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Dolph blew the most important line in the movie


One memory which has stuck with me for 37 years was how He-Man said his iconic "I have the power!" line when raising his sword. It was the one line that they took from the cartoon but he said it in a completely different way, not placing emphasis on the words the same as in the cartoon intro. It sort of made it clear that Dolph was not He-man and also not really a He-man fan as otherwise he would have tried harder to make it an authentic recreation. I didn't mind his slight Swedish accent (which I didn't really detect much at all as a kid) but felt he HAD to get that line right. That's a problem with actors playing established characters; they always want to put their own unique mark on the performance, while the audience just wants them to "do the thing".

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