Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters-Complete Series

It's an understatement to say that this show is frowned upon by Ranger fans and toku lovers everywhere for being too low budget and cheesy (which is saying quite a lot). But come on. It's supposed to be.Once you look past the production value, you'll see a very well-written series that is much more of a satire/spoof on the Power Rangers than any of its other imitators. It has such an awareness about it and treats its characters like real people that have real emotions and real motivations. At the time this aired on the USA Network, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, although very exciting and explosive to watch, did not those kinds of things. Yes, the Power Rangers themselves had basic character tropes that you could feel and legendary screen presence, but their characters were always somewhat two-dimensional and Pollyanna-esque. The Tattooed Teenagers, on the other hand, were not this way. They were sarcastic, pessimistic, sassy, snarky, and didn't always get along with one another. They even questioned what their heroic duties multiple times throughout the show's run and even tried to quit more than once.This is what makes Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills so fresh in comparison. It wouldn't be until ten years later during the Disney era of Power Rangers that its writers would even try to be bold enough to attempt to portray that franchise's heroes that way. In that sense, TTAF is a pioneer and truly ahead of its time.Don't be surprised when this show airs on something like Adult Swim in the next few years. It's a great piece of camp - a parody that is severely misunderstood. Don't take it seriously. It wasn't meant to be viewed that way.

It's funny how many people rate this show poorly calling it a cheap Power Rangers knockoff. I don't think they get the point of the show. It's clearly a spoof on all the shows that tried to cash in on the Power Rangers craze and it's clear that's the case when the show makes a point to pick fun at the many tropes of the genre, such as the way villains send one monster per episode and don't just send all their monsters at once, or why of all people the good guy with indistinguishable characteristics a la Zordon picks teenagers of all people to fight crime. There are some pretty funny ideas in this episode, and it's obvious that these guys know it's a parody of the genre. The battles are the most hilarious part of all due to how bad the special effects are. There's an episode where the bad guy Gorganus sends his monster Octodroid to pollute all the Earth's fresh water with salt water and the monster proceeds to stomp around and make gurgling noises for a bit before lighting a couple trees on fire with an energy ray from its mouth. The explosions are all very tame and the whole time you can't help but think why these monsters are such a threat. Then there's the superheroes that transform into Galactic Sentinels, who are bodybuilders with bulging muscles in latex costumes. Most of the fighting consists of jumping around and acrobatics before some blasts with their energy weapons and joining together to form Knightron before defeating the monster. It's all very silly butt very funny. This is a great show to put on and laugh at for comedy value, plus it has great eye candy in Leslie Danon, the girl who plays Lori Foster.

I'm not ashamed to say that I watched this show when it first appeared on the USA Network back in the mid 90's, and that I taped the majority of the episodes. It recently reappeared on the local THIS Channel in Connecticut and my kids saw it. My youngest son, a converted sci-fi fan, fell in love with it. When I found out that the complete series was available on DVD, I had to have it!! Watching the episodes (without commercial interruption), I come to appreciate it even more. It's not exactly the Power Rangers (which I also have on DVD), the special effects are not top-notch Daikaiju style, but the series has its own special appeal, particularly the actors playing the four kids, as well as those playing their Galactic Sentinel counterparts. This series is not only watchable, but re-watchable, and enjoyable.....but completely underrated. But, it's sci-fi. It's not really good sci-fi, it's not really bad sci-fi, but like all sci-fi, you have to dispel reality in order to enjoy it. So, take a chance and enjoy!!!

I have kept tabs on this show ever since it aired on tv. I hadn't looked up any information on it in a couple of months, but this morning I received a shock when I typed Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills into Yahoo. It was to be released on dvd this very morning, October 1st, 2013! Needless to say, I ordered it without a second thought. When I receive it, I promise to give in depth reviews on each episode. Scoop this one up, you won't be sorry!

I wish Saban would buy the rights to Tatooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverley Hills and Superhuman Samurai Syber Squade so that he can continue these two shows where they left off but as cartoons, only even better then ever before. If you loved this show as a kid, buy it before its sold out. If you never liked it , than give Superhuman Samurai Syber Squade a chance.

A nostalgic trip through one of the super sentai shows of the 90's. The special effect aren't very good. The writing is very 90's and very cliche. But if you watched this show in the 90 and and you want a trip down memory lane you can beat it at this price.

A cheap cash-in of the Americanized tokusatsu era, TTAFFBH manages to turn the genre on its head by having hilarious, self-aware dialogue and oddly endearing moments that put the spotlight on the absurdity inherent to tokusatsu,but still manages to be fun and exciting in its own way.

This show was super cheesy to me as a kid and that still holds true today. But that was what made this show so much fun, and still does!. A great, action packed show that never takes itself too seriously and just has fun riffing on the Power Rangers and Kaiju films we all know and love.