He-Man: Revelation

[Anthony W]

Interesting stuff from the actress who plays Andra.

https://www.newsweek.com/im-first-bl...iverse-1613901

I remember, at the end of the audition I had to say the iconic, "I have the power" line, so I pulled my lightsaber off the wall—because, yes, I have two—and raised it up over my head as I said the line. I realized they'd think it was super cool or go: "Eesh!" Thankfully, a couple of weeks later I got a call saying I had booked the role of Andra.

I can't wait to see Smith make a reaction video of himself crying while watching a reaction video of himself crying as Andra becomes the He-Man replacement.

[Triniking1234]

This says less about the show and more about how the opposite is far more common so when it swings in the opposite direction people take notice.

Compare this to another Netflix animated series, Transformers: War For Cybertron, where the female characters can be counted on one hand and the majority of screen time and development is given to male characters.

Is Transfomers even a fair comparison? There's been like one female-type Transformer per incarnation.

[BeastieRunner]

Is Transfomers even a fair comparison? There's been like one female-type Transformer per incarnation.

There were a lot more since Beast Wars. Prime had one of each side often. The WFC's Kingdom arc had a lot more female roles that your average TFers.

I would say it is apt.

[Agent Z]

Is Transfomers even a fair comparison? There's been like one female-type Transformer per incarnation.

Yes but they tend to be very few compared to their male counterparts and often aren't as important. Arcee is the most memorable of them and she wasn't even the first one.

Note that Windblade, the most recent female transformer, was created by fans during a contest not by the company itself.

[hairys]

As far as "waiting to see" goes, I mean, we're half a season deep. I think it's reasonable to make some decisions and criticisms about what we've seen. As it is, I think the story is a disservice to the design work, art, and animation that's gone into it.

Exactly, haha. I can't think of any friend whom I would advise to continue a show if they really disliked the first 5 episodes. Sometimes, a show's just not for you, and people can have different opinions about things. Shocking, I know.

[hairys]

Interesting stuff from the actress who plays Andra.

https://www.newsweek.com/im-first-bl...iverse-1613901

I can't wait to see Smith make a reaction video of himself crying while watching a reaction video of himself crying as Andra becomes the He-Man replacement.

I don't know if that's where he's going with this, but it would definitely continue the theme of "subverting expectations." I can envision Smith patting himself on the back for killing Adam again in ep 5. "I subverted expectations in ep 1, but I bet a lot of people expected that since everyone subverts expectations these days, but *no one* will guess that I'd do it again in ep 5. I'm so brilliant!"

[Coatl]

Well I'm petty and I'm bored, so let's post some memes


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Victim Blaming Teela

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Also has Adam killed twice

[Agent Z]

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Also has Adam killed twice

And yet we're still getting "Teela is a mary sue" complaints.

[hairys]

And yet we're still getting "Teela is a mary sue" complaints.

If "mary sue" means perfect / faultless, that's definitely not true and was pointed out right away by the show's detractors who didn't like her personality, and even people who like the show will admit that sometimes Teela acted selfishly or me-first. However there is likely a 0% chance another character will call her out on it or that she will realize it herself and grow from it. The creators think she's awesome as is.

[Coatl]

And yet we're still getting "Teela is a mary sue" complaints.

Well that's because the world has lost it's real meanning over the years. Some people use it just to point that they don't like the character. The problem as has been said is that even when she exhibit real big flaws, the show dosen't point it, and she suffer no consecuenses for it and is the other people who has to apologize to her.

Said that personally I think that Teela is more a case of "Creator pet" than "mary sue".

[Derek Metaltron]

Found this very interesting if true.

[Coatl]

Found this very interesting if true.

I have alredy seen the retroscope argument buuuut you just have to see the proportion hips-waist-chest and how long were their legs, to notice that "realistic" is not a the word we should apply in the 80's cartoon. I suppose that the retroscope works like motion capture, you can see the focal points but you can also draw over it and give them the proportion you want(like gollum in LOTR), lets remember that this was also used in snow white and the seven dwarfts and is not a relalistic movie.

Also some of his arguments seems a bit biased about how "modern times destroy feminity" this is a bodybuidier from 1980 (time he argues bodybuldiers were "more femenine")

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Look for any actual photo of those "deformed" modern bodybuldiers he attacks and tell me if they really look so different.


I have several problems with this Show and Teela in particular but her biceps is not one of them.

[Pinsir]

Found this very interesting if true.

It wouldn't be a Midnight's Edge video without mentioning the 25% Star Trek thing, a concept no one else has been able to confirm. The research they did on the original He-Man aesthetic is interesting and I think should ironically put to bed the idea that these character designs are a step removed from the originals (so what they are arguing against).

[Pinsir]

I have alredy seen the retroscope argument buuuut you just have to see the proportion hips-waist-chest and how long were their legs, to notice that "realistic" is not a the word we should apply in the 80's cartoon. I suppose that the retroscope works like motion capture, you can see the focal points but you can also draw over it and give them the proportion you want(like gollum in LOTR), lets remember that this was also used in snow white and the seven dwarfts and is not a relalistic movie.

Also some of his arguments seems a bit biased about how "modern times destroy feminity" this is a bodybuidier from 1980 (time he argues bodybuldiers were "more femenine")

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Look for any actual photo of those "deformed" modern bodybuldiers he attacks and tell me if they really look so different.


I have several problems with this Show and Teela in particular but her biceps is not one of them.

Yeah that was pretty weak argument. They showed us an image of the actress that played Teela in the video; she looks just as muscular as the Teela from Revelations. Where as the 'modern' muscular woman doesn't look like her at all.

[Tofali]

I used to watch Midnight's Edge only when I needed a laugh. Even thou I didn't like the Sequel Trilogy this channel used to be a lot of entertainment for the things they used to say but I stopped watching when the guy with the accent cut down his videos and brought in a boring person with no accent who didn't know how to weave an entertaining yarn..