I rearranged my Jem cabinet over the Christmas break so that my IT dolls could go inside it (I am trying to pretend IT didn't bring out Stormer and Kimber BBU dolls and absolutely didn't match up the outfits with the wrong dolls to try and get people to buy more Stormer dolls they already have, because I can't afford any more IT dolls...sigh...) Now I have had to put some of my vintage doll wear away and I have yet more spare stuff to get rid of in the case of nude vintage dolls who were being used as clothes horses. It's such a pain not being able to sell stuff because I spend most of the time 3 hours or more away from where my stuff is...
The Jem movie was on here over Xmas. I recorded it, but have yet to watch it (again, 3 hours from my stuff...and my recording TV...)
If the comic is ending, I'm sad for the fans of it, but I'm actually a bit relieved if it means Jem can go back to her vintage bubble where, honestly, I think she belongs. I know that's a selfish viewpoint but it's how I tend to feel about the show and the storyline after all the attempts to update and modernise.
But then again Jem has never been a long-term project at any point in its history. In a way, what the fans have done to fill the gaps inbetween are almost more of Jem now than the original. That's why the series is still going strong 30 years later...and why the movie will die a death of oblivion because it wasn't even released officially in cinemas in many countries.
So awesome that Jem (along with MOTU and Shera) are now on our Netflix too. Waiting for more 1980s classics to show up there...