The director is a moron. He spends the first few minutes just describing the shots wee see and reading the credits out loud. He is so freaking boring. I can't believe he ever convinced someone to give him a director job.
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I only listened to Goddard's commentary once a long time ago, what I remember most was that he talked a lot about how awesome Frank Langella was and only mentioned Dolph Lundgren once or twice since he apparently wasn't happy that he couldn't have his preferred choice of Matthew Modine as He-Man.
I think the commentaries Craig Kyle, Chris Yost and Greg Johnson did for Wolverine & the X-Men are probably the worst I've ever heard as much of it is just them patting themselves on the back and trying to make their writing for that dreadful series sound better than it really is.
he talked a lot about how awesome Frank Langella was and only mentioned Dolph Lundgren once or twice since he apparently wasn't happy that he couldn't have his preferred choice of Matthew Modine as He-Man.
Haha, yeah, I noticed that as well. He always talks about Langella then goes silent when Lundgren is on screen. This movie without Dolph as He Man wouldn't have worked, he was very important as well. If Modine was cast as He Man then this film would've been more like a spoof. Lundgren was an absolutely huge presence as the hero, he was awesome.
OP - Gary Goddard never worked as a director either before or after this film, which is a shame as I think he did a good job with this film. Listening to his commentary, it seems he certainly understood the visual & creative side of the film which in turn helped Masters of the Universe come alive and look unique. Goddard mentions in the commentary that he repeatedly told the cinematographer to change the lighting of the film to be more "sci-fi" and bright (against the cinematographer's wishes who wanted a more gritty look), which was a great idea in the end and gave the movie an awesome tone.
Another shame is that he offered WB all this awesome behind the scenes stuff on MOTU for the Blu-Ray practically for free and WB wouldn't take any of it.
That's a shame. This film is criminally underrated and deserves a good home entertainment release. I'd like to see the original ending that apparently had the test audience in tears (that Goddard described in the commentary).
I can only imagine how different this film would have been if they'd had a bigger budget...
They also say Goddard wanted Lundgren's voice to be dubbed and they had a guy or a couple of guys lined up to do it since Goddard felt Lundgren's thick accent & inexperience would work against him, even though it was in Dolph's contract that he had to be given a chance to re-dub his own dialogue or something like that, but due to the film running behind schedule the dubbing idea was abandoned altogether.
I never had any trouble understanding Dolph in the film. If people could understand Arnold & Stallone they bloody well should've been able to understand Dolph Lundgren.
I never had any trouble understanding Dolph in the film. If people could understand Arnold & Stallone they bloody well should've been able to understand Dolph Lundgrne
I still don't understand why Goddard wanted to dub Dolph. He wasn't difficult to understand to me. Sure, he may not be the greatest actor, but he did what was required for the character. He was tough, yet kind and gentle. Perhaps if he had more dialogue/screen time it would not have been as good, as I think giving Langella the focus was a good idea.
shareSure, he may not be the greatest actor, but he did what was required for the character. He was tough, yet kind and gentle
As someone said: If you can understand Arnold and Stallone, I don't know why Dolph was a big deal. Matthew Modine lacks the presence that is required for He-Man.
shareIf you can understand Arnold and Stallone, I don't know why Dolph was a big deal
True, Lundgren's English was fine and he showed that in Rocky IV where he had only a few lines but they were all perfectly delivered.
Hearing Goddard say stuff like he wanted Lundgren dubbed makes me wonder that maybe that's why he never made it as a director. He seemed to understand the creative side of the film, but a lot of other things like objecting to the casting of Lundgren and wanting Matthew Modine to play He Man instead is just nuts.