Where to start? It didn't suck. It basically sets up the series by basically ending it. As Teela is ascended to man-at-arms, Skeletor infiltrates Castle Grayskull using the shaping staff. The forces of good go to the fender Grayskull where He-Man faces Skeletor for the last time.
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| I had to nearly sell my soul to get this one. |
Mossman, played by Alan Oppenheimer is killed by Skeletor with an epic burn both literally and figuratively. Mossman is burnt down and Skeletor jokes about the pine scent. Yes they are various fourth-wall-breaking references about the universe, so in other words metareferences. These were hit-or-miss but most of them were hits.
Honestly the weakest element of this episode and possibly the series in general is Sarah Michelle Gellar's performance as Teela. It's not because she's a bad actress, but she sounds too much like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Yes I'm aware she played Buffy for many years and that's the problem. In movies with well-known actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger you keep calling the character Arnie instead of the name of the character. Same thing happens with Stallone, Van Damme,Pie Fucker, The Rock, Fran Drescher, etc. Personally I think that Teela should've been played by an unknown actress just to avoid the typecast association that one unconsciously does when actors are put in a box.
I won't be able to do play by plays because Netflix is being a bit bitchy about screenshots. So once I finish an episode I will just make a small rant with my thoughts. So far this isn't a Noelle Stevenson's bastardization of She-Ra type of bad show, but we still have 4 more episodes to go.
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