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Originally Posted by Madame Warlock

Like I watched the original She-Ra movie and I think anyone seriously saying that the new show "ruins" the characters is being disingenuous because they barely were characters in the first place. I respect She-Ra for what it was at the time and it kind of helped push the whole magical girl warrior type thing to a western audience even before Sailor Moon was a thing, but very little in the original show is all that consistent or makes sense. Me and my friend were trying to keep track of the two swords and got very confused. The voice acting was super dodgy & grating and could only have appealed to very small children, whereas modern She-Ra clearly appeals to a wide range of ages.

And I'm someone who disliked how the Transformers were changed for the movie franchise. But in cases like this, it feels more like a positive change.



like tbh if you look at a lot of shows in the 80s the animation was pretty terrible. She-Ra definitely has overlap with the likes of Steven Universe et. all especially in the background art but IMO it has it's own distinct style going on that draws more from indie comic art than anything.

Also IMO I can see toys for this doing better than DC Superhero girls if it takes off. The problem with the DC Super Hero Girl stuff is that it feels like yet another attempt to cash in on Monster High/Ever After type stuff and while girls are definitely more into super hero stuff a lot of girls characters were already becoming increasingly much more heroic. I think the main issue is that the supporting media just isn't there yet. The Monster High stuff was actually pretty unique and fun for it's time whereas there's a strong element of "Why don't I just watch old teen titans/young justice episodes" to it. That said I think it probably did better than people suspect - it's just that it's been out a couple of years now and has gotten stale. They really needed to release a lot more supporting media than they did.


I like the Assessment that She-Ra feels like it's own "thing". I don't see the problem with more cartoonish looking toys, there's ways to capture that style well. I remember people felt the same with TF Animated but some of those toys were actually quite fun. I feel like it's a more solid concept with a lot of longevity compared to DCSHG. They can keep going on with it and eventually work in more MOTU stuff to draw in a boys audience as well, though I suspect the end goal is to see less gendered stuff in general and get boys girls and otherwise inclined watching both.

I definitely think newer animation looks better and more fluid in action, but I think the classic art styles were better (they just cheaped out on having the designs animated haha)