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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 29, 2024 22:40:33 GMT -5
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Paul
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Post by Paul on Jan 29, 2024 22:51:26 GMT -5
I know almost nothing about G.I Joe but this made me laugh. Now I want to know what this whole episode is actually about. heh.
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Gunhaver
Team Rocket
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Post by Gunhaver on Jan 30, 2024 2:18:07 GMT -5
"Thanks, Mr. Cobra!"
Young man you're supporting a terrorist, you're on a no-fly list now.
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Dr. T is an alien
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I've been found out!
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 30, 2024 9:25:26 GMT -5
Cobra in the comics were much more threatening, competent, and insidious. I always felt the cartoon was infantilizing.
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tafkaga
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Post by tafkaga on Jan 30, 2024 13:03:07 GMT -5
Cobra in the comics were much more threatening, competent, and insidious. I always felt the cartoon was infantilizing. Cartoon Cobra and Destro gave off serious old married gay couple vibes. |
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Jan 30, 2024 13:29:45 GMT -5
You know Cobra was once a man.
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Post by sandrock on Jan 30, 2024 21:17:57 GMT -5
The best part is when Cobra Commander slaps the kid in the wheelchair in the back of the head.
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Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 31, 2024 7:09:19 GMT -5
In point of fact, a clip of the episode were the joes she cobra team up to take on a drug dealer recently popped up on my feed. The 90’s had some interesting ideas about what drug dealers look like. And his name was “The Head Man,” because that totally don’t have other drug gangs laughing at him.
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 31, 2024 8:52:14 GMT -5
In point of fact, a clip of the episode were the joes she cobra team up to take on a drug dealer recently popped up on my feed. The 90’s had some interesting ideas about what drug dealers look like. And his name was “The Head Man,” because that totally don’t have other drug gangs laughing at him. Even better? The fictional drug in that ep was called "Spark". Considering a certain other Hasbro franchise had that word be an important plot point makes this hilarious in hindsight. Another ridiculous moment in that episode is where a Crimson Guardsmen visits his sister in the hospital, and he's in his CG armor, which has a Cobra emblem on it and everything. |
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 31, 2024 8:58:09 GMT -5
In point of fact, a clip of the episode were the joes she cobra team up to take on a drug dealer recently popped up on my feed. The 90’s had some interesting ideas about what drug dealers look like. And his name was “The Head Man,” because that totally don’t have other drug gangs laughing at him. Even better? The fictional drug in that ep was called "Spark". Considering a certain other Hasbro franchise had that word be an important plot point makes this hilarious in hindsight. Another ridiculous moment in that episode is where a Crimson Guardsmen visits his sister in the hospital, and he's in his CG armor, which has a Cobra emblem on it and everything. For me, it’s when the drug dealers goons are selling on the street. Yep, cops totally wouldn’t notice those guys. |
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Ultimo Gallos
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jan 31, 2024 9:01:49 GMT -5
Cobra in the comics were much more threatening, competent, and insidious. I always felt the cartoon was infantilizing. While i did watch the cartoon after school most days,it was kind of crap. The comic was much better from start till at least issue 50. |
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 31, 2024 9:03:00 GMT -5
Even better? The fictional drug in that ep was called "Spark". Considering a certain other Hasbro franchise had that word be an important plot point makes this hilarious in hindsight. Another ridiculous moment in that episode is where a Crimson Guardsmen visits his sister in the hospital, and he's in his CG armor, which has a Cobra emblem on it and everything. For me, it’s when the drug dealers goons are selling on the street. Yep, cops totally wouldn’t notice those guys. That was a common trope in most media dealing with drug dealers up to the 2000s to be fair. |
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 31, 2024 9:15:20 GMT -5
For me, it’s when the drug dealers goons are selling on the street. Yep, cops totally wouldn’t notice those guys. That was a common trope in most media dealing with drug dealers up to the 2000s to be fair. “El Scorpio is reeeeeaaaady!!!” |
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tafkaga
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Post by tafkaga on Jan 31, 2024 9:16:37 GMT -5
Cobra in the comics were much more threatening, competent, and insidious. I always felt the cartoon was infantilizing. While i did watch the cartoon after school most days,it was kind of crap. The comic was much better from start till at least issue 50. Loved the characters, but it's hard to ignore the absurdity of both sides contriving ever more sophisticated and destructive weaponry for big gun battles where nobody ever got hurt. The battles I had with my GI JOE figures usually ended with everyone dead. |
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 31, 2024 14:06:29 GMT -5
In point of fact, a clip of the episode were the joes she cobra team up to take on a drug dealer recently popped up on my feed. The 90’s had some interesting ideas about what drug dealers look like. And his name was “The Head Man,” because that totally don’t have other drug gangs laughing at him. Which DiC totally ripped off from itself. COPS had an identical episode. |
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Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 31, 2024 14:08:34 GMT -5
Also going to add,
Dic: we’re going to produce a dark two parter to show kids the seriousness of drugs!
Sunbow: *produces a two parter where the joes find their own corpses in a post apocalyptic future* That’s cute.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 31, 2024 16:11:51 GMT -5
Since we are talking about DiC GI Joe...why was Cobra not named in the original DiC intro? It's not like they disguised who the villains were.
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tafkaga
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Post by tafkaga on Jan 31, 2024 17:03:00 GMT -5
Since we're calling about DiC, we would be remiss in not recalling the logo bumper that played after the closing credits where the little girl with the accent says "dick".
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 31, 2024 19:33:53 GMT -5
Since we are talking about DiC GI Joe...why was Cobra not named in the original DiC intro? It's not like they disguised who the villains were. “It’s GIJoe against cobra, the enemy…” |
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 31, 2024 19:38:12 GMT -5
Since we are talking about DiC GI Joe...why was Cobra not named in the original DiC intro? It's not like they disguised who the villains were. “It’s GIJoe against cobra, the enemy…” DiC changed it to "a ruthless enemy". |
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