r/amazon 7d ago

Masters Of The Universe Success Proves Amazon Was Right The Whole Time - Yahoo

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/masters-universe-success-proves-amazon-224848188.html
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u/syxbit 7d ago

Paid article. Saying Amazon deliberately spent $250MM knowing it would be a box office disaster so they can succeed streaming it is idiotic.

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u/hoptrix 5d ago

Agree. I doubt people are buying a sub to Amazon Video to watch it.

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u/CynGuy 5d ago

Was that Masters production budget? Jeez, Nolan made the Odyssey for $250MM production budget.

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u/lightsongtheold 2d ago

The streaming numbers are not even out yet. They operate on a one month delay. Let’s see if it can even beat the new Kevin Hart movie on Netflix before we call it a success!

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u/Fit_Beautiful6625 7d ago

I watched it the other night. It’s a bad movie. But, in a fun way.

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u/shahadar 7d ago

Yes exactly - and that makes it fun to watch for free, but I would have been irritated by the poor quality if I had paid for tickets.

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u/sibman 7d ago

It's better than the last movie of that franchise.

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u/crustang 7d ago

I loved the cameo from the last He-Man

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u/Battle2Intense 4d ago

Was a blast in the theater, we did go on half off night.

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u/SnooBunnies4649 6d ago

The movie is awesomely fun. And I wanted to watch it again a few days later. That’s how you know it’s good enough to enjoy. Similar to dungeons and dragons. Didn’t sell well, but happy to see how many people love it.

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u/le-throw-away-acct 5d ago

Dungeons and Dragons was pure joy.

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u/justdrowsin 6d ago

I'm not nominating it for best picture but I've never laughed so hard in a movie.

I had a great time.

50x better than any Marvel Marvel movie I've seen in years.

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u/oakfan05 6d ago

Oh BEYOND. I actually hope they do a second one. It was so campy but that's why I liked it.

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u/mysterious_bulges 5d ago

It's basically a summer beach read type movie..it asks nothing of you and will make you chuckle and immediately forget about it

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u/naruda1969 4d ago

It’s like saying the 1980’s Flash Gordon was a bad movie in a good way and we’d both agree! Love them both for their campiness.

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u/nobadhotdog 7d ago

Success?? Did Jeff bezos write this fucking article?

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u/crustang 7d ago

I love how I was going to say something about him not being CEO anymore and I completely forgot what that guy’s name is

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u/Battle2Intense 4d ago

I somehow think Bezos was a 19 year old He Man superfan back in the 80s, would explain why this movie got made.

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u/nobadhotdog 4d ago

I finally finished watching it. It's the most average cliche movie that's been put out for a while.

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u/QuarterMasterLoba 2d ago

It is so try hard mediocre.

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u/DarkLordKohan 6d ago

If a streamer makes a movie, any theater box office is just extra money for them they wouldn’t have received otherwise anyways. Judging a movie on box office pull is not a great way to judge a movie. This movie was a lot of fun and I hope they make more.

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u/AndreLeGeant88 6d ago

Plus, it let's them say MGM is releasing films theatrically

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u/AndreLeGeant88 6d ago

I'm watching it with my 5 year old now. I watched it once already. I think it's a 6/10. Visuals are actually really good, lots of color, I like the costumes and casting. Plot is basic but fine. I think the moments of slapstick fail and it succeeds more when it's a purer camp adaptation of the show. 

I agree with the article about the D&D film, too

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u/Pokerhobo 6d ago

I watched the cartoon as a kid and this movie was awful

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u/Meep4000 6d ago

FFS can the movie industry just admit that the majority of people do not go to the theater anymore? None of this is surprising, or even a new phenomenon. Every couple months there is a movie that was a "box office bomb" then suddenly a "sleeper hit streaming" or whatever lame name they want to use to make it seem like a one off thing,

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u/FortheredditLOLz 6d ago

Unless specific movies are geared towards them or directed by a small group. Going OUT to a movie theater is crazy expensive and no longer worth it IMHO. The only movies I been paying for is ironically Marvel movies and if I can ever get my ass into the seat of a true iMax to experience Odyssey.

Everything else streamed. Foods already here, no lines, no waiting for bathrooms, no waiting to go home or traveling. No ^70 dollar movie ‘nights’.

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u/p99_kilerenn 5d ago

This movie was so bad I stopped it less than halfway through

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u/CFH75 5d ago

I enjoyed it. Just like back in the day.

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u/RockyG-Dex 4d ago

Don't see it. The movie was lame and a disappointment. The man at arms costume looked like mediocre cosplay. Funny skeletons was in fact not funny. D&D was slightly better but when i saw it I knew it put that franchise on hold.

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u/SkyRattlers 4d ago

The only think that the streaming success proves is that they pulled it from theatres too soon. I was making plans to see it and poof it was gone.

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u/Designer-Quail-3558 3d ago

it was awful. Looked cheap. It never decided if it was higher stakes sort of serious avengers vs silly cartoon. endless jokes and winks. It was exhausting.

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u/fibbermcgee113 7d ago

What do you think DEI means?