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Masters of The Universe | Official Teaser Trailer
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Yeah I hope it's supposed to be some joke about how He-Man was this ultra masculine character, yet now we live in a culture where you're expected to treat people's gender as a total mystery until they fucking explicitly tell you whether they're a boy or a girl.
Oh well. It could be a complete dumpster fire, it could be dumb fun, or by some miracle maybe it'll be a great movie. I have zero expectations.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Teela is fully clothed looking all Guardians of the Galaxy. Man-At-Arms got the checkbox treatment. It's not. More like a cheeky joke based on his name, but still every bit Hollywood love letter.
Skeletor's look surprised me in a positive way.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
This looks AMAZING!
Stitch
Member
The day I was teleported to another Dimension and became He-Man
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Ciao.
You don't get the joke?
Giallo Corsa
Gold Member
Idris Elba is.........MAN AT ARMS
Trunx81
Member
I had a sensible chuckle at that joke
Ciao.
Overall, apart from the bad CGI: Better than expected.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
We have Thor at home.
Badlucktroll
Member
Is there a Dolph Lundgren cameo
Genesis Knight
Member
A guy working in corporate HR is the true fantasy!
I was hoping for more of a chris evans/cap America small to massive transition but seems like they saved on shrinking (or bulking) cg by just using a baggy shirt 
Maybe they will work in the power harness.
I'm cautiously optimistic, either its gonna be full of winking jokes or played straight, still kinda hard to tell. He-man lends itself to a lot of ridiculousness and I hope its tonally more like the recent DnD film, or at least earnest in embracing its toy 80s roots like the last 2 transformers films. What I don't want is silliness at the edges but all the actors act like they are in Shakespeare, which is what made the gi joe films not really work for me.
Maybe they will work in the power harness.
I'm cautiously optimistic, either its gonna be full of winking jokes or played straight, still kinda hard to tell. He-man lends itself to a lot of ridiculousness and I hope its tonally more like the recent DnD film, or at least earnest in embracing its toy 80s roots like the last 2 transformers films. What I don't want is silliness at the edges but all the actors act like they are in Shakespeare, which is what made the gi joe films not really work for me.
falconhoof
Member
It's got all the vibes of a modern movie. I don't mean DEI stuffs, though we do have a black Duncan and female Roboto, I mean visually. The camera work, the mass of CG green screening, cut to the same music.
Though the music is just trailer stuff, it's the audience's first taste, meaning the people behind this have stated "Yeah, just chuck another one of those drum beat trailer tracks over it. Number 4 will be fine. Fuck it, the audience will still love it."
Doesn't matter that this is a homage movie to an 80's action figure line up, it could still be done with respect. Star Wars was an effort to recapture Flash Gordan and could have been done with a whatever attitude, but it wasn't and that made all the difference.
It's hard to say right now, but I'm getting vibes that there's a level of embarrassment in the craft of this. It's being self-deprecating in the same way of how someone who feels social anxiety tries so hard to act with confidence but it just comes across as awkward.
But, hey, that's just me being too judgemental of a silly movie right.
Though the music is just trailer stuff, it's the audience's first taste, meaning the people behind this have stated "Yeah, just chuck another one of those drum beat trailer tracks over it. Number 4 will be fine. Fuck it, the audience will still love it."
Doesn't matter that this is a homage movie to an 80's action figure line up, it could still be done with respect. Star Wars was an effort to recapture Flash Gordan and could have been done with a whatever attitude, but it wasn't and that made all the difference.
It's hard to say right now, but I'm getting vibes that there's a level of embarrassment in the craft of this. It's being self-deprecating in the same way of how someone who feels social anxiety tries so hard to act with confidence but it just comes across as awkward.
But, hey, that's just me being too judgemental of a silly movie right.
Londo
Member
Black woman boss at work? Check.
Blue haired girl at comic shop? Check.
Spikor was in the trailer too, didn't expect him to be.
The trailer gives a very generic guardians of the galaxy vibe, but I'm afraid it's inevitable with a large cast of characters.
Trailer music is dull, that's a pity.
The pronoun on the desk plate is the one and only fucking exception I'm willing to give to the movie, or else it can rot on the bottom of the box office charts and the store bargain bin.
I'm afraid Roboto will be some stupid ideology character because of his voice inside a giant metal body.
Skeletor looks good enough, slender but with a muscular frame, as a respected decaying corpse should be.
Oh, and Cringer is too big.
Blue haired girl at comic shop? Check.
Spikor was in the trailer too, didn't expect him to be.
The trailer gives a very generic guardians of the galaxy vibe, but I'm afraid it's inevitable with a large cast of characters.
Trailer music is dull, that's a pity.
The pronoun on the desk plate is the one and only fucking exception I'm willing to give to the movie, or else it can rot on the bottom of the box office charts and the store bargain bin.
I'm afraid Roboto will be some stupid ideology character because of his voice inside a giant metal body.
Skeletor looks good enough, slender but with a muscular frame, as a respected decaying corpse should be.
Oh, and Cringer is too big.
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Knight of the Round
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Aside from one raceswap, this looks ... decent and promising. I ... am honestly ... hyped?
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Grildon Tundy
Member
I saw this teaser on Twitter because someone had retweeted it with "I hate Gen Xers with every fiber of my being."
Knight of the Round
Member
Let them cope and seethe. It's not our fault we actually grew up with good entertainment.
Hohenheim
Member
Pretty sure I saw the almighty FISTO in the trailer. The master of fisting.never forget the mighty Fisto
Evil Lyn is gonna be wide open once this dude's done.
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bighugeguns
Member
The dialogue.
BUT you know what, that's fine, if it tries to appeal to younger audiences, cool, He-man as an IP owns.
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Wheeljack539
Member
I'm actually cautiously optimistic. I can get behind the idea of Adam being sent to Earth (especially if they follow the canon that his mother is from Earth) which is why our world is involved. I rolled my eyes at race swap Man-At-Arms - assuming it's Duncan though and not another character.
Yeah this nearly put me off until I got to thinking that this could be a joke.
What's interesting is that the original shout of that phrase while still being the best one is that John Erwin (the original voice actor) never actually shouted it. It was a matter of him making it a bit bombastic but allowing the sound effects team handle the rest. Combined they still have something that hasn't been beaten in 43 years.
Ciao.
Yeah this nearly put me off until I got to thinking that this could be a joke.
What's interesting is that the original shout of that phrase while still being the best one is that John Erwin (the original voice actor) never actually shouted it. It was a matter of him making it a bit bombastic but allowing the sound effects team handle the rest. Combined they still have something that hasn't been beaten in 43 years.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Tells me everything I need to know about the creators. Disregarded
EDIT: Already noticed, I see
OMG... That's the joke! He/Him looks like He-Man... Adam Glenn is He-Man
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
MayauMiao
Member
Ciao.
Hold on, it could be the reason why he rather be in Eternia.
ssringo
Member
Burning Blade
Member
He/Him aside, I'm a pretty big MOTU fan and plan to drag my wife and kids to this.
I'm hyped!
I'm hyped!
LimanimaPT
Banned
I just hope this is there for some joke, or else I'm out.
Ciao.
Space Runaway
Member
Another "just do it like GotG" movie, it seems.
Trogdor1123
Member
I was pretty pumped but that trailer is a let down… Idris Elba is always good though.
I'll wait for more.
I'll wait for more.
I gotta think that there will be a "me he-man" pronoun joke in the beginning, then he's just Adam/Prince Adam for the rest of the film. Trying to say "Hey, its He-man here to save the day!" and "I love you, He-man" is a rough sell in 2026, which is why its stripped off the MOTU title.
Possibly it's there as woke tosh, but seems unlikely as they wouldn't have put it in the trailer if it was just scenery.
Also possible it serves some purpose in creating the name "He-man", like Man-at-Arms sees it when retrieving Adam and that becomes the origin of He-Man the name, something like that.
So I think it is most definitely a joke about the name He-man, not social commentary about pronouns.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
That trailer actually got me interested in wanting to watch the movie so it did it's job. I was never a He-Man fan as a kid, I was more a Ninja Turtles guy but this movie looks fun