Kevin Smith responds to the audience reaction to Masters of the Universe: Revolution. Created and co-written by Smith, the new series is a continuation of Masters of the Universe: Revelation, which was released on Netflix in 2021 as a sequel to the original 1980s series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Smith's second series premiered its first part on January 25 with much of the Masters of the Universe: Revelation cast returning, including Chris Wood, Mark Hamill, Liam Cunningham, Lena Headey, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, ​​​​​​Griffin Newman, Susan Eisenberg, and many more.

On the latest episode of his Fat Man Beyond podcast alongside co-host Marc Bernardin, Kevin Smith responded to the audience reaction to Masters of the Universe: Revolution.

The creator expressed his surprise and gratitude for the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Revolution, which is in stark contrast to Revelation. Read his full response below:

To say that I was unprepared for the reaction that we've gotten for this season is an understatement. It's a love fest. People absolutely are saying the nicest things they've ever said about my work. Right now, that series has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Go look at every other Kevin Smith project, see if you can find one of those. We opened in the top 10 at number six. I think today we're at like number nine, but it's staying alive and thriving and the fans are saying such lovely things.It feels really good when you hear from people who were like, "I did not like what you did last time. I thought you broke it, and boy did you guys fix it and stick the landing." I was just prepared for like, "Well here it comes again, it's going to be like last time and people are going to be mad at me." Not at all and they saw how much love and effort that we put into it. So thank you everybody who's watching the show.

He-Man, Skeletor, and Teela from Masters of the Universe Revolution
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Released on Netflix in two parts in July and November 2021, Masters of the Universe: Revelation caused controversy for its creative choices and received divisive reactions from die-hard fans. Many were displeased with the decision to focus more on Teela rather than He-Man/Prince Adam, along with how many iconic characters from the original series were killed off. As a result, Masters of the Universe: Revelation was review bombed and its Rotten Tomatoes score sunk to 38 percent for both parts. However, the show did receive rave reviews from critics.

RT Critics Score

RT Audience Score

Masters of the Universe: Revelation Part 1

94%

38%

Masters of the Universe: Revelation Part 2

92%

38%

Masters of the Universe: Revolution

100%

84%

As Smith's reaction indicates, Revolution is now receiving rave responses from audiences as well, even from some of those who were displeased with Revelation. As a result, Masters of the Universe: Revolution's audience score is much stronger at 84%, while also boasting a 100% score from critics, based on just 10 reviews at the time of writing. Nevertheless, as Smith mentions, this is his first perfect score for any project on Rotten Tomatoes, let alone a massive improvement from Revelation's audience score.

Masters of the Universe: Revelation and Revolution are streaming on Netflix.

Source: Kevin Smith