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02-08-2023, 07:34 PM | #61 |
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I definitely do not want a hyper-realistic GI Joe. I think you can be patriotic and non-realistic at the same time though. There is a happy medium. The Sunbow cartoon and ARAH line proved that is possible.
I've always loved that G.I. Joe blended realism with total sci-fi and fantasy elements. To be honest, I like it more when it's a nice 33/33/33 split between the three. That is what made it unique and ARAH to me. Once you start injecting too much politics or realism into it, it takes away the whole point of what it was supposed to be in the first place - pure escapism. Bring on the ninjas.
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02-08-2023, 07:44 PM | #62 |
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I hate comics Scarlett anyway, but one of the worst stories in GI Joe history is when she fake pitches a fit because she isn't allowed to join Ninja Force and that's her fake reason to betray her country and comrades...and Cobra buys it hook, line and sinker. That's DiC level writing, Larry.
Agreed. I used to think Shipwreck was awesome, but now he annoys me because they shoehorn him into so many stories. Same as Tunnel Rut, er, Rat. |
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02-08-2023, 07:55 PM | #64 |
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How is what he said insulting? I agree with Darkness. Nowadays the military culture is obnoxious. Plastered all over the back of trucks and such. They want to be recognized for it instead of just doing it cause it is the right thing. I'm not thanking you if your putting it in my face like that. Elderly gentlemen in the grocery store with a hat or badge on his jacket identifying as a world war 2 vet absolutely will. GI Joe is a cartoon that I watched as a kid and I am sure it inspired people is nothing more than that. I think people take it to far.
As far as ninjas go. I think it was awesome. I mean there was so many other fantasy elements to it but yet people complain about the ninja aspect and not the folks being brought back to life or building a man from DNA. Hell if it was on tv today they would have made shipwreck gay and having a affair with gung ho. Can you imagine the shit storm with that? Quote:
Pretty insulting post here. Many people on this forum served and served honorably and in some ways I bet more than a couple were influenced by the Joes among other things like family and education to join the service.
As for the fantastical elements of the Joes, Boston Dynamics has robots that will absolutely have military applications. The snake people and Cobra'La were passable and didn't come along until many years years. The core of Joe was Vietnam-era militaria. All of the vehicles are analogs are real vehicles with some exceptions. The ninja thing is truly terrible.
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02-08-2023, 08:11 PM | #65 |
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02-08-2023, 08:26 PM | #66 |
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How is what he said insulting? I agree with Darkness. Nowadays the military culture is obnoxious. Plastered all over the back of trucks and such. They want to be recognized for it instead of just doing it cause it is the right thing. I'm not thanking you if your putting it in my face like that. Elderly gentlemen in the grocery store with a hat or badge on his jacket identifying as a world war 2 vet absolutely will. GI Joe is a cartoon that I watched as a kid and I am sure it inspired people is nothing more than that. I think people take it to far.
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02-08-2023, 10:51 PM | #67 |
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02-09-2023, 05:17 AM | #70 |
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How is what he said insulting? I agree with Darkness. Nowadays the military culture is obnoxious. Plastered all over the back of trucks and such. They want to be recognized for it instead of just doing it cause it is the right thing. I'm not thanking you if your putting it in my face like that.
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