I didn't grow up with the series only the comic books so this wasn't really for me.
The only "real" gijoe is in the comic books and on the file cards for me - The cartoons are just a alternate comedic universe that never happened (much like highlander 2 and Beverly hills cop 3
).
I have however watched a lot of the episodes from the sunbow series as well as the movie and the other longer episodes.
I saw no reason for Duke and Scarlett - Scarlett and Snake Eyes makes so much more sense, but I guess the cartoon didn't make much sense either way (rhyming roadblock comes to mind). Not my cup of tea but something a lot of you grew up with and accept as the original joeverse.
A few funny scenes in between (both in the movie and series) but again not my cup of tea. For those of you who hasn't seen neither the movie nor the series, there are episodes out on youtube (or you can buy it off amazon or equivalent).