Saban's Power Rangers follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it's too late, band together as the Power Rangers.
I was a big fan of the live-action show back in the day. I had the Red Ranger dress up and other Power Rangers paraphernalia. While everything looks a little different here, from the suits, villains, to Alpha 5, this was still a decent dose of nostalgia. I don't know if it's happened with updated versions of the TV show but it's interesting that some of the Rangers changed colours. I guess they didn't want the black ranger to be black and the yellow ranger the Asian. The penny only dropped regarding that apparent coincidence between the colours and ethnicities a few years back.
In 'The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' TV show, they get chosen and have nothing to prove, while in this, a lot of the movie is about them finding the power, earning the right to become power rangers and learning how to morph. It begins as a 'Breakfast Club' type of scenario with some of the rangers meeting up in detention and then bumping into the others along the way. The rangers all relate fairly well to one another and it's kind of a shame that the cast won't be reuniting for the sequel as this didn't reach the figures the studio needed it to.
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