
Originally Posted by
shadowfall1976
#1's probably always get the highest sales....I myself only bought the subscription to just have the books, I am not a fan of the ultra violence in the damn things....He-Man was never Conan level of bloodshed, and should have never been.
The violence in GI Joe & Transformers is still acceptable, and still within parameters from their original shows, just updated for today.... The new MOTU goes above and too far beyond anything I find acceptable in the violence category of Joe & Transformers....and far far beyond what MOTU should ever be.... Let's not forget WE are the older crowd....and likely the ONLY crowd MOTU will get....and I for one, don't like the new direction of MOTU. My son is 2, and he loves He-Man, the He-Man he sees on Filmation when we watch it....I would never let my son know about this new He-Man....and the violence surrounding it. Like it or not, the only adult audience for the most part He-Man has, is the ones that were around for the 80's....and He-Man was always and should always be a kid friendly type of show or anything. He-Man stood for honor and knowledge....now he's just a killer Barbarian that rips through anyone that is evil....cutting arms off and heads....sorry, this will never be my He-Man.
I'm a fan of He-Man, not Conan with supernatural powers. If I want bloodshed from a guy in a furry set of briefs, I'll watch him, not He-Man. It has nothing to do with nostalgia, and every bit of He-Man being a defender of good, but a guy who can solve things without running someone through just because....and that can still be accomplished for an "adult" audience.
The difference with Transformers and GI Joe is, you expect death, because since 1986 in the TF movie, it really happens, to many favorites, to the point I hardly watched season 3, because I didn't care much for the new guys....so when you look at all the modern Transformers movies....when someone gets dead, you feel the emotion....but you come to expect it. In MOTU things can get violent without seeing a thousand people get ripped apart or watching blood flying on 30 out of 40 panels in the book....
Whatever, just my thoughts about it, disagree with me if you want, it won't change my feelings about the new direction of He-Man....I am just saying why, I feel that way. He-Man is He-Man, and to me, this is far from the He-Man I know and give a **** about.