![]() This idea would be expanded upon in the 2002 series, in which a flashback prologue shows that Keldor is Randor’s half-brother of the blue-skinned Gar race. The story centered on the mystery surrounding the missing brother of King Randor (Adam/He-Man’s father), and ends with the ambiguously implied suggestion that Keldor was actually Skeletor the whole time-thereby making him He-Man’s uncle. While the 1983 animated series rarely delved deep into backstories, and didn’t really provide one for its fists-shaking, insult-dishing rendition of Skeletor, a 1987 mini-comic included with the Mattel action figures, titled “The Search for Keldor,” first dared such an attempt. Indeed, in a crucial bit of exposition, we see a sinister goateed villain call out Adam for not recognizing his “Uncle Keldor,” one who we also saw superimposed with Skeletor, implying a transformation of some kind. The characters, in a very toy-line tie-in manner, even call themselves “Masters,” notably with the quote, “To know oneself is to truly become a Master of the Universe,” and Skeletor referring to his evil warriors as “Dark Masters.” Additionally, the trailer further reveals that the series will even come to the table with a vintage-minded take on a classic concept that Revelation has yet to touch-at least in its initial five episodes-that being the origin of Skeletor. Of course, that is not to say that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is missing the franchise’s primary pillars, since the upstart Prince Adam’s struggle, as He-Man, to protect the secrets of the mystical Castle Grayskull from the evil clutches of Skeletor remains the central premise amidst the updated bells and whistles. And sure enough, complementing the unveiling of the trailer, Mattel has revealed the first look at the new show’s attached toy line, which consists of figures scaled at 5.5” (the franchise’s classic scale,) that conveniently look as if they jumped straight from the screen. While Revelation has just started to release premium-priced, highly-articulated 7” scale action figures aimed at the nostalgic adult collectors it covets, new series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe seems to have taken that age-old strategy further in the very design of the show’s primary characters such as He-Man and Skeletor, each of whom share an artfully disproportionate, torso heavy, skipped-leg-day look that resembles, well, actual toys. The notion of a bifurcated franchise is demonstrably apparent in the Masters of the Universe franchise’s bread and butter business: toys. Masters of the Universe: Revelation – How Much He-Man Knowledge Is Required? By Shamus Kelley With that said, check out the trailer for Netflix’s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe just below! The result is an intriguing hybrid series from the animators of House of Cool ( Trollhunters) and CGCG ( Star Wars: The Clone Wars/ Rebels/ The Bad Batch) that resets the mythology in a manner that aims to be accessible to impressionable younger fans ones who might become molded on the concept that Skeletor has a bony yellow left hand! ![]() While this particular take borrows the exact title of the fabulous-secrets-showing, disco-theme-thumping 1983-1985 animated series from studio Filmation, it also brandishes a technological sci-fi aesthetic that seems reminiscent of the 2002-2004 animated revival of Masters of the Universe from Mike Young Productions. With just a quick glance at the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe trailer, it becomes quite clear that the series is not only a different take on the franchise, but a ground-up reinvention of the classic story-albeit one that, at the same time, has curated some elements from across its past iterations. Now, the second part of this double-header (which would have been a triple-header had recent live-action movie plans not fizzled), CG animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, has heralded its imminent arrival with a trailer. ![]() Not only are toy aisles of major stores carrying its quasi-vintage-styled items-peddled to a new generation-brandishing the classic blue logo bursting through red rocks, but the streaming arena of Netflix is doubling down on the franchise, having first unveiled animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation in July. Despite it being 2021 and not, say, 1984, there’s A LOT of Masters of the Universe in the pop culture panorama at the moment.
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