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TAKE the CHALLENGE! A great group of He-Man fans have accepted the quest 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. They are the RE-WATCH-A-THON-ERS! Be sure to check out the RE-WATCH-A-THON celebratory memento shirts and mugs (long sleeve shirts options are available too). Today’s Episode is: Day of the Machines PRODUCTION NUMBEREPISODE TITLEDIRECTORWRITERSPREMIERE DATERE-WATCH-A-THON DATE MU68“Day of the Machines”Lou KachivasDavid WiseSeptember 19, 1984Feb 2Synopsis: Man-At-Arms is becoming discouraged about his inventions. Skeletor sends a small demon into Man-At-Arm’s main computer, which causes every machine in the palace…
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Day of the Machines is another favorite episode of mine. I like that Skeletor regularly spies on Man-At-Arms to see all his tech secrets. Now we know Skeletor's tech isn't all Trap Jaw inventions. I think Byte is great and I love that Byte was created using the lifeforce of another creature. The best part of course is when Man-At-Arms and He-Man are shrunk in size. I know it's not the same exactly but it makes me think of Honey I Shrunk the Kids which is another favorite movie of mine when I was younger. Overall I give it 8/10.
This episode was okay. All I can say is Transformers G1 did it better. I know writer David Wise basically took the same basic premise and made one of the more memorable episodes of that show. KREMZEEK! Didn't he also use it again for Ninja Turtles later?
That floating chair Man-At-Arms rode in was awesome. He looked like Doctor Octopus.
3 stars. Serviceable episode. Really demonstrates the turn the show takes in season 2 to be more sci-fi and less sword & sorcery.