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A terrific army of Masters of the Universe fans have accepted the challenge to watch all 130 Episodes of the 1983 Filmation Cartoon Series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe“ one episode per day, for 130 days straight.
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Today’s Episode is:
The Region of Ice
| PRODUCTION NUMBER | EPISODE TITLE | DIRECTOR | WRITERS | PREMIERE DATE | RE-WATCH-A-THON DATE |
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| MU44 | “The Region of Ice” | Ernie Schmidt | Patrick Duncan | October 19, 1983 | Jan 9 |
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| Synopsis: The Ice Lord captures the entire Royal Family, along with Teela and Man-At-Arms. Orko finds out that Skeletor has taken the Ice Lord’s daughter and would only trade her back if the Ice Lord brought the entire Royal Family to him. | |||||
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OUR REVIEW:
When He-Man and Orko have to infiltrate Snake Mountain, we get an episode where He-Man is as fun as ever, Evil Warriors are dispatched in creative ways and Trap Jaw and Beast Man express their frustration with Skeletor in the best way ever... indiscriminate grumbling! (8/10)
Comment, Review and Discuss below:
Tomorrow’s Episode is: “Orko’s Missing Magic”
This is definitely another “fun" episode. While it’s not uncommon for the heroes to go to Snake Mountain, I really enjoy the ones where they’re able to spend a lengthy amount of time there. I love it when He-Man just smart mouths everyone, it really gives you the feeling that he’s holding back/toying with people half the time for fun. It’s also nice to see a Beastman/Trap-Jaw pairing in Season 1 – later episodes really lean into this pairing and unfortunately it feels like they get dumber every time. They’re not exactly rocket scientists here, but not useless either.
The only complaint I have is Orko pretending to be He-Man – it leads to some fun quips, but having anyone buy that is far-fetched even for this show.
This was fun. 8 out of 10 but subtract 1 point for all that flippin grumbling.
@vintagetyler The grumbling gave it charm. The script must have been funny to read. Lol
@northerner Trap Jaw says “Mrumumumrum" 😂
Pretty good episode. No pun intended but it’s a pretty chill one. Characters are just having fun then some bad stuff happens. I like some but not all Orko centric episodes (I see him as cute, not annoying like most), this is one of them.
Only problem I have with this episode is this is like the 3rd or 4th time so far where the main conflict is “We’ve gotta save [INSERT IMPORTANT PERSON]’s daughter who’s been kidnapped!"
I don’t mind it. 130 is a huge amount of stories to tell in two seasons so formula repetition isn’t that surprising.
This is one of my favourites – it just feels so utterly representative of the series, with an exciting plot, a great sense of humour, and a team away day for He-Man and co. to Snake Mountain. Haven’t seen it in years but it’s one of my go-tos if I’m trying to introduce He-Man to someone.
4 stars. Love the episodes where you see the evil warriors interacting with each other. Also when snake Mountain seems like a dangerous trip instead of somewhere the good guys can just quickly pop in and out of.