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Netflix Cancels Live-Action He-Man Movie

Netflix Cancels Live-Action He-Man Movie

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Netflix has the full Power of Greyskull lately as they’ve partnered with Mattel to put several He-Man and the Masters of the Universe shows into production. First came the critically praised retake on She-Ra, then Kevin Smith’s reimagined take, then a proper He-Man reboot for kids…it was all supposed to be topped with a live-action He-Man movie on the streamer, until today. Netflix has pulled out of the deal to produce that live-action movie, which would have starred Kyle Allen (American Horror Story, The Path) as Prince Adam and his much more muscular counterpart (seriously, either some CGI was in the works or based on photos, Allen would really have to bulk up. I guess he doesn’t have to worry about that now). It came down to a matter of money. Gone are the days when Netflix could willingly throw away billions on anything and everything. The He-Man feature had a $200 million price tag. Netflix wanted that budget reduced to $150 million. Mattel said it couldn’t be done, so

Netflix Can’t Get Enough He-Man

Netflix Can’t Get Enough He-Man

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Ever since Netflix teamed up with Mattel to produce the new, critically acclaimed version of She-Ra, it’s been to the “Masters” side of the Universe repeatedly. A new CG He-Man series for family audiences premiered last fall, and so did a two-part epic aimed at adult fans from Kevin Smith. Now we’re hearing about ANOTHER project set in Eternia — a brand-new live-action movie. You likely already know there was an attempt at this in 1987 starring Courteney Cox as nobody relevant to the brand. The Masters of the Universe movie went mostly off-script and transported Prince Adam, Skeletor and a weird elf-thing replacing Orko to Earth, where they ran around empty streets and alleys while some teenagers got all the screentime. Despite the MOTU brand retaining some strength from its 1983 high, it did not reflect in box office numbers. The flick was considered a bomb, and pulled from theaters in just three weeks. You can only go up from there, right? Sony has held the movie rights to

Masters of the Universe: Revelation – Part 2

Masters of the Universe: Revelation – Part 2

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Masters of the Universe: Revelation Part 2 trailer Masters of the Universe: Revelation – Part 2 finally dropped its trailer, and it looks promising. Everything that happened in part one is now making sense. The first part of this mini-series has a controversial run. Kevin Smith promised that this will be the finale He-man fans deserve. Fans waited for almost 40 years for this but Kevin Smith did some polarizing decisions. First is the underutilization of ‎He-Man. Fans expected him to be the protagonist of the show. The title doesn’t have He-man though. Prince Adam’s face time in the first part has been minimal and mostly flashback. Teela felt like the main protagonist because the story centered too much on her and Evil-Lyn. Teela becoming muscular also caused a lot of debates among fans. The demise of Fan-favorite characters like Orco and Sorceress also angered some netizens.  Fans were divided because of the ending of the 5th episode of the first half of this series. Masters of the Universe: Revelation – Part 2 became

Couch Command Podcast – The Suicide Squad vs. Suicide Squad

Couch Command Podcast – The Suicide Squad vs. Suicide Squad

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powered by Sounder [Scrub to the 52 minute mark for the Review and use this link until the Player is Fixed: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1465456/episodes/9245213 ] What’s crackin’ Commandos?  So, we have our second VERSUS podcast where we take two different movies and put them head to head.  This time around we’ll be talking about the much reviled (except by me, I actually liked it…) David Ayer’s DC Movie: SUICIDE SQUAD and put that up against James Gunn’s second go at the movie: THE SUICIDE SQUAD.  It’s a great conversation and we had a lot of fun.  So, drop in and enjoy! What We’ve Been Geeking On: All Tomorrows Masters of the Universe: REVELATIONS CASTLEVANIA STAR WARS: BAD BATCH JOEL HAVER ALIENS M41A Pulse Rifle KINDRED: The Embraced NUKES Top 5 CHAINSAW MAN THE DC ANIMATED MOVIE TOUR: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Justice League: War Son of Batman Justice League: Throne of Atlantis Batman vs. Robin Batman: Bad Blood Justice League vs. Teen Titans Justice League Dark Teen Titans: The Judas Contract

Couch Command Podcast – Masters of the Universe: REVELATIONS

Couch Command Podcast – Masters of the Universe: REVELATIONS

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powered by Sounder   (Scrub to the 48 minute mark for the Review) (Download Links work.. investigating the Player) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1465456/episodes/9236639 Welcome back Couch Commandos!  Sorry it’s been a while. Lotsa life and whatnot but we do have some backlogged podcasts for your listening pleasure.  Me and Vangelus sat down to talk about the pretty freaking controversial new Masters of the Universe: Revelations cartoon from legendary geek, Kevin Smith and released on the Netflix Platform. This is yet again more “Last Jedi” levels of going back and forth over this version of He-Man.  He liked it.. I was not a fan and, uhhh.. things get spirited! Click on in and I hope you enjoy. What We’ve Been Geeking On: YouTube Star Wars Discussion Rian Johnson Following Art “Creative to Creative Team” Space Empire: 4X CASTLEVANIA Power House Animation Separate Art and Artists TOMORROW WAR Masters of the Podcast’verse: Keith Justice Hayward (Twitch, Instagram, Facebook) Chris Vangelus “Mind Feak” (YouTube, Instagram, Twitter)     Intro and Outro comes from the one and only, Starcadian! You can download

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Trailer

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Trailer

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Trailer: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe got He-man goes 3d.  This new reboot of He-man has influences from  Super Sentai and Kamen Rider shows. I still believe the early 2000s reboot that got canceled is still the best He-man version I had seen. People can’t still move on from the controversial ending of the first half of the Kevin Smith He-man. This version got lucky that Kevin Smith’s version is taking all the heat. Let’s see if Smith can do damage control on the second half of his series. Social media may destroy it but there could be a quiet majority out there. I can see the people who love the Netflix She-Ra loving this while old-school fans will be divided. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is more well-received by the Netizens. Netflix has 2 versions of He-man right now. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe got He-man is more marketed for kids. On the other hand, Masters

Kevin Smith got panned by fans with Masters of the Universe Revelation

Kevin Smith got panned by fans with Masters of the Universe Revelation

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Here is a video of Kevin Smith explaining the Finale of Masters of the Universe Revelation  part 1. He is very positive explaining all his decisions for what this series had become. Despite having  brutal criticism from fans. The video have more Dislikes than Likes because fans are unhappy with the marketing and decisions on making this film. Fans of He-man  were waiting for a closure. This two part series  promise to give them the satisfying ending they waited for decades but Kevin Smith some risky bold moves. The critics loved this series as it got 96% fresh from Rotten tomatoes. On the other hand, The average audience score is 36% because of the controversial decision he did. I will still give the second half of this series a chance and try to trust to process but I understand where the fans came from. They are watching this because they want a final showdown between He-man and and Skeletor. Fans waited for this for decades. They watched the original as

Masters of The Universe Revelations trailer shows Buff Teela and Brainwashed Adam

Masters of The Universe Revelations trailer shows Buff Teela and Brainwashed Adam

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Masters of The Universe Revelations Masters of the Universe Revelations Trailer is now out. Kevin Smith said he wanted to give the fans the closure they wanted. The original never had closure because Filmation got contented with reruns. Syndicated episode ratings got them complacent to not make new episodes. I am amazed by the visuals of the trailer but something is off. Then they made this reboot to revitalize the brand during the 90s. The lean Anime aesthetic He-man with pants: Even though this show is good, Fans were not open to changes.  This leads to cancelation after 1 season but it had its cult following. Eventually in the early 2000s.  He-man’s best incarnation exists.  This version modernized He-man for the older Millennials.  Even if this show is good, It can’t compete with the Anime boom of the early 2000s. The low toy sales lead to its cancelation after two seasons. Both the Original and this reboot can be connected to Masters of the Universe Revelations. Masters of The Universe Revelations

Couch Command Podcast – EXCALIBUR… Because It Influenced a Lot of Zack Snyder’s Style. :)

Couch Command Podcast – EXCALIBUR… Because It Influenced a Lot of Zack Snyder’s Style. :)

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powered by Sounder   And thus ends our kinda sorta “trilogy” of Zack Snyder and things he thinks are awesome.  After reviewing Batman v. Superman and Zack Snyder’s Justice League… time to dive into the 80’s classic that inspired a lot of Zack’s film making……. John Boorman’s EXCALIBUR!!! What We’ve Been Geeking On: Fighting Game Sticks City of Heroes He-Man: Revelations NetFlix’s Resident Evil The Perfection Terminator: Dark Fate The Bad Batch Army of the Dead/Return of the Living Dead LOKI   The Knights of the Round: Keith Justice Hayward (Twitch, Instagram, Facebook) Matthew “Docfalconer” Schrader (Website, Twitter) Isaac Shapiro (YouTube, Twitter) Tony Korneagay (YouTube, Twitter)     Intro and Outro comes from the one and only, Starcadian! You can download Interspace and Freak Night here and here respectively. The opening has an official music video you can see here: Logo by DMario Designs Podcast Audio Mixed and Produced by Brian “Sonic Clang” Kline

First Screens From Masters of the Universe: Revelation

First Screens From Masters of the Universe: Revelation

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If anything feels ripe for reinterpretation, it’s Masters of the Universe: a concept full of cool sci-fi and fantasy ideas yet clumsily pulled off through limited Filmation resources. Back in 1983 that didn’t seem to matter (and what else were you going to watch anyway?) but Eternia is gonna need some extra “oomph” to gain fans beyond aging Gen-Xers. It’s already been done for He-Man’s sister. She-Ra was rebooted by Noelle Stephenson so well that it may have single-handedly saved the character from obscurity — we could see a reboot of THAT cartoon in twenty or so years. As for He-Man, fanboy-for-a-living Kevin Smith has been working on a new Masters cartoon, and he claims it’s good, but he also claims NFTs are good. We didn’t know what to expect until today. The thing about Revelations is that it’s not technically a reboot…Smith says it continues the story where the original series, which was not very continuity-heavy, left off. But it certainly doesn’t LOOK like the original show did. Have

The Power Of Grayskull Comes To Earth This September

The Power Of Grayskull Comes To Earth This September

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Long ago on the distant planet of Eternia, a man named Prince Adam held his mystic sword in the air and yelled “BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL! I HAVE THE POWER!” The words transformed him into the superhero He-Man, and as a bonus turned his pathetic pet Cringer into the fearsome Battle Cat. He-Man’s goal: protect the secrets of Castle Grayskull from Skeletor, Master of Evil, and his henchmen. What was in Castle Grayskull that needed protecting? No one knew. It was just enough backstory for a kid to come up with their own adventures, which was the point. He-Man started life as an action figure, and thanks to a Reagan-era rollback of children’s TV regulations, got his own cartoon series in 1983 to promote the toys. Both the toys and the show worked together to create a massive sensation, and as the lineup of He-Man’s friends and enemies expanded, it would only get sillier, from a guy who could extend his neck by yards to a man whose power