‘He-Man’ Cartoons Keep Predicting The Future (In The Silliest Way Imaginable)

Filmation’s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, not to be confused with the 2011 Chinese action-comedy He-Man (even if both feature about the same number of sweaty shirtless dudes), was the cartoon that changed the game. The story of a sci-fi-ish barbarian with a villain inspired by an actual corpse should absolutely not work, but against all odds, He-Man became a global hit, spawning live-action movies, remakes, and sequels, with the latest one, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, having hit Netflix on June 23.

With amazing animation and Mark Hamill voicing Skeletor (or, as France calls him, MUSCLOR, for which I’m eternally grateful), Revelation is shaping up to be the wildest part of the He-Man franchise, not counting all those stories explaining that Beast-Man is, in reality, a lobotomized, tortured human being. But the most important question still remains: will Revelation – like all the other follow-ups to the original Filmation show before it – predict the future? Specifically, movies produced by Joel Silver.

Look, no one can explain it, but every incarnation of He-Man after the 1983-1985 animated series seems to feature the basic blueprint for a future Joel Silver movie premiering exactly 3 years later. It started with the live-action Masters of the Universe (1987) movie starring Dolph Lundgren, which took the familiar sci-fi character and transported him to an unfamiliar urban environment shot in California. In 1990, the Silver-produced Predator 2 hit the theaters, transporting the familiar sci-fi character to an unfamiliar urban environment in California. Coincidence, right?

‘He-Man’ Cartoons Keep Predicting The Future (In The Silliest Way Imaginable)
Source: Pinoy Daily News