POWER RANGERS Movie (Features First Gay Character; First Critics Reviews)

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Im not surprised at all that it got taken down lol
 
ucunc156 said:
Im not surprised at all that it got taken down lol
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Why? I mean, there's a ton of other fan-made shit based on a variety of properties floating around the Internet. I mean, here are just a couple of other examples of fan films that have been up forever, including one example that uses an MMRP character:











 
shadow_priest_x said:
I'm not sure about generic, but the way-too-hard-to-be-edgy was intentional. It was supposed to be a statement on superhero movies.
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Extremely generic.

Popping a Power Rangers helmet on doesn't=Power Rangers. There was nothing that made this unique to the franchise.

So this was satire?
 
Dizzy said:
Extremely generic.

Popping a Power Rangers helmet on doesn't=Power Rangers. There was nothing that made this unique to the franchise.
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Well there were the rangers in costume, the zords fighting at the beginning, the use of martial arts to dispatch enemies, Rita. . . Then there's the storyline about the machines taking over, which I don't totally understand where that came from but from some things I've read it sounds like that may have something to do with the later seasons (but I'm complete unsure about this). So I don't totally agree. But I do understand where you're coming from and a friend of mine said the same thing. I was okay with it though.


Dizzy said:
So this was satire?
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At the very least it was not a true piece of FAN fiction. Decipher these comments from the director as you will:


"Shankar [the producer] had done some fan films, he called them bootlegs, of 'Punisher' and Venom. And he said, 'If you're going to do this, I'll let you reboot an actual property that people are going to pay attention to.' And honestly, I'm not really into fan films at all. Two of the worst types of filmmaking out there that are not credible to filmmakers… one is porn and the other is fan films. So the minute that he pitched me into doing this, I thought, 'Okay, well, that sounds like fun actually. If it's that… completely without credibility… then that's something I could really get my hands around and see if I could do something new with it.'

It's funny… I've seen repurposed stuff on the Internet where they take a property that's serious and make it even more so, like a Batman fan film or something like that, or a video game or whatever. I've actually seen stuff like where they've taken ridiculous stuff like Mario Brothers and then tried to make the dark and gritty version, and they obviously play it for laughs.

I think the trick that I really wanted to do with this was to make that dark and gritty version that everybody keeps talking about, but really do it. Really see if I could totally accomplish it with essentially a really incredibly silly property.

There were a couple of things that were appealing to me. One, as opposed to like taking something like Barney and doing your dark version of Barney, there's at least a mythology there. The original mythology is really expansive and kind of silly in how many different… I mean, these guys turn into dinosaurs. How do you take that seriously? But there's enough of like a groundwork of the original source material that they based off this repurposed Japanese show that has like norms of anime and kung fu and all that stuff that appeals to me because I'm an anime and kung fu guy anyways. I just took pieces that I liked and then streamlined it and made a bare bones version and really expressed the versions that seemed like they naturally fit within the down-the-middle dark and gritty reboot. And by the way, the dark and gritty reboot thing is such a clich
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Dizzy said:
Yup, felt very generic and was trying way too hard to be edgy.
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You completely missed the point. There's a reason "grimdark/darkier and edgier/gritty reboot" is a cliche phrase and has been since the 90s.

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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gritty-reboots
 
Doughbelly said:
You completely missed the point. There's a reason "grimdark/darkier and edgier/gritty reboot" is a cliche phrase and has been since the 90s.
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Sounds like everyone but two people in this thread did then. Congrats
 
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Straight up i dont give a damn about dark gritty rangers. But I aint a "fukken" kid n.e more lol. I grew up to the mighty morphin saga so seeing the characters all grown up in a rated R version would suit most of us at this point now that we're adults.

Saban can continue making the recent ranger kiddy stuff. But please dont try it with the original guys.

I even showed my younger nephew (whos been following the recent ranger stuff) what I grew up to. And he had no interest at all.
 
I didn't really like the short film. It didn't feel like Power Rangers at all. Needed a better soundtrack most of all.

 
Update: February 27, 2015

POWER RANGERS Fan Film Dispute Settled, Returns to YouTube

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The Power Rangers fan film dispute has been settled. Following an agreement late Friday, the fan video is back on YouTube and Vimeo after a legal chest bumping between lawyers for franchise copyright holder Haim Saban and film fan producer Adi Shankar. Both hosting sites had pulled the video due to copyright concerns. Vimeo came down first on its own, and then Saban;s lawyers notified YouTube that director Joseph Kahn's bloody take on the children’s show was in violation of their copyright and did not fall under “fair use.”

It is now back up with an age restriction on the video on YouTube. There is also a disclaimer on Vimeo from producer Shankar that reads: “Deboot of the Power Rangers. My take on the FAN FILM. Not a pilot, not a series, not for profit, strictly for exhibition. This is a bootleg experiment not affiliated or endorsed by Saban Entertainment or Lionsgate nor is it selling any product. I claim no rights to any of the characters (don’t send me any money, not kickstarted, this film is free). This is the NSFW version. An alternate safe version is on youtube.”

Kahn told Deadline tonight: “They put these disclaimers on so kids so don’t confuse our super-violent film with their Power Rangers brand. There are no hard feelings. We signed contracts. We can play it anywhere we want on all platforms. I think they realized that people just want to see it.”

The Power Rangers Bootleg on YouTube now has 12.5M views and, given the viral history, is expected to climb. (Watch it above.) Lionsgate and Saban are planning a feature based on the popular Saturday morning kids show.

Power Rangers Bootleg Fan Film Dispute Has Been Settled, Returns To YouTube and Vimeo
 
Good, too much work went into that shit, lol.

It was pretty obvious why it was taken down, though. It wasn't some cheap home camera fan fic. It certainly didn't fit into sabans demographic guidelines, either. They didn't want viewers to make misguided associations and expectations. Glad it was settled tactfully.
 
Wait, was what was on YouTube a SFW version? Because if there were more boobies, I'll have to watch it.
 
Lucifer Alpha said:
I didn't really like the short film. It didn't feel like Power Rangers at all. Needed a better soundtrack most of all.

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When the eventual reboot comes along, I hope like hell they get Ron Wasserman to do the soundtrack. Then it will REALLY feel like a Power Rangers movie.
 
Isop said:
It was pretty obvious why it was taken down, though. It wasn't some cheap home camera fan fic. It certainly didn't fit into sabans demographic guidelines, either. They didn't want viewers to make misguided associations and expectations. Glad it was settled tactfully.
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You see, I'm not so sure that's why Saban went after it. I really think it may have been a publicity thing. The Power/Rangers short was already popular (getting 10 million views in only 24 hours) but by having the video taken down, it generated even more publicity for the brand. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it was the plan from the beginning to just stir up a bunch of controversy to make waves in the news, knowing full well that the video would easily make its way back to the Internet mere hours (or less) after being taken down.
 
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Saban just salty he couldnt make n.e thing near this
 
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