The Mythos -
Power Rangers (2017)
This new heading, "The Mythos," is one concocted to take a look at some of the prevailing background and lore of a movie, season, or series in general. This first entry of the 'Mythos" segment will focus on the new Lionsgate movie, "Power Rangers."
For those who may not be in the know, this film an a modern re-imagining of the original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" series, a series in which the evil space witch Rita Repulsa is freed from her space dumpster prison, resulting in the alien wizard Zordon recruiting a team of teenagers to save the world. Armed with an array of sci-fi weaponry and a changing roster of giant mecha known as zords, these teenagers became the Power Rangers. And while the show is currently on its 24th season, "Power Rangers Ninja Steel," the "Mighty Morphin" descriptor was only carried for the first three seasons. Those three seasons, however, were composed of 145 episodes (the franchise as a whole is up to 831 episodes and two films, not counting "Ninja Steel" or the new movie).
For those who may not be in the know, this film an a modern re-imagining of the original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" series, a series in which the evil space witch Rita Repulsa is freed from her space dumpster prison, resulting in the alien wizard Zordon recruiting a team of teenagers to save the world. Armed with an array of sci-fi weaponry and a changing roster of giant mecha known as zords, these teenagers became the Power Rangers. And while the show is currently on its 24th season, "Power Rangers Ninja Steel," the "Mighty Morphin" descriptor was only carried for the first three seasons. Those three seasons, however, were composed of 145 episodes (the franchise as a whole is up to 831 episodes and two films, not counting "Ninja Steel" or the new movie).
Given the high episode count, there are a lot of ideas and backstory to the Power Rangers mythos, some of them better developed than others, a lot of it only getting mentioned in the season it is introduced. The franchise as a whole is, it seems, focused more on being a 22 minute toy commercial rather than the interconnected sci-fi franchise with deep continuity and imaginative lore that it could be... even with the spandex and rubber monster suits. One of the potential perks of the new movie branch of the franchise is the chance to pick and choose from 24 seasons (and two movies) of mythos to play with and develop. This first movie gives some shining examples of how the writers are not afraid to develop and rework some of those ideas.
And I feel it succeeds in those re-imagined concepts, and would like to talk about some of them. So, from this point on, there will be...
