He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe 1983 "She-Demon Of Phantos" Review

To say that it's been quite a while since anything regarding the classic Masters Of The Universe TV show really was last talked about by me would be a huge understatement. As it's been a whopping FOUR years sine I last talked about anything from this show as such it was only about right that I put a stop to that right now and so then join me as I give you my review of the episode that has the most generic PSA at the end of it with the episode in question being called simply just "She-Demon Of Phantos" enjoy.

The plot of this episode when the Queen of a trusted ally to Eternia is suddenly put into Skeletor's control it's up to He-Man and friends to break that control before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as while it was yes granted a rather generic and simple plot that's also something that could be said for all of this shows episodes as the main purpose of this show wasn't to have deep thought provoking plots it was instead to sell toys and that's it and because of that they don't really need alot of plot in there episodes they just need the basic premise and the set up and that's it and that's all this episode has and while yes it would have been nice if the plot was a bit more well thought and alot less formulaic at the same time tho that would also be going against the style of the show as well but in fairness to this episode this is a plot that whilst it does work really well it's also one that's not all that good as it does feel loke a very paint by numbers plot with all of the plot beats that you know are going to happen happening but without any rhyme of reason to it which does cause the episode to loose it's heart and soul in the process as well as it's just that generic of a plot for this episode to have with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is John Erwin as Prince Adam / He-Man and Strongarm and voice acting legend Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor , Man-At-Arms , Cringer and Mer-Man. Also starring in this episode is voice acting legend Linda Gary as Teela , The Sorceress and Queen Elmora. this shows executive producer , composer and developer Lou Scheimer as Orko , Lizard Man and Slave Driver and Norm Prescott as Stratos.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As let's be real here nobody would expect or even want great acting from this show given that it was only made to sell the toys and that's it and yet that's really exactly what we got in this episode with it being clear as day that all of this episodes actors really are trying to turn in a good performance and make this show worth watching for more people then just it's intended kid audience and while granted this show doesn't demand great acting in it's episodes the very fact that these actors were more then willing to try to turn in a good performance does show you just how good of an actor that all of this episodes really are with it being quite hard to say just who exactly the best actor in this episode really is as to be frank here anyone of this shows actors could make that claim and it would be totally justifiable however if push did indeed come to shove i'd say that the best actor in this episode is Linda Gary just because of the fact that the three characters that she's playing are for the most part complete and total opposites of each other for large portions of the episode with her even having to make Queen Elmora still sound like a good guy when she's under Skeletor's mind control which is something that won't be that easy of a task to do in the first place with the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors absolutely nothing to work with inters of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does hurt the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Filmation Associates. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as even tho this episodes animation is nothing all that spectacular as is to be expected as this was done on a TV show budget there are moments of promise to be found in this episodes animation like alot of the backgrounds for example all look really good and even for a nineteen eighties TV show do look very highly detailed which does help in making Filmation one of the hidden gems of the animated world as alot of there works be for film or TV more often then not had some really good looking animation in them and yet because there not Disney , Warner Bros or Hanna-Barbera they will more often then not get overlooked by alot of people but in saying that tho much like with Hanna-Barbera the characters movements in this episode do come across as being a little bit stiff from time to time with them only getting very fluid movements during very brief and pointless scenes like for example both Prince Adam and Man At Arms only get very fluid animation after having a very brief talk with Queen Elmora and that's it as for the rest of the episode there movements are much like the rest of the characters movements in that there very stiff at best which makes you wonder why the makers of this show didn't bother to give all of the characters these really nice looking fluid movements all throughout the episode as when they do that it is something that does look really good and yet by not doing that all there doing is highlighting just how cheap there animation can be when it comes to the characters movements.

It's not unusual for this show to end on some sort of PSA with one of the shows characters usually He-Man giving the shows kid audience some sort of advice. While alot of what they say in these PSA's is usually very helpful and tied into the plot of the episode here in this episode on the other hand they go the other way with it and give us not only the most generic PSA but they also don't have to be tied into somethin that happened in the episode as here the PSA is all about safety not any particular kind of safety just safety in general which is so generic as the advice that they give could be applied to anything as it basically just boils to just be careful and that's it which is so generic that it's like the makers of this episode weren't even trying with this being made all the more laughable when you take into account that they could have done something that tie's into the episode due to the fact that Teela deliberately goes against her fathers order thus putting herself in harms way so there could have been a PSA on how the kids need to always do as there told when it comes to very dangerous situations as not doing so could end up with them getting hurt and hospital which granted is still pretty generic but it's also something that does tie into the episode and therefor doesn't really feel that out of place as the kid audience would have seen what could happen should they not follow the advice that was just given to them but for one reason or another the makers of this episode went with the most boring and most generic piece of advice that they could have given which makes it feel like that they just made a bunch of PSA's with the idea being that they could then use them in rotation for various episodes should the need to do so arise and didn't bother to come up with alot of creative ways to tie them into the plot of the episode.

Queen Elmora does seem to be a pretty good character as she is someone who is a friend to Eternia and actually has powers of her own. However tho at the same time like alot of this shows characters she does come across as being very note as all she does when she gets turned evil is hit He-Man with a few of her spells and that's it which isn't that good as we don't get to see how that impacts her as a character something which is made even more worse when Skeletor puts another spell on her so that when she sees He-Man she sees him as Skeletor which in all fairness isn't that bad of an idea but at the same time tho she does very quickly work out who the correct Skeletor is which does make that whole idea feel like the waste of a good tension building idea as she could have asked both Skeletors a question that only the real He-Man would know and heck they even could have had her attack He-Man thinking that it's Skeletor just something that would make that idea worth while but instead they have Teela interrupt before things start to get good to tell her that the person that she's seeing isn't Skeletor but is actually He-Man with her only figuring it odd when she casts a spell that she knows the real He-Man would be able to get off which again is a good ides but it's one that comes to little to late as the very fact that they had Teela interrupting the big showdown does undercut alot of the tension and whilst this is something that might have been done to appease either censors or parents groups it is something that does take you out of the story with this being somethin that should have been fixed just by not having Teela show up as then you could have scenes with Elmora struggling to work out which Skeletor is telling the truth and have her just ask them both a question that only the real He-Man would know the answer to and that's really it.

Speaking of everyone's favourite Skeleton he doesn't really have much a plan in this episode with his scheme being to replace take over the Queen's homeland which he does at the start of the episode. With him even replacing the minerals that Man At Arms and Prince Adam got to make there weapons from the Queen with some cheap knock offs which is quite literally one of the two only things that tip them off that something that's not the level as Adam points at the Elmora was acting strangely and that's it with Skeletors lack of a plan really falling to pieces once the heroes arrive back at the Queen's palace and it's something that does have you wondering what Skeletors ultimate goal is in this episode as everything he does in this episode seems to just annoy He-Man and not cause him any psychical pain which is something that des make Skeletor out to be a pretty weak and ineffective villain as if his end goal was to take over the Queen's homeland then the episode is already over before it began as he already did that before the start of the episode but if it was something else then it makes no sense as the Queen would already have access to these minerals which are meant to be the strongest in the known galaxy and very easily could have told Skeletor and his men where they are or his true evil scheme just wasn't explained at all as the makers of this episode just couldn't be bothered to give him one which does make his inclusion in this episode feel wasted as his role in this episode could have been taken up by any of the shows villains and it would have made total sense but because he's the shows main villain he just has to be in this episode even if he doesn't really have an evil plan to begin with.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running mee of exactly twenty one minuets and thirty seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is more in lone with the running time with the rest of the show as well as all of them have a very similar running time with this episode even having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time but in saying that tho this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as it's plot isn't that well developed and really can't be that well developed as the episode is more focused on just rushing along to the next predictable plot beat then it is in telling a good story and while kids TV shows around this same time did typically just tell single episode stories this is one that could have benefitted from being a two part story as that then would allow for the plot of the episode to be more developed then what it already with this having the add on effect on making Skeletor himself seem more like a villain that no only can het things done when it counts but it would also make him more of an effective villain as well with this also effecting the episodes characters since as tings stand all of this episodes characters aren't that well developed which again is more in line with other kids shows from the eighties but at the same time tho these characters could have been more well thought out and get the chance to be alot more developed then what they already since as things stand all of this episodes characters do come across as being very one dimensional and while that is fine for this kind of show it is something that does make this episode and this show come across as being a bit predictable but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / resented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes action being yes generic but in a fun way as we get to see He-Man and friends beat up Skeletors crew in some really fun ways with the only thing that does really let this episodes action down is the fact that we don't get see Man At Arms take down the guards that have Cringer locked up in a cell which is kind of a key plot point as it details the rescue of one of the shows main characters and yet the episode just completely skips over it like it's nothing with the best action scene in the whole episode being the final fight between He-Man and Skeletor in the Queen's throne room which works because of the fact that even tho we would have seen the two characters fight quite a few times now in the series other episodes it's what this episode adds to it that makes it good again as we get to see Skeletor be manipulative by trying to convince Elmora that he's actually He-Man which whilst it is an undercooked idea does make the action in that scene seem really good with even seeing He-Man escape this supposed unbreakable box just because he's the main character of the show is fun and campy and something that does make the action in this episode all the more interesting and fun to watch as well as it means that the makers of this show know that there making a bad show and a bad episode and therefor just willing to have some serious fun with this episodes action in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst this show does do both He-Man and Skeletor better then the first live action movie could only dream of doing this episode really isn't the best example of just how fun that this show really could have been as this could have been as these two characters can be some really fun characters in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really des mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official He-Man fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official He-Man fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official He-Man fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Masters Of The Universe: Revolution TV Series SPOILER FILLED Review

 

He-Man really can't catch a break in recent years with the show She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power splitting the fanbase and Masters Of The Universe: Revelation splitting it even further it was quite shocking when it was announced that exact same creative team would be back for a new sequel or spin off show. With this show not even really getting all that much attention from Netflix with the marketing for the show only really happening roughly about a week or so ago and really going virtually unnoticed by alot of people and so then join me as I review the show that not alot of people will really know is even a thing with the show in question being called simply just "Masters Of The Universe: Revolution" enjoy.

The plot of the show is Prince Adam's father dies he gives up his right to throne to a previously unheard of relative and Teela goes on quest to restore a place where all the heroes of Eternia go to when they die. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the issue as the plot of this show really isn't all that good either as it's story just isn't all that gripping and really does nothing all that new with the shows cast of characters with the episodes plot also having plot twists that people can really see the shows plot twists really coming a mile away as well with this not really being helped by the fact the shows plot really isn't all that entertaining nor is it all that engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this show is Chris Wood as Prince Adam / He-man and A Sailor and Tim Sheridan as King Miro. Also starring in this show is Mark Hamill as Skeletor , Melissa Benoist as Teela , William Shatner as Keldor , Meg Foster as Motherboard , Keith David as Hordak , John De Lancie as Granamyr , Gates McFadden as Queen Marlena , Diedrich Bader as King Randor and Buzz Off , Liam Cunningham as Duncan , Susan Eisenberg as The Sorceress , Ralph Garman as Fisto and Rio Blast , Phil Lamarr as Mendor , Griffin Newman as Orko and Tuvar , Stephen Root as Cringer and Snout Spout , Jason Mewes as Baddrah , Tiffany Smith as Andra , Tony Todd as Scareglow , Harley Quinn Smith as Queen Amelia , Brett Rash as Prince Keldor , Jakari Fraser as Prince Randor , Cam Clarke as Stonedar , Jeffrey Combs as Zodak , Grey DeLisle as Despara and Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey as Evil-Lyn "Lyn" / Majestra.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad. With the actors that you expect a great performance from like Mark Hamill really truly delivering a good and solid performance but at the same time the rest of cast just don't deliver a good performance at all with alot of the shows cast just phoning in their performances with the same thing also being true for actors who we know can turn in a good performance like William Shatner for example who is solid in this show but he doesn't turn in the kind of good performance that we know that he can do with this not really being helped by the fact that the shows scripts gives none of the cast really nothing to work with interms of what there characters personalities are even meant to be in the first and as a result the shows cast just can't turn in a good performance as the shows scripts really just won't allow for them to do so.

Doing the animation for this show is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at Powerhouse Animation Studios.Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty one of the true highlights of the show as the animation that's in this show was really good which is really nothing new as the previous show had some really good animation in it as well which means that it only made sense that this show would also feature some really good animation in it as well with the show taking an anime inspired look which is something that works really well for this show and for this version of the franchise.

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For those of you wondering this show is a slight improvement over Revelation but at the same time this show also falls into the exact same trappings that that show fell into. With this show killing of a main character in it's first episode with King Randor dying which granted isn't as bad as He-man dying at the start of Revelation but at the same time tho it felt like rehash of something that clearly didn't work the first time that they tried it and were as Teela was undoubtedly the main character of Revelation here the main character is oddly enough Skeletor with Prince Adam / He-Man once again feeling like a side character in his show and even that's being kind as Teela once again plays a bigger role in the shows plot then He-Man does which is just just something that will never work as you go into a Masters Of The Universe show wanting to see He-Man as the main character and really not his main villain and most certainly not one of the shows many side characters.

To put it bluntly it really does seem like that Netflix is ashamed of this show as not only has the show not received that much interms of promotion. With it seems like only show creator Kevin Smith and a few of the cast members doing the legwork interms of getting the show out there with official Netflix accounts barely mentioning the show at all and yet Revelation got a ton of promotion from the official Netflix accounts with them talking about the show every single chance that they got which makes it weird that they would barely mention this show at all as this show is only slightly better then what Revelation was and as such you'd think that Netflix would be all over at trying to get more viewers to watch it and yet it doesn't appear that that will be the case at all as they've done such a terrible job with the marketing of this show. 

Like with the previous series this one does end with a tease of what's to come this time with Grey Delisle's Despara character. With that character basically being the shows version of Princess Adora /  She-Ra which is a really interesting way of getting around the copyright for the character and yet at the same give that there no more confirmed episodes for this show yet it kind of feels like a pointless cliffhanger as it does't look like it's something that's going to be getting payed off anytime soon but with there being so little information about this show out there there could be more episodes in the can with that character and we don't even know about it and given but given how the story ends it would be pointless to give it more episodes as this show pretty much wrapped up the whole storyline for this version of the franchise but given how it looks like that she might be portrayed should this show get more future episodes it would be great to see another villain instead of Skeletor who is still a good villain but in this show he just wasn't that interesting of a character and having Despara come in as a new villain could be interesting.

Now then this show has / had an exact grand total running timer of roughly three hours in total with each episode being no longer then twenty seven minuets. With the thirty minuet format being a fairly solid for each of this shows five episodes as it does allow for what little story this show is trying to tell to be at the forefront and not only come up every few episodes or so but on the flip side of that is the fact that because this show is so short it now means that problems might have been minor issues or now major issues as we the audience or now forced to focus on them alot more as we're not really given alot of other things to focus on during the shows five episodes with this show really needing at least three more episodes in order to do it's story justice with this not really being helped by the fact that the show really does have some really bad pacing to it with the story moving by at such a fast pace that it's unreal.

So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented t us in this very film was in all honesty pretty good. Which wasn't all that surprising as the same thing was also true for Revelation but the action in that show worked a little bit better as the story took it's time to be fully developed and yet here because while the action in this show does have some really cool moments in it it's not really as effective as it really should have been due to the fact that the story is so rushed due to the small amount of episodes and yet when we do get some really cool moments in this show they are some genuinely really cool moments and it's those moments that make the action in this show worth watching in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while this show is slightly better then Masters Of The Universe: Revelation it's still not a good show and if we are getting more episodes be it in a Part 2 or it's own separate show then the makers of this show really will have to do something to get the die hard fans back on board as right now there really not even looking at this show as it's just that bad of a show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked abut all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very show in this very review and as such that means that this very show really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies ad gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Masters Of Universe fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very show that I used in this very review being the official Masters Of The Universe fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official Masters Of The Universe fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.

My First Impressions Of The He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe 2021 TV Series

 

He-Man fans we are now living in an age where we have not one but two He-Man cartoons running together at the exact same time and airing on the exact same streaming service being produced by the exact same production companies. Since just a few months after Kevin Smith unleashed his "sequel" series Masters Of The Universe: Revelation Netflix and Mattel are back with yet another He-Man series with this one being a complete and total revamp of the franchise and so join me as I give you my first impression of the He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe 2021 TV series enjoy.

The plot of this episode is a thief called Teela steels the sword of power from the much hated King Randor and is tasked with finding a true champion to wield the sword of power and so she starts her quest by going to a tribe that's full to the brim with cats and other humans where she meets Adam who may or may not be willing to help her defeat a threat that has been tracking Teela since she stole the sword of power. Now then in terms of what I thought about the plot of this episode in all honesty I in all honesty thought that the plot of this episode was alot better then it really had any right to be since this show is being aimed at little little kids I thought that the plot for this episode was kind of dumb and pretty weak but nope the plot was honestly really freaking good in my opinion anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Yuri Lowenthal as Prince Adam / He-Man , David Kaye as Cringer / Battle Cat and Kimberly Brooks as Teela and The Sorceress. Also starring in this episode is Judy Alice Lee as Krass / Ram Ma'am , Tom Kenny as RK Units , Benjamin Diskin as Keldor /  Skeletor , the great Grey Griffin as Evelyn / Evil-Lyn , Roger Craig Smith as General Dolos , Antony Del Rio as Duncan / Man-At-Arms , Max Mitchel as Kitty and the great Fred Tatasciore as King Randor and Baddrah.

Now then as for what I personally thought / felt about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very episode in all honesty I in all honesty thought / felt that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very episode was alot better then what it really had any right to be. Since nobody goes into a kids TV show expecting good acting and so I was in all honesty surprised to see that the acting that's in this episode was really freaking good in my opinion anyways / at least.

So then doing the animation for not only this episode but for this show as a whole is CGCG and House of Cool Studios and well as you can see this show is the first ever Masters Of The Universe product that's 3D CGI animated instead of being 2D traditional hand drawn animated. In terms of what I thought about the animation that's in this episode in all honesty I in all honesty thought / felt that the animation that's in this episode was really good altho I do have to admit that I found it weird that everything else was in CGI and yet the clouds and smoke seem to cell shaded which just looked a little bit and a little weird for me personally in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now then as you can all no doubt work out this TV series / TV show is a reimagining of the 1983 animated TV series / TV show He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe. Why Netflix and Mattel chose to produce two He-Man TV shows at the exact same time is beyond me since when marketing this show people would mistake this show for Masters Of The Universe: Revelation and as such I do feel that one of these two shows should have came out at the very least next year if not the year after just to give us a little bit of a breathing room between the He-Man shows in my opinion anyways / at least.

Not helping things is the fact that both this show and the 1983 original show both have the exact same name. Which now means people have to clarify which show they are now talking about which is bit of an annoying thing and plus it just goes to show that the makers of this new show have very little creativity when it comes to titles heck you could have just called this show either He-Man or simply just Masters Of The Universe and people would have known what brand name that this show is being associated with in my opinion anyways / at least.

I will very much admit that the marketing for this show didn't / doesn't this show any kind of justice whatsoever since the trailer for this show makes this show out to be like it's just for little little kids. When infact it's more for the whole family with this episode being very intense for little little kids but at the same time there are some scenes in this episode that little little kids will find to be rather freaking enjoyable in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now then this episode has / had a grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets and five seconds and well if i'm being very freaking honest here people this episode could and more importantly should have been alot freaking longer then that. Since there's more then enough there in terms of story to cover at the very least one hour and thirty minuets and on top of all of that your introducing a bunch of new characters and new world and so there's so much that you need to set up and that sadly isn't done in this very first episode and as such this very first episode of this show does indeed suffer for it in my opinion anyways / at least. 

Now then according to IMDB this show is being listed as an action show and so that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's featured / presented to us in this very episode and well in my opinion anyways / at least the action that's featured / presented to us in this very episode is very passable at best. Which for a show where the main target audience is either very little kids or the whole family is something to be expected in my opinion anyways / at least.

Overall this honestly wasn't as bad of a first episode as I actually thought that it was going to be but tho with all of that being said this episode does indeed fail it doing alot of things that all good or even decent first episodes should do like setting up the central conflict of the show but for a more family friendly / family orientated version of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe this is honestly as good as you'd think that it is. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this episode in this very post now then tho I will not be giving this episode a rating simply because this is only the shows first ever episode and this isn't a review this is just my first impressions of the show and not an actual review of the show in question.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Netflix fandom wiki page , the official He-Man and She-Ra fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the actual images that are actually from the actual film its self being Google Images this is simply because Google Images actually has a wide varitity of images from this film all of which are currently featured / up and on Google Images right now / as we speak and plus all of the images that are currently featured / up and on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition. 

He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe 1983 "Diamond Ray Of Disappearance" Review

 

Cartoon fans we are but about a month or so away from the release of the newest He-Man animated series which is being called simply just Masters Of The Universe: Revelation and as such I thought that now was the right time to make a tie in review. However since i've already covered the He-Man and She-Ra animated and the live action Masters Of The Universe movie and it's far to early to be talking about the He-Man and She-Ra christmas special that only left me with one opinion and so join me as I review the the very first episode of the 1983 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe TV series with the episode in question being called simply just "Diamond Ray Of Disappearance" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Skeletor and his evil minions try to attack Castle Grayskull and Skeletor also makes a bunch of He-Mans allies disappear using a magic diamond and so it's up to He-Man , Teela and Orko to save the day before it's far to freaking late. In terms of what I thought about the actual plot of this episode in all honesty the actual plot of this episode was at best OK which for a show as cheesy as this is perhaps the best thing that I can say about the plot of episode since nobody goes into He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe expecting a great plot and so it would foolish to expect this episode or even any episode of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe to have a great or even an above average plot to any of there episodes this episode included.

Starring in this episode is John Erwin as Prince Adam / He-Man and Beast Man and Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor , Man-At-Arms , Cringer and Mer-Man. Also starring in this very / particular episode is Linda Gary as Teela , The Sorceress , Evil-Lyn and Queen Marlena and Erik Gunden as Orko , King Randor and Tri-Klops. For some strange reason only four voice actors from this show appear in this episode and all of them are the shows leading actors and so I have to wonder why weren't more actors brought onto to this show to help fill out the shows cast.

In terms of what I personally thought about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode in all honesty the acting that's featured / presented to us in this episode is honestly really good. I honestly had no idea what to expect from this episode acting wise since i've in all honesty never seen an episode of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe and so i was left pleasantly surprised by how good the acting in this particular episode was. 

Now I have no idea who did the animation either for this episode or for the show as a whole but knowing that Filmation is not only involved with making this show but that they were also an animation company I have to assume that Filmation did the animation for only this episode but for the show as a whole. As for what I thought about the animation that was featured / presented to us in this particular episode in all honesty I thought that the animation that was featured / presented to us in this particular episode was really good yes it's not groundbreaking and yes it's not perfect by any means but for an early eighties animated TV show the animation that was featured / presented to us in this episode was as good as it perhaps could have been.

This show is the episode was the one thing that She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power wasn't and that's fun. Since for some strange reason even tho She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power has pretty much the exact same premise as both She-Ra Princess Of Power and He-Man Masters Of The Universe it just wasn't a fun show to watch where as this episode in particular knew what it was and it knew to just have fun with it's premise and because of that this episode is very fun to watch.

Most modern cartoons just aren't that interested in being fun and alot of the time the ones that are interested in being fun get bashed by cartoon and animation fans for little to no actual reason. Which to me is baffling since you can have a good show that's light on plot and light on character but still be a good and fun show to watch not every show or movie needs to have a dark and complex storyline and be filled with a dark and complex characters sometimes just being fun is good enough and that is the case with not only this episode but also from this entire show.  

One of the things that I didn't like about this episode is that all of the characters come across as very two dimensional. Like for example all of the heroes are always willing to do what's right but we don't really know why that's the case nor do we find why all of the villains in this episode are evil and so I would have liked it if this episode took the time to tell us why these characters are the way they are even if it's done some clumsily written piece of dialog since it still would have been better then nothing which is what we get here we get nothing.

This episode has a grand total running time of twenty minuets and forty four seconds which I personally felt was the right amount of time for this particular episode. Since there's not much there in terms of actual plot for this episode and so stretching this episode out even to twenty two minuets would have meant that we would have had a lot of scenes are just  filler and would serve no overall purpose to the plot of this particular episode but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.

Now then boys and girls since this show is an action show after all and that means that there is actual action in this episode and that means that I have to talk about the actual action that's scene / featured / presented to us in the / this actual episode itself and well if i'm being honest the action that's featured / presented to us in this episode is kind of a let down for me personally. Since I was expecting to see some over the top campy and cheesy and corny action sequences in this episode and I didn't get that instead what I got was something that felt very watered down which makes sense given that this is a kids show meant to sell toys to little kids but at the same time the makers of this show could have put a bit more effort into creating some fun action sequences to go into this particular episode.

Overall this was a decent first episode and it's one that i'm glad to have finally have seen before the new He-Man animated series comes out this July. Now then since i've talked about both of the good things that are featured / presented to us in this very in this very review and as well as both of the bad things that are featured / presented to us in this very episode in this very review and since I did find quite a few / quite alot of things wrong in this episode that means that this particular episode gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

As for where I got all of the images that I used in this very review well then boys and girls and ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I used in his very review from the official He-Man And She-Ra fandom wiki page and the official She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power fandom wiki page. With my personal preferred website to use to get images this episode being the official He-Man And She-Ra fandom wiki page just simply due to the fact that pretty much all of the images that are featured / presented to us on the official the official He-Man And She-Ra fandom wiki page are all fairly high quality and as well as being fairly high definition.