by generalsjoes | Sep 7, 2008 | G.I. Joe, Sunbow
I already did the MASS Device yesterday. Now we continue the celebration of the Sunbow cartoon (as well as the release of the DVD Battle Packs) by rolling my Top 5 Moments from the Revenge of COBRA.
In some ways better than the MASS Device (at least in my opinion), The Revenge of COBRA follows a nearly identical formula, yet adds some twists and turns. New characters arrive, action sequences are ramped up. It follows the tradition of the MASS Device perfectly. But what are my Top 5 Moments?
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by generalsjoes | Sep 6, 2008 | G.I. Joe, Web Stuff
This isn’t something I normally do, but desperate times call for desperate measures. My wife’s camera has died and we need to get a replacement, and QUICK. As anyone who visits my site knows, I heavily rely on a camera for pictures, reviews, dio-stories…well, just about everything I can possibly do for the site I need a camera to do it. And of course, I’m coming up on deadlines for finishing dio comics for the Collectors’ Club newsletter (not to mention Ghosts!)
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by generalsjoes | Sep 6, 2008 | G.I. Joe, Sunbow
Keep in mind that I am in no way an expert in the ways of Sunbow or a cartoon aficianado. I just know what scenes made an impact with me when I was a kid. Do you agree or disagree?
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by generalsjoes | Sep 5, 2008 | G.I. Joe
Anyone who’s been following my posts and comments over the years knows that I’m a huge comic fan when it comes to G.I. Joe… much moreso than the Sunbow cartoon. I loved the more adult and realistic storylines told in the comic pages. Larry Hama had a way that he wrote these characters that gave them all personality and made them all so unique, yet not silly or dumb. The Sunbow cartoon did this stuff as well, but it seemed to go to such extremes sometimes (as with Bazooka or Spirit) that it almost made mockeries of the characters instead of making them real.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 5, 2008 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: Resolute
Everyone’s fired up for G.I. Joe: Resolute…including me. I’m so fired up, I’m devoting a LOT of attention to the series here. Anything you want to find on Resolute, I’m planning on featuring it here pretty heavily. To date, this is what’s been collected about the series.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 3, 2008 | G.I. Joe, Life, Sports
“It was the third of September
That day I’ll always remember…”
– The Temptations, “Papa Was A Rolling Stone”
Of course, that’s where the similarities between this post and the classic Temptation song ends, but I had to work it in here somewhere. I like doing that with song lyrics that mention a specific day. (Really! Wait until June 6, better known as “Convoy Day.”) (more…)
