It seems that the opening theme of He-Man is the only exposition to the He-Man storyline. The first episode opens just like another any He-Man episode - evil has a new plan - He-Man struggles and defeats their plans - the end. No continuity along the episode - which is common to animation - maybe they think kids cannot follow up a story. This episode Skeletor takes control of a "Cosmic" comet (which apparently is different than a regular comet). With this comet he hopes to defeat the powers of Castle Greyskull. A weak He-Man episode is an episode where the Evil side is weak and stupid - and don't get to do much. And this is what apparently seem to be wrong with this episode - the conflict is not intense enough.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV Series)
The Cosmic Comet (1983)
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Even when they were probably still "rehearsing", this episode is totally worth watching.
David_del_Real_Reviews_in_IMDb10 October 2017
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Note: Most of my reviews contain spoilers, but I always try that none of them can actually spoil any important surprise in the story arc, so you can read without worries.
::::::: "Once there were two happy comets wandering the Universe. I wanted to control them, as I control all the other comets, so I cast a spell but I made a mistake. I was so eager to probe my greatness that I used too much power in the spell and I destroyed one of the comets! ... The one that remained grew lonely and evil without his friend" Zagraz, the keeper of the comets::::::::::::::::
These words said by wizard Zagraz, were some of the first words ever said in He-Man and I think that this kind of plots gave He-Man and the Masters of the Universe a lot of its magic. This was not only "one more show" of good versus evil, this show was about the Universe, about wondering if something like a comet could ever have a conscience and things like that. Nevertheless, we can see that they still didn't have in mind how the story would develop from here; for example, we can see that at the end of the episode, Prince Adam does not look like a fool. All the opposite, Zagraz is beginning to teach him how to control comets; we can clearly see that they still didn't have in mind the idea that Adam would have to keep a very low profile and normally even pass for a fool or a disobliged to keep his identity safe (that is what I meant in my title with "they were still rehearsing", because they were still learning how they wanted their show to be, or at least that is how it seems to me years later of watching it for the first time).
I also want to say here something that I see that other reviewers seem to have overlooked: this show was very educational. I was 5 years old when this show was made and must have arrived to Mexico when I was around six, and I remember learning a lot of interesting things in the show. I remember that the first time I knew about the "Big Bang", (which is the most important theory about how our Universe started ) I did NOT hear it in my 1st year of elementary school, I heard it explained by the Sorceress in a He-Man and MOTU episode! I wanted to share this because I see that many shows for kids today are all fantasy and action, but almost no science or philosophy or ethics.
To conclude, I think that even when "The cosmic comet" may not be one of the Top Ten "He-man and the Masters of the Universe" episodes, It is definitely worth a watch and it will always be remembered as the episode that gave a jump start to a great TV show that lasted 130 episodes and also gave us a fine movie and a fine spin-off series (She-ra).
Thanks so much for reading.
IMDb Review by David del Real. Ciudad de México, México. October 2017
::::::: "Once there were two happy comets wandering the Universe. I wanted to control them, as I control all the other comets, so I cast a spell but I made a mistake. I was so eager to probe my greatness that I used too much power in the spell and I destroyed one of the comets! ... The one that remained grew lonely and evil without his friend" Zagraz, the keeper of the comets::::::::::::::::
These words said by wizard Zagraz, were some of the first words ever said in He-Man and I think that this kind of plots gave He-Man and the Masters of the Universe a lot of its magic. This was not only "one more show" of good versus evil, this show was about the Universe, about wondering if something like a comet could ever have a conscience and things like that. Nevertheless, we can see that they still didn't have in mind how the story would develop from here; for example, we can see that at the end of the episode, Prince Adam does not look like a fool. All the opposite, Zagraz is beginning to teach him how to control comets; we can clearly see that they still didn't have in mind the idea that Adam would have to keep a very low profile and normally even pass for a fool or a disobliged to keep his identity safe (that is what I meant in my title with "they were still rehearsing", because they were still learning how they wanted their show to be, or at least that is how it seems to me years later of watching it for the first time).
I also want to say here something that I see that other reviewers seem to have overlooked: this show was very educational. I was 5 years old when this show was made and must have arrived to Mexico when I was around six, and I remember learning a lot of interesting things in the show. I remember that the first time I knew about the "Big Bang", (which is the most important theory about how our Universe started ) I did NOT hear it in my 1st year of elementary school, I heard it explained by the Sorceress in a He-Man and MOTU episode! I wanted to share this because I see that many shows for kids today are all fantasy and action, but almost no science or philosophy or ethics.
To conclude, I think that even when "The cosmic comet" may not be one of the Top Ten "He-man and the Masters of the Universe" episodes, It is definitely worth a watch and it will always be remembered as the episode that gave a jump start to a great TV show that lasted 130 episodes and also gave us a fine movie and a fine spin-off series (She-ra).
Thanks so much for reading.
IMDb Review by David del Real. Ciudad de México, México. October 2017
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