You know, I recall in Power Rangers RPM they actually explained that the reason teenagers were needed was because the powers and morphing could be extremely hard on the body. The person using the power needed to be focused, young, fit, and healthy or it could destroy them. Thinking about it that way, it makes sense they can't morph immediately, and they had to slowly allow themselves to come into their powers so they wouldn't simply die when they finally did morph. Just a thought.
bahamutkod "teenagers with attitudes" -gets five 4.0 honor roll kids who do community service every weekend and just so happen to be into gymnastics and martial arts that's why i liked how the characters in the movie are the bad kids and outcasts
Ok, but Marines, who undergo HEAVY training fit every single category. They're healthy, fit and most are still young. Plus they have combat experience.
i love the fact that james go out his way, research all this stuff, throw all his personal opinions out the way and bring new ones all together, just for us! He could have passed this opportunity up, but thanks james, for not.
It's so horrible that main iconic themes are largely ignored these days, instead we get generic stuff. Why are they so afraid of theme songs jeez...just throw the whole thing in, not just a snippet.
Apart from possible licensing issues with composers (depending on the project, given it's not like it's not ALL omissions are conveniently due to the same reason), they probably want to establish new musical identities for their universes. In a way, it's kind of thematically inconsistent to have their composers go through the hard work of establishing a new main leitmotif, only to go and utilizing an older version here and there, clashing with the new material established for them. It really depends on whether these things can be appropriately incorporated or not. With Power Rangers, the original theme is a major overarching song appearing numerous times within the franchise, so it seems fitting that they wound up referencing it a bit, but it's understandable why certain other adaptations may omit their songs, be it due to tonal or stylistic inconsistencies.
Amusingly, I'm not actually fond of Zimmer's work for the Nolan Batman films. I'm obviously all for changing it up, since it was a new universe, but Zimmer's scoring for the past ten years actually falls into that trend of ambient and minimalism. The only difference is he utilizes some power anthems and such for action sequences, but they don't really save those scores for me. Even Batman's own theme actually gets lost in the mix there for a lot of people. Most believe the Bat Tumbler action cue (reused a lot in later films for general action sequences) is his motif, when in actuality, it's a somewhat simple two note leitmotif (a most notable example of its usage is during the climb out of the pit in the third one, or after he defeated Ra's Al Ghul and shown to have survived). I did like the James Newton Howard side of it, though. Although it was bizarre how the Wayne family material from Begins suddenly became Harvey Dent-related music in the sequel.
I'll respect your taste in music, but largely Zimmer's score does conjure up TDK when you hear it and same cannot be said for other movies in general. It almost seems like score is written scene by scene without a recognizable base for the movie, do you know what I mean. Regardless of however you classify Zimmer's work, you can still recognize it and associate it with Batman no matter its usage, that's my point: the unique sound. If you are creating a new universe then you should create identifiable sound to go with it instead creating another generic score.
new identities? Remakes? Mother fuckers PLEAZE the theme song is BASED around the words MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS. I want to hear that damn song, you hollywood fucksticks.
I think not making the bully Bulk and Skull was a great move. In the show Bulk and Skull eventually became lovable goofs and fan favorites. But this bully was 100% a douche and that was the point of him. No need to ruin Bulk and Skull when they could save them for future movies.
The song is a good point. One thing about the shows in the 90s; if it had a catchy uplifting themesong, it was almost guaranteed to be a hit among kids.... M.A.S.K, Silverhawks, Galaxy Rangers.. it just goes to show just how important a theme song was and still is. And Power Rangers.. omg, there is a reason why its still ingrained in our minds today and I'm willing to bet that the theme song had a lot to do with it. As soon you heard it, it was like "YEAH! Power Rangers!!! ITS MORPHIN TIME!!"... it just grabbed you by your balls and lifted you up, got you all excited.
+Your Little Pwny You're absolutely right ^^ my bad. But the concept is still valid. :) Theme songs did so much to make or break a show back then, both in the 80s and the 90s. Today, many shows chose to not even show a title screen. :O
Yeah. Mike should watch that, if he hasn't. I'll say, actually, that when that thing already exists, there is less of a reason for this movie to have that much cheese. Would it have be cool? Sure! But it's not something that hurts it, I think. SPD, too, was not all that cheesy. It had its moments, but overall it seemed kind of serious across the episodes. And it was rad. I do think, though, that they could have had monsters that looked kind of ridiculous in the movie. More ridiculous than they already do. And have many diverse designs for them.
Power Rangers Zeo, episode 23, titled "It Came from Angel Grove". It has the potential to be your favorite episode, or possibly your most hated. It's pretty much Power Rangers meets Universal monsters. Check it out.
To be fair, James has been looking into all things Power Rangers recently, I am sure he'll have to check that one out as well, now that he knows it exists... XD
because Hollywood hates Ron Wasserman for some reason, he must not be a occultist or something, i don't know. Every time they shun this dude even though the fans want him.
Yeah, I'm not really sure why they don't like him. Then again, the industry routinely portrays Native Americans as a mysterious group of people with magical powers, so I don't know exactly how credible I consider it. But whatever, at least the theme song is in there, and it's used in a pretty good spot.
You have been on a Troll of Mark GIngrich of Turdistan Lodes THis... isn't a review, it's ...Just talking, and th egameplay, even SW ones were even better. AVGN, Mike, You quit making this shit up as if you just know the damn show; - you use Cliches from 2003+; Yer fucking stuck in the 80s,,'don't just adopt this new-fangled shit, you SAID "Ninja Turtles" over Power Rangers, so come to me, and don't charge into a Bland Babbling of a Reboot of a Reboot of Telly Savala's Gold with out-of-pace Haxor-f0q ASS-Fuch. I'll help out. and don't talk keep bringing these points UP.
I keep hearing people comment on Amy Jo Johnson's good looks but nothing on the late Thùy Trang (the original Trini). Was she that ordinary to the average viewer? No judgement, just honest curiosity.
It may be that she was ordinary and that is PRECISELY why people liked her so much. I recently read about how "average faces" oh women have a much higher rate of sexual attraction because, to put it bluntly in layman's terms, "the difference between asking out a supermodel and asking out a normal girl is that you feel like you have a chance with the normal girl." While this isn't intrinsically true globally, it's a reportedly noticeable statistic.
As a character, Trini just didn't stand out as much against the rest. She was a bit of a shy girl, and Thuy Trang may have played that role a bit too well. She tended to blend into the background whenever the focus of the story wasn't on her.
Glad it didn't become to dark, cause that was what I was afraid of is that they would have gone way to overboard with the dark tone like what Fant4stic did (and we know how that turned out), glad their was still a fun factor to it, without that going to far in the spectrum.
Well, a ranger did get killed of in the season Power rangers Lost Galaxy in the real show. (Granted she was resurrected in the last episode but for half the show she was D-E-A-D.)
the western world refuses to put sanctions on sponsors of terrorism because war = profit, and they have joined forces with saudi arabia to conquer the middle east by displacing the populations of those countries into the western world terrorism, beating women, and being a slave are now "gangta" and "hip" thats why oh and 9/11 was the u.s. gov initiating itself as a willing participant for not preventing it
Am I the only one that thinks the designs of the zords, costumes etc etc. Just look super convoluted? Like TOO much of a detailed/cluttered/busy design?
I loved the movie, but I agree. The guys kinda did say that though, but not about the uniforms, which are what bugged me the most. Maybe I miss the girls’ mini skirts...
I felt a little bit of the cheese there with Rita eating Doughnuts as Goldar (weakest part of the film for me) dug up the Zeo crystal, and the megazord dancing there were a few other small scenes but I'm glad it's not as cheesey as the original but not trying to be super dark and edgey but a nice balance between the two
This movie is made for the FANS, for us who were kids during the 90s, and when we played outside, each having a character! While watching it I wanted to become a Power Ranger again, brought so many memories back. Awesome movie, everything spot on!
I agree with much of what was said; however, I wanted to see them fight in the suits more. There was BARELY any of that. They spent less than a minute fighting the putties and then went to the zords and most of the costume was out of shot and the masks were open so you could see the actors' faces. Between the prologue and the rest of the movie, I feel the suits got very little screen time. I mean, yeah, they needed that character bonding, but I think they could have done that with the Power Rangers able to morph, but then the need to come together as a team comes into forming the Megazord. You'd lose the motivation of Zordon, but I don't feel that was entirely necessary.
This is one of the only reviews I wanted to watch! I'm glad you both have the same opinion as me. It was wonderful fan service, and also made it enjoyable for the new generation. I haven't felt this happy coming out of the theatre in a while. It made me feel like a kid again! Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy! Go Go Power Rangers!
Western directors are not familiar with certain tropes used when directing sentai shows that is why this movie lacked the essential element familiar to the fans of Power Rangers/Super Sentai.
Better than BVS! Sorry, that's coming from someone who loved Man of Steel. It had a fucking story without being overly dark. It was fantastic in my opinion.
James: "As much as I wanted to hear more of that song, I personally have heard enough of that song lately." Mike: "You really more of that song?" James: "... Yeah. I do." I agree! It's just so freaking metal!!!
Fun Fact: The theme song they used for that segment in the movie was actually the movie version of the theme song from 1995. Also "I got the Power" was iconic because that song was ALSO in the MMPR Movie in 1995.
I'm 40 years old. By the time the 'Power Rangers' got popular was back when I just started college and it was just some kid's show with some 'Godzilla' elements to it. Never seen it. I finally saw this movie and OMG!!!! It's rare to find a fun movie where you really care for the characters. This is a MUST see if you're an old shit like me that is sick of Hollywood, likes sci-fi and fun characters, and want to watch a fun movie. This, along with 'Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2' are so worth seeing when you get the chance. I think this 'Power Rangers' film deserves a sequel.
Django Unchained had the credits at the beginning it was an amazing touch I think. Guys, I love your reviews, James you're so professional, you catch those little details that everyone seem to miss. Thank you so much, great video.
Pretty sure "I Got The Power" plays in the OG MMPR movie, so I'm okay with it. Also I don't think the use of "Go Go Power Rangers" is an afterthought because the reenact the Zord entrance sequence from the OG series too!
You're so right James :D Batman intro credits with the theme song really gets you ready to watch the movie. This works only for good movies tho, maybe that is the reason the credits are left to the end these days. haha!
my big quiestion was why they decided to make the mega zord function mor like Voltron rather than everyone go to a large cockpit in the chest like in the show...
They totally nailed my feelings about the movie. Was it amazing? No, but It was way better than I could have imagined it would be. And like Mike, I'm actually excited or a sequel.
The theme song is the version from the 1995 movie. At the end of the credits it says "Go Go Power Rangers, courtesy 20th Century Fox" in the songs used in the film.
Reviewers don't like this movie because it didn't fit into their narrow concept of what the movie should have been. It didn't go full camp, and it didn't go full dark. It simply took the MMPR series and expanded and improved upon it. And reviewers are rejecting it on these grounds. Each negative review contradicts the last, unable to agree upon what makes the film bad. Most YT reviewers that I trust will give very positive reviews of the film and then end off with a 6/10 or 7/10. It's kind of bullshit.
I had a Mandela Effect experience, related to the new Power Rangers movie! When I saw the Tyrannozord throw the yellow Camaro, I thought "Please make a Bumblebee joke, please make a Bumblebee joke..." and was disappointed that there was none. Few days later, I read about the movie on Reddit, and people are saying that not only the Tyrannozord STEPPED ON the yellow Camaro (as opposed to THROWING it), but Jason actually said "Sorry Bumblebee!" But that's not what I remember! WTF?
I really enjoyed the movie overall when I went and watched it yesterday (and that says a lot coming from a Super Sentai purist like me). I love the renewed approach of some of the elements from the 1993 show like how it now has a more serious take on teenager dramas, how the movie took time for character development, how realistic the Rangers reacted when they realized they have superpowers, how crazy the new Rita is, how the Rangers needed time to get used to piloting the Zords, and how you can follow the fight scenes clearly without looking like a metalic-clunky mess like most of the Transformers movies. My only nitpick on the movie was, like Mike said, how Zordon kinda have this jerk and selfish side in him (which is understandable for a Brian Cranston character) and how they didn't really cover enough about his desire to use the Rangers' powers to literally resurrect himself. I know it's meant to be a plot device for him to redeem himself later in the film, but I wished they would work the conflict a bit better. Other than that, I also wished we actually get to see the physical formation of the Megazord. The scene where it raised up from the pit was so epic, but I'd love to see how the movie takes their own approach on depicting a Japanese Super Robot "Gattai" sequence, instead of just magically and literally fused themselves with the power of Friendship.
How can it be, if she was a teenager during the original show? She shouldn't be older than 42. Unless... *Checks out Wikipedia* So apparently Kimberly wasn't jailbait at all.
and his spirit animal would be the Megazord itself. Having Chuck within it causes massive testosterone boost giving Megazord mighty metallic beard, increased hip flexibility and heavy low hanging wrecking balls.
Not having Bulk and Skull kinda killed the movie for me because of the finale of Power Rangers in Space. Still enjoyed it, but I wish bulk and skull were in it.
He's actually supposed to be a flying monkey (the Sentai had a big Wizard of Oz thing going on with Bandora on her flying bike, Goldar being a flying monkey, Baboo also being a flying monkey). But he's also supposed to be a manticore, since he gets a scorpion tail at a later point.
Saiyuki2o4 - Maybe in the original Super Sentai? If he was there? I'm looking at the Reversioned Ep 1 on Netflix right now, and his little introduction window reads "Goldar - Sinister Space Simian" Google search on Simian leads to a branch on monkeys/apes originating ~60 mill years ago. If he was indeed meant to be a Griffin, he was grossly mislabeled. I would call him a chimera, a creature composed of more than 1 animal. Though not the actual griffin/gryphon, which is the head, front legs and wings of an eagle, and the back legs, body and tail of a lion. Goldar is neither. :p He has wings, but not eagle wings.
GreatAwesomeReviewers | StarDust Studios - Flying monkey seems about right, I could also buy into the manticore idea, even if the wings are not exactly leather like bats, or his face is pretty far from human. They got the teeth right though :p
So its taking notes from the netflix voltron series? They have to learn about eachother and act as one to form voltron. Thats good, ill check this out then
Ben Ulrand what's funny is that was one of my thoughts or rather time force with a reference to spd at the end seeing as their both cop themed series and time force was more popular
This is actually one of the best movies I've seen in a while it has everything, the characters are well developed it has sad moments funny and exciting what more can u ask for is a power ranger movies I gave this move a 8.9/10 right now it has 7.1/10 by next week I'll go up 8.5/10
Mike really pinned down what I liked about the Power Rangers as a kid: Big crazy monsters and Amy Jo Johnson.
Firevine Yay he literally pinned you on the comments
he pinned down this comment too
Firevine they were there amy and jason frank david
I cannot believe she still looks as good as in the 90s
I love pink space ranger
You know, I recall in Power Rangers RPM they actually explained that the reason teenagers were needed was because the powers and morphing could be extremely hard on the body. The person using the power needed to be focused, young, fit, and healthy or it could destroy them. Thinking about it that way, it makes sense they can't morph immediately, and they had to slowly allow themselves to come into their powers so they wouldn't simply die when they finally did morph.
Just a thought.
William Voight "find me five teenagers with attitudes!"
bahamutkod "teenagers with attitudes" -gets five 4.0 honor roll kids who do community service every weekend and just so happen to be into gymnastics and martial arts
that's why i liked how the characters in the movie are the bad kids and outcasts
Ok, but Marines, who undergo HEAVY training fit every single category. They're healthy, fit and most are still young. Plus they have combat experience.
RPM explained pretty much everything. even why shit keeps exploding around the Rangers. xP
i love the fact that james go out his way, research all this stuff, throw all his personal opinions out the way and bring new ones all together, just for us! He could have passed this opportunity up, but thanks james, for not.
SoGx Delta yeah we saw him do a 2 part review in prep for the film
A lot better than some reviewer who tried to review the power rangers *cough*Nostalgia Critic*Cough*
and he even took the opportunity to shoot an AVGN episode. James sure seems like he likes to keep himself busy, gotta give him props for that.
The part where they played the theme song had me squealing like a 10-year-old in the middle of the theater
Bud who saw it in theaters said that the audience lost their minds and started cheering. Wish I coulda been there.
Red ranger: Red power!
Blue ranger: Blue power!
White ranger: Well,uh
ASMR FredisBread lol
That's why they only said __ RANGER Power! in Season 3.
[Insert Dave Chapelle reference]
Ahh, this was when you could say something like "White Power!" without man-children crying "thAts sO raCIst!!!!1!1!1!"
@@gamingnubs7628 1!1!1 ?
It's so horrible that main iconic themes are largely ignored these days, instead we get generic stuff. Why are they so afraid of theme songs jeez...just throw the whole thing in, not just a snippet.
Really though, AT LEAST play the original theme in the credits...
Apart from possible licensing issues with composers (depending on the project, given it's not like it's not ALL omissions are conveniently due to the same reason), they probably want to establish new musical identities for their universes. In a way, it's kind of thematically inconsistent to have their composers go through the hard work of establishing a new main leitmotif, only to go and utilizing an older version here and there, clashing with the new material established for them. It really depends on whether these things can be appropriately incorporated or not. With Power Rangers, the original theme is a major overarching song appearing numerous times within the franchise, so it seems fitting that they wound up referencing it a bit, but it's understandable why certain other adaptations may omit their songs, be it due to tonal or stylistic inconsistencies.
Amusingly, I'm not actually fond of Zimmer's work for the Nolan Batman films. I'm obviously all for changing it up, since it was a new universe, but Zimmer's scoring for the past ten years actually falls into that trend of ambient and minimalism. The only difference is he utilizes some power anthems and such for action sequences, but they don't really save those scores for me. Even Batman's own theme actually gets lost in the mix there for a lot of people. Most believe the Bat Tumbler action cue (reused a lot in later films for general action sequences) is his motif, when in actuality, it's a somewhat simple two note leitmotif (a most notable example of its usage is during the climb out of the pit in the third one, or after he defeated Ra's Al Ghul and shown to have survived). I did like the James Newton Howard side of it, though. Although it was bizarre how the Wayne family material from Begins suddenly became Harvey Dent-related music in the sequel.
I'll respect your taste in music, but largely Zimmer's score does conjure up TDK when you hear it and same cannot be said for other movies in general. It almost seems like score is written scene by scene without a recognizable base for the movie, do you know what I mean. Regardless of however you classify Zimmer's work, you can still recognize it and associate it with Batman no matter its usage, that's my point: the unique sound. If you are creating a new universe then you should create identifiable sound to go with it instead creating another generic score.
new identities? Remakes?
Mother fuckers PLEAZE the theme song is BASED around the words MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS.
I want to hear that damn song, you hollywood fucksticks.
I think not making the bully Bulk and Skull was a great move. In the show Bulk and Skull eventually became lovable goofs and fan favorites. But this bully was 100% a douche and that was the point of him. No need to ruin Bulk and Skull when they could save them for future movies.
That's a really good point actually.
John S I hope so. I like bulk and skull
The song is a good point. One thing about the shows in the 90s; if it had a catchy uplifting themesong, it was almost guaranteed to be a hit among kids.... M.A.S.K, Silverhawks, Galaxy Rangers.. it just goes to show just how important a theme song was and still is. And Power Rangers.. omg, there is a reason why its still ingrained in our minds today and I'm willing to bet that the theme song had a lot to do with it. As soon you heard it, it was like "YEAH! Power Rangers!!! ITS MORPHIN TIME!!"... it just grabbed you by your balls and lifted you up, got you all excited.
Galaxy Rangers was an odd one though, because the villains actually had a cooler theme song than the heroes in it.
MASK, Silverhawks, and Galaxy Rangers were all 80s shows though.
+Your Little Pwny
You're absolutely right ^^ my bad. But the concept is still valid. :) Theme songs did so much to make or break a show back then, both in the 80s and the 90s. Today, many shows chose to not even show a title screen. :O
Did you guys notice Amy Jo Johnson and the guy who played Tommy from the original series cheering for Megazord at the end? :)
easy sight if you never forget them.
A nice homage 2 the original series
You know any jo Johnson's name but not jason david Frank's? Lol
@@ryanbernard2918 he might've watched Felicity too, or Flashpoint. or both.
There has been a Power Rangers series that mixes cheese with serious topics, it's called RPM, that is easily my favorite recent series.
ShayminPunk same!!
Ironically the sentai RPM is based off was a parody sentai and was very goofy.
ShayminPunk Time Force was better.
Yeah. Mike should watch that, if he hasn't. I'll say, actually, that when that thing already exists, there is less of a reason for this movie to have that much cheese. Would it have be cool? Sure! But it's not something that hurts it, I think. SPD, too, was not all that cheesy. It had its moments, but overall it seemed kind of serious across the episodes. And it was rad. I do think, though, that they could have had monsters that looked kind of ridiculous in the movie. More ridiculous than they already do. And have many diverse designs for them.
ShayminPunk prob my favorite of the later seasons.
18:34 Mario Brothers movie Bob Hoskins has Luigi using one of those things saying, "we're not going broke Mario, we're already there".
i keep bumping into you everywhere recently LOL
ProtoMario saw that film when I was 10 in 1994 on VHS didn't think it was good😊
Power Rangers Zeo, episode 23, titled "It Came from Angel Grove". It has the potential to be your favorite episode, or possibly your most hated. It's pretty much Power Rangers meets Universal monsters. Check it out.
Danny Gomez Does it have King Kong.
Danny Gomez my favorite was the one where tommy is a professor and fights his past rangers. So much nostalgia in that episode
Are you talking about the Power Rangers Dino Thunder season?
Danny Gomez I believe that's the one. I could be wrong but I believe Jason even makes a re appearance in that trilogy as well
mike schillig Jason never appeared on Dino Thunder. His last real appearance was in wild force I believe
It's funny how they mention that Megazord reminded them of Optimus Prime, because the original Megazord had a similar mouth piece/cover like Optimus.
trust mike to randomly ask if james has seen a porno...
To be fair, James has been looking into all things Power Rangers recently, I am sure he'll have to check that one out as well, now that he knows it exists... XD
Mighty Muffin Pounder Rangers....
mdqp2 the power rangers porn is vital to the series
Or in this case: Mighty Morphin Krispy Kremers!
And then goes on to say that another thing he liked about this movie was that the girls were hot.
The theme song is actually from the 95 movie.
Yeah, I noticed that too. I got a nostalgia boner but I was wondering why they didn't pick another version or remake it.
because Hollywood hates Ron Wasserman for some reason, he must not be a occultist or something, i don't know. Every time they shun this dude even though the fans want him.
Yeah, I'm not really sure why they don't like him. Then again, the industry routinely portrays Native Americans as a mysterious group of people with magical powers, so I don't know exactly how credible I consider it. But whatever, at least the theme song is in there, and it's used in a pretty good spot.
Yeah, and I kinda hated them for that.
Probably because people would complain that it was a remix and the original movie theme has aged really well.
"After all that do you REALLY want more of that song?"
"Yeah I do."
that is the correct answer
Its nice seeing James and Mike talk about this, especially since James got into Power Rangers a little late.
+Wade Wilson
James seems obsessed with Power Rangers nowadays all of a sudden, lol.
"A little"
You've been on a roll with these movie reviews.
Yup thanks to Monster Madness
Chad Williams I miss MM but at least we get more of them.
i swear your icon is from a "dead" app game called Hellfire. RIP Hellfire
It's that season of the year when studios were just bomb us with these nerd movies
You have been on a Troll of Mark GIngrich of Turdistan Lodes THis... isn't a review, it's ...Just talking, and th egameplay, even SW ones were even better.
AVGN, Mike, You quit making this shit up as if you just know the damn show; - you use Cliches from 2003+; Yer fucking stuck in the 80s,,'don't just adopt this new-fangled shit, you SAID "Ninja Turtles" over Power Rangers, so come to me, and don't charge into a Bland Babbling of a Reboot of a Reboot of Telly Savala's Gold with out-of-pace Haxor-f0q ASS-Fuch. I'll help out. and don't talk keep bringing these points UP.
That Kanye West song kinda killed the mood of the epicness
Seriously. People need to stop giving him contracts.
not a very wavy comment
I keep hearing people comment on Amy Jo Johnson's good looks but nothing on the late Thùy Trang (the original Trini). Was she that ordinary to the average viewer? No judgement, just honest curiosity.
I thought Thuy Trang was freaking cute too! :)
Kimberly > all
It may be that she was ordinary and that is PRECISELY why people liked her so much. I recently read about how "average faces" oh women have a much higher rate of sexual attraction because, to put it bluntly in layman's terms, "the difference between asking out a supermodel and asking out a normal girl is that you feel like you have a chance with the normal girl."
While this isn't intrinsically true globally, it's a reportedly noticeable statistic.
As a character, Trini just didn't stand out as much against the rest. She was a bit of a shy girl, and Thuy Trang may have played that role a bit too well. She tended to blend into the background whenever the focus of the story wasn't on her.
I thought they were both absolutely gorgeous. rip thuy trang. she was taken too soon
that moment you realize this is just what happens if the Breakfast Club got superpowers
I love how in the end, James still wants to hear more of the Power Rangers theme song haha.
Thought it was cool seeing Kimberly and Tommy together snapping pics of Megazord lol
Glad it didn't become to dark, cause that was what I was afraid of is that they would have gone way to overboard with the dark tone like what Fant4stic did (and we know how that turned out), glad their was still a fun factor to it, without that going to far in the spectrum.
Actully it does have a dark tone a few times (white rangers backstory), also without saying who, one of the rangers dies
Well, a ranger did get killed of in the season Power rangers Lost Galaxy in the real show. (Granted she was resurrected in the last episode but for half the show she was D-E-A-D.)
The actress from lost galaxy had been diagnosed with leukemia, so they had to write her off the shoe so she could get treatment
why did i get a 5 second commercial of the airplane hitting the world trade center ?! who the fuck made that commercial . ?!
The Zeppelin 1801 RUclips adverts are very strange from time to time....
the western world refuses to put sanctions on sponsors of terrorism because war = profit, and they have joined forces with saudi arabia to conquer the middle east by displacing the populations of those countries into the western world
terrorism, beating women, and being a slave are now "gangta" and "hip"
thats why
oh and 9/11 was the u.s. gov initiating itself as a willing participant for not preventing it
MlSHKlN are you done adjusting your tinfoil hat?
The government
The Zeppelin 1801 illuminati confirmed its probally mk ultra prep for a bad event to happen staged
Can it really be called Power Rangers without Bulk and Skull?
ARX78 is bulk and skull in the movie?
nope
They are replaced by teenage girls. They are loosely based on the characters.
I met Bulk & Skull! I told them I used to laugh at them as a kid. Bulk thought my Darth Vegeta costume was hilarious & is a cutup like his character.
bulk and skull my favorite 30 something year old highschoolers
And the ending sums it up.
"You really want to hear more of that song?"
"Yeah, I do."
The characters are the best part of the movie. Actually having fleshed out people that I care about is a welcomed change.
Because thats what Im looking for when watching Power Rangers aka people in colorful costumes punching monsters in the face.
They the only part of the movie
James: I liked it, good enough.
Mike: It wasn't an exact replica on the original show I watched when I was kid, but it was ok.
lol
Am I the only one that thinks the designs of the zords, costumes etc etc. Just look super convoluted? Like TOO much of a detailed/cluttered/busy design?
The Megazord looked like a Warframe to me more than anything: Like a man in a suit (ironically) with a bunch of random metal bits sticking out of it.
Average Man I quite liked it but I get what you mean.
Average Man That's how I feel about DC's costume design after 2011.
I loved the movie, but I agree. The guys kinda did say that though, but not about the uniforms, which are what bugged me the most. Maybe I miss the girls’ mini skirts...
I really liked the designs for the movie, even though I have a major soft spot for the originals
Might Morphin Breakfast Club. Instead of the MMPR theme, I expected Simple Minds. I liked the film, though.
18:27 The thing you're talking about is called a pin-screen
Do you know, that actress who portrayed Kimberly has a cameo in the movie?
Arturs Dāvids so does tommy
yup
with their colour.
Arturs Dāvids where
Yep. She's with Tommy too.... So I guess everything worked out between them.
Anyone else notice that JDF and Amy Jo were in the movie?
I felt a little bit of the cheese there with Rita eating Doughnuts as Goldar (weakest part of the film for me) dug up the Zeo crystal, and the megazord dancing there were a few other small scenes but I'm glad it's not as cheesey as the original but not trying to be super dark and edgey but a nice balance between the two
This movie is made for the FANS, for us who were kids during the 90s, and when we played outside, each having a character! While watching it I wanted to become a Power Ranger again, brought so many memories back. Awesome movie, everything spot on!
"Make my monster grow!"--- something I tell my girlfriend on the daily!
Darkeith Lofton lol
Darkeith Lofton That was way before Crank that Soulja boy. 😁
Oh man, that joke totally made my day🤣
Woah, haha! This guy gets sex!
I agree with much of what was said; however, I wanted to see them fight in the suits more. There was BARELY any of that. They spent less than a minute fighting the putties and then went to the zords and most of the costume was out of shot and the masks were open so you could see the actors' faces. Between the prologue and the rest of the movie, I feel the suits got very little screen time.
I mean, yeah, they needed that character bonding, but I think they could have done that with the Power Rangers able to morph, but then the need to come together as a team comes into forming the Megazord. You'd lose the motivation of Zordon, but I don't feel that was entirely necessary.
The "I got the power" soundtrack was put in because it was in the end of MMPR movie as well
Power Rangers delivered on what every other nostalgia-ridden reboot TV show/movie failed to.
and considering how cheesy and low budget the TV series was, that's pretty sad.
Amy Jo Johnston is actually in this movie as a cameo appearance.
character development felt very breakfast club-ish in my opinion
look out Rita we're not backing down we're the POWER RANGERS!
"Make my monster grow" -Mike
This is one of the only reviews I wanted to watch! I'm glad you both have the same opinion as me. It was wonderful fan service, and also made it enjoyable for the new generation. I haven't felt this happy coming out of the theatre in a while. It made me feel like a kid again! Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy! Go Go Power Rangers!
Western directors are not familiar with certain tropes used when directing sentai shows that is why this movie lacked the essential element familiar to the fans of Power Rangers/Super Sentai.
epic two sided fights, and insane displays of power and abillity. I bet they don't even get hit while fighting in unless they have to lose.
Better than BVS! Sorry, that's coming from someone who loved Man of Steel. It had a fucking story without being overly dark. It was fantastic in my opinion.
James: "As much as I wanted to hear more of that song, I personally have heard enough of that song lately."
Mike: "You really more of that song?"
James: "... Yeah. I do."
I agree! It's just so freaking metal!!!
Cant Wait to see it on a weekday with no crowd
NAZTALGIC lucky you
This is a movie you must see with a crowd. A crowd full of Power Ranger fans
Fun Fact: The theme song they used for that segment in the movie was actually the movie version of the theme song from 1995. Also "I got the Power" was iconic because that song was ALSO in the MMPR Movie in 1995.
i can't believe they didn't mention Bryan Cranston!
I'm 40 years old. By the time the 'Power Rangers' got popular was back when I just started college and it was just some kid's show with some 'Godzilla' elements to it. Never seen it. I finally saw this movie and OMG!!!! It's rare to find a fun movie where you really care for the characters. This is a MUST see if you're an old shit like me that is sick of Hollywood, likes sci-fi and fun characters, and want to watch a fun movie. This, along with 'Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2' are so worth seeing when you get the chance. I think this 'Power Rangers' film deserves a sequel.
I really liked at the end where they did a shout out to the fact that the yellow ranger was a guy from the super sentai fights
When it comes out im going to edit the original theme over the entire kanye song
The look of Zordon actually was used in a recent movie, James. Man of Steel. The Krypton technology. And it's corny in that to, lol.
Django Unchained had the credits at the beginning it was an amazing touch I think. Guys, I love your reviews, James you're so professional, you catch those little details that everyone seem to miss. Thank you so much, great video.
"It was pretty good."
I'm shocked. thanks for video boys
Note about the theme song: it's actually the theme they used in the 1995 movie.
Pretty sure "I Got The Power" plays in the OG MMPR movie, so I'm okay with it. Also I don't think the use of "Go Go Power Rangers" is an afterthought because the reenact the Zord entrance sequence from the OG series too!
"yea, I do."
great line to go out on, that song never gets old.
You're so right James :D Batman intro credits with the theme song really gets you ready to watch the movie. This works only for good movies tho, maybe that is the reason the credits are left to the end these days. haha!
my big quiestion was why they decided to make the mega zord function mor like Voltron rather than everyone go to a large cockpit in the chest like in the show...
6:27 "Make my monster grow!" said Mike Matei's mighty morphin' mastodon megazock.
James, thanks for working hard on AVGN all these years. I've missed it, please make more when you have the time!
they need to make a beetle borgs movie now
4:10 James has horror flashbacks to the AVGN movie.
They totally nailed my feelings about the movie. Was it amazing? No, but It was way better than I could have imagined it would be. And like Mike, I'm actually excited or a sequel.
The theme song is the version from the 1995 movie. At the end of the credits it says "Go Go Power Rangers, courtesy 20th Century Fox" in the songs used in the film.
I loved it! XD
It felt like the Breakfast Club at the beginning, but then became more AWESOME! XD
Ridiculous monsters? You should see Himitsu Sentai Gorenger.
James looks fresh as fuck in this vid not gonna lie
I love this channel. James and Mike, you guys are great to watch. Thank you for years of great content.
Reviewers don't like this movie because it didn't fit into their narrow concept of what the movie should have been. It didn't go full camp, and it didn't go full dark. It simply took the MMPR series and expanded and improved upon it. And reviewers are rejecting it on these grounds. Each negative review contradicts the last, unable to agree upon what makes the film bad. Most YT reviewers that I trust will give very positive reviews of the film and then end off with a 6/10 or 7/10. It's kind of bullshit.
Or because it wasnt great. Im a huge pr fan and i get if you liked it. There are legitmate reasons not to like it tho, cuz i sure didnt.
@@doomchill I agree I thought it was bad
My nephew and I used to watch the T.V series in the 90s whenever I would babysit him & his little buddies.
Go go power rangers!
Everyone in the theater cheered and applaud when the theme song played! It was so awesome!
GO GO POWER RANGERS for life!
I'm surprised no mention of the cameos at the end of the movie.
Kaiser499 in rugrats who voiced Angelina?
im aware it's old, but i'm sure kaiser is referring to amy jo and JDF.
I had a Mandela Effect experience, related to the new Power Rangers movie!
When I saw the Tyrannozord throw the yellow Camaro, I thought "Please make a Bumblebee joke, please make a Bumblebee joke..." and was disappointed that there was none. Few days later, I read about the movie on Reddit, and people are saying that not only the Tyrannozord STEPPED ON the yellow Camaro (as opposed to THROWING it), but Jason actually said "Sorry Bumblebee!"
But that's not what I remember! WTF?
DevilMaster Yeah he did! I lost my shit at that
the only thing I didn't like was the Kanye song they used for the big battle... other than that it was a good movie!
LonewolfSaichi Power Rangers needs a rockin' soundtrack.
I really enjoyed the movie overall when I went and watched it yesterday (and that says a lot coming from a Super Sentai purist like me). I love the renewed approach of some of the elements from the 1993 show like how it now has a more serious take on teenager dramas, how the movie took time for character development, how realistic the Rangers reacted when they realized they have superpowers, how crazy the new Rita is, how the Rangers needed time to get used to piloting the Zords, and how you can follow the fight scenes clearly without looking like a metalic-clunky mess like most of the Transformers movies.
My only nitpick on the movie was, like Mike said, how Zordon kinda have this jerk and selfish side in him (which is understandable for a Brian Cranston character) and how they didn't really cover enough about his desire to use the Rangers' powers to literally resurrect himself. I know it's meant to be a plot device for him to redeem himself later in the film, but I wished they would work the conflict a bit better. Other than that, I also wished we actually get to see the physical formation of the Megazord. The scene where it raised up from the pit was so epic, but I'd love to see how the movie takes their own approach on depicting a Japanese Super Robot "Gattai" sequence, instead of just magically and literally fused themselves with the power of Friendship.
Amy Jo Johnson is only 46 and hot
How can it be, if she was a teenager during the original show? She shouldn't be older than 42. Unless...
*Checks out Wikipedia*
So apparently Kimberly wasn't jailbait at all.
I'm surprised they didn't touch on the PG-13 aspect of this movie. I thought it was awesome to have a good amount of swearing in this movie!
I'm disappointed. I was hoping Chuck Norris would be in it - the mightiest ranger of them all.
and his spirit animal would be the Megazord itself. Having Chuck within it causes massive testosterone boost giving Megazord mighty metallic beard, increased hip flexibility and heavy low hanging wrecking balls.
Not having Bulk and Skull kinda killed the movie for me because of the finale of Power Rangers in Space. Still enjoyed it, but I wish bulk and skull were in it.
Goldar in the show was described as a "Super Simian". Simian is a type of monkey, so I guess he was supposed to be a primate of sorts?
He's actually supposed to be a flying monkey (the Sentai had a big Wizard of Oz thing going on with Bandora on her flying bike, Goldar being a flying monkey, Baboo also being a flying monkey). But he's also supposed to be a manticore, since he gets a scorpion tail at a later point.
Saiyuki2o4 - Maybe in the original Super Sentai? If he was there? I'm looking at the Reversioned Ep 1 on Netflix right now, and his little introduction window reads "Goldar - Sinister Space Simian" Google search on Simian leads to a branch on monkeys/apes originating ~60 mill years ago.
If he was indeed meant to be a Griffin, he was grossly mislabeled. I would call him a chimera, a creature composed of more than 1 animal. Though not the actual griffin/gryphon, which is the head, front legs and wings of an eagle, and the back legs, body and tail of a lion. Goldar is neither. :p He has wings, but not eagle wings.
GreatAwesomeReviewers | StarDust Studios - Flying monkey seems about right, I could also buy into the manticore idea, even if the wings are not exactly leather like bats, or his face is pretty far from human. They got the teeth right though :p
Advice for a sequel. Make sure you keep the iconic theme song in the movie. That's the most vital part of the movie
Mike explains himself like a valley girl.
There's no opening credits anymore because there are SO MANY DAMN PREVIEWS and we just want to get to the movie.
good movie with no cliches
it's a good Krispy Kreme commercial but not a good movie.
When it comes to opening credits I think it works depending on the tone of the movie and when introducing new actors, for example Logan
It's flawed but awesome!
Does anyone else think Zordon looks like Patrick Stewart - aka Jean Luc Picard?
So its taking notes from the netflix voltron series? They have to learn about eachother and act as one to form voltron. Thats good, ill check this out then
Thank you for giving us your opinion on the new adaptation of the classic Sentai series!
Your review is the only one that matters.
The MMPR theme was from the 1995 MMPR movie but they trimmed it so you couldn't hear the mighty morphin power rangers part.
POWER RANGERS SPD MOVIE RIGHT THE FUCK NOW.
Ben Ulrand what's funny is that was one of my thoughts or rather time force with a reference to spd at the end seeing as their both cop themed series and time force was more popular
Yeah! We, which version is that?
The one with a dog man as their leader. That's the one I remember best from childhood.
Yeah! And I want to fucking hear "SPD EMERGENCY *awesome fucking guitar riffs" right after they start rolling the fucking film!!!
Coco Drilo and I want to see their GODDAMN BASE TRANSFORM INTO A GODDAMN DOG MAN!
Good to know you guys liked this film. I'm a huge tokusatsu nerd so I'm looking forward to this.
This is actually one of the best movies I've seen in a while it has everything, the characters are well developed it has sad moments funny and exciting what more can u ask for is a power ranger movies I gave this move a 8.9/10 right now it has 7.1/10 by next week I'll go up 8.5/10