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04-08-2011, 06:18 PM | #11 |
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Probably. Hasbro's been doing that with Transformers for a while now, sticking Autobot or Decepticon in front of a word that an't be copyrighted like Ratchet or Rumble. Adding Sgt. makes it a specific name instead of an open source term.
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04-08-2011, 07:03 PM | #12 |
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My pet peeve would be the copyrighting of names. I hope the asshats who took our classic code names get genital herpes.
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04-08-2011, 07:06 PM | #13 |
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04-08-2011, 07:08 PM | #14 |
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it's not copywriting, it is trademarks, and in many instances it isn't that someone took it it is that the trademark office has deemed a name too generic or already broadly used and not trademarkable.
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04-08-2011, 07:16 PM | #15 |
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Eh, it still pisses me off.
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04-08-2011, 09:14 PM | #16 |
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One of my biggest pet peeves is when the code-name is an actual billet/ASI/SQI that's unrelated to what the Joe actually does. Granted, there's only one Joe that I know of that's a really major offender when it comes to this and that's Pathfinder. I know they probably used the word pathfinder in the colloquial sense (as in "a trail guide," which I suppose is conceptually related to his job as a "Jungle Assault Specialist") but in the military, "pathfinder" refers to a very specific job: these are paratroopers tasked with landing zone/drop zone preparation and providing forward navigational aid to pilots. But his filecard says nothing about him being airborne-qualified, his being a graduate of the Pathfinder School, or that he does any actual pathfinding (airborne infantry support of tactical aviation operations) at all. To me, it's the equivalent of giving a character the code-name "Ranger" and then the character's filecard making no mention of him attending Ranger School and/or serving with the 75th Ranger Regiment, and then it turning out that he's, I dunno, a tank commander or artillery crew member or something radically different from what his code-name suggests.
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04-08-2011, 10:14 PM | #17 |
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This could be used to explain SOME of the minor changes:
YOJOE.COM | Filecard Gallery - General Tomahawk Others like Doc and Dial Tone are easy...Doc is Doc's niece(YOJOE.COM | Filecard Gallery - G.I. Joe Doc) and Dialtone could be Dial-Tones daughter (age difference) Others are a little tougher to explain ;)
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04-08-2011, 10:44 PM | #18 |
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Not really a pet peeve but more of a "dumb idea for a codename" is the use of the codename "Mayday" (a character from GI Joe Extreme who also appeared in the DDP comics). I could imagine it being confusing as hell for the radio operator when she's in the command post and there's an emergency. Is the person on the horn calling for her? Are they sending out a distress signal? It's like a set-up for a comedy sketch.
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04-08-2011, 10:49 PM | #19 |
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This could be used to explain SOME of the minor changes:
YOJOE.COM | Filecard Gallery - General Tomahawk Others like Doc and Dial Tone are easy...Doc is Doc's niece(YOJOE.COM | Filecard Gallery - G.I. Joe Doc) and Dialtone could be Dial-Tones daughter (age difference) Others are a little tougher to explain ;)
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04-08-2011, 10:57 PM | #20 |
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Mine is such a simple issue...spelling.
Is it... Lowlight? Low-Light? Low Light? Or... Rock n Roll? Rock & Roll? Rock 'n' Roll? Rock 'N' Roll? Or... Short Fuse? Short-Fuse? Short Fuze? Short-Fuze? I mean we don't see Duke, Duk, Dook, Duque, Do-ke, Do-Que. PICK ONE SPELLING AND STAY WITH IT! |
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