Monster of the Day #1928

Updated on May 17, 2019 By Ken Begg 3 Comments

So on Sunday we watched a lot of misc stuff, including (apparently we hadn’t had enough Dolph Lundgren sci-fi on Saturday) Masters of the Universe. There are several monster guys, but towering about them is Frank Langella as Skeletor. His acting here is my go to example of a performance that transcends to an amazing degree the movie around it. Seriously, he is terrific.

On the other hand, I have seldom seen anything as nauseating in my life as Skeletor in the He-Man / She-Ra Christmas Special, who gets all mushy about this HORRIBLE space puppy. It’s disgusting.

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  • Beckoning Chasm

    Yeah, but some of Skeletor’s dialogue is hilarious. (Paraphrasing) “So, on Christmas, people get in fights! What do you mean, no? I like fights!”

    Granted I’ve only seen the “I am not nice” excerpt on YouTube, I always assumed Skeletor was scheming something and was, in fact, not nice.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Yeah man did they ever mess up poor Skeletor in that special. It’s a complaint I’ve heard people making about things as varied as Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ and MLP:FiM: “Why can’t some people accept that some villains just work better as villains?”

    The idea that ‘Oh, everyone would be nice and be my friend if I asked right’ behind that idea also strikes me as dangerously foolish.

  • Gamera977

    Oh darn, back from vacation and with some real internet access and now Ken’s offline.

    Sheeeeesssssshhhhhhhhhh…………….

    BTW: I did get to watch the ‘Norliss Tapes’ and ‘Chinese Ghost Story’ (’80s) version while I was off. Very slowly with lots of interruptions – there’s nothing quite as fun as taking about three hours or more to watch a hour and a half YouTube video. Next time I’ll try to just download them…