Totally ! He was absolutely amazing. "Now - I- am Master of the Universe !!" // I read that Langella actually said it's his favorite role ever (that he played). Great classic
That brings back memories. I didn't enter into the contest but I remember them running ads for it all the time. I'm going to have to look up and see if they ever officially picked a winner. Cool that they at least sent you something.
Not even a mention of the most important reason to watch this movie. Evilyn's arresting eyes. Meg Foster (has the most compelling eyes in Hollywood, okay Karen Black's eyes are also interesting) is super good in this film, and indeed, has some of the best lines. "I see only a human female, it must have been she who tipped the balance against you."
How was that his low point it wasnt like he was a big moviestar or anything.He could barely speak english his biggest role to date was in Rocky IV and he only said 3 words.Im not sayin ur lying its just funny he would say that
IIRC Langella expressly stated he did it for his Kids, combined with the Freedom to 'ham it up' made it one of the more 'Fun' jobs he ever had... as to Lundgren I think it might have been a case of teaching him that he should have better picked his roles... the fact that he was so new, and suddenly the lead, on a troubled production (over budget, no 2nd unit, studio meddling) he might have felt more of the stress at the time... - MotU was only his 3rd film... and if you look a lot of his work after that (save Maybe Punisher '89 and Showdown in Little Tokyo) he switched to either Villains or Direct to Video 'gun porn'
In the most recent release of the film, both Frank Langella and Dolph Lundgren expressed their appreciation for the movie. One unfortunate thing is that Langella, who was in top shape at the time, pushed for a big fight scene to be included and he and Lundgren worked on it for awhile only to have it end up a much shorter fight to cut costs at the end of filming.
just watched it for the first time last night and i was Blown away, young tom paris saving the world from aliens, im 31 and i thought it was amazing. LOVED IT.
Thank you for not complete bashing this movie , this is one of my favorite movies of all times. Just found your you tube channel, love all the videos I’ve watched so far .
Thanks! I think he just got stuck in that "tough guy" role even though he had some good acting chops and was way more intelligent than people knew. He should have at least been in some bigger action flicks. While some of his movies weren't the best, he was always good.
I remember seeing it in the theater as a kid with my dad, having the same reaction as you, "Why the different characters who weren't in the cartoon and why the hell go to Earth, when Eternia is a lot more interesting??"
the one thing about the ending of the movie that i always find fascinating is that a year later from the last scene the two characters will be doing a back to the future 2 type of story only there prior knowledge of future events will change every thing i'd love to that as a sequel
Four of Skeletor's best men can't catch one girl, that was actually one of the more accurate aspects of the movie. Those guys went to a special school for villains. #HannaBarbarasSchoolforAspiringVillains.
@4:20 moving from California to NJ... yea, loads of folks do similar things when cost of living is too high and want to move someplace where rent is far cheaper
I only know this because, despite growing up in the 80s, I just finished watching this movie for the first time today. Her parents were the only people in the plane. Her mom mentions everything will be fine because her dad is a good pilot. She also grabs maps along with his keys. One can assume he has a small two person plane. So no need to warn anyone else.
Thanks! I know they were hoping to do a sequel and there was so much they could have done. Oh well. I've heard they are planning a big budget reboot but somehow I think it won't be as much fun as this.
I've been wanting to do Cyborg for a while but I have so much on it I know it will be a very long episode. (I have the director's cut originally called "Slinger" which you can only get directly from Pyun) American Ninja is totally coming at some point.
its so weird seeing castle greyskull so large... when I was a kid watching the origonal I swear I thought it was 3 rooms...walk through the door and theres her throne on top of a stair case, her bed room and I guess a small room attached to that where the magic swords come from.
Probably one of favorites growing up. At my local video store I remember the poster at my local video rental store with the review "The STAR WARS for the 80's !" Although I'm glad that sequel didn't go through looking at MacGruder there who would've replaced Lundgren. They also used sets from Cannon's never made SPIDER-MAN along with the never made MASTERS sequel to get CYBORG made. I had read elsewhere Lundgren was early at one point supposed to do the sequel. And co-star with Jean Claude Van Damn was also to have a role in the project to boot. The two were friends ,and had always wanted to collaborate on a project together. It never happened until UNIVERSAL SOLDIER though.
The new G. I . Joe was well under way before He-man burst into the scene, but He-man did influence the cartoon and the replacement of Hawk as their field Leader. Duke was designed to mirror he-man, including the goofy grin.
I remember reading somewhere that a lot of this movie feels like a homage to Jack Kirby's "New Gods" characters for DC Comics... Skeletor=Darkseid, etc... At any rate I remember seeing this in the theater as a little girl. Wasn't there a scene where Courtney Cox or Tom Paris got some kind of green goo-burn on their arm? I remember freaking out about that...
I've always enjoyed this movie, no matter how campy it actually was. Little details like using music to open portals with the cosmic key, or the "food on little white sticks" and being disgusted that it used to be an animal (I'm not vegetarian, I just thought it was a cute reaction) made the movie for me.
I always figured Gwildor was from an episode of the series I had missed. Hate that they changed the look of the characters so much but at least it stars The Greatest Starfleet Pilot EVER, *Thomas Eugene Paris!*
Interesting side fact, He-Man was inspired by Robert E. Howard's (creator of Conan the Barbarian fame) original barbarian hero Kull the Conqueror, this included both the main villain Skeletor who was based of Kull's somewhat re-occurring enemy (until he killed him anyhow) necromancer Thulsa Doom who's head like Skeletor was a skull (a version of this villain made it into the Conan the Barbarian movie played by James Earl Jones but sadly without the Skeletor skull-face :) ). They also drew on the idea of a previous snake people of the evil snake god Set that ruled the world prior to humans (or Eternians I guess in He-Man world) which can re-appear as a current threat (and constantly shown with Skeletor's base as Snake Mountain) particularly in the He-Man reboot series of the 2000's. Of course the He-Man series added the futuristic elements and was kid orientated unlike the pulp fiction Kull stories which had allot more violence and some nudity (though much less then the later Conan stories, Kull being written as a character who unlike his successor was uninterested in sex, but only battle, He was also somewhat more intellectually curious then Conan, but it was with the Conan stories that Howard really struck a cord with the pulp magazine audience).
No. Kull and Conan did share the same universe, but NOT the same time-period. Kull, an exile of Atlantis and king of Valusia, existed in a continent and kingdom that was at least a thousand years BEFORE the Hyborian world of Conan. Kull was one of Conan's predecessors and, as I recall from the original Robert E. Howard stories, was MENTIONED in Conan AND in one of the stories of Solomon Kane - AND he made an appearance in one of the stories of Bran Mak Morn. Thulsa Doom appeared in the Conan comics, from the old Marvel series of the 1980's, where he had served as an uneasy anti-hero ally to Conan and Red Sonja. In the original REH stories, he only appeared in ONE story of Kull - but, he DID have a skull-like face.
I remember begging my dad to rent this for me, when it first came out on vhs, as I was a huge He-Man fan, & I loved it. Funny how I never thought about Orco not being in the film, until you brought it up on this video, lol. LMFAO, oh man, I used to have a wacky wall walker!!
I would love to see Lundgren play a role in the new He-Man movie (if it ever happens). I could definitely see him playing an ally of He-Man, like SyKlone for instance. Now THAT would be cool character to see done in CGI today.
Another stellar job with the review. This is the first film my parents ever bought for me..and it was on VHS..and I have cherished this film ever since. Sure it's corny, and full of cheese, but it's entertaining..and to be honest this is the only exposure I had to He-Man..other than the annoying kids yelling his name at a birthday party in Ghostbusters II..I think this film actually does some things better than the show did..namely Skeletor..he is actually intimidating. "Good Journey!"
I think a reboot is in order and they have been trying to do one for years now. Not sure if it will ever happen. I liked this one fine. I thought it perfectly encapsulated the series and wasn't as kiddie as many other films of the sort.
I've become addicted to your videos, and love the random jokes that really catch me off guard. You deserve a billion likes, and a billion - two subscribers!
watching this vid gave me the greatest nostalgic feeling ever. this film was was one of my favourites as a child, right besides Willow and The Golden Child.
I lost my mind at the synthesizer bit. I wish I could go clubbing and when that song started bumpin through the speakers people would just clear the dance floor. I need space to truly unleash my talents.
Subscribed! Some great info in this. Never knew that The Sorceress went on to play Monica’s Mum in friends! Or that the failed sequel sets were reprised for JVVD’s ‘Cyborg’. I loved this movie as a kid and I think it doesn’t get the love is deserves. Langella was absolutely fantastic as Skeletor.
The soundtrack really is amazing. It's one reason why this is still a guilty pleasure for me. Also, why the sets & effects still look so good is because you're looking at what was going to be 'Superman 4' s budget.
9:07 I always thought her parents were flying a light aircraft. Graveside scene: "It's my fault they died." [..] "We were all supposed to go to the beach that day. But I said I had to study because I wanted to spend the day with you. So they took the plane to Catalina instead." It's not conclusive (and it's also five minutes of my life I'll never get back... ;-)
Interesting review. This movie is very under rated and have always loved it since seeing it in the 1987. There is another interesting movie called "Beast Master 2: Portal of time" that pretty much has the same plot as Masters of the Universe. Consider it the unauthorized knock off sequel. Perhaps you should consider reviewing it. It is so bad it is good.
I love that movie. Yeah, some cheezy points, some issues - the "new" characters addressed quite logically towards the end - but overall I loved it. Of course the critics spat venom on it worse than poor Kobra Khan ever could... That, in case you weren't being sarcastic, was the action figure guy who got the "Red Shirt" treatment, he wasn't a new character but one of the "Serpent Men" - I had the figure, loved it. Spray gun head to squirt watery spray. After about a decade the spring wore out and couldn't replace it... Wasteful to red shirt him; he sprayed a venom that made people compliant, good strategic character for instead of a hit (in MOtU figure role-playing) that just lets the other character slug you back and most figures you sneak and try to take out are an order of power better than him so he'd lose you got an extra figure on your team - he's worth a "Prime" character if done right - pretty good for a 3rd rate character... I'd like to see "Rulers of the Omniverse" made into a movie! ---heh, anyone know what I'm reffin' ? Serious, anyone loved the old He-Man - might check out the graphic novel "Kapatara" about an astronaut who gets sucked into a universe seemingly inspired by this kind of toy line. And unlike the cliche hero out of water in Sword and Planet world he does NOT want to return home. Uh, he's Gay, but they don't make it gross or that blatant.
Budget reasons, primarily; in fact, the budget was so low Gary Goddard literally had to pay to film the finale out of his own pocket because the studio refused to give him any more money.
One thing I never noticed before, but did in this review, is that Man-at-Arms' costume, actually has a lot of its tradtional detailing in it but in black rather then his usual colors; making it look like a "stealth armor" version of the character.
the mercenary with the white hair named Karg, reminds me of iron maiden's eddie and here in Austria Van Damm's movie was named Universal Soldier (also in Germany)
Interesting fact: In the early development stage, illustrator Ralph Mcquarrie , who made the legendary artwork that helped George Lucas sell Star Wars to the movie studio did a bunch of designs for vehicles and castles for the movie, none of which were used. They are available online. His designs for Grayskull were pretty sick!!!!!
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I really loved Langella's performance as Skeletor.
Yep, he really gets under the skin of the character.
Totally ! He was absolutely amazing. "Now - I- am Master of the Universe !!" // I read that Langella actually said it's his favorite role ever (that he played). Great classic
I make fun of this mvie but god damn it shows that he really enjoyed it and I totatly apperciate that.
Thanks!
Meg Foster's eyes are amazing. She looks like she could see your soul.
I know its a old post but your right. If i had eyes like hers id stare at people all day n not blink, creep them the hell out lol
That brings back memories. I didn't enter into the contest but I remember them running ads for it all the time. I'm going to have to look up and see if they ever officially picked a winner. Cool that they at least sent you something.
Frank Langella was so amazing as Skeletor. One of the best villains ever. Seriously. So campy, yet so cool. Hats off to you, Mr. Langella.
It's cool, too, that he has always taken pride in the role; he did it for his kids and has never put the movie down in interviews
Not even a mention of the most important reason to watch this movie. Evilyn's arresting eyes. Meg Foster (has the most compelling eyes in Hollywood, okay Karen Black's eyes are also interesting) is super good in this film, and indeed, has some of the best lines. "I see only a human female, it must have been she who tipped the balance against you."
It's funny Dolph Lundgren considers this his low point, when Frank Langella has said that this was his favorite role to play.
How was that his low point it wasnt like he was a big moviestar or anything.He could barely speak english his biggest role to date was in Rocky IV and he only said 3 words.Im not sayin ur lying its just funny he would say that
99% of Frank Langella movies suck ass.
I also think lately too he has come around to accepting it. I've heard of fans asking him about it lately and he seems good with it.
The only other thing that Langella is popularly known for is that Dracula movie of his.
IIRC Langella expressly stated he did it for his Kids, combined with the Freedom to 'ham it up' made it one of the more 'Fun' jobs he ever had...
as to Lundgren I think it might have been a case of teaching him that he should have better picked his roles... the fact that he was so new, and suddenly the lead, on a troubled production (over budget, no 2nd unit, studio meddling) he might have felt more of the stress at the time...
- MotU was only his 3rd film... and if you look a lot of his work after that (save Maybe Punisher '89 and Showdown in Little Tokyo) he switched to either Villains or Direct to Video 'gun porn'
When Skeletor pops up at the end I swear to f*** he looks like Jack Palance.
My mom saw me watching this and said "I don't remember Jack Palance being in this"
Bill Nighy as vampire from the Underworld
@@bliiblaablue um nostalgia critic joked that skeltor looked like John mcaine
LOLOLOL
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks! Frank Langella made for an excellent Skeletor. Much more maniacal than the cartoon. (I love both though)
In the most recent release of the film, both Frank Langella and Dolph Lundgren expressed their appreciation for the movie. One unfortunate thing is that Langella, who was in top shape at the time, pushed for a big fight scene to be included and he and Lundgren worked on it for awhile only to have it end up a much shorter fight to cut costs at the end of filming.
just watched it for the first time last night and i was Blown away, young tom paris saving the world from aliens, im 31 and i thought it was amazing. LOVED IT.
Thank you for not complete bashing this movie , this is one of my favorite movies of all times. Just found your you tube channel, love all the videos I’ve watched so far .
8:27 "When I think evil, I don't think giant golden guy"
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Thanks! I think he just got stuck in that "tough guy" role even though he had some good acting chops and was way more intelligent than people knew. He should have at least been in some bigger action flicks. While some of his movies weren't the best, he was always good.
Thanks! People seem to forget just how popular He-man was back then.
I remember seeing it in the theater as a kid with my dad, having the same reaction as you, "Why the different characters who weren't in the cartoon and why the hell go to Earth, when Eternia is a lot more interesting??"
I had a bunch of the action figures but never had Castle Greyskull. Always wanted it though
the one thing about the ending of the movie that i always find fascinating is that a year later from the last scene the two characters will be doing a back to the future 2 type of story only there prior knowledge of future events will change every thing i'd love to that as a sequel
Interesting. I don't remember the comics well enough, I didn't read very many of them. When I was younger I was more into GI Joe comics.
Four of Skeletor's best men can't catch one girl, that was actually one of the more accurate aspects of the movie. Those guys went to a special school for villains. #HannaBarbarasSchoolforAspiringVillains.
pluto545 ha!
+pluto545 Yep and that is cause enough for death. lol
Skeletor should've called the Ginyu Force.
Stormtrooper aim, man, Stormtrooper aim. It's mandatory. It's in their contract.
@4:20 moving from California to NJ... yea, loads of folks do similar things when cost of living is too high and want to move someplace where rent is far cheaper
I only know this because, despite growing up in the 80s, I just finished watching this movie for the first time today. Her parents were the only people in the plane. Her mom mentions everything will be fine because her dad is a good pilot. She also grabs maps along with his keys. One can assume he has a small two person plane. So no need to warn anyone else.
I loved the new villains. Blade and Saurod especially. Was great to have new toys of them.
Thanks! I know they were hoping to do a sequel and there was so much they could have done. Oh well. I've heard they are planning a big budget reboot but somehow I think it won't be as much fun as this.
I was watching this review and then I saw Meg Foster`s eyes...I`d give her that cosmic key in a heartbeat!
***** you should look up some photos from her old modeling days, she was radiant. Those eyes are amazing.
Btw meg foster who played evil lyn did not wear lenses, her eyes are really like that.
As a kid, I thought Meg Foster in this role was alluring AF.
But her eyes really did weird me out.
Sure. And also all women are virgins and never have plastic surgery or dye their hair either.
KanishQ Quotes wow, first thing I thought was cool contacts.
KanishQ Quotes -Yes, she is known for her eyes. That is the main reason, she had gotten that role.
She was in “They Live”, as well.
Gorgeous!
Yep as crazy as it sounds, that is how it went down. Thanks for the sub!
8:27 - I'm pretty sure Horus and Abbaddon would be more than happy to tell you about "big, gold evil guys."
I fell in love with Evil-Lynn when i first saw this movie...
I've been wanting to do Cyborg for a while but I have so much on it I know it will be a very long episode. (I have the director's cut originally called "Slinger" which you can only get directly from Pyun) American Ninja is totally coming at some point.
its so weird seeing castle greyskull so large... when I was a kid watching the origonal I swear I thought it was 3 rooms...walk through the door and theres her throne on top of a stair case, her bed room and I guess a small room attached to that where the magic swords come from.
Probably one of favorites growing up. At my local video store I remember the poster at my local video rental store with the review "The STAR WARS for the 80's !" Although I'm glad that sequel didn't go through looking at MacGruder there who would've replaced Lundgren. They also used sets from Cannon's never made SPIDER-MAN along with the never made MASTERS sequel to get CYBORG made. I had read elsewhere Lundgren was early at one point supposed to do the sequel. And co-star with Jean Claude Van Damn was also to have a role in the project to boot. The two were friends ,and had always wanted to collaborate on a project together. It never happened until UNIVERSAL SOLDIER though.
Extra points for the CKY(2k?) Skeletor clip. Me and my friends ended up ruining the CKY dvds by watching them so often, some good memories
Another great video! I got the chance to meet Meg Foster about a year ago. She had so many funny stories about this film.
Even though they had pretty much all the supporting cast? (Teela, Man at Arms, etc)
Thank you! I'm slowly but surely building an audience. One of these going viral would be nice.
The new G. I . Joe was well under way before He-man burst into the scene, but He-man did influence the cartoon and the replacement of Hawk as their field Leader. Duke was designed to mirror he-man, including the goofy grin.
the beverly hills cop music for the key bit had me in stitches.......bravo!
I love the little comedy bits you put in, they make the videos soooo much better!
Thanks! Always happy to hear that. :)
The Opening Credits Music answers the question,
_What if: The epic and beautiful John Williams' Music... But bad and not epic?_
Perfect.
You should check out Showdown in Little Tokyo. Dolph with Brandon Lee, Tia Carrere, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as the bad guy.
I remember reading somewhere that a lot of this movie feels like a homage to Jack Kirby's "New Gods" characters for DC Comics... Skeletor=Darkseid, etc...
At any rate I remember seeing this in the theater as a little girl. Wasn't there a scene where Courtney Cox or Tom Paris got some kind of green goo-burn on their arm? I remember freaking out about that...
OMG!!! This is the first time in 20+ I've heard Courtney described as "The dancing in the dark girl." Thank you for that nostalgia.
I would love a M.A.S.K. movie. Thundercats would be pretty awesome too.
Remember Bionic 6. I used to want to cybernetically enhanced, but now... Dolph Lundgren is a scientist. I miss my childhood.
Kudos for the CKY "Skeletor vs Beastman" reference.
"I can't its made of fur."
Love the movie. Frank Langellas performance as skeletor is awesome. Meg Foster is great as well.
This is a guilty pleasure film of mine. :)
This shit was dark as hell when I was a kid...awesome. Love it.
I've always enjoyed this movie, no matter how campy it actually was. Little details like using music to open portals with the cosmic key, or the "food on little white sticks" and being disgusted that it used to be an animal (I'm not vegetarian, I just thought it was a cute reaction) made the movie for me.
I still love this movie, and you rock for the Axel f theme
Golam & Globus and Full Moon were the spice of my youth! Oh how I miss those two studios!
At the time Transformers and Masters of the Universe were both really popular. As the years went by Transformers became the bigger property
I always figured Gwildor was from an episode of the series I had missed. Hate that they changed the look of the characters so much but at least it stars The Greatest Starfleet Pilot EVER, *Thomas Eugene Paris!*
I know I'm little late, but how have I lived without you in my life?!
The casual "Tom Paris" reference was stellar! 😉
sounds like a good day!
Meg Foster was perfect for Evil-Lyn. Her eyes are chilling. Great review. This brought back so many memories.
The girl from the dancing in the dark videos is at her last day of work at the ribshack.
Your commentary kills me. Hahahs
Interesting side fact, He-Man was inspired by Robert E. Howard's (creator of Conan the Barbarian fame) original barbarian hero Kull the Conqueror, this included both the main villain Skeletor who was based of Kull's somewhat re-occurring enemy (until he killed him anyhow) necromancer Thulsa Doom who's head like Skeletor was a skull (a version of this villain made it into the Conan the Barbarian movie played by James Earl Jones but sadly without the Skeletor skull-face :) ). They also drew on the idea of a previous snake people of the evil snake god Set that ruled the world prior to humans (or Eternians I guess in He-Man world) which can re-appear as a current threat (and constantly shown with Skeletor's base as Snake Mountain) particularly in the He-Man reboot series of the 2000's.
Of course the He-Man series added the futuristic elements and was kid orientated unlike the pulp fiction Kull stories which had allot more violence and some nudity (though much less then the later Conan stories, Kull being written as a character who unlike his successor was uninterested in sex, but only battle, He was also somewhat more intellectually curious then Conan, but it was with the Conan stories that Howard really struck a cord with the pulp magazine audience).
They were in the same universe and time period. Conan also had Thulsa Doom for a villain, in the novels, and sometimes the comic zine.
No. Kull and Conan did share the same universe, but NOT the same time-period. Kull, an exile of Atlantis and king of Valusia, existed in a continent and kingdom that was at least a thousand years BEFORE the Hyborian world of Conan. Kull was one of Conan's predecessors and, as I recall from the original Robert E. Howard stories, was MENTIONED in Conan AND in one of the stories of Solomon Kane - AND he made an appearance in one of the stories of Bran Mak Morn. Thulsa Doom appeared in the Conan comics, from the old Marvel series of the 1980's, where he had served as an uneasy anti-hero ally to Conan and Red Sonja. In the original REH stories, he only appeared in ONE story of Kull - but, he DID have a skull-like face.
I love the scene where Skeletor's army marches down the street and there is NO ONE outside. I love this movie so much.
I loved this movie as a kid. I wonder if Kevin Smith ever watched it? I'm betting he didn't.
That synth joke had be rollin' lol
I remember begging my dad to rent this for me, when it first came out on vhs, as I was a huge He-Man fan, & I loved it. Funny how I never thought about Orco not being in the film, until you brought it up on this video, lol. LMFAO, oh man, I used to have a wacky wall walker!!
I would love to see Lundgren play a role in the new He-Man movie (if it ever happens). I could definitely see him playing an ally of He-Man, like SyKlone for instance. Now THAT would be cool character to see done in CGI today.
alucard624 He definitely should have a cameo of some sort or be involved.
lol awesome! Glad you liked it! I'm also looking forward to the new Thor
"Gwildor's a drag queen. I am not surprised." Best line of the review.
Another stellar job with the review. This is the first film my parents ever bought for me..and it was on VHS..and I have cherished this film ever since. Sure it's corny, and full of cheese, but it's entertaining..and to be honest this is the only exposure I had to He-Man..other than the annoying kids yelling his name at a birthday party in Ghostbusters II..I think this film actually does some things better than the show did..namely Skeletor..he is actually intimidating. "Good Journey!"
Dude I loved this movie as a kid!! regardless of how generic it is lol they need to remake it!
I think a reboot is in order and they have been trying to do one for years now. Not sure if it will ever happen.
I liked this one fine. I thought it perfectly encapsulated the series and wasn't as kiddie as many other films of the sort.
Oh the nostalgia. Thanks for the review. Please do the guilty pleasure, “Enemy Territory”.
Wildor does that because the key uses midi, obviously. He programs the chord notes then runs the track at 4/4.
I've become addicted to your videos, and love the random jokes that really catch me off guard.
You deserve a billion likes, and a billion - two subscribers!
Thank you!
watching this vid gave me the greatest nostalgic feeling ever.
this film was was one of my favourites as a child, right besides Willow and The Golden Child.
I LOVE that CKY beastman video refrence. Such a good song. Lol
I lost my mind at the synthesizer bit. I wish I could go clubbing and when that song started bumpin through the speakers people would just clear the dance floor. I need space to truly unleash my talents.
Subscribed! Some great info in this. Never knew that The Sorceress went on to play Monica’s Mum in friends! Or that the failed sequel sets were reprised for JVVD’s ‘Cyborg’. I loved this movie as a kid and I think it doesn’t get the love is deserves. Langella was absolutely fantastic as Skeletor.
Thanks for the sub! If you like film history check out my exploring series playlist. A much deeper dive into certain films.
The soundtrack really is amazing. It's one reason why this is still a guilty pleasure for me. Also, why the sets & effects still look so good is because you're looking at what was going to be 'Superman 4' s budget.
9:07 I always thought her parents were flying a light aircraft.
Graveside scene: "It's my fault they died."
[..]
"We were all supposed to go to the beach that day. But I said I had to study because I wanted to spend the day with you. So they took the plane to Catalina instead."
It's not conclusive (and it's also five minutes of my life I'll never get back... ;-)
HUGE PROPS for the CKY 3 reference. Trophy achievement: Best youtuber EVER!
The Variety Vendor :)
Let me tap it! I must have it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
evilyn is hot
I thought Teela was hotter to be honest but to each their own.
+simone robson you know who else thinks Teela is hotter, Scott Bakula. That's his wife.
+invaderhim23 natural 80s beauties are awesome .. love their styles
Played by Meg Foster who was also in Carpenter's They Live. Who could ever miss those eyes.
Meg Foster is one of the greatest underrated beauties of Hollywood. Those eyes!!!!
Evil Lyn and Skeletor was the best thing about He-Man. Skeletor when he said No mine was the best when Evil Lyn said the world is now ours.
My dad took me to see this in theaters when I was seven. We saw Superman IV right after (another good bad movie). I had such a crush on Courteney Cox.
Interesting review. This movie is very under rated and have always loved it since seeing it in the 1987.
There is another interesting movie called "Beast Master 2: Portal of time" that pretty much has the same plot as Masters of the Universe. Consider it the unauthorized knock off sequel. Perhaps you should consider reviewing it. It is so bad it is good.
Novusod Thanks! I'll most likely cover all three Beastmaster films at some point
I love that movie. Yeah, some cheezy points, some issues - the "new" characters addressed quite logically towards the end - but overall I loved it.
Of course the critics spat venom on it worse than poor Kobra Khan ever could...
That, in case you weren't being sarcastic, was the action figure guy who got the "Red Shirt" treatment, he wasn't a new character but one of the "Serpent Men" - I had the figure, loved it. Spray gun head to squirt watery spray. After about a decade the spring wore out and couldn't replace it... Wasteful to red shirt him; he sprayed a venom that made people compliant, good strategic character for instead of a hit (in MOtU figure role-playing) that just lets the other character slug you back and most figures you sneak and try to take out are an order of power better than him so he'd lose you got an extra figure on your team - he's worth a "Prime" character if done right - pretty good for a 3rd rate character...
I'd like to see "Rulers of the Omniverse" made into a movie!
---heh, anyone know what I'm reffin' ?
Serious, anyone loved the old He-Man - might check out the graphic novel "Kapatara" about an astronaut who gets sucked into a universe seemingly inspired by this kind of toy line. And unlike the cliche hero out of water in Sword and Planet world he does NOT want to return home. Uh, he's Gay, but they don't make it gross or that blatant.
Why did they have to go to earth? I mean we paid for Eternia.
Budget reasons, primarily; in fact, the budget was so low Gary Goddard literally had to pay to film the finale out of his own pocket because the studio refused to give him any more money.
@Jack Storm true but Kevin Sorbo was known from the Hercules tv show, Xena was popular and Krull was supposed to be a Conan sequel.
coz they didnt do it in the Cartoon ?
Awesome Movie for it's time ! Hopefully the reboot will be a better He Man film with all of the characters, awesome review !
So true, sadly. Great boardwalks though!
@BoooRatt I know! You would think they would be tired of that formula by now but they do it time and time again.
Frank Langella was the best thing in He-Man! The guy just owned the role of Skeletor!
Kristian Harloff of Schmoes know once said this needs to be a cross between Star Wars and Lord of the Rings
Ill recomend you to friends, your video and sound quality are great. I honestly don't know why you don't average at least 5k views per video.
When you showed Snookie and said Dancin in the dark video girl you won me over bro. We would b friends lol
lol thanks!
Hi, I'm Snookie...and I'm dancing in the dark...naked.
One thing I never noticed before, but did in this review, is that Man-at-Arms' costume, actually has a lot of its tradtional detailing in it but in black rather then his usual colors; making it look like a "stealth armor" version of the character.
Even I, as a vegetarian through my childhood never quite thought the meat thing worked. On the other hand, I did occasionally have chicken.
the mercenary with the white hair named Karg, reminds me of iron maiden's eddie
and here in Austria Van Damm's movie was named Universal Soldier (also in Germany)
A reboot film based on the 2003 cartoon or the DC stuff would be pretty cool.
Whoever knew Monica would inspire Final Destination.
lol Pigboy. What a little legend.
Interesting fact: In the early development stage, illustrator Ralph Mcquarrie , who made the legendary artwork that helped George Lucas sell Star Wars to the movie studio did a bunch of designs for vehicles and castles for the movie, none of which were used. They are available online. His designs for Grayskull were pretty sick!!!!!