The Masters of the Universe Movie (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Magazine - Spring/Summer 1987)

Earlier this month, a new live-action Masters of the Universe movie was released. I've not seen it, so I cannot give my opinion, but I will say that I thought it looked terrible after viewing the first trailer. However, many reviews are above average and although I don't typically agree with my sister, she liked it a lot. As I write this, Rotten Tomatoes has a 68% consensus from critics and 86% from audiences. Not too bad, though this post isn't about that movie, it's simply a reason to take a quick look back at the 1987 film starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man. I did see that movie, however, not in a very long time. It was silly, of course, with the heroes traveling through a portal to Earth, and the majority of both critics and fans didn't enjoy it. 

I've scanned a couple short articles from two issues of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe magazine. Surprisingly, there isn't a lot of movie coverage in the Summer 1987 issue featuring Dolph on the cover. There are two pages, one of which is only photos of the characters, and it does include a poster I never removed. I also scanned two pages from the Spring 1987 issue; one is a very small preview before the film's August 9th release, and the other is about a contest winner.

Summer 1987

Spring 1987

16-Bit Soccer

With the 2026 World Cup in full swing, I've scanned some reviews of Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo soccer games. Most of the reviews are from GamePro's August 1994 issue's The Sports Page column that features a "Soccer Showdown." Also from GamePro (February 1990) is a ProView of the Genesis' World Championship Soccer and Electronic Gaming Monthly's (November 1993) review of Electronic Arts' first FIFA game on the Genesis. I'd consider doing a gameplay video if I had a soccer game on a fully functional platform, but I don't. While I've enjoyed playing various video games of the sport, I only own two retro soccer games. They are both FIFA International Soccer, one for Game Gear and one on Sega CD, and both of my systems have issues.