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Why "technology"? Is Mattel trying to get kids interested in Matchbox cars again?

Skeletor...*swoon*

Well as a child of the 80's I'm excited. Brought season one of the show for the Duke.

By the power of Greyskull! Anyone else ever think that Skelator wanted it becuase it was his house first?

I have the power!

Let's hope it is better than the first attempt. It could be interesting.

I don't know why, but I am so excited for this movie. I hope He-Man comes back in a big way. Although Skeletor is by far the coolest character.

Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZjC1vw2nSY

scarletpeaches said:

Skeletor...*swoon*

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Great. Another role model for supermodels.

"Vanessa! He's a size -1!"

dclary said:

Great. Another role model for supermodels.

"Vanessa! He's a size -1!"

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Skeletor is buff. I think someone on youtube the other day commented, "what is with Skeletor, anyway? His mom's a skeleton, and his dad's a body builder?"

Celia Cyanide said:

Skeletor is buff. I think someone on youtube the other day commented, "what is with Skeletor, anyway? His mom's a skeleton, and his dad's a body builder?"

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I have often wondered that myself. I assumed it was some bad mix or some horrible accident. . . that happened when He-man's people stole Greyskull from him. Becuase thats my little He-Man fanfic.

"Thunder, Thunder, ThunderCats Ho-oh!!!"

One day, as a child, I was sick and had to stay home from school. I mean, sick right to my stomach, couldn't even stand up without my head spinning. My parents set me up in the loungeroom, laid out on the lounge with a bucket beside me. They turned on the TV, and left me to it while my dad went to work and my mum went about her housework in other rooms. I'd watched He-Man before, I had nothing against it, wasn't my favorite cartoon (Astro Boy and Robotech were), but yeah, I'd watch it. But... something about it that day... the dull voices, the desert landscapes, the neverending dry absolutely darned awful look of it all... the more I saw, the worse I felt, every minute of the horrible show just dragged on and on, and I couldn't even drag myself up to turn it off. I was never able to watch another episode again without feeling sick to my stomach. So yeah, I may pass on this one.

I miss Thundarr The Barbarian. I have been nostalgic for the oddest things lately.

The first movie was pretty bad. I sure hope they actually know what they're doing when they make this new version. By that I mean, I hope they don't make the story take place on Earth, which I seem to remember them doing with the live-action film a long time ago.

I used to love the first TV show. The second was complete garbage, and only lasted a couple weeks. The third (the Cartoon Network one) had great animation, and some good storylines, but was too serious for my taste.

But I would like to echo the question posed by another poster: why ravaged by technology? I seem to remember technology being an integral part of the old show, and that portions of this technology were incorporated into the original toy line, in plastic model form.

I think what made Skeletor cool was the fact he used magic and technology combined to do his evil deeds. If it's all technology, which is what I get from this, then what is left to make Skeletor the perfect villain?

It's kind of like when they introduced the Evil Horde. Hordeac was, in my opinion, nowhere near as evil as Skeletor, and yet they marketed him as even worse than the original villain.

In any case, I wish them the best with this movie, and I hope it sells. But I also hope they stay a little more true to the original story and characters than they did with the first movie.

Thunder Cats and Thundarr the Barbarian - makes me smile just hearing those names. Shall we all run out and get Prince Valliant haircuts and dye our hair blond in honor of He-Man? Could anyone but Larry King play Skeletor?

anybody rember Bravestar? The Native American sherrif of New Texas. His mechanical horse was his deputy and he had animal powers.

Where is She-Ra!??!!??!

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Could anyone but Larry King play Skeletor?

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Wilhem DeFoe

I think Angelica Houston would make a great Evil-lyn.

The_Grand_Duchess said:

anybody rember Bravestar? The Native American sherrif of New Texas. His mechanical horse was his deputy and he had animal powers.

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The show didn't last long, but I remember it. It always seems like the shows I like end up getting canceled early.

Grrrr!

ChaosTitan said:

Ooooh, Willem Dafoe would rock as Skeletor.

Even as bad as the first live-action film was, I still love Frank Langella's Skeletor. The makeup was awesome. Very scary villain. And Meg Foster (she of the very freaky eyes) was great as Evil-Lyn.

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I will never believe the character is the real Skeletor unless he has The Voice.

You know, The Voice that Skeletor had in the original series. It just sounded like pure evil, perfect for someone as bad as Skeletor was.

Emo Phillips as He-Man with a CGI body. Of course he'd have to dye his hair blonde.