2884

Has anyone guessed Demolition Man?

2885

Definitely some scenery chewing in that one, but no.

2886

Obviously not, since none of the clues is “Three Seashells”!

2888

Freejack? Or Masters of the Universe?

Just riffing off bad movies with time travel and Arnold imitators lol

2889

Pick one.

2890

Lol, Masters of the Universe then!

2891

Correct!

2892

Though now I’m wishing I’d done Freejack. That’s a bonkers movie.

2893
  • Future friend - Courtney Cox plays the quasi-love interest
  • Moustachio - Slightly unfair this. It’s the nickname the HDTGM crew gave Man-At-Arms
  • No shows - Bizarrely, many of the most iconic He-Man characters never make an appearance, or are even referred to. No She-Ra, no Battle Cat, no Orko, no Man-E-Faces.
  • Japanese synthesiser - The McGuffin, a dimensional key, is mistaken by the earthling protagonist for a Japanese synthesiser
  • Budget issues - This was a Globus joint, and the production was typically chaotic, running out of cash and causing filming to be shut down early
  • Statue toppling - About the only time He-Man’s strength is put to use in the entire movie is in the climactic fight sequence, when he topples some statues in Skeletor’s palace.
  • Time travel - There’s a bizarre sideplot involving Courtney Cox’s dead parents which is resolved at the end through time traveling with the key.
  • Adam & Eve - He-Man is Adam, of course, and one of the main villains is Evil-lyn
  • Scenery chewing through prosthetics - Everyone else is phoning it in, but Frank Langella gives it his all as Skeletor, not assisted by what must have been awful-to-wear make-up
  • Wannabe Arnie stars - This is one of Dolph Lundgren’s earliest roles, and apparently he was supposed to be dubbed a la Arnie in Hercules, but, as mentioned, budget issues.
2894

In retrospect, those are delightfully tricky yet obvious clues.

2895

OK - here goes!

-Chatty skipper
-Uncommunicative Crew
-Battered Buddy
-Big Budget Expectations
-Some Dubious Science

2896

Disney’s The Black Hole

2897

I was thinking Silent Running.

2898

Ding! The Black Hole is Correct. Excellent work :)

2899

What, dubious science? Just because you reach Hell through black holes?

Edit: I still maintain to this day that this is the worst movie I’ve ever seen.

2900

I think Neil Degrasse Tyson referred to it as the SF Movie with the worse Science of all time, LOL.

I thought it was a pretty good creepy SF movie to watch… as a 10 year old. LOL.

2901

Hard to top The Core on that front.

2902

I rewatched it recently, though it took a couple of sessions to get through. There are some neat visuals and some cool ideas buried in there. And Ernest Borgnine always appears game for anything. It’s horrendously paced, especially at the beginning, and Yvette Mimieux can only use her ESPer powers if it helps her be a better damsel in distress. If Disney wanted to take another crack at it, there have been worse reboots. Although Ernie, Tony, Slim, Max, Roddy and Bob would no longer be included.

Here’s a crack at the next one:

A keyring
A playground
A slice of cake
A semi
A dance

2903

Napoleon Dynamite?

2904

Not Napoleon Dynamite.