FILMATION animation studio APPRECIATION

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Not gonna lie...the only hairstyle I've ever liked on He-Man is the one from the Filmation series. New Adventures and 20XX, wtf was that.

The above is my description for the Teela character...


At 2:00 Sarah Michelle Gellar FINALLY resonates to the half shaved head Teela character
given that before the Filmation Teela character was part of a world laser focused on young boys...

Hold up, Mr. Melissa Benoist said we never saw He-Man and Skeletor fight? yes we did, wtf.

Isn't there an old saying "once you close the deal SHUT UP"?

Like Kevin Smith...a SUPER Fan!

[Nate Grey]

Like Kevin Smith...a SUPER Fan!

Don't get me started...

I'm sorry but that's a really stupid error to make. They fought a LOT.



Not that they read this forum, but if they do, shut tf up or just say "I'm happy to be here yay". Everyone, cast and crew alike, be quiet, cause not saying something that can't INSTANTLY be disproven isn't working.

[Nate Grey]

Remember when this was turned into a meme? Apparently anyone with an internet connection imagined it.

[Nate Grey]

Guess we all collectively imagined this too...



And what's interesting is that the fights were unpredictable. Sometimes He-Man would just knock Skeletor's staff out of his hands and Skeletor would flee, sometimes Skeletor would be on the offensive and attack first, sometimes Skeletor would just try to take him by surprise (the first image I posted). He-Man was always the victor, but it wasn't always a cake walk. And its actually impressive the times Skeletor would try and fight He-Man, someone known as "The Most Powerful Man in the Universe".

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What's really weird: She-Ra had, what, FOUR, of these "'kid appeal' annoying magical characters" (Madame Razz, Broom, Kowl, and Loo-Kee) yet none of them were as remotely irritating as Orko. Ok maybe Madame Razz is iffy in that she was a sort of grandmotherly type, but I still count her in that she'd have spells that sometimes didn't work. I think the difference was none of them seemed like an obnoxious idiot like Orko.

REJOICE!!!

I never found orko annoying as a kid at all myself.

No matter! Orko's DONE for...

Battlecat annoyed me more, and even Adam/He-Man was somewhat annoying.

Next on the HIT LIST: Battlecat and Adam/He-Man!

TEELA is to have the Power!!!

[Nate Grey]

Well, like I said, I didn't like him being an obnoxious idiot. Making him not an obnoxious idiot like the "kid appeal" characters on She-Ra is the answer, not making him broken.

A lot of what Kevin Smith says in regards to the show sounds very...nihilistic. I think that's one of the many reasons they're backtracking a bit and saying its now [retroactively] a "spiritual" sequel to the Filmation series. Though I do I think in the end they'll hit a big giant reset button and everything will return to normal (including deaths), save for Teela retaining the "revelation" of Adam being He-Man.

[JBatmanFan05]

The MOTU rights situation is a nightmare (thanks to Mattel). It sucks. All these great He-Man elements are simply from the Filmation series and they can't be used. And I doubt Mattel would even try to involve NBC Universal because then they'd have to sacrifice some profit. I think I might not even watch Revelation (to not reward them with my view). Return of Faker seems a lot more satisfying right now.

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Teela and the masters of the universe

[Nate Grey]

Well now that's interesting. Its private now...

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SUPER Fan Kevin Smith
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x82nqjs
At 3:30 "He sounds like a 5 year old etc.." At 3:39 "At the end of episode 4 etc.." At 3:53 "Watch them get angry etc.."

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Orko is very powerful with his magic, but often messes up in a hilarious way!

[Nate Grey]

There was a Filmation episode that revealed Orko's powers worked great with some amulet that he, of course, lost. I think the 200X series did a similar ep but I'm fuzzy on that.

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At 3:00 begins the REVELATION that
Prince Adam and Cringer were saved by
Orko the Great!

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At 8:17 the flashback in which Orko arrives on Eternia and saves young Adam
and Cringer from a swamp is a retelling of the same material from the
He-Man and the MOTU episode Creatures from the Tar Swamp.

Writer of this episode was the late Larry DiTillio

[Nate Grey]

Writer of this episode was the late Larry DiTillio

Larry DiTillio and JMS worked wonders with the original series as well as the original She-Ra series.