Burn wrote:primalxconvoy wrote: To be honest, in this show, at least, Adam became equally as "too buff" when he became He-Man, so maybe it was a stylistic choice to show how The Power "distorts" the recipient's natural form?
How to explain my train of thought here ... it's not easy.
To me, growing up, He-Man was always pushed as "the most powerful man in the universe" so in my eyes, huge bulging muscles for a man was perfectly normal.
Thirty odd years later we, as a society, are all about empowering women and there's been a big push to get more female characters front and centre as role-models, to "get strong female leads". When I think of things in that regard I don't consider a "strong" woman to have bulging muscles, but rather strong in character.
But you're right, obviously "The Power" is all about strength and that requires huge bulging muscles.How about her and Beast Man's choices though? I thought they were a bit out-of-character, considering their development through this new show? Both of their actions just seemed a little "forced" to me?
I think it was a bit rushed, but at the same time, it was hard to build as there's only so much He-Man/Adam vs Skeletor you can string out. So they had this sub-plot where Beast Man, who clearly cares for Lynn (I really can't call her Evil-Lynn anymore) and is acting as that little voice on her shoulder encouraging her to take control of her narrative.
At least that's how I interpret it, he cares and is being noble, it could also be taken as he's sick of Skeletor, doesn't want to lead himself so he's sucking up to the next best thing. I prefer to think of him as being noble and a victim of Skeletor as well.
I think those are all valid points. I'm not sure myself why Lynn was drawn that way, but it's still interesting. I was a bit sad about Beast Man's demise though.