For the miniature shots set on earth, the special effects men at Boss Film Studios reused some buildings left over from Blade Runner (1982) and Ghostbusters (1984) to fill out the background.
(source: IMDB trivia)
Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)
Posted: 05 Sep 2017, 20:07
by shooby
When He-Man and Skeletor dance the Dirty Dancing dance lol :
Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)
Posted: 10 Sep 2017, 14:34
by Jox
Betamax tape
Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)
Posted: 28 Sep 2017, 10:29
by Jox
Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)
Posted: 07 Oct 2017, 18:21
by savagesketch
Episode 2 of the "I Must Break" This Podcast is now available. On this episode I'm joined by our very own Jox to discuss MOTU at great length (over two hours! ).
Huge thanks to Jox for joining me! Can't wait for our discussion on THE PUNISHER! Currently available on Soundcloud, Itunes, and Stitcher. Please subscribe and spread the word!
Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)
Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 08:55
by Moltisanti
Just listened to the podcast. Good stuff! Lots of cool info I wasn't aware of. Enjoyed Jox's story about the dinner he had with Lundgren and his ex-wife.
One thing I'd like to nuance that I didn't get to say in the I MUST BREAK THIS PODCAST episode about his attachment and Dolph's casting, is that despite what Goddard is often saying, he started work on the film long before Dolph was even cast in ROCKY IV.
I don't know if there was any contract signed but Goddard started prep in about 1984, working on the script revisions with David Odell and hiring the legendary artist John De Cuir (CLEOPATRA, THE KING AND I, GHOSTBUSTERS) and Claudio Mazzoli to do concept arts.
But the actual producer who people forget, not Golan but Ed Pressman (CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE CROW etc), was still looking for financing and a studio who would put more than $15 million, so the project stalled. Dolph wasn't cast until late 1985 / early 1986, so a month or two after ROCKY IV came out.
My understanding is that indeed Goddard didn't have a say in the casting of He-Man and his attachment as a director became official when the project was finally greenlit, but his involvement goes way back...
No disrespect to Goddard, but comparing to some of my research and other claims, he seems to be sometimes mixing things up or making shortcuts in telling version of the story...
Re: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Gary Goddard, 1987)
Posted: 23 Oct 2017, 07:01
by savagesketch
One thing that I always found interesting is that Pressman was not only the producer of MOTU, but of the CONAN films as well. Coincidentally, a longstanding rumor is that the MOTU toyline was created after the Conan toys were nixed (with Conan deemed way too violent to spawn an action figure line).
And when saw this I had just watched a movie about a French TV host who had been raped at 13 by photographer David Hamilton... This also confirms two allegations against Gary Goddard from 3-4 years ago that were dismissed and withdrawn...
Posted: 31 Aug 2017, 01:55
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