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First, I have NOT read this particular incarnation of GI Joe. However, I'd like to throw my uninformed opinion in on some of the stuff you called attention to.

1. ":dial tone is a women, i love dial tone so this really, REALLY sux for me" - Give this version of Dial Tone a chance. She might surprise you. I personally love the Breaker character from wwaaaayyyyy back (He was one of my first GI Joe figures). But I think he is now and should always be from Tennessee. The new movie has him as an international character. I'm leaving room for doubt and will view the movie with an open mind.
2. ":beach head has a lot of character, bad thing is, its not beach head like character" And this is a bad thing? Beach-head has always been a little overbearing both in Marvel and Sunbow. His whole "I don't bathe because I'm so tough" attitude wouldn't fly in any of the units I was in while I was in the army and honestly he ain't so tough that a squad of his peers couldn't hold him down and give him a little love with a wire-brush.
3. ":scarlett outranks duke and it is fully shown." It's about time that the chick was shown the respect she deserves. Yeah, I know the many aspects of her back story, but she still has the drive to excell in a male dominated community without becoming anyone's "flavor of the month". Her portrayal in Sunbow always put her in a supporting role to Duke. Let Duke toady to her for once. (Can ya tell I have a thing for red-heads?) In Marvel, the only one who was ever her peer was Snake and he was crushing pretty hard. Besides, he always let her have the dialog.

As far as discussing the specifics of plot and storyline, like I said earlier, I've not followed this version so I don't have a frame of reference. But one thing can be said. These are characters we hold a lot of love for. It is important that we express our opinions about the direction they are taken in or we risk a nightmare like that of the Highlander series when they made Highlander 2 and set the immortals as aliens from Zeist. Uhhh, can you say "Ruined storyline"? Thank god they corrected that mistake!

01-28-2009, 05:57 AM	#2
Bayer Self-Important Offline --> Posts: 1,034 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	First, I have NOT read this particular incarnation of GI Joe. However, I'd like to throw my uninformed opinion in on some of the stuff you called attention to. 1. ":dial tone is a women, i love dial tone so this really, REALLY sux for me" - Give this version of Dial Tone a chance. She might surprise you. I personally love the Breaker character from wwaaaayyyyy back (He was one of my first GI Joe figures). But I think he is now and should always be from Tennessee. The new movie has him as an international character. I'm leaving room for doubt and will view the movie with an open mind. 2. ":beach head has a lot of character, bad thing is, its not beach head like character" And this is a bad thing? Beach-head has always been a little overbearing both in Marvel and Sunbow. His whole "I don't bathe because I'm so tough" attitude wouldn't fly in any of the units I was in while I was in the army and honestly he ain't so tough that a squad of his peers couldn't hold him down and give him a little love with a wire-brush. 3. ":scarlett outranks duke and it is fully shown." It's about time that the chick was shown the respect she deserves. Yeah, I know the many aspects of her back story, but she still has the drive to excell in a male dominated community without becoming anyone's "flavor of the month". Her portrayal in Sunbow always put her in a supporting role to Duke. Let Duke toady to her for once. (Can ya tell I have a thing for red-heads?) In Marvel, the only one who was ever her peer was Snake and he was crushing pretty hard. Besides, he always let her have the dialog. As far as discussing the specifics of plot and storyline, like I said earlier, I've not followed this version so I don't have a frame of reference. But one thing can be said. These are characters we hold a lot of love for. It is important that we express our opinions about the direction they are taken in or we risk a nightmare like that of the Highlander series when they made Highlander 2 and set the immortals as aliens from Zeist. Uhhh, can you say "Ruined storyline"? Thank god they corrected that mistake! __________________