@loll@Unfortunately most people dont reason this way. Most will watch it and want to know why. They see it as having to be somewhat realistic if the people are somewhat earth related in look.I suppose you're right. The movie goers of today need to be walked through things and require explanation
as oppose to letting their imagination do the explaining.
Imagination?!
What the heck is that?!?!
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Its the hood ornament on your car of creativity (I doubt anyone gets this reference)
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Unfortunately most people dont reason this way. Most will watch it and want to know why. They see it as having to be somewhat realistic if the people are somewhat earth related in look.I suppose you're right. The movie goers of today need to be walked through things and require explanation
as oppose to letting their imagination do the explaining.
Imagination?!
What the heck is that?!?!
@hmmm@
@loll@
Unfortunately most people dont reason this way. Most will watch it and want to know why. They see it as having to be somewhat realistic if the people are somewhat earth related in look.I suppose you're right. The movie goers of today need to be walked through things and require explanation
as oppose to letting their imagination do the explaining.
Imagination?!
What the heck is that?!?!
@hmmm@
Unfortunately most people dont reason this way. Most will watch it and want to know why. They see it as having to be somewhat realistic if the people are somewhat earth related in look.
I suppose you're right. The movie goers of today need to be walked through things and require explanation
as oppose to letting their imagination do the explaining.
Unfortunately most people dont reason this way. Most will watch it and want to know why. They see it as having to be somewhat realistic if the people are somewhat earth related in look.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.I think you need to go for realism to a certain extent, but given the degree of fantasy involved with Masters of the Universe as opposed to something like Batman (Batman still happens on earth and is more grounded in reality, where as MOTU takes place on an entirely different planet/world), I don't know if that's the answer.
A character in a Batman or Superman film with bionic body parts would need an explanation (horrible accident, debilitating disease, etc.), but a character in MOTU doesn't follow the same rules, and an explanation like that might not even make any sense. Maybe Kronis just slapped a bionic arm on himself one day. Or maybe he came from a race of people who are born with cypernetic components.
I guess what I'm getting at is this isn't Earth, it's Eternia. Lots of things about it are absurd, so coming in thinking it can't be absurd or needs explaining in a reality-as-we-know-it-based context could ruin MOTU.
It's good the guy grew up watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, but I hope he hasn't become too grown up to do it justice.
I completely agree Eric, you hit the nail square on the head. If they were to stripe away alot of the fantasy involving MOTU they would basically take away
what makes it so magical to begin with, they stripe away its very essence, since Eternia and its inhabitants are a blend of science and magic.
Its just a world thats just is, and it doesn't require a reason or explanation. Sure it worked with Batman as well as a plethora of other mythic
comic book characters but doing MOTU involves a whole different approach and mindset, one must be willing to throw out all the rules and
extend the imagination. Limited the film in realism or to much realism would be the wrong route and it would alienate and piss off the fanbase.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.I think you need to go for realism to a certain extent, but given the degree of fantasy involved with Masters of the Universe as opposed to something like Batman (Batman still happens on earth and is more grounded in reality, where as MOTU takes place on an entirely different planet/world), I don't know if that's the answer.
A character in a Batman or Superman film with bionic body parts would need an explanation (horrible accident, debilitating disease, etc.), but a character in MOTU doesn't follow the same rules, and an explanation like that might not even make any sense. Maybe Kronis just slapped a bionic arm on himself one day. Or maybe he came from a race of people who are born with cypernetic components.
I guess what I'm getting at is this isn't Earth, it's Eternia. Lots of things about it are absurd, so coming in thinking it can't be absurd or needs explaining in a reality-as-we-know-it-based context could ruin MOTU.
It's good the guy grew up watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, but I hope he hasn't become too grown up to do it justice.
I think what he's trying to say is how to explain why a technologically advanced race such as Eternians are walking around in furry boots and loincloths while having superior tech to ours. It's like "If cavemen are smart enough to build robots, cyborgs and computers, why is everyone still acting like it's the dark ages? Since audiences are far more skeptical nowadays, you'd have to explain all of that, whereas before, it would be taken for granted like Flash Gordon.
But that's my point: not everything needs explaining. It was never explained in Star Wars why Luke Skywalker wore a robe and cloth boots. Lots of things weren't explained in Star Wars, and their technology was as advanced, if not more so, as that of MOTU, yet that's one of the best movies ever.
Batman needs explaining because it happens on Earth in our reality. He-Man doesn't need to follow the same rules because it's Eternia.
Well actually they did explain it before, the Great Wars had devastated the world. Leaving behind technology to a select few but on there own most Eternians didn't know how to make a blaster, they just know how to make a pelt or a pair of boots. It was like the Amish left with a lightsaber, they don't know how it works but if they want to they can find a use for it. He-Man is a combination of that, he had the magic of the Great Wars and the power of classic weaponry and clothing.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.I think you need to go for realism to a certain extent, but given the degree of fantasy involved with Masters of the Universe as opposed to something like Batman (Batman still happens on earth and is more grounded in reality, where as MOTU takes place on an entirely different planet/world), I don't know if that's the answer.
A character in a Batman or Superman film with bionic body parts would need an explanation (horrible accident, debilitating disease, etc.), but a character in MOTU doesn't follow the same rules, and an explanation like that might not even make any sense. Maybe Kronis just slapped a bionic arm on himself one day. Or maybe he came from a race of people who are born with cypernetic components.
I guess what I'm getting at is this isn't Earth, it's Eternia. Lots of things about it are absurd, so coming in thinking it can't be absurd or needs explaining in a reality-as-we-know-it-based context could ruin MOTU.
It's good the guy grew up watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, but I hope he hasn't become too grown up to do it justice.
I think what he's trying to say is how to explain why a technologically advanced race such as Eternians are walking around in furry boots and loincloths while having superior tech to ours. It's like "If cavemen are smart enough to build robots, cyborgs and computers, why is everyone still acting like it's the dark ages? Since audiences are far more skeptical nowadays, you'd have to explain all of that, whereas before, it would be taken for granted like Flash Gordon.
But that's my point: not everything needs explaining. It was never explained in Star Wars why Luke Skywalker wore a robe and cloth boots. Lots of things weren't explained in Star Wars, and their technology was as advanced, if not more so, as that of MOTU, yet that's one of the best movies ever.
Batman needs explaining because it happens on Earth in our reality. He-Man doesn't need to follow the same rules because it's Eternia.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.I think you need to go for realism to a certain extent, but given the degree of fantasy involved with Masters of the Universe as opposed to something like Batman (Batman still happens on earth and is more grounded in reality, where as MOTU takes place on an entirely different planet/world), I don't know if that's the answer.
A character in a Batman or Superman film with bionic body parts would need an explanation (horrible accident, debilitating disease, etc.), but a character in MOTU doesn't follow the same rules, and an explanation like that might not even make any sense. Maybe Kronis just slapped a bionic arm on himself one day. Or maybe he came from a race of people who are born with cypernetic components.
I guess what I'm getting at is this isn't Earth, it's Eternia. Lots of things about it are absurd, so coming in thinking it can't be absurd or needs explaining in a reality-as-we-know-it-based context could ruin MOTU.
It's good the guy grew up watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, but I hope he hasn't become too grown up to do it justice.
I think what he's trying to say is how to explain why a technologically advanced race such as Eternians are walking around in furry boots and loincloths while having superior tech to ours. It's like "If cavemen are smart enough to build robots, cyborgs and computers, why is everyone still acting like it's the dark ages? Since audiences are far more skeptical nowadays, you'd have to explain all of that, whereas before, it would be taken for granted like Flash Gordon.
Im not sure I get what he is talking about when he mentions nipples?
I think it refers to they aren't going down the path of say of early Batman movies where Joel Schmacher started taking the realism away from the Batman movies and for reasons known only to him wanted sculpted nipples and asses added to the batsuit. He wants realism and doesn't want Eternia to be a place that is the way it is just because. From everyone that has read the MOTU script they say it is great, so fingers crossed.
