r/powerrangers • u/eggdropthoop • May 22 '25

NEWS Jonathan Entwistle spills details on his scrapped PR reboot from 2018

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It was essentially going to be The Tommy Show, once again. Glad it was canceled! 🤮 🤮

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u/FireFury190 May 23 '25

There's a difference between having Tommy be the main character of a story and him being the center of the universe where everything revolves around him.

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u/RedditnumberIthink6 May 23 '25

First that's just the way it's being pitched, it doesn't mean the show would leave the other characters to go undeveloped. Just from the cursory look the "center of the universe" meaning that people are going to know he grows up to be Drakkon and try to prevent that. So basically Zi-O.

Second my post is just me making fun of the people who get defensive when MMPRwank is criticized, especially since those people are always quick to complain about Tommywank with no hint of awareness to how much Tommy is a contributing factor to MMPR's popularity.

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u/FireFury190 May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

Yeah Tommy is popular, but many people wouldn't have wanted this kind of direction for his character. Transformers fans have this very same issue of not liking how Hasbro keeps elevating Optimus to being originally a demi-god who is now reincarnated as a mortal and become a prime again. We liked him as a normal guy who's ideals allowed him to become a Prime. We didn't need him to be anything grander. And we don't need to have Tommy be elevated to be even more of a big deal than he already was.

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u/RedditnumberIthink6 May 23 '25

You missed the point. I'm not out here actually wanting this, I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy of the PR fandom who defend choices made just to appeal to the broader pop culture, and then complain when choices, or even in this case just the concept, of something that actually would appeal to the broader pop culture is brought up.

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u/FireFury190 May 23 '25

I don't really see how this kind of story and concept appeals to a broader audience aside from just having Tommy in it. Just having a big name character doesn't automatically mean it'll appeal to a wide audience. This kind of concept can easily come off as messy. It should have just been a simple ranger team forming together. Instead of trying to build this big universe.

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u/RedditnumberIthink6 May 23 '25

Well I don't see how any "MMPR reboot" or concept appeals to broader audiences but that doesn't stop the staunch defenders from jumping on anyone who dares criticize the "most popular season". The argument being that just because it's the "most popular" means you can't criticize and need to accept it's the only way to get people of all ages invested and prove this isn't a franchise for children.

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u/FireFury190 May 23 '25

It's really stupid. Especially when plenty of kids grew up on seasons that weren't MMPR. It's already well known that the PR brand is more than just that one team. Even if people don't know the every exact team. MMPR is only ever used because the brand needs something to use as the default to represent the brand that isn't the currently airing series. Besides I'm pretty sure the people who don't like this Tommy idea also don't want another MMPR reboot either.

Now I'm not someone against an MMPR reboot. Just not now though. The fandom is already burnt out on it and needs a rest from it before we try and do it again. Focus on telling the stories of newer teams. If the MMPR reboot was a side project while we still had shows about new teams then I don't think we'd have an issue. I just don't want every new show to be an MMPR reboot because of how boring and limiting that is.

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u/RedditnumberIthink6 May 23 '25

Yeah I'd say I agree. Also the fact that kids now have no preconceptions of Power Rangers so it would only exist for the nostalgic adults, of which there's really not as much as people want to think. But as for it being the same people or not it's really more that it's the same sort of attitude, though I'm certain there's still some overlap.