Masters of the Universe | Official Trailer

Ralif Redhammer said:

But back to Masters of the Universe. The trailer left me cold. Eternia just looks like too much CGI. I really wish people would just build models and sets again. Yes, CGI is generally cheaper, but having some sense of physicality, especially in genre works, provides a grounding action, and just plain looks better.

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From what I read, they actually used a lot more practical effects than most movies, including physical sets. But maybe this is like everyone being convinced that everything nowadays is AI even when it's not?

payn said:

Needs more skeletor.

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I will admit that Jared Leto remains my biggest question mark about this movie.

Ruin Explorer said:

Same.

A lot of actors I like involved, and er... Jared Leto, who is a giant red flag in human form.

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Yeah, I do not understand how Jared Leto still gets work. He's not a huge draw, his method acting nonsense rarely delivers performances to justify it, and on top of all that there are multiple credible allegations against him.

Ruin Explorer said:

But the whole thing looks bland and sauceless as as hell, and the heavy use of cheap CGI is definitely part of that - it's both a difference in look and a difference in mindset. Even if you don't go full physical, going at least as physical as you practically can (as the D&D movie arguably did) gives a different vibe, and tends to be linked to movies which have more sauce, more vim, more vigor, more je ne sais quoi (the D&D movie had sauce, not buckets of it, but it had it - Jarnathan, completely insane Bradley Cooper cameo, etc. etc.). It's just like, the sort of producers and directors who sign off on going that hard on CGI... they're just not people with sauce.

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There's a sense of reality to it. It's in the lighting, the shadows, the way the actors perform and interact with the environment.

Compare this:



With this:

Aldarc said:

From what I read, they actually used a lot more practical effects than most movies, including physical sets. But maybe this is like everyone being convinced that everything nowadays is AI even when it's not?

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Looking at the few set photos out there (see above), it seems like they used more practical suits and armor, but still did just the bare minimum for their sets.

The great thing about Jared Leto's acting is

Aldarc said:

I will admit that Jared Leto remains my biggest question mark about this movie.

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soviet said:

The great thing about Jared Leto's acting is

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At this point Leto is pretty much the heel of Hollywood. Nearly every trailer has that moment and its hilarious.

"Hmm, a new trailer... oh this looks good....Wait...wait whats that music?...No, it cant be.... Is it really true!?"
At some point the music in the trailer stops and plays Leto's entrance music like a WWE interrupt.

Whizbang Dustyboots said:

The after-credits scenes are just Skeletor dropping truth bombs and then running away. Rinse and repeat.

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Yes please!

Whizbang Dustyboots said:

The after-credits scenes are just Skeletor dropping truth bombs and then running away. Rinse and repeat.

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UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN!

Odd. I have a weird thing with MotU. I've got like no connection with the franchise. And at the same time I'm too deep into it for someone who isn't into it.

I mean, I hold no love for the cartoon. To me it was always this old boring thing that just kept rerunning for no reason. I also had vague memories of the New Adventures cartoon that looked way better. I also watched the movie on TV a few times. Until the Netflix documentary I didn't even know there were toys!

And well, the CGI cartoon was cute, and I almost bought the Greyskull castle in clearance a few years back. (I'm a sucker for fantasy. A castle is a castle is a castle) And if I found a reaction figure in 'the wild' or a 200x 4" figure, I'd buy it. But I could equally go the rest of my life not caring if it doesn't happen. (In general, I collect the 3.75-4 inch scale as a whole)

I don't know if I'll watch this movie. If it happens, it'll happen. If not, I'm not going out of the way to watch it the way I was for D&D:HAT on the opening week.

I did try revisiting the old cartoons the other week--that was a hard watch! Let's just say I clearly have nostalgia-tinted memories, because the reality was not good! Though I did enjoy seeing Battlecat.

Where's Orko?

Aldarc said:

• Teela's Quest (episode 6): We find out that Marlena Glenn was an astronaut from Earth who crash landed on Eternia and married King Randor. (This is also when we find out about Teela's backstory tied to the Sorceress.)
• Visitor's From Earth (episode 119): Two more astronauts from Earth (Col. Mark Blaze and Maj. Andrea Steele) are brought through a vortex to Eternia with a missile they planned to use against a meteor heading towards Earth.
• The He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special: We find out that Queen Marlena introduced the Earth holiday of Christmas to the Royal Palace. Orko flies a rocket that lands on Earth, where he picks up two Earth kids who teach him (and later Skeletor) the meaning of Christmas.

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I know there is also the scene when the queen flies her old jet and beats up some of the baddies