I Have the Hours!

So I decided to look at “Master of the Universe: Revelations”

For the first time in my life, TV seems like too much work. I don’t normally have time to binge-watch, let alone write articles about what I binged. Luckily, I chanced upon some unexpected free time, and the new series “Masters of The Universe: Revelation“ came out on Friday. Plus it was only five episodes if you don’t include the behind-the-scenes special, which I skipped. I leapt into it after witnessing the backlash where a lot of fanboys raged against the show for basically no reason. If you watched the original series that ran from 83–84 and you are able to look past the fan-bile, there’s something worth your time there.

Spoilers Ahead

Director Kevin Smith has decided to take the property back to its most well known roots and create an epic to wrap up the original series. The first episode gives out so many winks to the fans, you’ll think it’s having a stroke. Then comes the dark swerve. He-Man apparently dies stopping Skeletor from stealing control of Castle Greyskull’s magic. Because of this, magic is slowly fading from the planet, causing (among other things) a growing techno dystopia. Series staple Teela feels devastated and betrayed after finding out He-Man was secretly her childhood friend Prince Adam. She sets off on her own but is lulled back to Greyskull to help restore Eternia’s magical energies and not only save the planet, but the entire universe.

It feels like the grim and gritty reboot approach to comics in the 80’s and 90's, yet Smith and company are able to keep the silly aspects from the original show and make them more endearing than they were the first time around. Credit for this has to go to the voice acting cast. My own pic for MVP is Griffin Newman for making me and others care about Orko, a character much mocked and even reviled since the original series aired. Runner up is Sarah Michelle Gellar, who seemed a little too Sarah Michelle Gellar-y in most of the first episode but found her stride playing Teela from episode 2 on and has very good chemistry with Tiffany Smith as brand new character Andra.