Masters of the Universe (film): Difference between revisions

** The commentary track on the DVD sheds a lot of light on why [[The Movie]] lacked certain key characters from the franchise and why other characters were so drastically altered (notably Teela and Duncan). Suffice it to say, they had only a little money (most of it spent building the insanely elaborate Grayskull set they only barely got to use) and an extremely limited amount of time to film things. (The track also explains the presence of the mysterious pig-faced boy in the Grayskull throne room.)

** An urban legend, popularized by 4th World fan (and comics pro) [[John Byrne]], was that the movie was a [[Spiritual Licensee]] to [[Jack Kirby]]'s Fourth World, with Skeletor taking the role of Darkseid and other characters (including the ones created for the movie) having a surprising correlation to each other. [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/11/02/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-75/ Read here for the full story.] The director has admitted to being a fan of the comics, but he still tried to make a legitimate MOTU movie.

** Blade and Saurod (a reptile-man mook introduced in the movie) made appearances in the comic book continuity, making them [[Canon Immigrant|Canon Immigrants]] of a sort, [[Canon Discontinuity|despite Saurod getting killed by Skeletor in the film]]. Possibly however they were following on from the movie's comic book adaptation, which did not include Saurod's death.

* [[Carnival of Killers]]: The mercenaries sent by Skeletor.