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After watching the live action movie of G.I. Joe Rise Of The Cobra(While a little entertaining but still a somewhat of a letdown) I felt the feelings of wanting to watch the cartoon version to bring back the true enjoyment of this series. The animated series and the live action version of course differ greatly so if you're a fan of the cartoon series than you must pass the live action movie over or be prepared to be annoyed. The cartoon version while lasting I think about 95 episodes was and will always be one of the most remembered shows of the 80's to live on. Watching as the JOES and Cobra would battle each other every episode or through multi-part story saga episodes was great and entertaining to watch and I was greatly saddened when the producers decided to cancel the show. The cast for the JOES and COBRA were so numerous that it was easy for anyone to have their own personal favorite character for the show from Duke, Scarlet, Snake Eyes, Flint, and Lady Jaye to Cobra Commander and Destro and the Baroness. The video quality of the box sets for this show was amazing considering the age of the show itself and while not picture perfect it still reaches close to that point and the audio is pretty decent as well no buzzing or annoyance to speak about. Though for the price of these sets I say get the first season two box sets very affordable and with some pretty decent extras which I haven't seen all of them is still pretty good. While some might not care for the animation especially those who've become to use to the cgi effects used with today's animated cartoons an the likes might not care for these earlier classics, but for those who grew up watching these cartoons or have seen them through reruns on cable here's a great catch for your home library today. One thing though I would say is while they tried to make a new revival during the 90's that show I felt was sadly lacking the spark that the 80's version had and while they weren't bad the 90's version just didn't connect with me as the earlier series did so for fans of the 80's version just stick with these box sets and just pass over the 90's version....
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GI Joe was one of my favorite shows growing up. I find the dvd's awesome, the only i thought could be better is that it wasn't digitally remastered for today's technology. other than that its great buy for any fan.
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I bought this set for my husband, he used to watch this show ehan he was just a kid. For a trip down memory lane these showa are perfect.
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I was very excited when this DVD came out. Not only was I able to relive my child hood I was able to share a very cool cartoon with my sons. (The cartoons now a days do not come close to yesterday) However I was disappointed that they did not include the Public Safty Lessons. They were so cheezie, it was the best part of the show. Something that Kids of today can always use. Thats why it only gets four stars from me.
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If this show was a part of your childhood and you wish to take a trip down nostalgia lane, then buy this set without hesitation . . . because the live action version of this series, out yesterday, will disappoint you. Besides the action and stories and military technicalities of this show, I remember loving the interactions of all the different characters and the great chemistry between the friends and romantic couples like Flint and Lady Jay, Destro and the Baroness and especially, Scarlett and Duke. I can only guess that Hasbro has taken leave of its senses because it has recklessly allowed the makers of the film to pull a Bryan Singer and completely change the mythology of this original series. The action scenes were great, the CGI is state of the art, the music is good and the origin story on Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow was well done. TRAGICALLY, it appears that once they decided to cast Sienna Miller as the Baroness, they must have felt compelled to make her the star of the film which meant making her the female lead heroine opposite the male lead hero, Duke!!! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the current released movie version of this wonderful series omits one of the major components of what made this series wonderful in the first place: the original, established love stories.
In this original set, Destro is a burly, deep voiced, authorative, powerful character (easy to understand why the Baroness loves him)- more so than the Cobra Commander versus the movie where he is a stringy, funny looking, squeeky voiced old guy with a Scottish accent and a stalker-like attitude toward the Baroness!
In the original series, the Baroness, herself, is a deliciously cool and conniving character integral to the workings of the COBRA organization versus the current film which actually starts really well then slams you into a twisted, distracting, boring and idiotic thread where the Baroness is made out to be an American under mind control by the little brother (Cobra Commander) she believed dead, caused by the guy she was engaged to - Duke.
In the series, Scarlett is THE number one woman on the Joe Team and in Duke's heart. In the TERRIBLY written movie, Scarlett has a crush on - Ripcord.
The sheer stupidity that Hollywood film makers keep engaging in time after time after time is mind blowing! If something is good, they always think they can make it better. If something is NOT broken, they ruin it!! Wether it's giving Lois Lane an illigitmate child and turning Superman into a stalker a la Mr. Bryan Singer, or introducing superlana and previously non-existant sidekick chloe to Smallville, or even dishing out millions of dollars to give Halle Berry the chance to show off her more-animal-than-human moronic and unattractive version of Catwoman, you can almost always count on those selfless movie people to do away with nice bits of childhood art appreciation and hand you the tripe concocted by their ginormously over-priced egos instead!
The exception of changing mythos is Transformers. In the original series, there was no love story. What's more, I always thought it was funny how the Dad and son who befriend the Autobots were always wearing their yellow hard hats. In the two live action movies, for once, spielberg's team, actually improved on an already established storyline by adding a love story and digging deeper into the human/robot friendship. It is just plain SAD that G.I. Joe was not given better movie treatment because, again, there were already established love stories that would have been fun to see translated onto the big screen.
I highly reccomend this set. Buy it, enjoy it . . . because if you were a G.I. Joe fan in your childhood, the movie currently in theaters will bum you out.
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