He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)?

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002), Volume One, is due for release on February 19, 2008.

I seem to recall this series was better than the original.

Yes? No?

Opinions?

Thanks,

James :)
 
Thought it was already out...oh well:) Loved the series, wished it was still on. What happend? Hasbro did'nt sell enough toys on it or something?
 
I only saw the new show like once or twice. It was alright. I don't remember much of the old one because I was like two when I watched it.
 
Actually it was Mattel, and that's pretty much what happened. Mattel really hadn't done much boys toys since the original Masters toy line in the 80's. The over flooded the market with certain figures and left alot the figures short.

The cartoon was just as mismanaged by Cartoon Network, they moved it around a lot and instead of putting the older episodes in a afternoon dayslot the put it in the 6am slot when not most people were awake.

I think that both the toys as well as the series appealed more to older teenagers and adults, and that kids probably could have gotten into the series if it had been given more of a chance.

I'm looking forward to getting the series on DVD, this February. I really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to catching some of the episodes I never got to see.
 
Ok, it was mattel..for some reason I kept thinking Kenner:sweat: Things were geting good when towards the end when a certain person was almost brought back and..poof! No more He-man.. Is it me or did all the male characters take eternian steroids or something? These guys were more ripped than in the old series:anime:
 
The Shibuya looks coming out of anime shouldn't either, but here we are...

Aside from horrid management, I feel MOTU2K was excellent but it may have helped if they'd given Adam someone closer to his age besides Teela as toon heroes are getting younger.
 
This was an awesome show, and I really miss it. It was definitely very underrated.

It's nice to see it getting a DVD release.
 
It was a mixed bag for me. Some things I liked better, and some I didn't. Evil-Lyn was the most improved character overall in personality and design, but the music and transformation sequence from the original series was much better.
 
I thought this show was far superior to the original- HOWEVER, it was meant for the fans, not the kids; that was obvious.

Every episode, they basically just introduced more characters that we grew up with. Brought back fond memories for the fans- little kids on the other hand had no freakin' clue who these characters were, and weren't as likely to stay interested.

Another problem that happened- and I actually have to feel sorry for Mattel for this one- MOTU sadly seems to be the ONE franchise where fans can't let go of the past, and won't help Mattel in understanding the modern day base.

One unfortunate consequence of this is they WILL NOT ACCEPT that MOTU is likely more of a following now with fans than it will EVER be with kids, again, and they pester Mattel into doing anything to get kids back into it...then when Mattel tries to cater to the kids a little bit, the fans scream bloody murder that it's too kid-ified.

And believe me- MOTU fans come up with THE SINGLE WORST excuses on how it can pull in kids that I have ever heard in my life. Poor Mattel.

But yes, I loved this series, and wish it would've continued, very much.
 
There was much meaningless sword twirling.

Seriously alot of pointless episodes of the show, but a few great ones. I really recommend the episode "Ties that Bind." Excelent charecter study.
 
I'm definitely going to get this DVD, as I thought this show was horribly underrated. I agree that some of the old fans were absolute jerks abot this show. I even went on a Forum populated by older fans that hated EVERY last thing about it, from the way Adam behaved (he actually wasn't lazy all the time) to practically everything else.

Me? I loved how they portrayed non-He-man Adam, he was an actual member of the Masters, and not just an lazy kid (though the lazy in the original was just a cover).
 
Yeah my Mom hated the show, she kept comparing it to the old one but that never stopped me from watching and the fact that I never really watched the original didn't stop me either.
 
Well, for instance, I told them "you can't have it both ways- for example, the paige-boy haircut of the '80s was popular THEN, but it isn't NOW. If you want He-Man to be popular with kids, he can't have that, anymore."

They LITERALLY responded( I'm DEAD serious) "NO NO, YOU'RE WRONG! There's this band over here in England that's ultra-popular and THEY have the haircut! It'll work!"

I took one look at the picture of the group( and no I don't remember who it was; never even heard of them), and said "are you kidding me? that looks absolutely NOTHING like He-Man's old haircut. Sorry guys, try again".

I also mentioned to them that, while it may indeed have popularity yet again, it'll NEVER AGAIN achieve the status it had then. Guess how well they listened? :)

It really is a shame. It's funny- fans can easily move on and accept updates to ANY franchise, but when it comes to He-Man, that's a NO-NO!
 
This show was very underated especially for a cartoon on Toonami. As I recall, the show was in competition with Transformers Armada at the time. Transformers probably got more viewers, but the show is nearly unwatchable. But He-Man? That show was so nice to see on Toonami. It had fantastic animation, solid stories, and REALLY good action. Not to mention it wasn't relying heavily on being a spin-off of it's 80's counterpart. So naturally if the show was really good, it gets the shaft.

One thing I remember being odd about the show was that they listed payroll titles in the credits.
 
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