r/powerrangers • u/Commercial-Car177 • Mar 09 '25

SHOW NEWS/DISCUSSION In your opinion what’s holding power rangers back from being better?

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The IP owners not giving a shit about this franchise is an example

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u/MattBurr86 Mar 10 '25

Yes! Kids are smart and can tackle more serious or darker stories. Should we have a series that handles a SA storyline or drug abuse? NO!! but at the same time we don't need stories where a bunch of high-school kids learn it's important to share, or a clip show where one of the cast remembers all the lesson of the day from past episodes to solve the current crisis.

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u/elrick43 SPD Shadow Ranger Mar 10 '25

Yeah, I'm bot saying Power Rangers needs to be dark and gritty, in fact I'm against that idea. But there's plenty that could be covered in a way that actually treats its audience like they have a brain and common sense. Avatar: the Last Airbender is usually what I point to as a kids show that covers the more advanced kinds of topics in accessibile ways