It's easy if you try. Imagine a He-Man show with some form of plot development. Imagine a He-Man show with a little bit of backstory (ok, not a lot). Imagine a He-Man show with more diversity and female leads. And robots. Imagine a He-Man show with a good opening theme song (ok, keep thinking on that). Imagine a He-Man show with self-deprecating, ironic, hipster humor. Imagine a He-Man show with cool cliff hangers so you want to watch the next episode right away. Our kids don't have to, and now, child of the 80s, neither do you. Netflix has delivered all this and more with their new remake of the (classic?) show. Yet more proof of how terrible children's programming was when the originals aired.
And despite all the improvements, my kids don't even think it's very good. They hated the "buff" version of He-Man. I think the idea was to make this a more positive version of Bruce Banner's transformation into the Hulk, with Prince Adam's power-up based on love for his friends, with whom he shares his power ("we" have the power this time), rather than rage. But my kids didn't make that connection!
And despite all the improvements, my kids don't even think it's very good. They hated the "buff" version of He-Man. I think the idea was to make this a more positive version of Bruce Banner's transformation into the Hulk, with Prince Adam's power-up based on love for his friends, with whom he shares his power ("we" have the power this time), rather than rage. But my kids didn't make that connection!