included · Mechanical

Masters of the Universe

Gary Goddard · 106 minutes

When the evil Skeletor finds a mysterious power called the Cosmic Key, he becomes nearly invincible, seizing Castle Grayskull and the surrounding city. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe which will bestow god-like power upon him. However, courageous warrior He-Man locates the locksmith inventor Gwildor, who created the Key and has another version of it. During a battle, one of the Keys is transported to Earth, where it is found by teenagers Julie and Kevin. Now, both He-Man and Skeletor's forces arrive on Earth searching for the potent weapon.

Thriller, Adventure, Action, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Before you choose

What kind of time-travel story is this?

Limited time travel with a consequential outcome.

Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Mechanical.

Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)

The Cosmic Key briefly returns Julie before her parents' death at the resolution.

The invented Cosmic Key eventually returns Julie and Kevin to a time before her parents die; this exceeds mere interplanetary transport.

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An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.

Scale, legacy & time

The scores

Titan20.8

Weighted archive score

Time-travel significance2/10

high confidence

Quality consensus5.5/10

Aggregate source ratings

How Titan works

Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.

Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]

This film: 89.82 base × 23.2% weighting.

Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.

The evidence

Research & sources

Research notes may reveal plot details.

These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.

Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty, Jon Cypher

Edition by edition

Releases & formats

9 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.

These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.

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