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Haim Saban: Possible 6-Movie Arc Planned for Power Rangers

The original Saban Power Rangers--like the Saban attempt at Sailor Moon --was not interested in translating or dubbing anything remotely from the Japanese series apart from the battle footage.

Movie studios need to focus on making one good film instead of annual shared universe franchises. Sometimes I think the MCU really screwed up Hollywood.

Then again, this happens with video games too. Just look at Assassin's Creed, which is downright cancerous as a series.

Woomy wrote:

But unfortunately, these characters seem sometimes a little underdeveloped. Well, mostly if you're not Jason or Billy. (Billy is great though btw) They hardly touch upon most of these characters stories, which is a shame because one of them is actually a pretty big step for the franchise. Trini is our first gay Ranger. That's a great step for this franchise. However, when they do start trying for more emotionally character driven stuff, the feelings are only short lived. Trini is our first gay ranger struggling with identity, and it's only briefly touched upon. Same with Zack and the relationship with his ailing mother.

Do you mean "underdeveloped" as in the threads were not very resolved, or do you mean that the characters get over their problems too quickly? If it's the former, they might be setting things up for a sequel.

Then again, this happens with video games too. Just look at Assassin's Creed, which is downright cancerous as a series.

Movie 2 is virtually guaranteed to be BETTER than movie 1.

Like what happened with the Detergent series.

Shared universes make a lot of money though, due to greater audience investment.

Well sure if you ignore the popularity of the 1st, 2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th, & 9th games. And other far more divisive series like Kingdom Hearts, Call Of Duty, Battlefield, Final Fantasy etc.

I don't have the decades it would take to explain why this is...inaccurate at best.

Movie studios need to focus on making one good film instead of annual shared universe franchises. Sometimes I think the MCU really screwed up Hollywood.

Then again, this happens with video games too. Just look at Assassin's Creed, which is downright cancerous as a series.

[A little bit of both, sorry for not being clearer.

Like, Trini and Zack have some potentially compelling stuff that I felt in the film, but like I said, it was barely touched upon.

And Kimberly's deal in this one is that she's allegedly a bully. But like, we only know about one bad thing she did, which she talks over with Jason about how much she regretted it, and that's about it. Everything is just OK now.

Honestly, it was just kinda dumb. It would have made more sense to maybe give something like this to Jason considering this was one of the things apparently holding them back from Morphin. I just don't think it was that bad because I never got a sense of this aspect of her character.

leafy sea dragon wrote:

Shared universes make a lot of money though, due to greater audience investment.

That's certainly what the suits think.

TenCentFang wrote:

Movie studios need to focus on making one good film instead of annual shared universe franchises. Sometimes I think the MCU really screwed up Hollywood. Then again, this happens with video games too. Just look at Assassin's Creed, which is downright cancerous as a series.

When the Avengers came out, it kind of made cinematic history. It was the culmination of what was a big gamble on a studio's part to put faith in audiences to stick around for what was going to be multi-movie spanning storytelling. Something not many even dared attempted because there was nothing that guarantees it would have succeeded. Just imagine that IF Iron Man failed back in 2008, we would not have the MCU as we know it. Avengers was the milestone that showed people this worked and could continue to work.

What kind of revisionist history is that? Disney had no respect for Power Rangers. The shows were given no funding, poor time slots (despite being the only first-run show on ABC Kids, it would often air at 6AM in major markets) and basically forgot about it after Dino Thunder. In fact, the showrunner for the last Disney produced season has said the company felt embarrassed by the franchise. It was cheap, cheesy and because of Toei and Bandai, something they never fully owned ... which is why they'd never want Power Rangers back. They have Star Wars and Marvel now.

but i was just using Disney as an example, the Shows since Saban got it back have been terrible, even the worst of the Disney era shows are better then the stuff being done now

Primus wrote:

Like what happened with the Detergent series.

....That supposed to be an insult or a misspelling?

That said, I feel like Saban only got PR back to use as a film franchise, and I am not impressed. It reminds me of Kris Straub's video about the New 52-"If I take my kids to this movie, are they gonna see like, an adventure, or the Power Rangers having an orgy on a roof?"

No, not at all. I just got back from seeing it, and for better or worse this is very much a Power Rangers film. If you weren't a fan of the franchise before, then I doubt this movie will change your mind. One of the people I went see it with who was never a fan, but was hoping this was a fresh take on the material, still walked away disappointed because it plays it so close to home.

I'm a longtime fan and it pretty much gave me what I expected. A Power Rangers film with the budget to actually fulfill upon its ambitions. It's by no means amazing, but if you go in just wanting to see a big budget episode of the show, this is it. Level your expectations, you'll probably be satisfied. The climatic battle is everything a Power Rangers fan would want.

But if I'm going to level with you critiquing it as a film, it doesn't do anything all that spectacular with the superhero formula. The actors are fine, and make these characters likable, and that's good because three quarters of this film is devoted to a very generic and by-the-numbers origin story. They don't suit up until the last 30 minutes. (Granted though, I stress again, this last 30 minutes is a Power Rangers blast)

Trini is our first gay Ranger. That's a great step for this franchise. However, when they do start trying for more emotionally character driven stuff, the feelings are only short lived. Trini is our first gay ranger struggling with identity, and it's only briefly touched upon.

There can be, if this movie captures the attention of a lot of kids who never cared about Power Rangers prior. That's what I think Haim Saban wants to do: Bring a new generation of kids into the franchise, and have them enjoy it through the movies.

Movie 2 is virtually guaranteed to be BETTER than movie 1.
Why? Well the obvious part is that we pretty much know the Green Ranger will
play a pretty key role in it. Two, they don't have to spend so much time with their origins.
They can just jump right in and get to the good stuff...zord fighting galore!
Plus all the audience feed back. They will have a better idea of what audiences want
going into the second movie.