movies

Masters of the Universe (1987) is the subject of this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Feb 9, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT, which is 2am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows on a computer side-by-side. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something...

How to watch the movie:

• someone plans to stream it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• if you're in North America, Australia, or the UK try Tubi (uBlockOrigin adblocker worked there, last I checked): https://tubitv.com/movies/466377/masters-of-the-universe
• archive: https://archive.org/details/masters-of-the-universe-1987_202304
• youtube WARNING: someone posted it there split into a playlist of 10-15 minute videos, but it's missing one whole section of the movie
• if you want to pay or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/masters-of-the-universe

[Masters of the Universe] stars Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Jon Cypher, Chelsea Field, Billy Barty, Courteney Cox, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Meg Foster. The film follows two teenagers who meet He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe, who travels to Earth with his friends to stop their archenemy, the evil Skeletor from obtaining a cosmic key that will enable him to take over their home planet of Eternia and the entire universe. ...At the time of release, it was met with negative reviews from film critics, but is now regarded as a cult film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe_(1987_film)