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Summary: A downed power line -let's jump our bikes over it!!
Review: 90 minutes of almost context devoid, random violence, punctuated every 15 seconds or so with a hearty, YOwwwwww JO! I'm surprised more people my age didn't grow up brain damaged (just me?). Great stuff though. My main problem with Cobra La was that Cobra already had such fantastic villains to begin with. Dr. Mindbender, Major Blood,
Destro and The Baroness -classic characters all, along with many others. The GI Joe "new recruits" on the other hand were cringe inducingly PC and absolutly dismal (Sgt. Slaugter makes up for it to an extent). Fast forward through their scenes and you'll enjoy the movie alot more. The PSA's are very funny and usefull also, because now I know what to do in case of a nosebleed. The 60's commercials are just weird. They must have repeated the phrase "life like hair", half a dozen times. Maybe it's just me, but I seem to remember the storyline's in the tv show being alot more cohesive and well thought out than the movie turned out to be.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: An excellent story and the new soliders fit the story well. More emphasis is placed on Lt. Falcon than the rest of the joes...but it only makes the story move along faster. Overall the plot was really good. The characters look and feel like they always do from the cartoon episodes. There is plenty of action and fighting for the die hard joe fan....
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Summary: "Now I know..."
Review: It's G.I. Joe! Of course it's great! This movie brings back so many great childhood memories. Where are my G.I. Joe Seasons on DVD?!?!? :)
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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: I am a fan of the G.I. Joe series and this movie totally rules including " Transformers: The Movie". It's about an ancient race of Snake people who hire Cobra, Destro and Serpantor to plan a device that will send pods into orbit and turn humanity into animals, now it's up to Lt. Falcon, Duke and the rest of the Joes to save humanity. A very entertaining, marvelous and action packed animated feature that includes a spectacular opening, a must see. Also recommended: Transformers: The Movie, Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor, Aliens, Terminator 2, The Matrix, Blackhawk Down, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, We were soldiers, Red Dawn, Commando and Braveheart.
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Summary: Cobra-Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala!!!
Review: The mid-1980s saw a plethora of films based on popular toy lines: Masters of the Universe, Transformers, Rainbow Brite. Even the Pound Puppies met the legendary Big Paw. The best of these movies was never even released theatrically, but is a real American blockbuster, nonetheless. From the rousing opening fanfare, "G.I. Joe - the Movie" is non-stop entertainment. The Joe team faces its biggest threat ever, when mysterious forces reveal themselves during a Himalayan battle. The Lovecraftian society
called Cobra-La has hidden itself in the windswept mountains for countless ages, plotting its revenge against humanity. All along, Cobra-La has been pulling the strings of the terrorist organization G.I. Joe was created to fight! Plot-twists abound, and the incredible animation made me feel like I was right in the middle of the conflagration....short) My only complaint is that the arctic setting excluded my favorite Joe character, Shipwreck. His salty sarcasm would have added a fine touch of humor to the horrors the team faces at the hands of Cobra-La. Obviously, I love "G.I. Joe - the Movie." I was thrilled when the DVD came out, and give it my highest recommendation. I know you'll like it, and knowing is half the battle!!!
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Summary: Not perfect, but not worthy of the criticism it gets, either
Review: Bashing G.I. Joe: The Movie has become something of a cottage industry for fans of the toys-so much so that Devil's Due (publishers of the current comic book series) is contemplating it's own "tribute" to the notorious finale of the Sunbow run of G.I. Joe. The question before buying the DVD is whether or not you think it's terrible or a classic. Simply put, the film is neither. The plot, which in keeping with the fantastic nature of the series (wherein the Joes have met the ancient Egyptian gods and allied themselves with ghosts, to name just two episodes) reveals that Cobra Commander is a member of an ancient race of snake-people known as Cobra-La. Problem is, Golobulus (ruler of Cobra-La) has become fed up with Cobra's repeated losses to the Joes, and has now decided to take a more active role in Cobra's quest to rule the world. Cobra Commander's real identity is the main problem people have with the movie, even if it fits in with what little we know about the Commander (except for his interview with Hector Ramirez in the episode "Twenty Questions", but should we really expect the Commander to tell the truth?). His de-evolution into a snake upsets people even further, even if Sunbow's intention all the time was to bring him back in the series third season (which was never produced). But that isn't the real flaw of this movie. The flaw is that, at Hasbro's behest, most of the existing characters (even those that had been introduced during the second season) are ignored in favor of the Rawhides, Renegades, and Cobra-La. Of the original cast, only Duke (who was originally intended to die) and Cobra Commander get significant screen time, and the other existing characters with major screen time (Hawk, Beachhead, Sgt. Slaughter, Roadblock, and Serpentor) were mostly newer characters. Like Transformers: The Movie, Hasbro decided to overexert their influence over Sunbow, at the expense of the story. This DVD edition includes all of the "....And Knowing is Half the Battle" PSAs produced for the 1985-86 season (the first season); two ads for the original "A Real American Hero" miniseries (known popularly as The MASS Device), which are quite odd without the station IDs that each station syndicating the miniseries added at the end; and an ancient ad for the 12" G.I. Joe dolls; the last feature meaning absolutely nothing to about 95% of the people who watched the cartoon in the 1980s. If you want realism in G.I. Joe, don't buy this movie. In fact, don't even bother with the cartoon-just go and buy Larry Hama's comic (which has a completely different storyline than the cartoon). For everyone else, be prepared to enjoy a decent movie, but remember that the story wasn't finished with G.I. Joe: The Movie-it just never got produced by Sunbow Productions.
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Summary: Good '80s action cartoon
Review: In the mid eighties when I was a kid I enjoyed seeing the G.i. joe cartoons every day of the week with great adventures and lot of thrills. They were a bunch of heroes fighting against their mortal foes the Cobra terrorist organization where nobody dies(except in the movie) and the Cobra commander always escaped from the joes. When I see that the GIjoe movie was avaliable on Dvd I thought what movie was because this movie wasn't avaliable on Spain and I never see any long feature only the weekly episodes of 30 minutes long. The plot is good with great action good secuences and good f/x. Good dvd.
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Summary: Caution: Bad Taste ... for buffs only
Review: After _Transformers: The Movie_ tanked at the box office, the production team behind it consigned its other theatrical feature, _GI Joe: The Movie_, to video oblivion. Although I'm sure this film has been shown in theaters (usually as a children's morning matinee), I don't believe it has ever enjoyed an actual theatrical release. This goes to prove that there is some justice in the world. The wild plot about a group of reptilian terrorists out to destroy the entire human race was silly and farfetched in 1987. It also rewrote the entire back story of the _GI Joe_ TV series, which infuriated many fans. Now, in the wake of a genuine national tragedy, this film seems more tasteless and exploitative than ever. I couldn't honestly recommend it even to die-hard fans -- though I have to admit a personal weakness for the opening scene, ... The DVD package is very good, as you'd expect from Rhino Video. Extras include some nice menus, assorted trailers and commercials, and 25 _GI Joe_ public service announcements, all of which are pleasantly goofy fun for children of the '80s.
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Summary: Geez! I didn't know the human body held that much blood!
Review: "'A-Team' style action where nobody gets hurt?" Indeed not! That was true enough of the cartoon series, but how come nobody mentioned the near-death scene of Duke? (A scene which looked like it was going to be an actual death, but somebody changed their mind--look how it's animated and think about it. Duke was supposed to die!) And for gosh sakes, the blood! There was more blood coming out of that stab wound than is humanly possible! I am not kidding here! Those who have seen it know! Another character is stabbed in the eye in a later scene (though without the blood--they used all the plasma on Duke's stabbing, apparently). The "family oriented" nature of the film was betrayed by these scenes.
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Summary: G.I. Joe Movie
Review: I've always loved the G.I. Joe and Transformers cartoons, and this movie has always been one of my favorites. When I was about 8 we lost our copy of it, and my cousins and I were all heartbroken. I just got it on DVD off Amazon and the "magic" is back. I love this movie!!! And the DVD form is great.
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