[musicfighter]

I was very apprehensive about this film, and more specifically about how it would go about characterizing the rangers. I'm happy to say that most of my fears were put to rest after seeing this.

The guys all embodied what I see as the spirits of their characters. Zach being playful and familiar with everyone and everything, and just constantly full of energy. Billy, while no longer being the smartest in the group was perfectly soft spoken and non-confrontational, and the history line was nice too. Jason was a person with high moral character. You can tell that honor is a very important value to him, as well as honesty and teamwork. My only gripe with him is that I feel that he really needs to be a martial artist, but I can understand it feeling repetitive if they introduce Tommy sometime down the line and he's a martial artist as well.

Trini was really interesting, and her actress sold it really well, giving her much more of an edge but having her compassion be hidden underneath it. I just need to see more of where she goes.

Kim..... yeah, not feeling it. Yes, the Valley Girl thing is an outdated stereotype but there's still the idea of the hot popular girl that exists and will always exist. Doesn't mean she had to be dumb and spout "like" all the time or anything, but I think the whole journalist aspect was just way off base for the character. Plus, being the smartest takes that away from Billy. Kim had other talents: she was musically inclined and she was athletic. I mean gymnastics are still a thing too.

Backstory with Jason's parents as the astronauts that kind of discover Rita is cool, and adds a nice bit of tragedy. I like Angel Grove being set in Hawaii. The cameos from Kat! and RONALD FROM BEETLEBORGS!!!! made me squee, along with all the other subtle references. Really nice production values for a small independent project like this, and you can tell that lots of love was put in. Some of the side actors were a bit wooden, but the 5 teens all did a great job.

Bring on Zordon!