After seeing Thundarr the Barbarian, my friends and I got very into the idea of RPGing in that world and Expedition to the Barrier Peaks points the way of combining fantasy and SF. We did some hybrid early D&D and Metamorphosis Alpha stuff that would have worked really well for Masters of the Universe.
I think the WEG D6 Star Wars could be adapted to run a MotU game. It has simple tech and magic that both could be tweaked to fit. The cinematic action created by the rules suits the IP. The character creation using archetypes allows the feel of the game to be set right there and makes room for every kind of character.
The D6 system would be great. I think you could probably do it with just a couple of the Star Wars books, but if you really wanted to play up the comic book feel you could use the WEG DC Universe RPG using the same system.
Whle I wasn't all that interested in the Master of the Universe RPG discussion, your piqued my interest with the discussion of the upcoming films and your thoughts on mining of nostaliga in general. I will say that, although 80s mining movies tend to disappoint me and I've largely been wise to not bother watching, I watched the trailer for Masters of the Universe. I gotta say I'm freaking intrigued, so thanks for that. Whether I'll see it or not depends on a lot of things, but I'm at least not adamantly opposed to it right off the bat.
Not that I'd even attempt but I'd aim for the original mini-comics tone, which of your options is closest to the movie version. And it would constantly be thwarted by Julia going, “He-MAN! Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo…”
Which is kind of a microcosm of the fandom in general.
After seeing Thundarr the Barbarian, my friends and I got very into the idea of RPGing in that world and Expedition to the Barrier Peaks points the way of combining fantasy and SF. We did some hybrid early D&D and Metamorphosis Alpha stuff that would have worked really well for Masters of the Universe.
I think the WEG D6 Star Wars could be adapted to run a MotU game. It has simple tech and magic that both could be tweaked to fit. The cinematic action created by the rules suits the IP. The character creation using archetypes allows the feel of the game to be set right there and makes room for every kind of character.
The D6 system would be great. I think you could probably do it with just a couple of the Star Wars books, but if you really wanted to play up the comic book feel you could use the WEG DC Universe RPG using the same system.
Whle I wasn't all that interested in the Master of the Universe RPG discussion, your piqued my interest with the discussion of the upcoming films and your thoughts on mining of nostaliga in general. I will say that, although 80s mining movies tend to disappoint me and I've largely been wise to not bother watching, I watched the trailer for Masters of the Universe. I gotta say I'm freaking intrigued, so thanks for that. Whether I'll see it or not depends on a lot of things, but I'm at least not adamantly opposed to it right off the bat.
Not that I'd even attempt but I'd aim for the original mini-comics tone, which of your options is closest to the movie version. And it would constantly be thwarted by Julia going, “He-MAN! Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo…”
Which is kind of a microcosm of the fandom in general.