[Kolschey]

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Originally Posted by BigErn

I've been thinking about this for years now and if Hasbro wants to get in on the shared universe thing and make GI Joe relevant again I think something like this is the way to go. Since the TF films have such a big focus on the human characters anyway lets cut out the family stuff and give the military guys a bigger role.

A natural transition between Transformers and GI Joe is Mask. In the next TF movie they should have Duhamel's character working with Mask and part of the Mask team could be a couple recognizable Joes, these characters need to look cool and or have memorable personalities, everyone dressing the same doesn't cut it. Venom has gained power by reverse-engineering TF tech, maybe Miles Mayhem is seen communicating with a shadowy figure that is a Cobra courier. Mask was formed as a response to this rising threat and like Mask a few Cobras can be sprinkled into the Venom ranks, Copperhead and Wild Weasel would fit nicely. If all of that is well received with your average movie goer then Mask gets an official film with additional Joes and Cobras in prominent roles leading to a new iteration of GI Joe.

This could work but the powers that be need patience, don't just toss Snake Eyes, Duke and Cobra Commander into the next TF movie thinking that equals instant Avengers money or popularity.

I like how you're thinking here. That would be a good, organic model.

[sonoftimmy]

@BigErn the human application of transformer tech leading to mask is great idea! GI Joe could easily be the world's answer to dealing with Transformers. Mask could just be a subgroup to the Joe team.

[CADPAT]

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Originally Posted by jlw515

Tuskegee Joe asked me to post some pics of real-life military vehicles from an Encyclopedia I mentioned in another thread. Photos were snapped with my IPad from "The Encyclopedia of World Military Weapons" by Chris Bishop and Ian Drury, Crescent Books, NY: 1988)

This profile drawing of the M60A1 looks a lot like the MOBAT


Of course, so does this Stingray Light Tank


Real-world inspiration for Oktober Guard personnel carrier, there are Soviet versions of this same carrier


This German transport looks a lot like the APC to me


The Slugger looks like it could be a blend of a Self-Propelled Howitzer and the Cadillac Gage




The real-world inspiration for the MMS, which also explains "Hawk's" code name


The Whirl Wind looks, to me, like a combo of a Vulcan cannon and this 20-mm anti-aircraft gun



Finally, this anti-aircraft gun, to me, looks like the real-world inspiration for the Cobra ASP

And of course, the Mauler is a direct copy of the High Survivability Test Vehicle (Lightweight):

[stealthy slim]

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Originally Posted by BigErn

I've been thinking about this for years now and if Hasbro wants to get in on the shared universe thing and make GI Joe relevant again I think something like this is the way to go. Since the TF films have such a big focus on the human characters anyway lets cut out the family stuff and give the military guys a bigger role.

A natural transition between Transformers and GI Joe is Mask. In the next TF movie they should have Duhamel's character working with Mask and part of the Mask team could be a couple recognizable Joes, these characters need to look cool and or have memorable personalities, everyone dressing the same doesn't cut it. Venom has gained power by reverse-engineering TF tech, maybe Miles Mayhem is seen communicating with a shadowy figure that is a Cobra courier. Mask was formed as a response to this rising threat and like Mask a few Cobras can be sprinkled into the Venom ranks, Copperhead and Wild Weasel would fit nicely. If all of that is well received with your average movie goer then Mask gets an official film with additional Joes and Cobras in prominent roles leading to a new iteration of GI Joe.

This could work but the powers that be need patience, don't just toss Snake Eyes, Duke and Cobra Commander into the next TF movie thinking that equals instant Avengers money or popularity.

This seems really close to an idea I had about the shared universe as well!

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Originally Posted by stealthy slim

Oh, and I can help the writer's room out with tying a couple brands together right now:

Autobots land on Earth, following the energon seeking Decepticons; but after receiving heavy resistance from governments, go in disguise as earth vehicles. The decepticons have already found our favorite terrosrist group, and have started talking to Cobra, and Destro. One of Destro's IG Generals makes a side deal with the decepticons in order to attain their morphing technology. He doesn't like the idea of sentient robots, so he employs his new found technology into his mechanical vehicles, making them able to transform! Destro finds out about the treachery and fires General Mayhem, forcing him to start his own group called: Venom!

What do you think?

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/4922569-post6.html

Great minds think alike, huh?