Category: Power Rangers

Snipped this from someone’s Tumblr somewhere, who apparently snipped this from some site citing Collider as a source, so the legitimacy of this information is somewhat questionable… but if this is a real deal… yeah, this is really depressing.

Is there any reason why we absolutely need to give these characters drab, disturbing backstories? I can understand, maybe, one or two to keep things interesting, but ALL OF THEM? Is there any reason why we can’t (for once) have a movie featuring superpowered teens have a bit of levity to it? These character bios feels like every other worthless teen-angst wankfest that are bereft of anything resembling charm or creativity, almost as if they looked to shitty “fan films” that have gone down paths that in no way fit the material you’re trying to make a movie out of.

Look, the new Fantastic Four movie tried to re-imagine everything from the original comic and IT SUCKED BADLY. Critics blasted it, moviegoers are ignoring it like the plague… why repeat the same mistake with this movie? Are we really looking forward to the day when the movie comes out, people watch it, and then will go, “Yeah, I liked the first movie better.”

This depresses me greatly.

And, just to get it out of the way, I know the original show’s characters were relatively paper-thin in personalities. Yes, I’d want something a little more developed than what the show offered. But this doesn’t feel “more developed” or anything. It feels like a bunch of character traits concocted from a randomizer and tossed together without rhyme or reason. It feels… meh.

Well…

If there was any one season of Power Rangers you wish you could redo, what would it be?

I suppose the easy answer would be to redo the entirety of Megaforce/Super Megaforce due to how awful the whole things is, but in honesty, the one season I would like to have seen redone is Power Rangers In Space. Mind you, the season itself is pretty solid and was perhaps the beginning of the somewhat deeper storytelling that the franchise would adopt over the course of its existence, but In Space spent more time on Earth than it did in space and that’s probably the one thing that bothered me more than anything.

So in redoing In Space, first couple episodes play out more or less the same; the former Turbo Rangers stumble across the Megaship, they met Andros, they team up and become Space Rangers, they stop by Earth for supplies, and by the end of the third episode, they’re on their merry way seeking out new worlds and new civilizations or something to that extent. From there, they just bounce from world to world in search of clues to Zordon’s whereabouts, all the while doing some world building in terms of showcasing these worlds and giving them back story. For the kids, it’ll be looking at strange alien worlds and their inhabitants, while the older folks get some exposition for their nerd cards. Hell, it could even be an opportunity to revisit classic villains and characters.

You could keep some of the major plotpoints (Andros searching for his sister, the Ecliptor/Darkonda rivalry, Zhane), but retool them to fit the new narrative. And as far as Earth is concerned, that planet should be seen as sparingly as possible. Maybe for “major” events or something to that extent.

Anyway, it’s an idea.

(Originally from Episode 41 of the DTM-Cast)

Considering your vehement hatred for what you consider the Voldemort of Power Rangers amateur productions, I was just wondering what your ideal Power Rangers movie would be. Would you make it darker or keep it light-hearted?

That’s actually a good question, because it sort of brings to light the expectations some people would have for this thing.

Lionsgate, for those who are not in the know, is set to produce and release a new Power Rangers film sometime next year; a reboot, as it were. And much like anything we know nothing about, there is speculation, there’s conjecture, there’s very little to work with. And in between the time it was announced and the day it gets released, there have been and there will be little unofficial, unauthorized films offering their take of the material and then, in predictable fashion, all of this will dark and grim and gritty and claim to be Power Rangers for fans who have grown up when, in fact, what they produced is actually juvenile, generic, low-brow schlock that makes the KIDS show seem sophisticated in comparison.

As for what I’d like to see in the Lionsgate production… well, naturally something a little more mature and a little more refined than what you’d get on the series and that doesn’t necessarily mean making it grim or dark or bloody or stupid or moronic, but rather something that gives the movie a little more depth and substance than just merely the cheese. If nothing else, I want to go into a Power Rangers movie knowing that I’ll get something from that film that I wouldn’t get from the television show, which, for all intents and purposes, would most likely still see production around that time.

But at the same time, I don’t think they should completely wash away the silly aspects of the thing either because then you’re taking away the essence of the show; kids change into spandex-donning heroes, wield fantastical high-tech weaponry, control giant colossal mechanical warriors, fight off the bad guys, and throw a bit of a message in there. The concept is silly and ridiculous and rather than try to shy away from that like an embarrassment, they should embrace it. There should be a balance between giving it a bit more depth and substance to make it feel a bit mature and also keeping the levity and fun that could be had with the concept.

In other words, give me a Power Rangers movie that feels like Power Rangers, but different enough that it would be a unique take.