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TAKE the CHALLENGE! An amazing union of Masters of the Universe fans have taken the challenge to watch all 130 Episodes of the 1983 Filmation Cartoon Series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe“ for 130 days in a row, one episode per day. 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: One for All PRODUCTION NUMBEREPISODE TITLEDIRECTORWRITERSPREMIERE DATERE-WATCH-A-THON DATE “One for All”Ed FriedmanRobert WhiteOctober 17, 1984Feb 24Synopsis: Space Pirates invade the village of Pax and take all the villagers hard earned crops. Luckily, Prince Adam and Teela are nearby on an…
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I'm very nostalgic with this episode, this is one I have very specific memories of watching on TV - I think in part because the villains colorful and memorable, and really fit in well with the MOTU landscape (lots of variety). I also appreciate episodes like this where Adam and Cringer show off their strengths, and where it shows how sometimes He-Man and Battlecat make things too easy (like straight up ripping the pirate ship down from the sky).
I do wish we got a few instances of Adam using his sword without losing it - every time you see it come out you know it's about to be taken away from him.
Finally, just a random comment - I love the transformation shot of Adam in front of Colossor's chair, something about it just looks epic to me.
Couldn't help but notice that some of the civilians look the same, or at least very similar as certain previously one-off characters, like one of the guys who was after Starchild. I know they're not meant to be said characters, but more or less animation models Filmation just felt like filling crowd scenes with. Sticky Fingers I don't know if it was intentional like he's a modified animation model, but he looks like that Sultan/Genie guy Evil-Lyn once worked with?
Wow, we're already 90 episodes in!?
4 stars - nearly 5. The space pirates are probably the best of the filmation created villans - rather than another d&d wizard they look like motu figures and have creative designs and powers. The plot is great, wonderful lesson, moves at a clip and everyone is clever. Love it.