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Behind the scenes of The Muppet Movie (1979).

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"𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭."

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝟺𝟿 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟻, 𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟼!!!

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Muppet Fact #852

In the original Skeksis language, the Trial by Stone ritual is called Haakskeekah.

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The Dark Crystal. A. C. H. Smith and David Odell. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. October 1982.

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MONSTERS | Pillow Talk | S1E10 | 1988 

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Masters of the Universe (1987)

If I didn’t know any better, I'd swear Masters of the Universe was a cheap, low-budget attempt to simultaneously rip off Star Wars and Conan the Barbarian. The acting is lousy, the story weak, it looks cheap and even fans of He-Man will be disappointed to see their favorite hero brought to life.

On the mystical world Eternia, He-Man (Dolph Lundgren) and his allies (Jon Cypher as Man-at-Arms and Chelsea Field as Teela) are losing the war against the Lord of Evil, Skeletor (Frank Langella). When the means to Skeletor’s ultimate victory, the Cosmic Key, is sent to Earth, the forces of Eternia come to our world and converge on two teens who happen by the fantastical device, Julie (Courteney Cox) and Kevin (Robin Duncan McNeill).

Betrayal. Masters of the Universe sets up the action in this interesting fantasy world filled with magic and monsters, and then abandons it when the characters travel to a place that’s significantly cheaper to shoot: Earth. The film could've been set on Eternia, free of lame teenagers and fish-out-of-water shenanigans. When I saw Anthony De Longis showing genuine enthusiasm as the evil Blade or the icy-cool Evil-Lyn (Meg Foster), I thought perhaps the story's inevitable derailment towards the boredom of our world wouldn't be so bad. All hope drained away once I got a good look at the malicious Skeletor. He looks pathetic. You know how NOT to create a monster whose face is supposed to be a skull? Take a person and cake them with white makeup and prosthetics! He looks like a guy whose face is covered in melting vanilla ice cream. Don’t even get me started on the comedic sidekick He-Man brings with him. The less I think of the ugly, annoying little troll, the better. 

It's impossible to get invested in Masters of the Universe, not even as a movie that’s “so bad it’s good”. The costumes look alright and I even like some of the character designs. Dolph Lundgren looks the part, even though his performance is lousy. If it didn't tease you with the setup on Eternia, you might've been able to endure the lame shenanigans and the groan-inducing, poorly choreographed action.

The ending of the film is particularly awful - like so bad you can’t believe they went there awful. I would love to sit down with the person who greenlit the conclusion and ask them what they were thinking. It’s embarrassing.

Perhaps I simply wasn’t mentally prepared for Masters of the Universe. A second time, perhaps it wouldn’t be as dull or disappointing as it was when I saw it. Probably not, but there's a chance. Hopefully, this write-up will lower your expectations enough so that if you do watch it you’re not as emotionally wrecked as am. I guess I wouldn’t say that I hate it. I would even admit that I have some affection for the movie, but this is not good, even as a cheap 80’s adventure fantasy film. Check out Masters of the Universe at your own risk. Its edges are mangled but it does have some charm. If you do, stick around all the way to the end for an after-credit scene. (On DVD, November 7, 2014)

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The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson & Frank Oz, 1982).