I feel like this movie is coming like a decade or 2 too late to hit the right audience. Like, those people who would get nostalgia baited for watching this cartoon as kids are nearing 50. Their own kids are already grown up, so they’re not catching a new generation either.
The first transformers came out 19 years ago and did not have as long a gap in franchise presence, as we had beast wars in the 90s, and a continuous comics run.
There was an animated series in the early 2000s (it was excellent), Netflix did Kevin Smith’s version (also excellent), there was a 3D animated show aimed explicitly at kids (not for me), AND She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (*chef’s kiss*).
It’s also one of the weirder/dumber cartoons from any era.
Sword-wielding barbarian hero, spaceships, scary skeleton villain, green tiger. It feels like a toy company took a bunch unused action figure ideas and said “make a cartoon out this so we can sell them.”
More recently there was a Masters of the Universe cartoon that started 2021. I heard it was meh but it was apparently successful enough to run for 3 seasons and wrap up the story. I think this thread underestimates how big of a franchise it still is.
Yeah, that’s why I said “technically”. Also while reading up on this, I learned that the film/TV rights to he-man and She-Ra are owned by two separate companies. They couldn’t appear together unless Mattel and DreamWorks decided to work together - Source
I feel like this movie is coming like a decade or 2 too late to hit the right audience. Like, those people who would get nostalgia baited for watching this cartoon as kids are nearing 50. Their own kids are already grown up, so they’re not catching a new generation either.
The first transformers came out 19 years ago and did not have as long a gap in franchise presence, as we had beast wars in the 90s, and a continuous comics run.
This just seems to be a weird choice…
I’m one of the old bastards who was there for the cartoon and I’d rather watch the “What’s Up?” video than a live-action movie nowadays.
There was an animated series in the early 2000s (it was excellent), Netflix did Kevin Smith’s version (also excellent), there was a 3D animated show aimed explicitly at kids (not for me), AND She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (*chef’s kiss*).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe_(comics)
It’s also one of the weirder/dumber cartoons from any era.
Sword-wielding barbarian hero, spaceships, scary skeleton villain, green tiger. It feels like a toy company took a bunch unused action figure ideas and said “make a cartoon out this so we can sell them.”
Why not Space Ghost? That would cooler.
Yeah I had no idea there were spaceships in this until I saw the trailer. I assumed it was basically a kid friendly Conan
Literally what they did.
That is literally what it was. It was commisioned by Mattel to sell the toy line after the FCC relaxed regulations on marketing to kids.
There was technically the fairly successful She-Ra show on Netflix, but I think that had a very different target audience than this movie.
More recently there was a Masters of the Universe cartoon that started 2021. I heard it was meh but it was apparently successful enough to run for 3 seasons and wrap up the story. I think this thread underestimates how big of a franchise it still is.
Yeah I highly doubt anyone not already in the know is going to make that connection.
It was completely detached from He-man and stood alone on it’s own merit.
Yeah, that’s why I said “technically”. Also while reading up on this, I learned that the film/TV rights to he-man and She-Ra are owned by two separate companies. They couldn’t appear together unless Mattel and DreamWorks decided to work together - Source
I’m not 50, but I have a lot of love for He-Man.
But are you nearing 50?
I’m less than 40 and love He-Man. And She-Ra.
I can hear the gif. Loudly.
Cool. I don’t think I used any superlative adjectives like “only/every”. You’re definitely not among the majority of those who watched this as kids.
Idk man, it was pretty popular over here. We got it years late due to being a small European country probably.
Me too and I grew up on this cartoon. But these movie is garbage and will not waste my time or money on it.