More of the same anti-She-Ra bullshit, this time from a woman.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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You say that like she's the only woman on youtube complaining about She-Ra. Search more.
People sure do love complaining on youtube.
I dunno....Where they throwing pissy fits because MLP was different than the cartoon they watched three decades ago? I seem to remember a lot of guys embracing the show, that whole "Brony" thing.
I don't really have a problem with that. My problem is with aging fans who can't come to grips with their increasing irrelevancy and can't deal with the fact that they are no longer the target audience anymore. Not for She-Ra, not Star Wars, not Star Trek, not comics. If there's something in there that they can enjoy, great. But I'm tired of the constant pants pissing over things that are no longer for them.
The lady in the video being Exhibit A. She's mad because this isn't like the show she watched as a kid. No shit. It's not 1985, it's 2018. And it's made like a show in 2018, for kids in 2018. Not fangirls like her, who're approaching middle age. She's a peripheral target, not the primary. They'll throw enough in these shows to keep adults who don't give a shit about cartoons somewhat entertained as they watch with their kids, but they are not the primary target of these things.
And yeah, YouTube is replete with a bunch of whiners wasting valuable minutes of their lives crying over useless shit like how tv and movies in popular franchises aren't like the one's they remembered from decades ago.
I'm thinking about this. If they remade any of my favourite 80s cartoons I probably would feel a little bit the same way as that was the period I grew up in as a teenager but I think I'd let it slide. I don't think I'd be holding onto them as so precious I have to defend them.
I'm 51, damn near everything I liked as a kid has either been remade, is going to be remade, or is still being made and updated for the times.
"My" versions of these shows and movies came out decades ago and I'm not the target for any reboots, updates or re-imaginings. If I like them, I watch them. If I don't, I don't. That simple. But I don't begrudge the current generation getting a version made for them. I don't demand that they love, like or respect the original version, and don't care if they do or don't. Because each generation will like what they like, much to the annoying consternation of old people.
Do these people know that reboots and remakes don't retroactively erase from the existence the original version of their loved kids' shows..?
And really, the original She-Ra was little more than a half-hour ad to sell toys. I suppose there are few good stories here and there, but they are completely incidental....
And really, the original She-Ra was little more than a half-hour ad to sell toys. I suppose there are few good stories here and there, but they are completely incidental....
I used to wonder if they understood that, but then understood the real reason: They're afraid the kids will enjoy the newer versions. They think that if the kids could only see the old version, that they'd love it as they do.
They won't.
For my 12 year old nephew, Pine Kirk *is* Kirk. He doesn't give two shits about the guy that played him on an old version of the show. He doesn't care about the first Trek anymore than I cared about watching the George Reeves version of Superman. Classic Trek doesn't resonate with him because it's not a world or vision of the future he recognizes or relates to.
He's got his version of Trek and he doesn't care about what came before. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Most cartoons back in the day were shit. And He-Man and She-Ra were just toy commercials, as was GI Joe and Transformers.
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When I was a kid (and dinosaurs roamed the earth) in Italy Japanese cartoons and their American counterparts were both broadcast, and really, the latter simply paled in comparison with the former. Just to be clear, anime were made to sell toys too, but at least they tried to tell an interesting story.
For examples, the writers of the original 79's Gundam were continually asked to insert new robots or similar into the plot to sell new toys (like this one, that Tomino -the creator of the show- vehemently hated), but now, as an adult, I can imagine to binge this series and even enjoy it. But I would do the same with the original He-Man or Gi Joe only with a gun to my head.
I wouldn't say that. Yes, the '80s were a time when virtually every American cartoon was a half-hour toy commercial, but I felt Filmation's half-hour toy commercials always aspired to something higher, with a social consciousness the others didn't have. The He-Man and She-Ra toys fell into the same strict gender segregation as other toys of the era -- the male characters did all the fighting and action and the female characters were just fashion dolls with styleable hair. But in the TV shows, She-Ra was as capable an action hero as He-Man, and her arch-nemesis was the former boss of He-Man's nemesis (the Evil Horde was created for the He-Man toy line but incorporated into She-Ra's show to give her worthier adversaries), so if anything, she was even more of a badass. So Filmation's toy-based shows transcended the toys in ways few others did.
Women over 30 where largely annoyed that Generations 1-3 of the toys (since there where 2 Gen 1 cartoons and 3-ish Gen 3, it's...weird) and the various shows being rebooted by Lauren Faust. Who world built a totally new version of the franchise with assests from the previous ones but aimed at a newer generation of viewers. No one anticipated the bronies but Gen 1-3 fans where upset before it aired, more so after.
Now adays since Season 5, nearly everyone has given up on it though so that bubble burst about 3 years ago.
I'll take your word for it
. it's been literally decades since I've seen an episode of She-Ra. But at least I have to admit that Hordak seems less ridiculous and buffoonish than Skeletor...
So Geeky Sparkles is wrong when she says it's okay to like the new She-Ra and there are some things she likes about it? So she's wrong. Okay. Got it:Women can be just as wrong as the men. All five of them you found.
PS: I only had three in mind. That you found five means there's more than I thought...which probably means there's more than you think.
Like, the video's right there...I don't know who that is or what you're talking about.
But, whatever.
Like, the video's right there...
i'm not gonna watch a 40 minute video and then guess what argument you're trying to make.
If you've got something to say say it, this is a discussion forum, not a youtube comment section.