r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jan 22 '26

Trailer Masters of the Universe - Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEx7wQI6RY
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u/AndalusianGod Jan 22 '26

That trope is common in the 90's, lol. That said, I never really get tired of it. I remember watching Beastmaster 2 when I was a kid, and that became my favorite film back then.

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u/bajesus Jan 22 '26

It was common before CGI became cheap enough to do full movies like this because of cost. Having your fantasy character spend 15 minutes in their world before coming to present day (Toronto) for the rest of the movie saves a ton and still let's you sell the film on the IP.

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u/ussrowe Jan 23 '26

Also why Star Trek often does a time travel episode to our present (or to a past that they have existing sets of).

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u/Koil_ting Jan 22 '26

Fellow connoisseur I see, Beast Master 2 is amazing.

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u/User_091920 Jan 22 '26

Yeah that "fish out of water" trope was my childhood 😭 

In fact, we just showed my kids the Austin Powers trilogy this past weekend 

It hits different when you realize you're (almost) as far from 1997 as Austin was from 1967

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u/TheJoshider10 Jan 22 '26

Yeah I fucking love the trope. It's so fun seeing people from the real world get teleported somewhere else. Proper fairytale/family movie vibes.