See The New ‘Power Rangers’ Megazord And Get A Closer Look At The Power Suits
It remains to be seen if the nostalgia will bring the now grown up children of the 1990s and early 2000s into theaters to see the newPower Rangersmovie coming next spring, or if Lionsgate is banking on the younger, newer fans of the various television incarnations to drag their parents to theaters. Either way, this movie is coming, and it’s offering a whole new spin on the long-running property. Now we get a sneak peek at one of the signature pieces ofPower Rangers.
Thanks to the officialPower RangersTwitter account, we get a glimpse of the new Megazord that will be controlled by our five teenage superheroes, and formed by their individual Zords thatwe already caught a glimpse ofin some character posters.
Check out the newPower RangersMegazord after the jump.
Here’s the image from thePower Rangers Twitter account:
Keep in mind this is a toy version of the Megazord, and some details could have changed by the time we see it on the big screen. My first impression is that there’s far too much bland gray there. It almost looks like a prototype rather than the final versionof the toy. Maybe everything that’s gray is intended to be a shinier metal that isn’t reflected in the toy version. After all, there does seem to be a certain shimmer to the Zords that we saw in the aforementioned character posters.
Beyond that, the design has one major difference from the original Megazord. The body form of the new Megazord looks much more human than robot. It more closely resembles the body of a human simply wearing armor, whereas the original Megazord was rather boxy. Plus, this one has wings, while the original never did. That was an element that would come in later Megazords as the line-up of Zords changed.
Moving on from toys, we also have a closer look at the suits our new Power Rangers will be wearing. So far, the photos of our heroes haven’tmade the suits look all that great. They just look extremely fake, and while the shows never went for realism, the first trailer indicates that the tone of the show is much more gritty and grounded, in the same vein ofChronicle.
But when you see the suits in a display for a marketing event, they don’t look half bad (viaHeroic Hollywood):
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There are all the suits that will be worn byDacre Montgomery, RJ Cyler, Naomi Scott, Becky GandLudi Linsuited up as the Red, Blue, Pink, Yellow and Black Rangers respectively. Seeing them in a more tangible form makes them look just fine, so hopefully when we see the suits in motion they don’t look asodd as they do in the stills we’ve seenso far.
Saban’s Power Rangers follows five ordinary high school kids 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 that they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so they will have to overcome their real-life issues andbandtogether as the Power Rangers before it is too late.
Power Rangersis directed byDean Israelite(Project Almanac) and arrives onMarch 24, 2017.
