Masters of the universe

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I rarely go to the theater to watch a new movie anymore.  Mark it up to being so busy with trying to be busy (if that makes sense) and also it’s gotten so gosh-darned expensive.  Tickets used to be just a few dollars.  This time I paid more than 14.  I feel sorry for those people with children who might want to see a new animated feature, especially in this economy.

But last night something came out that I have been hoping to see for a very long time. And yeah there is the 1987 film adaptation and it definitely has heart, but in terms of faithfulness to the basic material it lacked a lot.  1987’s Masters of the Universe has been called a very good Jack Kirby-inspired movie though, so it’s got that going for it, and I can agree with that.

So a more accurate (??) adaptation ...

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Masters of the Universe is officially the movie I most want to see this summer.  It looks like it’s going to be all kinds of bonkers good time!  It comes across as every Masters toy I had as a kid put into a big box and shaken around and then poured out on the carpet.  The design, the color palette, the voices…

This is going to be a supremely big dumb fun movie.  The perfect two-hour getaway from the craziness of the real world.
Here’s the new trailer that dropped yesterday.  Lots of stuff in this one, including our first look at Jared Leto’s Skeletor as he delivers some dialogue.

I think that there should be a collector’s popcorn bucket and that it look like Man-At-Arms’s helmet.  Practical and fashionable.

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Hot dang!  I have to see this when it comes out.  Masters of the Universe looks to be the most funnest movie that I would have beheld in a theater in too long a time.  And I will see this in a theater, Lord willing.  It’s just… awwww man this is simply awesome!  It’s like the Masters of the Universe figures that I had all together in a box, taken out and brought to glorious life.  Not sure about the “Earth angle” though, but I’m going to be more than willing to give this a chance.  Right now I want nothing more than the distilled essence of this trailer shot into my veins and giving me a hearty boost of magnificent.

Awright well enough of me blabbering on, here is the first trailer for Masters of the Universe: a film that dares to be better than we ...

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