The Nextlander Watchcast

166: Masters of the Universe (1987)


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The final film in our slate of toy commercials turned cinema is arguably the roughest watch yet. Specifically, we all argue that maybe Masters of the Universe with Dolph Lundgren and a rubber Skeletor COULD have maybe been something watchable, if only every single creative choice were different, and better. Then you might have something!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 166: Masters of the Universe (1987)
(00:00:16) - Intro.
(00:02:51) - Where did we land on He-Man as kids?
(00:14:10) - On the toys themselves, and the delightful weirdos who made them. And a bit on Filmation.
(00:21:14) - How in the world did this movie happen?
(00:43:37) - Somehow, there was almost a direct sequel to this.
(00:48:55) - Break!
(00:49:18) - We're back, and this is way too grand an entrance for what we're about to see.
(00:59:52) - This man, this is not my kind of He-Man.
(01:04:11) - Skeletor has won, but thankfully there's exactly one man who can save us: a weird little inventor guy.
(01:13:30) - We can go anywhere in the universe, we end up in 1980s Southern California.
(01:22:54) - These things just happen, you know?
(01:30:59) - Skeletor breaks it down, and things start getting real dumb on Earth.
(01:45:35) - Courteney's leg gets zapped, He-Man's a slave, and that cop is still running around.
(01:47:31) - Warping to Eternia for one last battle.
(01:58:26) - Saying a long goodbye.
(02:01:50) - Who cares about timeline integrity when you can wish your parents back to life?
(02:06:18) - Final thoughts. You can probably guess what they are.
(02:15:03) - Housekeeping for next month's movies.
(02:20:03) - Outro.

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