This morning Lionsgate announced they are partnering with Saban Brands, creator of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, to spawn a new live-action film based on the group of high school kids infused with super powers. Now all I’m wondering is who the hell is going to watch it?
I did head over to IMDb and apparently the Power Rangers are still on Nickelodeon in a show that began in 2013 titled “Power Rangers Megaforce“, but it has only been voted on by 479 people since first airing in February of 2013. Other than that, what attachment does anyone have to these characters of the ’90s?
In the press release the two companies note a strong worldwide fanbase and perhaps it’s just because I’m not a part of it that I’m not aware of its existence. The release also goes on to mention Lionsgate/Summit releases including The Hunger Games, Twilight and Divergent. Am I so in the dark on this one that the fanbase size actually compares?
I thought the Power Rangers were something little kids watched and then grew out of and considering they haven’t been entirely relevant in pop culture since Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie managed only $66.4 million worldwide back in 1995 what would be the reason to bring them back to the big screen 20 years later?
This is probably an instance where I am simply blind to what little kids are watching around the world nowadays, but I would like to think I at least knew they were watching it.
