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06-03-2009, 01:24 PM
Loose Cannon
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Agree with Clint Eastwood. The only problem with using Eastwood's face is that he's so recognizable and his classic "film personas" are so dominant that they could potentially overwhelm any characterization I'd make for a character. I originally wanted to use his head for Hawk because it's got a good "hard" look to it, but I couldn't reconcile the Hawk character with Eastwood's voice, mannerisms, and Dirty Harry/Man With No Name tropes and those three things kept intruding in my visualization for the character.
I actually can't wait to start on the Cobra guys. So much more potential to just go crazy with the designs. Working on the Joes is great of course, but working within the constraints of contemporary military looks can be a little same-y after a while. I've already sketched out a half-dozen Viper designs and I'm raring to re-write the Cobra corporate organization's structure: I've been reading on Enron lately, and I think what I'm going to do is make Cobra a cross between Enron and Blackwater/Xe, with Fred I as the "puppet" public face and CEO of the company, a cross between
Jeffrey Skilling
and
Erik Prince
, with Cobra Commander an almost-mythical figure that no one (not even GI Joe) is sure even exists, directing things from the shadows. Destro would probably be the company's COO (Chief Operating Officer) and senior vice president in charge of the Military Armaments Research Sciences division. The Crimson Twins could be executive vice presidents in charge of the Extensive Enterprises division. I'm really enjoying re-working the Cobra organization as a proper for-profit private military contracting company, which would make it a perfect counterpoint for something like the Joe team.
Maybe you can use some of the famous faces for cobras? Just a thought. Sky is the limit there.
As far as your Cobra Org. Mine is set up exactly on that same premise of Cobra being a mercenary army for hire. Except being a sovereign nation they have more rights and less to worry about from the judicial system. They make money in lots of ways, but legally their income comes from Privateering sort of. If they come to help quell a resistance, or fight drug lords, they are very effective. There may be some money that comes up missing, or diamonds. And you may find your cabinet replaced by Stooges for Extensive Enterprises who give Cobra all the contracts for oil wells to diamond mines to road building.
Serpentor fits in my Joeverse as a Co-head of state. He runs the Mercenary army aspect with Overlord. Cobra Commander with the Twins and Cesspool run the business aspect of it all. Destro is his own entity but with extremely strong ties to Cobra and if Cobra Contracts the Iron Grenadiers then Destro is given a rank similar to a Field Marshall.
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