frank langella was skeletor in masters of the universe.
frank langella was skeletor in masters of the universe.
who was skeletor in masters of the universe?
frank langella
skeletor was the primary villain in the 1987 live-action film portrayed by frank langella. as this was a motion picture, skeletor was allowed to be far more menacing and less comical. to prepare for the role, langella had asked his kids questions about the character and watched the series. during the course of the movie, skeletor captures castle grayskull and imprisons the sorceress after evil-lyn tricked gwildor into giving her the cosmic key. later, he absorbs the power of the great eye and transforms into a golden-armored warrior god, but is ultimately defeated by he-man. langella's version of skeletor is clad in more regal attire than is traditionally seen. rather than dark purple, he wears all black, and his costume is less scant, covering his entire body with a robe and a flowing cape. langella's performance is highly regarded by fans and critics as being a high point in the film. langella himself has also mentioned several times that skeletor has been one of his favorite roles during his entire career.
skeletor
eternia has seen the end of tyranny and evil. its community lives in peace, safe in the knowledge that its greatest threats are trapped behind the great barrier in the badlands near snake mountain. skeletor after many decades finally breaks through the barrier at last, and hopes to spread his bane once more, beginning with the capture of king randor. their liberation is detected within castle grayskull by the sorceress, who informs man-at-arms, captain of the guards within randor's kingdom and a trustworthy ally, that the time has come for destiny to be fulfilled. prince adam, a spoiled, almost carefree heir-apparent to the throne of his father, randor, is trained daily by the unrelenting teela, his best friend. adam is approached by teela's father, man-at-arms, who takes adam to castle grayskull. there, adam learns from the sorceress of an approaching evil and his role in defending the kingdom as the warrior he-man. adam, of course, instantly rebuffs the responsibility and returns to the palace, where he finds that skeletor's forces have captured his father. adam, man-at-arms, and teela pursue randor's kidnappers into the forests, where they are ambushed. adam is covered by man-at-arms as he returns to grayskull, followed by his pet tiger cringer, and the court magician orko. his flight through the forest infuriates teela, who only sees a coward leaving the scene of battle. adam accepts his destiny, and is granted the sword of power, which he uses to become he-man. with cringer transforming into battle cat, a strong and brave method of transport and assistance, he-man returns to the scene of battle and rescues his father from skeletor. over the course of the first season, randor's armies of defense expand, some convinced to fight through encounters with he-man. the sorceress stands revealed as the mother of teela. teela's ultimate destiny as the successor to the mantle of the sorceress manifests in small doses physically and mentally, often causing her pain or general befuddlement at what these abilities are and what they mean for the future. skeletor becomes aware of grayskull's power when he attacks it, prompting him to spend much of the season attempting to enter it. hints are made as to the fate of skeletor's mentor, hordak, and the future main adversaries of the second season, the snake men. much like the original series, selling toys was a key goal of this series, and he-man and skeletor would don variations of their costumes or different ones entirely whenever they were briefly "empowered" with an ancient relic or new technology. the first season ends on a cliffhanger in which skeletor unites several of the other adversaries fought by the heroic masters into a grand council of evil. he captures most of the masters, forcing he-man and teela to enter snake mountain. adam becomes separated from his sword, and is soon forced to protect castle grayskull from skeletor without it.
he-man and the masters of the universe (2002 tv series)