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#271 |
saboteur
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Still plodding through the Sunbow Joe back catalog.
Haven't seen the 'Arise Serpentor' series before (was a cable TV exclusive here, back in the day), overall a bit dull. Serpentor is more of a dud baddie than CoCo and Sgt. Slaughter adds nothing to the Joe roster IMHO. I guess at the time it was peak WWF/Hulkamania/WrestleMania/Slaughter frenzy and I wouldn't be surprised if 'honest Vince' paid for the inclusion of Slaughter as a Joe character for WWF promotion. Then I'm about 10 episodes into the regular Season 2. Most of the standard Joe vs Cobra + Drednoks episodes have been good but one very low point sticks out for me. "Once upon a Joe" was total crap with the McGuffin Device and Shipwreck reading orphans bedtime stories. I want my 22 minutes of viewing time back ![]() But then I am 'refresh watching' a 30+ year old cartoon series created to advertise toy figures/vehicles to 10 year old boys. Still enjoying it overall and Hasbro Youtube channel provides it all at no cost. I'll keep watching until the end, no interest in soiling myself with DIC or anything after that. I think I had a non-consecutive 12 out of the first 30 Hama/Marvel comic issues, so I'll make a start on my digital Joe compendium after this. I don't really remember any of the storylines, so it will likely be new to me to read today. |
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#272 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Dec 2024
Location: Italy
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I'm rewatching all Sunbow episodes. S2 completed, S1 I'm on ep. 46, then I'll probably go ahead with the DIC show although I've watched ep 1 and it was shockingly bad.
I can't say if they hold up today because nostalgia might be obscuring my judgement, but I think they (the sunbow of course) have great art, animations, sound and writing. I'm totally enjoying them honestly. I don't have kids, I wonder if new generations like them. |
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#273 |
Dark Lord of the Mods
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Oh yeah... Toei were the best in the 80s.
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#274 |
Just a fan
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: NY
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I'm rewatching all Sunbow episodes. S2 completed, S1 I'm on ep. 46, then I'll probably go ahead with the DIC show although I've watched ep 1 and it was shockingly bad.
I can't say if they hold up today because nostalgia might be obscuring my judgement, but I think they (the sunbow of course) have great art, animations, sound and writing. I'm totally enjoying them honestly. I don't have kids, I wonder if new generations like them. |
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Once An Overlord
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The '70s Super Friends cartoon is also corny. Not bad, but it doesn't feel like the same characters from other shows. That's what DIC felt like.
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#276 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Delaware
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There is always talk of the what if there was a 1987 season but I look back now and wish there was a full 65 episodes for 1984 instead of just the mini series. The 82-83 characters would have been featured more. I imagine Stalker would have been a main character. The 82 guys would have been more than just background characters. Storm Shadow, Firefly, and Scrap Iron probably would have gotten more love. Anyway that is the what if I woukd have preferred IG I had to choose between an 84 season or 87.
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