[Matrixbeast]

I'd prefer reboot. I don't like things haphazardly shoved into continuity.

[TokuChris]

I voted "Don't care either way". The reason? I just want a movie with a decent story, likable characters that an audience can relate to, and just enough dry humor to enhance the characters.

Oh. And a bitchin soundtrack.

[Red5]

I remember hearing that the movie was aiming at a larger, more mature audience and if it is in continuity, I feel the movie will be held back in a sense. I am not advocating for a darker, grittier PR, but if this is in continuity, it makes me think that it will be on par with what we get in the show with a much bigger budget and better directing. Why have a movie in continuity, but isolate some of the audience (if it is too mature, parents might keep their kids away from it)

[Guyver Spawn]

I think the movie will be darker and more serious, but still market to kids. That's how Kamen Rider: The First and the Transformers movies where like.

[Powerman293]

I don't care either way. I think it'd be cool if they found some cool way to fit it into continuity that would make sense, but I doubt it, and it's not necessary. Besides, if they really want to do a cinematic universe with this just like everyone and their mom wants to, then it'll have to be a reboot and not be held back by already established lore.

Although I am interested in the fact that so far, the reboot doesn't look to be using Zack (as in, a black character). So I'm wondering if we will have rocky, Aisha, Adam, or just one or two replacing members of the original group for ease of plot sake later on when they make sequels, so they don't have to go through a whole arc of swapping out characters like the show did.

[ZeoRangerV]

A reboot. I'd rather both it and the show to have the freedom to do its own thing.

[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

No matter what a company says when they say "It's not a reboot, it's just a re-telling" it always means "Please don't be mad at us old fans, but we have no intentions of every revisiting the 'original' story ever again."

Tell me one time they "retold" something that didn't eventually turn in to a reboot.

Transformers? Reboot.
GI Joe? Reboot. (except the IDW comic that's probably nearing cancellation)
Ninja Turtles? Reboot.
Batman Begins? Reboot.

The only instance I can think of in recent memory that was a reboot but still kept the original in place was Star Trek, which actually brought original continuity Spock to the new retelling version.

I can think of one instance (outside of Star Trek) where the supposed "remake/reboot" does not follow the original, but is so different that it could be its own "additional" entity was The Evil Dead. I know this is more horror, but anyone who saw that entry a few years ago knows that it differed from the original to the point that it could exist on its own merit within the same universe (though that series is notoriously loose in terms of continuity).

[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

I voted "Don't care either way". The reason? I just want a movie with a decent story, likable characters that an audience can relate to, and just enough dry humor to enhance the characters.

Oh. And a bitchin soundtrack.

Let's break this down a bit:

- Story is a touchy subject as most modern action movies are extremely lackluster in terms of plot. It usually involves some MacGuffin that is the object of everyone's interests and holds the fate of the universe in balance (until the sequel replaces it with something else). Characters are largely one-dimensional with slightly humorous but ultimately forgettable one-liners with a little emotion and thrown into impossibly over-hyped situations which would kill most humans 99.9% of the time.

- If the whole "Let's have Rita steal gold to revive/recreate Goldar" plot survives, this thing is dead in the water and Saban won't even be able to break even with the accompanying toyline.

- If it brings back Scorpina and even gives a PLAUSIBLE explanation as to how she survived all these years and where she has been, then the connection to old school Mighty Morphin' remains even if there is no remake-version of "Jason, Kimberly, Rita, Goldar, and Zordon".

- If it does fit with Dino Charge, it should maybe have a cameo or two and hint at the show, but not dwell upon it. Something like that 1998 The X-Files movie did.

- Even if it does go its own way, it can still crossover with the show, because...you know...P.R. Universe...which is about the same as Transformers or D.C. Comics...Multiverse.

I'm voting that it should stay within the show's mindset and keep most of the adult elements "obvious, but tolerable", but if does do its own thing, so be it. If it stays within, It doesn't need to go insane for the sake of "Going Insane". It should literally show on-screen that some real thought went into every element at every turn. It should take the time to feed into people's likely condemnation of "Any Power Rangers movie is gonna suck!" and then turn that on its head; surprise fans and critics. I want a film that feels like an adventure, an exciting surprise where even parents who are only at this thing for the sake of their children are enthralled. Years ago, during the American theatrical release of that Yu-Gi-Oh! movie, I became aware of one man who complained that the whole thing was just one long battle. It should have action, but mostly fantasy action that is integral to a plot that actually makes since. I want the one who goes to review this thing to step into that room feeling like this is punishment and walk out feeling amused and thoroughly shocked that a kids movie could actually be that good: "On a scale of one-to-ten, I'd give that kitschy little kids movie a solid seven or eight!"

P.S.: The soundtrack should have a reputable composer with a some talent. It should even have themes unique to the movie. In the original, Alpha got a song during the credits. The songs should try not to stress any particular era. There should be recognizable elements to people of the '90s and kids of today. Even older songs that have become so ubiquitous that most anyone of any generation can half-way recognize them. Remember how a Van Halen song worked into the original? Repeat that!

[Sentai]

I like the thought of there being a show universe and a movie universe. That was how I saw the original movie. It may've starred the cast from the show, but it was still it's own universe. It's own story. And then you have the second movie, Power Rangers: A Turbo Money Grab, that was basically the season premiere and is something to be used as an example to future generations of what not to do. So I have no problem with the movie being it's own universe, having it's own history and story. It's own characters and design. And I hope never shall the two meet.

The television universe stays the television universe and the movie universe stays the movie universe.

(I do hope though the Movie Megazord will be Zord Builder, but I think that's a given)

[gatoronfire4lord]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

The only instance I can think of in recent memory that was a reboot but still kept the original in place was Star Trek, which actually brought original continuity Spock to the new retelling version.

When we first heard about the movie, I was thinking of this, especially with Time Force being in the continuity. Subplot of two Time Force agents who travel back to catch a villain trying to disrupt the creation of the Power Rangers. Insert classic line, just like Star Trek did, that villain has caused just enough changes to establish a new timeline, voila.

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

So I'm wondering if we will have rocky, Trini, Adam,

Rocky, Aisha, Adam...right?