Comments on: UPDATE – GeneralsJoes Q & A Answers posted! http://generalsjoes.com/2009/11/17/generalsjoes-q-a-answers-posted-well-23-of-them-anyway/ Wed, 23 May 2012 03:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thequestion http://generalsjoes.com/2009/11/17/generalsjoes-q-a-answers-posted-well-23-of-them-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-17930 thequestion Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:50:04 +0000 http://generalsjoes.com/?p=6426#comment-17930 Are we actually going to get another animated show at all for GI Joe? In Fall 2011, after the next live action movie on Hasbro Discovery Channel? A digital cable channel that is carried in far fewer households worldwide than Cartoon Network? Are we actually going to get another animated show at all for GI Joe? In Fall 2011, after the next live action movie on Hasbro Discovery Channel? A digital cable channel that is carried in far fewer households worldwide than Cartoon Network?

]]> By: Andrew Hall http://generalsjoes.com/2009/11/17/generalsjoes-q-a-answers-posted-well-23-of-them-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-17659 Andrew Hall Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:06:50 +0000 http://generalsjoes.com/?p=6426#comment-17659 That's a fair statement and I do agree. The good stuff is REALLY good. I'm really looking forward to the Pursuit of Cobra line. That’s a fair statement and I do agree. The good stuff is REALLY good. I’m really looking forward to the Pursuit of Cobra line.

]]> By: Count Blacktron http://generalsjoes.com/2009/11/17/generalsjoes-q-a-answers-posted-well-23-of-them-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-17657 Count Blacktron Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:42:44 +0000 http://generalsjoes.com/?p=6426#comment-17657 I think it is very interesting how so much verbage is spread over the ball drops, and how little people have to say about the gems and glories. When something irritates a fan, we have no shortage of dirt to talk about. I really enjoyed the direction Hasbro and DDP were going, until the random killings and Valor vs Venom oddities clouded the image of the G.I. Joe brand. Once Sigma 6 got up and running I could see the hope for a real new take on the line that leads us exactly where we are now. Plenty of great history, lots of good story arcs, a couple of head scratchers and mis-steps and finally a charged and interesting mainstream media product for a modern audience. So far I am about 85% pleased with the toy line produced thus far. The things I don't like are not the end of the world. I just don't want this brand to play second fiddle to Star Wars (or Transformers) and I firmly believe it could benefit from a Clone Wars (or Resolute) style daily/weekly cartoon. I think it is very interesting how so much verbage is spread over the ball drops, and how little people have to say about the gems and glories. When something irritates a fan, we have no shortage of dirt to talk about.

I really enjoyed the direction Hasbro and DDP were going, until the random killings and Valor vs Venom oddities clouded the image of the G.I. Joe brand. Once Sigma 6 got up and running I could see the hope for a real new take on the line that leads us exactly where we are now. Plenty of great history, lots of good story arcs, a couple of head scratchers and mis-steps and finally a charged and interesting mainstream media product for a modern audience.

So far I am about 85% pleased with the toy line produced thus far. The things I don’t like are not the end of the world. I just don’t want this brand to play second fiddle to Star Wars (or Transformers) and I firmly believe it could benefit from a Clone Wars (or Resolute) style daily/weekly cartoon.

]]> By: Andrew Hall http://generalsjoes.com/2009/11/17/generalsjoes-q-a-answers-posted-well-23-of-them-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-17624 Andrew Hall Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:16:11 +0000 http://generalsjoes.com/?p=6426#comment-17624 Pre-production in movies means nothing. The new He-Man movie has been in pre-production for what? 6 years now? It's no closer to being made than it was the first day the script was commissioned. The G.I. Joe film came about due to the success of the Transformers movie and the toy sales. That's when the G.I. Joe movie was officially greenlit and put into production. If you don't think toy sales factored into Paramount handing over $150 million to Stephen Sommers then you clearly don't understand the very basics of business. Also, I had already stated in my first post that the Joe team watched the cartoons. The point I was making was we (as collectors) need a voice from someone who is obsessed with ALL aspects of Joe lore, not just the cartoon. Someone who wouldn't stand for a needless race change on Repeater, or a needless sex change on Dial Tone, or a half-assed version of characters we all love. If Hasbro had gone that extra mile, I wouldn't have any complaints about these figures. Put Footloose in Green camo and give him a leafy helmet, I'd have no issue. Call Repeater 'Hardball' and give him a grenade launcher. No issue. These are just a few examples of how the big 'H' dropped the ball. Pre-production in movies means nothing. The new He-Man movie has been in pre-production for what? 6 years now? It’s no closer to being made than it was the first day the script was commissioned. The G.I. Joe film came about due to the success of the Transformers movie and the toy sales. That’s when the G.I. Joe movie was officially greenlit and put into production. If you don’t think toy sales factored into Paramount handing over $150 million to Stephen Sommers then you clearly don’t understand the very basics of business. Also, I had already stated in my first post that the Joe team watched the cartoons. The point I was making was we (as collectors) need a voice from someone who is obsessed with ALL aspects of Joe lore, not just the cartoon. Someone who wouldn’t stand for a needless race change on Repeater, or a needless sex change on Dial Tone, or a half-assed version of characters we all love. If Hasbro had gone that extra mile, I wouldn’t have any complaints about these figures. Put Footloose in Green camo and give him a leafy helmet, I’d have no issue. Call Repeater ‘Hardball’ and give him a grenade launcher. No issue. These are just a few examples of how the big ‘H’ dropped the ball.

]]> By: WildWeasel http://generalsjoes.com/2009/11/17/generalsjoes-q-a-answers-posted-well-23-of-them-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-17616 WildWeasel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:30:27 +0000 http://generalsjoes.com/?p=6426#comment-17616 Not sure how much longer they need notpicard. They normally get about 2 weeks and this time they used Veterans Day as an excuse to extend it to Tuesday when we finally got them. I just don't see why these can't be answered with some more thought. We did get some descent stuff as Justin pointed out in his latest post, but for the most part we got nothing. Five little bits out of how many sites that participated? Kind of sad. Not sure how much longer they need notpicard. They normally get about 2 weeks and this time they used Veterans Day as an excuse to extend it to Tuesday when we finally got them. I just don’t see why these can’t be answered with some more thought. We did get some descent stuff as Justin pointed out in his latest post, but for the most part we got nothing. Five little bits out of how many sites that participated? Kind of sad.

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