After Transformers went all supernova at the box office, we should've known it was just a matter of time before every eighties cartoon to ever grace a lunchbox would be catapulting onto the bandwagon. But, He-Man? Are we the only ones who think that would be lame? Apparently, we are not...
And you remember the first crappy live-action attempt at this material, 1987's Masters of the Universe, starring Dolph Lundgren and Frank Langella? How could you forget it? I can't...sometimes it keeps me awake at night. So, clearly emboldened by the success of Michael Bay's Transformers flick, they've launched into this. What they seem to have overlooked is that giant robots blowing stuff up is cool, will always be cool. Watermelon-thighed lunkheads shouting "By the power of Greyskull!" is not cool. Never really was. And Transformers has constantly been in the minds of geeks, nurtured by new TV series and comic book continuations. He-Man, not so much. (Entertainment Weekly)
Fair point. We can't really get behind this idea either. Who would they get to play He-Man? Russell Crowe? Hang on, that might be awesome. How about a live-action He-Man movie slash reunion of the cast and crew of Gladiator? Joaquin Phoenix as Skeletor, Connie Nielsen as The Sorceress, Oliver Reed as Cringer (he could do it Andy Circus-style with a blue jumpsuit and special effects sensors all over him), Ridley Scott to direct? This. Could. Be. Genius.