... Adam is an egoistic jerk... But unfortunately this is the closest thing to an official explanation why Adora has a secret identity ...
In his defense, it made sense that he wanted Adora to keep her alter ego secret *on Eternia* (at least, to the same extent that *his* secret identity ever made sense) to protect their friends and family there. Not sure it is his fault that Adora continued to think that was how she should operate once back on Etheria.
This version of the show has a female showrunner and is aimed at young girls, so naturally the concern shaping the costume design is what would be practical for a woman of action to wear, not what would turn on adult men watching a children's show. Especially considering that this version of Adora is a teenager.
The new She-Ra took a bit of getting used to for me, not because I didn't think she was as "sexy" as the original (which has never been a consideration for me - that was reserved for Cheetara and certain MTV video girls
), but because I had always imagined that one of the things the power swords did was make the wielder an embodiment of physical perfection in both strength and classical beauty. I figured that the artwork wasn't quite up to showing it, but that it explained why people didn't see, for instance, that He-Man was just Adam with a tan and a different outfit. Instead, in the new version, it just makes her bigger, her hair longer, and her eyes bluer. Well, okay. And I'm used to her now. I guess if I'm left with any quibble, it would be that it might be nice if the transformation appeared to make her a little *buffer*. But, it's a magical effect, so whatevs.
Oppenheimer using the exact same voice for Ming that he'd later use for Skeletor.
"I am become Skeletor, destroyer of worlds."
Thanks for the tip - I'm going to watch the link you posted to the movie sometime soon.
That's one thing that drives me nuts, someone says "the animation is awesome!!!" and shows a still image of a really niceely drawn background. Happens all the time.
It's the cartoon equivalent of calling desktop wallpaper a "screensaver", which I hear regularly in my line of work.
Pardon my asking, but what's a 'B Ark'?
It's the ship containing the telephone sanitisers, account executives, hairdressers, tired TV producers, insurance salesmen, personnel officers, security guards, public relations executives, and management consultants that we're all descended from.
So Filmation's toy-based shows transcended the toys in ways few others did.
Much like with G.I. Joe and Transformers, coming up with the characters for the toys, the storylines, etc, was often handed off to comic book writers and other professional storytellers who just couldn't help but actually care at least a little about the story they were telling - no matter how cynically the toys were being made or sold. The shows and comics weren't necessarily non-stop "high art", but they definitely had some great moments.
So is any of what he just posted actually true?
Not sure if he covered Rose Quartz being a jackass, but that part is definitely true, at least in my opinion. I see her as the show's embodiment of a conservative's stereotype of a "liberal" as a privileged Starbucks-drinking starry-eyed 20-something white girl (or effeminate boy) who is super-impressed with her own opinions and jumps to "defend" every cause she says she believes in, even when that defense is counter-productive and not wanted by the black/LGBT/Native American/etc people that she claims to be doing it for - even though she's really mainly doing it for her own indulgence, self-righteous feelings, and entertainment. Basically, everything Rose is shown doing and her attitudes and things she says while doing them, except *maybe* sacrificing herself to bring Steven into the world, seems to bear this out.
OTOH, Steven is a more realistic liberal: he REALLY cares about everyone and wants to protect his friends and the world, and he definitely *doesn't* think he knows everything about everything. Up to and including being worried that deep down inside, he's really his mom and his motivations should be suspect and examined because of it.
I don't like Rose Quartz. But I also don't see it as a reason not to like *the show*. She's part of the richness of how characters are portrayed, and I'm not of the opinion that we should have to LIKE all of the characters to enjoy a story being told.
I was just shocked to see that
@Shaka Zulu hated the show with such a passion, when pretty much everyone else I've come across seems to really like it. So I was just curious why his opinion was the exact opposite of every other reaction I've seen.
One of the worst things about the Internet, IMO, is enjoying some piece of entertainment, and finding things to appreciate and identify with in it, and walking away thinking it was a good experience - and then going online and finding 10,000 people who will tell you why you're wrong.
To me, the 80's He-Man looked like if styled realistically he'd be a beautiful Greek wrestling build, and Adora could have sat for a painting by a classical artist and looked right at home.
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