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I'm sorry to have to break out the "BOOYAH" in the title, but search engines don't like it when blog post titles are titled things like "FUCKING FANTASTIC." That's right, I'm happy that Warner Bros. and shit producer Joel Silver and Mattel have broken up and that's there's no He-Man movie getting made. Why? Mainly because the last time we'd heard about the He-Man movie, the theoretically awesome and series accurate movie script written by Justin Marks had been jettisoned by Silver for this:
Warners sees the big-screen version as a gritty fantasy and reimagines Adam as a soldier who sets off to find his destiny, happening upon the magical world of Eternia. There, Skeletor has raised a technological army and is bent on eradicating magic.Yes, Astronaut He-Man vs the magic-hating sorceror Skeletor -- pretty much the only movie worse than the '87 Lundgren affair.
BUT NOW IT ISN'T HAPPENING. Mattel can take the property to another studio who might not fuck it up. They probably will -- they almost certainly will -- but now I don't have to think about it, or worry about it for a while, or lie in bed at night, covered in a cold sweat, praying to the dark lord to prevent that abortion of a MOTU movie from occurring. Satan has heard my prayers! Now I just have to figure out what to do with all those dead goats in my basement. (Via Variety)
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Kyle Amato said:
Phew! Crisis averted!
tvtastegood said:
We dodged that bullet, now we have to prep for the assault from fox's fantastic four reeboot. Seriously who would write a MOTU script where Skeletor doesn't use magic, furthermore, where Skeletor is looking to erradicate magic. Adam is a random ass-hat instead of a prince. God I hate to see what they had planned for battle cat.
Kevin said:
*whew*
doc_ock_4mugen said:
Hopefully MOTU will land in better hands... NOT FOX!!!
I still can't believe how people praise Justin Marks... his "MOTU" missed the mark big time; His "Street Fighter" was... we all know how that one ended up. Great! now I owe Hordak a favor...
darran said:
Dead goats... celebrate with a BBQ!
JPyke said:
Am I reading that article correctly? Are they actually trying to make a "Hot Wheels" movie!?!?!?
All I gotta say is the races better take place on kitchen linoleum! Otherwise it ain't Hot Wheels!
Stanley Ipkis said:
Thnak the Dark Forces! And may we all see a good He-man movie in the near future! :)
Abraxas said:
10 steps backward, 1 step forward
rgallows said:
I doubt the movie would have lived up to Fabulous Secret Powers anyways.
Ramone said:
Thank God, Siver's version was full of suckage. I think they should keep Marks' script as the blueprint and find a good director. Alfonso Curon comes to mind, he handled HP material wonderfully and gave it his own dark, quirky spin.
Wes Grogan said:
I wonder if the popularity of the MOTU Classics line would help in pitching for a better movie. I know, I know, that line has issues, but it sells like hotcakes and that can't hurt.
demoncat said:
never thought motu was a good fit for warner brothers espically when they jetsioned the core of the thing and as long as fox does not get a hold of the thing can not wait for Mattel to find a new home and to see motu on the big screen not to mention if Mattel does find a new home then motu figures will return to store shelves not just online. a good day for fans no more motu being torchered by WB
Andrew said:
I doubt we will ever see a He-Man movie on the level of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Being true to the property in any meaningful way is probably going to hurt it rather than help it. I mean, as nerds, we know better than most exactly how geeky the property is, and how easily one can make gay jokes about He-Man. You need to kinda get away from that kind of thing to make it something you can sell to the wider audience.
It isn't hard to imagine Adam being a "nobody." You could make him secretly noble, but raised out in the boondocks by Man-At-Arms and play into the King Arthur motif.
Shawn of the Dead said:
Good post Andrew.
Really,MOTU is awful to begin with so what bullet was really dodged..It was pure garbage and is only remembered because of nostalgia.
It doesn't merit any hight quality LOTR's treatment or Alfonso Curon directing.There's nothing to work with,it's a low quality property.
Shawn of the Dead said:
Good post Andrew.
Really,MOTU is awful to begin with so what bullet was really dodged..It was pure garbage and is only remembered because of nostalgia.
It doesn't merit any hight quality LOTR's treatment or Alfonso Curon directing.There's nothing to work with,it's a low quality property.
Shawn of the Dead said:
Good post Andrew.
Really,MOTU is awful to begin with so what bullet was really dodged..It was pure garbage and is only remembered because of nostalgia.
It doesn't merit any hight quality LOTR's treatment or Alfonso Curon directing.There's nothing to work with,it's a low quality property.
Shawn of the Dead said:
Good post Andrew.
Really,MOTU is awful to begin with so what bullet was really dodged..It was pure garbage and is only remembered because of nostalgia.
It doesn't merit any hight quality LOTR's treatment or Alfonso Curon directing.There's nothing to work with,it's a low quality property.
Wyngarde said:
Why does anyone like Justin Marks? ALL his stuff is crap and make Micheal Bay look like a Transformers expert. Just scrap all this WB/Silver/Marks garbage and I don't know...Look to the source matieral?
The first four comics that came with the toys were epic.
WB, take Mark's script and change the names. No one will notice as you were so far off the mark.
Wyngarde said:
Wait! it could get worse! Lorenzo Di Bonaventura could win a bidding war for it! Let's hope he blew all the money on "Astroids"
Jamie herbert said:
Two Words- Goat Jerky. as for the film not being made that's fine, but to be fair a Michael Bayesque he-man probably stands a good chance of selling as many tickets as GI Joke with the Wayans bro did, and would at least leverage a new line for mattel, At this point, I'd rather see the guys who did the 2002 reboot take a crack at it and maybe do some figures that look like the 2002 line with 2009 articulation, and while I'm on a fantasy wish list high, I'd also like my own personal battle cat to ride to work, and my own real lightsaber please!
Lucy said:
Aw, thank you my Dark Lord and Master Satan. You didn't have to get me anything for my birthday, but thank you!
Xanthippas said:
Ha. Awesome pic. Anyway, watch the Lundgren affair if you need a He-Man fix. It isn't half bad. Well okay, it isn't ALL bad.
Ramone said:
Oh Sean, ye of little faith but big on thumbs.
TrapJaw said:
Good to know that this small part of my childhood has managed to dodge the "Hollywood Re-imagining" bullet... for know.
From what I've read of the Mark's treatment, it seemed even cheesier than the old Filmation Toon... something that I hardly thought was possible.
THE PR0F3550R said:
The old Filmation toon is awful. MOTU is kind of cool, but that cartoon was dumb.
True story:
1st grade birthday He-Man theme. I loved MOTU!
2nd grade birthday Transformers theme. Good-bye He-Man hello robots. And that's the way it's stayed for over 25 years.
I never looked back. I still like MOTU. Shit I really got into the 2002 MOTU series because it made MOTU cool compared to the retarded Armada Transformers that was on TV.
MOTU is a fringe franchise for me. I can't deny that I loved it because I grew up with it and as a 5 year old I too wanted "fabulous secret powers", but just as quickly as I was obsessed with it I outgrew it.
My love of robots has never ended which explains why I love Transformers, Japanese mecha, sci-fi like Star Wars and Star Trek and why I'm not as big a fan of fantasy stuff like Lord of the Rings, Motu, etc.
ZeroCorpse said:
Now you're getting a Masters of the Universe movie directed by Michael Bay, and starring Megan Fox as Teela.
It can ALWAYS get worse.
Meighan said:
I swear to god if Megan Fox gets anywhere near this movie I will spend my own money to travel to the shoot and protest.
What is with the Hollywood fixation on changing the core of the story. It obviously worked before since we all loved it and are waiting for the movie (I don't count the last one) Adam HAS to be Eternian. There are a million ideas they could use without creating some Hollywood disaster. Its already been proven that fantasy sells. Don't mechanize it...would be so sad.
Seriously Skeletor with no magic? Thank god that god deep sixed.
