@Wilycub I finally watched the new She-Ra series and overall I really liked and enjoyed it.
I first watched the opening two parter. Which I personally found enjoyable although it is a bit daunting how different it is to the original…in some ways. But the basic story element is there nonetheless.
The first two episodes made me curious enough that I ended up watching more to have a better opinion on it.
There is definitely a bit of an Avatar vide to the structure of the story and characters.
Much like The New Adventures of He-Man and He-Man 2002 did with Adam, I really like how there is a very distinctive change between Adora and She-Ra, unlike the Filmation He-Man and She-Ra cartoons.
Which also brings me to another point. While a lot of people have criticised the designs of the characters…and I must say there is some aspects I am not too keen on…overall I like them. I especially like how distinctively different they have made each character. They are all different heights, builds and colours.
As much as I love the Filmation He-Man cartoon I will definitely admit the animation design models in both He-Man and She-Ra are very generic with basically all the males and females looking the same. In terms of their faces and facial features and especially their bodies.
For example in Filmation aside from their outfits there is very little difference between She-Ra/Adora, Glimmer, Catra, Angela, Sorpia, Mermista etc.
In the Netflix series there is no way anyone could mistake one character for another. Compared to Adora, She-Ra is much larger and muscular. Glimmer is shorter and heavier. Frosta is much shorter and younger. Catra is slightly leaner with more cat features. Scorpia is much larger and the largest of the characters.
[LEFT][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)]As for the male main characters Hordak, Bow and Seahawk they are also done very ell. Bow’s look is quite different from the original but easy to recognise. [/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
I really like Hordak’s new design. He still looks menacing and like a ruler/sorcerer. Seahawk was definitely one of my favourite She-Ra characters in the original and I think his new version is quite true to the original and very funny.
Not giving away any spoilers but one of the best and most interesting characters in the new series is Shadow Weaver.
I would actually say the Netflix She-Ra reboot is a far superior reboot compared to the Thundercats 2011 series. The story is close enough to the original and most importantly above all else the characters are interesting and likeable, both the heroes and villains. This was the biggest fault of the 2011 series.
The show has a good story arc that continues through all 13 episodes. Even including the few stand alone episodes. Again another fault the 2011 had, which was far too many filler episodes.
Lots of nice references to things from the She-Ra and MOTU cartoons.
She-Ra is not over powered or invincible, nor can her power sword solve and do everything.
I don’t want to go on and on about it but overall I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend the series to anyone and fans of the original especially. Hopefully the series continues and the second season is even better than the first and it would be really cool if this leads to He-Man becoming a guest/recurring character or even his own show.