box is a nice touch, but doesn’t scream Christmas. The primary graphic featuring the Rangers in front of a Christmas Tree makes up for the theme. The back cover looks great with the usage of promotional photos for the three episodes. This DVD comes with a glossy O-card packaging, which resembles the concept used in the Samurai and Super Samurai DVDs. The artwork used on the box covers is also rendered on the DVDs. No printed material or advertisement was included with the DVD. Click on the images below to view their full size.

        

 Power Rangers Samurai Christmas Together Friends Forever DVD consists of the Power Rangers Samurai Christmas Together, Friends Forever episode and two Power Rangers Holiday specials: I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and A Season To Remember (Power Rangers Zeo). The DVD is 63 minutes long.

DVD Menus

 The primary graphic in the DVD Main Menu is the same one used on the DVD Box.  Just like the DVD Box Cover, the DVD Menu is not as great as the previous Lionsgate DVDs. The menu continues the tradition with the Power Rangers Samurai instrumental music.  I preferred the look of the secondary menus over the primary ones.  The secondary menus utilizes images from the Christmas Together episodes. No music is played on the secondary menus. As mentioned in the past Lionsgate reviews, the DVD menus look solid with artwork and the appropriate font usage, in addition to the Power Rangers Samurai instrumental music playing in the background.  The chosen images for the Samurai and Mighty Morphin episodes are great, but the Zeo ones feels off with the usage of the Zeo villains.  I would’ve preferred another shot of the Rangers.  I have uploaded a few of the menu screenshots to Samurai Cast.

Episodes

Christmas Together, Friends Forever

Power Rangers Samurai “Christmas Together, Friends Forever” is the Full Screen (4:3) rather than the Widescreen version that we’ve seen on television and Netflix.  This is the same format that was used on the Monster Bash DVD.  The format makes sense to resemble the same format used in the two Power Rangers specials.  Despite the full screen resolution, the video and audio quality looks great.  I would’ve preferred the widescreen format.  The episode ends with the full screen credits (rather than the split screen credits), which can also be seen on NickToons and Netflix versions. For more information on Power Rangers: Samurai “Christmas Together, Friends Forever”, check out the Episode Guide on Samurai Cast.

Power Rangers Holiday Specials

I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and A Season To Remember (Power Rangers Zeo).  The quality is pretty close to the great quality from the Shout! Factory DVD Box Set.  Both of the episodes had the Saban Brands logo animation (seen after every Power Rangers Samurai episodes) after the end credits. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 3 “I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger” is the  standard 21 minute version (and not the 29 minute VHS version based on  SirStack’s Episode  Comparison).  I loved both of these holiday specials.  One interesting addition was the Tanya’s “Stick Together” Music Video.  This music video played after the Zeo holiday special.

Bonus Features

The Power Rangers holiday episodes were the primary bonus features on this DVD.  The DVD also includes the Power Rangers Swarm video, Train like a Ranger video, and the Mega Bloks Holiday toymation.

Mega Bloks Holiday Toymation

The Mega Bloks Holiday Toymation was an adorable animation sequence created by Mega Bloks.  I enjoyed this video over the other bonus features.

Train like a Ranger

 

The DVD comes with 5 ”Train like a Ranger” videos.   You can watch these videos on the Official Youtube Channel.

                   

Trailers

The DVD starts with the following trailers: Power Rangers Samurai DVDs, Wolverine and X-Men Blu-ray, Next Avengers DVD, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVD. These trailers are also included in the Special Features section of both Power Rangers Super Samurai DVDs. The following video is the Power Rangers: Samurai DVD Promo.