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PowerRangers

Look fondly on the 90’s camp of the Power Rangers’ costumes, but do not weep for their passing–Entertainment Weekly released a photo of the troop’s new, slick threads, which have been updated for combat and battle in the reboot:

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The new outfits are apparently a translucent alien material that grows around the kids’ bodies– production designer Andrew Menzies was quoted in the EW piece describing the new armor: “Ours is an alien costume that grows on them, that’s not man-made. You can’t win everyone over, but we are trying to appeal to a more mature audience and gain new fans.”

This new armor is a little swirly for my taste, but on the upside it’s actually armor and not just spandex which makes WAY more sense than the costumes–yes, costumes–the rangers wore back in the 90’s.

Power Rangers stars Becky G as Trini/The Yellow Ranger, Ludi Lin as Zack/Black Ranger , Dacre Montgomery as Jason/The Red Ranger, Naomi Scott as Kimberly/The Pink Ranger, and RJ Cyler as Billy/The Blue Ranger. Elizabeth Banks also stars as Rita Repulsa. They will morph into theaters on March 24, 2017.

 

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Nandita Seshadri