Spoilers Masters of the Universe

[R_J_K75]

Was he a short guy in a robe with no legs?

No clue I wasnt there, ask @Belen

 

[Belen]

No clue I wasnt there, ask @Belen

Looked like a guy in his late 40s, early 50s. My kids liked it. They laughed a lot. My 13 year old got all the fisting jokes etc and was laughing constantly.

 

[R_J_K75]

My 13 year old got all the fisting jokes

Yeah, those were funny even if they seemed out of place in a He-Man movie. It's almost like they included Fisto in the script just to include those jokes, not because anyone really cares about the character.

 

[M.L. Martin]

If it impressed upon someone at the right age I'm sure He-Man can be serious business to them, but for everyone else the "He-Man is serious business" version of this movie would still have a lot of comedy, it would just be unintentional.

Yes, I'm one of those who got hit at just the right moment--I came in when I was 4.5, in late 1983, and got exposed to the toys and other media just before the cartoon. I stuck with the line to the bitter end, tried out the New Adventures and found them wanting, and was all in on the 2002 revival. I admit to having done way too much thinking about this property, reshaping it to my own tastes as I grew up, and even writing MotU fanfic. I am, quite simply, too possessive and particular to be the target audience for meme-based or self-referential approaches.

Casting around on the internet (because I didn't even notice or remember this aspect of the film from seeing it on Friday) it seemed like people who otherwise disliked the film often obsessed over this plot point.

It's probably because doing it and treating it as 'no big deal' clashes so dramatically with the themes and characterizations of the Filmation version, which they are so heavily leaning into in other ways.

 

[Morrus]

I’m looking forward to watching it, but I’m not expecting it to be good!

 

[AnotherGuy]

3,5/10

The dialogue is terribly lazy and the mythology could have used more work (granted it was narrated by the shoddy memory of a 11 year old boy).
Casting was great, music was great - but good grief why is Hollywood purposefully producing rubbish scripts.

 

[Whisper-Kitten]

3,5/10

The dialogue is terribly lazy and the mythology could have used more work (granted it was narrated by the shoddy memory of a 11 year old boy).
Casting was great, music was great - but good grief why is Hollywood purposefully producing rubbish scripts.

They think the name and the special effects are all you need.

 

[jian]

I gotta say, I now don’t have high hopes for the Street Fighter film. Unrelated, but similar vibes.

 

[Morrus]

The dialogue is terribly lazy

Because the dialogue in the cartoon was so good?

 

[Whisper-Kitten]

Because the dialogue in the cartoon was so good?

You take that back! It was soul stiring to my 5 year old self.