Thoughts on the rebooted He-Man (Netflix)

Ath-kethin · Jul 25, 2021

I had a ton of the toys in the early-mid 80s but never watched the show. My 7yo and I watched the new one yesterday and we thought it absolutely ruled. It was funny, it was dramatic, it had strong characters, and it didn't pander. The language was a little coarse in places but nothing horrible (after all, the kid has heard worse from me).

I can see a couple of plot developments coming, and it will be interesting to see if they at out the way I expect. We look forward to the next 5 episodes.

Hussar · Jul 25, 2021

I'm also in the boat of knowing practically nothing about any sort of canon material of the show. I vaguely remember watching the old He-man toy adve... I mean cartoons back in the day, but, did they even have a plot back then? 25 minute toy ads is basically all I remember.

So, watching this now, I'm totally lost when people start throwing out all these names and stuff... There really was a character named Fisto? Seriously?

Blue Orange · Jul 25, 2021

The Lizard Wizard said:
I really liked it.
I thought it would be more Kevin Smith-y, so I was surprised to get depth and story with my nostalgia trip. I’m looking forward to the second half.

Jay and Silent Bob in Eternia would be a fun outtake.

Older Beholder · Jul 25, 2021

Blue Orange said:
Jay and Silent Bob in Eternia would be a fun outtake.

When looking up the voice actors I noticed Jason Mewes was the voice of Stinkor

wicked cool · Jul 25, 2021

It’s 2 bad he lied and seems to be intent on destruction of another show. Why not just be honest and stand behind your work

Stalker0 · Jul 25, 2021

Finished the season. It was … fine enough, I feel like it’s a bit in the middle ground of too involved for kids but too simple for adults.

Orko was the highlight for me, thst was the best part of the show.

So a question, is it ever explained in the original show why all these other people know He-mans secret, but Tesla can’t?

Hussar · Jul 25, 2021

wicked cool said:
It’s 2 bad he lied and seems to be intent on destruction of another show. Why not just be honest and stand behind your work

I'm going to be sorry I did this but curiosity has the better of me.

What did he lie about?

DammitVictor · Jul 25, 2021

Hussar said:
So, watching this now, I'm totally lost when people start throwing out all these names and stuff... There really was a character named Fisto? Seriously?

He tried his best, but he couldn't fist them all.

DammitVictor · Jul 25, 2021

Stalker0 said:
So a question, is it ever explained in the original show why all these other people know He-mans secret, but Tesla can’t?

Poorly. It's general opsec. The only people who were ever supposed to know were Adam himself, Duncan, and the Sorceress. Orko watched it all happen and was going to tell everyone before Duncan swore him to secrecy. And Cringer, obviously.

Marlena never explicitly admitted she knew. But when Faker held the entire royal family captive, she escaped first and used the opportunity to free Adam-- her useless, foppish princeling-- instead of Duncan, or Teela, or even Randor. At the end of the episode, when he's transformed back to Adam... he asks her why she'd do such a thing. Her response was, "A mother always knows her son, Adam. Always."

Marlena's a very low-key badass. There's a reason she's going to be my first Legends of Grayskull character.

Stalker0 · Jul 25, 2021

Shroompunk Warlord said:
Marlena's a very low-key badass. There's a reason she's going to be my first Legends of Grayskull character.

One of the few episodes I remember from the original cartoon was a mysterious pilot that saved everyone. It was then revealed that the queen was a combat pilot on earth that found her way to eternia.

that was pretty cool