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A great group of He-Man fans have met the challenge to watch all 130 Episodes of the 1983 Filmation Cartoon Series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe“ for 130 days straight, one episode per day. We are the few. The proud. The RE-WATCH-A-THON-ERS!
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Today’s Episode is:
Eye of the Beholder
| PRODUCTION NUMBER | EPISODE TITLE | DIRECTOR | WRITERS | PREMIERE DATE | RE-WATCH-A-THON DATE |
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| MU55 | “Eye of the Beholder” | Marsh Lamore | Jeffry O’Hare, David Wise | November 4, 1983 | Jan 20 |
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| Synopsis: Skeletor drains Eternia of it’s oxygen supply. Everyone grows weaker, even He-Man, who must stop Skeletor before the oxygen runs out for good. | |||||
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OUR REVIEW:
While this story could have used a character like Ram-Man to ask the questions we feel He-Man should have already known, this episode does a terrific job building a mystery where (smartly) the audience isn't ahead of the characters. The entertaining ending may have contradicted the overall moral, though. (8/10)
Comment, Review and Discuss below:
Tomorrow’s Episode is: “Quest for the Sword”
I feel like this episode is one that should be discussed more when talking about some of the best of the series (and I’m guilty of not doing this too). It’s a great mystery and educational in a non forced narrative sense (although I agree with you that I wish they had someone other than He-Man be the “ignorant” one for the audience. I also agree that Garth changing in the end undermines things slightly, but still good.
I also like the Beastman/Tri-Klops pairing, I wish we got more consistent random ones like this. Over the course of the series I think there are 12 recurring Evil Warriors but there is definitely an abundance of Beastman/Trap-Jaw or Beastman/Evil-Lyn, which comes at the cost of other pairings. Glad we got this one though!
This really feels this started off as an 80s environmental PSA short/commercial, but they had an episode slot to fill so they just extended it into an episode to save a bit more on animation. Not that that’s a bad thing but it would’ve been more engaging if this episode had a better story and dialogue. And the ending moral being “It’s what’s on the inside that counts" feels like they were trying to cover up what it was meant to be.
I do like Garth though but really? That’s his name? He does look like a character that would’ve fit in well with the OG toyline.
Tri-Klops appears so little in this show that I forgot what his voice sounded like.
This was a good episode. The plot wasn’t all over the place. Many have these episodes start with He-Man saving something over here and then the real story happens over there. Not this time. I think I’ll add this one to my list of favorites.
3 stars. Plot makes no sense but is quite creative so I’ll give it a pass.