#modulok/mantenna

[n0rmal-b3an]

ROUND 1

[andhereisthetea]

Hordak and The Horde from 'She-Ra, Princess of Power', illustrations by Stjepan Sejic

[vintage1976]

The horde from Masters of The Universe.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"TO ME, MY EVIL HORDE!"

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1200x1662 -- Spotlight on poster art for Hordak and his wretched henchmen, The Evil Horde, artwork by the late, great Earl Norem (1923-2015), from the pages of "Masters of the Universe" Magazine, c. summer 1985.

"Hordak comes from Etheria where he leads The Evil Horde in terrifying combat. Leech, Mantenna, Modulok, and Grizzlor serve as his henchmen. They have returned to Eternia to further the evil plans that Hordak has for Skeletor and He-Man."

-- "MOTU" MAGAZINE, c. 1985

Source: www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2014/08/throwback-thursday-tbt-masters-of.html

[lemaistrechat]

Masters of the Universe: Revolution SPOILERS

A more spoiler-y follow-up about how rushed/badly paced this show was.

Again, SPOILERS. I also tagged this post #motu revolution spoilers and #masters of the universe revelation spoilers if you're temporarily blocking tags.

LAST WARNING

My worst-case scenario for the Horde was that only Hordak and new character Motherboard would get speaking parts. I was pretty much correct.

Mantenna, Leech and Grizzlor are in two scenes and have no lines.

Modulok, Multi-Bot, Dragstor and Mosquitor are not shown to exist. (Same non-appearance goes for everyone from She-Ra, but legally they had no choice.)

5 half-hour episodes make this effectually movie-length, and there's a "post-credits scene" equivalent (though before Episode 5's credits) where Grey Delisle (voice of Evil-Lyn in the 2021 CGI cartoon) appears as Despara. Yes, that made me happy. But now we need another series to give her and other Horde members screen time, space to breathe. It won't fix the fact that the Horde invasion of Eternia depicted here was ridiculously rushed.

Speaking of Horde invasions of Eternia: the one that took place when Queen Marlena had recently given birth in the 80s Filmation continuity also happened here. Skeletor has a flashback to when he and Hordak invaded the palace via a window. A crying infant Adam is seen with his parents and Skeletor crouching on the floor captured by Duncan. Skeletor is looking forlorn at Hordak as he escapes, and there's obviously something in Hordak's arms the animators are trying not to show us. If they weren't being so coy, it would actually be proper foreshadowing for the last scene! As it is, you need to be a Filmation fan to understand what's going on.

Heroic Warriors:

Gwildor has a key role. Snout Spout and Rio Blast are two new friends of He-Man who appear in a couple of fight scenes and have a couple of lines. It's not explained where they came from, which is especially odd considering that they're both cyborgs and people getting turned into cyborgs by a cult is a huge theme of the series.

Buzz-Off is even more of a cameo. We saw him at the end of Revelation. Stratos was at the end of that too, and I forget if they drew him into a crowd scene or not. In previous continuities, these guys were both royalty, and in Revolution Episode 5 He-Man abolishes monarchy and tells the people of... Eternos City? All of Eternia? To elect a leader. You'd think Stratos and Buzz-Off would react to that, but no. (All heroes who died in Revelation are also present as mute cameos.)

The short running time makes Eternia feel tiny: there's Eternos City, Castle Grayskull "outside town", Snake Mountain, a cave in Darksmoke, Gwildor's Hobbit house... that's basically it.

Evil Warriors:

Two Bad goes to Snake Mountain hoping to get a job. He gets a cyborg form. The Revelation versions of Tri-Klops, Trap Jaw, and Whiplash appear but have no lines. Webstor, Clawful and Spikor have new cyborg forms, also mute cameos.

Others:

Lyn is interesting.

Granamyr is OK. John DeLancie didn't seem to be putting a lot of heart into the role. The character is like a Cliff's Notes version of his Filmation self.

Cosmic Enforcers exist. We see deep cuts like Zanthor from Filmation and the canceled 1988 toy Strobo, but only Zodac talks (he's Jeffrey Combs).

[ifyourebored]

Earl Norem

[jaydraw209]

Me: Alright, the Evil Warriors were hard but I did alright with their AU Designs... Who’s Next?

The Evil Horde:*exist*

Me:.... Great.

These Designs aren’t the best but I’ll try to give them better AU designs.

[cgbcomics]

[fuzzychildchopshop]

The Evil Horde by nikisview

[mycoolestsocks]

I just spent allot on this bastard right here, and I have zero regrets!

[n0rmal-b3an]

You sent in your rare pairs, I shuffled the brackets, but are you ready for the showdown!

Round 1

King Hiss/the Faceless One vs. Shadow Weaver/Skeletor

Beastman/Evil-Lyn vs. Dree-Elle/Orko

Skeletor/Flogg vs. Sorceress/Evil-Lyn

Evil-Lyn/Kittrina vs. Bow/Adam

Adam/Buzz-Off vs. Skeletor/OC

Adora/Lonnie vs. Rio Blast/Snout Spout

Hordak/Skeletor vs. Adora/Teela

Modulok/Mantenna vs. Kronis/Lyn

Please reblog to reach a larger audience! Polls will go live Sunday or Monday.

[princehec-tor-kur]

Modulok: "Wow! That was pretty cool right?"

Mantenna: "Bet it was."

Modulok: ".......you can't s-"

Mantenna: "I can't fucking see Mode!"

Mantenna: ".....so what was it?"

Modulok: "Hec-Tor's girl-friend just blow off half the kitchen."

Mantenna: "...so there's a hole in the ship... in the void of space..."

Modulok: "Yeah, we should probably help."

[vintage1976]

The Evil Horde from Master Of The Universe

[sharkodude]

The Elite Horde (1/3):

Redesigned members of the Evil Horde from the original cartoon/toy line to fit within the Netflix She-ra cartoon.

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

[jen-kollic]

Okay, so while rewatching She-Ra season 2, I noticed something in the background of Hordak’s lab:

Look on the left. Inside the vat, there’s a vaguely humanoid shape curled in a fetal position. Here’s a closeup with some added contrast:

What are you growing Hordak? It almost looks like there’s tentacles coming out of the head... wait a minute, IS THAT MANTENNA?

Also? There’s more than one. Hordak doesn’t move position in this scene, and when the view shifts to behind him, there’s another one straight ahead:

...is this where the Horde gets all the kids from?