Power Rangers: Film Review

Synopsis: A group of high-school kids, who are infused with unique superpowers, harness their abilities in order to save the world.

Review: Before I started writing this review, I was actually reading "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" Vol. 2 from Boom! Studios. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge Power Rangers fan, I've met several of the original rangers (Jason David Frank, Austin St. John, Walter Jones, Catherine Sutherland, Karen Ashely, David Yost, Steve Cardenas) multiple times. When the movie was originally announced, I was very skeptical, because Hollywood has a way of turning things from my childhood into absolute shit (Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Etc...), and when they revealed the suits that kinda made it worse for me. But when the trailers started to drop, I was all in. Now keep in mind that this is a REBOOT of the original mighty morphin series, which adapted stock footage from the Japanese TV series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. So with this movie they can tell their own story (sorry, Rita was not in a dumpster on the moon.) One of the plot twists in the film is that Rita herself was originally the Green Power Ranger! That's all the spoilers that I will give you. My only grievance with the film was the pacing. I plan on seeing this movie again very soon. I thought it was well executed and Lionsgate has five sequels already planned! I highly recommend this film to anyone who, like me is a fan of Power Rangers. These new Power Rangers may not be the team of superhero friends you remember, but they'll for sure feel like a team, and like friends. And occasionally like superheroes-when they get around to it.

Felicity Smoak Gets A Costume & Mask

Something big and exciting for fans of Emily Bett Rickards’ Felicity Smoak was revealed last night by Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim.

Next week’s Legends of Tomorrow episode “Doomworld” airing on March 28 has alternate versions of some characters – one of which was teased several weeks ago in an interview.

“In the penultimate episode we’re gonna have — I can’t be specific about this, but it’s one of the most fun things I think we’ve ever done on the show — a character from one of the other shows on Legends in a way that you’ve never seen before,” Guggenheim said.

Now, courtesy of Guggenheim’s Tweets, we see what Guggenheim was referring to – Felicity Smoak with a costume and mask that somewhat resembles the comics’ current look for the Huntress.

“You may never see [that version of the character] again,” Guggenheim said in that interview from weeks ago. “But [it] will, I think, just send fans into squeals of joy.”

You can see the character designs from Maya Mani, illustrated by Andy Poon, below.