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That last take ... I'm so tired.>claims spop looks like a cheap anime knockoff because it had tiny budget because it's a "girl show"
>actually it was a union show and they had a contract for 52 episodes regardless of the ratings
>ORANGE MAN BAD
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>spop is shit because it's for girls and girls are dumb
Actually, looking at the YA industry, that seems to be the case #CatradoraIsLesbianTwilight
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SPOP is for little girls? I thought it was for depressed millennials who need to be told they're perfect all the time and it's all their parents' fault.
Anyway, men are only allowed to look like K-pop twinks now.
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I actually think both styles are appealing in different ways. SPOP is very cute. Revelation is detailed and looks like the characters have weight. Both shows =have crazy color palettes that evoke the '80s (SPOP was just borrowing more from My Little Pony or Rainbow Brite for its colors). And there is going to be some kind of kid-friendly He-Man show coming out this year that will probably be more like SPOP. There's plenty for everyone.
I read an interview that said they were going to try to treat He-Man: Revelation like Shakespeare, no winking at the audience. That approach has more integrity than being embarrassed by the franchise and kickstarting it again for a quick buck or a complete reimagination. I think SPOP took itself seriously too, and that clearly got a dedicated audience for it. Good for them. But Revelation is a totally different approach and it's ridiculous to act like focusing on 40-year-old men is worse than focusing on 18-year-old girls. They're not even making it a shared universe where they have to hold these two wildly different tones together (like Star Wars has to do sometimes). You just take whichever you're into.
Also if we're supposed to "rework" the shows for a new audience, what's the point of connecting it to the old show at all? There isn't. It's not inherently more creative to "rework it" than taking the same characters and trying to pick it up where the old show left off. The second strategy that Revelation is taking is arguably much harder to pull off.
Anyway, this take is from Ashley Lynch, she always gets me riled up like this.

