2. Masters Of The Universe
The Smurfs weren't the only half-naked Eighties cartoon characters to suddenly find themselves on American soil, for, in his live-action feature debut, He-Man (Dolph Lundgren) is transported through a gateway from rocky Eternia to sunny California. There, he enlists the help of some teenagers to stop his nemesis Skeletor (Frank Langella) from seizing control of the Cosmic Key. Whatever lame stories you came up with while playing with your He-Man action figures as a child, it's safe to say that they were no more ridiculous than this. In the cartoon, He-Man was far from reluctant to use his sword (see above), which he'd usually precede with some bombastic spiel about having the power of Grayskull bestowed upon him and suchlike. Here he's given a gun, presumably with which to shoot down all the fun of the original series. The film's $22 million budget clearly didn't stretch for credible special effects, but on the plus side, Skeletor is utterly terrifying- although this may be due to the fact that he resembles a burns victim- and his death scene is widely regarded as one of the most contentious in cinema. After being pushed into the moat surrounding Castle Greyskull, and throwing in that long, echoing scream of ''Nooooooooo!''for good measure, he emerges, considerably worse for wear, in the end credits to promise his return. A quarter of a century later, he's still waiting.