Fantasy Masters of the Universe - Part 3

[TheVileOne]

Well the function is still the same. You could just call them Horde Troopers and say Skeletor got them from Horde Prime sort of like Thanos giving Loki the Chitauri

 

[Thundarr]

Well the function is still the same. You could just call them Horde Troopers and say Skeletor got them from Horde Prime sort of like Thanos giving Loki the Chitauri

I like the Horde Troopers name. Don’t know about Skeletor getting them from Horde Prime though. I kinda like my idea of Tri-Clops producing them in his lab. But either way, yeah, countless nameless expendable sword fodder to throw against He-Man and The Masters.

 

[TheVileOne]

EDIT, dp.

 

[TheVileOne]

Well Horde Troopers are from Hordak's Horde and they were his minions throughout the cartoons.

One other idea is you could just have a throwaway subplot of Skeletor enslaving the Snake Men or recruiting them as his minions.

The recent comics actually did a cool storyline where Adam/He-Man basically liberated the Snake Men and made them Eternia's allies in the big final battle. Basically forged a new peace between loyal Eternians and the non-loyalist Snake Men. So that could be a long ongoing subplot. Not all the Snake Men are bad and some can be reasoned with. You can sort of seed the idea of peaceful resolution to certain conflicts. Snake Men are a warrior race so they can possibly respect He-Man on that level.

 

[DawnWarrior]

If Skeletor needs disposable henchmen, he can get his hands on gargoyles, or sky-serpents, or skeleton troops, or those little flying can-opener robots. Maybe Clawful can bring some crab-men or Mer-Man can bring some fish-troops or Webstor can bring some giant spiders. We got plenty of options.

 

[LTuser]

I am one of the few who actually liked the Lungren He-man film of the 80s...

BUT i do admit, i would LOVE TO see it re-done.

 

[TheVileOne]

Lundgren had the physique but not the acting chops to play He-Man. He clearly wasn't as comfortable with English back then as he is now. Not that He-Man requires a Denzel Washington or Leonardo DiCaprio level actor, but he does need a bit more charisma and presence.

Just for example. I wouldn't call Chris Hemsworth a great actor, but the dude is good. He's got good qualities that I can believe him in lead roles because he's commanding and magnetic and he commits to his characters. Like I believe what he's saying. When Lundgren was He-Man, he had the physique, but his performance was shaky and he had trouble saying his lines.

 

[Jordacar]

There's a bit in the Electric Boogaloo doc, where Stallone came by the set, saw Dolph in costume, turned to one of the producers and said "You gave that guy lines?"

I had in my script that King Grayskull is to be played by Lundgren, and probably in response to that bit above, I even wrote a big St. Crispian's Day rallying-the-troops monologue for him in the opening.

 

[TheVileOne]

If you got to have him in the movie, that's about the extent I'd want him in it rather than having him play Randor or Man at Arms/Duncan.

 

[LTuser]

Ohh.. I wonder if Sly is going to have a bit part??

 

[Deck Rickard]

Lundgren had the physique but not the acting chops to play He-Man. He clearly wasn't as comfortable with English back then as he is now. Not that He-Man requires a Denzel Washington or Leonardo DiCaprio level actor, but he does need a bit more charisma and presence.

Just for example. I wouldn't call Chris Hemsworth a great actor, but the dude is good. He's got good qualities that I can believe him in lead roles because he's commanding and magnetic and he commits to his characters. Like I believe what he's saying. When Lundgren was He-Man, he had the physique, but his performance was shaky and he had trouble saying his lines.

Totally agree with this. Lundgren has never been a particularly good actor, though I did enjoy him in that Universal Soldier movie with Van Damme back in the day.

However, I do hope Lundgren makes a comeback in a movie about a cop with a bionic nose that can smell crime.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

http://conceptartworld.com/inspiration/masters-universe-re-imaging-art-paul-gerrard/


maybe you all seen the concept art before...it's not official by any means....thought to share...

on a sidenote...i havent even seen 50shades or knew who the actors were...but Brant Daugherty(apparently) could be a good casting choice for he-man himself. immagine women that would be interrested in a fantasy/sci fi movie

 

[LTuser]

Totally agree with this. Lundgren has never been a particularly good actor, though I did enjoy him in that Universal Soldier movie with Van Damme back in the day.

However, I do hope Lundgren makes a comeback in a movie about a cop with a bionic nose that can smell crime.

Of all the Lundgren films, i've liked him the best in (besides masters of the universe)
Universal Soldier
Showdown in little tokyo
and Silent trigger.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

dark angel

 

[Jake Cassidy]

The Punisher

 

[Silver Lantern]

I didn't see anything wrong with Lundgren as He-Man in the movie, or the other cast the problem was the weak plot, not the best graphics of the time, no battlecat/cringer or Orko which was replaced by a leprechaun type character and worse decision putting it on Earth instead of Eternia and Castle Greyskull but also not changing from Prince Adam to He-Man I think what put the nail in the coffin. With the right cast, Adam changing into him, having characters like Teela, Man of Arms, Mechaneck, Orko, King Randor, Queen Marla, Battle Cat/Cringer, Skeletor (Not shiny one), Merman, beastman, EvilLyn and others would be awesome where he must defend Greyskull against Skeletor but have him as Keldor in the beginning becoming Skeletor and wanting revenge against the palace. I watched the entire series again on Netflix and I for one want to see a awesome movie based on this that has great action like 300 and Gladiator with technology and don't change characters names in the movie.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

funny i was a huge he-man fan as a kid but the story of skeletor being keldor was something i heard only recent a year or two....the story progressed as it went along...i heard that there were two swords in the begining and skeletor possesed one half and prince adam the other...a story i didnt care about...all i knew is that skeletor is evil and he-man the good guy and thats it...

 

[Jordacar]

Yeah, because it was a toyline first, the lore came together in a very unnatural way. There's no central creative vision, it's a lot of written-by-committee.

 

[TheVileOne]

If you read the earliest mini-comics, character backstories were constantly evolving and changing from story to story.

There wasn't any Prince Adam at first. Also, Sorceress and Teela basically started as the same character, the Goddess. She gave He-Man the sword, armor, and shield and told him to guard them. Skeletor was like a lich from another dimension and not a corrupted Eternian named Keldor.

The original story, which were just text and illustration and no word balloons were basically like a re-imagining for Robert E. Howard's Conan but for a younger audience.

I do like that MOTUC attempted to at least re-align all these elements and made one cohesive timeline, even incorporating Primus and the New Adventures stuff.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

yeah i know...now what i think of is what they want to incorporate since they are actually free to do what ever they want...
the lore was written on the get go and they could just go on with as they want...
or will there be a horde of fans who demand certain aspects to be included?
i'm sure there will be... but does it really matter?
aslong prince adam has the sword turning into he-man and skeletor is the evil antagonist who wants to conquer eternia without much explanation

 

[Jordacar]

Has anyone ever floated the idea of the Duffer Bros. helming MOTU? Certainly makes more sense than giving Goyer his 19th shot at the wheel.

 

[terry78]

Would they do it is the question. It's like nobody wants to deal with the task of it.

 

[TheVileOne]

I think it would be cool if they did, but do they even have time to do it? And as Terry78, do they even want the gig?

I'd love it if Tim Miller did it but you don't always luck out with a guy like Tim Miller did with Deadpool on his directorial debut. And is Tim Miller even available to take the job?

 

[Eddie Dean]

I'll take the job.

 

[TheVileOne]

I'll take the job.

Eddie Dean, I doubt you could do a worse job than David Goyer.