Lionsgate "Power Rangers" - - - - - - - - - - - Part 20

[rayc1971]

Pacific Rim didn't do great, but it at least broke $100 million domestic and made $300 million overseas, something Power Rangers won't come close to sniffing.

right power rangers wont sniff those numbers no way they make sequel

 

[PacificBoy]

Caught it yesterday and found it to be a decent time killer. I think it'd struggle to find an audience in its remaining two big markets, however. Because what I do like about it -- its understatedness and drama -- wouldn't translate well for the general Chinese and Japanese moviegoing palate. Plus the action and effects are on the lacklustre side.

 

[BradenPickering]

Has anyone here been keeping up with the merchandising for this movie? Rita was supposed to be in the second wave of figures and I'm just curious if anyone has seen her on a store shelf yet.

 

[Lencho01]

I mean, it's so easy to explain. I mean come on. lol

 

[TheVileOne]

Whedon is the guy that directed a film with a character dressed like this:

I really dont think he teased that phrase because he considers the phrase too embarrassing to be said unironically.

Then why won't he film it or film Hulk speaking more?

 

[Reel-Man]

Has anyone here been keeping up with the merchandising for this movie? Rita was supposed to be in the second wave of figures and I'm just curious if anyone has seen her on a store shelf yet.

Only been looking for some items so can't really say I've paid attention to Rita but I bought my latest merchandise from Toys R Us (online and physical store) and eBay. Still looking for those helmet hangers from the movie.

 

[harryoscop]

Darth it's not that I don't care about the source material, it's just that I'm way more open to changes to due to the nature of MMPR as opposed yo a Spider-Man which doesn't need to be changed all that much. MMPR is a cool concept that can work on film. But it needs to appeal to more than just children. Comic books were NEVER for just young children (check out early Batman comics where he shot ppl & snapped a criminal's neck & some of the early Marvel comics I.e Iron Man bring captured by terrorists ) Power Rangers was. And the movie struck the perfect balance.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Darth it's not that I don't care about the source material, it's just that I'm way more open to changes to due to the nature of MMPR as opposed yo a Spider-Man which doesn't need to be changed all that much. MMPR is a cool concept that can work on film. But it needs to appeal to more than just children. Comic books were NEVER for just young children (check out early Batman comics where he shot ppl & snapped a criminal's neck & some of the early Marvel comics I.e Iron Man bring captured by terrorists ) Power Rangers was. And the movie struck the perfect balance.

Which explains the box office returns here. They drew in all those teens and adults with their approach.

 

[MydnightPhoenix]

Avengers Assemble actually sounds pretty cool; as opposed to its morphin time which is still just laughable.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Power Rangers did not have the perfect balance of anything. I like it well enough but let's not exaggerate. It's a film that drags out the origin story to the point where most will get restless. If the film had the perfect balance it would be doing much better at the box office.

 

[harryoscop]

Well they took something simple & changed way to much of it & clearly alienated fans & also turned off the general audience or Saban catered to the wrong group (the general audience) that never gave a damn about Power Rangers & should have threw the fans a bone & stayed more faithful so either way Saban failed here horribly

The fans weren't alienated. Every PR fan forum overwhelmingly loved the movie. So I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion. The general audience liked them movie. Check the audience score on RT. This movie could've done things better but it got a hell of a lot of things for the first big budget reboot of MMPR (not counting MMPR TM since it was the show on a slightly bigger budget)

 

[Ipodman]

Hope the sequel gets officially announced soon.
Power Rangers: Green with Evil

 

[harryoscop]

Yet not enough fans saw it to make it a Box Office hit though

They were never going to make it a hit because they'd hardly make a dent at the box-office compared the majority of people that need to see the movie. Weird way to gauge whether the fans liked it or not (which they did. Ranger Board is practically in denial about the movie doing bad)

 

[harryoscop]

So what was the point of making this movie ? If it was never gonna be a hit why bother with this ? The General Audience clearly never bothered with it because they basically took the Power Rangers out of Power Rangers in a Power Rangers movie sure the fans liked it enough but it was almost like a very low budget Batman v Superman in that regard

Well, that's what this movie was suppose to do. Reach a wider audience. This movie needed more action, there should have been 1 more Morphed fight in the second act against Putties & the Megazord fight should have been four minutes longer. On-par with Pacific Rim's battle with Otachu/Otachi (forgot it's name) the battle should have been epic

 

[DrCosmic]

I don't understand why we need to take a divisive film that did not turn a profit even on a modest budget as some kind of largely positive thing. So let's look at the successes the movie did have in that light. PR fan forums are not representative of all the fans of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, they're far too small to possibly do that. Judging by the ravenous fandom of MMPR in the 90s, and the paltry turnout for this film, it's clear that the fans were not courted successfully, and we knew that from the first trailer that the movie was not aiming at the fans that made the name relevant in the first place.

"It's Morphin' Time" is a very hard phrase to justify, ESPECIALLY if you have gritty teenagers with real life issues. The lack of camp makes it difficult to pay homage to the campy aspects of the original well. We saw them try to do it anyway, and it was jarring, hearing the old 90s crooning over an pop/rock film score. Morphin time would have been the same. Then you have the additional issue is that in this take, they didn't morph, they just added armor. "It's armor time" would have been an actually relevant catchphrase.

 

[harryoscop]

Saban pushed the classic theme into the movie the way it was. Even Dean thought it wouldn't jar with the movie's tone.

And they did morph, bro. The idea of Morphing means forming from one form to anothr. The movie's​ take is more relfective of the actual word's meaning

 

[harryoscop]

That was not the classic theme that was the remix theme from the 90s movie I wonder if Saban burned bridges with Ron Wasserman

I know, but It's still the MMPR version of the Go Go Power Rangers theme. I'm not sure about that. I didn't even know Wasserman owned the original theme

 

[DrCosmic]

Well, that's what this movie was suppose to do. Reach a wider audience. This movie needed more action, there should have been 1 more Morphed fight in the second act against Putties & the Megazord fight should have been four/three minutes longer

A failing morph fight would have added a lot more danger and gravity to the overarching situation. Setting up the putties to be digging gold out over the course of the second act wouldn't have been a bad idea either, and would have helped the transition into the last part of hte movie so more of the emotional weight of the first part would have connected with the action we were seeing.

Even the fight scenes we had could have been 100% better with a little more inventive action and thoughtful presentation. We see Trini and Kim's relationship as they train in the cave, how cool would it have been hear a callback to 'crazy girl' with Trini and Zack back to back her saving his skin in some crazy move? Stuff like that is what kept the movie down more than pure length of action, though much thought for the action scenes naturally would have lengthened them.

I'm not sure the MZ fight needed to be longer. Honestly, it seemed too long as is. I felt like the MZ itself should feel like a 'win' button with some environmental damage and need for coordination like we saw, so it'd be even more mindblowing to see it get handled handidly in a sequel - which it seems will never come. In any case, the MZ should feel more like a catharsis, I think, like Neo when he starts stopping bullets in the air.

Another thing that's interesting... a lot of people think of Tommy as the Power Rangers, just as many people think of Wolverine as the X-Men... I know they're wrong, but for a sizable amount of the audience, that's all they're looking for, and so that kind of informed this Rita... she was essentially Zordon's Tommy.

 

[DrCosmic]

The movie tried being Chronicle & Breakfast Club more than Power Rangers

I get that, which I think would have been fine, if they had embraced what made the final brief fight of conflict really interesting. I don't think they got that, they just wanted to do the non-powered bits of Chronicle. How much fun did they really have with their powers? How much did that fun inform the final conflicts? Maybe they wanted to do Chronicle meets Breakfast Club, but if they had actually DONE it, this movie would have had nothing bad about it except "It's like Chronicle"

Saban pushed the classic theme into the movie the way it was. Even Dean thought it wouldn't jar with the movie's tone.

And they did morph, bro. The idea of Morphing means forming from one form to anothr. The movie's​ take is more relfective of the actual word's meaning

Are you sure they took on a new form? Armor is just a new appearance, if wearing armor is a new "form" then how is wearing new clothing different? Do we take on a new form each morning? Can I say you're metamorphosing whenever you put on a new outfit?

 

[TheVileOne]

The morphing sequence was weak, and they don't use morphers.

 

[I'm Old Greg]

Well theres gotta be a reason why the original was not used so who knows

SABAN underpaid him for working on the original show.
Saban also wouldnt let him score the first MMPR Movie saying "Thats not gonna happen. Face it youre No John Williams."
Saban hid the musicians name from the public and other studios so he wouldnt leave Power Rangers for more money.

The musician got fed up and quit the show.

Saban doesn't want to pay him royalties just like he didn't pay the original cast royalties.

Thats why you got that crap version of the MMPR theme for 6 seconds in both the original film and the new film.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Ipodman]

The morphing sequence was weak, and they don't use morphers.

That was the biggest thing missing that I was looking forward to see...

 

[Marvolo]

Then why won't he film it or film Hulk speaking more?

Because he wanted to tease the prase. Seems pretty obvious. As for Hulk speaking, personally I don't think Hulk should be talking. Not because it's silly. It isn't silly. I just prefer him as a silent green rage monster. Perhaps Whedon feels the same.

It's as if you've never seen Whedon's resume his shows and movies. The man has been doing goofy, silly, bizarre, comic-bookie stuff for decades. The idea that Whedon would be embarrassed of the phrase "Avengers Assemble" and Hulk talking just doesn't fit with his resume or what we know about Whedon.

 

[TheVileOne]

Because he wanted to tease the prase. Seems pretty obvious. As for Hulk speaking, personally I don't think Hulk should be talking. Not because it's silly. It isn't silly. I just prefer him as a silent green rage monster. Perhaps Whedon feels the same.

It's as if you've never seen Whedon's resume his shows and movies. The man has been doing goofy, silly, bizarre, comic-bookie stuff for decades. The idea that Whedon would be embarrassed of the phrase "Avengers Assemble" and Hulk talking just doesn't fit with his resume or what we know about Whedon.

They've been teasing the phrase for like 10 years and never say it.