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He-Man and The Masters of the Universe Complete Season One Boxset [1983] [DVD] (Contender - 2007-09-24) 10 Discs (1300 minutes) Region: 2 - Universal, suitable for all Customer Reviews (Average 5.0 from 7) : Reliving your youth Rating:5 I bought this dvd set to relive some of my youth watching these 80s cartoons and i have a load more thundercats, dungeons and dragons etc also showing my 8 yr old son what mummy used to watch lol Its been great and he loves them would recommend for any other 80s children out there! masters of the universe Rating:5 I bought this as a fun Christmas gift for my 29 year old son. He thoroughly enjoyed a blast from the past and I thought it was great value with lots of episodes. 65 episodes and NOT 130 episodes Rating:5 For clarification: This box contains only the first 65 episodes. There are some misleading information in other reviews claiming this box would contain all 130 episodes. So be warned! The running time of all discs is 1300 minutes. Each episode is about 20 minutes long. So: 65 times 20 minutes is 1300 minutes! Apparently the other missing 65 episodes are not available in the UK yet. What a shame! how many episodes? Rating:5 Can somebody please tell me if this boxset contains just the first series of 65 episodes or 130 episoeds compromising of season 1& 2. there is conflicting information in the other reviews! Best Opening Sequence Ever. Rating:5 If you were a kid of the 80s like i was your TV experience is dominated by the likes of Tony Hart & Morph, Grange Hill, Dangermouse, Jigsaw... and Masters of the Universe! It was one of those cartoons that seemed to run forever but strangely has never been repeated to this day and that's a shame, I haven't seen this since the 80s so buying this boxset thanks to an overwhelming blast of nostalgia (and thanks to Amazons cut price deal!) I was pleasantly surprised to find the memory did not cheat. From the moment the opening sequence starts up it all came flooding back and if this isn't one of the finest opening sequences for a cartoon ever it's bit of a crime, many modern toons just throw you straight into a confusing setup and premise and leave you to sink or swim but 'Masters' spells out the characters and setup right there in the opening and then gets into the action, it still feels feels remarkable vibrant. The animation is reasonable though occasionally it does show its age, there is a sometimes uneven mix in the design that can clash as certain guest characters seem to have wandered in off a completely different toon! But to this day the design of Castle Grayskull is still an amazing piece of work, incredibly sinister and ancient it looks like it could be a million years old, it seems almost as if the planet was absorbing it or vise-versa... it should be skeletors home by all rights yet ironically it is actually the base & focus of the forces of good! It's a simple but clever contrast. At 10 discs it's way too long a commitment frankly and i only made it to disc four i think, each episode is roughly 20 or so minutes long though so the chances of a story outstaying its welcome is quite slim. There are a number of special features on each disc and i thought that was a very welcome and appreciated effort by the sets organisers as it really is rare to get anything with sets of this nature and vintage. From character bios to animation storyboards there is a pleasing amount of information and input for the armchair fan. The format could however have been better for these as text is miniscule and the navigation (on disc 1 particularly) is near impossible, though perhaps it's my player to blame? Each of the ten discs comes with TWO commentaries on select episodes from a pair of enthusiastic but interesting fans of the series who really do know too much about He-Man and the series than is healthy ;) Some of what they're saying will lose you as it's too technical but they are very interesting to follow and add a welcome accesability to the series for newcomers. In summary I can certainly reccomend. Heck I remember Orko being seriously annoying but in this post Jar-Jar Binks era he's actually quite a smart & important character for the series! |
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