Though 2017’s Power Rangers movie under-performed at the box office and received mixed reviews, Hasbro has announced plans to make a sequel . That Hasbro is deciding to continue with the franchise instead of starting fresh with a reboot means they thought it had potential, and we do too! Here are the strengths the sequel should lean into and where they need to make some improvements.

More Action in the Armor

Redesign the Suits

Keep Pushing Diversity Forward

Even Out the Tone

Every Power Rangers Costume 24 IMAGES

Give Us a Better Villain

Introduce Green Ranger Tommy Oliver

Set Up Shattered Grid

No More Painfully Obvious Product Placement

We admired the 2017 movie for taking a Batman Begins-inspired approach -- methodically building up the team by showing their training and deepening bonds between its members so that when they finally did become Power Rangers, it had a big emotional impact. However, that structure left little time for any big-screen Power Rangers martial arts action, which is what the franchise is known for. The fight between the fully armored team and the Putty Patrol lasted all of two minutes, and the Rangers were barely challenged as they obliterated one CGI enemy after another. Underwhelming, to say the least. For the sequel, showing the team in multiple action-packed fights featuring practical stunts -- while wearing the suits -- is a must.Speaking of the suits, the sequel should give them a design overhaul so they bear a more striking resemblance to the original Mighty Morphin aesthetic. We give mad props to the artists who re-envisioned the Power Ranger suits as organic alien armor where the chest-diamond shows the coursing power of the Morphin Grid, but for as cool as it was, it was a step too far removed from the iconic look that fans know and love. Yes, we want to see the suits spruced up in neat ways that a movie budget allows for, but don’t forget the white diamonds, space-cop aesthetic, and pronounced dinosaur motifs.And don't forget all of the awesome accessories! We saw the Red Ranger’s Power Sword, but what about the axe, lance, daggers, and bow belonging to the rest? Also, please give them proper Power Morphers this time around. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series was diverse from the start and we admire the new film for continuing to push that aspect of the franchise forward. Not only was the cast ethnically diverse like the original, but the filmmakers included an autistic character and a character who was coming to grips with her queer identity. The Power Rangers might battle cosmic creatures on the regular, but it’s the young people underneath the helmets and their everyday struggles that fans relate to. By telling more progressive stories about its characters, Power Rangers can continue to showcase the lesson that anyone can be a hero no matter who they are.In adapting a campy show for kids into a modern sci-fi action movie, it didn’t come as a huge surprise that the new Power Rangers movie had some problems with tone. The main culprit - Rita Repulsa. The movie started off on the right foot, making Rita a fallen Green Ranger who killed off Zordon’s original team. But then Rita went on to become a bad joke with a schlocky performance that didn’t fit the more serious world the rest of the characters seemed to live in. We don’t want a Power Rangers movie that takes itself too seriously, but we want none of the cringey-ness that Rita was serving.Now that we’ve decided to leave Rita on ice for the sequel, that creates the opportunity to introduce Lord Zedd as the next big bad. His first appearance on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers made quite the impression when we saw that all of the other villains actually revered and were quite scared of him. The sequel should have Zedd show up with a group of classic bad guy faces like Baboo, Squat, Finster and Scorpina -- make them the Black Order to his Thanos -- and then mine humor out of how terrified they are to be working for this guy. Not to mention, it’d be great to have imposing baddies for the Rangers to fight instead of more Putties.The Green Ranger is as close as you can get to a unanimous fan-favorite Power Ranger, and the “Green With Evil” story arc is the gold standard of Power Rangers stories. That’s why it would make perfect sense for Hasbro to follow up on that post-credits tease and introduce Tommy Oliver as the new kid on the block in the sequel. Rita wielded the power of the Green Power Coin in the first film, but we never saw where it wound up after she was defeated. Perhaps Zedd could recover it, use it to corrupt Tommy, and infiltrate the Rangers’ ranks.It’s worth noting that after the movie was released, the film’s cast showed support for Tommy being re-envisioned as a female characte r for the sequel. After all, we never saw Tommy in that post-credits scene. All we know is that Tommy was a troublemaker who gets detention, just like the rest of the Rangers. So there’s nothing stopping us from getting a female Tommy, which would add a whole new dimension to the role, not to mention it’d make things even with three boys and three girls.Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of Shattered Grid -- it was never a part of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers show. It’s actually a brand new story currently unfolding in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic series that is incredibly popular within the Power Rangers fandom. It takes the Power Rangers to an alternate reality where Tommy never broke free from Rita’s control and instead took over the world as an evil Green/White hybrid Power Ranger called Lord Drakkon. Shattered Grid sees Drakkon executing his master plan that threatens every Power Ranger from every era of the franchise by attacking the Morphin Grid itself, resulting in a story that spans all time and space. It’s arguably the most epic tale in Power Rangers history, and is definitely one that Hasbro should set up and adapt while it’s hot.Finally, it’s hard to believe even anyone at Krispy Kreme thought saying “Krispy Kreme” that many times was a good idea.

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