I completely agree the early criticism of the new character design - and based on that how bad the show would be - were dumb. There is a subset of people on the internet that just want to shit on everything because it is new/different and thus “bad”.
Even as a kid, I hated He-Man, and only Skeletor had any flavor as a character in the entire show. My friends and I all thought He-man looked incredibly silly and, of course, the plots were hot garbage.
The She-Ra reboot was fucking brilliant; they could have done much better with He-Man, even if they’re that scared of being a bit “woke”.
Sure, but in this case, there were specific complaints that a cartoon for pre-teen girls wasn’t “sexy” enough. Some men literally think the whole world revolves around their dicks and it’s pretty exhausting.
So, one thing I forgot about and recently reminded of - there are two He-Man shows in the works.
The one mentioned here, directed by Kevin Smith, is supposed to be a direct sequel to the 80s cartoons and comics. So it is supposed to a direct nostalgia bomb of the olds stuff.
There is another show that will be CGI by Dreamworks that is supposed to be a kid oriented show. Presumably, they will be taking it in a less derivative direction.