Antimateria: Wait what? The new netflix thing doesn't have He-man? Wasn't he in the trailer.

LootHunter: Teela wasn't a child. She was a seasoned warrior, experienced enough to be promoted to the "Man-at-arms" position.

LootHunter: What "everything"? Adam being He-man was the only thing she discovered. And this discovery hasn't changed much. It definitely wasn't on the "big evil is your father" or "you were manipulated all along" level. Yet, Teela left the entire kingdom to its fate, when it was needed her the most (with magic dying and stuff). It's one thing to have psychological issues and struggle with them and another just indulge in your own petty grudges at the expense of actual lives of actual people that depend on you.

Falci: Well, as someone who grew up with the original series and its reboots, I do like it so far. I watched it in a single sitting, something I rarely do with anything these days. And I liked that, despite being darker than all other animated versions, it is still much lighter than most adult oriented reimaginings/updates to characters from my childhood.

That said, I do think it will make it more clear who it was made for in Part 2. And it may happen to be the wrong target, I don't know, but I'm not very worried about it.

I've seen all the frustrated comments, but it's hard to say how many people are actually angry about it. People can be incredibly vocal online, even when they're not the majority. So it's hard to gauge how many people are actually angry (for me, at least).

Thing is, people seem to be oblivious to how storytelling works, or seem to be playing dumb because it fits their general agenda of being angry at shows for not being about exactly what they want.

Storywise, the show has been great at examining what happens when the hero (and villain) goes missing/dies and how the world carries on without it. Teela being at the center of the story is just the most obvious choice. If this was Batman, Dick Grayson would be the main character. But this is He-man. Robin just happens to be a woman*. And Teela is specially good for the role because she also happened to be the only one oblivious to He-man being Adam in the main cast and she's the sorceress daughter and heir, but doesn't know it. So you also get a good story about a character's vision of their world crumbling as well. It says right in the title: It's about the Masters of the Universe (Teela being the most proeminent character from the bunch with lot's of story beats to visit that also happen to connect directly to the show's greater lore) and about Revelations.

I do have some expectations for Part 2, from what I've seen so far:

I'm pretty sure Adam will feature more proeminently on Part 2, though probably in a more supportive capacity. I even expect him to lecture Teela about knowing who you are/being true to yourself when you're required to take upon a role of greater responsability (directly connecting to Teela's shown fear of disappearing into a role of greater importance and Adam's preference to being himself other than He-man in the afterlife). Yes, Adam, the teenager, is the dude with his shit together. Teela, the girl, is the one trying to grow and come to terms with reality and her responsabilities. And why she was kept in the dark is likely to be a plot point in Part 2 as well.

We'll probably see about as much He-man as in Part 1, but in a more active role and less as a flashback.

I'm guessing we'll see a Warrior/Sorceress version of Teela by the end of the show and she'll probably stand as an equal to He-man when fighting and defeating Skeletor.

Evil-Lynn is likely to help the heroes, secretly at first, fully by the end of the story. I wouldn't be surprised if she was the one to kill/banish Skeletor in the end, after he is defeated and removed from his powers. I expect the Sorceress or Duncan doing a heroic sacrifice early on (possibly leading into another they-died-but-got-better moment).

I also expect Orko to make a comeback. I haven't seen a definitive death with permanent consequences so far and Orko does not seem like the character to choose for that role and so early in the story. Yes, Adam and Moss-man died, but later were revealed to be a literal door away from being back into the land of the living. Roboto is a robot. I'd be surprised if at least one mention of rebuilding him doesn't happen by the end of the story. Adam being hurt at the end was a great way to do a cliffhanger, but I'm guessing the show won't even spend a lot of time healing him back (it could be a major plot point, but I think escaping the cluches of Skeletor will probably take precedence).

Again, these are all wild guesses based on what I've noticed from the story and what I know/understand from storytelling. We could end up wildly different things, some incredibly better, some way worse. But I don't think the show was made just to "destroy childhoods and satisfy woke agendas". As I said early on, I think the show will make it more clear who it was made for in Part 2, but so far, I haven't felt it wasn't made for me.

* In case you are thinking: "well, should have been about Duncan/Man-at-Arms then", no, he is Alfred, not Robin.

Orkhepaj: died in the first episode :P
the main reason for this thread

Orkhepaj: Again, another series He-Man, where the protagonist was changed to a female after the death of the hero the series should be all about. Or just pushed into the back, not even a support role like Picard.

Does anybody like this?
I see the "professional" critics love it. Not so much the viewers.

Narieme: I also like the new series. Funfact: 20% of customers who buyed MotU Toys, were female in the 80s. That was the reason, why She-Ra was made, as a SpinOff. I never liked She-Ra. My favourites are: Skeletor, Evil Lyn, Sorceress, Orko and Panthor. I still have an old Panthor Action Figure, with Furr.

For the second part, of the show. I hope that Orko will come back.
Btw, his Fight with Scare Glow was epic. I really love such character moments. When someone discover his true potential.
The entire episode was full of Moria (Lotr) references. Wizard vs Balrog. ;-)
The entire setting *Subternia*. The Portal to Subternia. Look at it again. Definetly similiar to the gate of Moria.

For the final Clash. I really hope for one epic eternian battle.
Skelegod should be much more powerful, than He-Man or every single of the former Champions.
Because he is more powerfull, in his natural Form. Than Prince Adam.

I would like to see.
Teela, as the new Sorceress. King Grayskull , He-Ro and all the former heroes. + a reborn He-Man.
Against Skelegod.

Can't wait for the second half. <3

Falci: This is the continuation of a series where the biggest consequence of the war against evil was being annoyed by Skeletor's antics.

Falci: Also, see the part of my text about a lot of the central theme of the series being about she not feeling ready to step into what she perceives as being someone else's shoes and how that impacts her sense of self.

Falci: There was no immediate threat to the kingdom and magic dying off was still some time from being an urgent matter (and she didn't even realize it until Evil-Lynn and the Sorceress came to her).

Falci: She also discovered that everybody but her (and the king) knew it. Of the core characters of the show, the ones that were always battling Skeletor in all episodes, she was the only one who didn't know.

Falci: After the time skip, we're shown that she was helping out people as a mercenary, which she considered her own way and true to herself. One can even argue that being among the people and not in a palace was a better way of doing things.

Falci: "You're good enough to be Man-at-Arms, but not good enough to know the truth about your best friend and the man you look up the most to." - That hurts. Specially if you consider the way she found out.

Otherwise, if you never had psychological issues and struggles impact your ability to attend to your responsibilities, man, I envy you. Seriously. But this is another discussion entirely.

Orkhepaj: Again, another series He-Man, where the protagonist was changed to a female after the death of the hero the series should be all about. Or just pushed into the back, not even a support role like Picard.
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Breja: I think you make a lot of good points. I'm not changing my mind about the series, but you do make a lot of sense.

If you take away the panic about politics and "woke-ness" (which is also not happening without reason, but that's a whole different can of worms I don't want to get into here), I think there's a lot in the new series that can reasonably disappoint, as it did me, but I can see why you'd be on board with it.

For me, it's just that I hoped for a fun, lighthearted sword & sorcery series about He-Man and Skeletor (voiced by Mark Hamil! - that's a big draw for me). What I got, is a series mostly about a world where He-Man is gone, Skeletor is gone, and magic is gone, and everyone is very angsty. It's sort of like ordering pizza and getting sushi... I don't care if the sushi is great, I don't like sushi and didn't ask for it :D

And maybe it's just because I'm not really a He-Man fan, but I just feel like it's a bizarre choice of an old cartoon to make a "grown-up" sequel to with a long, serialised story. Something like Pirates of Dark Water would make way more sense - that was already a somewhat more serious show, with an unfinished over-arcing narrative and a lot of great worldbuilding in place.

LootHunter: The change itself is not a problem:

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1. Luke Skywalker didn't just give up upon learning Darth Vader is his father, but trained himself to confront him.
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3. Terry McGuinness performed as Batman quite well.
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