Masters of the Universe: Revolution is the sequel to the controversial Masters of the Universe: Revelation, a series that has become infamous for angering fans due to the trailer being a bait-and-switch, and how it was done. However, seeing this sequel series, it feels like Kevin Smith and company actually listened to the fan complaints, and tried their best to fix things.
Set after the events of Revelation Part 2, He-Man and the Masters launch a successful campaign to save the souls of two fallen Masters from the collection of Scare Glow, ruler of Subternia. However, things take a sharp turn when King Randor has an organ failure and is about to pass away, immediately thrusting him to inherit the throne, but needing to give up the powers. This is made worst when Skeletor returns as Skeletek, having been modified into a cyborg by Mother Board's virus to lead her cult of technology-worshipping cultists against the Masters, who use magic, to infect Eternia with said virus, a plot orchestrated by none other than Hordak, the leader of the Evil Horde and Skeletor's former master.
As I have said, Revolution seems to have fixed a lot of the problems and controversies Revelation has. One of them is making sure Prince Adam / He-Man has more screen time (as the first part of Revelation got a lot of fan backlash for how the first episode was done, and how he was absent until Part 1's final episode). Basically, the story has Adam experiencing tough times as he is forced to become king of Eternia in his father's passing, a story I feel is a lot better than what Revelations had. Also, Revolution goes as far as to delve into more of the characters' past.
For the characters, we get a mix of returning and new. Skeletor/Skeletek is back, still voiced by Mark Hamill, but the true villain is Hordak, the leader of the Horde, voiced here by Keith David (who is best known as the voice of Goliath in Disney's Gargoyles), who does a good job playing the villain who is mostly known for being She-Ra's enemy (and before anyone asks, She-Ra is not in this, possibly due to rights issues, as Dreamworks is said to own the rights to make TV shows about her). And they even have Keldor in this, voiced by William Shattner. As for other character, they bring in more obscure characters who never appeared in the original cartoon, like Rio Blast and Snout Spout, but the biggest suprise to be in this is the appearance of Gwildor, the replacement of Orko for the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie that is a cult classic, but was a box office bomb, and even making the movie's events canon.
With iconic voice acting and a good story, Revolution is a major imrpovement over Revelation, and it makes it interested to see if they keep this up in future seasons.
Set after the events of Revelation Part 2, He-Man and the Masters launch a successful campaign to save the souls of two fallen Masters from the collection of Scare Glow, ruler of Subternia. However, things take a sharp turn when King Randor has an organ failure and is about to pass away, immediately thrusting him to inherit the throne, but needing to give up the powers. This is made worst when Skeletor returns as Skeletek, having been modified into a cyborg by Mother Board's virus to lead her cult of technology-worshipping cultists against the Masters, who use magic, to infect Eternia with said virus, a plot orchestrated by none other than Hordak, the leader of the Evil Horde and Skeletor's former master.
As I have said, Revolution seems to have fixed a lot of the problems and controversies Revelation has. One of them is making sure Prince Adam / He-Man has more screen time (as the first part of Revelation got a lot of fan backlash for how the first episode was done, and how he was absent until Part 1's final episode). Basically, the story has Adam experiencing tough times as he is forced to become king of Eternia in his father's passing, a story I feel is a lot better than what Revelations had. Also, Revolution goes as far as to delve into more of the characters' past.
For the characters, we get a mix of returning and new. Skeletor/Skeletek is back, still voiced by Mark Hamill, but the true villain is Hordak, the leader of the Horde, voiced here by Keith David (who is best known as the voice of Goliath in Disney's Gargoyles), who does a good job playing the villain who is mostly known for being She-Ra's enemy (and before anyone asks, She-Ra is not in this, possibly due to rights issues, as Dreamworks is said to own the rights to make TV shows about her). And they even have Keldor in this, voiced by William Shattner. As for other character, they bring in more obscure characters who never appeared in the original cartoon, like Rio Blast and Snout Spout, but the biggest suprise to be in this is the appearance of Gwildor, the replacement of Orko for the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie that is a cult classic, but was a box office bomb, and even making the movie's events canon.
With iconic voice acting and a good story, Revolution is a major imrpovement over Revelation, and it makes it interested to see if they keep this up in future seasons.