BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL! In 2021, Kevin Smith (Clerks creator, professional geek and newly appointed guardian of the secrets of Castle Grayskull) held aloft his magic sword and introduced the world to a He-Man we’d never seen before.
Masters Of The Universe: Revelation was packed full of heroes and villains who’d populated many a toybox back in the ’80s – most of them still wearing those strange, Conan-esque fluffy pants that were the fashion at the time – but the new Netflix series also tapped into emotional depths previously unseen in Eternia.
While Revelation was a direct follow-up to the events of the popular Filmation cartoon – still arguably the most successful toy commercial of all time – Smith’s paymasters at Netflix and toy manufacturer Mattel briefed their showrunner to treat the ongoing feud between He-Man and Skeletor “like Shakespeare”.
With harder-edged, animeinfluenced visuals and a story that unfolded over a long, complex arc, it was targeted squarely at the now 40- something kids who’d grown up watching the adventures of the most powerful man in the universe on TV. And this time, each episode wasn’t wrapped up with a cheesy moral.
LIGHT AND DARK
It felt like a match made in Preternia (the franchise’s answer to Heaven), but not everybody was happy. Indeed, despite Revelation picking up a 93% fresh rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, winning over the more negative corners of the fanbase turned out to be a stretch, even for the most powerful man in the universe.
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True Detective - The Only Way Is Essex for Jessica Jones in Lisa Jewell's first Marvel Crime novel
Known for bestselling psychological thrillers such as Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs, Jewell says she initially overemphasised the Marvel Universe’s fantastical elements before realising that she should simply trust her natural instincts. “I went too far on many occasions and had to keep cutting stuff out because I’d end up with stuff like a huge underground lab full of mad scientists,” she laughs.
Future Shock - Futurama's David X Cohen talks about what's in store for the show's ninth season
Futurama's David X Cohen talks about what's in store for the show's ninth season
Who Says
The Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz return - we're all ears
Parallel Doomsday
Terminator Zero creator Mattson Tomlin explains where the anime series fits within canon
Growing Your Hare
Daniel Kokotajlo talks about his '70s-set folk horror film Starve Acre
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
TRIPS INTO TREK HISTORY PROVIDE SOMETHING OLD AND SOMETHING NEW FOR STAR TREK: DISCOVERY COSTUME DESIGNER ANTHONY TRAN
DAY OF THE JACKAL
TALKING TIME, TECH AND MYSTERIES IN PART TWO OF OUR INTERVIEW WITH DOCTOR WHO SHOWRUNNER RUSSELL T DAVIES
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES IN VINTAGE STYLE IN BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER
BATMAN IS NOT FRIENDLY,\" insists Bruce Timm. \"He has to be weird. It's not just enough for him to dress up like a weirdo - he has to be a weirdo.
KAOS THEORY
THE LIVES OF GODS AND MEN ARE ENTWINED IN KAOS MEET THE TEAM BEHIND NETFLIX'S EPIC DARK COMEDY
POWER UP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER SHOWRUNNERS JD PAYNE AND PATRICK MCKAY PROMISE PLENTY OF TOLKIEN TREATS IN SEASON TWO