Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Netflix | Release Date: July 23, 2021

1.7	USER SCORE Overwhelming dislike based on 416 Ratings

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JWOJul 23, 2021

They just can't help themselves. The animation is terrific but they wrote He Man out of his own show in the first episode and lied about it right up until the day it premiered on Netflix. (It gets worse than that, but no spoilers.) ThisThey just can't help themselves. The animation is terrific but they wrote He Man out of his own show in the first episode and lied about it right up until the day it premiered on Netflix. (It gets worse than that, but no spoilers.) This just seems to be happening over and over again. Just cashing in on the name of an old established property. Why bother if you're just going to crap all over it?… Expand

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Kai82Jul 25, 2021

Sadly the rumors were true. It is not a truly bad show but the lies and misleading of fans will decrease the ratings a lot. Lets start with the elephant in the room: He-Man is very sparingly used in this show to say it mildly and Teela is theSadly the rumors were true. It is not a truly bad show but the lies and misleading of fans will decrease the ratings a lot. Lets start with the elephant in the room: He-Man is very sparingly used in this show to say it mildly and Teela is the main character. This is normally not a problem especially if the show is good or it fits the narrative (and I would no mind if both are truly good). However there are some valid arguments against this in this case. Firstly they promised a He-Man show and nothing else and especially Kevin Smith made a lot of now proven lies about this on social media. Secondly everyone who grew up with the show knew that He-Man was the boys show and She-Ra the girls show. This means not that you cant have strong females or males in the other show as for example the Sorceress is the most powerful character in He-man and probably atop on the wisest characters list too. So they harmed the expectation twice. While I use a phrase with the word “expectations” you hear a lot that the show is a repeat of “The Last Jedi” in poorly subvert expectation and angering a lot of the fan base. Sadly a fair and valid point. Lastly they show that they have no confidence in their own show, ideas and decisions as they could have told this passionately to the (potential) viewers. To be fair for the last point it could also backfire but you would not be labeled as liars that mislabeled a product. I might sound too negative as the show is not that bad. The visuals and characters look really good and I praise them for this. The art style is top notch too and fully appealing. Just look at the official poster or trailer. It has a high value and I will praise the show for it too. Then there are the voice actors: I would never complain with such an awesome cast with for example Mark Hamill, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lena Headey, Susan Eisenberg and Chris Wood. For me this is an all star team and a true strength. Now to the next elephant in the room with the story. I think it is not that bad and everyone should remember that the old show was never about telling deep Shakespearean stories. It was good and enjoyable but not in a top tier story level. I think the ideas and twists work but cant turn the tide. To clarify: I see a lot of good ideas and moments but these cant keep up against the negatives. Overall this will be in the list of re-imagination of established characters or shows that fail to win the old fans or core audience. I will conclude with: Dear producers and directors. If you want to tell your own stories than do it. If you want to redo / revive a show then please look into what made it good back thenfor the viewers and use this well. Take an example were that worked well like “Mad Max Fury Road” or “The Mandalorian” and how to subvert expectations in an awesome way in “Avengers Infinity War” and “Avengers Endgame”.… Expand

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AngryBanelingAug 4, 2021

MOTU: Revelation is a terrible show with some fantastic animation. Something that is in short supply in the western animation industry. Not that it matters because they disregard and disrespect MOTU fans by treating Adam like a uselessMOTU: Revelation is a terrible show with some fantastic animation. Something that is in short supply in the western animation industry. Not that it matters because they disregard and disrespect MOTU fans by treating Adam like a useless tertiary character in his own show.

They take every opportunity they get to bemoan and belittle the character. He doesn't get to be the hero of his own show. Instead, his role is to be the stepping stone to prop up female characters. Apparently, men can no longer be heroes in 2021.

Netflix and Kevin smith have resurrected the Masters of The Universe franchise just so they can debase it in front of people who spend 12 hours on Twitter every day for meager praise and back pats.… Expand

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OscarTheGrouchJul 31, 2021

As somebody who watched the original series as a kid, yeah I was dissapointed by this rendition as well. As I was beginning to start the stream I was wondering why the show wasn't called "He-Man: Masters of the Universe Revelation", and I gotAs somebody who watched the original series as a kid, yeah I was dissapointed by this rendition as well. As I was beginning to start the stream I was wondering why the show wasn't called "He-Man: Masters of the Universe Revelation", and I got the answer to that really quick.

It's not a horrible cartoon. In fact the animations look great. The story is a bit so so though, and the motivation of Teela is a bit forced if not weird. Somebody just died and saved your life and the entire universe, and she can only think of being pissed off because she was lied to..... seems a bit weird to make the storytelling drive of your main hero for her to be a selfish brat, but ok.

I was a bit let down by some of the voice acting honestly. Especially the actress who voiced Teela (who I am now finding out was Sarah Michelle Gellar, ok that's pretty cool) who at certain times literally seemed as if the was reading her lines as opposed to expressing emotions with her voice. "You're hurting her" without any emotion at all as one of her old friends gets seemingly hurt by Evil-Lyn. Orko?

I think if it was made clear from the start this show was about the universe as opposed to about the original main character. [I mean, he's front and centre in the show's 'poster' as well] Then I think my dissapointment would have been a bit less. But they basically made a He-Man show without him, and when he was around he was made a bit incompotent as to apparantly make another character look better. I mean, this whole mess starts because he basically was gauded by Skeletor to lunge at him.

So yeah. Not a horrible cartoon, certainly not a great one. If you're a fan of the old show then you will dislike it a bit more than somebody who was new to this franchise.… Expand

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