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My sources say no.



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I'll take things that'll never happen for $600 Alex.



i doubt



Surprised Power Rangers flopped. Guess the power of 90s nostalgia is well overstated.



spurgeonryan said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Power Rangers? My usual cinema doesn't even have that listed as playing now or coming soon. So if it's not even getting a full release here no chance at all of it being saved.

Really? Was huge in US, figured its home country would have been all for it. 

 

 

Astor the mummy,  it did not do as bad as many think. 

I'm no expert, but from what I understand, Power Rangers in North America was cobbled together using action scenes from a Japanese show not called Power Rangers, mixed with the stuff shot in the U.S. using english speaking actors. So it's not really even from Japan in that sense.



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Power Rangers is the definition of irrelevant. Forgot it existed



COKTOE said:
spurgeonryan said:

Really? Was huge in US, figured its home country would have been all for it. 

 

 

Astor the mummy,  it did not do as bad as many think. 

I'm no expert, but from what I understand, Power Rangers in North America was cobbled together using action scenes from a Japanese show not called Power Rangers, mixed with the stuff shot in the U.S. using english speaking actors. So it's not really even from Japan in that sense.

Power Rangers was a phenomenon back in the early 90s with its cheesy dialogue, likeable characters, and cool action scenes. It slowed down overtime as new seasons came about after Mighty Morphin. In Japan, it has somewhat of a following. Heck a few of the Super Sentai (which is where footage of Power Rangers came from) met with some of the PR alumni. Still, in Japan, Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Metal Heroes reign.



CaptainExplosion said:
monocle_layton said:
Power Rangers is the definition of irrelevant. Forgot it existed

*smacks you with a shovel, then blows you up with dynamite*

I meant the movie. The show is definitely a part of many 15-25 year olds. It was cheesy, but dumb enough to be loved.

 

The movie was simply terrible



I recall reading an article... probably from Facebook, that Power Rangers did abysmal in Japan. No clue about The Mummy.



You can rent Power Rangers right now online.