Masters of the Universe (1987) - Retrospective / Review

/ oliverharper
www.olivers-retrospectives.com
/ ollieh82
/ oliverharpersretrospec...
/ oliverharper1982
Masters of the Universe (1987) - Retrospective / Review
Get the Masters of the Universe Blu-ray here goo.gl/Z20k6b
New MOTU artwork by Peter Bruce www.peterbruce.co.uk
Check out www.motumovie.com/ for more info on the film!
Let's Play Channel
/ retropodcasts

[@OliverHarper]

Get the Masters of the Universe Blu-ray here

[@RainBird88x]

The world is a sadder place without canon films.

[@hadoken95]

Extremely late to this but I just wanted to say on the "Dolph has varied opinions on He-Man" it actually sounds very straightforward - internally he was embarrassed about the role but he is gracious for the fans of it. This shows class, to me.

[@KonElKent]

Friday, September 7th, 2007. I showed this film to my best friend, Jon. We were 22. To this day, he idolizes the ambition and drive of Skeletor as played by Frank Langella. He'd just been promoted to a supervisor position at the retail store we worked at, and he'd constantly start his department meetings in "Skeletor Mode".

[@stefanwejda2248]

Frank Langella as Skeletor was my Darth Vader.

[@DeanStrickson]

Mattel really missed the boat on this one. If they'd released this in 1983-4, it would've been huge. Me and millions of other boys would've dragged their parents to see it. By 1987 I was trying to understand the mysteries of girls rather than what would happen if the 2 halves of the Power Sword were combined.

[@martinsexton3580]

Frank Langella did in this movie what Raul Julia did in the 1994 Street Fighter movie starring Van Damme and completely stole the show.

[@paulmcgettigan9068]

This film has a rating of 17% on rotten tomatoes. What a joke as Frank langella alone is worth 50%

[@RedDragonM1]

I didn't have any of the toys when I was a kid. My mom and dad used the old "We don't want to spoil you" excuse so they could screw me out of toys....

[@MissGreenAgain]

"HE-MAN and the Raiders of the Kentucky Fried Chicken."

[@wolfen_hart]

The Cosmic Key is the most beautiful movie prop ever made

[@BetaFett]

Favorite moment as a child: Skeletor arriving on Earth on the floaty barge thing.

[@PaulRizzo]

I've never understood the issue with Dolph's voice. I saw this movie when I was 4 years old and I could understand every word he said.

[@iidirectxii7545]

This is probably my number one guilty pleasure movie.

[@cinemavoice1138]

Its funny how the popularity of Masters was at an end by the time this movie came out in 1987, yet in Ghostbusters 2 (1989) they have the kids at the birthday party chanting for He-Man :\

[@ricconway8719]

All the praise for Langella is legit. He and Meg Foster are doing Shakespeare, while the rest are doing a kid's movie. Thank You for this video. I'm stunned at the amount of research you put into this! Thanks!

[@erisi236]

45 minutes on Master of the Universe, now that is some love

[@NoiseFetish]

I remember the disappointment when I saw it. We start at Eternia and I'm in love. Sure, He-Man looks different but those designs, those sets, it's all so beautiful! And then we come to goddamn earth, one of the sci-fi/fantasy tropes I hate the most. I hate it when movies do that.

[@Kem1kal13]

"I didn't tune in to see Courtney Cox and the Masters of the Universe. I tuned it to see He-Man, god damnit!" Hahaha. Exactly my feelings on this movie. I grew up with this movie though, probably one of my earliest memories when it comes to movies. Great retrospective as usual :)!

[@rmjmoviereviews6876]

I saw this in theaters back in 88! My dad took me to go see it and I must admit I like the film regardless of its MANY flaws.