Masters Of The Universe

Paul & Chris fill another request from our friend, and guest
Daniel J. Hogan. Joining us on our quest to save Castle Grayskull
are Arden and Jen. On this show we decide Superman hates whales.
We puzzle over He-Man carrying a rifle. Sweat-filled boots make
choreography difficult. This episode is 16 milliparsecs long, or
something.


Intros done in a bad commercials from the past style.

Here come the 80s via Dan, “Where’s the beef?”, Reaganomics,
and “Just Say No” with Clint Eastwood.

This episode’s film stars Dolph Lundgren “and his nipples.”

What’s Frank Langella doing in this picture?

Oh hey! It’s the principal from Back to the Future, actor
James Tolkan. He’s from Michigan like our hosts, slacker!

Other stars are Meg Foster from They Live! Courteney Cox, Tom
Paris from Star Trek: Voyager, Robert Duncan McNeill and our
favorite Billy Barty.

Dan tells us how DC’s New Gods may have influenced the film.

What no sequel? No worries, we’ll just tweak the script. This
is how we got the Van Damme film Cyborg.

Arden was all about the character Teela because actress
Chelsea Field was a Solid Gold dancer.

Let’s forget about this awful film and watch The Toys That
Made Us or Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon
Films.

He-Man is not allowed to kill people. So, we get to see storm
troopers and lasers instead of swordplay or scary Legend
characters.

Is the slippery nipple named after Dolph?

Speaking of our star, he is ACTING!

Dan points out that Courteney Cox’s character is going to
leave their small town and move to Jersey. He wonders if this is
a Dancing in the Dark reference.

Snap has the power, not He-Man.

Here comes a She-Ra reboot by Noelle Stevenson of Lumberjanes
fame.

Synth music is the key to the universe! We know because we’ve
watched a better movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Oh no, Paul gets into his Southern lawyer, chauvinistic robot
voice from our Starcrash episode.

Skeletor has THE GLOW.

Paul’s comment about “laser nipples” reminds Chris, about a
certain music video. Yup, save yourself some time and watch this
music video, it’s basically a 3 minute version of the film.

The robots swear in Transformers The Movie.

Avoid the Noid! Dan tells us the actor who played Saurod was
the Noid.

Pons Maar, the Noid, was also a puppeteer for Dinosaurs, a
favorite for some on our panel.



That’s it for this episode, each of our wonderful guests put on
their space thongs and rode off on their hover boards. Thanks to
Jen, Dan, and Arden for such a fun time. And we’re grateful that
you took the time to listen. Good Journey!


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