The Lionsgate Power Rangers movie is still a couple months away but that does not mean that I am not already feeling the power.

A key to the success of this film will be tapping into the nostalgia for those of us that grew up watching the five colorful heroes every day after school. Some might think I should have stopped watching ages ago but you know what, F$&@ you. Power Rangers is still awesome.

I am dying to hear the film version of the original theme for the movie! So, in the meantime, I have decided to rank the five best and five worst Power Rangers themes.

THE WORST

Mystic Force- I’m aware that this list consists of many from the Disney era but bare with me. Mystic Force… Not only one of my least favorite seasons ever but this theme song… Oh Zordon what have they done? Why are they trying to rap? Is it rapping? I don’t even know. This theme did nothing in terms of creating hype. If anything- it was Cringe Force.

Operation Overdrive- Are they singing or talking with a rhythm? Or is THIS a rap? This didn’t work. Maybe I was just too old to like it but I could not see anyone hearing this and thinking-“oh yes, badass.”

Jungle Fury- Lame. The end.

Samurai- This season was rough. It was the rebirth of Power Rangers on Nickelodeon and it was supposed to be this huge throwback to what made the original series so great but…no. The 90’s stuff worked because it was in the 90s. Don’t misunderstand me. The theme song STILL holds up today but this trying to give it a funky modern tweak…nah.

RPM-I saw what it was trying to do but for me it just came out as noise. I loved this season because it just took the liberty of making fun of itself. I couldn’t get enough of it. But the theme was pretty flat.

BEST

SPD- A good Power Rangers theme is about HYPE. Get me pumped to watch 30 minutes of colorful spandex and repetitive plot points. When that beat drops after you hear “SPD Emergency!” it’s just simply a mission accomplished. This season was alright for me. But a solid factor was this THEME. I was all for it.

IN SPACE- That count down begins…that guitar starts playing… and that theme starts rolling; I’m not going anywhere. By the time Space rolled around in 1998 most of my peers who loved power rangers had moved on. My ass? I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. That line in this theme when they go, “Long live the Power Rangers”? F#$^ yeah. Great season, summed up all seven seasons together, it was dark at times, it had a great mystery element to it. Chef finger explosion kiss-perfection.

TURBO- That movie had no production value. We’re aware. We all have eyeballs. BUT-that theme song made me want to commit grand theft auto before I even knew about the video game. It was my JAM. Justin was the bane of my existence and I wasn’t for much that went on that season (Jason come back! You can hang out in the Command Center like Billy did for a year!) but it was just such a great theme. I remember hearing it in the trailer for the movie and it would get me so hyped for that garbage movie.

Ninja Storm- I took so many dumps on the Disney themes so I felt it was fair to give at least one a place on the best. It’s not a pity like! I promise! It was a unique season and such a change from anything we had seen before. Only three rangers? The girl is blue? A boy is yellow? Two evil rangers? Talking hamster?? Disney???

I loved it. The theme was fun, it had hype for me, and fit the joy of the season so well. This cast was great, funny, and I loved their chemistry. Not to mention I was in love with the red ranger so that was always a plus.

Mighty Morphin- The original. The king. The everything. Bae. Parents had anxiety attacks when they would hear that guitar rip from the living room TV. Your mom literally has been cooking all day, cleaning, making sure you’re alive, and now that PERFECT theme song has started playing and she knows it’s over. The magic of that music is going to make her kid start kicking and punching shit that isn’t there.

This theme song holds the gold medal not just for being the OG but for just being AWESOME. It embodied how sick it would be to be a ranger. It boosted the fantasy- it made you a fan forever.

No idea when we will hear the rendition of the theme for the upcoming movie but my fingers are crossed that they will do it justice.