Comments on: Call Skeletor: The He-Man Movie Is Dead

By: He-Man Leaves Warner Bros. - Screen Rant

He-Man Leaves Warner Bros. - Screen Rant — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:13:52 +0000

[...] heard once before that the new live-action He-Man, or Masters of the Universe, movie was D.O.A., but for the last 10 months or so it’s looked liked the film has been on track, with a [...]

By: Kung-Fu Panda Director to Helm He-Man Movie? - Screen Rant

Kung-Fu Panda Director to Helm He-Man Movie? - Screen Rant — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:41:18 +0000

[...] With all the talk in recent months about which directors are going to be handling which upcoming comic/cartoon films (Captain America being the latest buzz headliner), I have to say this bit of news has me the most excited. After all I loved He-Man as a kid, and I loved Kung-Fu Panda like I was still a kid. I see Panda’s director, John Stevenson, doing great things with He-Man, if he can get it into theaters before it ends up D.O.A., again. [...]

By: steven the git

steven the git — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:59:51 +0000

As long as they get Evil Lynn right, I’m happy.

By: FlameStrike

FlameStrike — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:51:52 +0000

I am pleased to hear that the Justin Marks script won’t be getting made. It seems to me that the guys just can’t write a good story. I approve of his idea to make the movie more serious, but he’s so dramatically changing everything about the world that it will be unrecognizable. It’s the same thing he’s tried to do with Voltron.

Neither script seems to be very good, though I can approve of what he was trying to do with both of them. The problem is, he failed miserably.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:20:44 +0000

Well, they can say in the trailer: “Before there were Power Rangers” or something to that effect and hopefully people would realize Voltron came first…

By: kyyle23

kyyle23 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:37:42 +0000

As soon as Transformers 2 hits the screens, the studios will start scrambling for these cartoons again. It may be dead now, but I cant imagine that a cartoon that was as popular as He-Man was in its heyday can be ignored for too much longer.

All it needs is a fanboy director in the mold of Favreau, someone who isnt in it for the big payoff in the end.

By: Deadpool

Deadpool — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:22:09 +0000

My son said the same thing. Sadly I think alot of people will think that. However I think the Power Rangers connection could help the Voltron movie at the box office. Power Rangers seems to be pretty popular, so obviously at least kids seem to want to see giant animal-like robots fighting. There is definitely an audience for it.

By: PhotoShopLifter Dan

PhotoShopLifter Dan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:51:14 +0000

Sad thing about that Voltron thing?

Showed it to a young cousin, age 10…he said that it was a ripoff of Power Rangers’ Zords…

[*depressed sigh*]

By: Deadpool

Deadpool — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:21:45 +0000

Thats too bad. I really enjoyed the cartoon. I thought this was going be able to get the bad taste of the Dolph Lundgren movie out of my mouth. Sure the premise is weird, but Im sure people would go see it, if it was done well.

I guess in the end it was a good thing. Remaking just about every classic property from the 80’s is bound to produce endless amounts of craptastic movies. (I will still hold out hope for Voltron though. If you watched that show, tell me you wouldnt love to hear that theme music play over the loudspeakers in a movie theater.)

By: PhotoShopLifter Dan

PhotoShopLifter Dan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:08:31 +0000

The one thing I never understood about the original cartoon?

Prince Adam and He-Man looked the same, except for sartorial choices…I mean jeez, at least Clark Kent wore glasses in the comics; they were pathetic as a disguise, but not as pathetic as the Metropolis residents that never realized this.

So Adam’s disguise?

He gets zapped by lightning when his sword/lightning rod zaps him, frying his tights and poofy shirt off him to reveal hairy boxer shorts and a big steel training bra; meanwhile his wimpy voice deepens, and the lightning apparently opens up an echo chamber in his chest while frying his volume control.

In short, Adam has what moms call an “inside voice”, while He-Man has not just an “outside voice”, but a “they-can-hear-you-in-Poughkeepsie-New-York voice”