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View Poll Results: The Future of GI Joe | |||
Continue with most if not all media focus on the movie universe. | 23 | 23.00% | |
Drop ARAH brand and focus on a something along the lines of an adventure team model. | 16 | 16.00% | |
Have a crossover line/brand with Transformers (which I guess could lead into live action movies). | 20 | 20.00% | |
A radical change up (something along the lines of style to Macross/Robotech or Metal Gear). | 13 | 13.00% | |
Other: You come up with a concept. | 41 | 41.00% | |
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08-18-2013, 09:11 PM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
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Hi folks!,
I know this has been done before but I would love to hear folks feedback on this. We all know Joe has been having a rough time to say the least but what direction should Joe go in...(after the 50th Anniversary/3rd movie) We need something to keep the brand alive for 50 more years! |
08-18-2013, 09:17 PM | #2 |
EMPEROR, DARTH NAJA
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Just keep manufactoring and manufactoring same figures with new molds etc! They do it with star wars, do it with joes
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08-18-2013, 09:29 PM | #3 |
Hazard Viper
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I want to see a new direction! Something that will pop! Its like College uniforms ARAH is like Alabama even in Me classic but POC was like Oregon Flash and style! I want to see GIJ develop! I want to see them be bold and different.
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08-18-2013, 09:29 PM | #4 |
Cobra Viper
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Other idea: Have a Kreo-cartoon for the kids and have a direct to DVD series/animated movies for adults (could be based off the marvel/devils due/IDW or like resolute)
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08-18-2013, 10:17 PM | #5 |
GI Joe Civil Engineer
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Valdosta Georgia
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I love this. Look at how successful the DCU animated movies are. They aren't slavish reproductions but they're really good for the runtime they are allotted.
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08-18-2013, 10:25 PM | #6 |
Spiraling Out
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Location: Michigan
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Do what Marvel and DC do with their "tired" concepts and characters... Kill them off, then resurrect them a few years later after everyone has gotten their complaining and entitlement out of their system.
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08-18-2013, 11:01 PM | #7 |
Crimson Guard
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a Modern Military theme.
ARAH and it's follow ups were a product of their time. In the 80s violence needed to be muted and cartoonified as that was what was acceptable then. Now, media consumption is much more focused on a connection to reality, even if it's faked up a bit. Also, the GI Joe fandom are all old now.
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08-18-2013, 11:33 PM | #8 |
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I think Joe on the mass market will be movie line connected only. Until the 3rd movie comes out you'll have to wait or buy exclusives.
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08-18-2013, 11:39 PM | #9 |
Crimson Guard
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by modernizing the brand, perhaps through a crossover, and giving today's kids something that belongs to them...not their parents, I think the brand can survive. If Hasbro continues to reproduce the same core characters over and over, it truly will bring about a death of the line. Eventually, those of us who even remember ARAH as children will be gone, and only the newer collectors who buy for new found love of the brand, for collection purposes or just for profit, will be all that remains. If you watch Hasbro's stock, it has steadily declined for the past 6 quarters with only minor gains during that period. If someone doesn't do something soon as Hasbro, Star Wars and TF won't be far behind Gi Joe's demise.
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08-19-2013, 12:42 AM | #10 |
Cobra Amphibian Trainer
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Part of me wonders whether the old Sunbow cartoons would work for current kids, who have no reason to suspect that they 'belong' to an older generation.
The current cartoons (Adventure Time, Regular Show) seem aimed at young adults as much as kids and a lot of the hipster humor goes over kids' heads (as with Spongebob). My son (8) really likes the Sunbow cartoon, as well as the recent Clone Wars, Batman Brave and the Bold and Justice League series. I think right now there is a need for a genuine action/adventure cartoon for kids other than the Japanese fighting pets genre. An updated Sunbow would work just fine, without the need for gritty (Resolute) or talky (Renegades). Justice League was just an updated version of Superfriends with a smart, talented team of writers. Sunbow G.I. Joe could pull off the same thing and retain the fun that's been lost. |
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