I heard this show was bad, I have now confirmed that it is, in fact, a bad show, or a show that has a pretty bad start at least. The original She-Ra was a fun but silly 80's classic and seeing how the people making it have no respect for it its actually very discouraging.
The show has many flaws, from a mediocre and lackluster introduction to the characters, something that makes you care less about them, dull action scenes that feel shallow and needless and lets not forget its bad pacing that drags on for too long, but it also suffers from the usual tiresome exposition for this kind of fantasy show, perhaps among one of its worst qualities is the bland "worldbuilding" for a world thats incredibly uninteresting in itself. Feels like theres a good story in here somewhere, with a better script, better direction and editing this could have been something decent.
Among the few things that made this a bit watchable are some enjoyable moments of character interaction, however these are very derivative and could honestly feel better if the characters were better written. Not to mention the very phony and artificial conflict among the characters and another bad thing is the fact that theres no real room to sink into its universe or to be given a reason to care, the more I think about it, the more it falls apart.
Another thing it does wrong is making some of the most unappealing character designs in recent cartoon history. The animation could be fine (maybe a bit rough at points) but theres nothing interesting going on to support its competent animation.
Its no fun and everything about it falls short, a disappointment for sure if you are expecting a halfway decent fantasy show, its nothing like the original, which isnt bad but it lacks any heart and the talent to pull off the themes and subjects it wants to touch on, perhaps I am being to harsh but this is what I can see just from the first episode, I will continue watching to see if it gets better in any way, perhaps the second half of this two-parter can win me over.