In the 1980s, pretty much all TV cartoon characters were made to look like they were either young adults, "old folk," or young children. Even characters stated to be teens didn't look it. One of the things I appreciate most in this show is healthy body image with everyone having their own shape instead of "generic, big chest, little waist, long legs" for every character over the age of 14.
"Is this based on a toy? Was He-Man just a toy and then they made a show off of it?" Yes! Much like the media made for Barbie/Mattell, the original He-Man and She-Ra shows were created specifically to sell merchandise. The shows were pretty much supplemental material for the toys themselves. This has always been absolutely wild to me. Interestingly (imo), you can see the way that the toys influenced and informed the boundaries of what the shows could do with character design. The toys were created using the same or similar toy molds, so all of the main female characters have the same body type. Super weird and interesting capitalist history.
yeah, one part of the reason you hear people yell about cartoons rotting your brain, a LOT of that stuff was cemented in place by 80s cartoons, which... is kinda fair. On the plus side, children's shows have come such a long way the last 15 or so years. It is really impressive that they turned what was an absolute mess of designs based on random toy parts, into something that feels mostly cohesive but with just... surprising and whimsical variety.
@@SputnikSpyglass right! I loved the og series so much and them making it diverse in so many ways and just gay down to the color choice for backgrounds in this adaptation, how could I NOT just be enthralled!!!
YAYYYYY back for another episode! To answer your question (idk if anyone has yet), Adora and Catra are 18 at the start of the series and all of the characters age throughout, so they're in their early twenties by the end! :)
madame razz has been my favorite since the first time i saw this show years and years ago, and her story only gets better from here. RAZZ!LE!! DAZZ!LE!!
Winx club and WITCH were part of the badass girly pop shows along with Totally Spies, Code Lyoko and, I’d argue, Martin Mystery. Mostly French/French Canadian animation shows that had a GRIP on the early aughts cartoon. I felt Indi when she sighed 😂😂4:00
Pegacorn! Swiftwind transformed into closer to what he originally looked like. He was white with hot pink tail etc, white wings with a row of hot pink, and gold hooves, she-ra wore white and gold, so they were coordinated. I was given one as a kid, I wanted a remote control car.
There's a really cool episode with Razz about how memories work later on, I can't really give much detail without giving it away though. This show has a lot of really interesting ideas/approaches to stuff, It'll be fun to see these again
alicorn - horse with wings and horn
pegasus - horse with wings
unicorn - horse with horn
Admittedly I just be saying horse
@@raistlinlove1307 i just call everyone aa unicorn but they asked so
i feel like u two would slay cosplaying bow and glimmer u can really look like them
I could totally see that!
In the 1980s, pretty much all TV cartoon characters were made to look like they were either young adults, "old folk," or young children. Even characters stated to be teens didn't look it. One of the things I appreciate most in this show is healthy body image with everyone having their own shape instead of "generic, big chest, little waist, long legs" for every character over the age of 14.
NOT THE SLUR- 😭😭
"Is this based on a toy? Was He-Man just a toy and then they made a show off of it?" Yes! Much like the media made for Barbie/Mattell, the original He-Man and She-Ra shows were created specifically to sell merchandise. The shows were pretty much supplemental material for the toys themselves. This has always been absolutely wild to me.
Interestingly (imo), you can see the way that the toys influenced and informed the boundaries of what the shows could do with character design. The toys were created using the same or similar toy molds, so all of the main female characters have the same body type. Super weird and interesting capitalist history.
Wow It's so cool that the creators of the new show were able to make something so unique out or something that started with those constraints.
yeah, one part of the reason you hear people yell about cartoons rotting your brain, a LOT of that stuff was cemented in place by 80s cartoons, which... is kinda fair. On the plus side, children's shows have come such a long way the last 15 or so years.
It is really impressive that they turned what was an absolute mess of designs based on random toy parts, into something that feels mostly cohesive but with just... surprising and whimsical variety.
"Nah why'd they make him lighter?" LMAOOOO
In the original show, Glimmer’s stuffy IS a real living thing! It’s such a cute reference!
Lol that's awesome
@@SputnikSpyglass right! I loved the og series so much and them making it diverse in so many ways and just gay down to the color choice for backgrounds in this adaptation, how could I NOT just be enthralled!!!
Loving your commentary and reactions on this series!
I'm glad you're enjoying our She-Ra journey! Thank you so much!
YAYYYYY back for another episode! To answer your question (idk if anyone has yet), Adora and Catra are 18 at the start of the series and all of the characters age throughout, so they're in their early twenties by the end! :)
madame razz has been my favorite since the first time i saw this show years and years ago, and her story only gets better from here. RAZZ!LE!! DAZZ!LE!!
Winx club and WITCH were part of the badass girly pop shows along with Totally Spies, Code Lyoko and, I’d argue, Martin Mystery. Mostly French/French Canadian animation shows that had a GRIP on the early aughts cartoon.
I felt Indi when she sighed 😂😂4:00
Pegacorn! Swiftwind transformed into closer to what he originally looked like. He was white with hot pink tail etc, white wings with a row of hot pink, and gold hooves, she-ra wore white and gold, so they were coordinated. I was given one as a kid, I wanted a remote control car.
THANK YOU, I knew there was a more specific term 😭
this is such a good show! can’t wait for you guys to get further into it it really comes into itself as it goes on
OMG WINX CLUB NEXT SERIES PLS 😭🙏🏼
Man Madame Razz backstory is wild. I cried so much with what happened to her and Mara. She's an absolute Sweetheart and a Kind soul.
Dang calling out the fumbled intro 😂😂
Oh I think they’re gonna LOVE Mermista
Old time my little pony watcher and horse enjoyer… 👋 unicorn + pegasus = ‘alicorn’
i cant wait to see u guys watching the "pie" episode hehehe
Adora is 17-18 years old.
There's a really cool episode with Razz about how memories work later on, I can't really give much detail without giving it away though. This show has a lot of really interesting ideas/approaches to stuff, It'll be fun to see these again
Will you do 2 episodes or continue with 1 episode per video