In concept, "Masters of the Universe" was well ahead of its time. It was an adaptation of a toy franchise years before Michael Bay and Stephen Sommers raped our childhoods with their live-action versions of "Transformers" and "GI Joe," and before studio heads scrambled to adapt every toy franchise they could possibly mine to make a buck or a 400 million. However, the film's execution by the short-lived Cannon studio, with its low budget and lack of adherence to the original story, places it a bit closer to the Roger Corman "Fantastic Four" film than even Bay's first more successful treatment of the Robots in Disguise.
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
In concept, "Masters of the Universe" was well ahead of its time. It was an adaptation of a toy franchise years before Michael Bay and Stephen Sommers raped our childhoods with their live-action versions of "Transformers" and "GI Joe," and before studio heads scrambled to adapt every toy franchise they could possibly mine to make a buck or a 400 million. However, the film's execution by the short-lived Cannon studio, with its low budget and lack of adherence to the original story, places it a bit closer to the Roger Corman "Fantastic Four" film than even Bay's first more successful treatment of the Robots in Disguise.