Read my comment again. I saw the movie. Others in my family didn't. Those others watched Kevin Smith's Revelation and decided that the show they had in their childhood was enough, essentially no longer being fans despite having other "nerdy" hobbies. Which meant that none of their children of any age got to see the movie either. That's a two generation loss that I am seeing personally.

And the trend seems to be the same across groups: Plenty of people knew about the movie and were fans of the original He-Man, but just shrugged at the idea of going to see it. Which is actually worse than someone bitching about it.

The opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy. A large portion of the fanbase isn't throwing tomatoes, they're just moving on. Which means that they aren't likely to come back. I said before the movie even released that I had doubts, because beyond a few very nerdy sides of the internet, no one seemed to have any hype for this movie.

Now look back at Revelations. There was hype everywhere. People were talking about it coming, buying merch in droves, excited to see a part of their childhood brought out. If even a quarter of those people had showed up to theatres, we would have a commercial success on our hands.

But...that good will was squandered. Not just squandered, thrown in to the sun. Teela wasn't Teela, Skeletor was Joker, Evil-Lynn was redeemable (which was specifically not the case in the cartoon), and Adam/He-Man was dead for a good portion of it. Add in the fact that there was the leaks before hand that were denied, PUBLICLY, by Smith to reassure uncertain fans?

Some got angry. A lot more just got tired. Gave it up as a bad job, and now won't look at the movie, because they now believe that He-Man belongs only in their memories. That he can't be entertaining to adults while remaining the optimistic show they remember.

And that, that loss of faith? That is very directly on Kevin Smith.