Masters of the Universe (2026)
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stupidmonkey
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Yeah I'm old so what? LolYou were grown up by 1983? You might be givinglurker a run for his money then you old fuckers!
Actually in 1983 I was 13 but I realized early on that in cartoons it was all explosions / fighting with no consequence (no one died, the didn't even bleed) and got bored with them. Same with comic books.
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We just finished it and am on pretty much the same page as you, I think.
It was so close to being amazing. 90% of the humor just seemed ill-timed or extremely misplaced. The introduction to Skeletor was botched because of that stupid gag and completely made him a joke. He doesn’t need to be hyper villain nightmare fuel for the movie, but that scene was a wet fart. And a lot of the other comedy too. Second one that comes to mind is the jail beak and interrupting almost immediately the Highlander theme (deal with it
) with the coughing. I get the gag with the smoke but totally killed that momentum.We cracked up at the “butt worms” joke though, probably because my wife said it immediately right before Man-at-arms did. The other one towards the end where he tried to talk to Skeletor and everyone kind of pauses and Cringer has Beast Man’s head in his mouth. That was a good classic gag. But so much of it was just bad.
Honestly (and present day I hate to say it) but Taika Waititi in Ragnarok just had that down so good. Take that movie and replace Thor with He-Man. You’ve basically got the same thing. I wanted more Flash Gordon and the talent or whatever just wasn’t there to nail it.
Last point. I really disliked the soundtrack and thought it felt like royalty free synth rock instead of the aggressive really well done synth rock the movie deserved. The jail break was amazing and having Queen layered on top just added to that. The weak elevator synth during the rest of the movie just felt cheap. Go get The Darkness to record a couple of tracks. Beast in Black. Even Ghost could do it. Maybe they spent all their budget on Snap!, Queen, The Notebook, and a The Killers.
Anyway. I thought it was good with a few shortcomings from making it great.
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Ok, I'll admit that "butt worms" was the one time I laughed...I think it was Skeletor's timing being perfect, because I thought the same thing right before Man-at-Arms said it, too. I also liked the clerk asking him if he was single when he ran away with the sword. I also didn't mind the idea of all the names being stuff he made up as a kid. And Orko coming in at the end with the morale of the episode at the end was a really nice touch. Even little things about his motion riding Battlecat mirrored what the tv show's animation style was....like, they put A LOT of effort in to making it look good.We just finished it and am on pretty much the same page as you, I think.
It was so close to being amazing. 90% of the humor just seemed ill-timed or extremely misplaced. The introduction to Skeletor was botched because of that stupid gag and completely made him a joke. He doesn’t need to be hyper villain nightmare fuel for the movie, but that scene was a wet fart. And a lot of the other comedy too. Second one that comes to mind is the jail beak and interrupting almost immediately the Highlander theme (deal with it
We cracked up at the “butt worms” joke though, probably because my wife said it immediately right before Man-at-arms did. The other one towards the end where he tried to talk to Skeletor and everyone kind of pauses and Cringer has Beast Man’s head in his mouth. That was a good classic gag. But so much of it was just bad.
Honestly (and present day I hate to say it) but Taika Waititi in Ragnarok just had that down so good. Take that movie and replace Thor with He-Man. You’ve basically got the same thing. I wanted more Flash Gordon and the talent or whatever just wasn’t there to nail it.
Last point. I really disliked the soundtrack and thought it felt like royalty free synth rock instead of the aggressive really well done synth rock the movie deserved. The jail break was amazing and having Queen layered on top just added to that. The weak elevator synth during the rest of the movie just felt cheap. Go get The Darkness to record a couple of tracks. Beast in Black. Even Ghost could do it. Maybe they spent all their budget on Snap!, Queen, The Notebook, and a The Killers.
Anyway. I thought it was good with a few shortcomings from making it great.
The coughing was definitely one of the times I was thinking of as being unnecessary. I can't remember all the little things that subverted what could have/should have been serious moments, but it was at least half a dozen. I'd be excited for the She-Ra movie they hinted at if I thought they'd fix the dialogue.
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So I broke down and watched it last night as well, since it was free on Amazon Prime. Your review is basically spot on. Even my wife says the cartoon was better, and she hates the cartoon.
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My first thought, literally, was remembering every time I asked my parents what a word meant or how to spell it and they would respond, "look it up". Of course, back then it was the dictionary. But today... I can't imagine catching my child doing a Google search on rim jobs or fisting and when I ask, "Where did you hear that?" they go, "He-Man". Pisses me off.