![]() ![]() It’s a subtle, but important message to send to kids, especially when updating a story about a muscle-bound male hero: The greatest virtue is to share your power with others. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Netflix)Ĭontrast that with Keldor (well, Skeletor - look, you figure it out by episode two, okay?), who lusts for power to take for himself, even from his subordinates like Evil-Lyn, and the new He-Man becomes a battle to decide who truly deserves to have power, and how it should be wielded. Classic characters are gender-swapped or updated in myriad ways (Ram Man is now Ram Ma’am, and takes the form of Adam’s adoptive sister Krass (Judy Alice Lee) Orko is now a robot named Ork-O), and Teela is made a Black character to disrupt the lily-white makeup of the original characters.īut the biggest shakeup is the revelation (sorry) that Adam isn’t the only one who can power up to harness the Power of Grayskull: Each of his companions soon learn they have powers of their own, getting henshin-like transformation sequences that are charming in their ’90s-anime repetitiveness. We Have the Power: While Revelations is the show to go to when it comes to shaking up the toyetic mythos of Eternia (sorry, Eternos), David’s show still makes some updates for the 21st century. There’s no need to wink at the parents watching this show with their kids: just relax and let the story move on its own. (In some cases, they’re not meant to, including Keldor’s incessantly try-hard skeleton puns, which often fall on deaf ears.) There’s plenty of self-referential humor, poking fun at the goofiness of the ’80s show’s names, but it tends to disrupt the otherwise earnest retelling of the story. The characters themselves are decently fleshed out for a kids’ show, though the jokes don’t always land. You Know, For Kids! The all-seeing eye of ’80s nostalgia must really be turned to He-Man this year, especially over at Netflix He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is the second adaptation of the popular cartoon and toy line in as many months, with the serious, Kevin Smith-penned Masters of the Universe: Revelation premiering back in late July. Together, Adam, Teela, and their friends must assemble to protect the sword from those who want to use Grayskull’s powers for evil - including Adam’s long-lost uncle Keldor (Ben Diskin), whose true identity is easy to spot once you slap an “S” on the front of his name. But when he runs across a thief named Teela (Kimberly Brooks), who’s just betrayed the villains who hired her to steal a mysterious, powerful sword, he soon learns the sword grants him the Power of Grayskull, a heaping helping of muscles, and the incredible powers of He-Man. ![]() The Pitch: In the realm of Eternos, in which high technology and magic exist hand-in-hand, prince Adam (Yuri Lowenthal) lives as a villager on the outskirts of his society, with no memory of who he is and the destiny he is to fulfill. ![]()
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