Owing to a busy week, I haven't had time to form my Editorial on Voltron s3, so here's my review of Power Rangers instead
For all my love of action, I’ve never really gotten into Power Rangers. I was a bit young to get into it during the Mighty Morphin era (I was less than a year old) and whilst I did occasionally see ads for its subsequent, I never really thought about watching it. I’ve since caught a couple of episodes just for research and because I was bored. They’re OK, nothing more than OK.
For all my love of action, I’ve never really gotten into Power Rangers. I was a bit young to get into it during the Mighty Morphin era (I was less than a year old) and whilst I did occasionally see ads for its subsequent, I never really thought about watching it. I’ve since caught a couple of episodes just for research and because I was bored. They’re OK, nothing more than OK.
But the
ideas are what intrigue me, incorporating footage from a Japanese show called
Super Sentai to drive costs down is a good idea, combined with innovative toy
designs has kept Power Rangers afloat for 25 years. But what happens when you
take away that element. You get the Power Rangers movies.
I’ll
eventually be talking about the 2017 movie, but I felt obligated to do some
preliminary reviews so I’ll be doing the first 2 outings first. First off is
Power Rangers: The Movie. Released in 1995 on a $15m budget it made back $66m,
making it financial success. Critically its reception is more mixed with only a
41% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
