I have fond memories of the original animated He-Man. A couple of years ago I watched it with my ex-boyfriend from adult eyes and couldn't believe the homo eroticism suggested! Hilarious...
And a funny quote from a blog:
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In the ever-growing lineup of "outed" classic superheroes, He-Man might be the easiest target of all. It's almost too easy: Prince Adam, He-Man's alter ego, is a ripped Nordic pageboy with blinding teeth and sharply waxed eyebrows who spends lazy afternoons pampering his timid pet cat; he wears lavender stretch pants, furry purple Ugg boots, and a sleeveless pink blouse that clings like saran wrap to his pecs. To become He-Man, Adam harnesses what he calls "fabulous secret powers": His clothes fall off, his voice drops a full octave, his skin turns from vanilla to nut brown, his giant sword starts gushing energy, and he adopts a name so absurdly masculine it's redundant. Next, he typically runs around seizing space-wands with glowing knobs and fabulously straddling giant rockets. He hangs out with people called Fisto and Ram Man, and they all exchange wink-wink nudge-nudge dialogue: "I'd like to hear more about this hooded seed-man of yours!" "I feel the bony finger of Skeletor!" "Your assistance is required on Snake Mountain!" Once you start thinking along these lines, it's impossible to stop.
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I know they didn't write much, if any, of the original tongue-in-cheek silliness into the Dolph Lundgren remake. That wouldn't sell. But I'm looking forward to see what they do with this remake, if only for digital eye-candy or from the perspective of adolescent nostalgia.
Oh yeah. An amusing, but silly parody!
YouTube - He-Man Parody 3
