Power Rangers 2017

[Commenter 42]

Thought the new Power Rangers 2017 movie deserved it's own thread, now that some official (sort of) concept art making the rounds.

http://imgur.com/uLFYJL8.jpg
http://imgur.com/iHmE39U.jpg
http://imgur.com/MHEuEPE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/htZOd15.jpg

So we know this is from a previous "pitch" (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=129467) but that they might still use it in the reboot.

Personally, while I'm 100% on board with a sexy April, I'm almost 100% AGAINST a sexy Rita.

Thoughts?

[Wildcat]

Looks pretty cool.

Why against a sexy Rita? She had those ridiculous cones on her chest in the old series.

[sdp]

My first reaction was it's terrible but looking at it again, I don't mind Sexy Rita. The Megazord isn't that bad if you give it a face or something, that window for a face is what's ruining the design. The PR outfits look terrible but they're likely just placeholders. Anywho I guess the point is mute since this pitch wasn't accepted.

I think the soonest we'll see anything official will be SDCC and even then it might only be a poster. From what we know about the movie I don't like the race changing of characters, I'm pretty bummed about that.

I'm cautiously optimistic, I think the only way to make this movie work is to have it be tongue in cheek and fun, not silly for kids and not grim dark either. I think it's going to be very hard to find that balance.

[Commenter 42]

I like sexy - i'm all for sexy - I love sexy anything, but sexy Rita?
I'm not opposed to sexy, but Rita just doesn't seem like a character that I'd make sexy.

So many other characters that should have sex appeal these days, and they don't ... so why spend any sexy credits on Rita?

Seems a waste. :lol:


http://www.morphinlegacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Rita-Repulsa-MMPR-1.jpg

ugh...um no...no-no...no.

[Candy Kappa]

I hope the movie makers are not too embarrassed to be working on a movie based off Japanese superheroes, cause this looks like it could turn into the PR's equivalent of Singer's X-Men with a hint of Bayformers based off those artworks.

[Commenter 42]

Roseanne would make a great Rita; Gary Busey for any other role.

[Powder]

Yeah, these look like Platinum Dunes designed 'em. Not a fan whatsoever.

[Wildcat]

I like sexy - i'm all for sexy - I love sexy anything, but sexy Rita?
I'm not opposed to sexy, but Rita just doesn't seem like a character that I'd make sexy.

So many other characters that should have sex appeal these days, and they don't ... so why spend any sexy credits on Rita?

Seems a waste. :lol: ugh...um no...no-no...no.Well I meant why not since they originally made a point to exaggerate her chest. I know its meant to be armor or whatever but they still purposely drew attention to it.

I don't think this movie is entirely meant to be cheesy like the show. The characters aren't gonna be 100% MMPR accurate. They shouldn't imo. A more serious Rita would be nice.

[Shark_Blade]

It's good to see Maleficent again there.

[Storm Eagle]

So we know this is from a previous "pitch" (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=129467) but that they might still use it in the reboot.



Might? I thought this concept art was rejected.

[Allio]

I see more Trakeena than Rita

[Commenter 42]

Well I meant why not since they originally made a point to exaggerate her chest. I know its meant to be armor or whatever but they still purposely drew attention to it.

I don't think this movie is entirely meant to be cheesy like the show. The characters aren't gonna be 100% MMPR accurate. They shouldn't imo. A more serious Rita would be nice.

Maybe I'm alone on this, but Power Rangers is something I can't take seriously. That Joseph Kahn short proved it's just too damned goofy.

Might? I thought this concept art was rejected.

I thought it was the pitch that was rejected...either way, this potential trainwreck needed a thread all it's own.

[ProactiveMan]

I honestly don't know why they bother with concept art sometimes. All that says to me is, "Remember Power Rangers? Well this is what it would look like if it were created by some guy in Photoshop."

[Commenter 42]

I honestly don't know why they bother with concept art sometimes. All that says to me is, "Remember Power Rangers? Well this is what it would look like if it were created by some guy in Photoshop."

EXACTLY! :lol::lol::lol:

Concept art used to mean something; now it's just paid fan art by a junior artist.

:lol::lol:

[Storm Eagle]

Maybe I'm alone on this, but Power Rangers is something I can't take seriously. That Joseph Kahn short proved it's just too damned goofy.



I thought it was the pitch that was rejected...either way, this potential trainwreck needed a thread all it's own.

So you only made this thread just to mock the show? Do you work for TMZ?

[Commenter 42]

So you only made this thread just to mock the show? Do you work for TMZ?

PR was way more interesting when it was Voltron, just saying.:lol::lol:

I'm not a fan, but I like reading what other people have to say on the matter :D !
Besides, the other PR thread was all over the place.

[Allio]

PR was way more interesting when it was Voltron, just saying.:lol::lol:


The nerd side of me wishes to point out the origin of Power Rangers existing prior to Golion

[Storm Eagle]

PR was way more interesting when it was Voltron, just saying.:lol::lol:

I'm not a fan, but I like reading what other people have to say on the matter :D !
Besides, the other PR thread was all over the place.
Maybe you should have just not posted about this at all. You'd have spared yourself from coming off as a tool. Just saying. LOL.:roll:

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

So he's a tool for calling out crap as crap?

Then in that case, the man is the f'ing Harbor Freight of all tools.

[Storm Eagle]

So he's a tool for calling out crap as crap?

Then in that case, the man is the f'ing Harbor Freight of all tools.

If he doesn't like it, fine. The vibe I'm getting though is more like "I'm gonna start a discussion about a show I think sucks and make fun of it, because that will make me look kewl, lawl".

He should have just called it "the anti-Power Rangers thread".

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

If he doesn't like it, fine. The vibe I'm getting though is more like "I'm gonna start a discussion about a show I think sucks and make fun of it, because that will make me look kewl, lawl".

He should have just called it "the anti-Power Rangers thread".

It's like you didn't even read his first two posts. Besides, I think C42 would die before he would ever say "kewl" or "lawl."

[MikeandRaph87]

I admit I was really interested in the concept of reinventing the original six...by fleshing out the characters more, but the race changes seriously cooled me on it. I don't need to make a thread to express that. The new comic though seems to have got things right and Commentator 42 should pick it up to sample. With Batman'66 being scrapped with the line unfortunately I have a hole in my pull list and that might be filled by the new comic. It appears as if they were right and they really are back to cause mischief as the dark reflections.

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/scratchpad/images/3/39/Mutant_Rangers.png/revision/latest?cb=20120630004544

Btw, can this be merged and edited into the official thread for PR?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I freely admit, I never got into Power Rangers as a kid and I have no intention to start now. The only thing I've ever watched was that gritty reboot fan film they did with Starbuck in it.

[Powder]

If he doesn't like it, fine. The vibe I'm getting though is more like "I'm gonna start a discussion about a show I think sucks and make fun of it, because that will make me look kewl, lawl".

He should have just called it "the anti-Power Rangers thread".

http://49.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbnn124vs91qaypnjo1_500.gif

[Storm Eagle]

Btw, can this be merged and edited into the official thread for PR?

They might as well just keep this thread separate. This one was made to badmouth the series.

http://49.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbnn124vs91qaypnjo1_500.gif
What the hell ever.

[GoldMutant]

I freely admit, I never got into Power Rangers as a kid and I have no intention to start now. The only thing I've ever watched was that gritty reboot fan film they did with Starbuck in it.

Brotha, you are missing out on Time Force, Dino Thunder, In Space, and maybe SPD? You must watch them someday! :lol:

I personally feel the Power Rangers range from having good series such as In Space and Time Force but do have a good share of plain awful series like Operation Overdrive. Granted, I feel Mighty Morphin is good due to nostalgia, but it's peaked my interest a little. I'm just hoping the concept art isn't the permanent Megazord, it looks awful.

[Storm Eagle]

Brotha, you are missing out on Time Force, Dino Thunder, In Space, and maybe SPD? You must watch them someday! :lol:

I personally feel the Power Rangers range from having good series such as In Space and Time Force but do have a good share of plain awful series like Operation Overdrive. Granted, I feel Mighty Morphin is good due to nostalgia, but it's peaked my interest a little. I'm just hoping the concept art isn't the permanent Megazord, it looks awful.

Eh, his mind is made up. Plus like I said, rejected concepts.

[ToTheNines]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/2a/8d/3a/2a8d3adc892f850e75aac84fe8c9be93.jpg

[Wildcat]

So Commenter42 doesn't even like PR or doesn't care either way? Well this was pointless.

Those saying why bother with concept art...that's part of like everything. You start out with concepts and different versions until you finalize it. How can anything not have concept art?

[sdp]

haha OP comes off as a kid trying way too hard to fit in.

[Powder]

I really don't see how.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Eh, his mind is made up. Plus like I said, rejected concepts.

Brotha, you are missing out on Time Force, Dino Thunder, In Space, and maybe SPD? You must watch them someday! :lol:

I personally feel the Power Rangers range from having good series such as In Space and Time Force but do have a good share of plain awful series like Operation Overdrive. Granted, I feel Mighty Morphin is good due to nostalgia, but it's peaked my interest a little. I'm just hoping the concept art isn't the permanent Megazord, it looks awful.

I freely admit, my mind is indeed made up. I do like to see what you guys have to say about it, though... educate myself a little.

[MikeandRaph87]

A good season to one might be crap to another. With all original rangers gone and uninteresting replacements I stopped watching thanks to the first few In Space crapisodes, but another former fan or a current one might be obsessed with my final straws. In otherwords it depends on person to person. This should help sort it out at your own discretion.
http://www.powerrangers.com/history/

[Commenter 42]

Stilll, you could have just posted this in that thread, instead of starting another thread. I get the feeling that you'd have come off as less of a tool that way.

Just saying. LOL.:roll:

This is a TMNT forum. Now kindly STFU.

Wow, reading through this thread...idk...smh... like Saban needs it's own clan of SJW's...jesus

I'm pointing out the remake is pretty silly if they're sexing it up and going dark and gritty. Maybe we can get a dark and gritty Mr. Rogers next, or a real world Teletubbies...
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/20140304/4992756/mr-rogers-o.gif

"Can we get some more dark here, and some grit!!! Hurry up with that mood and angst people! layer it nice and think, let's make sure the kids never notice just how stupid the entire premise is !!!

[Storm Eagle]

So Commenter42 doesn't even like PR or doesn't care either way? Well this was pointless.



That's exactly what I'm saying. He started off seeming like he was somewhat interested. He is, but for all the wrong reasons.

haha OP comes off as a kid.

That's more like it.

This is a TMNT forum. Now kindly STFU.

Wow, reading through this thread...idk...smh... like Saban needs it's own clan of SJW's...jesus

I'm pointing out the remake is pretty silly if they're sexing it up and going dark and gritty. Maybe we can get a dark and gritty Mr. Rogers next, or a real world Teletubbies...
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/20140304/4992756/mr-rogers-o.gif

"Can we get some more dark here, and some grit!!! Hurry up with that mood and angst people! Let's make darn sure to layer it nice and think, let's make sure the kids never notice just how stupid the entire premise is !!!

I can see why others might not like the series, and can respect their opinions, as long as they're not being complete jerk-offs about it. I don't mind pointing out the flaws either, and I'm not sure this movie will do all that great at this point. Also, they won't be making it dark and gritty.

Now, take your own advice.

[Commenter 42]

That's exactly what I'm saying. He started off seeming like he was somewhat interested. He is, but for all the wrong reasons.
Now, take your own advice.

You're grinding an axe all wrong here champ; take a step back before you hurt yourself.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

This is a TMNT forum. Now kindly STFU.

Wow, reading through this thread...idk...smh... like Saban needs it's own clan of SJW's...jesus

I'm pointing out the remake is pretty silly if they're sexing it up and going dark and gritty. Maybe we can get a dark and gritty Mr. Rogers next, or a real world Teletubbies...
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/20140304/4992756/mr-rogers-o.gif

"Can we get some more dark here, and some grit!!! Hurry up with that mood and angst people! layer it nice and think, let's make sure the kids never notice just how stupid the entire premise is !!!

Mister Rogers giving the middle finger? :tsad:

You broke my childhood, C42. :tlol:

[GoldMutant]

I freely admit, my mind is indeed made up. I do like to see what you guys have to say about it, though... educate myself a little.

Fair enough, we will tell you what you should avoid when time comes. :lol:

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Fair enough, we will tell you what you should avoid when time comes. :lol:

You mean, avoid even more than "good" Power Rangers? :trazz:

I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'll show myself out. :twink:

[Commenter 42]

If folks can't bring themselves to admit PR is a horribly acted and impossibly cheap show, what hope do the producers have for 2017?

I mean, it's pure unintentional camp, right? It's troma level kids programing, which isn't to say it's meritless, but it sure as hell isn't above reproach.

[Leo656]

PR was way more interesting when it was Voltron, just saying.:lol::lol:

You won the thread with that right there, anything that comes next is meaningless.

Should be fun, but ultimately meaningless. The important bit has already been said. :trazz:

[TheCanadiandrome]

Yeah, these look like Platinum Dunes designed 'em. Not a fan whatsoever.

agreed, looks not that great

[THGhost]

I just want a trailer for this thing. I still can't process the fact that a movie is being made. :P

This is a TMNT forum. Now kindly STFU.

Primarily, yes. But we do discuss other stuff too. Such as Power Rangers. :tcool:

[MikeandRaph87]

It has been established in so many words that the Power Rangers film project looks less than stellar. Instead of bashing something we mutually don't care for why not look for things you can find you like from the past or ongoing projects related to Power Rangers? At this time we got a cast and that is it so let the thread drop for now until it gets leaks during filming and go here. I would like to read thoughts on the original six rangers new comic book.

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=11959&page=111

[sdp]

Power Rangers is not for everyone, what appeals to fans is the cheesyness yet cool stuff that you see in it. Yeah all the cheesy stuff if done right is a lot of fun and between all of that you get cool martial arts or action scenes, the show has plenty of bad ass moments. You either get it or you don't.

No, Power Rangers is not a Voltron rip-off it's the other way around, I actually already explained this once to Leo but he seems to have forgotten. Both shows are based off Japanese equivalents and Super Sentai which PRs is based off of came out many years before GoLion which Voltron is based off not to mention both were made by the same company. So if anything Voltron is the ripoff but not really since it was made by the same company in Japan.

Now like I mentioned the show's best seasons are when it has a somewhat serious plot but yet is aware that they are super heroes in colorful spandex and play around with that. There's definitely a fine line, if it's too serious it's just bad, if it's too silly it's stupid. It has to be balanced very well for the show's concept to work but when it does it's awesome and that's what the movie needs to get right but that's also something very difficult to do so I'm cautiously optimistic.

[Commenter 42]

so let the thread drop for now until it gets leaks during filming and go here. I would like to read thoughts on the original six rangers new comic book.

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=11959&page=111

To be fair my man, that thread is already going strong, and PR fans can have at it over there with the comics, etc. Here -you're free to dsiagree with my opinions about the movie, and prove me wrong -I a'int mad about that. Y'all are the fans of this business, go to town! :P

I'm not really bashing it, like I said, I started this to see what y'all had to say about this. Look, brass tax, so far any 80's reboot has been laughable; should we expect different for PR? Some of us think PR in itself is predominately a *cough* rehashed idea.
We know there have been what, 450 different PR teams since it's debut in the 90's, all manner of small robo's making up the combined Robot dude...
But for real, if it's not one giant parody, or at the very least, an homage to the cheese fest of the 90's show, is it still PR?

Maybe my age is showing, but if they did Voltron, with the same earnest vigor and fun of SWTFA, or Furry, It would be pretty damned exciting...but maybe that's rose colored glasses, or maybe it's Peter Cullen's voice of g*d that commands me...Idk...
Power Rangers is really Voltron lite in the end, a show about combiners and goofy kaiju, without any of the cool factor, and about as much plot as Bayformers (I'd argue Bayformers has more going for it, to be honest.) Again, theres nothing wrong with schlock and cheese; but it is just that, and in the case of PR, can't really be anything else, and still be PR.

Make it serious, and it's Pacific Rim, really - hell they even share initials. :P

I guess my point was, if you try to shove it through that same dark-and-gritty-over-designed meat grinder, the one all the other CBM's of the last five years have been smashed through, you're no longer making Power Rangers...

or are you?

Is this all some Marshall Mcclure moment? Are we doing that meta thing where we assign meaning to the meaningless while wringing our hands in a smooth, sophisticated shake-weight inspired motion?

[DarkFell]

I am also curious albeit cautious about this movie.

Part of me wants to yell out "Alright. There is going to be another Power Rangers movie!"

Then the pessimist in me speaks in a subtle voice "This can awry in so many ways."

Then I see the conceptual art (rejected or otherwise), and I went "Huh..?"

MMPR definitely was a fun and cheesy show. The characters that I enjoyed the most were actually the aliens, monsters and the Zords. The old series will always hold a sort special of magic for me. However, I eventually lost interest in the Power Ranger franchise when the series went Zeo and beyond, as I felt that the interest that I once held for the Power Rangers was over and done with.

As the Power Rangers 2017 movie continues makes itself known, I still remain cautious all round concerning the movie. But I would definitely would appreciate it if Alpha 5 isn't made to look similar to Gort in the movie. Alpha 5 doesn't need to look like Gort, nor does Zordon need to look like Dr. Manhattan.

[TMNT_Guy]

Power Rangers is sadly stuck in the same perception Batman was over 26 years ago, that it’s too silly and goofy to take seriously. “It’s a bunch of’ teenagers that fight giant rubber monsters in spandex, how am I supposed to take that seriously?/It’s a guy who dresses up as a bat and fights a silly clown with a young boy, how am I supposed to take that seriously?”

Power Rangers started out incredibly goofy, there is no denying that, but just like nananananana-BATMAN it’s changed over the years and has managed to tell stories and ask questions over the years that you just didn’t find in a children’s show back in the day. Also: Power Rangers RPM. I would seriously like to know if there is a live action TV series for children that has a darker premise than RPM.

Is Power Rangers good? I don’t know, I’ve never seen any of it, (I was never into action shows as a kid.) but I know enough about it to know that it isn’t without its merits. I look forward to checking it out someday.

I don’t have anything to say about the movie other than I hope it’s good and manages to change the audience’s perception of the franchise…in a good way.

[Commenter 42]

It’s a guy who dresses up as a bat and fights a silly clown with a young boy, how am I supposed to take that seriously?”


And you know something, ^^ I still think this. Dress him up any way you want, give him all the money to make new movies, do it all; still a wacko with too much cash who likes little boys. It a'int right, like pants on a dog.

[ZariusTwo]

Again, theres nothing wrong with schlock and cheese; but it is just that, and in the case of PR, can't really be anything else, and still be PR?

You are in such dire need of a PR education it's not even funny. Go to Netflix, pop up a chair, watch plot-driven seasons like In Space, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, Dino Thunder, RPM, etc and come back to us.

And can that PR is Voltron-lite horses*it. Voltron in itself is Sentai-lite.

[Candy Kappa]

Or just skip PR and go right to the source and watch some Sentai, so much better.

[Powder]

Or just skip PR and go right to the source and watch some Sentai, so much better.

This. That's respectable material. The rest? Eh...

[Storm Eagle]

No, Power Rangers is not a Voltron rip-off it's the other way around, I actually already explained this once to Leo but he seems to have forgotten.

I'm not sure I'd say that either. It was more like this:

1975: Super Sentai starts
1981: GoLion begins in Japan (gets adapted into Lion Voltron in 1984)
1982: Dairugger begins in Japan (gets adapted into Vehicle Voltron in 1984)
1983: Albegas begins in Japan, and was going to be adapted as Gladiator Voltron, but just becomes limited to the Voltron toy line as "Voltron II".
1984: Saban sees Sentai while in Japan and thinks of adapting Sentai, and it finally takes off as Power Rangers in 1993.

GoLion wasn't even meant to be part of the Voltron franchise at first. An anime called Daltanious which started in 1979 was the one requested along with Albegas and Dairugger, and GoLion was the one sent as a mistake. They still ran with it anyway, and it just happened to be one of the best decisions they made.

Or just skip PR and go right to the source and watch some Sentai, so much better.

Or just let people enjoy whatever the hell they want without any judgement. I, for one, happen to be a fan of both. I also manage to enjoy both GoLion and Voltron.

[TheCanadiandrome]

i've never seen both GoLion and Voltron, but i agree with you Storm about being a fan of both PR and Sentai. specially since i can now watch whichever i want on dvd

[Commenter 42]

You are in such dire need of a PR education it's not even funny. Go to Netflix, pop up a chair, watch plot-driven seasons like In Space, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, Dino Thunder, RPM, etc and come back to us.

And can that PR is Voltron-lite horses*it. Voltron in itself is Sentai-lite.

Took your advice, and tried to watch a few episodes from that list.
I don't know what you mean for me to gleam here that wasn't in the 1st season, but it's just as bad, if not worse. The acting and effects are just terrible.

This is what I mean - If you want to do PR, do it just like the show. Big goofy campy nonsense - making it serious changes what it is.