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03-26-2010, 01:20 PM | #1 |
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I have recently been rereading the gi joe reloaded arc from ddp and was kind of dispointed in how the last few comics played out. More to the point how cobra commander was protrayed. At the beginning paul jenkins wrote for me the best cobra commander so far were he came across as very dark and a realistic character with a great back story. Reiber then followed suite to a degree with how the commander was written and why he was attacking america. Then dixon came on board and i dont know the story suddently did not seem unique anymore which the reloaded series was supposed to be it kind of just seemed like it was bein written likethe main series. The commander was back to his ranting self and although he did kill a few of his own troops off he was not the commander from the start of the series, the whole patriotism ideolgy went out the window. I know different writer different ideas but it just came across as if the origin was just ignored.
This then leads me on to the idw main arc which i for one have actually enjoyed through out but after looking at the comparisons of how dixon turn a reasonably realistic mature story telling to a more lighter style of writing makes me wonder if he the write guy to protray cobra. Saying that so far i like the way the baroness and the cobra troopers have come across, cant say the same about destro. ps does any one know why paul jenkins only wrote cobra reborn and did not continue the series because cobra reborn for me was awesome and it all went down hill from there. |
03-26-2010, 03:47 PM | #2 |
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I have recently been rereading the gi joe reloaded arc from ddp and was kind of dispointed in how the last few comics played out. More to the point how cobra commander was protrayed. At the beginning paul jenkins wrote for me the best cobra commander so far were he came across as very dark and a realistic character with a great back story. Reiber then followed suite to a degree with how the commander was written and why he was attacking america. Then dixon came on board and i dont know the story suddently did not seem unique anymore which the reloaded series was supposed to be it kind of just seemed like it was bein written likethe main series. The commander was back to his ranting self and although he did kill a few of his own troops off he was not the commander from the start of the series, the whole patriotism ideolgy went out the window. I know different writer different ideas but it just came across as if the origin was just ignored.
This then leads me on to the idw main arc which i for one have actually enjoyed through out but after looking at the comparisons of how dixon turn a reasonably realistic mature story telling to a more lighter style of writing makes me wonder if he the write guy to protray cobra. Saying that so far i like the way the baroness and the cobra troopers have come across, cant say the same about destro. ps does any one know why paul jenkins only wrote cobra reborn and did not continue the series because cobra reborn for me was awesome and it all went down hill from there. I don't know if that's Dixon's fault or the time crunch to complete the story with only a handful of issues.
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03-26-2010, 03:50 PM | #3 |
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It's like he went back to the "default setting" cobra commander personality.
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03-26-2010, 04:24 PM | #4 |
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yea i know it probably wasnt his fault with comic being cancelled and having to rush an ending just would have liked to have seen charcter consistancy with the commander.
i personally dislike the "default setting" of cobra commander now dont get me wrong i love cobra commander easily my fave charcter he just pales in relation to what he was protrayed as in cobra reborn or to what he really could be. i dont want my commander to be a bubbling idiot |
03-26-2010, 04:28 PM | #5 |
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I think it was a problem of:
1- rushed to get it out 2- someone unfamiliar with the product being thrown into the deep end and not giving time to get going Remember, Dixon came on board in the middle of a major arc. He didn't have time to develop a feel for these guys, they were right in the middle of the action and he had to finish up someone elses story. Reloaded was really bad at the end, horrible. I think Jenkins was just hired for the Reborn special and when DDP decided to run with it, they needed a writer and he was going to be too much (or not available).
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03-26-2010, 04:35 PM | #6 |
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03-27-2010, 01:01 AM | #7 |
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I guess I didn't pay attention to CC in the Reloaded series. He grew realy tiresome in the main DDP series, so I would just tune out when he did start those long winded speaches. Also, I was more entranced with his writing of Joe characters, like his BH issue.
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