HorrorSpeak---Terror Awaits You in Every Forum!!!!: HE-MAN Fan Script.

I've just recently started to write a script out for an idea I have of a Live Action HE-MAN film. I feel like I might have a good knack for adapting anime, and cartoons into Live Action, and I think that's something seriously missing. And I'd love some early opinions, thanks.

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EXTERIOR - SNAKE MOUNTAIN - TWILIGHT - EST.

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INTERIOR - SNAKE MOUNTAIN - THE BODY - EST.

WE WIND UP THE SNAKE LIKE CORRIDORS OF THE LOWER PARTS OF SNAKE MOUNTAIN. THE ARCITECHTURE CYLINDRICAL IN SHAPE, WITH SCALES ETCHED IN, AMONG OTHER DESIGNS.

TORCHES LIT BY BLUE FLAME LINE THE WINDING PATH SMOKING THE TRAIL AHEAD AS SCREAMS OF PAIN, AND THE SOUNDS OF A WHIP CRACKING ECHO DOWN THE HALL.

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INTERIOR - SNAKE MOUNTAIN - THE MOUTH - EST.

WE PEER OUT INTO THE ODDLY COLORED BLUISH/PURPLE NIGHT SKY OF ETERNIA, AMONG THE AQUA COLORED MASSES OF ROCK AND STONE MOUNTAINS CUTTING THROUGH A JAGGED BLOOD RED RIVER.

PULLING BACK WE REVEAL LARGE RUSTED CHAINS WRAPPED MULTIPLE TIMES AROUND WHAT WOULD BE THE FANGS OF THE SNAKE THAT IS SNAKE MOUNTAIN.

FOLLOWING THE CHAINS WE SEE A SWEATY, OUT OF BREATH, DIRTY WOUNDED HE-MAN, PEERING OUT INTO THE VIEW OF ETERNIA WE JUST HAD.

SKELETOR:

(OFF SCREEN) “TELL ME ABOUT THE LONELINESS OF GOOD, HE-MAN..IS IT EQUAL TO THE LONELINESS OF EVIL?”
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A CLOSE UP SHOT OF HE-MAN’S FACE STARING FORWARD OUT INTO ETERNIA, CATCHING HIS BREATH.

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A CLOSE UP OF SKELETOR’S HAVOC STAFF, STARTING AT THE TOP REVEALING A MODEL OF A RAM’S HEAD WITH A SMALL MAGICAL CRYSTAL BALL BARELY VISIBLE WITHIN THE HEAD.

WE THEN PAN DOWN THE STAFF UNTIL REACHING SKELETOR’S HAND GRIPPING IT, HIS FINGERS TAPPING IN ORDER ACROSS THE METAL.

WE THEN PULL BACK TO REVEAL A FULL BODY SHOT OF SKELETOR, AS HE POINTS HIS FREE HAND TOWARDS HE-MAN’S BACK.

SKELETOR:

“ANSWER ME!”

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A GLARING CLOSE UP OF SKELETOR.

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A MID RANGE SHOT OF HE-MAN’S BACK AS A WHIP QUICKLY SNAPS ACROSS IT, AND FALLS TO THE FLOOR.

WE THEN FOLLOW THE WHIP TO IT’S OWNER TO REVEAL A GNARLING BEASTMAN AT THE HELM. WHIPING SWEAT, SLIME, AND SPIT FROM HIS HANGING OPEN MOUTH, AS HE READY’S THE WHIP, AND LOOKS AT SKELETOR.

BEASTMAN:

“GNAR!”

MAN-AT-ARMS:

(OFF SCREEN) “DON’T LISTEN TO THEM HE-MAN!”

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A SHOT OF SKELETOR AS HE TURNS HIS NECK TO THE RIGHT TO GET A LOOK AT MAN AT ARMS.

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A SHOT OF MAN AT ARMS HE IS PRESSED TIGHT AGAINST THE WALL, ALSO BLOODIED AND DIRTY. LARGE METAL CUFFS ARE STRAPPED TO HIS WRISTS AND ANKLES, KEEPING HIM IN PLACE.

AS HE LOOKS FORWARD AT HE-MAN, AS HE IS TORTURED BY SKELETOR, AND BEASTMAN, SKELETOR’S LARGE VISCIOUS PURPLE FURRED PANTHER WALKS BY, GROWLING.

MAN-AT-ARMS:

“WHAT HAVE YOU SUCCEEDED AT SKELETOR? YOU HAVEN’T DEFEATED ETERNIA, YOU HAVEN’T DEFEATED GRAYSKULL, OR THE SORCERESS. YOU HAVEN’T DEFEATED HE-MAN. YOU CAN’T, DEFEAT HE-MAN!”

SKELETOR:

“SILENCE!”

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A SHOT OF SKELETOR AS HE RAISES HIS HAVOC STAFF POINTING IT AT MAN AT ARMS, JUST AS A BOLT OF PURPLE SKELETOL LIGHTNING SPARKS OUT OF THE TIP AND STRIKES MAN-AT-ARMS CAUSING HIM TO JOLT BACK AND FORTH AS IT TRAILS THROUGH HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM.

SPARKS AND SMOKE SHOOT FROM THE METAL CUFFS, AND HE FINALLY COMES TO REST SMOKING A BIT UNDER HIS ARMOR.

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A SHOT OF HE-MAN LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER AT MAN-AT-ARMS. HE THEN STARES BACK FORWARD.

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A CLOSE UP SHOT OF HE-MAN’S SNARING FACE.

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A SHOT OF HE-MAN’S EYES AS THEIR EXPRESSION BEGINS TO CHANGE INTO AN AGGRESSIVE MENACING APPEARANCE.

SKELETOR:
(OFF SCREEN) EVIL LYNN!-

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A SHOT OF SKELETOR AS HE TURNS TO LOOK TOWARD EVIL LYNN, WHO SITS UPON SKELETOR’S THRONE WATCHING ALL THE PROCEEDINGS TAKING PLACE IN THE ROOM.

EVIL LYNN:

“YES MY LORD?”
SKELETOR:

“WHAT SAY YOU OF OUR GUEST?”

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A MID RANGE SHOT OF EVIL LYNN, HER EYES CLOSED AND WE CAN NOW SEE SHE’S MORE IN A “TRANCE LIKE STATE”. SHE BEGINS TO ANSWER SKELETOR.

EVIL LYNN:

“THE ONE KNOWN AS HE-MAN. IS BROKEN. DEFEATED.”

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A SHOT OF SKELETOR, AS HE BEGINS TO FOCUS HIS ATTENTION BACK ON HE-MAN.

SKELETOR:

“DO YOU HEAR THAT HE-MAN? DEFEATED.”

SKELETOR BEGINS TO EDGE CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HE-MAN, AS HE MAN BEGINS TO LOOK UP AT THE CHAINS WRAPPED AROUND THE SNAKE’S FANGS.

SKELETOR:

“ADMIT YOUR DEFEAT HE-MAN.”

SKELETOR BEGINS TO RAISE THE HAVOC STAFF.

SKELETOR:

“YOU ARE..NO..MORE!”
HE-MAN:

“NOT JUST YET, SKELETOR!”

SUDDENLY HE-MAN WRAPS HIS FOREARMS AROUND SOME OF THE LOOSE CHAIN AND PULLS HARD, RIPPING THE FANGS FROM THE SNAKE’S HEAD. THE FORCE OF HIS TUG SO STRONG HE STUMBLES BACK, SLAMMING INTO SKELETOR HARD, AND KNOCKING HIM BACK.

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A SHOT OF SKELETOR HITTING THE FLOOR AND SLIDING A FEW FEET ON HIS BACK, HE LOSES GRIP OF HIS HAVOC STAFF, AND IT TOO GOES SLIDING FARTHER FROM HIM.

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A SHOT OF HE-MAN AS HE REGAINS HIS COMPOSURE AND FOCUSES HIS ATTENTION TOWARDS BEASTMAN. BEASTMAN READIES HIS WHIP FOR A STRIKE, BUT HE-MAN GRABS THE CHAIN STILL BOUND TO HIS ARMS, AND SWINGS THE LARGE STONE FANG INTO THE AIR WITH FORCE, AND SMASHES IT INTO THE SIDE OF BEASTMAN’S FACE, CAUSING THE STONE TO SHATTER INTO SMALLER PIECES.

THAT CHAIN DROPS FROM HE-MAN’S ARM AND HE TURNS TO FOCUS ON SKELETOR, AS BEASTMAN HIT’S A WALL HARD, AND DROPS TO THE FLOOR WITH A THUD.

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A SHOT OF SKELETOR REACHING OVER HIS HEAD TOWARDS THE HAVOC STAFF, WE PAN UP AND REVEAL MAN-AT-ARMS STANDING THERE STILL STRAPPED TO THE WALL.

SUDDENLY HIS FOREARM ARMOR OPENS UP ON BOTH SIDES AND TINY BUZZ SAWS COME OUT AND BEGIN SLICING THROUGH THE METAL CUFFS, SHOOTING THICK SPARKS OUT.
WE THEN PAN DOWN TO HIS FEET, AS TWO SECTIONS OF THE ARMOR OPEN UP AND SHOOT OUT A TINY INCINERATING FLASH ON EITHER SIDE MELTING THE LEG CUFFS.

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A SHOT OF HE-MAN AS HE WINDS UP THE OTHER STONE FANG FOR A SWING AT SKELETOR. HE SWINGS IT HARD TOWARDS HIS STILL DOWNED BODY, BUT SKELETOR GRABS HIS HAVOC STAFF AND SWINGS IT UPWARD FOR THE BLOCK JUST IN TIME TO SHATTER THE FANG AWAY FROM HIM.

HE-MAN THEN LOOKS TOWARDS BEASTMAN JUST IN TIME TO NOTICE HIM STANDING UP AND STARTING TO FLEE WITH THE SWORD OF POWER.

HE-MAN:

“MAN-AT-ARMS, BEASTMAN HAS MY SWORD!”

MAN-AT-ARMS:

“I’M ON IT HE-MAN!”

MAN-AT-ARMS MAKES OFF TOWARDS BEASTMAN WHILE IN THE FOREGROUND SKELETOR REGAINS HIS FOOTING, AND GRIP ON THE HAVOC STAFF AND STARES TOWARD HE-MAN.

SKELETOR:

“THINK YOU’RE SO CLEVER DO YOU, HE-MAN?”

HE-MAN:

“MAYBE NOT CLEVER SKELETOR, BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE A KNACK FOR STOPPING YOU.”

SKELETOR:

“LET’S JUST SEE HOW TRUE THAT IS!”

SKELETOR LUNGES TOWARD HE-MAN WITH HIS HAVOC STAFF RAISED BOTH HANDS GRIPPING IT, LOOKING FOR HARD CONTACT WITH HE-MAN.

JUST AS THE HAVOC STAFF IS ABOUT TO MAKE IMPACT HE-MAN SNAGS IT WITH BOTH HANDS, AND BRINGS IT TO A STOP. PUTTING HE, AND SKELETOR FACE TO FACE.

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INTERIOR - SNAKE MOUNTAIN - THE BODY

BEASTMAN STUMBLES DOWN THE WINDING CORRIDOR OF SNAKE MOUNTAIN LOOKING BEHIND HIM FOR ANY PURSUERS. AS HE LOOKS BEHIND HIM HE KNOCKS OVER ONE OF THE TORCHES AND BEGINS FUMBLING AROUND.

AT THAT MOMENT, BULLETS FROM MAN-AT-ARMS ARM CANNON RICKOCHET OFF THE WALL TO BEASTMAN’S LEFT, CAUSING HIS ATTENTION TO RE-FOCUS, AND HIM TO TAKE OFF RUNNING.

MAN-AT-ARMS COMES INTO FRAME CHASING AFTER BEASTMAN, MESSING WITH SOMETHING ON HIS ARM PLATE.

MAN-AT-ARMS:

“STOP RIGHT THERE, BEASTMAN!”

BEASTMAN:

“NEVER GAHR!”

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A SHOT OF MAN-AT-ARMS AS HE LAUNCHES A NET FROM HIS ARMOR, THE NET TRAVELS QUICKLY THROUGH THE AIR AND SNAGS BEASTMAN’S BACK AND BEGINS TO WRAP ITSELF AROUND THE REST OF HIS BODY BY ITSELF.

THE NET ALSO BEGINS TO BURN HIS HAIR, AND BEASTLY FLESH CAUSING HIM TO STOP AND SCREAM IN PAIN.

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INTERIOR - SNAKE MOUNTAIN - THE MOUTH

HE-MAN AND SKELETOR BOTH STILL HAVE THEIR TIGHT GRIPS ON THE HAVOC STAFF, SKELETOR THE AGRESSOR AS HE-MAN IS PRESSED AGAINST A WALL.

SKELETOR:

“SO IT HAS COME TO THIS, HAS IT?”

HE-MAN:

“IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY, SKELETOR!”

SKELETOR:

“AND WHAT WAY IS THAT HE-MAN? STILL BLINDED BY THE IDEA OF VICTORY, OF GOOD. THAT REALITY IS NO MORE HE-MAN. THE ONLY THING THAT EXISTS NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS MY GLORY; YOUR DEATH!”

MAN-AT-ARMS:

“HE-MAN, YOUR SWORD!”

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A SHOT OF MAN-AT-ARMS AS HE RETURNS TO THE ROOM, AND TOSSES THE SWORD OF POWER INTO THE AIR TOWARDS HE-MAN.

WITH SKELETOR’S ATTENTION DIVERTED HE-MAN SMIRKS AND TAKES ONE HAND OFF OF THE HAVOC STAFF, AND CATCHES THE SWORD OF POWER WITH IT.

THE WHOLE TIME SKELETOR’S EYES ONLY FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE SWORD OF POWER, THEN WITH ONE HAND HE-MAN BEGINS TO PUSH SKELETOR, AND THE HAVOC STAFF AWAY.

SUDDENLY SHOVING HIM MANY FEET BACK WITH FORCE!

HE-MAN:

“YOU WERE SAYING SKELETOR?”

HE-MAN PUSHES HIMSELF OFF THE WALL, RAISES THE SWORD OF POWER INTO THE READY POSITION AND BEGINS TO WALK TOWARDS SKELETOR.

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A SHOT OF EVIL LYNN, AS SHE BEGINS TO SNAP OUT OF HER “TRANCE LIKE STATE” AND NOTICE WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE ROOM. WITH IT APPEARING AS THOUGH HE-MAN IS PRESSING THE ADVANTAGE.

EVIL LYNN THEN NOTICES THAT SKELETOR IS STANDING ABOVE A TRAP DOOR WITHIN THE ROOM, SHE TURNS TO GRIP THE HANDLE BEHIND THE THRONE AND PULLS IT.

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A SHOT OF HE-MAN SWINGING THE SWORD FOR A KILLING STRIKE, THE SWORD ABOUT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SKELETOR’S NECK JUST AS HE DROPS FROM VIEW, WITH JUST A FRACTION OF A SECOND TO SPARE.

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A SHOT OF THE TRAP DOOR CLOSING.

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A SHOT OF HE-MAN IN THE FOREGROUND LOOKING DOWN AT THE TRAP DOOR, MAN-AT-ARMS OVER HIS SHOULDER, HE-MAN’S ATTENTION THEN MOVES TO EVIL LYNN.

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A SHOT OF EVIL LYNN, STANDING SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE THRONE, A RED GLOWING PATHWAY SLIGHTLY OPENED BEHIND HER, AS SHE POINTS AT HE-MAN.

EVIL LYNN:

“YOU MUST FLEE THIS PLACE!”

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A SHOT OF HE- MAN LOOKING UP AT EVIL LYNN.

MAN-AT-ARMS:

“SHE’S RIGHT HE-MAN, LET’S GO!”

MAN AT ARMS PLACES HIS HAND ON HE-MAN’S SHOULDER.

HE-MAN:

“WHAT OF BEASTMAN?”

MAN-AT-ARMS:

“I’M SURE HE’S MADE OFF BY NOW. NOW, COME ON!!”

HE-MAN SUDDENLY BEGINS TO LOOK DRAINED OF ENERGY, AND LOSES HIS COMPOSURE, DRAPING ONE OF HIS LARGE ARMS AROUND MAN-AT-ARMS SHOULDERS.

HE-MAN BEGINS TO SAG DOWN TO HIS KNEES, THE SWORD OF POWER FALLING TO THE GROUND.

HE-MAN LOOKS UP AT MAN-AT-ARMS WITH YOUNG, TERRIFIED CHILD-LIKE EYES.

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INTERIOR - CASTLE ETERNIA - PRINCE ADAM’S CHAMBER’S - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING.

A YOUNG PRINCE ADAM SNAPS AWAKE IN HIS BED FROM A TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE. A COLD SWEAT ON HIS HEAD, AND CHEST. HE PANTS AND STARES FORWARD.

HIS BED SITS WITH HIM FACING AN EXTERIOR PATIO OF THE PALACE, LARGE DRAPES BLOWING IN THE ETERNIA WIND. MOONLIGHT SHINING THROUGH AND CASTING SHADOWS ACROSS THE PRINCE’S BED.

MAN-AT-ARMS:

“ADAM?”

MAN-AT-ARMS VOICE CALLS FROM THE PRINCE’S DOORWAY, CASTING A SHADOW OF HIS ARMOR CLAD BODY ACROSS THE FLOOR STOPPING AT THE EDGE OF THE BED.

ADAM TURNS TO LOOK UP AT MAN-AT-ARMS FROM HIS BED.

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A SHOT OF MAN-AT-ARMS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY.

MAN-AT-ARMS:

“IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?”

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A SHOT OF PRINCE ADAM.

PRINCE ADAM:

“YES..EVERYTHING’S FINE.”

HE LOOKS BACK TOWARDS HIS WINDOWS AND STARES OUT INTO THE ETERNIA NIGHT SKY LIKE HE-MAN BEFORE.

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MAIN TITLE SCREEN.

“HE-MAN & THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE”

OPENING CREDITS.

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