Bryan Cranston Compares The POWER RANGERS Reboot To THE DARK KNIGHT

Bryan Cranston Compares The POWER RANGERS Reboot To THE DARK KNIGHT

Power Rangers is well known for having campy elements, but Saban's reboot is offering us a different take; actor Bryan Cranston has now compared the upcoming film to another famous trilogy...

By MattBellissimo - Jul 07, 2016 03:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Power Rangers
Source: CBR
Bryan Cranston has made it no secret that he's a big fan of the script for the new Power Rangers movie. The actor, who was recently cast as Zordon in the reboot and did voice dubbing for the original show, has had nothing but praise for the movie, and has offered a comparison with a famed comic book film franchise in a new interview with the Huffington Post. "I wasn’t really high on it until I talked to the producer and read the script and talked to the director," said Cranston. "After that I went, 'This is different'...This is as different a reimagining as the 'Batman' television series as it became the 'Batman' movie series. You can’t compare those two, and nor can you compare this movie version of the Power Rangers to that television series. It’s unrecognizable for the most part. There are tenets of the folklore that you hold onto for sure, but the inspiration is different, and the sensibility of it, and the approach to the film making is completely different."

Cranston clarified in the interview that he was referring to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, though the comparison was made in terms of Power Rangers being a drastic reimagining compared to the original, as opposed to a movie being injected with a dark tone. "I don’t know if the tone is as dark as [The Dark Knight] because you’re dealing with teenagers. So the appropriateness of that, and real teenage life, and going through high school and the cliques and the popularity or lack thereof, and the bullies and all the different sections and sub-sections of high school life, and the insecurities of these kids and things like that -- hopes and dreams -- and you embrace all of that into a retelling of the Power Rangers. And what you would get is this new version, this new reimagined version."

Power Rangers has always based itself around a team of teenagers, so a dark tone was never really imagined or expected for the project. A notable exception was the POWER/RANGERS fan film that was released in February of 2015, which was an unexpectedly dark take on the lore, though it's highly unlikely Saban would ever attempt anything less than kid-friendly.

Dacre Montgomery (who plays the Red Ranger) also confirmed on his Instagram page that the cast will be appearing at San Diego Comic-Con, so it's possible we may catch our first glimpse of footage there! Are you looking forward to this new reimagining of Power Rangers? Sound off below!
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pwesterberg
pwesterberg - 7/7/2016, 3:56 AM
This will probably be a whole lot better than the dark knight.
sixthsense
sixthsense - 7/7/2016, 3:57 AM
If its something like this then I'm sold

MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 7/7/2016, 4:25 AM
@sixthsense - Loved what they did with the suits/helmets in that.
sixthsense
sixthsense - 7/7/2016, 4:41 AM
@MattBellissimo - I like this suits too, feels old and yet new.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 7/7/2016, 5:10 AM
@sixthsense - That was awful. "Oh, look! Cursing and blood. That's what is hip today"
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 7/7/2016, 5:20 AM
@Ramiel - Meh, it was a fan film. I'm all for alternate takes on source material, it was pretty great for what it was, and having Van Der Beek was pretty cool!
JonTargaryen94
JonTargaryen94 - 7/7/2016, 6:44 AM
@sixthsense - Power Rangers got really mature....

I see there being potential in something like this
Cooler
Cooler - 7/7/2016, 5:10 AM
He would have made a great Lex Luthor and/or Jim Gordon. God dammit!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 7/7/2016, 5:40 AM
Compared to "The Dark Knight"??? Yeah, right.

MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 7/7/2016, 5:48 AM
@SuperCat - I will never get sick of this
AceCBM
AceCBM - 7/7/2016, 5:56 AM
@SuperCat - #BlackRangerLivesMatter
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 7/7/2016, 6:07 AM
@AceCBM - #AllRangerLivesMatter
SuperCat
SuperCat - 7/7/2016, 6:08 AM
@AceCBM - Yep!
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 7/7/2016, 6:38 AM
@AceCBM - Just remember "black" anything doesn't matter to @SuperCat
SuperCat
SuperCat - 7/7/2016, 7:01 AM
@MattBellissimo - LOL! SuperCat loves all races!
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 7/7/2016, 6:48 AM
This movie is going to be a steaming pile of garbage.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 7/7/2016, 7:02 AM
@blackandyellow - Thank God we have our "Star Wars," buddy!
Spider2YBanana
Spider2YBanana - 7/7/2016, 7:14 AM
I got high hopes for this movie, hopefully it delivers. Oh, and Dark Knight= GOAT
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/7/2016, 10:36 AM
Looks more like GI Joe
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 7/8/2016, 12:07 AM
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