pirouette gracefully

[cimorene]

I was listening to the commentary on the first Sea Hawk episode and J. Michael Stracyznski related how they originally brought in consultants to develop a concept for a He-Man spinoff aimed at girls.

"You can't hit anything and you can't kick anything," said the consultants, "for girls. You can pirouette gracefully, but you can't kick."

"What did you say?" asked the host of the commentary track.

"As soon as the consultants were gone I turned to someone or other," said JMS, "and said, 'You know, I think we should bring in some girls... to kick the consultants.'"

Amen.

I noticed in an early episode Frosta spent the night in Adora's tent - surprise support for my crack otp, yay! But I had forgotten the Sea Hawk episodes. And srsly... him? He's so lame. And what's with the stupid hair and mustache? >|

Comments

[ida-pea.livejournal.com]

I loved both He-Man and She-Ra when I was a kid. Are there episodes available on youtube or for downloading somewhere?

[cimness.livejournal.com]

I haven't checked, but I have an idea that there's nothing more on YouTube than the credits, from the links I've seen posted in the lj comms.