Fried Gold wrote:The cartoons were tripe. They were only good for 6-9 year olds in the 80s. If I were making the movie, I wouldn't hassle myself with trying to emulate them. Use the story basis and the essence of it, but steer clear of the cartoon ideas.
Fawst wrote:Ugh, Cringer... must they have Cringer? Can't Adam just simply have his "steed" be a non-talking, non-goofy giant feline? That would be awesome if instead of horses in Eternia, they had giant cats. I mean, why are there only two? Battle-Cat and Skeletor's panther? They should have more than that.
Fawst wrote:Sword and Sandal might be the most ALF (and yes, I typed ALF, not r-tarded) genre description ever. Besides, the Eternians wore boots
I have a feeling they're going to pronounce He-Man as "Hee-min," kinda like Conan is pronounced. Which, while better than "HEE-MAN," is WAY too close to "Hymen."
I digress.
I am looking forward to this like nobody's business. Maybe we'll get lucky and He-Man will actually use his sword, and not lazer guns.
King Psyz wrote:No you need to have Orko. Maybe give him a more yoda feel like was originally intended. Mischevious old little dude who's also imensely powerful.
King Psyz wrote:No you need to have Orko. Maybe give him a more yoda feel like was originally intended. Mischevious old little dude who's also imensely powerful.
Fried Gold wrote:Even though this Joel Silver produced He-Man film apparently already has a writer (and is likely to be production hell for a little while longer), comic book writer Kaare Andrews has put together an animated video pitch for the job - you can read more about it and watch the video here:
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3580&Itemid=99
Kaare Andrews's conceptual piece drew a lot of interest, and fans want to know more about Kaare and his vision.
Well, now is your chance to find out more!
Please participate in the Q&A we'll have with Kaare about his pitch.
The Q&A thread will close on December 1st.
King Psyz wrote:I recall in those comic books that he got alot more right and wasn't as useless.
At the time Yoda and Star Wars were hot properties and I have always felt it was there attempt to grab onto that.
A refrence the carton people missed entirely it seems.
Bayouwolf wrote:LaDracul wrote:So some of his blunders came from the fact his wand wasn't working properly...
So, is Ron Weasley Orko?
Greg (Sword-of-Grayskull) has been at the NYCC taking notes for all of us who can't be there.
Here's a quick recap of the details revealed during a slideshow at the panel:
The line will be a 6" Masters of the Universe collector's line
The line will be super-poseable, using high-end articulation
It will be comparable to the DC Universe line that is currently being produced by Mattel and sculpted by the 4H
Mattel stated this line is definitely going to be for the collectors, and not for children
They will be shipped in even case ratios. Mattel said "You are not going to see six Skeletors and one Beastman"
The first figure in the line will be King Grayskull, who will be a SDCC Exclusive.
King Grayskull will have a chase variant that is colored to look like the statue of King Grayskull seen by Adam from the MYP Power of Grayskull episode
This collector's line will contain "the entire pantheon of MOTU characters", which will include characters from the classic MOTU toy line, the New Adventures of He-Man, MYP cartoon characters, characters from the mini-comics (a photo of the Green Goddess was flashed), characters from the unproduced Powers of Grayskull line (a photo of He-Ro was flashed), and POP characters (a screengrab of Force Captain Adora from SOTS was flashed)
Fievel wrote::shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
WOW!!!
What they wrote makes it sound like it could be an amazing picture/trilogy!!
I love the setup that the script provides.
NO CHEESE!
NO ORKO!!!
Can't fail!!!
Fievel wrote:NO CHEESE!
NO ORKO!!!
Can't fail!!!
papalazeru wrote:Fievel wrote:NO CHEESE!
NO ORKO!!!
Can't fail!!!
No Orko?
That's like having Thundercats without Snarf.
Tantamount to heresy.
RogueScribner wrote:Why would a whale be He-Man's companion?
Fawst wrote:Who gives a FUCK that it sorta rips off the FotR opening? I certainly don't.
With the success of Transformers, WB has been hoping to cash in on the 80's cartoon revival. I've been told the script is in good shape and, prior to Speed Racer opening, Joel Silver who produced Speed and is also producing MOTU was hoping to get the "go ahead" from the studio with a late '09 release date.
I don't know how, or if, the disastrous box office performance of Speed Racer has in any way effected WB's plans for the big screen adaptation of the 80's cartoon but with rival studios like Paramount releasing Transformers 2 and G.I. Joe in '09, it's getting crowded and time is running out for the Burbank Studio.
DerLanghaarige wrote:I'm not sure about this. There is a difference between taking a source material serious and TOO serious and from what I've read, this script seem to get one step too far. (Of course I may be wrong and the review just made it look like that.)
I don't want this to be a pseudo-smart borefest like Batman Begins or Battlestar Galactica. He-Man was (despite it's Barbarian-ish theme) always bright and colorful fantasy. Of course I don't mean that I want this to be like Batman Forever or even *gasp* Batman & Robin, but something like...let's say X-Men 2. A movie that has lots of dark moments and treats its silly concept serious, but also is some damn good entertainment.
Oh, and I hope they keep Zach Snyder far away from this.
Originally, the He-Man action figures were designed as a toy line for the Conan The Barbarian movie, but Mattel president Ray Wagner decided instead to come up with a new proprietary male action line possibly due to the violence and sexuality in the Conan film, they knew that few children would be allowed to view it, and would be a marketing disaster.[4] So they altered the figures and changed his name to He-Man. The toys that had already been put into production were changed and combined with the ideas of Ray Wagner.[citation needed]
Wagner wanted a strong line to compete with the then popular Star Wars line of toys; a license that he had ironically rejected purchasing for Mattel in 1977. In an attempt to fulfill Wagner's request, the He-Man concept came into existence, with Roger Sweet heading its development.
Sweet's hard work resulted in the "He-Man trio", three 9½ inch tall prototype figures created using "Big Jim" molds. One was a barbarian fantasy themed figure, one a military toy in the vein of G.I. Joe and one was a Star Wars-esque space man, complete with jet-pack.
Several months of development work occurred at Mattel before the new Masters Of The Universe line began to hit the market in late 1981. Filmation writers and many other varied personnel joined in to contribute greatly to the success of the line.
Two years earlier, in 1981, Mattel kept a watchful eye out for its next big hit. Martin Arriola, now a senior staff designer with Mattel, was a designer on Masters for most of its initial six-year run. He remembers that the company was performing market research into doing figures based on Robert E. Howard's popular Conan the Barbarian character. Renderings of the Cimmerian warlord were created, one of which was by staff artist Mark Taylor. Arriola saw that what Taylor was creating was just a little bit different. "It was Conan-like," Arriola says, "but he had blond hair instead of dark. We also had renderings for Skeletor and Beast Man."
Though Arriola won't swear this is exactly how it went down, to the best of his knowledge these drawings were added into the market research already being performed for a potential Conan line. Faced with a choice between Conan and He-Man, more kids chose He-Man.
Betting squarely on this new franchise, Mattel then created a backstory for the character and released the first figures to the market in 1981, each with its own mini-comic. "[He-Man's]original storyline was a lot different than what they did in the animation," recalls David Wolfram, now a design manager at Mattel, who designed He-Man toys during their last years on the market. "He was a lot more of a barbarian in the beginning, and it was a lot more sword-and-sorcery oriented." The Conan inspiration was shining through.
Published by Shawn Adler on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 2:58 pm.
By the power of Grayskull, how the heck do you turn a hero famous for a whimsical cartoon into a credible action hero? You first have to make him real, “Grayskull” screenwriter Justin Marks told MTV News.
“I grew up on the ‘He-Man’ cartoon and watched ‘He-Man’ six days a week. The notion that I think we most took from the cartoon are the characters, and trying to find a way that is true to them,” he said of his planned adaptation, which is currently in development at Warner Brothers. “Now, at the same time, we had to come up with why that is the way it is. I mean you’re talking about sword-and-sandal meets science fiction meets fantasy meets everything, and how does that all kind of blend into the same world? And so we had to come up with very specific rules that explained why Trapjaw looks the way he looks, and why Cyclops — who is awesome — looks the way he looks.”
Call it the “Batman Begins-ification” of He-Man, the shift of tone that helped make “The Dark Knight” so wildly successful, and is now being copied in varying degrees with reinventions of characters as diverse as Robocop, James Bond, and Red Sonja.
It’s an approach Marks is using on “Grayskull,” as well, he said, to help explain some of the sillier aspects to the characters.
“The script is very true to the characters — we’re not talking about putting nipples on the Trapjaw suit. But we had to come up with a reason again why Trapjaw would actually not just be something that’s totally absurd, but why he would need those bionic parts added to him,” Marks insisted. “Which gives a sort of sense of where [the movie] is going in some way.”
Given a realistic base, Marks said he has more latitude in creating He-Man’s world of Eternia — free to create an epic universe unlike “anything we’ve ever seen before on a visual level.”
TheButcher wrote:From Super Hero Hypeand MTV:
‘He-Man’ Movie Will Go Realistic: ‘We’re Not Talking About Putting Nipples On The Trapjaw Suit’Published by Shawn Adler on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 2:58 pm.
By the power of Grayskull, how the heck do you turn a hero famous for a whimsical cartoon into a credible action hero? You first have to make him real, “Grayskull” screenwriter Justin Marks told MTV News.
“I grew up on the ‘He-Man’ cartoon and watched ‘He-Man’ six days a week. The notion that I think we most took from the cartoon are the characters, and trying to find a way that is true to them,” he said of his planned adaptation, which is currently in development at Warner Brothers. “Now, at the same time, we had to come up with why that is the way it is. I mean you’re talking about sword-and-sandal meets science fiction meets fantasy meets everything, and how does that all kind of blend into the same world? And so we had to come up with very specific rules that explained why Trapjaw looks the way he looks, and why Cyclops — who is awesome — looks the way he looks.”
Call it the “Batman Begins-ification” of He-Man, the shift of tone that helped make “The Dark Knight” so wildly successful, and is now being copied in varying degrees with reinventions of characters as diverse as Robocop, James Bond, and Red Sonja.
It’s an approach Marks is using on “Grayskull,” as well, he said, to help explain some of the sillier aspects to the characters.
“The script is very true to the characters — we’re not talking about putting nipples on the Trapjaw suit. But we had to come up with a reason again why Trapjaw would actually not just be something that’s totally absurd, but why he would need those bionic parts added to him,” Marks insisted. “Which gives a sort of sense of where [the movie] is going in some way.”
Given a realistic base, Marks said he has more latitude in creating He-Man’s world of Eternia — free to create an epic universe unlike “anything we’ve ever seen before on a visual level.”
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