Ultimate Dolph

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.

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.

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.

http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/not-guilty ... ears-later

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!

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!

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!

Jox wrote: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/

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!