Buzz-Off’s Bio Revealed

Really, it is a mystery to me why they want to lean so very heavily on the MYP mythology, but don't want "hyper anime style" sculpting…

…and yeah, I am not sure we are even supposed to be paying any attention to the names at all a this point.

@Dark Angel: cuz the filmation "storytelling" was basically for complete shit. simple as that, when you're an idiot, and you're asked to do something creative, you stick to whatever idea people seemed to gravitate more towards.

what, you thought they should create something ORIGINAL? 😉

i want to know one thing: where is the evil guy who flies? cuz i would think, given how thematic the he-man characters are, that to have a "sky war" you'd need at least one guy who flies. there are none over on that evil side. there's 3 guys protecting eternia's skies for the good guys, but bad guys, not one. WTF is that? even the guy w/ the best odds, mosquitor, no wings. that's straight bollocks man.

@dayraven: …well, y'know…those three goodies are apparently a lot better at their job than the ground-based goodies. Or, at least, less opposed to the use of deadly force… 🙂

As for the mythology…I actually wish they would stop trying to tell a story with the bios at all, and keep them as simply bios. Really, I don't think a single MOTU fan agrees 100% with any other fan or Mattel, anyway…

@Dark Angel: sure seems, doesn't it, what w/ the lack of competition and all.

i do believe you're onto something there DA, about dropping the story arc in favor of actual bios that brought them to "this moment in time" but let the FANS decide what that moment is, why it's important, etc… the story they're cranking out is fun, kind of, but it's shoddy writing and everyone knows it, so rather than inundate us w/ crap, give us the power to make up the story as the figures inform our imagination. leave the story content to actual writers doing a script for a cartoon or movie.

@dayraven: B-but that requires hiring REAL writers and that's a big no-no for Mattel. Have you an idea of how logistically impossible that is!? Next thing you're gonna ask for is something ludicrous like better QC on the toys or an improved ordering process.

@ Americanhyena

Princess of Power has Mermista. So there is that. But I don't like her chances against both Merman and Clawful.

Does anyone else see the spot in the package where his "hyper anime detail" head should've been? Man, 20XX Buzz-Off had a way cooler head too.

I don't want to sit here and pretend that the Filmation series had a ton of depth or whatnot, but it’s simply a product of the time. Cartoons didn't really start to get sophisticated like they are today until about the mid-'90s with shows like Batman: The Animated Series and Gargoyles. In comparison to today’s animated programs, shows like AVATAR: The Last Airbender, Ben 10, Teen Titans, etc, yeah, the cheesy dialogue and constant cell re-use seems quite dated.

I know some will argue that MOTU was actually Filmation on the decline compared to its heyday, but MOTU and POP also kept a lot of writers/artists in work and a lot of them went on to bigger better things.

Where do you think Paul Dini got his start? It also featured Larry DiTillio who wrote on both the Filmation series AND the MYP show, and was involved with most of the episodes of Beast Wars: Transformers. Tom Sito who went on to work for Disney and had a hand in the majority of their ‘90s animated feature length films.

Also, their run was very ambitious… 65 episodes times two seasons. That’s a LOT of episodes. Filmation took on an ambitious task of churning out episodes for a syndicated animated television series. Unfortunately when the quantity goes up usually the quality suffers. Most animated shows seem to run about 13 episodes per season now, so they have much more time to dedicate per episode.

In general though, every show is going to have some dud episodes, it’s just a fact of life. Even some of my favorite shows have episodes that you just wish weren’t there, like every Kate-centric episode of LOST, or every Troi-centric episode of TNG (‘cept the one where she’s undercover as a Romulan, that one was good). Even RDM’s reimagined Battlestar Galactica, which I think is one of the greatest television shows ever has a couple that are just BO-ring (Black Market, anyone?)

I’m not delusional, in actuality the Filmation show may not be the best show, but looking back at it with the goggles of nostalgia, it is still one of my favorites. There are a lot of throwaway episodes, a lot of “meh” and “okay” episodes, but there is a decent chunk that comprise the classic Masters of the Universe, and when I think of He-Man its what instantly comes to mind. I think you had to be the right age at the time to really appreciate it and to look back on it now as affectionately as I do.

I wonder if Tri-Klops built his helmet.

And I'll start the pool for what Mek-A-Neck's "Real Name" will be: Nick Neck.

if anyone has an issue with the supposed stupidity of his "real" name, keep in mind that his actual name is "buzz-off". just because we're used to it doesn't make it less stupid.

What's to "justify"? All I'm saying is if you can accept a name as stupid as buzz-off, you can accept zzzzzttxxxxx or whatever the hell.

@americanhyena:

Hydron and Mermista are the water based heroes.

The villains barely have any fliers. Only Mosquitor from the Horde can fly unaided.