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89-488: The protagonists and antagonists of Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue are all residents of planet Earth with no alien characters appearing as a part of the cast. This series features the battle between the Lightspeed Rescue squad and the demons led by Queen Bansheera. The Lightspeed Rescue Rangers were recruited by the U.S. Government under Operation Lightspeed in order to fight ancient Demons that were attacking

178-607: A stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person , is a trained professional who performs daring acts , often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed to a daredevil , who performs for a live audience. When they take the place of another actor, they are known as stunt doubles . A stunt performer is an actor skilled in both choreographing and safely presenting actions on-screen that appear to be dangerous, risky, or even deadly. Stunts frequently performed include car crashes, falls from great height, drags (for example, behind

267-411: A Ranger was more important. She is later reconciled with her long-lost older brother, Ryan. She often describes herself as an ugly duckling because she grew up without a mother, and later transforms into a beautiful swan. Towards the end of the series, Dana loses her fear and is stripped of her heavy burdens of her past. After Lightspeed Rescue, Dana fulfilled her dream of becoming a doctor and practices as

356-475: A budget for performers, there were more than enough applicants willing to do the scene for free. For instance, if you needed a shot of someone on a steel beam 1,000 feet (300 m) up on a New York skyscraper, then there was always some willing to do the scene for real, and often for free. Second, the Spanish–American War had just ended, and there were many young men who were physically fit and trained in

445-545: A burning building by William Mitchell. It was because of this childhood rescue Carter went through in his past that he decided he wanted to be a firefighter as well. Mitchell kept an eye on Carter's career, which lead him to be chosen as the Red Lightspeed Ranger. Following a firefighter duty where he got a brief glimpse of Ghouligan, Carter was approached by Dana and two of Captain Mitchell's men and brought to

534-580: A firefighter who saved a young Carter but received a huge scar on his right shoulder. Later on, he was involved in a car accident that left him, Dana and Ryan hanging from a cliff. He had a secure grasp of a bleeding Dana but a frightened Ryan was hanging on by Mitchell's leg. The spirit of Diabolico appeared and offered a deal to the captain...he would save Ryan, but in payment, he would raise Ryan himself and Captain Mitchell would not see his son him again until his 20th birthday. Mitchell at first refused, but relented when Ryan began to fall. He later said that it

623-478: A galloping cavalry, a band of Indians or a fast-riding sheriff's posse; all of whom needed to proficiently ride, shoot and look right on camera. Producers also kept pushing the directors calling for riskier stunts using a recurring cast, necessitating the use of dedicated stunt doubles for most movie stars. The directors turned to the current rodeo stars for inspiration for their action scenes, and employed former cowboys as extras who not only brought with themselves

712-637: A giant, maddened creature. While the rangers try to free Trakeena's hostages, Carter and Leo defeat Triskull and are aided by Damon and Kendrix, but they are soon blasted out the window. As a result, the two teams summon the Omega and Galaxy Megazords, but Trakeena still lives, causing her to disengage the Galactabeasts. The two teams then destroy Trakeena with the Lights of Orion-powered Omega Megazord. Stunt performer A stunt performer , often called

801-406: A horse), and the consequences of explosions. There is an inherent risk in the performance of all stunt work. There is maximum risk when the stunts are performed in front of a live audience. In filmed performances, visible safety mechanisms can be removed by editing. In live performances the audience can see more clearly if the performer is genuinely doing what they claim or appear to do. To reduce

890-554: A jump from high places. The co-development of this technology and professional performance training continues to evolve to the present, brought about through the need to not only create more visual impact on screen in the modern action movie era. It also provides a safe platform to a new breed of trained professional stunt performers, including Bill Hickman , Terry Richards , and motorcycle greats Bud Ekins and Evel Knievel . These new professionals were not only driven to create visual impact, but also perform seemingly impossible feats in

979-471: A local public kind. The concept of Ranger powers being created by humans would be revisited in Time Force , Operation Overdrive , RPM and Beast Morphers . Carter Grayson is a firefighter chosen to be the Red Lightspeed Ranger. He is the serious and devoted leader of the team. He risked his life with his daredevil maneuvers, but always saved those in danger. When he was a child, he was rescued from

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1068-614: A pediatrician. She was called into duty once more when Vypra returned and teamed with the Time Force Rangers. She and Carter appeared unmorphed to help civilians in Super Megaforce , and then again in uniform as part of the veteran Ranger army. Dana is played by Alison MacInnis . Ryan Mitchell is Captain Mitchell's son, Dana Mitchell's older brother, and the Titanium Ranger. When Ryan was very young, he

1157-525: A pyramid fight scene that holds the record for the most takes required for a single scene, with 2900 takes, and the final fight scene where he performs various stunts, including one where he does a back flip off a loft and falls to the lower ground. In 1983, Project A saw the official formation of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and added elaborate, dangerous stunts to the fights and typical slapstick humor (at one point, Chan falls from

1246-545: A safe and repeatable manner. Latterly came the fast action Martial arts movies as a distinct genre, originating for western consumption mainly from Hong Kong from the 1940s, choreographed and later acted in by stunt performers turned stars including Bruce Lee and Sonny Chiba from the 1960s, Kent Norman "Superkentman" Elofson, and latterly Jackie Chan . In 1982, Jackie Chan began experimenting with elaborate stunt action sequences in Dragon Lord , which featured

1335-517: Is a mermaid who was romantically interested in Chad Lee and is the daughter of Neptune . She was used by Vypra in a botched plan against Chad. Taking on human legs, Marina later asked for Chad's help in recovering her father's trident from Aquafiend. Marina is played by Kamera Walton. 50 centuries ago, a faction of evil demons had plans to destroy and conquer the Earth. They were sealed away in

1424-458: Is also the only American-exclusive Sixth Ranger in the franchise. The Titanium Ranger's design is also noticeably different from the original GoGoV uniforms. The uniform is based on the suit designs of Turboranger , with minor tweaks such as a Lightspeed belt, gloves, boots and gold shoulder pads. The helmet is modeled after the Lightspeed helmet (single color and no mouthpiece) and its visor

1513-643: Is an aerial stuntman under the name "The Sky Cowboy" and is recruited by Captain Mitchell to be the Green Lightspeed Ranger. Following one of his aerial acts at an air show, Joel was approached by Captain Mitchell's men and brought to the Lightspeed Aquabase. He is extremely reluctant to become a Power Ranger at first, not believing in Lightspeed or what it has to offer. But when he sees his beloved Mariner Bay in danger, he decides to take them up on their offer. He shows interest in

1602-608: Is modeled after the V from the original Sentai title. This helmet was later recreated for Super Megaforce , but with the error of a piece previously hidden by the visor being visible outside it. He was also the only Ranger-exclusive hero featured in the battle. Ryan is played by Rhett Fisher . Captain William Mitchell is the captain of the Lightspeed Aquabase, mentor to the Lightspeed Rangers and father of Dana and Ryan. In his earlier life, he once worked as

1691-508: Is no Oscar category for stunt performance, but in 1967, Yakima Canutt was awarded an Academy Honorary Award for his stunt career. Hal Needham joined him in 2012, while Jackie Chan was awarded one in 2016 with his "inventive stunt work" being cited. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy for stunt coordinators . The Taurus World Stunt Awards gives stunt people their own annual awards, but also through its foundation offers financial support to stunt men around

1780-524: Is played by Sean CW Johnson. Chad Lee is a martial artist and aquatics performer chosen to be the Blue Lightspeed Ranger. He often spends time scuba diving , feeling connected to the marine life. He was working at a marine park when Captain Mitchell's men picked him up. Chad brings to the team his exceptional martial arts ability, and water rescue skills. Chad studied under a karate master named Tomashiro, who felt that Chad's true destiny

1869-487: Is thought to be her most dangerous stunt: a leap from the roof of a station onto the top of a moving train in the A Girl’s Grit episode. The distance between station roof and train top was accurately measured, and she practiced the jump with the train standing still. In the actual shoot, with the train's accelerating velocity timed to the second, she leapt without hesitation and landed correctly, but with forward motion she rolled forward, saving herself from injury and improving

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1958-729: The Armor of God series, Dragons Forever , Drunken Master II and Rumble in the Bronx among others. Other Hong Kong action movie stars who became known for performing elaborate stunts include Chan's Peking Opera School friends Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao , as well as " girls with guns " stars such as Michelle Yeoh and Moon Lee . Other Asian cinema stars also known for performing elaborate stunts include Thai actor Tony Jaa ; Indonesian actors Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian ; and Indian actors Jayan , Ajith Kumar , Akshay Kumar , Puneeth Rajkumar , Vidyut Jammwal and Tiger Shroff . There

2047-633: The Bartitsu Club, where he also served on the Board of Directors and learned the basics of jujutsu and the Vigny method of stick fighting from his fellow instructors. By the early 1900s, the motion picture industry was starting to fire-up on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean , but had no need for professional stunt performers. First, motion pictures were so new that even if the producer had

2136-737: The Dino Thunder Rangers , which was found by the nascent Ranger team in the Dino Lab. Kelsey and the other Lightspeed Rangers returned as part of the army of Legendary Rangers that helped the Mega Rangers defeat the Armada once and for all, fighting in a huge battle against hundreds of X Borgs and dozens of Bruisers. Kelsey is played by Sasha Williams . Dana Leigh Mitchell is the daughter of Captain Mitchell, younger sister of Ryan Mitchell, and trained in medical duties to serve as

2225-495: The John Ford directed The Iron Horse in 1924). But the best known stuntman turned star was probably Yakima Canutt , who with his apprentices – who included John Wayne  – devised during the 1930s new safety devices, including: the 'L' stirrup which allowed a rider to fall off a horse without getting hung in the stirrup; and cabling equipment to cause spectacular wagon crashes, while releasing

2314-664: The two-handed sword , rapier , and smallsword , and to instruct actors in their use. Notable among these revivalist instructors were George Dubois, a fight director and martial artist from Paris who created performance fencing styles based on gladiatorial combat as well as Renaissance rapier and dagger fencing. Egerton Castle and Captain Alfred Hutton were part of a wider Victorian era group based in London, involved in reviving historical fencing systems. Circa 1899–1902, Hutton taught stage fencing classes for actors via

2403-586: The 1980s lists accidents and fatalities from films during that era, concluding that it seemed probable that the tendency of film audiences to be interested in ever more dangerous film stunts would likely see increasing fatality rates. On the morning of 23 July 1982, actor Morrow and two children, Myca Dinh Le (age seven), and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age six), were filming on location in Ventura County, California , between Santa Clarita and Piru , under director John Landis . An in-scene helicopter pursuing them

2492-400: The Blue Lightspeed Ranger. They are often seen doing activities together, like martial arts. Kelsey returned to extreme sports following the collapse of Lightspeed (starting with an extreme sports comp) after defeating Queen Bansheera and her forces to save Mariner Bay. The Lightspeed Rangers were featured in a chronicle of Power Ranger history compiled by Tommy Oliver shortly after he formed

2581-615: The Cobra Monster that was the source of the curse, breaking it. After a while, Ryan left to find more information about the demons and find a way to defeat them. This was because of the lack of a storyline in the Sentai footage. He would eventually return to join the Rangers in the final battle and return his morpher to Lightspeed Rescue. In "Time for Lightspeed", the team-up special episode of Time Force , Ryan shows up again to help

2670-678: The Douglas Fairbanks period from 1920 to 1929; the Errol Flynn period from 1935 to 1941; and a period in the 1950s heralded by films, including Ivanhoe (1952) and The Master of Ballantrae (1953), and the popularity of the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1959). The preference to employ ready existing professionals from outside the film industry, either as performers or doubles, continued in

2759-630: The Game Boy version was a 2D side-scrolling platformer, and the PC version was actually an activity center. Trakeena, the enemy of the Galaxy Rangers , returns to destroy Earth as vengeance for her defeat, but first, she must absorb enough human life force for power. Leo travels to Earth to team up with the Lightspeed Rangers to stop her. Chad, Joel, Kelsey, and Dana fight the Ghouls to protect Leo, who

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2848-623: The Great Southwest in which he displayed his skills as a cattle wrangler. Mix eventually performed in over 160 cowboy matinee movies during the 1920s, and is considered by many as the first matinee cowboy idol. The recruitment venture was aided in 1911 by the collapse of the Miller-Arlington rodeo show, which left many rodeo performers stranded in Venice, California . One of them was the young Rose August Wenger, who married and

2937-666: The Lightspeed Aquabase by them. He was the first to accept his role as a Lightspeed Power Ranger. He was also chosen to utilize the powers of the Titanium Morpher but was unable to as it proved too powerful for a normal human, despite his large muscles. He bravely took down Queen Bansheera in the final battle with the Demons, hurling her into the Shadow World for good. Carter returned to his firefighting occupation after his time at Lightspeed Rescue. When Vypra returned from

3026-650: The Lightspeed and Time Force Rangers battle Vypra when she summons the super demon Quarganon, appearing alongside Quantum Ranger Eric Myers. He would also join the veteran Ranger army in Super Megaforce . He is the first Ranger with no Japanese Sentai counterpart of origin (as there was no Sixth Ranger in GoGoV ), followed by the A-Squad Rangers in S.P.D. and the Spirit Rangers in Jungle Fury . He

3115-788: The Morphin Grid. Each of the four civilians chosen had a special area of expertise: Carter Grayson, the Red Ranger, was a fire fighter in the local fire department; Chad Lee, the Blue Ranger, worked as a lifeguard and marine animal trainer at a local aquarium and a marine amusement park ; Joel Rawlings, the Green Ranger, was a stunt pilot; Kelsey Winslow, the Yellow Ranger, was an extreme sports athlete; and Dana Mitchell, Captain Mitchell's daughter, who agreed to become

3204-570: The Pink Lightspeed Ranger, was a paramedic and practiced medical arts. The Rangers were aided by a team of scientists and engineers led by Miss Angela Fairweather, and operated out of the Lightspeed Aquabase , an underwater military compound that also deters the hydrophobic demons from directly attacking the base. The five Rangers would be joined by Captain Mitchell's long lost son, Ryan Mitchell , who would become

3293-435: The Pink Lightspeed Ranger. Dana is a tormented, reserved, stoic and compassionate young heroine who is also intellectual and level-headed. With help from two unnamed operatives, Dana gathers the team from all over Mariner Bay. Dana is a very invaluable asset to the team as one of the Rangers. She is very blunt with her words and easily gets impatient. Dana had a very brief stint as a model, but quits when she realized that being

3382-585: The Rangers were about to destroy Ryan, however, Captain Mitchell (recognizing Ryan's visible eyes) called them back and told them the back story. After some soul-searching, Ryan turns on Diabolico and joins the Lightspeed Rescue Rangers, thus reuniting with his family. Because of Ryan's treachery, Diabolico did a dream attack where he placed a curse on him in the form of a cobra tattoo which would get closer to his neck every time he morphed until it destroyed him. Ryan eventually found and destroyed

3471-529: The Rangers' assistant, Ms. Angela Fairweather. In the epilogue of the finale episode, Rawlings and Ms. Fairweather are about to go out on their first date when he is called away on Ranger business, unable to let his duties end with the Demons. He eventually marries her, and the two are seen heading off on their honeymoon right before he returns to the team to help battle Vypra with the Time Force Power Rangers. He would later join his teammates in

3560-406: The Rangers' fifth member (because Mitchell trained her during her childhood in medical work). When Ryan had recently reappeared, Mitchell successfully convinced him to leave Diabolico's side and join him as the Titanium Ranger. He cares for Ryan and Dana with fierce devotion, rescuing them in very dangerous moments such as when Dana was captured and he went after her himself; another time was when Ryan

3649-500: The Shadow World where she is mauled by the hordes of demons and monsters within. Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Lightspeed Rescue had, for the first time, a Power Ranger with no Super Sentai counterpart in the Titanium Ranger, as there was no Titanium Ranger in GoGoFive , which makes it the first season to have an American-exclusive Ranger. The series takes place in the fictitious city of Mariner Bay, California , which

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3738-401: The Shadow World, and nearly destroys the Rangers. A vengeful Diabolico reveals her weak spot - her heart - to Carter, but she continues to menace the Rangers. She eventually turned Diabolico and Olympius into Super Demons, but they are defeated (after destroying several Megazords). For her final plan, Bansheera intends to open a portal to the Shadow World (disguised as a sarcophagus) to free all

3827-544: The Titanium Ranger. Together, the six Rangers would prevail against the demon forces time after time, culminating in a final showdown where, in Power Rangers tradition, all of the Zords, the base, and much of the weapons and other equipment that was used by the Power Rangers over the series was destroyed. In addition, Lightspeed Rescue featured a reunion reappearance of characters from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy , when

3916-576: The Tomb of Forever by a powerful warlock . In the present day, a group of wandering nomads accidentally freed them. The demons are angry to find that humans have built the city of Mariner Bay over their former palace and vow to get it back. They also worked to revive Queen Bansheera. The leader of the demons at any one time (below Bansheera herself) wielded the Star Power which was passed from its initial owner, Diabolico, to Bansheera's son, Olympius, during

4005-507: The accident rate of both stunt performers and movie stars started to quickly increase. The stunt performers took action to professionalise their industry, with the creation of new stunt performer run registration, training, certification, and booking agencies. In the 1960s, modern stunt technology was developed, including air rams , air bags , and bullet squibs . Dar Robinson invented the decelerator during this period, which used dragline cables rather than airbags for stunts that called for

4094-738: The associated firing of both guns and arrows, were a romanticized version of the American Old West . During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, stage combat scenes of swordplay in touring theatrical productions throughout Europe, the Commonwealth of Nations and North America were typically created by combining several widely known, generic routines known as "standard combats". During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fencing masters in Europe began to research and experiment with historical fencing techniques, with weapons such as

4183-414: The basic ingredients of a circus clown's routine. But much like their circus-based predecessors, these actors/stuntmen were not specifically trained to perform stunts, but instead learned through trial and error. From 1910 onwards, American audiences developed a taste for action films, which were replicated into successful serials. These mostly western-themed scripts required a lot of extras, such as for

4272-558: The course of the series as Bansheera awaits the day to release the demons from the Shadow World. Queen Bansheera (whose name is based on the Banshee of Irish Mythology) is the evil monarch of the demons. She was in parts unknown when Diabolico and his band were freed, but eventually joins her subjects in the Skull Cavern by adopting a form made of pure energy. Her son Prince Olympius enacts a ceremony to restore her physical form with

4361-731: The dead and began terrorizing Silver Hills, Carter reunited the Lightspeed Rescue Rangers, who helped the Time Force Rangers defeat her. When the Machine Empire's forces unearthed Zedd 's Serpentera to destroy Earth, Carter teamed up with nine other Red Rangers and travelled to the moon to stop them in the Wild Force episode "Forever Red". He and Dana later appeared to help victims of the Warstar Armada's attack in Super Megaforce and again with their teammates in

4450-643: The demons from the Shadow World. Taking over the Aquabase and the Omega Megazord, she was close to succeeding. However, Carter kicks her into the portal, forcing Bansheera to grab him in an attempt to drag him with her. During the final struggle, Diabolico's spirit intervenes as Queen Bansheera tells Diabolico that he was just in time to help. Diabolico reveals that he is actually here to help the Rangers defeat her as severing his former queen's tentacles with an energy blast. Howling in defeat, Bansheera falls into

4539-524: The directors would send over their assistants to hire for the following day. The cowboys would then dress in their normal riding clothes (unless told otherwise, for which they were paid extra), and ride to the set, most of which were located to the north in the vicinity of the San Fernando Valley . These "riding extras" jobs paid $ 10 per day plus a box lunch, and most were only hired on a per day basis. These early cowboy actors eventually gained

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4628-419: The effect of an accident would have been should they have needed to use the required safety devices. On seeing the results, he didn't film another production without them. In 1983 in his personal homage to Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd called Project A , Jackie Chan repeats some of the most famous scenes from the early film era, including Lloyd's clock scene from Safety Last! While Lloyd only hanged from

4717-455: The fictional town of Mariner Bay, California. They were the first team of Power Rangers to be granted powers entirely through Earth human science and technology, and not through mystic forces, wild beasts, or by alien technology. They were also the first Power Rangers whose identities were known to the public because they are public servants recruited by officers and thus have no need to hide their identities - in this case, they are Power Rangers of

4806-406: The films directors Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor planned into two safety features: Producer Hal Roach and Lloyd had been forced into the costs of planning and construction of these safety devices, as simply without them the city commissioners had refused the production a film permit . Lloyd, ever curious, decided after filming had completed to use a life-size cotton-filled dummy to see what

4895-839: The films were being shot. In 1912, Helen made $ 15 a week for her first billed role as Ruth Roland 's sister in Ranch Girls on a Rampage . After marrying Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson in June 1913, the couple continued working rodeos in the summer and as stunt doubles in the winter in California, most often for Kalem Studios in Glendale, California . In April 1915 while on the Kalem payroll doubling for Helen Holmes in The Hazards of Helen adventure film series , Helen performed what

4984-545: The final battle with the Armada forces in Super Megaforce. Joel is played by Keith Robinson . Kelsey is extremely active physically, being a professional mountain climber and overall extreme sports enthusiast. She takes the job as the Lightspeed Rescue Yellow Ranger, seeing it as the most exciting thing of which she's ever heard. Kelsey recently reconciled with her grandmother, whose preoccupation with wealth and indifference towards Kelsey drove

5073-448: The final battle. Carter survives capture during the events of "Shattered Grid" while his other teammates are captured by Drakon. He reveals his identity as a fire fighter to his fellow Rangers when Jen and Kimberly arrive with Karone in tow and offers aid. He later joins his fellow Rangers in a fight against Drakon's forces, however his powers are blasted away by Drakon's cannons before he and his allies are taken away from Corinth. Carter

5162-649: The first to deploy thought-through safety devices and pre-planning in the execution of its filming and stunts. In the script, Lloyd's "country boy" character goes to the city to be a success, and ends up climbing a tall building as a stunt. Critics at the time claimed it to be the most spectacular daredevil thrill comedy. The entire stunt sequence was shot on location at the Atlantic Hotel on the Broadway in Los Angeles (demolished 1957), at actual heights. But

5251-626: The handling of firearms looking for some work. Thirdly, the former wild west was now not only tamed, but also starting to be fenced in, greatly reducing the need for and pay of the former cowboys . The first picture which used a dedicated stunt performer is highly debated, but occurred somewhere between 1903 and 1910. The first possible appearance of a stunt-double was Frank Hanaway in The Great Train Robbery , shot in 1903 in Milltown, New Jersey . The first auditable paid stunt

5340-413: The help of Spellbinder. Due to the Rangers' interference, the ceremony is only able to bring Bansheera back in a rudimentary, cocoon-like form. Later on, she absorbs Vypra's life energy to complete her resurrection and regain her true body. Once restored, Bansheera sets out for world domination, proving far more ruthless than Diabolico or Olympius. She forces Diabolico to destroy Loki, leaves her own son in

5429-540: The huge number of panes of sugar glass that were broken. During a stunt in this last scene, in which Chan slides down a pole from several stories up, the lights covering the pole had heated it considerably, resulting in Chan suffering second-degree burns , particularly to his hands, as well as a back injury and dislocation of his pelvis upon landing. Chan performed similarly elaborate stunts in numerous other films, such as several Police Story sequels, Project A Part II ,

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5518-418: The mermaid Marina, but they parted ways eventually. Chad becomes close with Yellow Ranger Kelsey during the series. After leaving Lightspeed, Chad became a lifeguard but returned to help his team fight an undead Vypra with the Time Force Rangers, and again in Super Megaforce alongside other veteran Rangers in battling the last forces of the Armada. Chad is played by Michael Chaturantabut . Joel Rawlings

5607-446: The movie industry. Current film and television stunt performers must be trained in a variety of disciplines, including martial arts and stage combat , and must be a certified trained member of a professional stunt performers organisation first in order to obtain the necessary insurance to perform on the stage or screen. This allows them to better break down and plan an action sequence, physically prepare themselves, and incorporate both

5696-503: The nickname The Gower Gulch Gang , as many of the small studios cranking out westerns were located on Gower Avenue. Subsequently, a number of rodeo stars entered the movie industry on a full-time basis, with many "riding extras" eventually becoming movie stars themselves, including: Hank Bell (300 films, between 1920 and 1952); Bill Gillis ; Buck Jones ; Jack Montgomery (initially worked as Tom Mix's body-double); and Jack Padjeon (first appeared in 1923, played Wild Bill Hickok in

5785-701: The once popular Wall of Death . The Jackass films and television series are well-known and prominent recorded examples of the act in modern cinematography. Some people act as both stunt performers and daredevils at various parts of their careers. Examples include Buster Keaton and Harry Houdini ; Hong Kong action film stars Jackie Chan , Sammo Hung , Yuen Biao , Michelle Yeoh and Moon Lee ; Indian film actors Jayan , Akshay Kumar , Tiger Shroff and Pawan Kalyan ; Thai actor Tony Jaa ; and Indonesian film actor Iko Uwais . The earliest stunt performers were travelling entertainers and circus performers, particularly trained gymnasts and acrobats . The origin of

5874-511: The original name, the French word cascadeur , derivates from cascade which is an archaic French term for "fall" (from French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare “to fall”). Later, in the German and Dutch circus use of the word Kaskadeur , it meant performing a sequential series of daring leaps and jumps without injury to the performer. This acrobatic discipline required long training in

5963-413: The period both up to and beyond World War II , when again the industry was awash with young, fit men looking for work. However, in 1958 Thunder Road starring Robert Mitchum , with stunt coordinator Carey Loftin and a stunt team including Ray Austin , Neil Castes Sr., Robert Hoy , and Dale Van Sickel , introduced the era of the car chase movie. With the later development of modern action movie,

6052-665: The right look and style, but also rodeo techniques that included safe and replicable horse falls. Early recruits included Tom Mix , who after winning the 1909 National Riding and Rodeo Championship, worked for the Selig Polyscope Company in Edendale . Mix made his first appearance in The Cowboy Millionaire in October 1909, and then as himself in the short documentary film titled Ranch Life in

6141-405: The ring and perfect body control to present a sensational performance to the public. The word stunt was more formally adopted during the 19th-century travelling vaudeville performances of the early Wild West shows , in North America and Europe. The first and prototypical Wild West show was Buffalo Bill 's, formed in 1883 and lasting until 1913. The shows, which involved simulated battles with

6230-467: The risk of injury or death, most often stunts are choreographed or mechanically rigged so that, while they look dangerous, safety mechanisms are built into the performance. Despite their well-choreographed appearance, stunts are still very dangerous and physically testing exercises. From its inception as a professional skill in the early 1900s to the 1960s, stunts were most often performed by professionals who had trained in that discipline prior to entering

6319-594: The safety and risk factors in their performances. However, even when executed perfectly, there is still strain and performing stunts often results in unplanned injury to the body. Daredevils are distinct from stunt performers and stunt doubles ; their performance is of the stunt itself, without the context of a film or television show. Daredevils often perform for an audience. Live stunt performers include escape artists , sword swallowers , glass walkers, fire eaters , trapeze artists , and many other sideshow and circus arts. They also include motorcycle display teams and

6408-505: The shot by catching hold of an air vent and dangling over the edge. She suffered only a few bruises. Eventually, the out of work cowboys and out of season rodeo riders, and the directors/producers, figured out a system for the supply of extras. A speakeasy called The Watering Hole was located close to a Los Angeles located corral called the Sunset Corral. Every morning, the cowboys would congregate at The Watering Hole , where

6497-412: The team. A focus on replicable and safe stunts saved producers money and prevented lost down-time for directors through reduced accidents and injury to performers. Stuntmen were now an integral part of a films drawing power, helping to fill cinemas with thrill seeking patrons anxious to see the new Saturday matinee. Producer/actor Harold Lloyd 's film Safety Last! of 1923, is often considered one of

6586-399: The top of a clock tower through a series of fabric canopies). Police Story (1985) contained many large-scale action scenes, including an opening sequence featuring a car chase through a shanty town , Chan stopping a double-decker bus with his service revolver and a climactic fight scene in a shopping center. This final scene earned the film the nickname "Glass Story" by the crew, due to

6675-531: The tower, Chan took it a step further and actually fell from the tower. Swashbuckler films were a unique genre of action movies, utilising the earlier developed art of cinematic fencing , a combination of stage combat and fencing. The most famous of these were the films of Douglas Fairbanks , which defined the genre. The stories came from romantic costume novels, particularly those of Alexandre Dumas and Rafael Sabatini , and included triumphant, thrilling music. There were three great cycles of swashbuckler films:

6764-424: The two apart. Kelsey is very much a free spirit, who loves extreme sports. She's very agile, and good at making quick decisions. However, she's also rather impulsive, hotheaded and often will attack without thinking out the consequences. This is shown when, after failing to correctly do a mission, she was nearly killed and had to be hospitalized. Out of all the Rangers, Kelsey has the closest relationship with Chad,

6853-474: The villainess Trakeena comes to Earth to destroy it and the Lightspeed Rangers team up with the Galaxy Rangers. Lightspeed Rangers Supporting characters Villains Guest stars Several video games based on Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue were also developed and available for Nintendo 64 , Game Boy Color , PlayStation , and PC . The PlayStation and N64 versions were 3D beat-em up games,

6942-436: The world who have been injured while on the job. Although the stories that stuntmen died while filming Ben Hur and Where Eagles Dare are apocryphal, life-threatening injuries and deaths do occur. Contracts often stipulate that the footage may be used if the performer is injured or dies during filming, and some filmmakers such as Jackie Chan consider it disrespectful not to do so. A University of Illinois study from

7031-418: Was a protocol and at Lightspeed saying that Lightspeed members couldn't interact with each other). In the final episode, she finally consents to go on a date with him. Half a season later, in the "Time for Lightspeed" team-up, the two are seen heading off to their honeymoon. When Joel is contacted by Carter, Ms. Fairweather convinces him to help Carter. Ms. Fairweather is played by Monica Louwerens . Marina

7120-402: Was as a martial arts master and not a Ranger. Tomashiro then helped train a monster named Cyclopter, hoping to replace Chad as his best student (Cyclopter even defeated Chad in battle) until Cyclopter turned on him. Chad remembers everything Tomashiro taught him then and defeats Cyclopter, and Tomashiro even comes to ask Chad for a tour of the Aquabase. Chad also temporarily had a relationship with

7209-551: Was brought into movies in 1912 to perform some of his stunts as the hero. As the industry developed in the West Coast around Hollywood , California , the first accepted professional stuntmen were clowns and comedians like Charlie Chaplin , Buster Keaton and the Keystone Cops . The reason for this was that staple diet of the early films was an almost continual roll call of pratfalls, high dives and comedy car wrecks –

7298-410: Was built on an ancient demon burial ground. When the demons were accidentally released from their tomb in the desert, they threaten to destroy Mariner Bay. Therefore, a government organization called Lightspeed, headed by Captain William Mitchell, recruits four civilians and his own daughter to defend the city as a new team of Power Rangers after Lightspeed successfully channels the source of their powers,

7387-434: Was fighting off an injury, and Leo destroys them with his Quasar Saber. Meanwhile, Carter is helping a girl whose parents have been taken by a monster, only to be attacked by more Ghouls but is saved by Kai and Maya. The eight rangers later battle more Ghouls while Carter tries to fight Triskull, but Triskull defeats all eight Rangers. Olympius and his demons enter the fray, sabotaging Trakeena's power drain and mutating her into

7476-498: Was in the 1908 film The Count of Monte Cristo , with $ 5 paid by the director to the acrobat who had to jump upside down from a cliff into the sea. Professional daredevil, Rodman Law , was a trick parachutist known to thousands for climbing the side of buildings and parachuting out aeroplanes and off of tall base objects like the Statue of Liberty. Some of his stunts were filmed by newsreel cameras and media still photographers. Law

7565-658: Was involved in an accident along with his father, Captain Mitchell, and his sister Dana, and all three were suspended over a cliff. Captain Mitchell had a secure grasp of Dana, but Ryan was hanging on by Mitchell's shoe. The spirit of Diabolico appeared and offered a deal to Captain Mitchell: Diabolico would save Ryan, but in payment he would raise Ryan himself and Captain Mitchell would not see him again until his 20th birthday. Captain Mitchell at first refused, not wanting to let his son be lost to someone else, but relented when Ryan began to fall. Mitchell later said that it

7654-612: Was later billed as Helen Gibson , recognised as the first American professional stunt woman. Thomas H. Ince , who was producing for the New York Motion Picture Company , hired the entire show's cast for the winter at $ 2,500 a week. The performers were paid $ 8 a week and boarded in Venice, where the horses were stabled. They then rode the 5 miles (8.0 km) each day to work in Topanga Canyon , where

7743-529: Was the hardest decision he had ever made. Ryan was raised by Diabolico and taught that his father had rejected him, favoring Dana. Diabolico instructed him to steal the prototype Titanium Morpher from the Lightspeed Base and destroy the Rangers (including his sister Dana) with the Titanium Ranger power. He nearly succeeded, but Ms. Fairweather brought out the V-Lancers, which overpowered Ryan. Just as

7832-479: Was the hardest decision he had ever made. He is often tormented by nightmares of Dana and Ryan getting killed, which leads to over-protectiveness of them both, but later learns that his children had just been knocked out. Upon the release of the Demons, he was responsible for gathering the ones who became the Lightspeed Rangers (chosen for their special abilities) by sending Dana and two unnamed operatives to pick them up with Dana later hearing from him that she would be

7921-534: Was trapped in the Cobra's lair and the captain freed him. Captain Mitchell is played by Ron Roggé. Ms. Angela Fairweather is the Lightspeed Aquabase's residential scientist and Ranger Expert. Ms. Fairweather developed Zords, weaponry, and vehicles for the Rangers. She is the sister of Clark Fairweather who is also a Ranger expert. Throughout the series, Joel Rawlings often flirts with her, though she initially wasn't interested in him (once even lying to him saying there

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