Masters Of The Universe How Netflix Fixed Major Revelation Complaints

Masters Of The Universe: How Netflix Fixed Major Revelation Complaints

In an effort to appease affronted fans, Masters of the Universe: Revelation part 2 fights with itself in an attempt to retcon its own first half.

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Masters Of The Universe How Netflix Fixed Major Revelation Complaints

Netflix’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation fixes major complaints about its first half with its second part’s episodes. He-Man’s return to cartoons under the direction of fan-favorite Kevin Smith was met with much anticipation by fans, but when the first half of Masters of the Universe: Revelation dropped it was met with a mixed reception, to the extent that it drew comparisons with Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Both represent a beloved franchise’s departure from their normal themes and modes of storytelling, and since Revelation was largely a He-Man show without He-Man, perhaps comparisons between Revelation and The Last Jedi were uniquely apt. However, the second half of Revelation appears prepared, perhaps even overly so, to address the criticisms of the first.

Although it began as a toy line and well-remembered weekday morning 80s cartoon, since then the colorful fantasy world of the sword-wielding muscle-bound He-Man has had several iterations across different mediums. More cartoon shows followed and several different toy lines. Currently, Netflix is juggling multiple He-Man TV Shows with completely different continuities. When it came time for Kevin Smith to make Revelations as a two-part, 10-episode mini-series for Netflix, he had a lot of material (often contradictory, and not all of it loved by fans) from which to build his story.

The criticisms leveled against the first part of Revelation center around a few key points. Firstly, that there wasn’t enough of the character He-Man in a show called He-Man. Although his name was not actually featured in the title of the Netflix show as it was in the original cartoon, this observation did not help the lack of He-Man but stoked the fires of controversy when fans felt some kind of “bait and switch” had occurred. Presumably, the tacit promise was for a show about He-Man and instead, Revelation delivered a show about secondary character sorceress Teela’s quest and achieving her destiny. Secondly, that Revelation was somehow mean-spirited in its character deaths, compared with the comparatively sunny 80s cartoon; and thirdly, and relatedly, that its over-serious tone pleased neither children (the potential new fans to the franchise) nor their parents. Part 2 of Revelation attempts to address all of this, foremost with an immediate injection of He-Man.

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Though dramatically killed in the final moments of Revelation’s first part, Prince Adam (the alter ego of He-Man) is immediately magically resurrected in the first moments of the second part. The more general call for Revelation to recapture the original spirit of the 80s cartoon was also not unheeded. Teela, who one episode before was still bitter and angry (within the story for several years, even) is now suddenly supportive, spouting as she and Adam sit at the hideout at Point Dread: “I’ve always believed in you, Adam”, despite the fact she spent the first half of the series wallowing her in her disenchantment of He-Man’s heroics, bitter over her deception by Adam and disgusted with magic. The next thing Teela does is embrace magic.

While Revelation still attempts to shock in the safest ways possible, like to kill off tertiary characters from early in the 80s toy line, part two seems designed to address even minor fan complaints. For example, Preternia, the Heaven of Revelation problematically only allowed an afterlife for the defenders of Castle Grayskull. Part two saw this walked-back so it includes all living beings before Preternia is wiped away in an evil spell to inflate dramatic stakes.

It is rare for a television show to feel forced to retcon itself within the same season. Watching the first and second parts together makes Prince Adam’s death and resurrection nearly back-to-back. It’s as though the show wants to immediately establish that not only will He-Man be in part two, but be in every possible moment of the show they can squeeze him. Netflix’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation failed to win over fans with daring, now attempts to please everyone, and the result is a muddled continuity, contradictory of itself, and not at all a revelation.

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