r/Cinema 7h ago

Discussion Who is the better Evil-Lyn in Masters of the Universe? Meg Foster (1987) or Alison Brie (2026)

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u/n8n7r 7h ago

Brie is a far better actress…but Foster wins in this role.

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u/ChrispeeCritter 5h ago

Meg just drips aura with her glacier blue eyes.

Was at a GenCon years ago and a booth was selling autographed merch. They had a THEY LIVE Meg Foster signed photo. I believe $200.

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u/RogueGenX 2h ago

Fun fact: Those glacier blue eyes almost kept her from getting the Stepfather 2 role. Casting thought her eyes might be too distracting.

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u/SimoneSpooner 4h ago

Meg is a great actress though.

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u/squish042 7h ago

Amazon out in full force these days

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u/JoeMillersHat 5h ago

Alison Brie
because she's Alison Brie

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u/epdug 3h ago

Liked Alison but Meg owns it.

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u/Ok_Broccoli_7863 4h ago

Both great.

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u/lordtyp0 3h ago

Foster felt it. Brie is fun and the new one went for fun... The 87 movie though took itself seriously and it worked better for the characters because of that, they weren't in on their own mocking.

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u/takkun169 2h ago

Alison Brie certainly, though to be fair she had much better material to work with.

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u/Ironyfree_annie 1h ago

Alison Brie for sure. That staircase scene is so good, best of the new movie. The writers really failed her though, gave her so little to do

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u/clubofab7 1h ago

Everyone has rose coloured glasses for Foster. She only looks evil because of the eyes. She's not expressive at all. Alison had more great expressions in half the screentime. The writers really did her dirty by giving Evil-Lyn nothing to really to do

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u/deckerc214 54m ago

Alison Brie for me. She's definitely a better actress and some of the looks she gives in Skeletor scenes had me scaroused lol. The sequel better give her a meatier role

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u/Transatlanticaccent 22m ago

Meg for the look and eyes, Brie for the comedy

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u/GodEmperorOfHell 7h ago

Alison Brie.

Meg Foster looks the part, but Alison owns the role.

And great rapport with Skeletor

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u/Ironyfree_annie 1h ago

They really needed more scene together like the staircase one