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REVIEW: 'Power Rangers' morphs into a new take on an established franchise
REVIEW: 'Power Rangers' morphs into a new take on an established franchise

With Power Rangers drawing better-than-expected reviews and surprising everyone with a $40 million opening weekend gross, 2017 is shaping up to be a really good year. (If you don’t believe me, check out this list compiled by a Redditor.) Despite its promising opening, I’ve found that there is a large segment of people who steadfastly refuse to give it a chance – that’s understandable, given the Power Rangers’ target demographic, but part of the fun in seeing a movie is to be taken in directions that amaze or surprise.

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Film, New ReleasesJason Chenpower rangers, zyuranger, saban, superhero, film, cinema, movies, action, zords, martial artsComment
COUNTDOWN: The Top 30 'Zyuranger' Villains
COUNTDOWN: The Top 30 'Zyuranger' Villains

A tale of good vs. bad is only good if the bad guys are as equally compelling as the good guys, otherwise it just doesn’t work. But in TV shows where the good guys have to win, the bad guys never seem to amount to much. Over the course of a season, the Japanese version of the Power Rangers – Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger – featured more than 30 Dora monsters across 50 episodes with varying success, and while some barely put up a fight, one thing was true across the board: the amount of detail and care given to creating the look and the costumes of each of the monsters was quite astounding, and remember, this was an era where CGI didn’t really exist.

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TVJason Chenpower rangers, super sentai, zyuranger, villains, top 30, countdown, list, bad guysComment