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post 10000204619 06-08-2026, 12:27 PM
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They waited too long to do this movie. Should have come out in the early 2000s imo.
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post 10000204627 06-08-2026, 12:33 PM
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I don't think people remember how campy and cheesy the 80s cartoon was. Rose-colored nostalgia. They went in expecting the 2002 cartoon. Not He-Man Ragnarok. Many subtleties like He-Man PSAing Skeletor about talking out his anger, or the laughing at the end, went over their head. I think it finds finds it's audience on Digital next month.
post 10000204635 06-08-2026, 12:42 PM
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That trailer looks pure trash. Almost like a spoof.
post 10000204642 06-08-2026, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted By Mr_83⏩
That trailer looks pure trash. Almost like a spoof.
The post above seems to explain. The 1980s OG cartoon was campy and cheesy, so this movie seems to follow it. I've never watched the 1980s cartoon (or the 2002 cartoon), so I don't know. The movie does have an old-school retro 1980s-ish soundtrack though. They even play Queen at one point
post 10000204649 06-08-2026, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted By AbbeBusoni⏩
The post above seems to explain. The 1980s OG cartoon was campy and cheesy, so this movie seems to follow it. I've never watched the 1980s cartoon (or the 2002 cartoon), so I don't know. The movie does have an old-school retro 1980s-ish soundtrack though. They even play Queen at one point
The specifics of why its bad don't even matter. It's just lazy, brainless film making. That trailer is so bad, so cheesy, so standardized. Anyone who watched the trailer then watched the film probably doesn't have two brain cells to rub together.
post 10000204670 06-08-2026, 01:04 PM
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Because it was a big TV show when I was a kid over 40 years ago-what relevance does it have nowadays? They made a film of it in 1987 & it bombed critically & commercially.
post 10000204868 06-08-2026, 03:51 PM
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You have to be in your mid 40s to remember that cartoon, it also never got reruns or syndication like other cartoons.
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post 10000204923 06-08-2026, 04:45 PM
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Haven't even seen the trailer. I'm waiting for Mario Miami's Fàg Academy movie to come out.
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post 10000205440 06-09-2026, 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
Haven't even seen the trailer. I'm waiting for Mario Miami's Fàg Academy movie to come out.
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post 10000205447 06-09-2026, 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted By 4Bertuzzi4⏩
Right? They could have casted any Miscer instead. Does the guy they cast even lift, bro?
If movie had been released in 2020, Calum would have been a prime choice for the role.



The actor they went with is kinda...small....for the role. Cartoon He Man is fuckin yoked!
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post 10000205489 06-09-2026, 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted By maori-rap⏩
If movie had been released in 2020, Calum would have been a prime choice for the role.



The actor they went with is kinda...small....for the role. Cartoon He Man is fuckin yoked!
Good choice. If they wanted to stay with a rather small build guy, who actually looked like He-Man, I always thought Brad Pitt should have done it right after wrapping up filming of Troy back in the day.

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