MOTU 1987 Movie Blu-ray coming!

**Vanquest** · April 28, 2012, 09:41am

From Jim Bowers:
Pat Miller, the master colorist at Warner Bros., has begun mastering Masters of the Universe tonight for Blu-ray. He told me that the film is in bad shape and the opticals need a lot of work. I know the movie is a guilty pleasure for some of you, so soon you will have another 80s Cannon film to enjoy!

**Tallstar** · April 28, 2012, 09:54am

Ka-Boom!

**tmc1984** · April 28, 2012, 11:24am

now i need a blu-ray player!!

...

awesome news! ...

**Darkspecter** · April 28, 2012, 11:58am

YAY! I've been anticipating this! Must...own~! Can't wait to see it all in HD glory! I love this film.

**Dr_SLUMP** · April 28, 2012, 12:16pm

I have already seen the movie in HD broadcast. I wonder where it was mastered from because it looked decent.

**vancak** · April 28, 2012, 12:31pm

Awesome! The DVD is great, but I may have to get the blu-ray (especially if they have some cool special features).

**Gragar** · April 28, 2012, 12:57pm

I love this film now - but lack of resemblance to Filmation gave my ten year old self a petted lip at the Glasgow cinema in 1987 in which I viewed it.

It needs this treatment and the fact that it is being restored by a master is fitting. This could have been a rushed out film - and maybe the lack of time spent on stop motion or creature effects is a regret - but Goddard and the production crew enjoyed making it. Christina Pickles and Courtney Cox recall it with fondness and it captures a truly eighties zeitgeist. Star Wars, Back To The Future, Brat Pack, Scifi-horror/monster movies (if toned down) are all present and correct and if Tarantino/Rodriguez ever did an eighties blockbuster homage in the way they celebrated 70s trash Grindhouse, their production should look like this.

**Tuukka** · April 28, 2012, 02:10pm

Hell Yeah! This is a great year for He-Man indeed. Another long wanted item comes to life.

- Figures
- Comic
- Filmation CD
- Now this!

**krosfyah** · April 28, 2012, 02:22pm

Originally Posted by Tuukka

Hell Yeah! This is a great year for He-Man indeed. Another long wanted item comes to life.

- Figures
- Comic
- Filmation CD
- Now this!

http://i.imgur.com/J3TdO.gif

Colin Mochrie's head is mesmerizing.

**Firefly** · April 28, 2012, 02:44pm

Cool. It is a definite buy for me.

**Tallstar** · April 28, 2012, 05:32pm

Originally Posted by Tuukka

http://i.imgur.com/J3TdO.gif

It's all coming together. Now they need to give Mattel the rights to do movie characters in MOTUC.

**Krueger** · April 28, 2012, 10:31pm

Fantastic news.

Let's hope for plenty of extras, including concept art.

**Ivan** · April 28, 2012, 11:22pm

Great news! Does anyone know how long it usually takes to finish such a job? Any ideas when the bluray could be released?

**JonWes** · April 28, 2012, 11:38pm

So do you think the Toy Masters people and Goddard will be able to provide the featurettes they were talking about doing? I wonder if Goddard is involved...

**Adam_Prince of Eternia** · April 29, 2012, 02:33pm

Is the extended farewell scene going to be included in this release?

**Tuukka** · April 29, 2012, 02:46pm

Originally Posted by krosfyah

Colin Mochrie's head is mesmerizing.

My favorite gif.. Now on I will use it everytime I can.

**Sky Breaker** · April 29, 2012, 04:13pm

I wonder if it will look significantly better? I'm happy with my DVD.

**Firefly** · April 29, 2012, 04:21pm

Originally Posted by Sky Breaker

I wonder if it will look significantly better? I'm happy with my DVD.

It sounds like they are remastering it, so I would assume so.

**Slave2Evil_Lyn** · April 29, 2012, 10:07pm

Originally Posted by JonWes

So do you think the Toy Masters people and Goddard will be able to provide the featurettes they were talking about doing? I wonder if Goddard is involved...

Originally Posted by Adam_Prince of Eternia

Is the extended farewell scene going to be included in this release?

The Toy Masters documentary looks great, it would be a crime not to included it. I can't imagine that WB would do a Blu-ray without extra's like extended scenes and directory commentary.

How awesome would it be if Mattel got the toy rights in conjunction with the release of the Blu-ray. One can hope.

**He-Dad** · April 29, 2012, 10:17pm

This is a must-buy.....super stoked!!!

**JVS3** · April 30, 2012, 01:43am

I was asked to leave this off the main page for now. I guessing the plans for the DVD haven't been finalized, so I'm guessing we need to wait for an official announcement before putting it on the main page.

**sanmi** · April 30, 2012, 01:59am

Great news, now i need a blu-ray system too

**JonWes** · April 30, 2012, 02:03am

I did ask the Toy Masters guys if they or Goddard's material might be incorporated into such a release. They said:
"Honestly, I wouldn't hold out hope. But anything's possible. The good news is, either way, you guys will get to see it!"

**Jukka** · April 30, 2012, 02:44am

Originally Posted by JVS3

I was asked to leave this off the main page for now. I guessing the plans for the DVD haven't been finalized, so I'm guessing we need to wait for an official announcement before putting it on the main page.

Hopefully it can be actually confirmed soon.
The news-bit from Jim Bowers was really exciting thing to hear, but for all we know whole thing might be scrapped.

**Captain Atkin** · April 30, 2012, 12:17pm

Originally Posted by Tallstar

It's all coming together. Now they need to give Mattel the rights to do movie characters in MOTUC.

That could certainly help with DVD sales. I could even see the film being sold on Mattycollector as part of the deal with them.

I really want to see a special edition of this film. I also wouldn't mind seeing a few of the old FX get fixed, such as the He-Man minature (model) flying on the hoverboard, which looked awful even in 87. I still remember the audience laughing at that first shot of the model. That was a bad optical that could be easily fixed for a special edition.

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