Masters of the Universe (1987, USA)
Director: Gary Goddard
Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure/Teen

The plot makes no sense and it’s filled with holes so I won’t bother telling it to you. Instead I asked myself couple of questions and answered them:

Where is Orko ?
- Gwildor replaced Orko as a comic sidekick.
Why ?
- Probably because they did not have the technology to create Orko.

Where is Prince Adam ?
- Nowhere. He-Man is all the time in his superform although he shouts at the end, “I have the power!”.

Why does Skeletor has large army of stormtroopers borrowed straight up from Star Wars -movies ?
- Yes, why? That is something totally unprecedented.

Where is Battle Cat (aka Cringer) or many other major characters known from the series ?
- Well, the movie follows the animation series only a little.

Closing comments:
What you get is a movie that somehow resembles the Masters of the Universe with “stormtroopers” and same kind of music borrowed rom Star Wars but it actually doesn’t remind anything!

Worth watching?
If you’re looking for decent turkey, you’ve got watch Masters of the Universe. It has blonde muscular Swedish actor sputtering bad english, rubberfaced Skeletor, 80s teen movie action and of course, He-Man himseld. For me, that was enough.

There is currently a new He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -movie in production (produced by Joel Silver). It will have visual effects done in the similar way as with the movie “300″. It has the potential but I fear the worst… I found couple of interviews (1) (2) about the new film and it seems they just might be doing it right. At least, in the way how the new Transformers film turned out to be.

Here is some great moments from the movie I uploaded to YouTube:

Im Staub der Sterne (In the Dust of the Stars) (1976 DDR)
Director: Gottfried Kolditz
Sci-fi
Source: TV (Yle-Teema)
Feelings: Psychedelic, silly, surprising, non-sense, didn’t-see-it-coming, 70s, retro sci-fi, ddr,
star trek, adventurous
Closing comments: Hilarious bearded man in a blue jumpsuit
Worth watching? Absolutely, if you are looking for rare eastern bloc sci-fi
***

Stardust (2007, UK/USA)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Fantasy/adventure/romance
Source: Theater
Feelings: British, charming, fabulous, queer pirate, witches, journey, unexceptionally good, based on novel, not corny, not-the-usual-fussy-action-comedy-disney-crap, eye candy.
Closing comments: Grandma would like this too.
Worth watching? Definitely. Something for everyone.
****

Tideland (2005, Canada/USA)
Director: Terry Gilliam
Fantasy/Gilliamism
Source: Theater
Feelings: typical for director, surrealistic, black comedy, Alice in wonder(gilliam)land feeling, childhood, annoying retarded person, slant, puppets, talking animals, nostalgia, amazing performance, perverse
Closing comments: Airy fairy phantasmagoric play.
Worth watching? Yes, for fans of Terry Gilliam. A plot would be nice.
**

Daft Punk’s Electroma (2007, French/USA)
Director(s): Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo
Sci-fi/Experimental
Feelings: artful, demanding, hiking sequence, need-to-focus, non-movie, silent, exquisite, stunning soundtrack, androids, kärlek, emotionally challenging
Closing comments: Silent experimental masterpiece about robots
Worth watching? As a fan of Daft Punk yes, the soundtrack is absolutely brilliant (no Daft Punk though)
****

Check this ending scene of Electroma. Not quite anything I’ve ever seen before. Not much happening but the song (Jackson C. Frank – Dialogue) is so touching! Be careful, you might burst into tears.