![]() Kalish's resume includes shows such as Mork and Mindy, The Incredible Hulk and The Fall Guy. Joining Kalish were several of his colleagues from Hollywood, including David Garber. was a milestone series behind-the-scenes and for the fanbase, but also one of the most controversial among fans.Īfter two years on the series, Doug Sloan and Ann Austen departed as the primary writers and producers of PR, paving the way forward for Greg Aronowitz and Bruce Kalish to take over, with Jackie Marchand staying on as a writer. ![]() (Trini is too sullen.) There’s no reason for him to be the head of this Fearsome Fivesome - unless, of course, the leader of the Power Rangers is terrible because the Power Rangers are actually villains, and this is a villain origin story disguised as a campy teen hero tale.Power Rangers S.P.D. Why is Jason the leader of the Power Rangers? Billy and Zack both seem far more suited to the role. (Which, I suppose, makes Jason a pretty appropriate match for Kimberly.) In fact, he seems defiantly proud of his behavior, and wriggles out of his punishment by taking advantage of Billy’s social problems. He never exhibits a second of contrition for the wanton, pointless destruction he causes. The movie opens with him smashing into mailboxes and fences, leading the police on a dangerous car chase just for kicks. Kimberly and Jason give each other knowing glances toward the end that confirm their PG-13 sexual chemistry, and yet he never says anything like, “Hey, remember when you confessed to me about committing an actual crime? Maybe you should go to therapy and definitely apologize to your friend.”īut that’s because Jason is also an immoral creep. She smiles after she does this, like a real scoundrel.Īnd that’s it! There’s no follow-up to this second act of Aggro Kimberly mayhem, and the movie never suggests that she should feel bad about committing felony property damage against her friends, whom she has already previously abused. Instead, Kimberly accidentally-but-kinda-on-purpose drops a piece of debris on the hood of their car, presumably wrecking it, and definitely causing (even more) emotional distress. When she sees them mid-flight, it seems like the perfect moment to redeem herself, to help them escape mortal danger. ![]() Kimberly flies around in a crazy-ass dinosaur robot, living her best life, as her poor, scared friends tremble within their car. “And now for a life lesson about forgiveness and proper digital socialization!” Instead, both the kids and I saw pure savagery. “It’s show time!” I thought to myself at the Saturday matinee I attended, literally surrounded by children. When Kimberly spots her two friends, one of whom we can assume was emotionally demolished by this scandal, during the film’s climax, I expected some sort of reconciliation. I was psyched at this twist at first because I figured the movie was setting up some sort of redemption arc. She leaked a sexual photograph of her friend, which spread around the school, and devastated her friend. (The Power Rangers all have sympathy-hooking, trauma-laden backstories - Zack is poor and has a sick mom, Billy’s dad died, Trini’s parents don’t accept her sexual orientation, and Jason’s dad is Roy from The Office - so it seems safe to assume that whatever Kimberly went through is going to be twisted.)Įventually, while in his bedroom, Kimberly reveals the truth to Jason: She did, in fact, do the terrible thing her friends accused her of doing. The rest of the film, as the Power Rangers bond over their young, incredibly troubled lives, Kimberly is the only one who appears too devastated to talk about her own Big Sad Thing. They accuse her of betrayal with giggling menace, and stay stone-cold as she pleads that she did no wrong. It’s been over a week since I saw Power Rangers, and my thoughts keep returning to it - not because I liked it, but because it features a cyberbullying subplot so baffling that I’m convinced Power Rangers is quietly a movie about how cool it is to be a dickhead.Įarly in the film, Pink Ranger Kimberly (Naomi Scott) is cornered in the bathroom by two of her former best friends.
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