After the horrible rumor about Adam being isekai'd to Eternia, the Nee brothers are talking about being respectful to the source material and the movie being like Thor Ragnarok...
In a way, they are correct. The world of MOTU can't be too serious when you have such toyetic/silly names as Mekaneck, Stinkor, Ram Man, or Two-Bad... having to embrace the sillier aspects and accept them is heading in the right direction. The part that scares me is the "Humor aspect". Last person who promised humor and reverence to the brand, had Fisto talking about using his prosthetic hand to stimulate Skeletor's prostate. That cynical and jaded humor is NOT what a MOTU movie needs.
Humor is a dangerous thing to implement. Badly implemented humor makes it cringy (Fisto Fisting joke, or Bat Credit card)... using it as a crutch can steal the movie's gravitas. A great visual of this would be comparing Ghostbusters 2016 to Ghostbusters 1984.
Personally, the Over the top humor should be kept to a minimum and Orko be the main source of this, as he's the Court Jester and magically incompetent. That doesn't mean that witty humor, sarcasm, and sass shouldn't be in the movie. Skeletor should have a rapier tongue and plenty of wit to properly give some proper burns. Evil-Lyn should be able to do the same. A character like Man-at-Arms shouldn't be quipping left and right. His humor should come from him being the straight man. For example, a casual conversation between him and Randor (who were friends for years before Randor became King) has Duncan speaking with all the formalities and protocols of addressing the King, while Randor is addressing Duncan as his Childhood friend and not his General. IT'S NOT MEANT to be a guffawing moment, but a slight chuckle at the situation of Duncan being a stickler to Protocol and being fully aware of his class and rank. Meanwhile, Teela can be the opposite, while mostly capable of keeping Class and rank protocol, sometimes she could slip up when Addressing Adam or Duncan.
In Adam's case, he could ham it up a little bit as He-Man on the "Superhero aspect" AT FIRST and be a bit "cheesy" in some of his lines, since Adam is a teen playing a grown-up. As he grows comfortable with being He-Man, his "Heroic voice" shouldn't sound as hammy. Some of the situations for playing the "aloof, irresponsible, and cowardly prince" could be used for humor.
There are options for humor, but it's not a requirement. The main emotional forces pushing the movie, should be awe and wonder. Kinda like the Original Star Wars Trilogy... which had the better balance of seriousness and humor than The Disney Sequels or the Prequels.
The Nee Brothers have a hard battle against them... Hopefully they won't blow it.
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