Power Rangers Movie Thread

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i'd rather have a black character in the movie that aint getting head butted by white guys and standing back scared of every got damn thing
and too your point..why is it assumed the black guy had to be the black ranger if he aint the blue. He cant be the leader? Or shyt, why the black character cant be one of the women?
A Black man wasn't the leader of a Power Rangers squad until Turbo and then they booted him down to blue once they went into space the next season. I doubt they'd buck that convention.
 

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i'd rather have a black character in the movie that aint getting head butted by white guys and standing back scared of every got damn thing

All of this was shown early in the teaser before they got their powers. Before they get their powers they're all outcasts.
 

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A Black man wasn't the leader of a Power Rangers squad until Turbo and then they booted him down to blue once they went into space the next season. I doubt they'd buck that convention.
a black man wasnt the blue ranger in the og either..but here we are
 

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Power Rangers Nostalgia
The proper kind is coming back
All the 90s kids are adults right now and they remember when they were kids watching the hell out of this show
This movie won't be as bad as the MMPR the movie or Turbo

Still a good trailer does not hint at a good movie
 

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a black man wasnt the blue ranger in the og either..but here we are
nikka, stfu got damn. It's a fukking suit in a fukking movie. Do you think white people are crying about that white girl getting bullied in the bathroom in the trailer? Please stop posting in here got damn
 

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So will the 2nd movie = Green Ranger, 3rd = Ninja's/White Ranger, 4th = Aliens, 5th = Zeo :lupe:
At the end of this movie they're gonna hint at the green ranger

Then JDF is gonna tweet something stupid

Then I'll know to pass on the next one :ehh:
 

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Even double toasted(in they goddamn 40's early 50's) folk can see how they did the black charcter but yall cant :scust:

look at this shyt breh breh @Primetime @Rainman @letti cook @Jazzy B. but but its just the coli's miliants

:dame:


look....i aint tryna be militant about this shyt..thats why i said I hate that it bothers me.. its fukkin power rangers :manny: they gettin my money when it drop...ima be in that hoe, stoned with a tub of popcorn, living my life



but to go from having cool ass Zack to having the black guy be Billy..Billy :francis:...the universal wackest ranger... my head shook...my head shook and I spoke on it. no biggie. we all got opinions, that was mine.
 

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Timeout before I get to all of this you're really laughing at John Lewis now? Okay I guess marching for black rights, being imprisoned and taking beatings so you can have a better life isn't good enough for you. He should be in a comic book movie to be a real role model. My bad

What ever positives he has done for the black community will be erased due to that dumb ass tweet he sent out during one the those police brutality cases "I was beaten in the head by a policeman, and afterwards, I said THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!". ANd doing sit-ins in Congress for gay-rights, but no sit-ins for Black people being shot down by the police. Im veering off the subject, am im going to leave it at that.

Homie I'm very well versed in black stereotypes. But I also know that a character has to be a character too and not a damn thing you said is over my head so chill with that. You wanna have a discussion or you want to insult and assume? Take your pick.
He can be a character without sacrificing his damn dignity and overcoming his faults and wining in the end. Something that Finn DID NOT DO. ALso if you knew about stereotypes then you would'nt defend the character of Finn. If white racists, who bashed his character before the movie were ok with him afterwards, then no black male should be after the movie was presented.

I'm saying I disagree with you that doesn't mean I don't understand where you're coming from or how you feel. I see things differently. Are there black stereotypes in media? Yes. Hell yes. Is every single thing feeding into that stereotype? No. my point isn't to miss yours but to make another: the shyt you want exists. If you expect it to be on every form of media then you're playing yourself. You just are. There are black men in media who fulfill the character type you're looking for. You gotta find them rather than being upset at the shyt you do see.

And like I said, billy isn't a bad image because he's awkward. He's also brilliant and focused and a hard worker and a scientist. But that's not cool right? Okay cool. Like @wire28 said we're actually having a discussion because a black teenager is being portrayed as the smart one. You want him to not be awkward? See the movie. Maybe you'll get the character arc and growth you desire which is exactly what happened in the show. Billy became more confident when he found his niche and having his friends and saving the world gave him the confidence he didn't have before then. There's not a damn thing wrong with that and I'm willing to bet more people can identify with that.
They did not have to make him the nerd since he was ORIGINALLY the cool regular black male who had a girl in the first place. IF you dont think they 't did that for racial reasons and to emasculate the black male image, then I dnt know what to tell you.
 
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