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Honest Trailer - Power Rangers (2017)

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Power Rangers (2017) is the 204th episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell and Andy Signore. It parodies the 2017 action film Power Rangers. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It was published on June 20, 2017, to coincide with the film's release on home video and Blu-ray. It is 4 minutes 7 seconds long. It has been viewed over 4.2 million times.

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"If you loved The Breakfast Club, but wished they all turned into ninjas at the end, then this is the movie for you." ~ Honest Trailers - Power Rangers

Script[]

From the studio that could really use a new franchise now that Divergent crashed and burned onto TV (Lionsgate), comes the reboot that asks, "What if we took the Power Rangers... seriously?!" Uh-oh...

Power Rangers

If you loved The Breakfast Club, but wished they all turned into ninjas at the end, then this is the movie for you, as these teenagers stuck in detention spend 90 minutes bonding with each other...

Zack: I'm Zack. And I am a Power Ranger.

Billy: Hi, Zack.

Trini/Kimberly: Hi, Zack.

...followed by a generic 30-minute episode of the Power Rangers TV show. Man, I wish they'd kept the focus off the robot battles and onto the Power Rangers' family issues! What's Trini going to say to her parents?! Is Zack's mom going to be okay? And what timeline am I living in where these are the questions I have about the Power Rangers?

Forget everything you know about Jason, Zack, Kimberly, Billy, and Trini... except their names, because these five teenagers have so much attitude, you'll swear adults just pulled random edgy traits out of a hat, like... "death metal yoga lesbian" (Trini), "cliff-diving... cheerleader... sexter" (Kimberly)...

Jason: (after seeing Kimberly's sexy photo of Amanda on her phone) Whoa.

..."trailer park Asian wildcard hobo" (Zack)...

Trini: --camping out on old trains. I see you, too, homeboy.

..."autistic... Black... country music-loving... hacker (?)" (Billy)

Billy: --I love country music.

...and the, uh... "guy who doesn't want to play football". (Jason) (shows Jason snapping his old football trophy) Why not go with that bully that looks like Ed Sheeran? (Colt Wallace) Or at least Jason's friend who jerked off a cow?

Damo: I just milked her.

Jason: "Him".

Now, that's 'tuuuuude.

Fan-favorite Zordon will return, thanks to half a day in a VO booth with Bryan Cranston.

Zordon: --you need me...

He's here to do two things: dump loads of exposition on the audience...

Zordon: Power Rangers were a legion of warriors sworn to protect life. / You must become those warriors.

...and... Okay, he's only here to do one thing.

Zordon: She will create Goldar, a huge monster who will rip the crystal from the Earth, and all life on--

Together, the Rangers will battle Rita Repulsa, a fresh new take on Austin Powers' Goldmember.

Rita: Gold. / I need gold. / I'm interested... in gold.

Goldmember (Austin Powers in Goldmember): I love goooooooold!

She's got a plan to destroy the world, and it all centers around the most blatant product placement in movie history.

Billy: It's a Krispy Kreme.

Zack: (whispering) Krispy Kreme...?

Rita: Krispy Kreme? / This is a special place?

Billy: --we gotta go to Krispy Kreme...

Rita: Krispy Kreme!

Pink Ranger: --haven't found Krispy Kreme yet.

Red Ranger: --you circle the Krispy Kreme and make sure it's safe.

Mmm... I could really go for some Dunkin' right now. (shows Goldar smashing through the Krispy Kreme's roof as Rita bites into a doughnut)

So gear up for a movie that's more than a remake of a kids show, because buried under its many cheesy moments...

Zack: It's just me and my mom. / My mom is the best!

...cheesy-looking Zords, and cheesy message about how the real Power Ranger was inside you all along...

Billy: I knew it! We do get armor. (chuckles)

Zordon: You already have it inside of you.

...lies a really good high school drama that's worth exploring in a sequel; maybe one about them rebuilding Angel Grove? Because they really messed that place up. (shows Angel Grove getting destroyed while the Rangers fight Goldar, followed by the townspeople cheering after they win) Why are you cheering?! Your town is in ruins!

Starring: Varsity Reds (Dacre Montgomery as Jason Scott/Red Ranger); Pinky in the Plane (Naomi Scott as Kimberly Hart/Pink Ranger); Zack in Black (Ludi Lin as Zack Taylor/Black Ranger); Really? The First Gay Superhero in a Movie? Wow (Becky G as Trini Kwan/Yellow Ranger); Bill Shy the Science Guy (RJ Cyler as Billy Cranston/Blue Ranger); Lady Loki (Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa); Walter Whitecrawler (Bryan Cranston as Zordon); Silly Putties (Fred Tatasciore as the Putties); and Angel Grove's Hottest Club is Ay Yi Yi! It's Got Everything: Floating Heads, Morphing Grids, and 5 Teenagers with Attitude (Bill Hader as Alpha 5).

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(shows Jason David Frank's cameo as an Angel Grove citizen) Hey, look! It's the White Power Ranger! Wait... "White Power Ranger"? That don't sound right... (shows Billy leaving in disgust)

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Reception[]

Honest Trailers - Power Rangers has a 96.9% approval rating from YouTube viewers. Many media sites commented on Screen Junkies' surprisingly kind take on the film. Screen Rant wrote that it was unexpected for Screen Junkies to get "drawn into the social dilemmas ... underneath all the cheesiness." Screen Rant also noted this Honest Trailer was "quite forgiving for the group that normally mercilessly tear into big budget productions like this," and went on to say the video was "good natured fun that brings out the worst points in a non-spiteful way, while happily pointing at them and giggling behind the microphone. It's also sort of endearing that they refuse to throw shade at the character drama and even half-heartedly point to a direction for a sequel."

Mic wrote that the Honest Trailer was "just a treat to watch" and a "hilariously on-point look into the seemingly more-teen-drama-than-action-movie remake." In the same article, Mic praised Screen Junkies for drawing from the film's "ridiculous aspects" including "strange overlaps with The Breakfast Club and some oddly overt product placement." ComicBook.com said the Breakfast Club comparison rang true, and declared "one of the best parts of Honest Trailers are the casting calls at the end, and Bill Hader's Stefon inspired Alpha 5 segment is one of the best they've done." MovieFone declared that Screen Junkies' postulation that "adults 'just pulled random edgy traits out of a hat' to come up with the teenage characters personalities" was a "shining moment."

Production credits[]

Video thumbnail for Honest Trailers - Power Rangers (2017)

Video thumbnail for Honest Trailers - Power Rangers (2017)

Voiceover Narration by Jon Bailey

Title design by Robert Holtby

Series Created by Andy Signore & Brett Weiner

Executive Producer - Andy Signore

Producers - Dan Murrell, Spencer Gilbert, Michael Bolton, Christina Kline

Written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell & Andy Signore

Edited by Kevin Williamsen and TJ Nordaker

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