There was the urban legend that He-Man was supposed to be a Conan toy line. It's been refuted but we can't deny the similarities. Maybe, the most obvious one is how He-Man is based on Conan and Skeletor is based on Comics Thulsa Doom. Another really creepy similarity is the birth of the Snake Mountain fortress. The Conan movie came out in 1982 and He-Man came in 1983.
Conan the Barbarian (1982) had the Movie Thulsa operate from the MOUNTAIN of Power. Movie Thulsa also had a pet wild cat. Skeletor would also have a wild cat named Panthor. Many incarnations of Skeletor operated in Snake Mountain. Apparently, both fortresses were created by hallowing several caves and the main villain operates there.
The He-Man (1983) episode had the episode "Golden Disks of Knowledge". The episode explained that Skeletor had the golden disks to create Snake Mountain. In She-Ra, it's revealed that Skeletor used to serve alongside Hordak (and therefore, answered to Horde Prime, though Skeletor has HIS OWN PLANS). Hordak dumped Skeletor out of convenience. Skeletor would later operate in Snake Mountain - something that was first shown in Filmation. The base was originally made by the Evil Horde. I always wonder why Horde Prime NEVER directly had that place destroyed. Is Horde Prime still hoping Skeletor will serve him again?
In He-Man (2002) - it's given a different origin. It turned out to the be original base of the Snakemen and the petrified body of Serpos. I did comment that King Hiss was similar to Wrath-Amon from Conan the Adventurer. Serpos was later released like Set was released in the same cartoon. The cartoon later got canceled. It failed to get support. I found it upsetting because I wanted to see a more evil version of Hordak. Instead, it got canceled!
Comments
Post a Comment