i agree with you on almost everything. i love the variety of MOTU characters. i remember listening to a audio book about stardust and zodiak.that was amazing. MOTU is sci-fantasy pulp. and i can enjoy it for what is it. but 80s MOTU has to evolve from **** and muscle to be taken serious today. 80s action figures looked like greg land wet dreams. i donŽt need that. if you redefine the MOTU, it can be a very entertaining high fantasy franchise.
take this step first. maybe then we can discuss "she-ra" modern role models
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
I got a couple of those thought they were way too dark for MOTU. I think she-Ra even got possessed by Hordak after she killed him that was bad.
If they re-boot She-Ra they should just go the Supergirl route. Have girl power but not heavy handed feminist messages being pushed all day.
Well Supergirl does kind of get heavy handed about all of that at times but it was already girl power She-Ra, given that there's only like one guy on the shows roster...
Yeah Bow lol dude had a rose on his chest or something lol. And Hordak and his goons were the only other guys not too many options, He-Man showed up quite a bit tho. they had some good episodes making a point that She-Ra had it harder than him, she had to remind him a couple of times they weren't on eternia and the good guys didn't have the advantage. Come to think of it I'm not sure that show needs much updating.
I haven't seen the new season of Supergirl I'll catch up when it comes on netflix. But I never got that it was heavy handed from the 1st and 2nd seasons.
The art direction is ass but otherwise it looks decent.
It was a heart. The toy had it were it would "beat", the cartoon simply took the surface design and not the function (thank goodness).
Anyway, he wasn't the only guy. Sea Hawk, her would-be love interest, showed up a bit. Not as much as He-Man but he had a good chunk of episodes. And I guess the comic reliefs/Orko stand-ins Kowl Broom and Loo-Kee count since they were all guys.
On the other hand, though, Hordak had more than one token henchwoman unlike Skeletor. In addition to Evil-Lyn's direct analog Shadow Weaver we had Catra, Scorpia, Octavia, and Entrapta. With the exception of Catra and Entrapta they were all made up for the show so I guess Filmation saw at least one side needed a decent mix of male and female. I'll always wonder why they didn't just pull from He-Man's roster to add to She-Ra's roster, the toys we would have seen if He-Man wasn't replaced by She-Ra at that point. Namely Clamp Champ and Rio Blast.And Hordak and his goons were the only other guys not too many options
To me, thumbs down to the series by Abnett, David and Mhan. The comicbook characters Adora and Adam are stand-ins of the comicbook characters Red Sonja and Conan the Barbarian. UNexciting.
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