He-Man And The Masters of the Universe… RETURNS???

After 20 years, He-Man will return to home viewing system. How crazy is that? This show was beloved by many in the 80s and even had its own cult following,… (Just kidding… or am I?) Well, it seemed that way when everyone (including me) owned something He-Man related.

Ok, so in case some of you don’t know, (and if you don’t, I’m sorry, but your childhood was sad) He-Man was about a prince named Adam in a land called Eternia, who rocked a pink vest, purple pants, and blonde pageboy haircut. Eternia was constantly under attack by the evil Skeletor and his minions. What no one knew is that Adam had an alter ego called He-Man. He was able to transform from a pale, brightly-colored dresser into this super tan, speedo-wearing, muscle-bound dude with a much deeper voice (which, by the way, is super sexy)… he was able to achieve this transformation by a raising magical sword aloft and yelling the phrase “BY THE POWER OF GREY SKULL!!”

He would also be able to change the appearance of his cowardly green tiger, Cringer, (I had a Siamese named after him!) into a badass called Battle Cat who wore red armor on his head and an armored saddle for He-Man on his back, and his voice also changed (did I forget to mention Cringer could talk? …sorry, he could talk…) This was how He-Man got around when he needed to travel and kick some bad guy booty.

  

This wonderfully cheesy show first aired in 1983 and was cancelled in 1986 after only two seasons. It had a spin off called She-Ra, which was a story about Adam’s twin sister Adora, who lived in another dimension after being kidnapped as an infant. She too has a magic sword that she raises to transform, becoming She-Ra, yelling her own slightly different version of He-Mans’ maxim: “FOR THE HONOR OF GREY SKULL!!” She can change her horse spirit into a unicorn/pegasus (also known as an alicorn) named Swift Wind. (She-Ra’s show was equally cheesy but I loved every episode)

In my day, this creature was called a UniPeg, but now apparently it’s called an Alicorn….. Thanks My Little Pony….

 

They made a movie of He-Man in 1987, starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor. This movie failed, receiving bad ratings and reviews. (I saw this movie once, and honestly they were basing it off of a cheesy TV show of the 80s… not sure what they were expecting back then, but maybe if they remade it now, I don’t know, with today’s technology, maybe it would work? Hell, they are remaking EVERYTHING else from the 80s these days, so why not?)

Cartoon Network attempted to remake this series back in 2002, but I never watched these. In fact, I boycotted it altogether since it looked weird as hell to me and I wasn’t about to go there with a child hood fav (I believe at that time they also redid Transformers the cartoon show as well….. but I cant remember for sure) This series didn’t last long either. What is it about the He-Man that causes failure in the TV market?

So here it is, 2016, and they are bringing it back again… this time by the Super7 team, and has been aired at San Diego Comic Con on Wednesday 20^th. I watched the trailer (Which you can find by clicking right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zatw9jgnylo) and it looks exactly like the original episodes that aired in the 80s. The change, of course, being the voices you hear. But other wise pretty much the same. Even bad acting voiceovers.

I also came across a video of someone who took recorded the first episode at Comic-con and, well, yes I watched it. It was a little hard to hear from my phone, and it was from someone who took the video from their seat, so the screen is moving a bit but you get the idea of what the story was about. But I was surprised when I watched the show. Honestly when I saw the trailer, I thought they were just cutting and pasting voiceovers into old clips from the 80s TV show, and that when the new TV show actually aired the cartoon would look different… but no, they made the animation the same! Crazy!! I did enjoy this episode, kinda brought back memories of being little, eating cereal in front of the TV… but it kind of messed with the brain when the voices were all different. But it was still cheesy, which I loved! (Oh and SPOILERS, they used the word NINCOMPOOP!!! AAAAAHHHH the body tingles are great, my friends!!)

So where will they go with this? Are they going to continue to bring the 80s animation with a 21st century twist? Will they bring back all the great and not-so-creative characters (like Many-Faces, Faker, and Clawful?) And will it actually last longer than two seasons this time? Well, I feel that Super7 team have a lot to live up to and triumph over, considering they have 30 years of downs against them, and those of us who loved the series will be watching with a scrutinizing eye. But whatever happens, it will be fun watching these to see where it goes. ^_^

 

Here is the episode leaked from comic con!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!