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Sou uma entuasiasta de todos os "revivals" dos anos 80/90 mas fiquei decepcionada com essa version meio esquisita do Masters of the Universe. Faltou o Adam. Faltou o He-Man. Não gostei de versão da Tila. Talvez a nova geração goste. Talvez até a antiga. Mas eu, que cresci amando o He-man e a Tila, não gostei. I'm an enthusiast of all the "revivals" of the 80s/90s but I was disappointed with this weird version of Masters of the Universe. Adam was missing. He-Man was missing. I didn't like Teela's version. Maybe the younger generation will like it. Maybe even the old one. But I, who grew up loving He-man and Teela, didn't like it. #netflix #serieslover.

I've read some interesting reviews about this show, now that I've watched it, I can agree with lots of points, and disagree strongly with others.

The main issue, the absence of He-Man, it's very true we don't get a lot of him, he is sacrificed for 80% of it, and we're given Teela.

The animation is superb I thought, I loved it, it's modern, but it doesn't feel a million miles away from the classic series, the stories of course, you won't recognise any original characteristics there.

The best of the villains here for me, Scare Glow, absolutely first rate, that's perhaps the best episode too.

The real star of the show is Lena Headey, who voices Evil Lyn, her voice is captivating, and I think it's fair to say that she's the most interesting character here, she isn't forced on us, instead she naturally shines through, we aren't made to think she's incredible....ahem Teela.

I don't love it, I didn't hate it, it's watchable, and nostalgic, 6/10.

The animation and colours are great, other then that, what even is this?

He man is in 1/5 of the show, the story it self is bad, writting is amateur. It just gets boring.

It strings the nostalga chords, but has nothing that made the old shows interesting. The new story is boring for adults and kids alike, since its just so childish.

Trully a disappointment.

So you make a He-man show and take out He-man then spend 8 episodes making Teela the hero and Evil-Lynn the true villain and go out of your way to make sure that everyone knows that Adam and Skeletor are minimized and have everyone then heap praise on Teela incessantly, even going so far as to break the canon rules for her, just cuz.

But here's the deal, if this was a season TWO of a show, it would have been somewhat interesting. If you'd had ten episodes of normal He-Man vs Skeletor with a big plot, etc THEN had this show after, it might have worked and been nice BUT because you replace the main story and then change it around to the point that you've completely erased what the thing was in the first place, then why did you make this? Seriously, who was this for? Kids don't care about He-Man, so this was for adults who remember it, but they certainly don't want to see what they remembered trashed on... I just don't get the mentality behind doing this kind of thing. But then it's not like He-Man is Shakespeare so in the grand scheme of things, this is just a big giant MEH.

What the heck did I just watch?

It wasn't He-Man.

This is why you don't let drug addicts write.

Please stop hiring Kevin Smith until he goes to rehab.

Thanks.

It's so frustrating as there's a great concept in there and some really good moments but so much ruined by this false female empowerment, cos this is not it! If anything it's more insulting saying the only way you can have strong female characters if you incapacitate the males.

Some of the voice acting is questionable, some of its great, a lot of the animation is great but why are the nipples so close to the armpits? I will give the score is brilliant. It's not the worst thing in the world but it could have been better as it's missing that little bit of fun and I can see why so many are riled up. But part 2 could end up being brilliant. Just don't advertise it as something it's not.

Originally gave this a six but Well, well, well part two righted everything that was wrong in part one, the writing, voice acting, characters and score are all just brilliant.

Straight from the get go viewer's will realize that this is WOKE. Why destroy "He-Man" just to be woke? Create a new series with new characters. Kevin Smith is not a "NERD" he is a "SHILL" and a liar.

Towards the end of a first episode that felt very much like the original series, this new take on Masters of the Universe threw its characters a massive curveball and asked what they would do next. What follows is a twisty, fun adventure with unlikely alliances, some slyly funny lines and moments of tear-jerking pathos. The whole is elevated by fantastic voice performances by a star cast (Lena Headey as Evil-Lyn was my favourite, against some stiff competition from Mark Hamill as Skeletor, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Teela, and frankly the whole excellent cast). The detractors are right that Adam/He-Man isn't the main focus of these first five episodes, and that this new series plays with and in some ways subverts the original, but it does so in a way that feels affectionate and true to the characters while bringing a modern sensibility which means this is more than a continuation or remake. While it's clear that the latter is what some people would prefer, others (myself included) would find that dull and pointless. So I personally am glad Kevin Smith and team were brave enough to create a MOTU that is not only a joy for those of us old enough to fondly recall the original while recognising that the world has moved on since it was made, but also brings the franchise up-to-date for today's kids.

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Synopsis Skip-It or Watch-It : Skip it if you want to see He-Man. Watch it if you are impressed or entertained by momentary subversive nonsense. To each his own. Fool you until you allow yourself to be fooled. It's Just an arrogantly obvious subversive sleight of the hand, in my opinion.

Check Out He-man and MOTU 2002.

Review: All in all an interesting twist on the he-man fantasy genre. Good Animation. Very bombastic 80's style action.

But we have seen this kind of sleight of hand before, haven't we? The only ideas that remain with the now self-important 'intellectually superior' Hollywood clique are identity politics and subversion! What's the point of subversion, really?

--- hold that thought - - - the second part is a MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT Watching it right now.

The ads and trailers led me to believe that this was a He Man show. It was more like a spin off and cantered around the characters in He Man rather than the hero himself.

Just finished the fifth episode of part 1, and oh my days what a cliffhanger! Yes, Teela leads the first part but that was made clear by Kevin Smith in the lead up to the series debut. You get to see alliances forged, and maybe my memory of the original He-Man faded slightly, but the memory of the animation sure didn't, and this is exactly how I remembered each character looking. I cannot wait for part 2!

The animation is done wonderfully, however the plot and the characters mostly feel completely soulless and their dynamics are pretty much destroyed. Also ofcourse the elephant in the room, the main protagonist(Adam) of the real series is completely sidelined to the point he isn't really a part of the series anymore.

But what is to be expected of someone who said: "I have no love for He-Man either, but he has a place in the world, in the comicbookstories" only to later say(or rather lie) "When I was a kid I watched He-Man when came home from school, from 1981 to 1982" despite the series not even existing yet at that time only airing from 1983 onwards.

Shame on you Smith, shame on you for producing crap, shame on you for constantly lying.

Amazing story and character development! Kevin Smith and everyone involved have done a great job bringing MotU back. Embrace the Masterverse!!! Funny how recently at the San Diego Comic Con 2023 a priview of the sequel to Revelations was showed (Masters of the Universe - Revolution) and received wide positive praise. What a bunch of hipocrites. The tantrums, and nitpicking, gone. They only had to get over the "Oh it's different from my childhood cartoon!" phase, and its all good. Hopefully Kevin Smith and crew will stay a long time on this awesome Netflix series.

Hey folks! It's me, the man with the hundredths attempt to write a review for this series. I try it in a very short way, because..."theeey haaave the POWER...to censor."

So: Animation very nice, voice acting mostly very nice, story attempt is very bad, fan respect none, lies before release a 100%.

Thx. And greetings from germany.

I finished all the episodes just now. I've never seen a show this good face so much backlash over NOTHING. It is INSANE what politics have done to normal people these days.

Any other time, any other era, this sow would be getting heaps of praise. But people need go to their favorite YouTube grifter to try and validate their political views without even watching the show.

Sad. Pathetic. Oh well. I'll still have the series. And boy is it good.

Increidble animation. Fantastic voice action. Thrilling action. A strong plot. Theres nothing to dislike here. Anyone reading this. I IMPLORE you to ignore these BS review bombing tactics by sad adults who never grew up. And judge the show on its own merits. You won't be disappointed.

And it never pretended to be. Reviewers clearly can't read since the show delivered exactly what it promised. All the pre-release publicity said this was going to be female focused and that is why it was only called Masters Of The Universe and not He-Man. So now that we have that out of the way, it actually delivers very well on modern themes and stories. It was exactly what I expected and did it well. It made the characters three dimensional and real. I enjoyed seeing my childhood series given depth and character. It would be great if they did an actual He-Man show in this style as well.

I'm of a younger generation that has never heard of He-man before except for that damn HEYAAAYAAYAA video.

As a newcomer to the series, I didn't really have any expectations for how any character should be portrayed. What I did know was that this was mainly advertised as a "He-Man" story, and I feel like it really failed in that regard.

The big bad of the show Skeletor and He-man himself felt more so like background lore rather than the main characters of the story, used to develop the plot. Which by itself, honestly wasn't the worst I've seen, If this was advertised as a spinoff story with Teela as the main protagonist, I think it would have been received a lot better. I can understand why long time fans felt like this was a bait and switch.

A few of the central characters were pretty unlikeable, especially Teela. I don't know if it's just me, but she just seems so angry, self-centered and annoying all the time. Perhaps it's to try and portray her as a strong willed character, but it just comes off as a bit too aggressive. Imagine Korra but dial that crap all the way up through the roof.

I get that sometimes you make a character look bad in the beginning to have a touching character development arc but this was a little overboard.

I'll probably stick around for part 2 just to see how they plan on handling the story from that point onwards, but I'm not expecting too much.