Masters of the Universe - Caravan of Garbage 

We could have had James and Maso watching barbie movies 😭🙏

“Men who crave power look back over the mistakes of their lives, pile them all together and call it destiny.” Is a quote from this movie that altered the brain chemistry of 10 year old me. It comes out of nowhere but it's so true! WTF He-man?

I just want to quickly issue a retraction for something I said that’s pretty inflammatory in this video. I apologize for saying Laird Hamilton is Australian, he’s actually an all American man

This really was the perfect pick for Caravan of Garbage this week. Not only is He-Man a Mattel property like Barbie, but the voice of Skeletor in the original cartoon was famously done by Alan OPPENHEIMER (3rd cousin of the Nuclear Bomb guy.)

I’m gonna be honest when you mentioned “the Rodney beating” I assumed you was going to bring back the Rodney supercut. It took me a few seconds to realise you was actually talking about police brutality

James' matter-of-fact "He-Man is... gay!" Gave me a nice giggle lmao. Never change Planet Broadcasting boys.

I come back to Caravan of Garbage all the time when I'm feeling down or overwhelmed. You two tossing bits back and forth always brings so much joy to me

Langella didn't have to go that hard and yet he did, fantastic performance.

1:17 I know Mason wasn't specifically trying to do a Broden Kelly impression, but that edit was brilliant

I thought Skeletor's performance, particularly towards the end when he monologues at He-man before his apotheosis, was absolutely brilliant. Way better than it had a right to be for a He Man movie.

I went to see this in the theater as a 5-yr old, and we entered as the credits for the previous showing were still playing. When the post-credit scene appeared w/ skeletor, it was TERRIFYING

These men are legendary but could be greater if they watched some Barbie movies for their fans

"Barbie life in the dream house" was a show, but it was surprisingly funny. They couldn't say "frisbee" for copyright reasons, so she says: "who wants to pay with a generic flying disc?"

14:50 One of the running jokes we had at my last job was "Scott Bakula in a black Acura hunting Dracula" for no other reason than it rhymed and made us giggle.

Something pretty cool about the Masters of the Universe movie is that in the Neutral Spanish dub all of the actors from the He-Man cartoon reprised their roles. Sadly, He-Man's original Mexican dub actor, Rubén Moya, passed away just a month ago, he actually was in his early sixties so his passing was very sudden as he was stile very active. His voice was so iconic that he even appeard as himself in some commercials for the Masters of the Universe collector's line. He will always be remembered

confession: i have never created an association between James and Maso's voices, I can tell them apart but the moment you ask me who's talking I don't have anything to tell you.

David Odell wrote a number of screenplays in the '80s; his other sci-fi/fantasy entries were _The Dark Crystal_ and _Supergirl._ These full-length movies have one thing in common: thirty minutes' worth of plot.

This movie got me in so much trouble as a kid. I told my granny my favorite part was when the bald cop yells "holy shit" during an explosion or something, and my mouth still tastes like soap.

Trivia just isn't the same anymore without The Guy Who Shouts Rodney. I miss him.

One of the best 'Let the games begin!' stingers to grace the silver screen!

You discussed the sequel to this, but didn’t mention that after this was scrapped, the sets & assets were used to make Cyborg starring JCVD. I was hoping you would use that connection to get an episode of CoG about Cyborg, which is a fantastic & quotable low-budget post apocalyptic sci-fi.

Here’s some trivia for you: My uncle was an animator on the cartoon and he’s colorblind and had to use a key so that he would color things the right way because sometimes he would color them wrong. So if you’re watching the show and you see some incorrect colors, it might be his fault. I know he colored some things wrong because he told me, but I don’t know if those mistakes made it through production.

True story. I didn't know there was an end credit scene until a friend of mine told me in 2010.

This was the first movie I ever remember disappointing me as a kid. I was a fan of the cartoon and didn’t understand why Orko or Battlecat were left out, and who is Gwildore?! Having said all that, I’ve seen this movie at least 20 times. Good journey. Ya know. That famous He Man catch phrase.

Congrats to Lundgren who just got married 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

You guys are spot on, the studio waited too late to make this film. It was in production during the tail end of the success of the toy line and was released when Masters of the Universe was no longer the must have toy. Also, ill fated Cannon was the wrong studio to entrust with making this movie. I think they ran into license issues which would explain why the character designs used in the film are not the same as those featured in the cartoon produced by Filmation. I enjoyed this film when I was a kid however I was also disappointed that nothing looked the way it did in the cartoon. For as bad as this movie is it introduced me to Courtney Cox who I instantly fell in love with. I still have a crush on her but man was she hot in the 1980s and 1990s.

It took a long time for me to stop laughing at "Rock Them Sock Them Robots".

Loved the guest appearance of the Manbeast, the hunter of elk, lover of women, and sovereign of the moon.

Frank Langella's performance, much like Max Von Sydow in the abysmal Flash Gordon. Really is the shining highlight of the entire film. I do remember my one critique of the film as a kid was why didn't they just _stay_ in Eternia for the entire film?

Dolph Lundgren is the most underrated actor of all time. Because of his 1. Spiky hair 2.his ice cold demenor 3. big muscles he needs some kinda muscular scientist role to make his big comeback. 😅

This movie also taught me about post-credit scene too. It made me watch through so many movie credit

As a millennial, I freaking loved this movie as a kid. My He Man collection was the envy of my friends and I watched every episode of the show, multiple times. I didn't care that it wasn't accurate to the show or whatever, I was just happy too see the characters I loved brought to life.

I remember as an 80s kid being so thoroughly confused by this movie. "Why is that space goblin playing a space keytar?"

Thor Ragnarok is probably the best He-Man movie we will ever get.

When he started talking about the fast food place and stopped I though it was going to be a Blue Harvest joke

I unironically loved this movie as a kid. I had never watched or played with a He-man figure in my life, so I had no context to compare it with.

An Adam disguise on Earth!! Why did that never cross my mind? This movie rocked, as a kid and as an adult. Just phenomenal 80’s fare, from the score to the bald guy reprising his Top Gun/ Back to the Future roles. So good.

Love that reference to the 20 minute Skeletor video based solely on a off-handed joke these guys made, absolutely incredible

Fun fact: Karg (the guy with the lizard face and big hair) never actually got a toy in the vintage line and because of that, he was caught up in a mess of rights (Mattel doesn't own the rights to anything from the Filmation produced cartoons or this movie if it didn't get a toy or appear in some sort of Mattel owned media), preventing him from getting an action figure until Mattel licensed the MOTU brand to Super7 and they found a loophole that allowed them to produce a toy based on his appearance in like one panel of a newspaper strip that was only ever released in France or something like that. They then later struck a deal with William Stout that allowed them to make toys based on his concept art for the film, which resulted in them making a film accurate version of Karg (in addition to He-Man and Skeletor's two costumes). More recently, though, Mattel has just straight up either paid a licensing fee or bought back the rights and have been making toys based on this movie (so far they've done He-Man and Skeletor and they just announced a toy based on Evil-Lyn like yesterday).

I love this movie. It is an 80s time capsule of awesomeness. Frank Langella as Skeletor, Barry Barty as Gwildor and Meg Foster as Evil-Lyn go so hard for a movie they should've but man is it the reason I keep going back to it. "Only one of you, Kevin; only one of anybody." Stuck with me.

I love the single #missionimpossible tag in the video description. Way to work that algorithm boys! 👌

I thought that rodney king trivia was going to be a blue harvest joke so i got some serious whiplash

“Your bowels are rumblin’” is pure gold!

*"Oh absolutely... I LOVE a big, weird vehicle!!"* 😂

Wow mattell has so many properties that no one but children care about. Almost like they should make 45 different movies

I love that they pronounce He-Man like a last name (like Goldman) lol. its one of my favorite old yogscast bits

"What if Star Wars until the budget ran out?" should be on the DVD/Blu-Ray/streaming/whatever cover for this movie.

I love that you acknowledged how the internet has turned Skeletor into a complete sex icon. The internet will look at HIS bum all day long.

Love this movie! Frank Langella did an impressive job as Skeletor, as he said in later interviews that it's his favorite character and that it's also his son's favorite villain.

Sales for the toys collapsed 2 years before this movie was even released. Striking while the iron is stone cold.

Please do The Descent, I want to see Mason rip into dumb people dying in a dumb cave, it's a good film but I want to hear both of you comment on it. Love you both!!! Keep doing this forever please 😊

You guys should really do some more Star Trek stuff. Start out with The Motion Picture!

It is crazy how gems like this can be hidden from you for so long. These dudes rule

Skeletor is a landlord!

One of my all time favourite films ADORE (Some of the dialogue is phenomenal)

6:15 I've not seen it but, apparently, Mr Lundgren does go full arse-out for the 1989 Punisher movie. So if that's what you're into, that's where to get it.

This had the best trivia section. So much randomness.

Up until Masters of the Universe and Superman IV, Canon's business model centered around producing dozens of very low budget movies a year in the hopes that one or two of them would be a hit, which would then pay for all the others that weren't. Masters of the Universe represented a deviation from that model and an attempt to transition the studio from one that produced forgettable schlock to a more serious and respected company that produced big blockbusters. Co-owner of Canon, Menagem Golan, described these early movies as "seeds" meant to grow the company to this point. This analogy is why the Masters of the Universe was given the working title, Blue Harvest.

When I started my YT channel, a Barbie home media film review was among my first videos. It was tremendously successful. I wish I had kept reviewing the Barbie films. Maybe I would be a popular "influencer" by now and had been a special guest for the big screen premiere. 🤦😭

You two are genuinely hilarious - totally bingeing these reviews videos now

The best thing to originate from the whole Masters of the Universe universe (or MotUU for short) is undoubtedly Netflix' She-Ra. I laughed, I cried, I rewatched.

Kevin Smith's Woke He-Man is possibly the best He-Man property I've ever seen. It goes way deeper into the motivations of the characters than it would ever need to, and manages to even make Orko into a badass. The only reason I ever saw this movie was because I had a thing for Frank Langella, and he did not disappoint.

For some reason, on my main feed there is an infinite amount of this video when i select your channel. It's quite fun seeing Skeletor take over your channel so i'm not complaining 😊

My fave movie hot take is that the scene where Skeletor transforms is one of the best sci-fi scenes EVER

Honestly i really enjoyed masters of the universe: revelations. Like it wasn't high art but it looked great, the performances were all solid, and it did some interesting things.

This and Avengers Assemble are really alike.

"As an adult watching this, I'm like-" This was the point where the video cut to ads. These cliffhangers are too much for me!

“As a fan and by that I mean….it was shot into my eyeballs as a child” is a slept on Mason line

I heard Rodney and thought it was something else 😭

Love them talking about Star Trek DS9 while showing footage from TNG :)

Well Cannon may have missed an opportunity doing this He-Man back in 1985 but they did give us LIFEFORCE that year (which sadly also failed commercially) and largely thanks to the late, great Tobe Hooper (RIP) when measured against all their schlock stock, THAT film was TOP-TIER!!!

God bless Ben and Lawrence for putting in as many clips of Fabulous Secret Powers as possible. Godlike.

Did you guys get back to why the sword was different or did I miss it? Incredible episode (as always) ❤❤❤

ive always mixed up scenes from this with scenes from that hellraiser movie with the CD guy. also Kevin Smith’s He-Man is epic and girls are cool

20:38 caught me off guard i'm crying 😭

They originally had a MUCH bigger budget, but this was back when everything practical, and Frank Langella ate so much scenery that eventually this was all that was left… and I wouldn’t have it any other way lol

I actually really liked Woke Herman. That's a typo but I'm keeping it. Knowing it was pissing off children in their forties and fifties made me enjoy it even more. I actually have a huge soft spot for this live action He-Man as well. Langella chewing up the scenery is a joy to behold. He makes a fantastic Skellingtor. Though, interesting tidbit I think you guys missed. I think I heard this mentioned by one of the writers, maybe. But, originally they were going to include an extended opening scene of Skeletors conquest of Eternia, featuring Faker, the Evil He-Man duplicate. In keeping with it being toy line based rather than show based, Faker was going to be a robot. First of the prototypes of Skeletors robotic army that eventually made the seige and seizure of castle greyskull possible in the first place. Faker himself, themself maybe, had done what a lot of 80s robots do and had gone all Johnny five. Self awareness, growing unhappy with serving an evil skull faced dude. So, the opening was going to focus on Faker reflecting on the mistakes he'd made, in serving Skeletor. And how he'd gone into hiding or self imposed exile from Snake Mountain to just working a farm in some back end corner of Eternia. Also tied in nicely to that whole star wars similarity. So, we'd follow Faker, played by Dolph again obviously, just farming. Around him we'd see Eternian life, references to the weirder parts of the Lore in passing as rumours began to spread of Skeletors armies rising up to enslave, destroy and make their final attack on Castle Greyskull. Faker ignores what's going on. I forget why, maybe it wasn't fully fleshed out, I don't know, but basically he ends up staring down the barrel of one of their storm trooper energy guns. Faker gets shot, blown to pieces. And he's smashed all over the floor, shiny blue skin all on display. Apparently it didn't test well with people and the studio didn't like it, it was going to be way too expensive. But the write wanted to have a shot in the trailers of He-Man getting shit an apparently killed. Just to mess with people. Though, that never ended up happening sadly. No blue skinned android He-Man trend farmer. Though, that is probably where the working title of the film came from. Blue Harvest.

The fact that I found out that Dolph Lundgren has a master's degree in chemical engineering when they just casually drop that nugget during Expendables 2 is astounding. To be honest about Kevin Smith's He-man, it had some interesting story elements to it, and the show's animation and production felt pretty good. It's just that there were some choices that felt... confusing and as a result of not-so-great writing. For instance, the trope that the side-character finds out the main character is "The Special", and has been all along; and when they find out, they feel betrayed and lied to. At least they didn't pull an Amber from Invincible...

1:32 I'm actually devastated that we missed out on a Barbie in the Nutcracker Caravan of Garbage episode. That being said, as someone who watched that movie recently, it does not hold up at all. Not just animation wise, just as.a story. It's a very nothing film. That being said, something like Barbie as Rapunzel holds up a lot better (better structure, some semblance of set-up and pay-offs, stronger supporting cast etc). #GiveUsACaravanOfGarbageEpisodeOnBarbieAsRapunzel Also, can we discuss how good the casting was for the villains when these Barbie movies first started out? Tim Curry as the Rat King. Anjelica Houston as Gothel. Kelsey freaking Grammer as the sorcerer in Swan Lake! Absolutely stellar decisions!

1:11 Might be my personal favourite CoG moment. "We're a couple of bloody men, we've got to watch a movie for men". Thank you Nick Mason for this absolute gem.

Wow, James put himself in the thumbnail. He truly is the Master of Oldness

I loved View-Master, but I didn't realize that the images were meant to be 3-D until years later, when I got glasses. They had a Transformers one which had a really great effect on the lasers: they were different colors in the two source images, so the resulting ray could be, for example, yellow and blue at the same time, but they didn't combine into green.

Maybe just if they at least had a scene of Prince Adam turning into He-Man then maybe it would have done a bit better. The movie should have been Prince Adam losing his sword, fighting to get it back then kicking ass for the rest of the show.

You joke but a scene where Like showed up and swept aside his cloak and raised his hand to ignite 16 light sabers with the force to take on an at-at would be pretty legit. Even if it was a animated short id want to watch it.

Great episode. Does anybody read these comments? Oh well.

Say what you will about this film, but at least it actually got made. (Unlike the current reboot that’s been in development hell since 2007)

I always enjoyed that short scene from CHAPPiE where Masters of the Universe is randomly on some TV screen and it ends up inspiring the titular character for the rest of the film.

I’m in awe of this editing

Proper guilty pleasure movie

Took today off to watch this early 😂

I love how Cannon films essentially stole Superman 4 money to make this movie.

I love the they cut to Broden lol, that really sounded like a Broden impersonation

Caravan of Garbage has peaked with the Rodney King beating crossover. I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.

Wait... did you get back to why they didn't use the original sword's design? Did I miss that? Or was the answer really just "money"? Also, I love Kevin Smith's Woke He-Man. It's awesome.

I weirdly love this movie. It was bought for me, I had no idea who he man was, never had the toys, and it hit me at just the right time to resonate. Gwildor saying "I was going to share! I was going to share!" With the bucket of chicken is stuck in my brain.

A friend of mine got a signed VHS copy of Master's of the universe. We meet Dolph Lundgren in a cinema in London.

"Never think while you're hungry." Man at Arms has absolutely eaten people during that siege he mentions.

GIVE US THE BARBIE ANIMATED REVIEWS ITS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT

My favorite part of the vid is when u give some love to Thor The Dark World - I love that flick too. So underappreciated... Caravan of Garbage has been awesome - The Shadow, Dick Tracy, He-Man... some serious nostalgia over here. Thanks for the entertaining walk down memory lane guys! 😋

I think this is the first time (or at least the first time I've noticed) that James has mentioned he'll talk about something later on and it doesn't come up in the video and thus presumably ends up in the extended audio edition. Tell me about the sword, James!