The "Grayskull" Hordak versus She-Ra encounter reminds me of a game called Soul Calibur (a play on "EXcalibur" of Arthurian legend) ...
Originally posted by bluewaterrider
ermmNot so sure I want to check this series out any more ...
He's already a skinless guy with a floating head. 🙂
It's like the Finn Sword. There's a cycle of Skeletor going back in time, kidnapping Adora, raising her, rebelling, and dying. And Hordak has to ensure this keeps happening.
Only, this time, Skeletor doesn't do that. He never goes back, yet Adora is still here, so he breaks time and fate, and becomes "Master of Death".
Originally posted by cdtm[Skeletor is] already a skinless guy with a floating head ...
mmm
I suppose you're right.
I started to put "This is definitely not your father's MOTU ...",
but then I started to think of how many horror elements are actually contained in the original Masters of the Universe series.
This series just makes more blatant what was already there.
Sort of like the Star Wars series and the 1st 6 movies, where people rate the 1st as arguably the most "fun" and "Happy Go Lucky" installment, especially compared to the darker 2nd and 6th films.
Then you think about what the active station the Rebels destroyed actually DID before it was destroyed, and realize more people died in that first film than in all 5 subsequent movies combined.
At any rate, moving past the one-eyed symbolism on the cover, as well as the skull and bones, and the "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven" motif intrinsic to the transformation sequence of He-Man and She-ra (I wonder far less now why many Christian parents were bothered by this show than I used to),
I'll go on and post a point in She-Ra's favor, by giving another demonstration of what her sword can do, which is envelop herself and an ally, and presumably allies plural if the area is not too great, in a protective envelope ...
Source: He-Man, Eternity War #13
Circa: February 2016
Worser and worser still ...
I found the scene before what you were referencing on the following page:
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=382350&pagenumber=4375
Originally posted by cdtmAnother reason worth posting.
Look at Beast Man's cloak.
Look carefully.
🙁
Shame upon shame piled ...
Th-They killed Tigger!
The scans posted by Cdtm changed my thinking from
"Comic-book She-ra has absolutely NO chance of winning this"
to
"This might be a straight 50/50".
Problem was, and remains, Angela's speed, which even She-ra's best showings imply will be a problem. Are we really to believe a woman who, after reluctantly slaying her brother, cannot effectively outrace a flowing puddle of water, will be able to take a strong and skilled warrior with reactions and speed so great that opponents who are faster than thought cannot overcome her?
With inherent damage soak great enough to endure impaling, and a carried weapon capable of instantly healing such damage, however, She-Ra just might survive, especially if, unknown at the moment, Angela does not mechanically go for kills but engages her opponents formally, as her brother and most Asgardians seem won't to.
One other consideration, IF the sword She-Ra carries possesses one other power her brother's displayed:
Source: He-Man Infinity War (#12?)
Circa: ~2016