Too bad he wasnt in those first 16 episodes of MMPR season one so they had to introduce the other five before him huh?

Sorry for that, but he can always be in the sequel. Dont throw in a sixth ranger intro and story in the intro story of the core team. Sides are cool, totally did not expect one thing, and another Im kinda glad about.

To be honest, i'm actually down with these.
The only one i might have a problem with is Zack, because to me that just screams. "I'm the black guy!"

Wasn't that his character to begin with? :p

Touche.

I like this because I'm thinking to myself that this is a revamp of the series geared more toward older fans...And besides kids are a lot more mature than they were in the 90's they can tolerate more than they used to so everything there is nice....and Zack being "the black guy" isn't nessecarily it he could be slightly deformed or something

The Rita stealing gold plot is still a thing I see.

It won't surprise me if he shows up in a post-credit scene. I do wonder if the Rangers in the movie would beat Rita by sending her back into the space dumpster kinda like what happen in Zyuranger or have her be trapped back in her space dumpster by Lord Zedd in future movies?

Just based on what I see so far I think it is decent and the tone of the script seems okay.
It feels like they cranked up the Breakfast Club-o-meter a bit and the dynamics of the five rangers seem alright.

Read the sides, and I don't like what I'm seeing so far.

Why?

because Kimberly is dying

Don't worry! Zordon is magic!