4) Rita Repulsa Is Pure Evil
Elizabeth Banks hasn’t had too much to do in these trailers, but we do get a little more of her in action as supervillainess Rita Repulsa in this one. And form the looks of it, she’s being set up as one mean woman. The original Rita quickly became more of a bumbling antagonist in the show, so the trailers are doing a lot of hard work in making Banks’ version seem like a credible threat.
“I will destroy everything,” Rita purrs, along to clips of her attacking Trini in her bedroom or terrorizing Angel Grove with her army. As if that didn’t drive the point home, Zordon reminds us: “She is pure evil.”
Tying into what we just said about the wider mythology, it seems that – just like in the show – Zordon and Rita are old enemies. Zordon’s hatred of her is probably to do with the fact that she killed some of his Rangers in previous battles. Likewise, in one scene we see Rita in a black outfit, without her distinctive green armour. This suggests the common theory that she gains the Dragon Power Coin – usually belonging to the Green Ranger – at some point in the movie and uses its power herself.
Does this mean that we’ll see a new version of the iconic Green Ranger at some point, or will he be saved for a sequel? Looks like we’ll have to wait and see.