Saban's Power Rangers 2017 - Film
Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist
Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook:Rych McCain Superstar Celebrity Interviewer TM (Like Me)
Please subscribe
Please subscribe
Saban’s
Power Rangers
Gear up For Another Big Screen Battle
If you were a child growing up
in the 90’s who every week was glued to the TV, hooked on The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,
you were part of a viewing audience of millions of youngsters worldwide who
hung on the edge of every episode of five teens dressed in brightly colored
outfits who possessed super powers to fight the alien enemies of earth.
The show began in Japan in 1975 as a live-action series titled “Super
Sental.” It quickly caught on with its mind boggling special effects
combined with comical action. While on a business trip to Japan in 1984 TV
producer Haim Saban caught an episode titled the “Dino Rangers” and was
immediately hooked. He quickly scrounged around and secured the rights outside
of Asia. Shortly thereafter in 1993 the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” debuted
on U.S. television. It became a smash hit and the trend followed world-wide.
 | |
| Kim (pink, Naomi Scott), Becky G (yellow, Tini Kwan), Jason (Red, Dacre Montgomery), Billy (blue, RJ Cyler), Zack (black, Ludi Lin). |
 |
| Zordon (Voice by Bryon Cranston) |
The latest installment of the franchise, “Saban’s Power Rangers,” explains
how five teens in a small town who each had their own personal problems and
were basically social outcasts, were drawn in by a mysterious force and given
extraordinary powers to fight an alien threat to destroy earth that had been
lying dormant for 65 million years.
 |
| The evil Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks) |
The cast includes Jason/ Red Ranger (Dacre
Montgomery); Kimberly/Pink Ranger (Naomi Scott); Billy/Blue Ranger (RJ Cyler)
and Trini/Yellow Ranger (Becky G).
When preparing for their roles, all five rangers agreed that they had to
go through training for the fight screens and various stunts in addition to
just plain getting in top physical shape. When asked about the pressure of
making a franchised film with such a well-known and storied history, director
Dean Israelite explained; “I grew up with the show. It’s my childhood to. That
made me feel that I had a true north all the time in terms of what I, would
call myself a lapse fan; someone who kind of grew up on it and grew away from
it. of what I would want to see in a reboot of it."
 |
| The producer, director and cast at the press conference |
Israelite continues, "I’ve gotten this question a
lot about were we nervous when we started to approach it. Honestly, I don’t
think we let that factor in. I think we were excited to be bold in how we were
going to re-imagine and re-invent it. And if we kept the spirit of what the
original show was in terms of the feeling, the warmth, the joy and the heart
that I think epitomizes the original show. If we were true to that we would
have a lot of latitude. We were just excited about all of the re-imagining and
hoped that if we did all of that properly and stayed true, the die-hard fans
were still going to appreciate it.”
©
2017 Rych McCain Media/Syndication TM
(You
DID Hear It From Me!)
Twitter@rychmccain and Facebook (Like Me)!
