In Review: Masters of the Universe
I never watched the original He-man and the Masters of the Universe as a kid. It just wasn’t on the channels we had. I did watch the live action Masters of the Universe with Dolph Lundgren, though I did not realize it was related to He-man till later on. My first real introduction to the series was the 2002 reboot. I also watched the Revelation and Revolution series on Netflix. So the series was not really a part of my childhood, but I am a fan of the modern takes on it. When the trailers for the new live action film were released I was interested, but not someone getting supper hyped for it. I did not really take notice of it until the usual online losers started crying that “woke” was ruining their childhoods. When a friend asked if I wanted to see it, I said sure, and I am glad I did. The film elects not to play things straight. Instead, it embraces the goofyness that is inherent to series that was just a 1980’s toy commercial. The film I would compare it to the most is Thor: ...