Masters of the Universe - Good Bad Flicks 

It's funny Dolph Lundgren considers this his low point, when Frank Langella has said that this was his favorite role to play.

When Skeletor pops up at the end I swear to f*** he looks like Jack Palance.

Not even a mention of the most important reason to watch this movie. Evilyn's arresting eyes. Meg Foster (has the most compelling eyes in Hollywood, okay Karen Black's eyes are also interesting) is super good in this film, and indeed, has some of the best lines. "I see only a human female, it must have been she who tipped the balance against you."

I really loved Langella's performance as Skeletor.

8:27 "When I think evil, I don't think giant golden guy" Xerxes dilikes this

Frank Langella was so amazing as Skeletor. One of the best villains ever. Seriously. So campy, yet so cool. Hats off to you, Mr. Langella.

In the most recent release of the film, both Frank Langella and Dolph Lundgren expressed their appreciation for the movie. One unfortunate thing is that Langella, who was in top shape at the time, pushed for a big fight scene to be included and he and Lundgren worked on it for awhile only to have it end up a much shorter fight to cut costs at the end of filming.

That brings back memories. I didn't enter into the contest but I remember them running ads for it all the time. I'm going to have to look up and see if they ever officially picked a winner. Cool that they at least sent you something.

Thanks! Meg Foster's eyes are amazing. She looks like she could see your soul.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

That comment about Orco cloning himself so he could be able to eat more chicken had me laughing for like 10 minutes straight.

I remember seeing it in the theater as a kid with my dad, having the same reaction as you, "Why the different characters who weren't in the cartoon and why the hell go to Earth, when Eternia is a lot more interesting??"

lol Pigboy. What a little legend.

Four of Skeletor's best men can't catch one girl, that was actually one of the more accurate aspects of the movie. Those guys went to a special school for villains. #HannaBarbarasSchoolforAspiringVillains.

"Gwildor's a drag queen. I am not surprised." Best line of the review.

Thanks! People seem to forget just how popular He-man was back then.

OMG!!! This is the first time in 20+ I've heard Courtney described as "The dancing in the dark girl." Thank you for that nostalgia.

I only know this because, despite growing up in the 80s, I just finished watching this movie for the first time today. Her parents were the only people in the plane. Her mom mentions everything will be fine because her dad is a good pilot. She also grabs maps along with his keys. One can assume he has a small two person plane. So no need to warn anyone else.

Thanks! Frank Langella made for an excellent Skeletor. Much more maniacal than the cartoon. (I love both though)

I was watching this review and then I saw Meg Foster`s eyes...I`d give her that cosmic key in a heartbeat!

I had a bunch of the action figures but never had Castle Greyskull. Always wanted it though

I love the scene where Skeletor's army marches down the street and there is NO ONE outside. I love this movie so much.

I love the tones that the cosmic key makes!

I appreciate the support! Spread the word!

9:07 I always thought her parents were flying a light aircraft. Graveside scene: "It's my fault they died." [..] "We were all supposed to go to the beach that day. But I said I had to study because I wanted to spend the day with you. So they took the plane to Catalina instead." It's not conclusive (and it's also five minutes of my life I'll never get back... ;-)

Thanks! I think he just got stuck in that "tough guy" role even though he had some good acting chops and was way more intelligent than people knew. He should have at least been in some bigger action flicks. While some of his movies weren't the best, he was always good.

Whoever knew Monica would inspire Final Destination.

the beverly hills cop music for the key bit had me in stitches.......bravo!

just watched it for the first time last night and i was Blown away, young tom paris saving the world from aliens, im 31 and i thought it was amazing. LOVED IT.

Evil Lyn and Skeletor was the best thing about He-Man. Skeletor when he said No mine was the best when Evil Lyn said the world is now ours.

Kudos for the CKY "Skeletor vs Beastman" reference.

4:50 is seriously the funniest part of this whole video.

I remember begging my dad to rent this for me, when it first came out on vhs, as I was a huge He-Man fan, & I loved it. Funny how I never thought about Orco not being in the film, until you brought it up on this video, lol. LMFAO, oh man, I used to have a wacky wall walker!!

I LOVE that CKY beastman video refrence. Such a good song. Lol

Golam & Globus and Full Moon were the spice of my youth! Oh how I miss those two studios!

Thanks! I know they were hoping to do a sequel and there was so much they could have done. Oh well. I've heard they are planning a big budget reboot but somehow I think it won't be as much fun as this.

Btw meg foster who played evil lyn did not wear lenses, her eyes are really like that.

I always figured Gwildor was from an episode of the series I had missed. Hate that they changed the look of the characters so much but at least it stars The Greatest Starfleet Pilot EVER, *Thomas Eugene Paris!*

8:30 Thank goodness for MIDI.

Yep as crazy as it sounds, that is how it went down. Thanks for the sub!

Meg Foster was perfect for Evil-Lyn. Her eyes are chilling. Great review. This brought back so many memories.

The soundtrack really is amazing. It's one reason why this is still a guilty pleasure for me. Also, why the sets & effects still look so good is because you're looking at what was going to be 'Superman 4' s budget.

I've become addicted to your videos, and love the random jokes that really catch me off guard. You deserve a billion likes, and a billion - two subscribers!

I know I'm little late, but how have I lived without you in my life?! The casual "Tom Paris" reference was stellar! 😉

My dad took me to see this in theaters when I was seven. We saw Superman IV right after (another good bad movie). I had such a crush on Courteney Cox.

HUGE PROPS for the CKY 3 reference. Trophy achievement: Best youtuber EVER!

Another stellar job with the review. This is the first film my parents ever bought for me..and it was on VHS..and I have cherished this film ever since. Sure it's corny, and full of cheese, but it's entertaining..and to be honest this is the only exposure I had to He-Man..other than the annoying kids yelling his name at a birthday party in Ghostbusters II..I think this film actually does some things better than the show did..namely Skeletor..he is actually intimidating. "Good Journey!"

Interesting fact: In the early development stage, illustrator Ralph Mcquarrie , who made the legendary artwork that helped George Lucas sell Star Wars to the movie studio did a bunch of designs for vehicles and castles for the movie, none of which were used. They are available online. His designs for Grayskull were pretty sick!!!!!

Interesting side fact, He-Man was inspired by Robert E. Howard's (creator of Conan the Barbarian fame) original barbarian hero Kull the Conqueror, this included both the main villain Skeletor who was based of Kull's somewhat re-occurring enemy (until he killed him anyhow) necromancer Thulsa Doom who's head like Skeletor was a skull (a version of this villain made it into the Conan the Barbarian movie played by James Earl Jones but sadly without the Skeletor skull-face :) ). They also drew on the idea of a previous snake people of the evil snake god Set that ruled the world prior to humans (or Eternians I guess in He-Man world) which can re-appear as a current threat (and constantly shown with Skeletor's base as Snake Mountain) particularly in the He-Man reboot series of the 2000's. Of course the He-Man series added the futuristic elements and was kid orientated unlike the pulp fiction Kull stories which had allot more violence and some nudity (though much less then the later Conan stories, Kull being written as a character who unlike his successor was uninterested in sex, but only battle, He was also somewhat more intellectually curious then Conan, but it was with the Conan stories that Howard really struck a cord with the pulp magazine audience).

At the time Transformers and Masters of the Universe were both really popular. As the years went by Transformers became the bigger property

A reboot film based on the 2003 cartoon or the DC stuff would be pretty cool.

When you showed Snookie and said Dancin in the dark video girl you won me over bro. We would b friends lol

Extra points for the CKY(2k?) Skeletor clip. Me and my friends ended up ruining the CKY dvds by watching them so often, some good memories

Probably one of favorites growing up. At my local video store I remember the poster at my local video rental store with the review "The STAR WARS for the 80's !" Although I'm glad that sequel didn't go through looking at MacGruder there who would've replaced Lundgren. They also used sets from Cannon's never made SPIDER-MAN along with the never made MASTERS sequel to get CYBORG made. I had read elsewhere Lundgren was early at one point supposed to do the sequel. And co-star with Jean Claude Van Damn was also to have a role in the project to boot. The two were friends ,and had always wanted to collaborate on a project together. It never happened until UNIVERSAL SOLDIER though.

I would love to see Lundgren play a role in the new He-Man movie (if it ever happens). I could definitely see him playing an ally of He-Man, like SyKlone for instance. Now THAT would be cool character to see done in CGI today.

Oh the nostalgia. Thanks for the review. Please do the guilty pleasure, “Enemy Territory”.

Ha! Kudos points for the Brandon as Skeletor clip 🤣👍🏻

8:27 - I'm pretty sure Horus and Abbaddon would be more than happy to tell you about "big, gold evil guys."

evilyn is hot

Thank you for not complete bashing this movie , this is one of my favorite movies of all times. Just found your you tube channel, love all the videos I’ve watched so far .

I lost my mind at the synthesizer bit. I wish I could go clubbing and when that song started bumpin through the speakers people would just clear the dance floor. I need space to truly unleash my talents.

lol awesome! Glad you liked it! I'm also looking forward to the new Thor

Love the movie. Frank Langellas performance as skeletor is awesome. Meg Foster is great as well.

8:15 Did you just...? As a 6'3 black guy I only have 3 words to say to that... I can't even.

"Drop the Zero, be with the hero!" "This bike be trippin!" said Vanilla Ice.

Just rewatched this movie and realized her parents were on a private plane. The mom says that the dad is a good pilot when Julie begs them not to go at the end, so it looks like they were the only ones who died. Otherwise, great video. This is one of my favorites on your channel. Love this movie and I actually think it kind of holds up decently decades later.

I'm so glad to see you had reviewed this. Definitely one of my favourites because of Frank Langella. I feel like he just dominated the movie. Still, a great movie overall.

I love the little comedy bits you put in, they make the videos soooo much better!

Did anyone else think the Moss Man toy was like the smelliest toy ever?? I don't know what material they made it from...but holy fuck it reeked. I played with that toy once..... 30 years ago....and I still remember the smell lol.

Why did they have to go to earth? I mean we paid for Eternia.

watching this vid gave me the greatest nostalgic feeling ever. this film was was one of my favourites as a child, right besides Willow and The Golden Child.

Interesting review. This movie is very under rated and have always loved it since seeing it in the 1987. There is another interesting movie called "Beast Master 2: Portal of time" that pretty much has the same plot as Masters of the Universe. Consider it the unauthorized knock off sequel. Perhaps you should consider reviewing it. It is so bad it is good.

Your reviews are my new favorites- can you review "Nighthawks" (Stallone as a cop in bathrobe)

I remember the toys. Those were so cool! but I didn't have many. My mom and dad said "they didn't want to spoil me." so my freinds had all the toys...and I had PRINCE ADAM. I was a laughing stock! He was lamer than ORCO! and my older sister had She-Ra, Swiftwind, and the damn crystal castle!! The kids on the playground wouldn't let me play he-man with them!! But I had my day in the sun. Back in '03 I got the new he-man toys, of he-man, and skeletor. I showed them to my dad and I said: "remember how I asked for he-man, and I got prince adam?" "Yeah..." "Well..." Then I shoved it in his face! "THIS is HE-MAN! THIS IS..HE-MAN, YOU STUPID, STUPID, MAN!!! I WAS A LAUGHING STOCK!!" He says: "Uh..Adam is he-man, right?" and my friend says: "Adam..is like Clark Kent." "oooh." dad says. "Sorry..."

This shit was dark as hell when I was a kid...awesome. Love it.

I fell in love with Evil-Lynn when i first saw this movie...

The girl from the dancing in the dark videos is at her last day of work at the ribshack. Your commentary kills me. Hahahs

The Opening Credits Music answers the question, _What if: The epic and beautiful John Williams' Music... But bad and not epic?_ Perfect.

I love your captions, funny music at untimely moments, and pop culture refrences. You desirve way more views.

the one thing about the ending of the movie that i always find fascinating is that a year later from the last scene the two characters will be doing a back to the future 2 type of story only there prior knowledge of future events will change every thing i'd love to that as a sequel

That saurod action figure was amazing...the mouth shot sparks. Genuinely something you wouldn't see today.

6:59 hey, who invited Mr. Strickland?

The new G. I . Joe was well under way before He-man burst into the scene, but He-man did influence the cartoon and the replacement of Hawk as their field Leader. Duke was designed to mirror he-man, including the goofy grin.

One thing I never noticed before, but did in this review, is that Man-at-Arms' costume, actually has a lot of its tradtional detailing in it but in black rather then his usual colors; making it look like a "stealth armor" version of the character.

I still love this movie, and you rock for the Axel f theme

I would love a M.A.S.K. movie. Thundercats would be pretty awesome too.

Absolutely loved this review! You rock..

"It was a low point in my career but I would like to return to it or have a cameo" - Dolph

2:37, perfect example of the amazing movie phenomenon - the recoil from laser rifle shot.

The 2002 animated He-Man is still the BEST adaptation IMO.

Remember Bionic 6. I used to want to cybernetically enhanced, but now... Dolph Lundgren is a scientist. I miss my childhood.

Good review, I loved this film (and the animated show) when I was little kid. I haven't seen it in years, after watching this review I will be buying the DVD.

Interesting. I don't remember the comics well enough, I didn't read very many of them. When I was younger I was more into GI Joe comics.

I loved the new villains. Blade and Saurod especially. Was great to have new toys of them.

Thanks! Always happy to hear that. :)

6:00 Don't forget Man-E Faces, .. . THAT one's actually pretty clever. Oh, and they could've depicted an Orko in a LATE 80's movie! .. . they could've done it with stop motion, blue screen and they even had an EARLY form of cgi back then that they could've used. Maybe the makers of this movie just didn't WANT HIM in it! And it occurs to me that THAT character was NOT originally a TOY like allot of the others - were you aware of bthat? .. . so then they wouldn't have been required by Mattel to feature him.

Thank you! I'm slowly but surely building an audience. One of these going viral would be nice.

I've been wanting to do Cyborg for a while but I have so much on it I know it will be a very long episode. (I have the director's cut originally called "Slinger" which you can only get directly from Pyun) American Ninja is totally coming at some point.

Another great video! I got the chance to meet Meg Foster about a year ago. She had so many funny stories about this film.

Seriously, goodbadflicks you have the best comedic lines ever. 5:05