CONvergence highlight: Masters of the Universe gets its due

The first night of CONvergence there was a midnight show of the movie Masters of the Universe, based on the popular He-Man cartoon/toy franchise from the '80s. Tim Uren and Joseph Scrimshaw were the riffmasters of the evening, and got us through the horror that was the bad acting, poorly-conceived plot and bad costuming with a steady stream of well-rehearsed and well-timed jokes. (My favorite: when Frank Langella's name came up in the opening credits, they said, "I'm saying that when Skeletor does it, it's not a crime!") The whole crowd was laughing throughout, and the experience culminated with a hysterical five-minute rant by Joseph that truly must be heard to be believed.

I beg the great CON masters...please create a downloadable MP3 (a la Rifftrax.com) of their performance so people can download it, sync it up with Masters of the Universe on DVD, and continue to enjoy. Heck, I'd even pay for the privilege. It was so well done, and though I know their performance wasn't recorded at CON, I'm sure they could reproduce it in a better audio environment.

And one more thing that made the showing awesome - an appearance by an incredibly well-costumed She-Ra. I wish I had gotten a photo - the costume was spot-on!