Masters of the Universe trailer

[monitor_ep]

What gets me is the original cartoon was silly, I tried to rewatch it when I bought the DVDs and could make it through a few episodes. So for those how are trashing the movie is because they have nothing better to do.

[Earth 2 Chris]

What gets me is the original cartoon was silly, I tried to rewatch it when I bought the DVDs and could make it through a few episodes. So for those how are trashing the movie is because they have nothing better to do.

Agreed. The original toy line and cartoon were aimed squarely at kids, not adult collectors. The initial mini-comics kind of transcended that, but the majority of the material was very kid-centric, with kid-targeted simple names and concepts. So a lot of it reads "silly" to our adult ears, removed from nostalgia. The movie plays around with that, since it's trying to appeal to adults (who were kids back then) and later generations, including kids.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it had too great of an opening weekend. I hope good word of mouth gives it a sleeper hit run, so we can get sequels.

[Makernaut]

The movie plays around with that, since it's trying to appeal to adults (who were kids back then) and later generations, including kids.

I intentionally went to a matinee showing because I wanted to be in an audience with parents and kids for this movie. I made the right call because the kids were enjoying it. I even heard a kid trying to urge Adam to say "I have the power!" in the final scene with Skeletor by loudly whispering the words. I loved that moment!

When I was walking out, I noticed a young lady wrangling 4 kids. The littlest one was bouncing around, clearly excited by the movie. We made eye contact, and I kind of motioned a thumb toward the kid and said, "That's what I wanted to see."

Also, great pics!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I intentionally went to a matinee showing because I wanted to be in an audience with parents and kids for this movie. I made the right call because the kids were enjoying it. I even heard a kid trying to urge Adam to say "I have the power!" in the final scene with Skeletor by loudly whispering the words. I loved that moment!

When I was walking out, I noticed a young lady wrangling 4 kids. The littlest one was bouncing around, clearly excited by the movie. We made eye contact, and I kind of motioned a thumb toward the kid and said, "That's what I wanted to see."

Also, great pics!

Yeah, that's great! My son saw a kid mimicing lifting a sword and saying "I have the power!" in the lobby as we were walking out. I really do hope it has legs beyond this opening weekend, and maybe even improves due to word of mouth. Hey, Obsession did it!

[Klosterheim]

It seems that many people really like the movie.

I'll look forward to a nice film series, MOTU Saga.

[Earth 2 Chris]

It seems that many people really like the movie.

I'll look forward to a nice film series, MOTU Saga.

Unfortunately, you probably won't. Box office was disappointing. If more fans had come out for this over the weekend, it would have undoubtedly helped, and gave us the hope of getting a sequel.

[Dannyc]

I thought it was okay...the biggest negative for me is that it got boring right in the middle of the movie and that seemed to drag on.
And while I appreciated that the villains were actually fearsome and formidable here unlike the cartoon, I actually liked when the movie embraced some of the cartoon goofiness.

[Werewolf]

Unfortunately, you probably won't. Box office was disappointing. If more fans had come out for this over the weekend, it would have undoubtedly helped, and gave us the hope of getting a sequel.

I can't believe Scary Movie beat MOTU. Never got the appeal of those movies. On the bright side, unlike Scary Movie, MOTU can make up profits with toys and merch sales like all those theater exclusive Castle Grayskull and Skeletor popcorn buckets. Not to mention Amazon streaming it after the theater run.

It also still sounds like Amazon plans on a sequel even if it's just exclusive to amazon prime streaming.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I can't believe Scary Movie beat MOTU. Never got the appeal of those movies. On the bright side, unlike Scary Movie, MOTU can make up profits with toys and merch sales like all those theater exclusive Castle Grayskull and Skeletor popcorn buckets. Not to mention Amazon streaming it after the theater run.

It also still sounds like Amazon plans on a sequel even if it's just exclusive to amazon prime streaming.

And the new Scary Movie has horrible reviews and audience scores too. So it is indeed a real shame.

I hope MOTU does well when it comes to rental and Prime. It definitely deserves better, even though there are plenty of the usual YouTubers bashing the film.

[Werewolf]

Forbes has reported amazon is ready to greenlight the sequel. Due to their streaming business model and amazon playing the long game with the property, they deem it a success. The movie probably could have gone straight to streaming, like in France, and still would have been profitable for them. Which I think might have been original idea. Mattel is also happy because it's selling a ton of merch.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Forbes has reported amazon is ready to greenlight the sequel. Due to their streaming business model and amazon playing the long game with the property, they deem it a success. The movie probably could have gone straight to streaming, like in France, and still would have been profitable for them. Which I think might have been original idea. Mattel is also happy because it's selling a ton of merch.

That's good to hear. I hope they stick with this. Studios have announced sequels to movies that did tepid business (both Superman Returns AND Man of Steel, for instance), but then didn't follow through. I really hope they do.

I was thinking they probably would have been better off to do MOTU as a streaming series. They could have fleshed out the world more, and the humor spread out over 8-10 episodes would have probably felt less forced in parts.

[PNGwynne]

Saw this today. Forewarned is forearmed, and I enjoyed it on a few levels. Decent plotting and lots of just lovely Easter eggs which I appreciated. Great soundtrack and earnest, mostly spot-on characterization. I thought the cast had good chemistry.

My only criticism? Some excessive, unnecessary "adult" humor and language. I'm not a fan of the '80s 'toon, but I think the film did well to lean into it. B-minus IMO, nothing to be ashamed of for Mattel and the credit scenes were terrific.

I'd watch it again, which is usually my definition of a good movie. Randor--who at first threw me as terribly "off"--has a pivotal scene with Adam later that is poignant and better-written and-acted than reviews would suggest.

[LonnieFisher]

I didn't like Cringer's voice, otherwise a pretty good movie.