[MaskedRiderAsakura]

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Originally Posted by MST3KFan

Okay...so we replaced Mastodon with a Dung Beetle



and Triceratops with a Rhinoceros Beetle...



Classic Hollywood. Just have to change things up so much of the stuff they're doing a movie on becomes unrecognizable.
Seriously...I GET the idea they want to emphasize of the Rangers' powers being alien in origin, and I was accepting of the suit changes and Rita's very Green Ranger inspired look to a degree, but these zords are just TERRIBLE. Even the Michael Bay AOE Dinobots were easier to recognize what they were supposed to be in their dino modes than these things.

Seriously, ask anyone NOT a Power Rangers fan or anyone not in the know how what the Black Ranger's zord in that photo of the toy is supposed to be. I highly doubt anyone will say Mastodon. It's a bug.

This push from Hollywood to take old properties and change them so drastically only kills them in the end. You want new fans, but you also want to keep the old fans. Otherwise, it just blows up in their faces... (Jem and the Holograms anyone?)

And I'm not trying to be a bitter old man embracing nostalgia. I was excited at the idea of an attempted revival of the Power Rangers on the big screen, but I'm just not feeling it anymore right now. Add to it being put in March for release, it seems like the studio doesn't have faith in it for the summer.

I mean, obviously, the zords they're using are really just giant-sized zecters from Kabuto.