He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Volume One (2002)

Great dvd

This cartoon is a great revamp of the classic he man cartoons. The best thing about this version of he man is that we actually see Adam being told why he needs to become he man and what is so special about castle grayskull. Some Masters and villians have origin stories which to my knowledge has never been done before. All in all this is a great cartoon series. July 26, 2008

The best cartoon ever made!

A big fan of the whole series. You can't go wrong with this one, besides you own one you gotta own them all. July 14, 2008

I could not believe me eyes

First, 4 stars because of the problem in disc 1 (courage of adam), that you have to ask for a replacement (visit he-man.org or scroll down to the review that has the address for the new disc). I got the replacement disc, extra cards so it was a plus.

I got to see only a few episodes of season 1 on cartoon network latin america, some how something was missing. I watched a few but disliked it, as a result I stopped watching alltogether.

When this set came out, a voice in the back of my head told me to get it. Trust me I am a fan. I got the original four DVD sets, plus POP 3 sets, I do not care for the new adventures series when the price drops really low I may get both sets. With all this in mind, I got this volumen and was HOOKED.

The stories are EXCELLENT, they catered to today's audience but the essence of the original series is there. The first three episodes chronicle how adam gets the sword, never done before. In the original, we knew he got it on his 18th B-Bay.

The re concept of the characters is algo GREAT. You see now a clear difference between Adam and He-Man, something you did not see in the original.

The quality is OUTSTANDING... I had the pleasure to see it on my brand new plasma, and it was an experience out of this world.

I think that watching it on a regular TV, spanish track killed the mood all those years ago. Now I am back, and Recommend this to all of you.

Get Volume 1 and 2 together and be ready to HAVE THE POWER.

July 2, 2008

Episode Error?

One thing I have noticed is in the episode "Courage of Adam" on Disc 1, at about the 15 min mark there seems to be an entire section the episode missing.

The episode shows Cringer trying to give Adam, who was imprisoned, his sword back then he gets chanced away, and the episode fades away and the next scene shows the Masters and Adam outside and free. It never showed the Master's arriving and Adam escaping. At first I thought it to be from another episode but Cringer was still wearing the harness to carry Adam's sword.


I am not sure if this was an editing error or a bad copy on a disc. For now I am throwing it up to an editing error, hence the reason for the low score. They should have put more car into making sure everything gets on the disc.

Besides the little issue with that episode, this series I enjoy, and I like it a lot.

**EDITED TO CORRECT A TYPO, I meant to say section (read the comment) but I said second. May 29, 2008

Better animation - a cartoon that grew up with the audience

Much better than the original series or even the cartoon series that came out in the 90's. I suspect that the cartoon did not do as well because of marketing and because the target audience (kids) simply weren't into the subject matter or the toys (he-man came about because of the Conan craze of the early 80's. And today, you don't see that catalyse in our culture). The plot and story-line are much more adult as well - which might also have been a factor since the appeal of these cartoons tends to be the more adult and older teen crowds as opposed to the toys who's markets were targeted to a younger crowd.
And unlike Justice League, this series is perhaps blessed in that the the hubris and self bravado of the batman series did not preceed this cartoon, making the story line higher quality (animators and writers tend to get full of themselves when given too much of a pat on the back - sad to say - which tends to slightly ruin future series. Something that plagued the Justice League series).
It is somewhat of a disappointment that the 3rd season did not come about. I suspect the major buyer audience for this cartoon series are the same as that of the Batman/Justice league series (the 20-30 year olds for the most part that grew up with those cartoons when they were kids). April 24, 2008

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