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Part of the way I write my dios OR do my 1-shots is taking characters that would be hard to use and make it work. Fans of "Transformations" watched me as I turned a lot of pretty 2D characters into 3-dimensional characters with feelings and what not. At the same time, MOST of the characters involved had decent outfits that catered to the situation. No real outlandish stuff except maybe Storm Shadow who showed up at the end.

So for me to use the RRTS as example in the Hunt finale, it's a challenge if I can make them work in a way people can believe. All my dios, it's worked that GI Joe is facing the unknown. They face monsters that have been created by Cobra. I take sci-fi/horror ideas and incorporate them into. The whole alien thing with Asmodeus and whatnot, ANYBODY whose read Stephen King's "THE MIST" (NOT watched), knows just WHERE those creatures came from. THOSE are the stories I like best from Stephen King. The ones that borderline on realism even if some people can't accept it.

The next story I'm doing, it'll be pushing people even further in how they see the world. But here's the thing. Gene Roddenberry dealt with the concept of genetically engineered soldiers with the Eugenics Wars (ie; Kahn). Captain America has some sort of serum in him to make him what he is, right? So when I push the limits on what I'm doing (mixing the HALO verse with the Joe verse), there'll be a reason why things are the way they are. (don't worry, master chief is NOT showing up)

As I was saying, we've seen Cobra build big funky robots. We've seen them create Serpentor thru DNA. We've seem them do silly putty people (cartoon). They've even changed people into animals (cartoon). Cobra did V-Troops. And there are stories that the Germans tried to splice animal dna with humans in WWII. Cell phones were outlandish in the 60s (ie; Star Trek Communicators) and what does everyone use now? It's entirely possible with what I do.

BUT as I've said in the past, GI Joe is based more in reality than Cobra. It's HOW the Joe team reacts to Cobra's experiments. Being a fan of DOOM and ALIENS, you take normal people and make them face strange enemies. GI Joe is not Capt. Picard who will try to talk the disputes out. GI Joe is at least smart enough to know when to shoot when they are faced with things that want to rip 'em apart.

I don't throw realism out the door entirely. But I want to use certain characters and if they don't GO with the environment, I'll make it work. That's the fun and challenge. But don't push me. I only work with what I know I can handle. In other words, ARAH-colored Saw Vipers will NOT show up, but the DTC will.

09-07-2008, 09:01 PM	#10
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	Part of the way I write my dios OR do my 1-shots is taking characters that would be hard to use and make it work. Fans of "Transformations" watched me as I turned a lot of pretty 2D characters into 3-dimensional characters with feelings and what not. At the same time, MOST of the characters involved had decent outfits that catered to the situation. No real outlandish stuff except maybe Storm Shadow who showed up at the end. So for me to use the RRTS as example in the Hunt finale, it's a challenge if I can make them work in a way people can believe. All my dios, it's worked that GI Joe is facing the unknown. They face monsters that have been created by Cobra. I take sci-fi/horror ideas and incorporate them into. The whole alien thing with Asmodeus and whatnot, ANYBODY whose read Stephen King's "THE MIST" (NOT watched), knows just WHERE those creatures came from. THOSE are the stories I like best from Stephen King. The ones that borderline on realism even if some people can't accept it. The next story I'm doing, it'll be pushing people even further in how they see the world. But here's the thing. Gene Roddenberry dealt with the concept of genetically engineered soldiers with the Eugenics Wars (ie; Kahn). Captain America has some sort of serum in him to make him what he is, right? So when I push the limits on what I'm doing (mixing the HALO verse with the Joe verse), there'll be a reason why things are the way they are. (don't worry, master chief is NOT showing up) As I was saying, we've seen Cobra build big funky robots. We've seen them create Serpentor thru DNA. We've seem them do silly putty people (cartoon). They've even changed people into animals (cartoon). Cobra did V-Troops. And there are stories that the Germans tried to splice animal dna with humans in WWII. Cell phones were outlandish in the 60s (ie; Star Trek Communicators) and what does everyone use now? It's entirely possible with what I do. BUT as I've said in the past, GI Joe is based more in reality than Cobra. It's HOW the Joe team reacts to Cobra's experiments. Being a fan of DOOM and ALIENS, you take normal people and make them face strange enemies. GI Joe is not Capt. Picard who will try to talk the disputes out. GI Joe is at least smart enough to know when to shoot when they are faced with things that want to rip 'em apart. I don't throw realism out the door entirely. But I want to use certain characters and if they don't GO with the environment, I'll make it work. That's the fun and challenge. But don't push me. I only work with what I know I can handle. In other words, ARAH-colored Saw Vipers will NOT show up, but the DTC will.