I've been a fan of MOTU since pretty much the start. I still have Betamax tapes with the old 80s series on them, and I still have all the toys, so I don't really know how much more "qualified" I need to be.
Long story short - I loved this new interpretation!
It does some really ballsy stuff by (temporarily) killing He-Man and Skeletor at the start, but the ripple effect from it which affects the secondary characters is absolutely fascinating!
The fact that the moral lines are now blurred for BOTH sets of characters without their figureheads opens up some genuine character depth which just wasn't there before, and there are some genuinely amazing moments which hit right in the feels.
Evil-Lyn and Orko's scenes steal the show, but there's loads more which are worthy of note too. The animation is fantastic, and there and many nods to the classic cartoon and the 2002 series as well.
If I had any negatives to say it's that, I think one more episode at the start would have given some more breathing space, because it does feel rushed into the main plate of beef almost instantly, and we hardly get time to catch up with our old friends before everything changes. There's a lot of exposition to compensate for this, which wouldn't be as noticeable if it were spread out a bit more.
There's a lot of hate for this show at the moment, but it seems to mainly be coming from the fragile "anti-woke" crew - none of whom I want near anything I like anyway, so they can cry elsewhere, and leave this fantastic show to people who genuinely enjoy good exploitative storytelling.
Long story short - I loved this new interpretation!
It does some really ballsy stuff by (temporarily) killing He-Man and Skeletor at the start, but the ripple effect from it which affects the secondary characters is absolutely fascinating!
The fact that the moral lines are now blurred for BOTH sets of characters without their figureheads opens up some genuine character depth which just wasn't there before, and there are some genuinely amazing moments which hit right in the feels.
Evil-Lyn and Orko's scenes steal the show, but there's loads more which are worthy of note too. The animation is fantastic, and there and many nods to the classic cartoon and the 2002 series as well.
If I had any negatives to say it's that, I think one more episode at the start would have given some more breathing space, because it does feel rushed into the main plate of beef almost instantly, and we hardly get time to catch up with our old friends before everything changes. There's a lot of exposition to compensate for this, which wouldn't be as noticeable if it were spread out a bit more.
There's a lot of hate for this show at the moment, but it seems to mainly be coming from the fragile "anti-woke" crew - none of whom I want near anything I like anyway, so they can cry elsewhere, and leave this fantastic show to people who genuinely enjoy good exploitative storytelling.