Superhero Rewind: Masters of the Universe Review

[@docleo2001]

Put that on the box art - "Better than Green Lantern!"

[@Wright805]

This review is amazing. It's both fascinating and highly entertaining. Excellent job!

[@below61]

the internet now has a 35 minute analysis of Masters of the Universe.

[@randymoses3972]

Langella is so much fun in this movie. Also, Dolph does look great in it.

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

i loved when principal strickland called Tom paris a slacker

[@trishahernz7809]

I remember being so dissapointed He-Man uses his laser rifles and not his iconic sword in action scenes.

[@richardgadberry8398]

If Tom Paris had the Cosmic Key with him in the Delta Quadrant, Janeway would've used it to travel to World War 2 Earth, destroy both the Allies and the Axis, and rule what was left of the planet until the Borg inevitably comes to assimilate.

[@Robizoid]

For all we know, Skeletor just might be Jack Skelington's Uncle.

[@dupersuper1938]

Heh, "and the ladies love him"...he says over a picture of He-Man and his sister.

[@skabcat242]

I gotta admit that was one badass looking skeletor.

[@TAFARockWarrior97]

I laughed at the Styx reference. They're one of my favorite bands. The Dennis DeYoung device....XD!

[@tankgunner9860]

Cap the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull is played by Monicas mum in Friends by the way

[@EHH246]

Darth Richard Nixon. LOL.

[@Angyali]

+EHH246 Darth Rothschild

[@slashandbones13]

You talked about Masters of the Universe for half an hour and kept my interest, very well done. Compared to Green Lantern, at least this movie was goofy enough that some memoable things do happen.

[@boooRatt1]

Sweet Coming out of their Shells is next!!!

[@1987MartinT]

This movie is a guilty pleasure of mine.

[@dusk78]

don't forget that the Christina Pickles the actress who played the Sorceress also guest stared on Friends quite a bit as Monica and Ross's mother.

[@johnathoncrines3198]

I love how he managed to make every character a stereotype, and I laughed out loud when he calls skeletor Darth Nixon.

[@tankgunner9860]

This was one of my favorite movies growing up so I'm gald you did this and surprised you had this many positives ha. Langellas almost shakespearean performance sort of makes the movie work for me still.

[@BigHeadClan]

Favorite line of the movie having just rewatched it was when Skeletor explained why he couldn't kill He-man, because it would make him a Martytr and the people would never surrender. A good bit of realism, it also shows Skeletor wanted to rule over the people and not simply dominate and kill them.

[@VanielDeeform]

Nice in depth well thought and reasoned review! But it is an undeniable fact you can be a warrior eating just plant based food without any animal products. Scientifically, health wise & compassionately, even more so. In that sense, the movie and the Eternians were actually ahead of their time in 1987.

[@plushiesdx]

1:28 That's the point. The idea was to have a toy line that could work with all the other toys.

[@PaulRizzo]

Despite how far this movie strayed from the original source material which was THE TOYLINE and COMICS rather than the cartoon, this movie is still good. The Masters of the Universe mythology is just as good and rich as ANYTHING in Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Just because it's popular to bash it just means it's a bandwagon, not that it's bad. If something as dumb as Transformers can be turned into a multi billion dollar franchise, MOTU could do the same if done CORRECTLY!

[@nicholaskatsikas4904]

I would love to see caps he man romp

[@tristanblack9034]

You should do top 10 He Man episodes

[@brocksamson25]

How about a Flash Gordon Rewind?

[@thesaiyanjedi]

I'm proud of you Cap! You made it through a He-Man review without ever making a single gay joke!

[@1000huzzahs]

"all the ladies love him." [shows screenshot of his sister She-Ra]

[@JoeChillton]

+Riff Chick Ohhhhhh well, if GoT has taught us anything, anything goes in fantasy.

[@drandomvideocritic]

Will you make separate videos for the Theatrical Age of Ultron and the Extended edition, or will you condense it into one Superhero Rewind when you finally get to it?

[@gstone8255]

Bob Hoskins was considered for Doc Ock, Lauren Bacall and Katharine Hepburn were considered for Aunt May in that Spider Man movie amd here is James Camerons Spider-Man treatment. dantom.altervista.org/spider_ing_script.html www.dailyscript.com/scripts /spider_man_cohen_newson_cameron_8_4_93draft.html Would you consider to do an analysis of it ?.

[@TheGamerThing]

How long do you wait to do one of these? I would really like to see one of Days of Future Past

[@Geekvolution]

TheGamerThing I wait until the movie is at least two years old to see how it's impacted the culture, and with movies in ongoing franchises, I try to do the last one just before the next installment comes out.

[@boooRatt1]

17:00 - Actually Castle Greyskull is not evil it's actually the source of He-Man's powers... Skeletor just really wants to steal that power for himself...because it's a hereditary power and both can sorta claim it... you see He-Man's great-great(so on) ancestor King Greyskull built it and store all his powers in it to be used later on to fight evil again. Skeletor his real name being Keldor is actually Prince Adam aka He-Man's uncle aka King Randor's half-brother! Turns out He-Man's grandfather had an illegitimate son who wanted to be king because he was technically the oldest... A lot of Loki and Thor stuff there actually! He ended up siding with Hordak the same ancient evil being that King Greyskull fought centuries ago to try and take over the kingdom ad very comicbooky he tried killing his half-brother by throw acid into his face but it splashed back at him off Randor's shield and burnt of his face... Evil-Lyn took Keldor who was dying of his wounds to some temple and made a deal with Hordak to save Keldor and he has a demon (named Demo-Man) possessed him and turned him into Skeletor and made him completely evil!

[@markwheeler4245]

boooRatt1 seriously!? Wow thanks for the info, Evil lynne always makes me laugh she's actually called Evil 😂

[@dafrog491]

None of the reviews cover how badass Man At Arms and his costume was

[@J1P2K]

You may want to check out the NC and AVGN's review of that Turtle's movies.

[@MalzraAirwynn]

Nice to see Superhero Rewind back. Did you ever get to all the rewinds from the geekvolution sponsorship deal thing?

[@Geekvolution]

MalzraAirwynn Nope, still have a list to get back to. I'll be doing more of those soon.

[@MalzraAirwynn]

The mention of infinity gauntlet makes me curious. In the comics how DO they stop Thanos if he's basically a god with the gauntlet and gems?

[@danielwilliamson6180]

2:21 Skeletor looks as if he's getting his mugshot taken at a police station.

[@haloplayer9855]

Is there going to be a Flash Season Finale video?

[@nohoon100]

Guy Person You read my mind, I clicked on this video just to ask that

[@Geekvolution]

Guy Person Live show tomorrow night at 8 central!

[@haloplayer9855]

Geekvolution Awesome, can't wait!

[@McCaffery]

Guy Person Gotta re-watch finale in preparation for PTCL

[@haloplayer9855]

McCaffery I've already done that like 3 times lol

[@Beastkingzetta]

10:45 BUT in the cartoon EVERONE EATS MEAT & WORKSOUT

[@gstone8255]

I wish Canon made SpiderMan😭😭 Just beacuse i love thier casting for Anut May,

[@MarioUcomics]

1:45 actually She-Ra isn't a love interest since she's part of his family

[@redleaderantilles1263]

Lol, that's why you check who characters are before you use pictures of them.

[@Geekvolution]

eMokid 64 Oh she is?! Dang it, didn't know that

[@Kekkersboy]

Geekvolution Yep she's his sister

[@MarioUcomics]

Geekvolution it's ok. You said you didn't really know the lore that well in the video

[@theRealPlaidRabbit]

eMokid 64 The Ubermensch is beyond traditional taboos and moral prohibitions.

[@WitchApprentice]

I can't count the number of times I've seen the length of one of your guys' videos, thought "there's no way they can talk about this for that long and keep it interesting", and been proven wrong.

[@Geekvolution]

jackbenimble :)

[@DimebagsZombie]

Superhero Rewind for The Toxic Avenger!

[@Townsvilletale]

I have another thought -- Infinity Gauntlet, it should be noted, was a re-tread story. It was played out on a MUCH larger scale, but it was pretty much Jim Starlin re-doing a story he did back in his run on Captain Marvel in the 1970s. If you think this material seems like Infinity Gauntlet that's probably because that story was wholy unoriginal. Basically: The original Thanos story was about him getting the cosmic cube and Captain Marvel and a group of cosmic and non-cosmic heroes having to team up to stop him using its unlimited cosmic power in his attempts to literally court death. You might actually really get a kick out of reading that material to see the genesis of the ideas that were extended and further developed nearly 20 years later for Infinity Gauntlet if that's the only version of the story you're familiar with. --Andrew S.

[@Townsvilletale]

I know it's already been mentioned in the comments... but man it was a bit icky when you said, "The ladies love him," over a picture of He-man next to his sister. Also "He-Man" is a term for a man who is ultra-masculine that pre-dates He-man the character by like a century. --Andrew S. (You might want to check that 'century' number. A brief google search couldn't confirm anything because the character name has heavily overridden the older term.)

[@superherofan21]

Gee, Captain Logan, first you review Green Lantern, now the He-Man movie, and next up is that weird TMNT rock concert thing? Do you like torture or something?

[@redleaderantilles1263]

Skelators troops look closer to Death Star troopers then tie pilots. The Death Star gunners are closer cause they have the helmets that are pointy in the front. Not to nitpick its just that they are super close to the gunners.

[@Geekvolution]

redleader antillies You're right-- I actually thought of that later after editing.

[@thelifedyslexic]

Being off a similar age to you Capt Master of the Universe was one of the first films I saw (on TV) and the 3 points you remember are always the elements I remember to. I was always a Thundercats fan more than a He-Man fan but enjoy the film for what it is, which is a live-action cartoon romp. We have had far, far worse. 2 out of 4 seems far.

[@Flaris]

I have to agree with all of this. It's a real shame how this turned out. It really was "He-Man...on a budget....with a lot of meddling." This didn't need Earth...at all. If they wanted to cash in a bit on He-Man and make a movie with Star Wars similarities then why use Earth at all? I guess because they wanted to make it on a budget and filming it on Earth would make for cheaper set options. If they didn't have the money they should have let it be. It isn't a great movie, but darn it there is some amusing things in it. I can't hate the thing with how I enjoyed watching it on TV as a kid. It's not a good movie, but it has some fun. And was the first movie I ever saw with an after-credits scene which as a kid I thought was cool and surprising. I'd love if the talks for a Masters of the Universe movie did turn into something. You could do something really awesome with that setting. Would have to change some things up, but it could work.

[@theRealPlaidRabbit]

OK, class, for your essay, compare He-Man and Skeletor to any of the following: * The pretty people and the ugly people in Star Trek: Insurrection * Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in "Twins" * Scar and Mufasa * Lazarus and anti-Lazarus from "The Alternative Factor" * The Tick and Chairface Chippendale.

[@joneshugh]

Enter The Dragon

[@MaskedScifiFan]

Hey Cap! You should do a video on Kung Fury. It's an amazingly cheesy short film that was just released on KZbin.

[@McCaffery]

***** Is that the thing with the Hoff ?

[@MaskedScifiFan]

Yep. He did the main song for it.

[@McCaffery]

***** OMG that was AWESOME !!!, Agreed should do a video on Kung Fury.

[@carter358]

Langella was AWESOME as Skeletor! The choice of makeup was all wrong. I'd love to see him play the role again with today's techniques.

[@thecrimsonpool]

I still love this movie, always a fun time but ya I agree 100% with your review Cap this movie needs a Reboot

[@666deadman1988]

Not only is Monica Geller in this movie, but her mother Judy is the Sorceress.

[@CRocketSlim]

1:46 DUDE SHE'S HIS SISTER plus I'm thinking he was more into either redheads or magical dudes with no lower torsos

[@1701EarlGrey]

One question; why won't you do this the same kind of analysis for all "Star Trek" movies?

[@MrMarvelFan101]

Because these things take a long time to write and produce and there are a ton of movies that he's getting to

[@MichaelMcCallister097]

He hasn't done a plain rewind in a long time, just superhero rewind. I think he did do a podcast of them, so that's better than nothing.

[@markwheeler4245]

I loved this film as a kid and now I'm older I realised lieutenant Tom Paris is the guy with friends girl Lol

[@PowerRangersLostGalaxyFanFilm]

I think the only reason I saw this movie was because Courteney Cox was in it. Well duh of course, before she was Monica in Friends and Jules in Cougar Town, she was in this really bad movie during her early start of her career.

[@boooRatt1]

1:46 - "All the ladies love him" Shows a picture of him with his sister... it's not Game of Thrones! XD

[@Robizoid]

They were both made by Filmation.

[@jman2856]

Ah, the original Thor (2011).

[@gstone8255]

Will you do Flash Gordon ?. I would really like if you did Flash Gordon. You are my absolute favorite person on KZbin. You are my absolute favorite person on KZbin. Superhero Rewind has introduced me to so many good movies and also got me. Also got me to start reading comic. I would also to do as as an experiment rewinds on screenplays for superhero films that were never made.You can find them online. www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/catwoman.txt www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/superman-lives-script.html Fun fact. Star Wars was made because George Lucas could not get the rights Flash Gordon.

[@darkservantofheaven]

I always thought He-man was stupid as a child, then I started think it was probably one of the borderline gayest cartoon shows when I turned 12....but then so did allot of people ouch...Likes Masters of the Universe over Green Lantern...damn

[@Vebinz]

darkservantofheaven No, no one thought it was "borderline gay" except closeted guys like you.

[@darkservantofheaven]

Vebinz trust me, allot of people, in and out of it. Or atleast we made jokes about it....and allot of poeple made jokes about Bert and Ernie....and Big Bird

[@theRealPlaidRabbit]

darkservantofheaven Borderline?

[@cc70531]

sequel sequel sequel ..... desperately waiting

[@AeroHybrid]

Holy shit!!! I remember how bad that movie was lol

[@JoeChillton]

+Delon Luu Truly!

[@PowerRangersLostGalaxyFanFilm]

The 1 people who disliked this video probably disliked the review because either: a.) Some butthurt numbnut felt seeing a 35 min. review of a movie would waste someone's time. b.) Felt very impatient sitting though a long video, skimming through every point of the video. or c.) Just disliked it because of the movie. Now which one is it? Good thing I hit the like button and joined the crew. And yes, I did spent my past time once sitting through this travesty of a He-Man live action film atrocity.

[@n.ayisha]

"if Darth Richard Nixon does it, it's not illegal." it's like you predicted 2020.

[@ModelJames13]

Nerds overthink things too much.

[@fabroc8]

Star wars for rewind united!! :)

[@plushiesdx]

2:41 They were made at the exact same time.

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

eternia is the center of the universe the point where the big bang happend ...like superman eternia are all powerfull he man has the power to tap into the force that caused the big bang he ....is...the....power

[@Vebinz]

Strange choice, given that He-Man is not a comic character, and was before Cap's time.

[@Wright805]

Vebinz Not really. This series is called "Superhero Rewind" not "Comic Superhero Rewind." He's reviewed Turtles Forever and The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Neither of those are comic characters, so why not He-Man? He-Man Is definitely a superhero.

[@monstalova]

Wright805 TMNT aren't comic book characters??! Glad to see you know your stuff... The movie actually went back to the original comic book roots as a more dark and gritty story compared to the cartoons. But obviously had to put in children's jokes as that's the target audience. Don't try and school people when you don't know the history!

[@darkservantofheaven]

Star Wars for the 80s eh? even though there were 2 star wars films in the 1980s?

[@TheMadLeprechaun]

This movie was better than Last Jedi.

[@TOYMASTERFUL]

Talk about funny!! hah!

[@Beastkingzetta]

1:48 WELL MORE LIKE GUYS LOVE HIM LOLZ ... P.S. GAY JOKES ARE PAR FOR THE CORSE FOR HE-MAN

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

you are soo wrong you have to be in greyskull when the planets aligin he means powers are weekend so it's the same story as the toy line at the time .,...know more about he man your wrong

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

actually man scrap that I'm sorry I'm a trek fan as well I posted 3 mins in to it my mistake sorry

[@melijomides7317]

Fake Jane Seymour! LOL

[@chrishouston3566]

He man is not a superhero

[@WhateverHappenedToFun]

I respect your review because it's so deep but you overthink this movie too much, it's just a beatiful '80s fable, not everythin' should make sense, the most important thing is the capresque message. As far as I am concerned there are just two flaws, the low budget and the voice of Dolph without a dubbing. Anthony De Longis, the actor who plays Blade, is a fight coreography also for this movie, so I don't think there isn't a fight coregraphy.

[@zero-cw6lo]

this reminds me of the avengers

[@robertwild9447]

zero 00 It reminds me of how good the avengers is.

[@ciaranmurren]

Derp der-derp!

[@sageantone7291]

This review is so much worse than the movie.

[@alexh4319]

This comment is so much worse than either the movie or this review.

[@rabbishlomoshekelberg-rubi6513]

It's just a stupid movie. There, I summed it up. Didn't need 35 minutes.

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

your not a he man this is awful but I did like the 80' rock references ......I.....am .....the .....power