Always thought He-Man was pretty silly, and a movie version would have to be a more tounge-in-cheek style comedy to work live-action.
Isn't Prince Adam supposed to be a little boy that transforms into He-Man? I think studios may have a hard time with the whole boy-to-man thing, as it plays weird for love interests and for female fans who may want to fawn over the hero, Thor-style. So looks like they just skip it here, which kinda undermines the fun of it, I think. And money-wise, I think you hit a bigger audience if you make Prince Adam a teenager. I think the audience for this is too old now, and their kids are too old. There was no 90s-00s era He-Man that excited kids then who are now parents with young kids and want to bring them to He-Man. There are 80's kids that love He-Man that are now in their 50's and their kids are in their 20's and don't GAF about He-Man.
Always thought He-Man was pretty silly, and a movie version would have to be a more tounge-in-cheek style comedy to work live-action.
Isn't Prince Adam supposed to be a little boy that transforms into He-Man? I think studios may have a hard time with the whole boy-to-man thing, as it plays weird for love interests and for female fans who may want to fawn over the hero, Thor-style. So looks like they just skip it here, which kinda undermines the fun of it, I think. And money-wise, I think you hit a bigger audience if you make Prince Adam a teenager. I think the audience for this is too old now, and their kids are too old. There was no 90s-00s era He-Man that excited kids then who are now parents with young kids and want to bring them to He-Man. There are 80's kids that love He-Man that are now in their 50's and their kids are in their 20's and don't GAF about He-Man.
Man...its been so long I dont even remember...
I think skipping the boy-to-man thing is probably fine.
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I am Adam, Prince of Eternia and defender of the secrets of Castle Grey-Skull. This is Cringer, my fearless friend.
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Isn't Prince Adam supposed to be a little boy that transforms into He-Man?
No, he was always an adult as Prince Adam (probably late teens/early 20s but I don't know if they ever established his age). Other than a deeper tan, he doesn't physically change that much when transforming.
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I think I had smashed the Sword In The Stone kid into my He-Man memory.
There was also a Shazam/Captain Marvel show on the air around the same time and that is a kid who transforms into an adult hero when he speaks the magic word.
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Ehhhh no. It's always been dumb and was a big reason I never watched it as a kid.
I think even the biggest He-Man fan alive would have a hard time defending it.
Defending what, exactly? It isn't really any different than any of the other Post-Reagan 20 minute toy commercials.
Central figure to focus accessories around, central villain, core team of good and bad guys, rotating cast of allies and enemies and finally a proxy for the viewer.
