I grew up watching the old He-Man cartoon show. Given my not-great childhood, the He-Man world was my departure for the shitty real world. He-Man was the gateway to Transformers, GI Joe, Thundercats, and MLP. They had the cartoon out there to sell toys. However, the story and lore of the show were also important. We’ve been getting a lot of remakes and follow-up shows from super-old franchises. Some have worked and others not so much.
This show is pretty fun to watch after the old series. This is the Transformers: The Movie type of storytelling. It takes the history and continuity of the old show and ends it in one final battle between He-Man and Skeletor.
Does this follow-up series live up to the hype? Surprisingly, yeah. I dig the series so far. The show switches from the old corny stuff from the 80s to the more modern serious shows. The animation, design, and VO casting is top-notch and is light years ahead of the recent She-Ra series revival/remake.
-Mark Hamill’s Skeletor is amazing: Given that Hamill was already a popular icon when the original series was on the air is an interesting note. Skeletor is supposed to be over the top, and he’s almost like Megatron in his performance.
-Orko has a major character arc: On the old show, I didn’t really care about Orko. I viewed him as a useless comedic character. On this current show, he is far more of a serious character. They did some amazing things with him here, and I was moved by his storyline.
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