The News Team's "The Overlord" has a new editorial up on the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:
"There are several properties that can work in both animation and live-action. We have several successful adaptations of Marvel and DC comic book characters in both live-action and animation. Star Wars for a long time has had successful TV series in both live-action and animation. The first live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was a success back in 1990, having a darker tone than the animated show at the time. Transformers have had several successful live-action and animated adaptions.
But I feel like there are some properties that only work in animation. I have heard reports of a live-action He-Man movie for years now. It seems like a very troubled production, moving from a theatrical movie to a Netflix streaming movie to an Amazon Prime Video streaming movie. The details around the new live-action He-Man movie make it sound like a mess, we have to see when it gets released, if it ever gets released. This reminds me of the old He-Man: Masters of the Universe live-action movie from 1987, which could not recapture the popularity of the He-Man animated series from 1983. Masters of the Universe was a declining brand in 1987, but the live-action film was an attempt to revive the brand.
However, the 1987 He-Man movie was a failure and it’s no surprise as to why that happened. To save money, a large portion of the 1987 movie was set on Earth rather than Eternia. That goes against the Sword and Planet setting established in the Mattel comics and the Flimation animated series. Sword and Planet or Planetary romance is a sci-fi subgenre where the entire series is set in an exotic alien world, populated by strange creatures and fantastic landscapes. Setting of most of the movie on Earth, in some American cities, is just not what He-Man and the Masters of the Universe are supposed to be. I heard this new He-Man movie is going to be set on Earth again, seemingly repeating the same mistake as the previous movie."
Read the full article here.
"Editorial: Some Properties Only Work In Animation"
"There are several properties that can work in both animation and live-action. We have several successful adaptations of Marvel and DC comic book characters in both live-action and animation. Star Wars for a long time has had successful TV series in both live-action and animation. The first live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was a success back in 1990, having a darker tone than the animated show at the time. Transformers have had several successful live-action and animated adaptions.
But I feel like there are some properties that only work in animation. I have heard reports of a live-action He-Man movie for years now. It seems like a very troubled production, moving from a theatrical movie to a Netflix streaming movie to an Amazon Prime Video streaming movie. The details around the new live-action He-Man movie make it sound like a mess, we have to see when it gets released, if it ever gets released. This reminds me of the old He-Man: Masters of the Universe live-action movie from 1987, which could not recapture the popularity of the He-Man animated series from 1983. Masters of the Universe was a declining brand in 1987, but the live-action film was an attempt to revive the brand.
However, the 1987 He-Man movie was a failure and it’s no surprise as to why that happened. To save money, a large portion of the 1987 movie was set on Earth rather than Eternia. That goes against the Sword and Planet setting established in the Mattel comics and the Flimation animated series. Sword and Planet or Planetary romance is a sci-fi subgenre where the entire series is set in an exotic alien world, populated by strange creatures and fantastic landscapes. Setting of most of the movie on Earth, in some American cities, is just not what He-Man and the Masters of the Universe are supposed to be. I heard this new He-Man movie is going to be set on Earth again, seemingly repeating the same mistake as the previous movie."
Read the full article here.
