Batson's Blog

I had to take a quick break on my casting picks of the upcoming (it's still in the works, right?) He-Man movie. I'm back, though, and this time it's Orko who is being cast. He's an interesting one.  In the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie, Orko was completely left out.  To some, maybe rightfully so.  I've read a couple of Internet writings that described Orko as the Jar Jar Binks of the He-Man universe.  I scoff at that idea, but to each their own, right? In the new movie, I've got to take a pro-Orko stance.  He's one of the handful of people who know He-Man's secret identity!  You can't just write off a character like that. He was one of my favorite characters in the Filmation series.  Granted, he was a little bit overused as a comical entity, probably to appeal to the children watching.  He could be used correctly and appeal to adults, though.  Take a look at Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy or Jarvis in the Iron Man movies.  ...