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04-21-2009, 02:02 AM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
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It seems that Hasbro is big on shaking things up these days with G.I. Joe. First, so many things about the upcoming movie seem to be only loosely related to the G.I. Joe I grew up with. Now it seems they have an agenda to make sure Dial Tone is a woman(they made Dixon do it in the comic and I'm assuming they did they same with Ellis) and make Heavy Duty interchangeable with Roadblock. At first I thought the company might just have people in charge that weren't around for the original lines of G.I. Joe and Transformers(that franchise has seen even more drastic changes than G.I. Joe) or at least didn't care about keeping things the same as the past. I know not every company is going to be as slavish to the past as Mattel is with Masters Of the Universe but Hasbro really seems to be indifferent. Hasbro just seems more like Quesada's Marvel while Mattel is DC for any comic fans out there. I know I may be in the minority when it comes to disliking changes only for the sake of change, but what's Hasbro's deal?
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04-21-2009, 02:16 AM | #2 |
Cobra Viper
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don't care that dial-tone is a woman... dial-tone never got a lot of action in the comic and I don't remember him being really that big in the cartoon at least now he- I mean she gets a place on the team where if she was still a he he would probably not have a role however he being a she now gets a roster spot.
As for RB and HD... that erks me HD isn't RB and as I keep hearing from good ol' Hasbro and the minions in hollywood could not use the name Roadblock in the movie because of copyright issues and red tape... yet we get Roadblock toys and in G.I. Joe Resolute we get RB... I think Hasbro is full of it. and really how could you copyright the word "roadblock"? |
04-21-2009, 02:37 AM | #3 |
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I was born in the grand year of 1990 so I never really got to see much of the original series (but from what I have seen it is the best! Sigma 6 is garbage.) so I have no real issues with the changes. This is a new Joe for a new world, some changes are bound to be made.
Just be grateful this is not G.I. Joe Animated. I am a fan of G1 Transformers and appalled by that weak excuse for a show. |
04-21-2009, 11:05 AM | #4 |
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I grew up with GI Joe, and could careless if they make a third or fourth tier character a female.
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04-21-2009, 11:12 AM | #5 |
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And for the record, since the OP doesn't seem to know the reasoning on why DT is now a woman... Dixon wanted to use a new female communications officer in the comic book. Hasbro didn't want to create a new name and all the associated issues that would go with it (copyrights, ownership of name/character, etc..), so they said to use the name Dial-Tone. So voila, Dial-Tone is now a chick and they went and did it in Resolute to cut down on the confusion. The Marvel = Hasbro and DC = Mattel analogy made me laugh cause it has no basis. There's a reason that DC has had to do "Crisis" every couple of years, their continuity is so screwed up it's not even funny. And I'm not even sure how Hasbro = Marvel was arrived at. What's the similiarities?
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04-21-2009, 11:12 AM | #6 |
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I was really hoping for a redo of the classic DT, but sadly, the woman that portrays DT in the Resolute series is pretty lame, she doesnt have much action figure quality...now, that supposed yellow and black version is freaky, but hardly looks like DT from Resolute. It's sad. I miss him, it's not like he didnt have a part in the original series...they better still make a classic one.
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04-21-2009, 11:15 AM | #7 |
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I dont care. I dont just want to watch the same show over and over, and if i have to accept some extremely minor changes to get something new, I can deal with that.
But i swear to you this, if resolute shows Pale Peony with dark hair, or Captain Mihn with a full set of teeth, I am out of gi joe forever. |
04-21-2009, 11:26 AM | #8 |
Iron Grenadier
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I like to think that the male Dial-Tone existed in the Resolute Joeverse but has either died or retired and a new Joe now has his code name.
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04-21-2009, 11:37 AM | #9 |
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I thibnk many of the changes are for the sake of PC=ism and nothign more. Or some idiot in the board room thougth..hey lets make this character a chick now. Not good ideas..im all for more women on the team...hell i am stoked for it...but when the code names for said people aka dial-tone, are used i am NOT approving because that code name has a pre-established character attached to it...change or not its lame. Be original...use a new name..think of something new...thats one of the biggest problems today is lack of originality or copanies saying "oh theres legaality and red tape issues." its bull and they know it.
Its not a matter of being sexists or racists(as some like to cry foul) its a matter of holding these companies accountable for crap and standing up and saying hey...this is NOT A-okay to do. Be original don't be lazy. don't make charcaters liek Dial-tone a chick....cause if they did with dial-tone...whos next? Tollbooth? Biglob? will big lob be a WNBA chick?!
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04-21-2009, 11:50 AM | #10 |
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Big Lob being from the WNBA could be cool.
I mean, those poor women playing in the WNBA will need something to do when the league finally folds.
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