many cartoons from the 80's don't really hold-up a candle to an grown-up adult like me, while i still love the original "TMNT", "Real Ghostbusters", and the underrated "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors"
however i can't hide the fact that i have a special place in my heart for "He-man", i never watched it when it originally aired but thanks to re-runs and VHS i fell in love with it. the animation company "Filmation" has their history with many well-known licenses (archie, batman, superman, tom & jerry, star trek), however majority of them were borderline terrible writing and cheap- looking cartoons. the only decent ones in my opinion were "Flash Gordon", "Fat Albert" and "star trek". but "he-man" is an achievement. a great combination between "star wars" and "conan the barbarian" bringing every 7-yr old wet dream to life and being the first TV series to promote toys, by mattel and their he- man toys were awesome.
he-man's setting takes place on a earth-like planet called eternia full of magic, science and sorcery. where he-man and he's friends must defend the kingdom of eternia and castle greyskull where he gained his powers, from the evil forces of he's arch nemesis skeletor ruler of evil. all the characters are enjoyable and sometimes unintentionally funny due to the cheesy dialogue and some of the animation. the action sequences are really top-notch for it's time with nice flow in the animation, plus at the time it was controversial for breaking the cartoon censorship about it's use of violence. very 80's catchy theme song, great detail in animation. season 1 episodes are between average/mediocre to decent at times, season 2 is a improvement thanks to less recycled animation and high quality writers like paul dini and j. michael straczynski.
over-all i still love this series despite it's flaws the recycling animation to save money, cheesy dialogue, most of the characters sound similar to each other (fact that only six or seven people did the voices) and the morel lessons at the end of each episodes (some are fitting, and some are just dumb and pointless).
as much as i love he-man i can't say the same for it's goofier spin- off "she-ra: princess of power", the live-action train-wreck movie "masters of the universe", the 90's "new adventures of he-man" it's more like "he man the next generation". the 2002 series had great writing but i can't say the same for it's generic music and anime-inspired action sequences (seriously how many animated action shows post 2000's has insane amount of jumping!)
however i can't hide the fact that i have a special place in my heart for "He-man", i never watched it when it originally aired but thanks to re-runs and VHS i fell in love with it. the animation company "Filmation" has their history with many well-known licenses (archie, batman, superman, tom & jerry, star trek), however majority of them were borderline terrible writing and cheap- looking cartoons. the only decent ones in my opinion were "Flash Gordon", "Fat Albert" and "star trek". but "he-man" is an achievement. a great combination between "star wars" and "conan the barbarian" bringing every 7-yr old wet dream to life and being the first TV series to promote toys, by mattel and their he- man toys were awesome.
he-man's setting takes place on a earth-like planet called eternia full of magic, science and sorcery. where he-man and he's friends must defend the kingdom of eternia and castle greyskull where he gained his powers, from the evil forces of he's arch nemesis skeletor ruler of evil. all the characters are enjoyable and sometimes unintentionally funny due to the cheesy dialogue and some of the animation. the action sequences are really top-notch for it's time with nice flow in the animation, plus at the time it was controversial for breaking the cartoon censorship about it's use of violence. very 80's catchy theme song, great detail in animation. season 1 episodes are between average/mediocre to decent at times, season 2 is a improvement thanks to less recycled animation and high quality writers like paul dini and j. michael straczynski.
over-all i still love this series despite it's flaws the recycling animation to save money, cheesy dialogue, most of the characters sound similar to each other (fact that only six or seven people did the voices) and the morel lessons at the end of each episodes (some are fitting, and some are just dumb and pointless).
as much as i love he-man i can't say the same for it's goofier spin- off "she-ra: princess of power", the live-action train-wreck movie "masters of the universe", the 90's "new adventures of he-man" it's more like "he man the next generation". the 2002 series had great writing but i can't say the same for it's generic music and anime-inspired action sequences (seriously how many animated action shows post 2000's has insane amount of jumping!)