They don't even believe in their own bible lol

I disagree

@@nono-hy7gb I doubt they've read it.

Especially so late in the run. Most companies release the toys BEFORE the show comes out but we didn't see any 'decent' products until well into the series itself.

@@SuperCosmicMutantSquid I know you said "most", but Voltron LD didn't launch with toys right off the bat.

@@harlannguyen4048 Seems to be a trend with Dreamworks, not good at working with toy makers? Either way would love to see action figures of season 4 and 5 She-ra characters they would look great. Not to mention Hordak, Shadow Weaver & a Horde tank would be neat.

@@chomper720 yeah DW sucks at doing merch most of the time. Even their Bootleg Spirit didn't plan out well with the timing

I’m sorry but I have to disagree, the final version was better than the bible

@@dodapictures2141 the final product was just a shitty fanfiction that included some of noalle's dnd character (glimmer) and shitty shipping.

At least they didn't make Catra four ears: human + feline.

The design they went with isn't bad in of itself, and that's really just because she's looks copied from the Puma Sisters from Dominion Tank Police

Because Noelle wanted some vent art. Adora having some trouble with the sword at first was supposed to be her, *Noelle* , being nervous about *writing* for DreamWorks and having to handle stuff. Like why? Imagine paying an artist to draw a portrait of you and the artist just draws themself instead.

That is not a high bar.

Not hard to do.

Ni

​@@Raximus3000 the show was great wdym

Agreed

Finally, someone else says it!! I was about to make a whole video detailing Mermista. But one of my biggest issues is that they treat her as a girl that can become a mermaid rather than a mermaid that can turn her fins into legs. It's a very important distinction that is always ignored! Being underwater is her normal, land is odd. Not the other way around. Also, it would have been fun to see Mean Girl Mermista sorta hating on and complaining every time she has to use her legs. Like she makes a big deal out of it every time, but it's to hide that she just wants to hang out with her friends. [Adora, Glimmer, Bow and Mermista at the Crystal Falls talking about some MacGuffin] Mermista: "....Let me guess. 😑 it's on land?" Adora: "Well...yeah-" M: "UUGGGH!! *transforms* [exasperated] OK. Let's go! 😠" Glimmer: "Mermista...you know... you don't HAVE to come with us." Mermista: "It's fine! It's fine! I already have my legs on! Let's just go!" Bow: "....So judging by the Intel we've got and my research, then what were looking for is most likely hidden somewhere in the Sea of Perzia-" Mermista: "THE SEA?! Finally you people go somewhere sensible! Count me in!" Bow: "Well, actually, Mermista, we-" Mermista: "A bup-bup-bup-bup! Bow I will NOT have you ruining this for me! [Arrives] Bow: "So it's got to be somewhere around here." M: "Bow....what am I looking at?" B: "The... Sea of Perzia?" M: "Mmhm! And can you tell me why I see no WA-TER at this SEA?" B: "It's just not that kind of sea?" M: "Not that ki- THEY SHOULD ALL BE THAT KIND!!"

@@unigenius They treat her like a water bender, instead of a mermaid. What's also sad is the original Mermista was helping the rebellion despite her people's belief that the Horde is a surface people problem. (She was a double rebel) Mermista being an apathetic mean girl is the opposite of what this character was. I'm guessing they heard the original had a French accent and began working off stereotypes about the french. (Before settling on April from Parks and Rec.)

@@CoolG97 Yeah I didn't like Mermista being that either, especially since this show is supposed to be this girl power bullshit. Her kingdom is under attack and the first thing we see of her is sitting on her throne doing nothing. I hate it. The only positive that she has is that she's a decent leader

@@Saltedroastedcaramel And when her kingdom is completely taken over she mopes in the tub eating ice cream while her subjects are forced from their homes. I could kinda forgive her attitude if Silenas was still underwater because it could just be that she's naive/arrogant enough to think her kingdom is invasion proof. (Which as I mentioned before was a problem with the mermaids in the original.) As is she's just comes off as apathetic. The original Mermista helped provide food for the rebellion and was ashamed by the inaction of her kingdom. Nu-Ra has done a better job of showing why women shouldn't be in power, because they'll bail the moment being a leader is too hard or too boring.

@@CoolG97 Yeah. These girls are more one note than most girl lead cartoons. Especially the 2000s ones. They're good.

You know what I’m just gonna say it Sasha from amphibia is what people think catra is but done right catra could’ve been so complex if the writers kept her empathy because that scene of catra wanting to help shadow weaver made her really interesting but no let’s just make her angst evil with redemption just because it’s popular

Mattel, not Hasbro.

@@harlannguyen4048 Oh yeah, sorry. My bad.

*mattel Still the result did not change.

So many IP’s have been ruined by the “bait and switch”

@@cartoonking1789 Let's hope the scammers who took part in them will get blacklisted.

Great minds think alike.

It feels like the original, only changed because they aren't confined by the episodic nature of the original. (Only thing that concerned me was Hordak. They seemed to already be leaning into Hordak having big brother/daddy issues.)

You and me both, buddy.

I never got this neotrad fixation on Adira embracing her femininity, there are way better criticism you can have about She Ra 2018. (When I first saw the picture, my first though was how the proportions looked wrong.)

Yeah embrace her femininity? She just looks more like old she-ra Idk how that classifies as embracing femininity, there are other ways to do so other than dressing more akin to what’s considered femenine

Rewrite project? I would like to hear more about it.

@@harlannguyen4048 It seems like a lot of People are working on a Rewrite for She-Ra. Hell, I'm even trying to do one myself. With Nettossa and Spinnerella being Princesses who actually do stuff, Hordak being a relatively competent Bad Guy, and Entrapta actually being a 30 year old Woman- who feels like her Genius is never appreciated on this Backwater Planet.

shows change alot from their first draft, also its very obvious that Glimmer in this bible was intended to be Adoras love intrest ( it literally specifies an episode about bow trying to set them up on dates)

Do... you seriously think there wasn't enough friendship in the show? The show about a huge group of friends saving the world that discusses multiple versions of friendship??

​@@painedgrayYep, absolutely, at least with the Best Friend Squad. Now, most of the problems circulate around Glimmer, who tends to be exceptionally bratty to her friends, ignoring Bow as much as she ignored her mother and outright accusing Adora of murdering her mother during the reality destruction fiasco in S3, not to mention the whole "working with Shadow Weaver" thing since SW was Adora's abuser. Even though Glimmer did apologize in S5, which was good, it still doesn't change the fact that Glimmer at least has been a shitty friend. There's also the issue of Catra being Catra, what with her "friendship" with Adora being a string of constant abuses and world destroying antics, and yet that's still meant to be a friendship/romance...somehow. As for the Princess Alliance, I can't really call them friends as such. They're more like one note archetypes that don't grow beyond their restrictive role (Perfuma: pacifist flower child, Mermista: uncaring/unaffected valley girl, Frosta: child). Sure, they interact, but I don't feel like there's any real bond besides their magic bond they share with each other. This one note personality that each Princess has also means that they generally can't be multifaceted outside of something like friendship; they just "are" one thing and that's it, akin to an NPC in a game. As for She-Ra "discussing" different types of friendships, that's not the same as proper follow through of a concept. For an example, the characters may "discuss" Catra and Scorpia's roles in the Princess Prom bombing/hostage taking operation, but there's no follow through. It doesn't really change the dynamic of the relationship for too long as both Scorpia and Catra easily become part of the Alliance, with barely any pushback on the part of the other characters TL;DR: I don't think friendship is done properly in the show because the characters who are meant to be friends are either one note or do things that are the opposite of friend behavior

yeah

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No it wasnt incest As they are not blood related

@@amxthyst_spell1662 True, but it was still kinda weird.

@@amxthyst_spell1662 If anime gets flak for it, then so should this show. Especially since it made Shadow Weaver both Catra and Adora's mother

@@Saltedroastedcaramel i mean this show has many probpems but incest isnt the probpem Because this isnt incest as they are not blood related. And i dont really watch anime so i cant say much about that

@@amxthyst_spell1662 Step Siblings aren’t Blood Related. Are you fine with them Having a Relationship?

agreed

Dude… she wrote the Bible? That was her literal job, who’s art do you think is in it?

@@greenrangeralex probably higher ups and producers? Budget maybe? Making a tv show is a lot of work

@@fridamartin-spisak7264 After reading Noelle's strange Comic Book....yes, that's *definitely* her Artstyle.

@@fridamartin-spisak7264 The characters were clearly drawn by her. Which is half of the pictures in the Bible.

Yes.

Maybe

There was nothing original about the show we got either.

@@cartoonking1789 The only franchise they didn't take from was their own. (Even with legal issues, was fire gods in the center of the planet too much for the First Ones.)

@@CoolG97 probably because these people weren’t fans

@@cartoonking1789 Closest they got was the showrunner playing with the dolls without context. I'd say that puts the writing on par with Barbie movies but even those had more depth than Nu-Ra. (And Barbie handled villains' fate better.)

You know despite the fact the show didn't much toys behind it I'm still happy with the final product to be perfectly honest to many cartoon series has been canceled because of toy sales so I happy this series got made in the first place

I wouldn’t be surprised.

@@animezilla4486 true. Glitch Techs, Lolipop, He-Man 2003, Thundercats 2012, Ok-Ko, Symbiotic Titan, etc

@@Dave102693 you know I'll never understand why Cartoon Network cancel SYM Bionic Titan or Nickelodeon with glitch Tech and you know despite the fact I'm not a huge He-Man fan I did enjoyed 2003 version

@@animezilla4486 Toy sales (or even having a toy line to begin with) can be the deciding factor on if the show gets canceled or not, but it can also be due to other factors like low viewership and such.

This

Instead we got some sweet Home Alabama Beastiality.

It would not have been reported as "making history" then

At least the proposed version didn't actively try to commit universal omnicide out of spite.

They still could of made them a couple though. WestAllen exist.

@@Dave102693 Yes, but I like to think that WestAllen is the exception, not the rule. Doesn't change how weird it is as a Pairing or how boring Iris is.

Shadow Weaver getting the heroic sacrifice treatment left a bad taste in my mouth. She is even less sympathetic than Hordac, and the show is trying to play the "cool misunderstood mom" card towards the end. Also Catra never once has to answer for Glimmers mom being dimensionally trapped, or any of the Horde skirmishes she lead.

@@johannesseyfried7933 I know that, but the writers still could of done it lol

That’s the show in a nutshell

@@cartoonking1789 She-Ra and the Princesses of Wasted Potential

@@johannesseyfried7933 She-Ra and how to screw up absolutely everything.

@@sergeybin2390 Who knows? Maybe all the Critics who tell us how amazing and fun the She-Ra Reboot is were actually talking about *this* Version. Produced in an alternate Dimension by a Guy named Noah Stevenson.

It certainly feels that way. Especially with how once the series was over that new amazon show was quickly brought into the picture.

Let's cross our fingers that the live action Amazon series is good...

Same! And the character designs are so interesting too! I love them a lot more.

What identity politics?

Also, they gave She-Ra classic He-Man's color palette, so her skin and hair get darker! Total secret identity!

“Identity politics” a queer character isn’t inherently politically

@@haildapail3148 their existence triggers people so bad for no good reason, lmao. sad shit

It was commissioned for 52 episodes. So they were screwed the moment they greenlit it.

Yeah that’s not what happened it’s actually pretty normal for shows to not go with the pilot idea like take victor and Valentino for example the pilot was about the boys knowing that the grandma knew the town was weird but the actual show doesn’t do that and the show sometimes doesn’t even bother with the supernatural stuff also naruto was originally just a kid fox creature trying to complete his mission of having a friend and there were no ninjas

Ah the Sonic Bible...

Well, the Drawings were probably done by her. I would recognize this Artstyle anywhere after I read through her last Comic.

The art is 100% hers; but the pitched material in it is fairly close to the original on many fundamentals and Stevenson claimed she never watched the show until after it was greenlit. She claimed the only experience she had with the IP was hand-me-down toys.

I remember watching the film before reading the books. It would have been cool to do a faithful adaptation, but I liked the first 2 films (hadn't seen the third one yet, but I heard it was good).

I can't say much about the Books, but I did find the Movies very well made. They just aren't really faithful Adaptations. Hell, when HttyD first came out, I didn't even KNOW there was a Book Series!

@@harlannguyen4048 I can put up with the first two movies but I really don't like the last one. There wasn't much to take note of other than Toothless X Lightfury, and they 'much like Race to the Edge' added a ton of unneeded 'comedic' filler scenes. Not to mention Grimwald is just a lesser version of that shows Vigo Grimborn, which is for me the one saving grace that series had. I won't say anything on the official ending, but on the video 'How The Hidden World should've ended' (If it's still up) I wrote my own ending that was much closer to the meaning and tone of the book series ending. People did seem to like my version better!

The people behind the films made the mistake of assuming the books were too childish to be taken seriously. Once you get past the drawings and juvenile humor you see that it is a very unforgivable world. They tried to give the films the same ending as the books and it just didn't land properly.

Me too

Same, minus Catra and Hordak. Fuck those characters!

First, need to throw out of Dreamworks those who hired Stevenson.

So true.

There are fictional characters that are worse than catra they got reedeem Darth Vader (Star Wars) Omni man (Invincible) Endeavor (My Hero Academia)

@@animezilla4486 At least two of those redeem themselves on their own volition. So what I'm saying is D.V, Omni man and Endeavor (and especially Endeavor) are better than Catra. Catra is 🗑️. And another thing: Darth Vader: Dies after he helped Luke Omni man: Never watched the show but I'm assuming he's an immortal alien and unlike Nu ra, the show isn't over yet. It only had one season and we have to wait for season 2. Endeavor: MHA isn't done yet, Endeavor actually does have a redemption arc (something Catra doesn't have) realize his own failings as a parent (Catra only helped because she was about to get brainwashed), only his wife and daughter are willing to forgive him unlike his sons so he's still not completely forgiven, and he loses something at the end. It says something that a character that was originally made to be unlikable has a better character development than a character that was changed to be a likable love interest. I don't know why you even bother to compare them to that plot armor imbecile cat girl. It just makes her worse.

@@Saltedroastedcaramel because the characters that I mentioned have done far worse than catra Omni man has Slaughtered many Innocent Lives and doesn't care about it even beating his own son to near death but he gets a Redemption Arc. Endeavor in the beginning wanted to have a child so that they can surpass all might, his son nearly got killed when he was trying to practice his flame quirk after that Endeavor never changes his ways until near the war Arc actor has revealed that his son was not only alive but was the serial killer Dabi Endeavor truly reap what he sows

@@animezilla4486 And Catra is a girl who only cared about power and is willing to destroy the universe because her girlfriend wanted to be a better person. She had no problems taking over countries and only became good because someone put her in her place. Since I've never watched Invisible, I can say that least Endeavor's story he had lasting effects on his life. Catra had a slap on the wrist for her actions. Once again, it says something that Catra is terrible than villains that's done worse or in Endeavor's case originally made to be unlikable. She's still a Mary Sue bitch at the end of the day. And the worse part is that her motives in the pitch bible made more sense than the final product. She's just an idiot that got lucky.

I quite agree

Go back to the Veggie Tales forums

But she’s got a quirky tumblr style and that makes money…somehow.

@@cartoonking1789 Likely because like the cal-arts shit, its cheaply made.