Power Rangers 2017

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

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

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.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Powder

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.

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

This is a TMNT forum. Now kindly STFU.

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

[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/sho...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]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

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/sho...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!

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.

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]

Originally Posted by TMNT_Guy

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]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

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]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

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]

Originally Posted by sdp

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.

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

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]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

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.