POWER RANGERS 2017: A Review

Hey guys, I just got back from the movie about a half an hour ago so I figured I better get started. Basically if you are looking for a straight up action movie, you came to the wrong place.  The movie is very character driven and is pretty slow moving at the beginning.  In this review I will put out my pros and cons of the movie.

PROS: As mentioned above the movie is very character driven.  They take about an hour and a half to set up for the action and making a decent story.  Now if you read my last blog post possibly comparing Power Rangers to the Transformers franchise, you are in luck, maybe too much luck.  There is about twenty minutes in the movie where they actually have their suits on, the rest is all building up the story.  The movie has cracked the formula of a balance of dark and humor.  Marvel has had nine years and there movies are still mostly humor.  DC has had four years and their movies are mostly super dark.  Power Rangers is a good mix of humor and darkness.  Rita Repulsa, the Power Rangers movie villain, reminded me a lot of Enchantress from last year's Suicide Squad from DC, but was a better villain.  Also, the Rangers are from different backgrounds and are from different ethnic backgrounds, which means when they are heroes everybody has someone to look up to.

CONS: As I said in the pros, there isn't much action or fighting.  It can be good with a good story but come on this is Power Rangers there should be a lot more fighting.  When you get a better look at the Rangers costumes towards the end of the movie, it looks like the suits are made of plastic.  Also, the fact that Krispy Kreme was a major plot point was kind of dumb.

Overall, I'm torn, in some ways it was better than I expect and in other ways it let me down.  It was more of a drama then an action movie and hopefully the sequels will be better, (yes there will be sequels five I read.)  Anyways go see it and don't forget to stick around for the mid credits scene! Rating 6.5/10

Will Power Rangers 2017 Be Another Transformers Franchise?

Hi guys, I just can't seem to stay out of here over the last few days.  I thought about this a little last night and am thinking about it more now as I sit here watching the original Teen Titans series.  So what do I mean by another Transformers franchise?  I mean another series with a lot of cool special effects and explosions, but absolutely no heart or plot.  Now sure the Transformers makes tons of money because it appeals to people who like action.  However, I believe they will be forgotten within ten or so years after the series ends.  Now with Power Rangers they need to stick to a few things.

Take risks without forgetting the source material.  Obviously this is a remake of the series and everything looks different.  The suits, villains, Zords,etc. It will more than likely be a more mature and a little bit darker outing than the original kids television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but it should still remember that kids were it's original audience and not do to much to alienate it from that.

The writers need a good plot.  Explosions and special effects can't compensate for a good plot and story.  You need that to keep people interested and wanting more and more than likely if you want them to buy the DVD or Blu Ray, otherwise it will be a one-time viewing.  Nowadays, word travels fast with social media if a movie is good or not.  Now I am not say special effects are bad, you can win awards for things like that and it will get others to watch that normally wouldn't.

Know your limits.  Whether it be the content as mentioned above, or even time limits.  Don't drag it on for almost three hours, Transformers 4 I am looking at you, I think the two hours and four minutes is a pretty good time for a movie.  Don't make a movie to short either, Fantastic 4 (2015) was a mess because the plot was super thin because they didn't give it enough time to flush it out.

Anyways if I don't think of something else to write before then I will be reviewing Power Rangers the movie the day after it comes out, if you like the blog please like the Facebook page and thanks for reading  https://www.facebook.com/superherotalks/

Arrow Is Great Again

Last year during the beginning of season 5 I wrote a post called (How to) Make Arrow Great Again.  It pains me to say, it is great again.  It is back to the former glory of season 1 and 2.  While Felicity may not be dead which was one of my points, she is much more tolerable this season.  Laurel came back for a little bit as Black Siren for a little while (the evil Black Canary) and that leaves for an interesting story line later on.  They introduced the comic book Black Canary (Dinah Drake) who is a metahuman.  Maybe since they love to do romance stories on CW, they will get together as Oliver and Felicity are officially apart now.  Roy Harper aka Arsenal hasn't came back yet but I am sure he will, at least for a few episodes.  The team is still overcrowded and needs to be cut way back.  That is pretty much my only complaint right now except for the Prometheus reveal.  The show has even went back to a more low-scale street crime show for the most part with almost no magic.  Now if it doesn't fall apart in the last few 7 episodes I will be super happy.  It pains me to say I was wrong and I can say I am confident the writers will make up for seasons 3 and 4 if they keep doing what they are doing.  If I don't do another blog post beforehand, the next one will be the Power Rangers movie review, but like I said that's if I don't decide to do another one before haha. Anyway thanks for reading and like our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/superherotalks/ Thanks!

Bring Back Superhero Soundtracks

Guess who is back everybody?  Sorry it took so long to write a new post but I have been kind of busy lately.  I will be trying to write spoiler free reviews after every major superhero movie if I see them in theaters, so starting with Power Rangers on March 24th.  Anyway you are probably wondering what this post is about, it is about bringing back the soundtracks for superhero movies.  Since 2013, there have been two superhero soundtracks released, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol 1 and Suicide Squad: The Album.  Sure we get the classical score every movie but soundtracks are a rare thing for movies nowadays and with CBMs or Comic Book Movies flooding the market right now, I believe there are eight this year, they could bring back soundtracks for superhero movies and corner the soundtrack part of the charts.  Now I know what you're thinking, why though?  Here are my thoughts.

Music makes people show emotion whether anger or happiness or joy, all emotions can be released through music.  It makes the movie more emotional and possibly more memorable if there are songs you like on it.  Soundtracks also get new songs or older songs that aren't popular anymore on the radio.  Let's face it everyone listens to a radio station or another.  Someone might like a song from a movie and go see the movie because they like the songs on the movie, which probably isn't as often as I am guessing, but I am still sure it happens a lot.

This is a shorter post than originally envisioned, but hopefully it will still get the point across music makes movies more emotional and memorable and can even make them more popular.  Thanks for reading and we will see you soon

Power Rangers The Movie: Recreating The Characters

On March 24th, 2017, the Power Rangers will hit theaters with their first movie since 1997.  However this will be a recreation of the original series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers which debuted on television in 1992.  It appears they are going with a different vibe than the show with a darker, more serious, superhero movie, as well as getting rid of the traditional costumes for Iron Man inspired armor.  I want to see three things from the movie...

1. Cutting Edge Special Effects

With it being a movie rather than a television show, and with it being 2017, I want to see some groundbreaking special effects.  Probably with the Megazords, their giant robots that they used to fight large creatures.

2. A Scary Villain

Hunger Games alumni Elizabeth Banks is the villain of the film Rita Repulsa and from the brief glimpse of her in the trailer she looks pretty creepy and the way she floated above Trini or Kimberley, I couldn't tell who it was, she looked like Freddy Krueger doing that. So hopefully the threat will be real and scary in this modern retelling.

3. A Good Story

Let's face it, even though the show was good, it was still cheesy and made for kids.  Now not all kids shows were like that, Justice League and Batman the animated series had great storytelling.  With the current superhero boom in movies there are some good and not so good stories.  Hopefully this falls into the former and has great writing.

The Power Rangers are known around the world as one of the longest running kid shows ever.  But that's all its ever been a kids show.  Hopefully this provides a new and awesome look at our childhood.  Power Rangers hits theaters next year!  Thanks for reading!

The Flash: A Brave New World

Hey everybody long time, no see.  I've been really busy.  Let's dive right into things.  At the end of season 2, Barry went back in time to save his mother and 3 months later is living in an alternate reality.  With both of his parents still alive it seems like he is living the dream, but Barry starts to forget the original timeline.  With that, he lets Reverse Flash out of his speed cell and Barry lets Thawne kill his mother.  Now there will be a brave new world, a timeline that is full of possibilities.  Could Laurel, Moira, or Tommy be alive on Arrow?  Does Supergirl join the Arrowverse before the crossover?  Anything could happen, so stay tuned for the rest of the season. The Flash is at 8 PM every Tuesday!

DC Movies The Fans Want To See Part 2

     So one of my first blog posts was DC Movies The Fans Want To See, now I will do part 2.  Hopefully you all agree with my points.

     Deathstroke could be a good movie to do as an anti-hero movie, rather than a villain movie, with maybe Green Arrow and Batman having cameos.  On the other hand, you could have it as a villain movie, with Green Arrow as the one trying to bring Deathstroke to prison.  If Deathstroke doesn't get his own movie, he could always appear in Suicide Squad 2, I suppose.

     Ben Affleck may be playing an older Batman but I doubt even in a few years, will he be old enough to play Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond.  So time for a second Bruce Wayne, I think Clint Eastwood would be perfect for old man Bruce, but that might be just me.  A Batman Beyond movie would be for a later year after the already announced slate of movies to come out first.  Maybe it can come out in like 2023 or so.  It would be something totally different with it being set in the future.  As a last note, metal dubstep aritst Celldweller should score the film.

     With the Titans show getting scrapped and with Geoff Johns saying that, "We have plans for Titans," it is more than likely a Teen Titans movie is coming possibly in place of the Cyborg movie in 2020, or it could be separate all together.  Now going back if Deathstroke for some reason doesn't get his own movie, not in Suicide Squad 2 or if a Green Arrow movie does not get made with Deathstroke, he should definitely be the antagonist in a Teen Titans movie.

     Last but not least, we have Crisis On Infinite Earths, which would be a television/movie crossover.  Even if it was the end of certain television series it would be a perfect way to go out.

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