The Reaper

http://www.dvdplanet.com/details.cfm?info=BHV047226



Don't think I ever watched this series but I'm sure I'll pick it up. For anyone who's seen it, how is it compared to the original?

jmj713

That looks incredibly bad.

stingermck

I never watched it, but I remember the toys when they came out. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was more sci-fi, with He-man/Skeletor in the future or something.

TRC

I only have vague recollections of it. It does take place in space and if I'm not mistaken the only thing it shares in common with the original series is that the main hero and villain are He-Man and Skeletor.

Living Dead

I've bought all the He-man and She-ra sets so far, but I won't be buying this.

And since you asked... the show is terrible. I tried to watch it when it originally aired (I was about 14), and it actually made me sad to see what they had done to He-man and friends. It really has no connection to the original at all. It got so bad, there was actually a villain named Butt-Head. i stopped watching after that.

madara

Aye, I'm huge 80s He-man and She-ra fan but also will not be touching this with a ten foot pole. I may even have to sue for emotional damages

jmj713

That He-Man on the cover looks nothing like He-Man.

Snowmaker

When do we get the more recent Cartoon Network series?

The Reaper

*reconsiders*

The Monkees

I remember watching this when I was a kid and we still have a few of the toys. I just recently bought a bootleg copy of the series from a convention, this was before they announced they would release it, and it's pretty bad, but I plan on buying this if it's cheap.

canaryfarmer

Wow, I don't remember that *at all*. Looks god awful, though

Cameron

i remember watching it, and it being "the suck" compared to the original. However for completist sake, and to give it another watch for nostalgia sake, I'll buy

Cameron

did anyone win one of the free copies from dvd talk

ShimmersGuy

If you can block the original out of your mind and treat this release as a seperate entity, it's actually a very good and well written series. It's true that it's wildly different, but there's a lot of shout-outs to the classic as well. For example:

-the Sorceress appears quite often to Adam through telepathy.
- King Randor and Queen Marlena are in the first episode.
- the star ship is named after Eternia "Starship Eternia"

etc.

The Monkees

Whoa, I didn't even realize it had come out. I guess I forgot the release date. How much is this?

Cameron

circuit city and best buy have 29.99 tags on it...i think it was on sale for 24.99 this past week

The Monkees

Damn, I wish I had remembered that it came out. Oh, well it's only $5 more

ShimmersGuy

Here's a fan made trailer for those of you who aren't familiar with the series...

http://www.youtube.com/v/p6x3PDbnVWw

The Monkees

Skeletor looked so stupid in that series

canaryfarmer

That still looks god-awful.

scottp120

Nothing like the old He-Man. I have the 4 sets of the old He-Man and I won't even be renting these pieces of garbage through Netflix.

The Monkees

Hey, what about He-Man and the Battle for Primus (1990)?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0192109/

I guess it was a TV movie before the series started.

Cameron

i think that was the pilot, and title for the home video version

The Monkees

Is that just the first episode on the set?

Judremy

I believe that was a compilation of segments of several episodes turned into a VHS special.