(trailer review) - Masters of the Universe

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Travis Knight is one of us! When I say 'One of us', what i mean by that is, he knows exactly what is up with 80s nostalgia and how to do it correctly. No, i have not seen the movie yet, but this is from the guy who brought us one of the best Transformers movies, Bumblebee. Did you see the Cybertron scenes? Amazing. As reverred as the Krypton scenes in Man of Steel. Kubo and the Two Strings is excellent also. And although he is the son of the Nike co-founder, he has stuck to his passion and given us what looks like a beast of a film with Masters of the Universe, because whilst it has been said previously by Kristian Harloff that a He-Man movie should be like Lord of the Rings meets Star Wars, or something very similar he has been saying, but DAMN, this looks awesome! It is like What Kristian said mixed in with Barbie with Margot Robbie, elements of Guardians of the Galaxy too.

So it looks like the story will focus on Prince Adam being sent to earth to protect him from the evil Skeletor, but his friends find him to bring him back to Eternia to save the two worlds (speculation), because the trailer starts with Prince Adam explaining that the stories and legends you hear in bedtime stories involving talking tigers, spaceships and magic swords, is where he comes from. You hear him ask his mother (I assume) why he was sent away, in which we learn, was to keep him safe where they would never find him. We learn he is looking for his sword and it looks like he finds it in a comic book or figurine collectibles store of sorts, and tries to take it,. The next audio shot is of Prince Adam in a spaceship being flown away, by a friend of his to Eternia, giving a very Captain America in Endgame (or was it infinity war) first time traveling into space for the first time. Up until this point, we see a colourful bird, that looks familiar (wasn't there a woman who could turn into a bird?), Castle Greyskull, spaceships, He-Man's Sword, He-Man's mother, an army of men in armour, a "sword in stone" moment and the moment when the trailer (for me anyway), starts to get great! A ship comes in, the "cargo bay" door opens and it's Man-At-Arms, Cringer, Prince Adam, maybe Teela and some robot or guy in a suit i cannot remember the names just yet, but the shot is great. This is then followed by some shots of some flying crafts, Man-At-Arms without his uniform with a big gun, a slow-mo walk and Prince Adam asking, "What am I supposed to do?" with shots of Skeletor and Fist-O sending a man flying with a single punch. A quick shot of Evil-Lynn fighting, Cringer growling and an awesome shot of Man-At-Arms jumping with his jetpack, Thor Ragnarok Style on the rainbow bridge to a spaceship to take it down and the moment we are all waiting for, the "I have the power" where Prince Adam yells that out whilst holding the magical sword and turns into He-Man and starts wrecking shop. Even the yell in front of the castle is cartoon accurate. Then a short battle with Sleletor at the end seals the deal. This is just a teaser trailer and a proper trailer will arrive in maybe 2-3 months from now but until then...this is a great trailer and it looks promising should they stick the landing. The characters and character design is absolutely stella. Idris Elba ( although I am not a fan of Race/Gender-bending), he looks absolutely phenomenal. Id be really interested to know if we get all the weird and wonderful and quirky characters from the cartoon because there is a lot AND a lot of their are very wild and out there. And if I am honest, the cartoon boredlined homo-erotic and had the wildest tone to it, just like a lot of the cartoons from the late 70s and early 80s. We do remember our favourites however we remember them that isn't always accurate to the real thing, you know? The special effects look slightly under developed in places, but other than that, I just wonder if, Jared Leto is going to go full Skeletor or simply look the part. From 40 years old, maybe even 35, to possibly 60 years old, He-Man was that cartoon for all the boys growing up. Even She-Ra to an extent, so it would be a wonder if they bring her in in some way, but this looks awesome and I cannot wait!

(trailer review) - Avengers: Doomsday

The worst kept secret has now been released to the public as a teaser and it is interesting (for me anyway), to know how people will take this teaser trailer hinting at an upcoming film. In this instance, we all know a new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is coming out, but we have not much of any idea as to what it is about other than the side-by-side of chairs detailing who will be in this movie and guess what, Chris Evans' name was not there. There might be speculation as to Marvel are desperate so they have aldo brough back Steve Rogers or for the fact that they may actually have a great storyline that will bring in Steve, but the long and short of it, is...Marvel cannot wet the bed with this one. 

The trailer starts off with a man riding a motobike down the highway and he gets off the bike once he pulls up to the house, takes off the helmet, walks into the house and holds a baby. At this point we get the "Steve Rogers will return in Avengers: Doomsday and we get a countdown. As for a teaser trailer, this IS pretty baller by showing us a character we all know and love, but does not give us anything more. This is the definition of teaser and it looks good. I cannot wait for the rest of them then the full trailer.

(trailer review) - The Odyssey

When I was younger, it was Steven Spielberg. Growing up, it may have been Michael Bay. But for the last decade and a half, it had been Christopher Nolan. This guy does not miss. An Intellectual and visionary director where (bar two, maybe three of his movies, I have not seen) he will get you to watch a movie and think about it due to the storyline, the mechanics of the movie and the sheer concept. Dunkirk, the storyline. Tenet, the mechanics. Inception, the concept (although Tenet falls into that also). I remember one of the last things my cousins said to me regarding Christopher Nolan was, "This guy loves play with time!" and it is true. The way he tells a story does not always seem to be linear in a tradtional way. Even with Oppenhiemer, the story was told from points of view going backwards and forwards in time with current day to the past and he won an Oscar for it. The great Odyssey, a story known to many (and in this instance, not me as I probably read or learnt of this story in school), this will be a film that could earn him more bums in seats after that oscar, and maybe another. I mean the trailer looks superb.

The trailer starts off with, what looks like a graveyard to fallen soldiers who have died in battle, and then the coolest armour design ever of some poor guys spine attached to the helmet of some superior commanding officer or just one bad ass bloke with a velvet cloak. I mean the other guy kneels down and kisses the ring doesnt he? Well it looks as such. The narration over this part of the trailer explains "aftrr years of war, no one coulf stand between my men and home, not even me" as he walks theoigh the forest. And there is a shot of Tom Holland and Anne Hathaway. There are shots of a ship that looks incredible in the natural light and one with the sunlight behind it. A shot with what looks like 100 men erecting some sort of statue or pillar (actually it looks like a horse) and the moment that got me to rewind a couple of times (and I am not 100% sure as im going off of memory alone), but what could be the Trojan Horse, there is a bunch of men gathered in what looks like a small confined area, and a sword comes piercing through slicing a man's shoulder/back whilst other men cover his mouth to stop him from screaming in pain is a moment we know will be very tension filled. Then a shot of men going into a cave and some creature coming out of the shadows and you can see in the light, its silhouette which looks huge in size, men running towards ships, men in the mist or early morning where something comes out of the ground and is defintely massive in size, a storm at sea with men rowing in treacherous conditions with water filling the ships and it ends with "Promise me you'll come back" "What if I can't?". This is a teaser trailer to let us know, this film is coming. Not what it is about or who is in it, but for tone and awareness. Chef's kiss! T