Daym, the millenial nostalgia-bait is truly upon us
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2026
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He-Man is a millenial thing?
I thought it was an 80s thing….
Millennial were born in the 80s as well and he-man reruns lasted through the 90s
It somehow looks exactly as stupid as it has to be. The Millennial Minecraft movie.
so he man is millenial and minecraft is? I feel those are pretty far apart.
That's what I meant. It's like the Minecraft movie but for millennials.
But the Minecraft movie is for millennials.
He-Man was before that. GenX mostly, or Xillenial at the latest.
oh oh. that makes sense.
More like gen x right? But yeah the whole "sad sack stuck in boring desk job is actually a ~~superhero~~ ludicrously buff guy with pronouns as his name " schtick is extremely cringe
Xenial if you want to be more exact.
I was born in 73, smack in the middle of Gen-X. GI Joe, Transformers, and He-Man were definitely THE toys for my age group.
Cant nostalgia-bait Gen-X anymore And you cant really nostalgia-bait Gen-Z So gen Y it is
I wonder why they didn't mention that Jared Leto is in this.
Hiding him under as much skeletor makeup as possible, hoping you don’t notice.
At least we don't have to look at his face
I can think of a few reasons... Top 2: shitty actor, and egomaniac.
Don't forget the sex cult.
Bruh I didn't even realize he's the front man for 30 Seconds to Mars, never mind their 'summer camp'. Holy shit how is the whole band not in prison?
If this doesn't end with an important life lesson I'll. be like: Hey, what's going on?
Post-credits scene be like:
Man-At-Arms: "In today's movie, Orko's new friends used peer pressure to convince him to do something he didn’t want to do. He got into trouble, and his 'new friends' ran away. Remember - your real friends will never pressure you to do something you’re uncomfortable with."
As long as it has the kick ass credits song I’m in.
So much CG, but no Orko?!?
This movie had better end with Four Non Blondes playing over the end credits.
Obviously not all of it, but I would just about bet that it's at least 75% of this thing will be set on Earth. This is almost always a logistic/budget compromise move when a franchise is normally high-fantasy and/or space-based.
Either that, or the filmmakers don't believe in the property, which is even worse. Despite Jo being a hack and an awful person, Harry Potter grabbed people's imagination because it was built around being low-fantasy with Harry serving as an audience insert. The Matrix inverted the trope, but narratively it worked on the same idea. He-Man, IIRC, has some winks and nods to Earth existing, but it's basically high-fantasy, where Eternia and its galaxy are the universe. OG Star Wars, among others, is the model for how you structure something similarly without bailing on your high-fantasy setting. You need you naive hero to refuse the guide's call to action until they have been taught lessons about the broader world, possibly by flambeing their aunt and uncle, but you can do it by starting in a corner of the setting that's more prosaic and "down to earth" without literally being Earth.
This one feels like they wanted Minecraft kitsch, callbacks to the Dolph Lundgren movie, lifting story beats from She-Ra, and limiting how much of the world they had to build/dress/animate, particularly sets and extras. All this for a second- or third-tier memberberries property. I could be wrong, but I think it's going to land with a thud.
Yeah, this is probably going to bomb. I have to give them some credit for making it look goofy and having characters look like the cartoon, but it's giving me "trying hard to be a Marvel movie" vibes. The ultra generic trailer music doesn't help.
This honestly looks like they had someone sneak them all the assets from Ragnarok and hit shuffle.
Yeah. If you want a MotU adaptation to be successful you need to fully commit to the goofyness. The stuff happening on-screen needs to be absolutely ridiculous but the characters need to take it all completely seriously. There cannot be a "normal person" commenting on how weird things are.
This movie was sunk the moment they decided to make Adam come from Earth.
Oh no...this cant be good.
- This is once again just nostalgia baiting
- HeMan isnt looking Gay(tm) enought!
He-man should be 2 things. Buff as Schwarzenegger and gay a Liberace.
It's taking place on Earth? Again?
Tap for spoiler
Queen Marlena, Adam's mother, is canonically from Earth.
They've seriously done it. They've AI generated a whole movie.
I can't wait for this to massively bomb. Who thought this was a good idea? Is this the effect of "The Barbie Movie"? And what was with that wimpy "I have the power"? When He-Man yelled it in the cartoons it gave You chills.
So we're doing this again, huh?
I don't have high expectations for this, but it still looks like a fun ride. Kinda hoping it does at least well enough for a sequel/spinoff for She-ra. I don't think there's enough lore for a whole cinematic universe, but enough for at least 2 more movies.
Holy shit!!!!
That looks really fun!