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Back in 1990, I was one of the many who was turned away by the fact that it wasn’t “the same He-Man as what I’m veteran to.” I was one of the biggest critics of this series. But now, having seen the episodes, I will admit that it was all nitpicking. The action in this is blooming qualified, and the continuity is grand. That makes up for it. The downside is Skeletor being turned into He-Man’s respond to Batman’s Joker. But it’s Skeletor, at least they kept him in it, that’s what counts. Him and Flogg are a aesthetic apt team…or so Skeletor would like Flogg to mediate, anyway. 
While I unruffled regard the novel He-Man as the sterling version, this version wasn’t all that terrible, if you lift the time to contemplate it.
The second and final volume of the Modern Adventures of He-Man marks the waste of Jetlag Productions’ challenging grasp on the He-Man franchise. I talked a bit about the fact that this incarnation of the Mattel property is often considered the dusky sheep of the He-Man family in my review of the first volume and while the material remains consistent here in the second, my feelings on the indicate as a whole are unexcited quite definite. To elaborate, this is undeniably the most different (and often strangest) employ of the He-Man characters in any of the various versions of the franchise in any medium (including funny books, animation, live action films etc.) Many fans of the current Filmation point to immediately dismiss the Fresh Adventures objective because it is so different from what they’re accustomed to. I attempted to enter into this review with no preconceived expectations and refrained from the inevitable comparisons with its counterparts. Unfortunately, I wasn’t completely successful, especially after having viewed this, the second half of the only (65 episode) season of the program that aired from 1989-1990 in daily syndication.
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I heaped on the praise in the first volume of the Current Adventures of He-Man for the consistency that the show’s writers displayed in keeping the chronicle congruous and the attention to detail they possessed in having shrimp place developments carry along into later episodes. Truly no stone was left uncovered by the destroy of the 6-disc site, if even sometimes requiring a patient viewer to revisit a point of confusion several episodes (or even discs) further down the line. Don’t gather me inferior, while the second half of the season (episodes 34-65) carries on with this tradition, the residence developments taper off magnificent early on and don’t return until the final disc. It’s only natural, I screech, to accelerate a dinky dry on ideas when talking about the business of developing 65 episodes for a single season, and this becomes quite apparent in the early-middle allotment of this collection.
The view of Skeletor plotting to slay He-Man starts to wear a minute thin as the backbone of literally every single episode. Especially considering that we are treated to glimpses of such a rich universe filled with though-provoking creatures and cultures. I’m certain the show’s creative team began to feel this as well which would define why beginning in episode 53 the point to dramatically shifts gears to focus on the planet Necron and an ongoing battle between two exclusive races (the Mytes and Gleanons) which ultimately results in Critta going off to join the Gleanons and Mara becoming queen of the serene Mytes. Pleasing enough, except that in exchange for Mara’s departure, the Galactic Guardians inherit a Myte ambassador named Bimo who’s character never really develops into anything memorable. Both races, their world, and their struggle is eerily reminiscent of another favorite absorbing series out around the time called Bucky O’Hare (those of you too young to remember the note, feel free to google away) . It’s upright about as we’re introduced to the Necron action that the four bumbling scientists fro, the first volume depart from the show’s roster never to again return. I’m convinced that their charm and style of humor was more at home in the far east than it ever was here in the U.S. as they were never quite able to collect a following to the likes of Filmation’s Orko or Cowl (in fact I struggled for weeks to even figure out all of their names) .
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Before episode 53, seek information from a heavenly urge of the mill mixed bag of episode themes and styles. The first few discs basically hold up where the last site leaves off. Slush-Head gets married in one, Sagitar gets his acquire aid narrative in another. One focuses on a woman with an obsession for He-Man. About the strangest episode among the stout 65 would have to be #51, Rock to the Future. In it, a slack 1980s era rock star is somehow transported into the future where Skeletor decides to exploit his talent (and I exhaust the term very loosely) in a place to, what else, kill He-Man. Not only does this whole scene fit nowhere else in the cannon of the series, it comes off every bit as irregular in action as it sounds in writing. About the only memorable allotment of the whole affair comes in the name of the rock star himself, Hank Rappa, not to be confused with Frank Zappa of course.
As stated above, the meat of the middle of this space centers on the Necron wars with He-Man and Skeletor’s shallow bickering added in for posterity. However, the prove actually concludes with an ongoing space that manages to mimic some of the finer moments in the first volume. Beginning in episode #60 and finally concluding in #65, the main cast is whisked away to a distant planet to participate in “the Games”, a sporting event hosted by alien life forms to resolve who will rule all. Side note: Said alien life forms cruise around in vehicles so distinguished like the Death Star from Star Wars that one might wonder how George Lucas doesn’t accumulate royalties from this one. Anyway, while the games themselves are a bit of a let down (3 events to choose the fate of the universe) the station building and ultimate determine are shapely satisfying.
Also worthy is the fact that the show’s creative staff must have known that #65 would not only imprint the raze of the first season but also the Modern Adventures of He-Man entirely, as they tailored the final demonstrate as a bit of farewell. Closure is very rare in the realm of cartoons! Many questions will remain unanswered (such as who are all of the current guys in the Galactic Guardians and where did they advance from, what ever happened to Slush-Head’s wife, does He-Man ever return to Eternia, what about those outlandish people forced to lie in eternal hibernation while focusing their mental energy on the shield around Primus, and finally what’s the chronicle unhurried the best Guardian of all time, Tuskador) but even unexcited the indicate offers closure. Finally, Skeletor gets revamped again by the ruin (that’s the third time in one season in case you lost count) . This time his goofy helmet gets destroyed and we must endure a completely uncovered bone-head for half of the plot, complete with repugnant wisps of murky hair flowing down his neck. Maybe this one was for all of the kids out there who were losing sleep wondering what Skeletor looked like under the hood all these years.
While the exhibit slipped a bit in its second half, the presentation is serene typical BCI which means more than any fan could ever ask for (in case you haven’t been following along) . This 6-disc status maintains the stellar artwork and attention to detail we sinful fans have arrive to examine. As always included here are two collectors art cards (this time from Gene Ha and Matt Haley) and a 6th disc loaded with though-provoking bonus material unavailable elsewhere. While the bonus disc documentary features never actually touch upon the Novel Adventures of He-Man itself, they do carry out the ongoing interviewing of key Filmation writers, creators, friends, and fans.
All in all, the Fresh Adventures may stray from the Filmation roots but thanks to an impeccable danger by our friends at BCI, this nearly forgotten series has been revived for future generations to relish. I must recommend this volume as a quintessential allotment of the He-Man universe’s release on DVD.
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