New Poster for "Masters of the Universe" (lemmy.nz)

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[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 39 points 4 months ago

I feel like this movie is coming like a decade or 2 too late to hit the right audience. Like, those people who would get nostalgia baited for watching this cartoon as kids are nearing 50. Their own kids are already grown up, so they're not catching a new generation either.

The first transformers came out 19 years ago and did not have as long a gap in franchise presence, as we had beast wars in the 90s, and a continuous comics run.

This just seems to be a weird choice...

[-] LordMayor@piefed.social 20 points 4 months ago

It’s also one of the weirder/dumber cartoons from any era.

Sword-wielding barbarian hero, spaceships, scary skeleton villain, green tiger. It feels like a toy company took a bunch unused action figure ideas and said “make a cartoon out this so we can sell them.”

Why not Space Ghost? That would cooler.

[-] deadbeef79000 25 points 4 months ago

It feels like a toy company took a bunch unused action figure ideas and said “make a cartoon out this so we can sell them.”

Literally what they did.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago

Omg that makes so much sense! I was always like “wtf is this place even meant to be?” - though it does kind of have the vibe of 80s Flash Gordon.

[-] xbeam@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago

That is literally what it was. It was commisioned by Mattel to sell the toy line after the FCC relaxed regulations on marketing to kids.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah I had no idea there were spaceships in this until I saw the trailer. I assumed it was basically a kid friendly Conan

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 10 points 4 months ago

There was an animated series in the early 2000s (it was excellent), Netflix did Kevin Smith's version (also excellent), there was a 3D animated show aimed explicitly at kids (not for me), AND She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (*chef's kiss*).

continuous comics run

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe_(comics)

[-] FatVegan@leminal.space 3 points 4 months ago

The Kevin Smith obe was excellent? I don't remember much of it, but i found it really bad and somehow the guy who's name is in the title was hardly in it. I thought it was generally nit well received

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's called Masters of the Universe, there's no guy's name in it. It had the same problem as any show/movie that puts a woman at the centre.

Edit: sorry, this might not have been clear enough. I'm not suggesting you didn't like it because there's a woman at the centre but I was referring to how the "public" (aka a loud part of the internet) received it.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

There was technically the fairly successful She-Ra show on Netflix, but I think that had a very different target audience than this movie.

[-] popcar2@piefed.ca 6 points 4 months ago

More recently there was a Masters of the Universe cartoon that started 2021. I heard it was meh but it was apparently successful enough to run for 3 seasons and wrap up the story. I think this thread underestimates how big of a franchise it still is.

[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

It was completely detached from He-man and stood alone on it's own merit.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, that's why I said "technically". Also while reading up on this, I learned that the film/TV rights to he-man and She-Ra are owned by two separate companies. They couldn't appear together unless Mattel and DreamWorks decided to work together - Source

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah I highly doubt anyone not already in the know is going to make that connection.

[-] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I'm not 50, but I have a lot of love for He-Man.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 4 months ago

But are you nearing 50?

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I'm less than 40 and love He-Man. And She-Ra.

I can hear the gif. Loudly.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Cool. I don't think I used any superlative adjectives like "only/every". You're definitely not among the majority of those who watched this as kids.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Idk man, it was pretty popular over here. We got it years late due to being a small European country probably.

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Me too and I grew up on this cartoon. But these movie is garbage and will not waste my time or money on it.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I’m one of the old bastards who was there for the cartoon and I’d rather watch the “What’s Up?” video than a live-action movie nowadays.

[-] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah I to was around when this show aired in the 80s and even as a kid I realized how shit this show was.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Still, the kid at the house my mum dropped me at before school had Castle Greyskull and that was pretty boss.

[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

The new netflix series seems quite popular. So there are certainly still interest in the franchise.

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[-] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Looks terrible. How does Jared Leto continue to get roles like this?

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

I wish I had not known it was Leto ruining my beloved Skeletor character

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Could have been worse, it could have been Chris Pratt

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Omg. Have those two ever been in the same movie? I sincerely hope not.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I may be out of the loop but when did Chris Pratt became worse than Jared Leto?

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Besides his wierd homophobic church, it was a gradual shift, as he put less and less efforts in his roles.

Just watch the Lego movie, he is a joy, you can feel his character come alive. same with the first Guardians of the Galaxy. Now compare with Mario movie.

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[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Notice, how his name is not on the poster.

[-] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

It's there below the 'I' in Universe.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I'm going to pirate this film and still not watch it.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

The guy must have some massive dirt on big Hollywood people

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 16 points 4 months ago

Legends aren’t born, they’re regurgitated forever.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you told me this was the reference mock-up that the ghost of Drew Struzan was going to use to create the real poster, I'd be thrilled.

[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I saw the trailer in theatres and I was so so so soooo unimpressed with the lead role. Prince Adam being a thin pretty boy is fine, but post transformation I think actually looks even thinner, somehow.

Also, TF is this Avenger's style poster?

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago

its the avengers style that put me off in the trailer. not just the poster style but the pushed off humor. why is adam making fun of his subjects racial aspects? he pretended to be incompetent in the cartoon sure, but in a self depreciating way. even he would not make fun of thing related to responsibilities like that.