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07-06-2009, 04:51 PM | #1 |
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From a newbie ... so please don't bite my head off if this has been answered before. LOL
I'm re-integrating myself with the GI Joe fandom and mythos, long removed since childhood ... and the reason for it is the release and anticipation for the new movie, along with the new toys I found on the 4th (I couldn't help getting some "American Heroes" on independence day, haha) ... and with so I have two questions for you all. BTW, I was reccommended to this site because I heard it was the best source for Joe news, and conversation among true enthusiasts. Anyway, here goes ... 1) Is there two different versions of the Cobra Commander figure? I got Cobra Commander without the breathing tubes and there are two holes in his chest. Is this a production error of this figure, because I heard there might be a version with the ventilation tubes. Or was the character re-designed at the last minute to not have them, cause even the accompanying picture of the character on the card doesn't have the tubes either. If someone could answer this it would be GREATLY appreciated. 2) Is the GI Joe team in the film recognized as being an American military service fighting force? Reason I ask is because I heard initial they were going to be recognized as being more "global" I guess in the studio's effort to be more pc to foreign audiences, but I heard the fans response was that of a feeling of being alienated and that the studio might've changed it back to recognizing its strong origin roots as an American mythology and American fighting force. |
07-06-2009, 04:53 PM | #2 |
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Nope, Joe is global. The name G.I. Joe is american and based on the american use of that term, same as the RAH name origin.
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07-06-2009, 04:54 PM | #3 |
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Check this tread for your 1st question: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...commander.html
2) They are a world peace keeping force like a UN related/concept from the colors of the unifrms, lack of american flag logos, a single ROC logo for the entire team and the various nations represented on the team.
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07-06-2009, 05:04 PM | #4 |
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First of all thanks for the help from the people who have answered.
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Which do you prefer a U.N. concept of an elite team from all nations or the concept of the GI Joes being a branch of service rooted in the American system? |
07-06-2009, 05:09 PM | #5 |
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I see em as a break off segement from the original GI JOE team that is responsible for direct world conflicts with MARS now since that is kinda of what the movie is basing everything on. Just in my joe world this is not the beginging of Cobra but the resurgence years after Resolute went down. All of the best from around the world join up to fight and they report to no govenerment, only fudning is provided to them by the world governemts like the old PC game Xcom they have to keep the world safe and happy or no more moneies...
Gotta find a happy place for all of this stuff in my book...
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07-06-2009, 05:13 PM | #6 |
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These are FAKE Joes from the ones you remember back when they used to be known as A REAL AMERICAN HERO.
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07-06-2009, 05:14 PM | #7 |
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See the reason I don't like the UN concept as much is that because the character and personality of the team seems rooted more so in American culture than it would anywhere else without feeling SIGNIFICANTLY different and more un-GI JOE.
And once again what are the characters on the Joe team in the movie that aren't Americans? |
07-06-2009, 05:37 PM | #8 |
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See the reason I don't like the UN concept as much is that because the character and personality of the team seems rooted more so in American culture than it would anywhere else without feeling SIGNIFICANTLY different and more un-GI JOE.
And once again what are the characters on the Joe team in the movie that aren't Americans? Heavy Duty- British Cover Girl- German Snake-Eyes- French(not sure if finalized) Scarlett- Australian(not sure if finalized) |
07-06-2009, 06:04 PM | #9 |
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You can't be serious ... Snake Eyes isn't American? Heavy Duty? Either. Is there a source for any of this anywhere? If Snake Eyes isn't American, I'm gonna be SUPER pissed.
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07-06-2009, 06:10 PM | #10 |
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You can hear the accent in Heavy Duties voice in the van scene when tells Marlane before falls out of the van that the suits were expesnive.
He gets a british accent and the Baroness is more american and no accent like she used to have then the Joes LOL odd...
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