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There's a difference between flawed and unlikable characters, and the writer apparently doesn't know that.
A likable character is put simply, someone that you would like to spend time with. And I don't want to spend time with a jerk that lashes out at mourning parents.
I wonder if the fact that the writer is Kevin Smith, one of the best-known specimens of Gen-X edgelords that confound misogyny with honesty, is just a coincidence. For sure the PG-rating prevents him to throw the worst shit at the wall.
Honestly, is quite interesting to see the typical designs of Powerhouse Animation Studio (sexy even if stiff, the darkest upper lips, and the biggest lacrimal ducts ever seen) inhabit a PG-rated world where extras don't get mutilated and disemboweled for just daring to exist.
It would have been nice to see more He-Man moving his giant body around, but he, he's the strongest man in the universe and you can't make an engaging story with someone who can succeed in any physical challenge. Unless you give him problems he can't punch his way through, like any good story of Superman does, but that would be clever writing, and you don't want it to get in the way of your combat scenes and magical asspulls.
(It's very interesting how Filmation managed He-Man's unrivaled strength quite well by avoiding violence as much as possible. I guess because of the G-Rating, the mission about making educative cartoons, and also the very tight budget when it came to action scenes.)

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