The Only Good Part of the 1987 Masters of the Universe Movie
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Well, besides Frank Langella in the most embarrassing role of his career. No, I’m talking about the concept art for the movie — beautiful paintings of the mostly authentic He-Man and crew, admittedly gadding about regular Earth — which Geek Orthodox somehow found. Head over there to see a few more shots of similar coolness to this one, including He-Man and Man-at-Arms busting some of Skeletor’s generic minions in a police stange, He-Man kicking ass at a junkyard, and most inexplicably, Beast-Man attacking some blonde girl in a library. And then come back and bemoan the fact that the Masters of the Universe movie ever to take place on Earth at all. No? I’m the only only who’s still upset about this? Never mind.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.