MOTU: Revelation, Part 1 (Spoilers)
I find it incredibly fucking childish that several He-Man fans are throwing a big ol fanboy tantrum because they're actually DOING SOMETHING with the MOTU-verse for a change instead of repeating the same episodic formula over and over and over again.
Oh, I'm sorry...you wanted to see He-Man fighting Skeletor? Watch the trailer on repeat. That's as good as it gets. The first episode provides about everything you could ever hope for on that front.
The point here is that there's a LOT that's going on in the MOTU-verse that never got screen time or development because He-Man and Skeletor always hogged the episodes. Like, Teela was always one of the most interesting characters with a super secret backstory, but the episodic nature of the show necessitated that she always remain in the dark about it. And for some reason they didn't want her to know Adam's secret. Maybe it had something to do with her kind of being his love interest and it maintained suspense if she was always almost learning the truth, but not. I dunno, but I always thought it was dumb.
Yeah, I saw He-Man 2002. It was pretty good. But honestly this is better...or maybe this is a good continuation of He-Man 2002. I don't care if Teela getting a haircut and a level up in badassery is too "woke" for you. Yeah she's ambiguously bi with a cute girl friend/"friend". It doesn't affect anything story-wise so why should you care?
You've got the best versions of all the characters in this show. Evil-Lyn could carry this show all on her own. It's all the same stuff from the original, but like twice as cool. The writers clearly know the original MOTU and wanna build on that base. The characters still say stupid puns and like alliterative insults but it works because that's just how Eternians be.
Tri-Klops started a techno cult. Cool! Beast-Man hearts Evil-Lyn. Dawww. Mer-Man is pissed cause he's overlooked. Aww. King Randor's a douche and that's...really accurate. And Orko. Screw Orko, normally I'd say, but the lil shit finally gets a satisfying character arc here and good for him. I even like Cringer in this and I never like Cringer.
And you really thought that He-Man and Skeletor wouldn't come back at some point after the first episode shook up the status quo? C'mooon. Seriously?
This is a version of MOTU with actual stakes because there's no guarantee that things will go back to normal at the end of the episode. A decaying, changing world. Life and death in the balance. I don't see how you couldn't love that.
Now that I'm thinking about it, this show was clearly made for me, the girl who wanted more stories centered around the female MOTU characters, and just found She-Ra too pastel and cute to enjoy. Lol screw the rest of y'all.
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