She-Ra, Princess of Power

[seperis]

I have been super wary ever since I saw She-Ra was available at Amazon, because it's She-Ra and I would not have its awesomeness diminished by no longer being pre-pubescent. Then my niece craftily slipped it into the X-Box and suddenly I was watching the first week-long beginning and it is still awesome. Secret twin sister! Moral ambiguity! Flying unicorn companion which hello, not only is Adora able to capture He-Man before she was She-Ra, when she's She-Ra, she can do everything He-Man can do while wearing awesome heels and rides a flying unicorn.

Let me just say this again. She rides a flying unicorn. Just. I cannot imagine how this show could be more awesome.

Noted, however: I now get why Adam and Adora have different mantra to become their superpowered (WITH MAGICAL FLYING UNICORN!) selves; Adam was raised a price, lazy, a little self-centered, and maybe a little spoiled (and considered by some quite useless), so he calls on power; Adora was raised and trained by the Hoarde and was instrumental in some of their conquests and enslavement of Etheria's races; honor would be more important to her.

It was like seeing old friends; the Sorceress and Teela and Glimmer and Angella and Catra of the awesome eyeshadow and Shadow Weaver, who really needs her own evil army because Hordak is just not very great at it, and Bo and some other random villains and soforth.

And Spirit the flying unicorn. Just. Yes.

*hands* Happy.

ETA: Tygress links to gorgeous She-Ra artwork here by nebezial. Holy God, yes.

Comments

[miss-porcupine.livejournal.com]

It's available streaming on Netflix and I watched a few episodes. It's more hilarious and yet somehow less cracktastic than I remember it being.

Also, I kind of died a little in the first episode when there's the shot of Adam and Bow sharing a horse ride, Bow with his heart emblem and Adam in his pink finery holding on from behind...

All in all, though, it didn't make me weep for my childhood the way, say, revisiting 21 Jump Street did.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

All in all, though, it didn't make me weep for my childhood the way, say, revisiting 21 Jump Street did.

..I've been tempted to go check it out. But yeah, something makes me nervous about it.

It's available streaming on Netflix and I watched a few episodes. It's more hilarious and yet somehow less cracktastic than I remember it being.

I forgot how interesting the storylines were. I can't wait to meet Sea Hawk again. I also forgot how weird Bo's voice is. It's not--what is that accent?

Also, I kind of died a little in the first episode when there's the shot of Adam and Bow sharing a horse ride, Bow with his heart emblem and Adam in his pink finery holding on from behind...

*BITES LIP* It's--hard to avoid.

[miss-porcupine.livejournal.com]

..I've been tempted to go check it out. But yeah, something makes me nervous about it.

Seriously, stay away. Preserve the silly fun in your memories and don't face the fact that She-Ra was probably better acted and better plotted.


I forgot how interesting the storylines were.

They are! I expected something more, I don't know, Care Bears and that I'd sit through five minutes and call it a day. Four episodes later...

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*winces* Not even for Johnny Depp, no.

This almost gives me the courage to look at Smurf's again. The hunting pixie's song has been stuck in myhead for weeks, which may mean it is time to renew my love of Smurfs.