DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
It's funny... The same people complaining about Teela being "mannish" are the same ones cheering on Gina Carano in the Mandalorian.
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Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe: Revelation trailer
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Wheeljack539
Member
You do realize that one's an original character and the other is a "continuation" of an established one?
TaylorSwiftFan
Member
How do you know it’s the same people? Also, Teela was made mannish - a change from her original design.
Lupingosei
Banned
They do that anyway because it is a black box. People will spin this, they also did it with that godawful Watchman tv show. Also, nobody is watching Batwoman, but it is trending on Twitter.
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Azurro
Banned
Brought to you by Hollywood - "Keep consuming, don't ask questions.
".She isn't "mannish", she straight up looks like a butch lesbian now (wouldn't surprise me if she was), the hell did they do with her design? Looks like the show isn't even about He Man going about that latest trailer.
Hype deflated.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I don't think you know what mannish is. Gina Carano is anything but that.
Alx
Member
It's definitely a change of design compared to her original looks, but it isn't far-fetched either. She's supposed to be captain of the guards, in a world where all fighters are heavily muscular. It's the original "Barbie doll" look that didn't make much sense (except for the purpose of selling dolls, actually).
Nickolaidas
Member
The problem with the design, other than the fact it's pure woke pandering, is the fact it utterly disregards her iconic look in everything. Her hair, her clothing, her armor, and I'm pretty sure that her personality will follow suit as well.
You look at Revelation Skeletor and you say that's Skeletor. Evil Lynn is changed, but not to the point she's unrecognizable. Teela literally looks like a guy and if someone didn't tell you it's her, you wouldn't guess it in a million years.
Nickolaidas
Member
No need. The trailers themselves spoil two major points which would be amazing WTF!?! moments. Incompetent marketing morons.Please no one post anything from the leaks.
Azurro
Banned
Oh please, the pandering to that shit crowd is obvious. Besides, the look of the show is inspired by Conan, bodybuilders, very striking looks, beautiful Amazonian like women, skeletons, there is a particular name for this art style but it escapes me at the moment.
Having a butch lesbian walking around because the wokies hate good looking characters ruins the look.
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strange headache
Banned
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Are you kidding? Carano looked bulked up with muscles and wasn't anywhere near acting feminine (except with Grogu) ... Nothing about screamed woman in her behavior.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
It's funny.
And you KNOW that's not what she looked like in the show... Especially the second season.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Xenon
Member
Ewwww look at all that hair on the side of her head!
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
And those boobs! Omg only a mannish woman has big boobs!
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Y'all are purposely being contrarian. You can see her arms...
All good. Y'all still cool with me
All good. Y'all still cool with me
sol_bad
Member
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
It's funny.
Thast Gina from like 10 years ago. She is a THICK slob nowadays.
Wheeljack539
Member
And that short hair on 1 side, just like Teela.
NuTeela's hair is shaved on one side, Gina's above is pulled back.
And again, Gina's character is original and in the process of being established by her performance. Teela on the other hand is not and on top of that the new show is supposed to be a continuation of the original series. The continuation part is the key marker.
Xenon
Member
Gina plays an original character who is a former military mercenary. Teela is an established character put through the wacky woke converter to appease Netflix execs. A tool that's been overused of late, which is a big part of the problem.
sol_bad
Member
So Teela isn't allowed to buff up during whatever time gap happens?
Wheeljack539
Member
In the trailer she's already been shown to have buffed up by the new character designers while in her "classic" look.
For comparison's sake with her previous selves:
Nickolaidas
Member
I just read that Kevin Smith interview where he blatantly admits Revelations is about Teela. After insulting clownfish tv, calling them liars and whatnot, he flat out admits the show is about Teela. What a tool.
But that's not what bothers me. He also adds that He-Man was sidelined because there's only so much he could do with the character.
So the writer of the show .... sidelined the main character of the IP ... because he didn't know HOW to write him.
And he got the job.
It's like me going to Marvel and wanting to make a Spiderman comic, and say I won't have Spiderman in the story but I'll put Silver Sable as the main character instead because I have no idea what to do with Peter Parker. And Marvel says ok and gives me the job.
Mind.
Blown.
Hey, Kevin. Here's a thought. Instead of looking at the MCU for inspiration on how to write superheroes, why don't you READ a little Superman and Wonder Woman comics by DC in order to get a grasp on how Lawful Good characters are written, instead of sidelining them (He-man) or butcher their characters (Teela) in order to suit THE ONLY KIND OF SUPERHERO STORY YOU SEEM CAPABLE OF WRITING?
What garbage.
Here's the interview, btw.
www.cheatsheet.com
But that's not what bothers me. He also adds that He-Man was sidelined because there's only so much he could do with the character.
So the writer of the show .... sidelined the main character of the IP ... because he didn't know HOW to write him.
And he got the job.
It's like me going to Marvel and wanting to make a Spiderman comic, and say I won't have Spiderman in the story but I'll put Silver Sable as the main character instead because I have no idea what to do with Peter Parker. And Marvel says ok and gives me the job.
Mind.
Blown.
Hey, Kevin. Here's a thought. Instead of looking at the MCU for inspiration on how to write superheroes, why don't you READ a little Superman and Wonder Woman comics by DC in order to get a grasp on how Lawful Good characters are written, instead of sidelining them (He-man) or butcher their characters (Teela) in order to suit THE ONLY KIND OF SUPERHERO STORY YOU SEEM CAPABLE OF WRITING?
What garbage.
Here's the interview, btw.
'Masters of the Universe: Revelation' -- Why Kevin Smith Made Teela the Star of His He-Man Show
Kevin Smith explains why he made Teela the hero of 'Masters of the Universe: Revelation,' his Netflix He-Man reboot.
www.cheatsheet.com
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sol_bad
Member
I just read that Kevin Smith interview where he blatantly admits Revelations is about Teela. After insulting clownfish tv, calling them liars and whatnot, he flat out admits the show is about Teela. What a tool.
But that's not what bothers me. He also adds that He-Man was sidelined because there's only so much he could do with the character.
So the writer of the show .... sidelined the main character of the IP ... because he didn't know HOW to write him.
And he got the job.
It's like me going to Marvel and wanting to make a Spiderman comic, and say I won't have Spiderman in the story but I'll put Silver Sable as the main character instead because I have no idea what to do with Peter Parker. And Marvel says ok and gives me the job.
Mind.
Blown.
Hey, Kevin. Here's a thought. Instead of looking at the MCU for inspiration on how to write superheroes, why don't you READ a little Superman and Wonder Woman comics by DC in order to get a grasp on how Lawful Good characters are written, instead of sidelining them (He-man) or butcher their characters (Teela) in order to suit THE ONLY KIND OF SUPERHERO STORY YOU SEEM CAPABLE OF WRITING?
What garbage.
Here's the interview, btw.
'Masters of the Universe: Revelation' -- Why Kevin Smith Made Teela the Star of His He-Man Show
Kevin Smith explains why he made Teela the hero of 'Masters of the Universe: Revelation,' his Netflix He-Man reboot.
Interview seems to cut off for me, I don't see anything mentioned about Teela? Is there a link to the actual video interview?
Nickolaidas
Member
It's not a video interview, it's a buch of distorted articles.
"The new Netflix animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation brings back He-Man. However, fans of the other masters might be happy to know that the show gives Teela a more central role in the story. That was something creator Kevin Smith wanted to do since he was such a fan of the original cartoon."
"Smith spoke with reporters by Zoom on June 3. We’ll have more with Smith and the cast of Masters of the Universe: Revelation before it premieres July 23. But first, here’s Smith’s take on why Teela became a more prominent character in his series."
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Masters of the Universe was based on the Mattel toy line. Every character with an action figure was in the show, but Teela was always along for He-Man’s adventures. However, the original series never really developed her.
“Teela’s character was always so interesting because she’s in every episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe,” Smith said. “Just as many episodes as He-Man is in, Teela’s right there with him, fighting side by side with He-Man if not protecting Prince Adam as Prince Adam’s bodyguard.”
Kevin Smith questioned Teela’s role in the universe
He-Man was Prince Adam’s secret identity and only a few people knew. Teela wasn’t one of them, and Smith thought she might have some issues over that. Sarah Michelle Gellar provides the voice of Teela in Masters of the Universe: Revelation.""Teela gets to be much more complex than He-Man in ‘Masters of the Universe: Revelation’
Masters of the Universe: Revelation is still an animated series appropriate for kids. However, Smith wanted to have the characters deal with deeper issues."
“The old series didn’t really have a mythology,” Smith said. “It was very morality tale oriented so they’d go on an adventure and you’d learn a lesson at the end of it and they’d even talk to you on camera, straight to camera at the end to tell you what that lesson was. So, we don’t have to necessarily do that. Ours is not a simple morality tale. We get to tell a story of what happens when people have to deal with adult emotions. She gets disillusioned and leaves it all behind.”
"Smith felt there was only so much you could explore with He-man without drastically changing his character. Teela was right there for a new story for Masters of the Universe: Revelation.
“He-Man is a great character of course, but like Superman, he’s got a limitation inasmuch as He-Man is the most powerful man in the universe,” Smith said. “So there’s literally nobody he can’t beat. And if there is somebody he can’t beat, well, he can just take the sword because that’s the sword of power. So when you have an impossibly overpowered character like that, you got to find creative ways to tell a story that isn’t like oh, I guess he’s going to win because he always wins. I felt like Teela was our way into that.”
sol_bad
Member
EH
It doesn't say He-Man is sidelined, just that Teela has been fleshed out. I'll wait for the show and have an opinion then. Not long to go now.
Doczu
Member
Like every 80s cartoon. Transformers, TMNT - you name them.
But, they had an impact, created fans and the "new" Transformers G1 comics and (Netflix) series show that you can have great storylines (go read the new comics, they are fucking great), alternate realities where you show respect to the material you are working with. And Transformers fans (G1) are also one of the most rabid defenders of the sacred toys.
Alx
Member
All that Teela talk made me try and remember what she did in the original show, and as far as I remember her main contribution was that she was the only one not knowing He-Man's secret identity (yeah, "only" Man-at-arm, the Sorceress and Orco knew about it, but with Teela they were the only members of the action crew). Characters had to make her look the other way while Adam did his "power of Greyskull" dance, and that's basically all the "tension" there was in an episode. Could have solved most of the plots by just telling her in episode 1.
kunonabi
Member
Spoken just like Kevin Smith i.e like somebody who doesn't know what he's talking about.All that Teela talk made me try and remember what she did in the original show, and as far as I remember her main contribution was that she was the only one not knowing He-Man's secret identity (yeah, "only" Man-at-arm, the Sorceress and Orco knew about it, but with Teela they were the only members of the action crew). Characters had to make her look the other way while Adam did his "power of Greyskull" dance, and that's basically all the "tension" there was in an episode. Could have solved most of the plots by just telling her in episode 1.
Ulysses 31
Member
Kevin Smith and the marketing giving mixed signals when it comes to the show being an actual sequel or not.
This prequel comic might be a sign of further things to come.
Kevin Smith and the marketing giving mixed signals when it comes to the show being an actual sequel or not.
This prequel comic might be a sign of further things to come.
That's a good analysis of recent MotU stuff but daaaamn, that narrator needs to up the caffeine or do less rehearsing or something, that was the most monotonous and low energy video I've seen in a long while.
kunonabi
Member
I wish
I wish. Video has already been made private and the tweet deleted. Regardless of how the show turns out this promotional run-up has been embarrassing.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Smith really needs to shut the fuck up. lol.
I'm still gonna watch it but the gritty tone is... We'll see.
I'm still gonna watch it but the gritty tone is... We'll see.
Wheeljack539
Member
From what I recall basically the same shit the new She-Ra staff said about the original show.
kunonabi
Member
Yep exact same playbook.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
“I am a huge fan, I loved the show… which is why I think it was shit and I am going ahead and changing it all”.
Nickolaidas
Member
They're trying their darnest to make me NOT watch it, aren't they?
kunonabi
Member
It's pretty clear that it isn't for He-Man fans at this point. I mean it is Netflix so we really shouldn't be that surprised.
Nickolaidas
Member
LET'S GIVE A COMPANY WHICH SUPPORTS MISANDRY THE MOST POPULAR MALE POWER FANTASY ICON OF THE 80s TO MAKE A SERIES OUT OF.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG??
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Is anyone honestly surprised? Look at the people who are championing this show. The usual suspects who have never actually done something of merit, only cry on the internet about how awful the real world is while living with first world amenities and never having to actually struggle.
