Masters of the Universe [movie]
Masters of the Universe [movie]
IT IS INSANE HOW MUCH YOU CAN TELL THIS WAS MEANT TO BE "BARBIE 2" AND ABOUT MASCULINITY THE WAY BARBIE WAS AN ESSAY ON FEMININITY. IT HAS SO MUCH SETUP AND LIKE, THREADS ABOUT THAT THEN JUST KINDA TURNS INTO STAR WARS FOR A WHILE AND FORGETS ABOUT IT. I FEEL LIKE USUALLY THE MOST ANNOYING THING ON ANY REBOOT IS WHEN THEY SPENT TIME SNEERING AT HOW THE ORIGINAL IS, BUT MAKING THE STUPID NAMES A DIAGETIC THING WHERE HE WAS JUST A LITTLE KID TRYING TO REMEMBER DRAWINGS HE MADE IS A PRETTY FUNNY CONCEPT.
PS. THIS IS A VERY COLD TAKE AND EVERYONE HATES JARAD LETO BUT LIKE, I'D AT LEAST CONCEPTUALLY GET GIVING SKELETOR A DIFFERENT VOICE IF HE WAS LIKE, PLAYED AS A MORE SERIOUS VILLIAN. BUT LIKE, HE'S WAY MORE EXPLICITLY CAMP AND GAY IN THIS THAN HE EVER WAS, AND HE HAS A SILLY VOICE, SO LIKE, WHY A *DIFFERENT* SILLY VOICE THAN HIS ICONIC ONE?
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