Fully agreed. The magic of PR and Sentai is that the concept can sustain infinite, new iterations.

Just make a new, movie-only PR team with a good writer and director and a movie budget. Why run from the franchise's most valuable conceptual aspect?

Because the people that make these movies are tone-deaf idiots who have no concept of the franchise they’re adapting.

They also think that spandex is silly and the zords look too practical. Yet Spider-Man is allowed to wear spandex and face off against practical looking technology. I think it's a double standard Hollywood has because the consensus is Spider-Man is cool, but Power Rangers is cheesy, so instead of embracing the cheese like Spider-Man has, they try to make Power Rangers like the next Transformers or Iron Man.

I've made that same observation to people when they say something about PR/Sentai wearing spandex...

"You mean like Batman/Superman/Spiderman and pretty much ALL other superheros?"

I don't get the fear of spandex. Some of the best cosplay costumes are comic book accurate and prove to translate to real life quite well. Yet the movies try to turn the costumes into more tactical or armor wear. Which I get for non-super powered heroes, but not for those who do have powers and don't really need the padding. Plus much like Star's tech suits for Spidey, the "spandex" suits of Sentai and Power Rangers can be either magical or nano-tech armor.

Certainly, you're correct about Lionsgate.

We've yet to see what Hasbro/AllSpark will do with the adaptation, but given their treatment of Transformers, I'm... skeptical. Maybe it'll be exactly what we want? I'm reserving judgement only because The End of the Fucking World is actually pretty great.

It's a trend you see with most any franchise translated to the big screen -- Transformers, TMNT, DC, Marvel, whatever. Any traces of simplicity or 'kiddy' design must be wiped out and replaced with something Cool and Military and Realistic and Edgy. No fun allowed.

Oh, Hollywood, I love you so much, but also, I hate your guts. :lol

Yeah, it's like... it's not like every single one of these is a bad movie (I did find myself enjoying at least a lot of things about Lionsgate Power Rangers), but the general trend of "If we're making a live-action version of a property, it MUST be dark and edgy" gets so exhausting. This is why I got so into Toku in the first place lol; it actually knows how to have fun and what a smile is.

depends on the Toku. I've seen Godzilla, Ultraman and Kamen Rider get pretty dark.

Sentai too (at times).

But Power Rangers (or my favorite, Akibarangers!)... is what I watch when I'm in the mood for light hearted toku with a touch of comedy.