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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 20 Jun 2017, 20:08

Jox wrote:Trivia:
Found out that Gwynne Gilford (daughter of the late actress Anne Gwynne), who played Julie/Courteney Cox's mother, is actually Chris Pine's mom in real life. MOTU was her last acting credit, she's a psychotherapist now.

Chris Pine:
Growing up in my house, you know you'd sit around a dinner table and just talk shop. Dad would talk about his day doing a guest spot on [the TV show] Quantum Leap. And the last thing my mom did was she played Courtney Cox's mother in Masters of the Universe with Dolph Lundgren.

https://www.wmagazine.com/story/chris-p ... m-with-him
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/little-kno ... e-universe
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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby TEMIRLAN on 20 Jun 2017, 22:47

Nice fact!
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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 28 Jun 2017, 21:33

In 35mm this Friday at the Cooldige Theatre, Brookline MA (followed by WILLOW the next day)
http://www.coolidge.org/films/masters-universe

Film Buffs: ‘Masters of the Universe’ flexes ’80s sci-fi muscle at the Coolidge
http://www.vanyaland.com/2017/06/28/fil ... -coolidge/

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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 29 Jun 2017, 10:36

Variety, December 1989

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Postby Jox on 01 Jul 2017, 20:16

THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982), original screenplay by David Odell
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MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987), original screenplay by David Odell
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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby ShawnWatson on 05 Jul 2017, 20:25

Commodore User review (with massively incorrect rating)

Someone needs to archive this.

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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 05 Jul 2017, 20:31

Thanks! I'll add that in the MAGAZINES / PRESS section as well!
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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 07 Jul 2017, 17:22

Gary Goddard

Coming up on 30 Years since MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE was released -- and people who loved the film (and a few who didn't) continue to write about it all these many years later. When you think of all thousands of movies that come out and disappear into oblivion - it's really gratifying to know that the movie really did mean something to young people who experienced it, and that the message "only one of you Kevin -- only one of you in all the Universe" -- seems to have come through. This article was published today and was sent to me by a friend. While this guy finds a lot of the film "ridiculous" he also admits he loves it for many reasons. Love this. But no one -until this writer - has noted that it was this film that first had the "extra scene" at the END of the credits! Marvel has used that concept to very effective measure today.

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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 11 Jul 2017, 11:37

Upcoming documentary "Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" managed to secure last minute an interview with the grand Frank Langella (Dolph is also in the doc)

Sneak peak clip:
https://www.facebook.com/definitivefilm ... 519775730/

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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 14 Jul 2017, 17:40

SDCC panel likely showing a sneak peek at the crowdfunded "Power of Grayskull" documentary on July 22th
http://www.hemanworld.com/2017/07/sdcc- ... uxpop-way/

FauxPop Media, the creative force behind the upcoming Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe documentary, will have a panel at SDCC 2017.

Come join them Saturday July 22, 2017 7:15pm - 8:20pm at the Marriott Grand Ballroom 3 & 4.
Fans who attend will get a very early first look at finished material from upcoming documentaries in production and almost certainly a chance to see some footage that won't make the final cut - footage that may be of particular interest for hardcore He-Maniacs and TMNT fans!

http://www.he-man.org/news_article.php?id=6739
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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 15 Jul 2017, 11:14

Line producer Evzen Kolar dies aged 67
http://www.screendaily.com/news/the-boy ... 84.article

Kolar recently talked about MASTERS and Cannon in this podcast interview:
https://podcastingthemsoftly.com/2016/0 ... zen-kolar/
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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 16 Jul 2017, 14:26

Jox wrote:http://www.motumovie.com/2017/02/special-feature-masters-of-universe.html
James Sawyer

MOTUMovie.com has a special look today at a truly amazing custom figure based on Frank Langella's Skeletor from the 1987 Masters of the Universe film! The custom is the first in a planned year long 30th anniversary celebration line created by Matthew Hackley... Check it out!


New custom Skeletor:
http://www.motumovie.com/2017/07/specia ... verse.html


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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 16 Jul 2017, 20:56

William Stout
May 7, 2015 at 9:48 pm

I did three collaborations with my friend Moebius in the re-design of He-man; He did one pen drawing; I did three re-drawings — the last two in a sad attempt (the first was the best) to satisfy the mucky-mucks at Mattel — and then inked and colored them. We also collaborated on the throne set.
Sorry if you don't like my re-stylings here, Skele Slog — but had I followed your preferences, I fear you'd have been the only person in the movie theater. I emphasized to Moebius that He-man should not look like a member of ABBA, like he does in the toys and cartoons. Blade and Saurod (both were my original designs; as I recall, director Gary Goddard came up with the new characters) were attempts to revitalize a toy line that was dying (if not already dead). Would you have preferred they were replaced with Stinkor? And the toys' original candy colors made my teeth hurt.
Different strokes for different folks…

PS: These are nine designs out of over 100 that I painted for the film. My designs included more characters and costumes, as well as sets, vehicles, weapons, storyboards, etc. None of them got into the new book on the art of He-man and Masters of the Universe because Mattel informed me they would not include them in the book (for which I would not have been paid) unless I turned over all of my copyrights to them. For free. Really!

http://www.heavymetal.com/news/10-willi ... -universe/
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Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)

Postby Jox on 18 Jul 2017, 19:35

Richard Edlund (special effects) interview
FSTDVD: A few years earlier, you did "Masters Of The Universe" [1987].

Edlund: Yeah.

FSTDVD: And you chose also to use 65mm on that film, even though the aspect ratio was going to be 1.85:1?

Edlund: Yeah.

FSTDVD: Why was that?

Edlund: At that time, our whole system was set up in 65mm. We had no choice. And "Masters" was another one that had some pretty good effects in it, considering the budget…considering dealing with [producer] Menahem Golan. Jesus, what a character!

http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/richard_edlund.htm
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