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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Maybe it's not lazy insofar as concept designers and costume designers put a lot of work into actually drawing and constructing the suits, but it's certainly uncreative when it's the same tired style Hollywood gives anything alien these days. There's nothing distinct or iconic about these looks, half the helmets look like they're the same damn sculpt. And the zords are literally just ripped right off of the AOE Dinobots. And that's an executive decision. The actual people hands-on working on this movie are obviously far from lazy.

I disagree about the Dinobots. They at least look like the dinos they represent.

And I said this previously, but I'm a fan of the new zords, but not as zords, but as you said, some sort of "nega-verse" (not your exact quote, same idea though) Power Ranger team.

I still don't see how this looks like anything that Hollywood has put out already though.

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You know what was creative? Those vehicle-like zord concepts that were speculated to transform from practical vehicle modes to animal-like mech modes. That was a great idea, as it kept the giant robot dinosaur concept but put a clever and pragmatic twist on it. And they didn't look like generic TF movie characters, the T-rex at least still evoked the colours and shapes of a blocky, but functional robot so much that despite only ever seeing the vehicle mode, it still clearly felt like it wa sthe T-rex zord. They weren't the best designs ever, but they were a step in the right direction as far as making this film feel distinct.

I'm not familiar with any of these concepts. It sounds like a rip-off of DICE though.

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And that's really the crux of it all. Yes, technically the suits don't identically resemble Iron Man in details or aesthetic. However, the fact that everyone keeps comparing them to Iron Man tells us enough. To people, the Power Ranegrs aren't armoured, or covered in lots of little metal spikey details.

What people though? Because the original movie Rangers certainly were armored.

I mean, we've seen posts in this very thread from people that have proven that they're still identifiable as Power Rangers.

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They're people in bodysuits, and they don't have to be spandex. Marvel, again, has plenty of characters in "tights" that aren't cheap spandex suits. The fact that thay chose a look that feels directly in spite of the original designs is why people don't like them. When they made Man Of Steel, for as much as I dislike that costume, they didn't armour him up and give him a ton of little contrasting colour details in the form of layered pieces of metal. They kept it a bodysuit, added a texture, and added minor details and embelishments here and there. But he still looked like Superman. And that was also an alien costume.

Okay, so not trying to twist words here but it sounds like you don't want the Power Rangers to look like their current movie versions, because they look like other characters (such as Iron Man) but would be okay if they looked like other characters? (like Black Panther or Superman)

I mean, we've had spiky armor before, blocky armor, Battlizers, etc. in regular Power Rangers. To me, these look more like the original Movie suits, but alien in nature, but still identifiable as Power Ranger suits. The morpher belt, the diamond, even the helmets in regards to how the zords appear.

I dunno man.