Full view of the Suits in the New Power Rangers Movie revealed.

[GrumbleGrump]

Eh, looks okay. Pretty much the only way you're making the old suits work for a modern audience. Why does the Power Rangers need introduction to a new audience is beyond me, though.

Because their target audience are young kids, and those kids age out of watching Power Rangers, so they have to introduce them to new people so they can keep making money. This is surprising to you? xD

...Why not make another series then? Actually scratch that, the Power Ranger are still running as a franchise, so it's not like it's an abandoned propety (and have another series planned for 2017). Besides, these reboots seem to be kind of hit or miss, so to me it's kind of risky to make these.

 

[Erttheking]

It looks decent, but it also looks like Zordon is going to be hit with a lawsuit from Stark Industries.

 

[Hawki]

...Why not make another series then? Actually scratch that, the Power Ranger are still running as a franchise, so it's not like it's an abandoned propety (and have another series planned for 2017). Besides, these reboots seem to be kind of hit or miss, so to me it's kind of risky to make these.

Power Rangers is similar to Pokemon in a sense. Both series follow a set order of series, and may occassionally reference events of past series, but every time Ash starts a new region, the reset button is effectively hit. Similar with Power Rangers, at least post In Space. RPM also takes place in a separate setting, but it's still the principle of "new team, new viewers."

So in that sense, the movie is neither make nor break as far as continuity goes. Like RPM, it's doing its own thing outside the main continuity.

It looks decent, but it also looks like Zordon is going to be hit with a lawsuit from Stark Industries.

Hah, shows what you know. Zordon is a wizard who's thousands of years old. And unlike Tony, he knows how to share his toys.

...course he can't give out more than five suits, but meh, whatever.

 

[Erttheking]

Snip

Six if you count the White Ranger. And I think he did make a suit for Pepper at one point.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

This is really old. Like months old. Why are we talking about this like this is the first time we're seeing it? Hell, I'm sure there were threads made about it already.

Anyway, my thoughts are still that they are ugly. I am especially picky when it comes to armor stuff, I'm never satisfied with ANYTHING in Skyrim, mods and all. The ladies look like shit. The pumps are just kinda hilarious, and up close, their armor makes their tits look way too big. Which isnt a bad thing, but I see why some people are annoyed.

I'm just really kind of disappointed. When you have Marvel turning a costume like Cap's into a badass combat suit and DC making... um, let's go with Wonder Woman's armor, why can't the Power Rangers look cool too?

 

[GrumbleGrump]

...Why not make another series then? Actually scratch that, the Power Ranger are still running as a franchise, so it's not like it's an abandoned propety (and have another series planned for 2017). Besides, these reboots seem to be kind of hit or miss, so to me it's kind of risky to make these.

Power Rangers is similar to Pokemon in a sense. Both series follow a set order of series, and may occassionally reference events of past series, but every time Ash starts a new region, the reset button is effectively hit. Similar with Power Rangers, at least post In Space. RPM also takes place in a separate setting, but it's still the principle of "new team, new viewers."

I'm not talking about continuity. I mean what is the point of the movie considering that the franchise is still ongoing and profitable enough that it has another series planned. Making a large scale movie banking solely on nostalgia might backfire horribly, leading to a rather sizeable loss, so why make it?

 

[Hawki]

I'm not talking about continuity. I mean what is the point of the movie considering that the franchise is still ongoing and profitable enough that it has another series planned. Making a large scale movie banking solely on nostalgia might backfire horribly, leading to a rather sizeable loss, so why make it?

You could apply that logic to any adaptation ever made about anything, provided that the 'thing' part is still ongoing. Plenty of films come out while separate TV series are still running. Also, looking at the movie's style of presentation, it's hardly banking on nostalgia, anymore than, say, Nolan's Batman was relying on nostalgia for Burton's.

But in Power Rangers specifically, is it financially sound? By my reckoning, yes. As in:

-Power Rangers has a fair amount of name recognition in of itself.

-Power Rangers is still ongoing, and is popular among today's audience (can't cite figures, but working in a library, it isn't uncommon to see Power Rangers DVDs going in and out on a semi-regular basis)

-MMPR is the most well known installment, at least among those who grew up with it at the time

-The movie is still trying to be its own thing

 

[GrumbleGrump]

But in Power Rangers specifically, is it financially sound? By my reckoning, yes. As in:

-Power Rangers has a fair amount of name recognition in of itself.

-Power Rangers is still ongoing, and is popular among today's audience (can't cite figures, but working in a library, it isn't uncommon to see Power Rangers DVDs going in and out on a semi-regular basis)

-MMPR is the most well known installment, at least among those who grew up with it at the time

-The movie is still trying to be its own thing

That maybe be, but I can't shake the weird stench of Jem & The Holograms when I see the trailers. It may not flop, but I wouldn't exactly bet money on it.