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Was Transformers more popular than GI Joe?
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12-07-2008, 05:33 AM
buddystalin
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Hasbro must be brain dead not to make GI JOE back to the glory days
Well they were doing that the same way they made Transformers relevant again: appealing to grown-up collectors and non-collectors with an updated line of classic figures (TF Classics/GI Joe 25th), a blockbuster summer movie, a new line to coincide with the movie, and a spin-off cartoon series.
Worked like magic for TF, which currently has 5 different lines running at the same time.
The fuck-up with the GI Joe plan, however, was one name: Stephen Sommers. Now I know it's dumb to hate a movie before seeing it, but it already looks like he's doing what he's always done: homogenized the whole affair to make it as bland and uninteresting as possible.
If GI Joe is going to be successful it will have to survive the sure-to-be horrible movie with some decent toys. But who knows, maybe he'll make it so unbearably awful that really dumb kids think it's awesome and will want to buy 10 of the same character with a different head (it worked for Power Rangers).
And Resolute certainly looks awesome (it's crazy how that's what happens when someone competent takes over a franchise, isn't it? ), and I hope it goes into regular season broadcast (please, Adult Swim).
And a kid's cartoon certainly wouldn't be a bad idea either. Just treat it the same way they did TF: respectful enough to please enraged nerds and fanboys, but with a really talented group behind it who can make it appealing to everyone and also make it awesome.
I'd just really like to see dual GI Joe shows. Blood and Guts Resolute on Adult Swim, and Laser Guns Silly Plots PEW PEW on Nickelodeon.
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