The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery

I finally watched “Masters of the Universe” (1987) and holy shit! It’s so bad in so many ways that it’s actually quite impressive. Probably one of the best “popcorn & laughs” movies out there. To think Moebius and Frank Langella were involved in this. Anyway, the post credits scene is horrifying.

Movie poster for "Masters of the Universe". He-Man is carrying his sword in one hand (which he barely uses in the movie because that would require a lot more qualified stunt-people and a combat coordinator), and a big laser rifle in other hand (because laser weapons were big in the 1980s, and just require some sparks, somebody to yell "fall down now!" on set, and you can do the rest in post) You have really for the whole movie to recognize something that looks like the cartoon.
He-Man, Teela, and Man-at-Arms. Nobody really looks like their original characters, but at least I got a chuckle at Chelsea Field looking dead at the camera after shooting a couple bad guys and saying "woman at arms!"
Julie and Kevin find the McGuffin! I barely recognized Courtney Cox here without all the plastic surgery...
Skeletor's mask is probably the biggest affront to movie makeup ever. The fact that his nostrils are visibly closed with a black mesh will probably haunt me for years.

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