“He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” was the biggest project in this franchise, but far from the only one as children’s books, comics, toys, and even a live-action film with Dolph Lundgren followed. Trying to appeal to all brands of genre nerds, it’s a hybrid world of both fantasy and science fiction, incorporating old-fashioned sword & sorcery ideas onto stories of other planets and races. evil tale with the muscular He-Man on one side and villainous Skeletor on the other.
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The characters actually debuted in 1981 with a series of toys by Mattel and then appearing in comics in the early part of the decade, but the series is what most people of my generation remember. “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” was one of the most popular animated shows of the ‘80s, running initially from 1983-85 but then repeating endlessly. The biggest complaint that fans are likely to have is that only five episodes drop tomorrow (the second half of the season lands at a future date). If anything, Smith and his team have threaded the needle that so many reboots fail to, making a show that feels both lovingly consistent with the source and fresh at the same time. Of course, neither of these are complaints. Given how visually rich this new show is at times, he didn’t really do that-at least I don’t remember “MotU” having this much hand-drawn detail-and the show works in themes that feel current in terms of gender representation. Smith set out to relaunch “Masters of the Universe” as if it had never ended in the ‘80s, picking up right where things left off.
Don’t worry, Kevin Smith’s executive producer credit on the new Netflix animated series “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” doesn’t mean that He-Man and Skeletor are now hanging out in Jersey and discussing the ethical ramifications of “ Star Wars.” My initial concern was that Smith’s voice would alter the tone of this show, but the only places in which that can be felt are a slightly richer sense of humor than I remember from my childhood and, even more so, a clear love for the source material here.
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