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The She-Ra Reboot Looks So Badass—But Not Everyone Thinks So
The 'She-Ra' Reboot Looks So Badass—But Not Everyone Thinks So
This is why we can't have nice things.
byraffy
July 16 2018 7:38 PM EST
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The She-Ra Reboot Looks So Badass—But Not Everyone Thinks So
This is why we can't have nice things.
Ever since it was announced earlier this year, fans have been super excited for the Netflix reboot of Filmation's classic '80s superhero cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power.
When Entertainment Weekly dropped exclusive, first-look stills from the production (led by artist Noelle Stevenson), people—rightfully—got even more excited about it.
\u201cshe-ra is looking so cute and promising wrow\u201d— nicole \ud83d\udd25 (@nicole \ud83d\udd25) 1531761534
Unfortunately, because we can't have nice things, creepy critics who wanted She-Ra to be "sexy" also took to the internet to voice their disdain for her new, 2018 look. (Keep in mind this is a children's show).
\u201cL: She-Ra, 1980s\nR: She-Ra, 2010s\n\nThey really won\u2019t rest until the entire history of human civilization has been plundered and stripped of all beauty and wonder \ud83d\ude24\u201d— AKIRA THE DON (@AKIRA THE DON) 1531687785
\u201c@gullshriek It's too bad she looks so masculine. Women are great in their own way. Why does She-Ra have to embody male traits in order to be powerful?\u201d— Leif A. Thomas (@Leif A. Thomas) 1531671503
Luckily for us, fans can see right throught these silly complaints...
None— Nonplayable (@Nonplayable) 1531738970
\u201cIn American news, adult men are complaining that She-Ra, a children\u2019s cartoon woman with a flying horse and a magic sword, isn\u2019t hot enough for them to jerk off to.\u201d— The Volatile Mermaid (@The Volatile Mermaid) 1531760077
\u201cAnyway this show looks amazing and I\u2019m so glad that kids will have both the classic 80\u2019s version AND the 2018 version to enjoy (and if you\u2019re a 40+ dude maybe just, watch one of the THOUSANDS of properties made just for you and leave this one alone) \ud83c\udf08\u2728 https://t.co/zEyNPwxi25\u201d— Jen Bartel (@Jen Bartel) 1531670411
None— MasterSaruwatari#KlonoaIsBack (@MasterSaruwatari#KlonoaIsBack) 1531768032
\u201cWhen a fb group I was in did redesigns of female characters for fun, a lot of the pushback we got resembled this bullsh*t about She-Ra... New perspectives for new audiences are seen as a threat, though nothing is actually erasing what went before.\u201d— Sam Haney Press (@Sam Haney Press) 1531764031
\u201cI'm gonna give a tip to the creepy old dudes demanding She-ra be more sexualized in the reboot\n\nThe show isn't an example of the "Cal-arts style" no matter how much you've been working yourself up into a dizzy fury over it recently.\n\nPlease just like\n\nstop with that complaint ok\u201d— Steelhart Battlestag (@Steelhart Battlestag) 1531767794
Will we be tuning into the new, powerful She-Ra reboot when it drops on Netflix later this year? HELL YEAH!
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.