I know jack about Power Rangers. It’s not a series that touched my childhood in any way, outside of having friends who were way into it. Something about it just never clicked with me. I was more into animated shows, if I watched TV at all.

But getting older is all about broadening your horizons. That’s why I joined my roommate, one of those childhood friends that loved Saban’s sentai series, in watching Power Rangers, the new film from Lionsgate. Going in, I had almost no knowledge. I knew that this was a movie based on a TV show. I knew that Power Rangers were good-hearted kids out saving the world. And I knew that, occasionally, it was morphing time. That’s it. But, surprise surprise, I had a good time watching the movie. It doesn’t take itself seriously and it’s got some big dumb fights in it. Which is basically all I need.

Being thrown into the Power Rangers pool headfirst got me curious. So I teamed up with my roommate to watch a little bit of the show that started it all. Full disclosure, I’ve only seen a bit of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. But I like what I’ve seen, for the most part. I’m actually disappointed I didn’t get into it as a kid, as I ended up being a sucker for kaiju movies and each episode’s giant monster fight is just a little one of those. There’s a formula to your typical Power Rangers episode that is comforting and incredibly easy to deduce: