New "Masters of the Universe" from DC

[ctc]

>the storyline was greatly inspired by the classic Fantastic Four/Doctor Doom epics, The New Gods and a bit of Thor thrown in here and there. I intended the film to be a "motion picture comic book," though it was a tough proposition to sell to the studio at the time. 'Comics are just for kids,' they thought. They would not allow me to hire Jack Kirby who I desperately wanted to be the conceptual artist for the picture…

I'd always wondered if there was something behind the film, since it bears so little resemblance to any incarnation of the MOTU story. So.... does this mean he didn't think the material was strong enough on it's own?

Don C.

[Bruce Banner]

The new MOTU comic is pretty interesting so far. Making Adam a simple woodsman is somewhat reminiscent of the unproduced Whitman MOTU comic pages which surfaced a while back.


Ralph McQuarrie did a few pieces of concept art for the MOTU movie, basing his designs very firmly on the toy versions of the characters.

Gary Goddard rejected those designs, wanting to move away from the classic look of the toys.

Gary Goddard: And these initial studies were based largely on the Toy designs, and I was pushing Ralph to move away from that and to begin inventing our own designs for the movie.

http://www.thegoddardgroup.com/blog/index.php/ralph-mcquarrie-and-masters-of-the-universe/

[Figuremod73]

Heres the film. Ill watch it again when i get a chance. I dont think ive seen it since the early '90s. Originally, I didnt like it because of my famiarity with the characters and I didnt like how the design was so different.

It was released at a bad time to. MOTU had really lost steam by '87 and most kids were into Thundercats, Transformers, or GI Joe by that point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWIzzdwTQFM