{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67ef8d23dd74d6439c160aa5/6a14b945b9ac1c860c688946?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Masters of the Universe (1987) (with Matt Swaford)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67ef8d23dd74d6439c160aa5/1779742845911-8665eadf-4f6b-4a2d-9d1e-fb78863f2f66.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>To mark the release of the new <em>Masters of the Universe</em> film, Matt Swaford of <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reklaimers_vintage_toys/https://www.instagram.com/reklaimers_vintage_toys/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Reklaimer's Vintage Toys</a> joins us to revisit Cannon Films' notorious attempt to launch the cinematic branch of Mattel's toy franchise in 1987. Featuring an all-star cast of Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, James 'Mr Strickland' Tolkan, a pre-<em>Voyager</em> Robert Duncan MacNeill, and pre-almost everything Courteney Cox, the film is most remembered for disappointing fans of the sword and sorcery sci-fi mash-up by setting most of the action in a school gymnasium on present day Earth, and replacing Orko and Battle Cat with the more budget-friendly Billy Barty in an orange troll make-up.</p><p><br></p><p>But is it an unfairly maligned hidden gem or a best-forgotten example of 80s genre excess on the cheap? Find out!</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Conrad Chambers and Daniel Goh"}