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Originally Posted by Den-O

I don't care if I'm being "whiny" or "missing the point" of what they're going for or "can't appreciate the design" like some people have said online today, this design is garbage. It's ugly, it's devoid of character, and I don't like it.

It absolutely misses the mark in every way possible. Like just about everything else design wise from this movie. The designs have been consistently weird and bad coming out of this movie, from the ground up this world has been built very poorly in my eyes. Alpha just looks too alien. And I get it, that's a DUMB thing to say. He's an alien robot. The problem is that he's totally devoid of any of the things that made him memorable, he's that kind of alien to me now.

Why even bother to base this movie on the original series at all? Why not just go with totally original characters and concepts instead of taking notable ones and running them through the hollywood blockbuster blender until they appear totally unrecognizable? I just don't get it anymore. If this is supposed to be a movie for "fans" then it should have at least taken what they've seen before into consideration. At this point it seems only the ranger suits have done that and that's still a pretty big stretch to me.

I hate to feel so disappointed & be so negative, but I just can't find anything to be excited about with this movie

Nailed it, on every point. I cannot fathom the thought behind this, or the appreciation for what is a really lazy, uninspired design. There's no character being conveyed, it's not a unique aesthetic, it doesn't look like Alpha, and it doesn't look especially appealing with how creepy and goblin-like it is.

What does this have going for it?

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

Sadly because then it wouldn't have a lot of brand recognition.

Too bad the movie couldn't just have faith in it's own characters and concepts.

I mean, they've changed so much, the inspiration from MMPR seems token at this point. People are going to be just as confused as to why everything's so different as if it were entirely original anyway.