She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Seasons 1-3 [DVD]

My wife and I were looking for something light and fun to watch, and friends kept suggesting this. My first response was "you're joking right? That's a kids show that's a redo of an old '80s toy commercial, right?" But after enough suggestions we gave it shot, and it turned out they were not joking at all! First, the downsides: * This is the first half of the series, and the second half has not been released for purchase. You will definitely want to watch the whole thing to get the whole story! While it is available on Netflix, if you are a collector, this is a big downside. * The first few episodes are episodic and a little slow as the series sets up the characters, so don't be put off by the start. It gets into a full ongoing storyline later. * Some of the character and place names are pretty silly - the downside of being based on an 80s show. Not a big problem. OK, on to the good stuff. * First, the show is flat out fun. It has a a great sense of humor (and not the crude body-function humor that's so popular) with some genuine laugh-out-loud moments. * Second, the plot is fun with entertaining action and interesting developments. It isn't an "action" show - the focus is on character development - but its got plenty to entertain if that's what you (or your kids watching) want. * However, the really big thing is the rich characters and character-driven story. These are beautifully developed personalities that grow and change, and it is an absolute joy to experience. Even the villains are portrayed as very 3-Dimensional characters and interesting characters, and have some fascinating (and even adorable) plot arcs. While on the surface the story is a fairly straightforward "friendship and love overcomes", that's a story that can stand to be told a lot and it is VERY well done here. Beneath that, there's a lot of fairly serious themes and topics. While friendship is powerful, we also get shown that sometimes no matter how much you care for and love someone, you just can't stop them from making bad decisions. Sometimes friendship just isn't enough. There are also themes about the dangers of basing your self-worth on other's opinion of you, the difficulties of a parent trying to balance protecting their children and letting them grow, and many more. While the show sometimes gets a bit dark, it is more emotional than grim, and it keeps the realistic and strong themes within a framework that is still totally appropriate for kids. If you want a show to get some thought provoking conversations going with your kids, this is a winner. Then again, if they just want to watch cool princesses fight baddies, they can do that while you enjoy the deeper plot elements. And if you don't have kids...well, I think the character and story arcs are as good and interesting as any "adult" show. Very worth watching! Just please Dreamworks, release seasons 4 and 5 on disc so we can own the whole thing!

Glad to pick this up for a great price. Good to own at least half the series before it's taken off Netflix.

Great show! We need the rest of the seasons on a physical copy.

Cannot say enough good about this title! Broadly speaking, Adora matures as a person while fighting to save Etheria from the Horde as an 8 ft princess! The plot lines are compelling. The relationship arcs are beautiful. The line animation and color schemes are classic. It's 4 DVD disks, played in my BD player no problem! But, it's only 1/2 of the total story! Seasons 4 & 5 are literally half of the total number of episodes, and they aren't released yet 😭. An obvious buy for anyone who loved it on Netflix, but, also highly recommended for those with kids, and the young at heart.

Came in fine shape for me. No issues with the discs or it's playability. That said, seasons 4 and 5 need to be released as well with the show being pulled from Netflix. The numbers over the last month have shown this seasons 1-3 set has been selling well since the announcement. Anyone wanting the full series released on dvd and blu-ray, write to dreamworks. Write a letter and let them know that you want that. Also, Check change.org for the petition to sign that is requesting the same thing. Do both.

"She-Ra and the Princess of Power" a Netflix original produced by Dreamworks Animation is a bold, and quite frankly, pretty wild reimagining of the classic '80's series "She-Ra Princess of Power". The characters are all younger than they are on the original series(in Frosta's case she's a whole lot younger). Another difference is that the characters have personalities that are very different from the originals(in some cases I would say that the personalities are drastically and dramatically different, Frosta and Mermista's personalities are the polar oposites of the originals). I think it goes without saying that making the characters younger requires changing their apearances and overall I like the new look of each character, but I can't help wondering why Catra's eyes are two different colors, I'm not exactly crazy about that, but I do like the fact that she looks like a cat-person in this show. I also like Scorpia's white hair, it reminds of Evil-Lynn's hair because on the rare occasions in which her hair is seen it is white as well.I like most of the changes that were made to the story but one change I MOST DEFINATELY DO NOT like is the fact that everyone knows that Adora is She-Ra. This makes ABSOLUTELY NO sense whatsoever and is COMPLETELY, TOTALLY, and UTTERLY ILLOGICAL , furthermore it defeats the purpose of She-Ra having a secret identity, if everybody knows who She-Ra is she might as well not have a secret identity. I why have a secret identity if that identity Isn't a secret. I don't know what the person who came up with this STUPID idea was thinking, but the idea was not only TOTALLY STUPID, but it was also TOTALLY LAME, RIDICULOUS and LUDICROUS!!!!!!!! As much as I HATE everybody and their grandmother knowing who She-Ra is I like and enjoy the show and try not to let the TOTALLY STUPID change bother me. Despite the STUPID change I recommend this show.

I love this show, despite it looking like a purely kids show. The show is very different from the original while keeping some of the basic names and ideas. Personally, I think the DreamWorks one is far superior with an engaging story, compelling characters, and better designs overall. Plus, it's much more inclusive and is opening LGBT+ positive. The only downfall of this dvd series is that it's missing the last two seasons, which were the best parts. Hopefully the other seasons will eventually be given their own dvd release.

Espero que pronto salga la cuarta y la quinta temporada de la serie She-Ra y las princesas del poder.

This show is truly the greatest of all time. It's fun, wholesome, camp, queer, and super pretty. It'll have you laughing and crying in turn. I heard that the show is being taken off of Netflix next year so I had to hunt down the DVD. As I'm in Australia I had to buy a region free Blu-ray player so I could watch this, which was a splurge but so worth it to be able to watch my favourite TV show of all time. If only they would release seasons 4 and 5 on DVD too!

Llegó en tiempo y forma, incluso antes de lo esperado, además que en perfectas condiciones. Si eres fan de la serie es en verdad algo que lo vale.

A very well written show with iconic characters and an aesthetically pleasing animation. Good for kids, teenagers and also adults. The package came in perfect conditions. I hope they will make the DVD also for the last seasons!

I waited a few years to buy this, as I wanted to get all 5 seasons at once, but it looks like they won't be releasing the last 2 season on DVD unfortunately. The show itself is one of my all time favourites! The quality of the picture and sound on the DVD is good (seems similar to what it was on Netflix). I just wish I could have bought all 5 seasons instead of 1-3.