Why no Orko? - Masters of the Universe (1987) Discussion

[–] Jack-o-lantern_2623 9 years ago

They couldn't do Orko because of the budget. Orko would have been to expensive so they kinda replaced him with Gwildor.
The budget was also the reason that the movie took place mainly on Earth. Out of curiosity how well do you like the film?

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[–] Cold_In_Space 9 years ago

I liked Gwildor. Then again, I love this movie, so I'm not really objective here. 

Shadows of the night

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[–] Jack-o-lantern_2623 9 years ago

Same here, I think I actually prefer Gwildor over Orko, he's just a cool fun character. Billy Barty did a great job playing him. The Filmation Orko was pretty annoying, the MYP Orko was much better but I still favor Gwildor.
I'd eat Robby's Ribs and chill with Gwildor any day 

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[–] EmperorGalvatron 9 years ago

Gwildor did seem like a cool guy. He was funny, yet he was also wise and smart, he wasn't just comic relief.

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[–] Jack-o-lantern_2623 9 years ago

I agree, the writers were very smart in the way they handled Gwildor. He did provide some comic relief but more than that he was a very important part of the story.

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[–] wallacesawyer 9 years ago

Supposedly for budget reasons, probably because they couldn't have the character fly constantly. Course they could have just dropped that part, and made Orko a little person in a costume. But Orko was really just an annoying comic relief character. Gwildor has a lot of comic relief moments, but plays an important part in the story. I can't even imagine Orko being able to build a dimensional porter machine. At least intentionally.

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[–] Tjanssen411 9 years ago

budgetary due to the Effects of the Era...

between his hover/flight abilities and ever shaded face... he just would not translate to Live action and making him a walking 'little person' pushes into the territory of looking like a Technicolor Jawa... and then you risk Wrath of Lucas in court

as it was Gwildor was something of a Captain Ersatz... but he was too hobbit like, arguably he skewed toward another Race (the Widgets) that appeared a couple of times

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[–] Cold_In_Space 9 years ago

Gwildor was cool.

Shadows of the night

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[–] manofsteel4455 8 years ago

WOW!! Everyone's turning against Orko now?

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[–] WeAintFoundShin 8 years ago

I like Orko!

He and Cringer were trapped in a dungeon.

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[–] easytoenvy3 8 years ago

i know right, orko was cool in his own right, orko had a girlfriend, he could spin, disappear and reappear,and was the only cartoon character i know, who had the decency, to fix the shows bumper, after he ripped it lol. it really bugs me, that they replaced him with gwildor in the film, and that there was no cringer, or no she-ra in the film. gwildor was a good character and all, but I'm use to orko.

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