According to Kevin Smith, He-Man eats pussy. He's not a selfish lover like a certain Bruce Wayne. I could make a joke about Battfleck being a Buttman since he's dating J-Lo again, but gotta keep this He-Man related. Also, He-Man is not dead, just wounded and he will fight Skelegod. Or so said Kevin Smith. I'm guessing these "accidental spoilers" are Smith trying to force Netflix to release part 2 sooner...
There is a rumor going on that Netflix is working on a live-action adaptation of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. I don't know how credible Giant Freaking Robot is, but they're claiming that Netflix is working on a Live Action series.
To say that I'm worried is an understatement. Let's start with the most obvious reason: budget. A Masters of the Universe series would require a rather large budget due to the special effects. I'm not saying that it would be impossible to make but that would be a bit too costly for Netflix to do so consistently and have the visual effects look good. A First Season would have very little money on effects and CGI... let's be honest the transformation sequence alone would eat up a lot of the budget.
Orko and Battlecat would demand a lot of budget. Half of Skeletor's crew would too.
Cast would be a bit of an issue. Child actors growing older between seasons. We can add actors becoming bigger names and demanding more money, or actors getting too old for their roles. For example: in MOTU Revelation, Alan Oppenheimer didn't play Skeletor because he's too old to maintain that voice. He was given Mossman, since it wouldn't put too much strain on him. Also in this case budget would force certain casting choices... for example:
He-Man, Teela, MAA, Ram Man, and Clamp Champ would be characters that can easily appear on Season one over folks like Mekaneck, Stratos, Mossman, Roboto, or Man-E-Faces, due to budget. Same thing applies to Skeletor's forces:
Evil-Lyn, Tri-Klops, Ninjor, Jitsu, and Blade would be the "active fighters" to a Skeletor who plots from Snake Mountain due to budget.
Guys like Beastman, Trap Jaw, Whiplash, Merman, and Clawful would require a larger budget to sustain themselves.
Story it's really hard of finding the right balance between familiar and new. We saw how split the fanbase is with Revelation. A few people hated it but those who love it are lumping those who have a few issues with the series, with people who were predetermined to hate it without giving it a chance. It would be weird having an origin story without key characters and having some later down the line filler characters. In order for the series to work, the story would have to take the serialized Tokusatsu approach. (Power Rangers for the uncultured swines) to be the main storyline while a whole season arc is built on the background. That way the Skeletor v. HE-MAN battles don't get stale.
I'm not hating on this. I'm just hesitant necause there are so many ways this can go wrong...
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