New Power Rangers Movie Costumes Revealed!

I've talked time and time again about reboots in Hollywood, and how they can be both good and bad. For example, the trailer for The Magnificent Seven reboot looks pretty good. Fantastic, on the other hand, is complete and utter garbage that you should avoid at all costs. Clearly this practice can produce both good and bad results. So when a new Power Rangers movie was announced with a 2017 release date, I was skeptical to say the least. When they announced that they would be sticking with the original character names, fans (yes, believe it or not there are some adult Power Ranger fans) were given some hope for this movie. However, some recent pictures of the costumes featured in the movie have suggested that this is going to be quite different from the old show. Now, the new costumes for the Rangers have been revealed, and there is no spandex to be seen. Check out the new, more...anatomically correct costumes below.

In all honesty, I don't hate it. The more high-tech designs make sense for a modern reboot, and the 5 Rangers look like their suits have been designed by Iron Man. Let's face it, this lot wouldn't just be going up against people with swords. The aliens that they'll be taking on in this movie will more than likely be armed with some guns or futuristic laser weapon, so this more armoured design makes sense.

Everything else, however, is just a bit....wrong. Mainly with regards the female Rangers. The costume designers look to have been working hard on making these outfits as detailed as possible, especially in some areas the old kids show certainly didn't make a big deal of. And then there's the high heels. Who thought this was a good idea? After the criticisms the character of Claire in Jurassic World received last year, mainly due to how she spent the whole movie running around in high heels, I cannot imagine anyone who would have green lighted this idea, especially since it suggests that girls have to wear high heels while the guys get the trainers.

Overall, I am not sold on this movie yet. While the designs are interesting, we just don't know enough about the movie yet to make a sound judgement. Hopefully it'll be good, but some costumes aren't enough to convince me that this is a good idea

Power Rangers is releasing March 24th, 2017.

Starring Dacre Montgomery, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Naomi Scott, RC Cyler, David Denman, Anjali Jay, Elizabeth Banks