She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 13, 2018
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 139 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 139
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 139
  3. Negative: 46 out of 139
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  1. EpicAdde
    Nov 20, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For the honour of Greyskull: let's start with the good.

    - Fairly faithful to the original design, such as Swiftwind's wings, She-ra's outfit, Shadow Weaver, Hordak, the backgrounds, Bow's weird midriff thing (yes, fellow reviewers, that was in the original as well: don't freak out), general colour schemes etc.
    - More or less faithful to the origin story as well: Adora, in 1985, did start out as a Force Captain for Hordak's Evil Horde until He-Man saved her. She has the same position and revelation as back then, so no issues here. (the omission of He-Man is a blessing: imagine how poorly done he'd have been)
    - The voice acting is... decent.
    - The character diversity is perfectly fine.

    And now... for the bad, which is why this is only a 4.
    - Animation style and quality is quite low: it looks like something cheap on Cartoon Network, with very flat, sharp designs.
    - The music is so-so.
    - Adora's transformation into She-ra is... odd. See, Adora is quite clearly female: she's got the right curves, and her facial design is clearly feminine. But when she becomes She-ra, she becomes... mannish. Very much so, in fact. Her shoulders and waist become more rectangular, thus giving her a more masculine look, her face gets squarer, and her general increased size lends a certain... androgynous feel to her design. It is like the animators went for something with She-ra's clothes and hair, but a teenage boy's body. It's weird.
    - Ironically, Glimmer, being drawn as a heavy girl, has the power that lets her skip physical exercise.
    - Boys are stupid, girls rule.
    - Adults are even stupider, teens rule.
    - This is not "our generation's Avatar: the Last Airbender". This is so far from ATLA, it may as well be... Korra. Yeah, I said it: it's as bad as Korra. Not based on animation, of course, but story and characters (of course, we have yet to see if Adora or Glimmer turns out to be a raging b*tch like Korra was from episode 1 to... book four?)
    - She-ra transformation solves everything. Oh no, we're about to die! She-ra walks in, shiny, swings her sword, everything is solved. Also, her fighting prowess is so inconsistent.

    All in all, it's... eh. There are better shows, the original included, but it's not a zero.    … Expand
  2. chesaro
    Nov 19, 2018
    4
    They took a lot of freedom on remaking this one, but i was honestly expecting something like voltron, which didn't exactly respected the original, but added some deepness to each character, in this one i see nothing like that, dumb character who do what they are supposed to do just because, the new designs also are really weird, the animation lacks quality, i don't know if dreamworks hadThey took a lot of freedom on remaking this one, but i was honestly expecting something like voltron, which didn't exactly respected the original, but added some deepness to each character, in this one i see nothing like that, dumb character who do what they are supposed to do just because, the new designs also are really weird, the animation lacks quality, i don't know if dreamworks had not enough confidence in this project, but it falls short on what they where doing… Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Alex Abad-Santos
    Nov 21, 2018
    80
    In rebooting the beloved series, Stevenson has created something special, a cartoon that both honors and improves on the original by amplifying its characters’ feelings, and emits equal parts electricity, joy, and warmth. Like its titular hero, She-Ra is so full of heart that it’s easy to recognize its humanity, even with all the super-powered hijinks going on.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Nov 8, 2018
    83
    Stevenson honors the basic plot layout and the birthday-cake radiance of old-school She-Ra. But the original cast of characters has been casually diversified, and newly illustrated to boldly suggest human beings have all shapes and sizes.
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