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MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVELATION
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The much-anticipated Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Part 1) dropped on Netflix on Friday (July 23).
If Kevin Smith’s intent was to continue the story of the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated cartoon, it misses the mark. He-Man was the show for the boys… She-Ra was the show for the girls. To have Revelation a show with all female leads of Teela, Evil Lynn, and Andra (new girl character), it felt like the wrong choice for a boys cartoon.
If you understand the original cartoon and its toy origins – it’s a product designed for boys. That meant that there were rarely any female toys. The toys we had were Teela, Evil Lynn, and the Sorceress. Suddenly the 1% of girl characters are now the main subject of Revelation, it just didn’t sit right with many fans.
The reason why it’s the Teela show is because (spoilers), they killed off He-Man and Skeletor in the first episodes. The rest of the show is Teela’s quest to reunite the two Power Swords and bring magic back to Eternia. She’s aided by Evil Lynn, Andra, Roboto, and Orko, on this quest. Ultimately Roboto and Orko dies, leaving only the the girl characters by Episode 5.
When they killed off He-Man for the second time (stop killing He-Man!), I can already see the writing on the wall…. It only makes sense that Teela will become the new He-Man (or She-Ra?).
I think Double Toasted put it best, when they described Revelation like seeing a concert where the main headliner leaves the stage and you’re left with the opening band . Just to clarify – we came to see He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, but what we got was Teela and the Masters of the Universe.
The one thing that I really like about the new show is that the animation and character designs are amazing. As far as I’m concern, the animation is a million times better than anything Funimation ever produced. I like how they modernized all the characters… making them more realistic. I also really love the new toyline, I own a full set of the first wave of toys. Unfortunately, the show suffers from the storyline and the choices and directions that Kevin Smith decided to go in.
Of course, I’ll end up catching Masters of the Universe: Revelation part 2, later this year, to see how it will end. I’m not excited about it, but I’ll watch it. If Revelation ends terribly, hey, at least I still have the toys and my DVDs for the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and the He-Man and Masters of the Universe 2002 cartoon.
netflix.com
The much-anticipated Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Part 1) dropped on Netflix on Friday (July 23).
If Kevin Smith’s intent was to continue the story of the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated cartoon, it misses the mark. He-Man was the show for the boys… She-Ra was the show for the girls. To have Revelation a show with all female leads of Teela, Evil Lynn, and Andra (new girl character), it felt like the wrong choice for a boys cartoon.
If you understand the original cartoon and its toy origins – it’s a product designed for boys. That meant that there were rarely any female toys. The toys we had were Teela, Evil Lynn, and the Sorceress. Suddenly the 1% of girl characters are now the main subject of Revelation, it just didn’t sit right with many fans.
The reason why it’s the Teela show is because (spoilers), they killed off He-Man and Skeletor in the first episodes. The rest of the show is Teela’s quest to reunite the two Power Swords and bring magic back to Eternia. She’s aided by Evil Lynn, Andra, Roboto, and Orko, on this quest. Ultimately Roboto and Orko dies, leaving only the the girl characters by Episode 5.
When they killed off He-Man for the second time (stop killing He-Man!), I can already see the writing on the wall…. It only makes sense that Teela will become the new He-Man (or She-Ra?).
I think Double Toasted put it best, when they described Revelation like seeing a concert where the main headliner leaves the stage and you’re left with the opening band . Just to clarify – we came to see He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, but what we got was Teela and the Masters of the Universe.
The one thing that I really like about the new show is that the animation and character designs are amazing. As far as I’m concern, the animation is a million times better than anything Funimation ever produced. I like how they modernized all the characters… making them more realistic. I also really love the new toyline, I own a full set of the first wave of toys. Unfortunately, the show suffers from the storyline and the choices and directions that Kevin Smith decided to go in.
Of course, I’ll end up catching Masters of the Universe: Revelation part 2, later this year, to see how it will end. I’m not excited about it, but I’ll watch it. If Revelation ends terribly, hey, at least I still have the toys and my DVDs for the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and the He-Man and Masters of the Universe 2002 cartoon.
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AMERICAN HORROR STORIES
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I’ve previously mentioned time and time again that I really love the American Horror Story series… my favorite being American Horror Story: Coven. Like many long-form television shows, AHS does suffer from being trapped in not having enough interesting story to stretch to 12 episodes. In fact, even in some later seasons, the show cut it short to 10 episodes (Apocalypse) and even as low as 9 episodes (1984).
To solve this the show creators, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, is experimenting with a spinoff series called American Horror Stories… which are self-contained episodes. So far, only three episodes have aired, and, so far, I’m interested in more.
I wasn’t that into the first two episodes, which further the story of Murder House by introducing new residents … and creating a new Rubber Man (Woman). I think my main problem with the Rubber Woman story is that I didn’t care for the main character Scarlett. Even though the story was broken into two parts, Episode 1 and 2, it still wasn’t enough to explain to the viewer how/why Scarlett was so comfortable being around ghosts that haunts the Murder House.
The best episode so far is Episode 3, “Drive In”… about a movie called Rabbit Rabbit that causes its viewers to become violent and insane. The concept isn’t new, you’ve seen it in The Ring, or that recent Warning Do Not Play film, which causes the viewer death or insanity if you view the movie. In the AHS episode, two teenagers survived the drive in (they didn’t watch the movie because they were too busy making out) and decided to hunt down the director and stop him from releasing his movie in other theaters.
I’m interested in seeing more… the next episode of American Horror Stories will air on FX on July 29, 2021.
fxnetworks.com
I’ve previously mentioned time and time again that I really love the American Horror Story series… my favorite being American Horror Story: Coven. Like many long-form television shows, AHS does suffer from being trapped in not having enough interesting story to stretch to 12 episodes. In fact, even in some later seasons, the show cut it short to 10 episodes (Apocalypse) and even as low as 9 episodes (1984).
To solve this the show creators, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, is experimenting with a spinoff series called American Horror Stories… which are self-contained episodes. So far, only three episodes have aired, and, so far, I’m interested in more.
I wasn’t that into the first two episodes, which further the story of Murder House by introducing new residents … and creating a new Rubber Man (Woman). I think my main problem with the Rubber Woman story is that I didn’t care for the main character Scarlett. Even though the story was broken into two parts, Episode 1 and 2, it still wasn’t enough to explain to the viewer how/why Scarlett was so comfortable being around ghosts that haunts the Murder House.
The best episode so far is Episode 3, “Drive In”… about a movie called Rabbit Rabbit that causes its viewers to become violent and insane. The concept isn’t new, you’ve seen it in The Ring, or that recent Warning Do Not Play film, which causes the viewer death or insanity if you view the movie. In the AHS episode, two teenagers survived the drive in (they didn’t watch the movie because they were too busy making out) and decided to hunt down the director and stop him from releasing his movie in other theaters.
I’m interested in seeing more… the next episode of American Horror Stories will air on FX on July 29, 2021.
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