My old GI Joe and Tranformer stuff is in my parents' attic, but my He-man stuff (including Castle Greyskull) is sitting on top of one of my bookcases. Hehe...I just made Orko fall down the trap-door...silly Orko! Remember that episode where they went to his world and his magic actually worked?
BTW, Cartoon Network is now showing the original GI Joe cartoon at 1:00 am.
Do they sell He-Man DVDs yet?
WyldeWolf1 The Man of 1,008 holds, making him 3 holds better than Chris Jericho!
The big fist man was named, in typical putting-a-lot-of-thought-into-it Masters of the Universe style, Fisto. Somehow the bumblebee man's name was Buzz Off.
And my Moss Man survived just fine for a couple of years - and then the Slime Pit was released, You do the math.
"The only difference between lilies and turds are those humankind have agreed upon, and I don't always agree." ---George Carlin
"Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music." ---Anon.
2. Martial arts jumping (Why does Stratos need a jetpack if everyone else can jump, then change directions many times in mid-air?
I liked the new version, but I have to agree with the above statement ... It's like all the characters suddenly graduated from the "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" school of fighting.
And I was sorry to see that the kick-ass theme song did not make the transition; you know the one I'm talking about, the "da da da DAH da" theme that always played right after Adam transformed into He-Man ...
But I do like the fact that Adam starts off as a 16-year-old kid; now all the Eternians don't come off as near-sighted idiots for not noticing the striking similarities between the two (the "Lois Lane Syndrome) ... Seriously, the only thing protecting He-Man's secret identity was a deep tan and a lack of purple tights. Gimme a break.
"Tonight, I left a ticket for Jerry Lawler to come down here, sit in the crowd and watch his son wrestle. But you know what? He's not here. I forgot - every Wednesday night he likes to hang out at the local high school with a fistful of candies!" -- Brian Lawler, 17 July 2002
I think my favorite things about the old school He-Man cartoon were:
The part in the Big Dramatic Theme Music where it'd slow down, and right before it would whoever was singing it'd go "He-Maaaaaan" all smooth and whatnot. You could practically hear someone in the studio telling them "okay, let's get a little funky with it..." It was so completely out of the blue and pointless and silly.
And I couldn't get enough of He-Man's obessive need to roll around on the ground. Every single episode, he'd find some excuse to roll around (if you've seen any of the shows, you'll know what I mean... they re-used the same animation every time!) and probably get dirt stuck to his body oil or whatever. I think they were trying to impress people with his agility or something, but all it looked like to me was He-Man got a kick out of getting dirty.
Kansas-born and deeply ashamed The last living La Parka Marka: HE raised the briefcase!
"Tonight, I left a ticket for Jerry Lawler to come down here, sit in the crowd and watch his son wrestle. But you know what? He's not here. I forgot - every Wednesday night he likes to hang out at the local high school with a fistful of candies!" -- Brian Lawler, 17 July 2002
Leech is definitely the ``sucker-face guy,'' but I somehow crossed him up with a red guy with a really wide head and short antennae (I think). No, wait, there were no antennae...big ears perhaps? And blue trunks, I think. Any guesses on who _that_ might be? It strikes me he was kind of intimidating-looking, but had a really wimpy voice on the cartoon.
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how come you're so afraid of things that dont make any sense to you? do you water your raisins daily? do you have any raisins? is there anything that does make sense to you? are you afraid of twelve button suits? how come you're so afraid to stop talking?
"Tonight, I left a ticket for Jerry Lawler to come down here, sit in the crowd and watch his son wrestle. But you know what? He's not here. I forgot - every Wednesday night he likes to hang out at the local high school with a fistful of candies!" -- Brian Lawler, 17 July 2002
the only toys i had were lockjaw and the 2 headed conjoined twin that was purple/blue
"You can't fire a gun in a confined space! What are you tring to do, make us deaf?!" "Just get out of the chopper." "What?" "Get out of the chopper!" "The crops!?" - Jack Lemmon and James Garner, "My Fellow Americans", and the reason I say "The crops?" instead of "Huh?"
Leave it to me to be on vacation and not hear anything when he-man returns. I'm not too crazy about the new look, but i'll certainly give it a try.
Found out last week that my girlfriend (youngest of 5 kids) watched he-man every day with her older brother. we've had many intelligent conversations before, but none revolving around he-man.
-Thank you, Captain Obvious! -"I don't totally understand why I do things", Rivers Cuomo
Originally posted by BigDaddyLocoWho was the Kung Fu man with the golden hand?
That would be Jitsu, I believe.
I was a little too old at the time, but my little bro was into He-Man big time. One Christmas, which was He-Man's first Christmas, he got every single He-Man figure and toy except one -- Mer-Man.
My favorite He-Man figure was Meka-Neck (sp?)
My dog's favorite He-Man figure was Grizzlor.
(edited by Slestak on 20.8.02 1617) Eatin' fruit and bein' cool
I have to know when that 90 minute movie is airing again. Is it going to become a series? Tell me more.
I saw the new figures just this weekend(not a big fan of them). I have almost all the old figures, castles, and battle mobiles stored away in rubbermaid in my mom's basement.(The guy with the zip line was always my favorite to play with-Lockjaw I believe). I'd hook him up from tree to tree. HBK stole his gimmick(WM 12).
Last year I was at Benny's(old school version of Walmart) and I saw that they reissued all the old He-Man figures. They were exactly the same except for the year printed on them.
Benny's is also where I bought a lot of the old school huge WWF figures(I wish I still had those). I did find Hogan and the British Bulldogs at a used comic book store a few years ago.
He-Man,Transformers,and WWF. I watched nothing else as a child. And I still watch WWF and am writing a post about freakin' He-Man. What a Geek.
Have to ask about Transformers now: Where's their new show and when's it on? I saw Beast Wars a few years ago and it was okay(on Cartoon Network Toonami). Haven't heard anything on the Transformers front except their DVD offerings.
BTW:Around the time I was in Junior High(well over 10 years ago), they came out with a bastardized version of the He-Man cartoon. He was all gay and wimpy looking(they dropped his gimmick and made him too human). Anyhoo, it sucked major balls and I was convinced that it had tainted He-Man's legacy and I never watched it again. What the hell was the deal with that crappy version?
"Tonight, I left a ticket for Jerry Lawler to come down here, sit in the crowd and watch his son wrestle. But you know what? He's not here. I forgot - every Wednesday night he likes to hang out at the local high school with a fistful of candies!" -- Brian Lawler, 17 July 2002
Man-E-Faces was one of my favorite toys. I also used to love making Ram-Man take suicide dives from the top of Snake Mountain as Panthor was about to maul him.
One animation that always puzzled me was He-man swimming under water; he always swam freestyle, which just doesn't work under water. Learn the breast stroke already!
Know what really made He-man cool? His mom was an American Astronaut and his dad looked like the Burger King of the day.
"My doctor says my nose would stop bleeding if I'd just keep my darn finger out of there!" "Me fail English? That's un-possible!" --Ralph Wiggums
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...starting at midnight! I'm gonna tape it and then (probably) never watch the tapes - hopefully that'll be enough to keep me from actually spending money on the DVD set until they get remaindered and I can pick 'em up on the cheap.
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