Ok, normally I don't speculate on things when it comes to Power Rangers in general. This is usually because I tend to have no idea what a season is going to do until it actually airs. I'm talking about this because in a short span of time the fandom has changed its tune on the franchise so I figured I might as well weigh in. I will talk briefly about the toys and then move on to how this might affect the show.
Hasbro buying up the toy license for Power Rangers is a good thing. I can see that even if I'm not that big on the toys myself. BoA has let the quality drop quite a bit over the years. The quality of the Ninja Steel toys in particular have been awful from what I've seen on the shelves. I fully expect Hasbro to up the quality of the toys since from what I've heard they're really into making quality stuff. This is a great thing for toy collectors and the toys for Gobusters adaptation are probably gonna end up pretty good. Hasbro pays a lot of attention to the little details in their toys as far as I can tell. However, I don't know much about toys or toy collecting so thats all I'll say on that.
Now this is probably going affect the inevitable sequel to the 2017 Power Rangers movie. This probably means that the sequel is going to become a reboot. I can totally see Hasbro wanting to redesign everything from the ground up. That would be a very good thing and it would be a change I welcome. I cannot not stand the suits or megazord from the 2017 movie. Those were wide misses as far as Power Ranger designs are concerned. It could even lead to us getting a movie that both looks and feels more like a Power Rangers movie.
Now for the next season...Beast Morphers. I don't like the name at all but moving on. I did not care much for Gobusters so I really hope that I enjoy the adaptation more. I honestly thought Gobusters wasted some really cool Sentai suits. Looking at the plot-synopsis, I'm a bit iffy on the Morphing Grid being a plot-point. You run the risk of over-explaining how it works and punching holes in it. Personally, I'm of the mind that the grid is best left as this vague power-source that people can tap into. With that being said, if they do bring in Enter's Dark Buster form and keep its origin the same, they had better apply the no duplicate powers rule since its basically a copy of Red Buster's abilities. Thats basically all I can speculate on with the info we have right now.
There is one last thing I want to address about the Gobuster's adaptation. The second it was announced the fandom brought back the idea of making it a sequel to RPM. I like RPM but my overall question is why make it a sequel to RPM? The thing about RPM is that its a send-off to the franchise in general. Thats why 90% of the human race is gone in RPM. Thats why all the other teams are presumed dead. Thats why the crossover with Samurai wrote it off as being in another dimension. Making a sequel season to RPM undercuts the impact of that season.
So yeah, thats basically all I have to say on the subject. Will it be a good show? Who knows, only time will tell. Will I watch it? Its Power Rangers so of course I will. I get why people are hyped but I just can't bring myself to get hyped until the show actually airs. For now, I'm going to keep my hype under control so I don't get burned like I did with Megaforce.
