![]() This was the type of story I thought I was watching when I was little and wished I could watch when I got a little older.Īfter reading up on fan reactions, however, I was surprised to see how much of it was negative. A few hours later, I’d burned through all five installments, blown away by the beautiful animation and complex storytelling. So when I saw that a continuation of the original He-Man series had debuted on Netflix, a mix of nostalgia and boredom made me decide to check out the first episode. I wasn’t anywhere near as cool or mature as I thought I was (which still holds true today), but I’d officially outgrown the cheesy, pun-filled animated show that dominated my early years. I also learned that Spider-Man, my original superhero obsession, had comics that were much darker and more complex than anything on my cartoon watch list. Later, there were animated series like X-Men and Batman, which featured flawed and tragic heroes along with competent (and occasionally brilliant) villains. Bravestarr showed a kid die of drug overdose. The Real Ghostbusters cartoon scratched an itch for all the horror movies I wasn’t allowed to watch. Thundercats always featured the good guys winning, but they fought bad guys who looked genuinely scary and grotesque. As my age moved closer to double digits, my interests shifted toward franchises that didn’t end each episode with a PSA. ![]()
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