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Today’s Episode is He-Man and the Masters of the Universe:
The Cosmic Comet
| PRODUCTION NUMBER | EPISODE TITLE | DIRECTOR | WRITERS | PREMIERE DATE | RE-WATCH-A-THON DATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MU1 | “The Cosmic Comet” | Steve Clark | Tom Ruegger, Larry DiTillio | September 30, 1983 | Nov 27 |
| Synopsis: Skeletor takes control of the powerful Cosmic Comet to destroy Castle Grayskull. To stop him, Prince Adam, Teela, Man-At-Arms, Orko and Cringer seek the advice of the comet wizard, Zagraz. | |||||
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OUR THOUGHTS:
An underrated episode often dependant on how annoying the viewer finds Zagrez, we find this episode a delight. (Notice how Adam and Teela look at each other as Zagrez recounts how the comet grew lonely without its friend). Evil-Lyn is drawn delightfully evil here. (8/10)
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Tomorrow’s Episode is: “The Shaping Staff””
It all begins
I really love this series given it was so important in my childhood and I think that I remember it with the nostalgia goggles on.
Given that the new movie is coming out next year, I tried to watch this episode today, as neutral as I could be and, besides some happenings and some decisions were so “convenient" to the plot line, I´m glad the camp is not very high in this one. I´m just sorry He-Man didn´t get to use his sword properly or hit any of the bad guys due to contractual reasons throughout the entire run.
This is a solid episode for me. 8/10
The Cosmic Comet is a great episode. I know people find Zagraz annoying but I don’t. He is a perfect animated character don’t you know. Skeletor Evil-Lyn and Beast Man come off more evil which I like. You can really feel the dark magic at play when they join hands in the mouth of Snake Mountain. This was fun to rewatch. Very Good. 8/10
@admin I never made a connection before with Adam and Teela feeling what the comets’s heartache would feel like in themselves. I like it.
I used to love this episode when I was little
The Cosmic Comet is a classic. The idea that comets are sentient beings is great sci-fi. The only nitpick I have is the way Zagraz is drawn. He looks like he belongs in an old Disney movie and doesn’t fit in with the other humans on Eternia. Otherwise it’s a classic. 8/10
I loved it y’all. It was fun! Did anyone notice that Skeletor and Evil-Lyn held hands a lot in this episode? Now a certain hot n steamy Revelation scene makes sense. 🥵
I 💖 this idea.
Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
I will watch it tonight when my extended family leaves but the issue I always had with this episode is He-Man jumping to stop the comet. Even the strongest man in the universe couldn’t hold a comet in midair with frictional force without something to stand against.
Watch that part again. The Sorceress casts a spell on He-Man so he can fly.
Thanks, I missed that. He-Man can give Superman some major competition with that spell.
Best part: Orko using his sleeve as a vacuum cleaner.
Worst part: Zagraz is pretty annoying.
The comets talking was unexpected and gave me a laugh. More mud!
I went into this episode remembering how goofy it was, but I actually liked how balanced the episode is. The lighthearted scenes help to prevent it from being too dark for young kids. Since I started watching with my kids, I really appreciate how all ages it is.
I feel like this will be interesting. I’m newer to the fandom. Didn’t grow up with He-Man. I was born in the early 2000s, my 80s kid uncle did though. Though I’m betting if 200x came out several years later than it did and aired alongside stuff like Transformers Animated and the first seasons of Clone Wars, I would’ve loved the hell out of it.
First watched some full episodes around early 2022 and since really getting into the fandom early this year I’ve watched a real good amount of both 80s He-Man and She-Ra for the first time.
Like I’ve said this watch along will be interesting as I know enough about what exactly the show is like but a lot of these episodes I’ve never seen, so basically a lot of my comments on these episodes may offer a new perspective of sorts.
As for the episode itself yeah this definitely feels like the first produced episode. This was a syndicated cartoon, thus no pilot episode was made from what I’m told, but this certainly feels like it could be a pilot or first episode of a show in general (even if this wasn’t the first one aired).
The way it’s structured. It starts off like He-Man and Duncan are in the middle of a typical adventure defending the castle and the way certain characters like Teela are introduced as if it’s their first appearance or a character first showing a personalty trait like Cringer. Basically written as an introduction to these characters. as well as quite frankly a somewhat simplistic plot for this show.
Also the way Skeletor first interacts with He-Man, it’s as if they’ve known each other and fought for a good amount of time but not that long as Skel is confident that He-Man is ready to surrender.
But I think the most interesting observation I’ve gotten from episode is that at a few points, the animation legit looks more fluid and not Filmation’s usual stilted corner cut budget style (not to knock it, I would say it’s part of the charm). Mainly Evil-lyn in the first scene and Zagraz in the last one. I don’t know if a lot of people have brought this up but it definitely feels like the show had a little more budget in the beginning.
Also this might be the weirdest thing for me to bring up, but whenever the show uses rotoscoping animation, as a Gen Zer, sometimes I can’t help but think of the rotoscoped animation bits in Smiling Friends of all shows and I find that really funny.
Also Happy Thanksgiving (It’s currently 11:02 as I’m typing this)
I noticed that too. Another reason could be the show’s library of stock cels were not complete in time.
3 stars. Zagraz has a very disney deign and feel which is a bit jarring, but otherwise this is a solid, if very standard episode.