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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I didn't say they can't make the villains an actual threat. The Gorma in Dairanger, the Youkai in Kaku, Bandora and her crew in Zyu, and the Rinshi in Geki all show you can have fun while keeping the villains threatening.

I'm talking about the tones and the spirit. I don't need the rangers to be angsty pretentious jackoffs just because it's the cool thing to do.

If they don't want it to be that way, then guess what, DON'T CALL IT POWER RANGERS because it ain't.

But my point isn't that it is or isn't Power Rangers, my point is that it's not really a disconnect if they are going theough great lengths to avoid it.

I think the point of what Power Ranger is (tone, spirit) is quite known (and therefore not out of touch) and instead of being embraced it's being completely ignored.

That's my only point.

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Originally Posted by Kiryu

I couldn't agree more with this. It bugs the hell out of me when people say that PR/Toku needs to be darker/edgier. That's not what the show is, and when you have stuff like Bootleg Power Rangers it misrepresents what these characters are suppose to be.

But it doesn't matter though when people see other superhero movies and now that they're older, they expect that maturity to transfer to what they remember (with nostalgia glasses) as a kid.

They don't get the correlation that superhero films and their related media are pretty much the same across the board. They like Power Rangers, and so they want to see a more mature take on them, even if it doesn't fit their characters.

I'm excited for the movie because it just looks good, but I personally appreciate the camp of what I grew up with. But you go to the MMPR movie page and read the comments there and its people who are excited for the movie because it's what they think it's how it was growing up and it's not.

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Well...that's what the Lionsgate movie is for so this reboot is really unneeded.

Again, this could pander to the masses in regards to the "cool" factor. But let's be realistic here, it won't go far without Saban's blessing and who knows, if this movie does well, he might get it.