Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy (2014 fan-film)

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Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy (PRLG 2014 can be preferred as Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy 2014 or Lost Galaxy 14) is a a fan-film, to the Power Rangers franchise and based on one of Saban's entries in the show, of the same name. It is the first fully made installment in Marsh's Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy (Fan-Film Series), after many attempts by him were planned a decade prior when he was younger before and after being of age in the early 2010s and when a fan film attempt of Lost Galaxy by him had been stuck in Development Hell until this point. It was originally set Summer 2014 release, but it was pushed back to Fall 2014. It is the 10th fan-film project attempt entry of Lost Galaxy and it is the first of a trilogy of films, part of the Marsh-Verse. Starting with this film, this has nothing to do with the actual TV series itself, it's a fan-film that was directed, written, produced, by Anthony Marsh, Jr with the film also edited by him and voice roles for the characters.

It is the first Power Rangers fan-film - for its production medium - to require both mounting board-made Paper Puppets (with faces of some of the following movie and TV actors featured as the characters' likenesses) and Action Figures to represent as the film's characters and the fan-film is being edited on Sony Vegas Pro 10 and to be finalized by Windows Live Movie Maker.

A sequel, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Wrath of Trakeena, was released in 2018. It was originally to be slated for a 2019 release. In 2015, an Extended Edition has been confirmed and was released in 2019 (five years after its original release). The extended cut was released in January 2019 during the 20th Anniversary of Lost Galaxy. As of 2019, the original version of the film (originally uploaded November 5-10, 2014) is no longer available on YouTube as it has been deleted.

Another sequel, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Infinite Frontier, will be released in 2022, serving as the conclusion to this series.

Another reboot, also titled Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, is currently in development and will be released in 2022 which will be apart of an upcoming fan film shared universe known as the Power Rangers Lightning Universe.

Production
The film is set in a alternate timeline and its an alternate untold side-story and is eponymously based on Marsh's fan-fiction era of Power Rangers and his point of view of how he sees the franchise in his personal perspective and It is obviously and eponymously half-based on its same season predecessor of the Power Rangers TV series that aired in 1999, adapted by Saban Entertainment (now known apparent as Saban Brands, inc.) on Fox Kids. Like both, The sentai source -its jungle forest concept- was never used. Marsh's take on Lost Galaxy also borrowed the "Space Opera" genre from its Power Rangers TV counterpart for the movie. The fan film was released to celebrate Lost Galaxy's 15th Anniversary in 2014

It is obviously and eponymously half- based on its same season predecessor Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, the seventh season of the Power Rangers TV series, but unlike its actual TV counterpart, the reboot will serve as an untold alternate side-story set 15 years after " Journey's End " and avoiding the Galaxy Rangers' last appearance and involvement with the Rangers of Lightspeed Rescue in the teamup " Trakeena's Revenge ".

On July 20, 2012, after Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Rise of Trakeena has been terminated, the cast in the fan-film currently still consisted big-name actors (excluding Marsh, who is just a regular person) to play the Power Rangers and their villains and allies, with the film set to feature first actor likeness of Wes Bentley who was supposed to play the real Red Galaxy Ranger  Leo Corbett (who was originally played by Danny Slavin on the show), who returns to recruit 4 new individuals to become the Power Rangers in this film, but it was later confirmed by Marsh he is  Tony Marshall  (replacing  Tobey Maguire ). The reboot also features new faces to Marsh's PRLG fan-film/Marshverse cast family such as Don Cheadle as  Browne Jones (replacing  Tony Terrell-Smith / Charlie Murphy ), and  Katie Cassidy   as  Gwen McQueen (replacing  Shannon Spruill / Rachel Dillinger ). Marsh was going to repraise his own character of AJ Weems but as of January 2013, it was confirmed that Marsh will not include him in this picture or the remainer of the new series. Rider Strong's continuing likeness was going to be Billy Jamesfor the new film, but decided not to so his part has been recast with Josh Cooke. On November 26, 2012,  Kieran Culkin was been indicted as Marsh's next fan-casting choice to the cast to be his new Yellow Ranger  Thorne Campbell  in the film.

The Lost Galaxy Rangers in this film (and fan-fiction continuity/series in whole) are completely new and different from the ones from the actual Saban-produced season of the TV series - Leo Corbett, Damon Henderson,  Kendrix Morgan,  Maya, and  Kai Chen, altogether played by Danny Slavin,  Reggie Rolle,  Valerie Vernon,  Cerina Vincent, and  Archie Kao  respectively - unfortunately, the original characters are not in this film since this is Marsh's reboot era of the same Power Rangers season. thus, the original Galaxy Rangers would be referenced in the film throughout. On August 25, 2012, actress and model icon Jerry Hall was presumed to be fan cast as the Galaxy Rangers' most known enemy  Trakeena. On January 25, 2013, it was confirmed by Marsh (via YouTube on the fan-film's fan user created channel made to support the film, PRLostGalaxy2014), that Trakeena will NOT be in the film (this will mark the second time Marsh has laid the character back for a Power Rangers fan-film, first being The Rise of Trakeena (2010-2012)), instead, her absence has led the character's stead to be replaced with a shadowy, mysterious [male] villain "far twice more superior and powerful than the Power Rangers and their Megazords combined".

Production was supposed to be begin in June 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As of 2022, the film was shot in his hometown of Gaithersburg, Maryland in the Hadley Farms community. This was supposed to be the first Power Rangers fan film to be complete shot in 3D but will also be available in both 2D and 3D formats, respectively. Marsh also intended to shoot the early first half of the film while living in what would be his final months of residing in Gaithersburg, Maryland in the Hadley Farms community and made the option by the time his brother Austin graduated from Watkins Mill High School.

The fan-film was originally entitled, despite this being considered Marsh's final fan-film attempt, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The End of Destiny.

Premise
As declared to be The Untold Story of the Lost Galaxy universe of Power Rangers, 5 new [adult] individuals begin "their" journey (following their descendants in the TV series, though not in connection) as they pull the legendary 3,000+ year old Quasar Sabers to become to new Lost Galaxy Power Rangers while they also travel across the dark centers of space onboard the Terra Venture Mark II space colony.

The main villain in this reboot film of the series is Lord Metarex, the grand ruler of the Dark Galaxy and leader of the evil Zeon Empire, as he begins malicious conquest to destroy and conquer the entire galaxy. It is also confirmed by Marsh that Metarex has plans to resurrect the Machine Empire (originally by King Mondo in Power Rangers: Zeo) as he merges his empire with the late Mondo's. It has been confirmed that the Magna Defender will make an appearance in this film starting in the middle of it all the way to the climax.

Leo and his friends and brother (Mike, Damon, Kendrix, Kai, and Maya) will not be in the reboot nor the new series.

Cast of Characters (Fan-Casted)
Main Article: List of Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy (2014 film) Cast of Characters

Power Rangers

 * Wes Bentley as   Tony Marshall :
 * The new Red Galaxy Ranger and the leader of the new Galaxy Rangers.


 * Katie Cassidy as  Gwen McQueen  (Pink Galaxy Ranger 3.0)
 * Josh Cooke as  Billy James  (Blue Galaxy Ranger 2.0)
 * Don Cheadle as  Browne Jones  (Green Galaxy Ranger 2.0)
 * Kieran Culkin as  Thorne Campbell  (Yellow Galaxy Ranger 4.0)
 * Donnie Wahlberg as  Jess Marshall  (Magna Defender 3.0)

Rumored to Returned

 * Anthony Marsh, Jr as  AJ Weems  (Yellow Galaxy Ranger 2.0)
 * NOTE: Marsh was originally was going to reprise his role from  Power Rangers LG: The Rise of Trakeena  for this film. As of 2014, it has been debunked.

Villains

 * Tony Todd as the voice of  Lord Metarex
 * Michael Fassbender as  Villamax

Themes and Concept
Main Article:  Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy (2014 fan-film) Production Diaries

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy mostly relied on its initial themes of "Young Heroes starting their destiny".

Quite unique in Power Rangers and within past seasons, the franchise began to be independent and self-detained, which initially started with this series' TV version. The reboot is not related to this or the entire Power Rangers universe in whole, though the film borrows a lot of references from it (including any of the seasons' episodes, villains', events, etc.) and creates homages from past shows including its contemporary predecessor within the story and via on screen. Power Rangers LG also carries the themes of "trust", "hatred to one another", "rivalry, love, friendship, and differences between fantasy and reality. The film's main theme is "Destiny". The destiny theme is mostly used to determine how the Power Rangers tend to fulfill their duties to save the universe from whatever force of evil strikes onboard -or in some cases, not- Terra Venture within the film. Tony Marshall uses the theme in order to try (without die trying) and avenge the people he has lost over the years in his life (such as family, friends, etc.).

The film's background is set in the near but not too distant future.

Casting
Main Article:  Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy (2014 film) Casting 

Filming
According to Marsh, production on the fan-film began mid-Summer 2013 and was supposed to cease, possibly early Winter 2013. Early cinematography work began on March 28, 2013.

Filming actually lasted from September 20, 2013 to April 8, 2014.

Non-Profit/Commercial Marketing and Promotion
Like Marsh did in  2011 for The Rise of Trakeena,, the Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy 2014 Fan-Film has a unofficial Facebook Fan-Page for anyone who uses the site to give him some support on the fan-film's existence. The page is more likely made for those who are and/or were fans of the Lost Galaxy series of the show. As of March 2013, its Fan-Page has reached up to 5 likes.

The fan-film has a unofficial YouTube channel made by Marsh, since August 31, 2012.

Reception
Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy 2014 drew criticism regarding its production value and the choice Marsh made making the Fan Film to be a Paper Puppet fan made film rather than fan films at the time (like Zordon of Eltar, Teenagers With Attitude, and the canceled Dominic Sivilli created MMPR) that had live action actors, crowdfunding, and fandom interest.

The fan film was universally panned. Marsh was given critical backlash and online harassment for the fan film by some on the Power Rangers forum site, RangerBoard, whom in their Fan Film Discussion [No Fundraising Allowed] thread between 2013 and 2014 ridiculed the film and Marsh's rising prominence on YouTube (even this very fandom wiki) until Marsh (as PRLostGalaxy2014 on YouTube) was ultimately and permanently banned from being apart of the forum. However, Marsh was never a member but he took notice of those in the following criticized and called him out to be a "Troll". He was such assumed to be trolling. Fans that heard of Marsh making this film were enraged with his idea of his 2014 fan project being a puppet film where the characters are made of cardboard and paper rather than an actualized live action one.

For example, a commenter on one of Marsh's videos in 2014 stated "Nobody fucking cares what you have to say. You fail as a movie maker. No one fucking cares about your videos. Your [Power Rangers Lost Galaxy] fan film is going to suck." while proudly stating he "Can't wait to watch MMPR, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: First Wave, Teenagers With Attitude and Zordon of Eltar and Saban's new MMPR movie is already better(s) than your stupid PRLG movie. Stick to your day job. Stop playing with puppets. Growing the fuck up. Fucking faggot." The commenter in which made the point but it deterred Marsh. A video response to the person was made by him immediately.

The film was criticized for its production value most of all. At the time, Marsh was living with his father (until his death in September 2015) and his brother (whom as "DrunkenRiderX" on RangerBoard explaining why Marsh got the online harassment he received during the time the project was made), and couldn't afford to be on his own. Pretty much living at home in between the house basement and bedroom when the film was made. The gameplay recordings for games like Grand Theft Auto V (on PlayStation 3) and Call of Duty: Ghosts (also on PlayStation 3) were that of camcorder quality rather than actual game capture. One person on the board commented about the game footage spliced in between the film's original footage was like "If he was showing us a game demo or something".

In regards of the use of Paper Puppets, one person on RangerBoard remarked how the puppets for the Power Rangers, Villains and others in the film reminded him of the 1999-2001 Nickelodeon series Angela Anaconda.

Sequels, Spin-Off and Another reboot
Main article: Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Wrath of Trakeena