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Would you believe I never saw the Movie until tonight. In 1987 I was a Senior in H.S. The last thing on my mind then was a GI Joe cartoon movie. I got the entire cartoon run on DVD including the movie back in January, this discusion prompted me to watch it tonight. My Joeverse is pretty much based upon the Toys & thier File Cards. I own about 2 dozen of the original comics which I have read & never watched the cartoons until this year. I voted positive in this poll because I did enjoy the movie. I was entertaining and I love seeing some of my favorite figures & vehicles "come to life". Some things that I did not like about this flick - Falcon, I did not like how he was made out to be a slacker in the begining of the movie. I can't believe that Don Johnson did his voice, this was right in the middle of Miami Vice (I don't think he needed the money). Cobra-La is not part of my Joeverse because of the craptstic figures, after seeing this now it for sure will never be part of my Joes! The best Cobra-La character was Pythona & she never got a figure! I did not like Cobra Commander or what happened to him. My Cobra Commander is a ruthless, disguntled American citizen (much like one of todays modern Militia leaders) hellbent on overthrowing the government through terrorism. He is not a experiment gone bad freak put here by Golobulus. The whole Cobra-La idea was just plain stupid. The biologial weapons idea was cool though, very Yuuzhan Vong from Star Wars. Sgt Slaughter & the Renegades do not get used by me much, this movie did not change my mind on that. This was a great marketing movie that showcased alot of the '86 & '87 figures & vehicles. There was some great GI Joe action, though I would have prefered to see Joes fighting Cobra & not Cobra-La, but this is done in every 30 minute Joe cartoon, so I can see how something different was needed for the movie to stand out. At 40 years old, seeing this for the first time, I was entertained, it was fun to watch. If I was under 12 I would have been entranced! Oh, & BTW Duke almost dies...TOO KOOL!!!

06-06-2008, 11:12 PM	#24
vader9900 To old to play with toys! Offline --> Posts: 5,962 --> Join Date: Oct 2007	Would you believe I never saw the Movie until tonight. In 1987 I was a Senior in H.S. The last thing on my mind then was a GI Joe cartoon movie. I got the entire cartoon run on DVD including the movie back in January, this discusion prompted me to watch it tonight. My Joeverse is pretty much based upon the Toys & thier File Cards. I own about 2 dozen of the original comics which I have read & never watched the cartoons until this year. I voted positive in this poll because I did enjoy the movie. I was entertaining and I love seeing some of my favorite figures & vehicles "come to life". Some things that I did not like about this flick - Falcon, I did not like how he was made out to be a slacker in the begining of the movie. I can't believe that Don Johnson did his voice, this was right in the middle of Miami Vice (I don't think he needed the money). Cobra-La is not part of my Joeverse because of the craptstic figures, after seeing this now it for sure will never be part of my Joes! The best Cobra-La character was Pythona & she never got a figure! I did not like Cobra Commander or what happened to him. My Cobra Commander is a ruthless, disguntled American citizen (much like one of todays modern Militia leaders) hellbent on overthrowing the government through terrorism. He is not a experiment gone bad freak put here by Golobulus. The whole Cobra-La idea was just plain stupid. The biologial weapons idea was cool though, very Yuuzhan Vong from Star Wars. Sgt Slaughter & the Renegades do not get used by me much, this movie did not change my mind on that. This was a great marketing movie that showcased alot of the '86 & '87 figures & vehicles. There was some great GI Joe action, though I would have prefered to see Joes fighting Cobra & not Cobra-La, but this is done in every 30 minute Joe cartoon, so I can see how something different was needed for the movie to stand out. At 40 years old, seeing this for the first time, I was entertained, it was fun to watch. If I was under 12 I would have been entranced! Oh, & BTW Duke almost dies...TOO KOOL!!! __________________ "It ain't about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit, how much you can take and keep moving forward - thats how winning is done!" Rocky Balboa