If you guys are a huge fan of Power Rangers or even followed it to some extent, this is the movie for you. Keep in mind, watch with the lowest expectations and reserve judgment until another trailer comes out:
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Tbh, it doesnât seem really much like Power Rangers to me. Just a random movie with kids that have superpowers. It is just a teaser though so I will wait until the actual thing comes out.
Not bad, not bad at all
Looking back on it though, itâs one of those franchises thatâs open to interpretation, in which the concept in itself is outlandish and somewhat farfetched. Like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters, or any other number of ideas, Power Rangers is something that is an idea that only lives or fails based more or less on the execution. Thatâs why weâve seen good Turtles movies like the first 2 originals with the Jim Henson creature shop costumes, and bad ones like the Michael Bay version, and the same can be said with the Ghostbuster films having the original awesome films and the mediocre to slightly awful whatever the new one is, depending on the reviewer. I havenât seen it, so Iâm going to reserve judgment, I can only go off of website reviews and other sources critiquing the film.
That said, the Power Rangers is another nostalgic concept that in itself is just as @Sasuke99I described. All the original show was, when you actually think about it, was merely a random show with high school kids with superpowers. The idea is simplistic, but workable enough to where such a simplistic and maybe somewhat outlandish idea can work.
Adding to that, given that they seem to want to keep some core aspects of the old show updated with new concepts, they seem to be doing what the new Ghostbusters (apparently) did not, and are honoring the old while making something newer to move into the future with an audience that has no doubt matured since they first watched it years ago, while introducing the concept to a new audience in a manner that doesnât fly over their heads. There are several sources Iâve watched and read that said for all the new film didnât do right, a lot of people enjoyed the new action scenes where they are fighting the ghosts, and points out some of the flaws in the old films that we can finally see as dated.
I honestly hold some good hopes for this one. Iâm not going out on a limb and gonna say itâll be a blockbuster, but I actually have a little confidence in this one. If itâs not really that fantastic, it should at the least be entertaining. Iâm not ruling it out. Elizabeth Banks version of Rita Repulsa is actually a pretty cool concept, and from this little trailer, my curiosity is piqued as far as the character development and the core concept.
Hmmm, I think Iâm gonna stay skeptical for this.
As much as I like stories having dark and serious tones, because of my occasional lack of tolerance for some sh.t acting âcheesyâ and âcampyâ are prone to being downright stupid and immature, I canât really say that the Power Rangers will pass off with âflying colorsâ. Thereâs just a good chance (but not completely sure) that it might suffer for some generic stuff like bad acting, undeveloped story and characters that wonât help differentiate it from other incarnations.
But I will say this, I like the armor theyâre wearing now, despite it looks like Iron Manâs. At least its better than wearing stitch-up crap that other power rangers wear.
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Interesting. I kind of like that you wouldnât know itâs power rangers until the end. Most of these adaptation movies play up the nostalgia angle really hard so that was refreshing. Still skeptical though.
I was open minded going into this and now, guardedly excited.
I grew up in the Power Rangers mythos heavily but it dropped for me around when i started college. The only series i watched after the main and first couple revisions were SPD. Good stuff, that one.
For me,a 2 minute trailer hit alot of the right notes for me. NO ZORDS, core rangers, and a feeling of âwhatâs old is new again.â So im crossing my fingers on this one.
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Yup yup. Itâs a teaser trailer. The good real power ranger stuff like costumes and zords shouldnât be shown yet and I hope wonât be spoiled in other trailers(well. One scene with the transformation but only as the final trailer but thatâs it)
Focusing on the kids was a good idea I feel
She gona be free after 11000 years this time?
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That was supposed to be Rita? Wow. I was really stumped trying to figure out who the big bad is.
I agree with most of your points, and am going to reserve judgement until I watch it, but I really think this looks good for a Power Rangers movie. The last good one being the first one with Ivan Ooze.
Wernt there only two? The original and the one that was like a long episode to Turbo? Just with better costumes and more boobies?
I must have been thinking of the âZeddâs Monster Mashâ which I had on tape. Which came out before the first full length movie. Youâre right though. There was only 2 movies.
seeing how they get superpowers outside the suits bothers me a bit as do the designs of the zords and suits and junk, but Ill begrudgingly check it out
. Seeing that theyre basically all punks in this interpretation is pretty cool.
Really getting a Chronicles vibe from the trailer which isnât surprising since Max Landis worked on the script, I hope it isnât as dark however.
Even though Iâve never seen these two awful particular films (and probably never will), but how depressing could it be if this Power Rangers movie were to end up being as bad as FANT4STIC, or worse, The Last Faiibender?
From what I saw it looks really promising. I honestly got a Pacific Rim vibe from it, and that movie was pretty cool.
One thing I gotta say though, although I donât mind what theyâve done with Rita, Iâm surprised nobodyâs made a Zed & Rita Make a Porno joke yet considering whoâs playing her.
The Last Failbender? You mean Dragon Ball Devolution.
Iâll probably watch it.
DonâtâŠremind meâŠof thatâŠatrocity.
Hmm⊠I liked what I saw: Jason, Billy, Zack, Kimberly, and Trini. Now, whereâs Tommy?
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