There hasn't been a huge "Power Rangers" movie since the late 1990s, until now. While it doesn't seem to be any better or cooler than other superhero movies, and despite Power Rangers not being popular for awhile, there's quite a lot of hype surrounding it. It may be because Bryan Cranston plays a major part, or that four out of the five Power Rangers are people of color, or even that one of the Power Rangers, Billy (RJ Cyler), is autistic in the new film. But what's got most people excited, at least in my opinion, is the Yellow Ranger, Trini (Becky G), identifying as gay.

There have been a lot of movies lately that have built hype for containing a gay character ("Star Trek: Beyond" from last summer, "Beauty and the Beast"), but this is a slightly different situation. In the cases with "Star Trek: Beyond" and "Beauty and the Beast", the gay moments with characters like Sulu and LeFou were incredibly small. While the moment in "Power Rangers" isn't any bigger than showing Sulu with his husband or LeFou dancing with another man, it still has a bigger impact.

In the movie, Trini is revealed to be gay after one of the rangers, Zack (Ludi Lin), asks her if she's having boyfriend problems. He then realizes she's having girlfriend problems, and Trini responds that her family is having trouble accepting her as she is.

While this moment certainly isn't as monumental as showing Trini having a girlfriend and being intimate with her, it's still important. Maybe not in the moment itself, but in the context. In the other examples I gave earlier all the gay characters were minor, and certainly not the romantic focus of the movie. In "Star Trek: Beyond" we have Spock and Uhura, and in "Beauty and the Beast" we have Belle and the Beast, Sulu and LeFou's romances are not given nearly as much attention.

But in "Power Rangers" there are no other main romances. There are some romantic moments between Pink Ranger Kim (Naomi Scott) and Red Ranger Jason (Dacre Montgomery), but other than that there's no romance. So already Trini isn't being overshadowed by someone else's relationship, even if she doesn't have a significant other.

In addition, Trini is a main character, she's one of the Power Rangers. This means that one of the most important characters in the movie identifies as gay, not one of the minor characters where we don't really care who they end up with. It also means that Trini is the very first LGBTQ superhero to come to the big screen and that in itself is momentous.

Although the actual moment where Trini is revealed to be gay isn't overly significant to the plot of the movie, this is still huge news. We have to remember that this is a big-budget superhero movie, and even that moment is taking a risk with its audiences. We saw how badly people reacted to LeFou's sexuality in "Beauty and the Beast", how would families react to see one of the female Power Rangers making out with another girl?

This tiny, seemingly unimportant moment in "Power Rangers" may be opening the door to other superhero films making their characters queer. If this gets a positive reaction then it gives Hollywood the chance to move forward and have bigger characters identifying as LGBTQ. So don't write this small moment in "Power Rangers" off just because it's so small. When it comes to this kind of movie, this is huge.