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YMMV: Masters Of The Universe
  • Ham and Cheese: Frank Langella's take on Skeletor is one of the most triumphant examples of this.
    • Dolph Lundgren, meanwhile, doesn't have any particularly interesting lines, but he's bare-chested and muscular and swinging that sword around as often as possible; and hey, they weren't paying him to talk!
  • Narm Charm
  • Crowning Music of Awesome
    • Conti was widely panned for his soundtrack, because people assumed that he was stealing from Star Wars. However, it's clear from even a cursory listen that he's cribbing almost note-for-note in some sections from Holst's Planets (seriously. Listen to Mars and Skeletor Victorious right next to each other). Williams is often accused of stealing the Imperial March from Holst, but there's no way Conti retrofit the music into Holst's style; He clearly stole the music, but from Holst, not from Williams.
  • Nightmare Fuel: In the movie, the wound Julie got on her leg from being blasted by Skeletor's Havoc Staff is portrayed rather graphically (fortunately, the movie still got a PG rating).
  • Retroactive Recognition: Both Courtney Cox and Robert Duncan McNeil became much more famous for Friends and Star Trek: Voyager years later.
    • Similarly, Dolph Lundgren's career recently had a bit of a revival with the Norton Antivirus commercials and his appearance in the Expendables. Those too young to remember his Rocky performance may have this reaction.
  • Special Effects Failure: Skeletor's Disney Villain Death is shown by a motionless model receding into a vaguely bottomless-pit-like matte painting accompanied by a clearly overdubbed scream.

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