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Thoughts on the ARAH Complete DVD Set
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08-17-2009, 10:17 PM
Boodro
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 237
I received the foot locker boxset in the mail about a month ago. I just finished watching all of the episodes and special features.
I thought it would be fun for everyone to come here and post their thoughts of the beloved 1980s cartoon.
First off, I think it's cool as hell to finally have (for me anyway) the complete series (just missing the movie and the post movie episode I believe). Like so many others, I remember coming home from school and getting my daily dose of "...and now you know."
I was shocked with myself at several points watching the episodes again. Several times, I actually remembered full lines of diologue that I hadn't heard in 24+ years.
And long before I ever heard of JURASSIC PARK, G.I.JOE taught me a lot about good ol' DNA. The series also taught us everything from geographical locations to historic figures of the past to what we should do if we ever caught on fire.
And the special features rocked from vintage toy commercials to those awesomely bad PSAs to interviews with people who created this legacy.
However, taking the good with the bad reminded me of something: how much I hate Flint, Lady Jaye and Shipwreck. Even as a kid, these 3 just rubbed me the wrong way. From Flint and his abrasive and abusive control of power (Flint is to Duke what Rodimus is to Optimus Prime...a weak ass replacement IMO) to his ugly mug in the opening credits (voiced by Michael Bell's Duke though) to his drawn out and and overplayed romance with Mannish Jaye...err, Lady Jaye. Speaking of "her", I never got her appeal at all. Sounded like a man. Looked like a man. I'm guessin' she's really GI BRO. And Shipwreck. Jebus, a freakin' sailor that sounds supsiciously like Jack Nicholson? I won't even go there. Anyway, now I know a big part of the reasons I hate these 3 so much, they're damn near in every freakin' episode!! Either individually or a combination thereof, they have to be in 90% of the episodes, easily!
Christ, I'm not a JOE expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure there's more to the unit than those 3.
Had to get that off my chest. Those 3 won't diminish my love for the cartoon, and I'm glad I was able to afford the boxset at this time.
Your turn...
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