He Man Reboot Announced

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This show is probably closer to spirit of He-Man than New Adventures was back in the day, so it has a leg up on previous versions.

And again, after Revelations, which by all rights should have been better, was a disaster, I'll champion the CGI show for at least not being a disrespectful pile of crap and giving itself its own identity.
 
FreedomMussel said:
You know, I’m mildly frustrated by the recurring sentiment that we shouldn’t ever do reboots and only do original stories.

You know what my rebuttal to that is? Public domain characters. Hercules, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Anansi, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Cthulhu, etc. It’s natural and expected for storytellers to take the same figures and tell new contradictory stories with them. There’s no canon, only mythos.

Just a couple of weeks ago I purchased a book of stories about public domain characters and they contradict each other. I consider this a feature, not a bug.

We’ve been telling the rebooted adventures of the same characters for thousands of years. Why are fans suddenly crying foul? (At least in the case of reboots that don’t suck.) Why has fandom decided to turn fictional characters into outright Abrahamic-style religion, complete with canon and sanctity?

It’s especially hypocritical coming from the wokies because they seem to love their slash fanfiction.
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My rebuttal to your rebuttal is, what do these reboots bring to the table?

At risk of over simplifying things, there are two ways to approach a reboots/remakes.
  1. You give more of what people want.
  2. You bring something new to the table. That can be as simple as retelling the story with updates to things like effects or setting, or as complex as putting a completely new spin on the tale.
These remakes aren't doing option one. They can't. The originals are not politically correct, and the new creators have no respect for the source material.

The Thing is a great example of option two. The original 50s film was a generic monster movie set in the arctic that is only really remembered as curio for fans of the 80s movie. The prequel added nothing, having worse effects and possibly damaged the 80s film by ruining the mystery of just what happened at the Norwegian base. There was the proposed TV series, which asked what happens if it got to a small town.

So, what do these current year reboots bring to the table? Nothing of value. They have the name, logo, and other superficial elements of the original, but all the substance is jettisoned and in it's place are current year gender politics that have no place in the story.

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Judge Dredd said:
My rebuttal to your rebuttal is, what do these reboots bring to the table?

At risk of over simplifying things, there are two ways to approach a reboots/remakes.
  1. You give more of what people want.
  2. You bring something new to the table. That can be as simple as retelling the story with updates to things like effects or setting, or as complex as putting a completely new spin on the tale.
These remakes aren't doing option one. They can't. The originals are not politically correct, and the new creators have no respect for the source material.

The Thing is a great example of option two. The original 50s film was a generic monster movie set in the arctic that is only really remembered as curio for fans of the 80s movie. The prequel added nothing, having worse effects and possibly damaged the 80s film by ruining the mystery of just what happened at the Norwegian base. There was the proposed TV series, which asked what happens if it got to a small town.

So, what do these current year reboots bring to the table? Nothing of value. They have the name, logo, and other superficial elements of the original, but all the substance is jettisoned and in it's place are current year gender politics that have no place in the story.

Edit: Minor clarification.
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Unfortunately. I would say that’s more a problem with the “current year” part than with the “reboot” part. There’s no reason that sequels or original works would be any better tho. You always need competent writers who respect the source material and their audience’s intelligence.
 
Gutpuke said:
I'm pretty sure that trailer just spoiled every major plot twist. Good job, Netflix.
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Its not like anyone is going to watch it after the absolute shitshow that was the first part. I think they are just hedging their bets on that reality alone.
 
Chilson said:
Its not like anyone is going to watch it after the absolute shitshow that was the first part. I think they are just hedging their bets on that reality alone.
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Oh yeah, the trailer reeks of desperation.

"Look look! Adam isn't dead y'all!"

"Here's He-Man! You like He-Man! He's Here! We swear!"

"Ooooooooh, is that Savage He-Man?! You fan boys are gonna love that!"

"Don't worry folks! Orko is back too!"
 
I like how the villain is Skeli-God and his plans are all that we see in the trailer with him fighting He-Man... And yet the dialogue is constantly focusing on how they need to stop Evil-Lyn. No, they're totally not lying to the audience again and the He-Man/Skeli-God plotline is not going to be a background conflict while the focus is on Teela and Lyn.
 
Also it appears Teela has done a 180 on her views of magic from last season. I'm sure the creators and writers see this as character growth but it probably won't show said growth.
 
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People are also speculating that Andra will become the new guardian and take He-Man's place.

If that happens, I will lol like a motherfucker.
 
RumblyTumbly said:
People are also speculating that Andra will become the new guardian and take He-Man's place.

If that happens, I will lol like a motherfucker.
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On one hand, I don't see any set up for this... On the other hand, there's no other purpose to her character's existence anyway, so anything they'll do will be pulled straight out of their asses.
 
RumblyTumbly said:
This show is probably closer to spirit of He-Man than New Adventures was back in the day, so it has a leg up on previous versions.

And again, after Revelations, which by all rights should have been better, was a disaster, I'll champion the CGI show for at least not being a disrespectful pile of crap and giving itself its own identity.
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The CGI show hasn't been that bad. Not a fan of Ram-mam as she could have been her own character but other than that it's been fine. Teela has grown on me. Wish I could say that about Revelation and it's comics. Not a fan of some of these designs but that's okay I can get used to them. Battlecat doesn't look bad, looks more like a jaguar though. His cat form look like a liger. I do wish the animation was as good as the Star Wars show.
 
Interestingly between Hulk He-Man and other parts of him in the trailer I am getting extensive All Might from Hero Academia vibes. Which I actually don't appreciate for He-Man. I can see why they'd want to do that but much like the animation of Superman tends to have a very specific look seeing it show up elsewhere doesn't work because you're reminded of that character not the show you are watching.

But maybe I'm being picky.
 
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