[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

But it's just more fun to watch the Rangers beat up putties. Makes them look like badasses who can handle even legions of rock monsters.

^^^ This, x1000.

Mecha fights are, universally, my least favorite part of Sentai/Power Rangers. I think the climax would have felt simultaneously more badass and intimate if the filmmakers hadn't rushed to stuff them into their zords ASAP.

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Originally Posted by Phaseborg

They could've killed pink, red, or black- but yellow and blue: They shouldn't have touched. Primarily because of their mentally challenged and LGBT characteristics.

But of all the members to kill: They chose blue. Autistic, African American Blue.

You know, I hadn't thought of that (privilege check -- even I, a mixed race gay dude, can be a victim of privilege sometimes!), and your feelings are totally valid. But here's how I'd counter your argument.

The reason they killed Blue is because he was the character everyone cared about the most. He was the most interesting character, the sweetest character, the character who both the characters in the movie and we as the audience loved the most. And this is by a long shot -- no one else even comes close. He is literally the most important character in the movie, both from an emotional and narrative perspective.

I think we should be celebrating the fact that the black, autistic kid was the most important character in the movie. Ultimately, it's a good thing that the character that everyone cared about the most was the black, autistic kid.

Now, if Billy had stayed dead, I'd be rioting in the streets. As it stand, his death flirts with the "kill your minorities first" trope, but his resurrection ultimately subverts that trope in a cool, progressive way.

So yeah, maybe it's a problem that Billy was the character who died. But it's also really cool that the reason he had to die is because he was the best, most important, and most endearing character in the movie.