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The first Power Rangers (2017) review is here....

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Pachimari

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I'm super fine with it taking 90 minutes for them to put on the suits. There being a setup for a new villain, does that mean we are getting a sequel?
 
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slightconfuse

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Ugh

Nothing says power rangers like donuts

Rita Repulsa from getting to the Krispy Kreme.”

(That’s another thing: The most important location in this movie is a Krispy Kreme. And this isn’t a situation where it had to be a business, so why not just use a real company and make some money off of it in the process. The huge MacGuffin in the movie is at a Krispy Kreme. There’s even a scene in which Rita Replusa stops to eat a Krispy Kreme donut and we, as the audience, just watch her eat it. Corporate product placement doesn’t bother me that much, but at least try to incorporate it into the story.)
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Haloid1177

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I haven't gone to a movie to see how bad it'd be since the last Bayformers film but they got me. Look forward to writing up thoughts on it.
 
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Pachimari

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I plan on rewatching the first Power Rangers movie tonight. Then Turbo Power Rangers tomorrow night. And then finally this Power Rangers the day after. I'm pretty excited, cause I love what we've seen of the cast.
 
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Ahasverus

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Yet another movies whose reviews consist on "Why does this property don't want to be recognized by the ridiculous traits of its original incarnation? SELL OUT!".

Modern reviewers are a mistake.
 
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Htown

STOP SHITTING ON MY MOTHER'S HEADSTONE
Kyzer said:
How dare you
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Power Rangers is bad.

It can be very entertaining and fun to watch, especially early on when it's extremely nonsensical and silly, but it's not good. The acting, writing, and editing are awful. The characters are super thin. The comedy is almost never funny. The fights are about the only actually good things about the show, but they're so repetitive and waste so much time on the transformation sequences that you can't really watch it just for the fights either.

I've been watching it on the Twitch marathon, and it's not until Power Rangers in Space that you hit anything approaching competent storytelling or characters.

I don't want to make it sound like I hate Power Rangers. I don't. I kind of like it. It's a lot of fun and it has a good heart, which is kind of a weird thing to say about a TV show I guess.
 
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Pachimari

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I'm just really super grateful to Lionsgate that they are betting on Power Rangers, and has given us a new movie. Very happy about that no matter how it turns out.
 
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Lights and Waves

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Rambaldi said:
Steve Cardenas periodically likes some of my stuff on Instagram (I follow him but he does not follow me) and I sometimes want to be like "Rocky in Zeo was definitely one of my first gay crushes."

Because damn.
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Hunty he did that to me the other day! I posted on Twitter about him being cute after I saw this photo - and without even tagging him in it, he favorited it. LGBT ally King!
 
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Japanmanx3

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Ryuelli said:
Beetle Borgs was a better series.
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SOMEONE WHO FINALLY UNDERSTANDS!!!!
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Glass

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Suits are trash anyway, should have been so much better, not too worried about a
late morph

Worked in Batman Begins , incredible build up over a long time, pay off was immense once he finally suited up.
 
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Buntabox

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Folks seem surprised by them
not morphing until the end.
. The trailers made it pretty clear to me that this is exactly how it plays out.

The film basically using the Transformers (2007) template (and Orci no less) would suggest the same too. Minor action with all the money shots at the end. While trying to filter it through teen coming of age.
 
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beyond_death

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If the movie does a good job at making me like the characters, I will have no problem with late and scarce morphing sequences. As long as they make those sequences count, I'm good.
 
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ReiGun

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beyond_death said:
If the movie does a good job at making me like the characters, I will have no problem with late and scarce morphing sequences. As long as they make those sequences count, I'm good.
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Basically. I won't care if I actually enjoy the characters and the final suit fight is actually good.
 
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Saucycarpdog

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2 masturbation jokes(one involving jerking off a bull) and a scene about revenge porn?

Do movie writers these days look back fondly at Transformers and say "people really loved those sex jokes"
 
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Haloid1177

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Saucycarpdog said:
2 masturbation jokes(one involving jerking off a bull) and a scene about revenge porn?

Do movie writers these days look back fondly at Transformers and say "people really loved those sex jokes"
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This is a stealth Bay film it's always looked it and some of the stuff coming out of it really makes it seem that much more like one.
 
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Sephzilla

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Ahasverus said:
Yet another movies whose reviews consist on "Why does this property don't want to be recognized by the ridiculous traits of its original incarnation? SELL OUT!".

Modern reviewers are a mistake.
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*Gasp*

A reviewer is criticizing a movie for being basically ashamed of itself. The horror.
 
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Chamber

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Valkerionseven said:
We don’t get to see the Power Rangers actually as the Power Rangers wearing their armor until 92 minutes into this movie. (Which probably leads you to your next question, so I will go ahead and answer it: Power Rangers is 124 minutes long, so strap in.

That was my big caveat to seeing this in theaters. If it takes that long for them to put the suits on then no thanks.
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Yeah, this is a pass. This was obvious from watching the trailer but I was hoping to be wrong.
 
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Pachimari

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ElBoxyBrown said:
Do you like the serious tone the movie is taking?
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Yes.

Also be careful with them spoilers. We already know a villain (probably Zedd) is being set up in the after credits scene, and that Kimby does something fucked up, maybe selling drugs? And that they won't suit up until 90 minutes into the film. I hope I haven't guessed it. Some people in here aren't good at spoiler tagging shit.
 
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Sephzilla

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Them not turning into the Power Rangers until
an hour and a half
into the movie is a mindbogglingly bad mistake especially considering the intended audience of this movie probably doesn't have the attention span to wait that long before getting some actual Power Ranger action.
 
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CloudyTuba

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slightconfuse said:
Ugh

Nothing says power rangers like donuts


Rita Repulsa from getting to the Krispy Kreme."

(That's another thing: The most important location in this movie is a Krispy Kreme. And this isn't a situation where it had to be a business, so why not just use a real company and make some money off of it in the process. The huge MacGuffin in the movie is at a Krispy Kreme. There's even a scene in which Rita Replusa stops to eat a Krispy Kreme donut and we, as the audience, just watch her eat it. Corporate product placement doesn't bother me that much, but at least try to incorporate it into the story.)
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I saw a clip of this in a krispy kreme ad and I thought it was just one of those high production value tie-ins like the Godzilla car commercial that had nothing to do with the movie. I didn't imagine it would actually be the movie.

Oh my god. Jason jerks off a bull while Kimberly regrets revenge porn and Rita makes a pit stop to advertise krispy kreme.

Is this the darkest timeline?
 
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BamfMeat

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Htown said:
Power Rangers is bad.

It can be very entertaining and fun to watch, especially early on when it's extremely nonsensical and silly, but it's not good. The acting, writing, and editing are awful. The characters are super thin. The comedy is almost never funny. The fights are about the only actually good things about the show, but they're so repetitive and waste so much time on the transformation sequences that you can't really watch it just for the fights either.

I've been watching it on the Twitch marathon, and it's not until Power Rangers in Space that you hit anything approaching competent storytelling or characters.

I don't want to make it sound like I hate Power Rangers. I don't. I kind of like it. It's a lot of fun and it has a good heart, which is kind of a weird thing to say about a TV show I guess.
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Power Rangers is a *kids show*. What the fuck do you expect from it?

It's literally action for action sake. The comedy is geared towards 12 year olds. You're looking at it from an adult perspective - it wasn't meant for you. It's like saying "Captain Planet shouldn't have had Ma-Ti because heart isn't an element!"

Every kid I knew wanted to play Power Rangers when I was a kid. We even got the stupid fake weapons and would play fight. That's what it was meant for.
 
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