Destro is frikkin' awesome. Granted he's still not my favorite G.I. Joe character. That goes to Cobra Commander (surprise, surprise). Though I've had moments in my life where I could REALLY use that trap door
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Yup, movie was canon. I didn't actually watch G.I. Joe after the movie. This was because the movie tramatized my little kid self. The combination of all the crazy weird mushroom crap, the Cobra-La stuff, Duke being violently stabbed, Cobra Commander being turned into a snake (I was onsssse a mannn), and Roadblock getting blinded was a bit too much for my childlike mind. It made me not want to watch it ever again (the fact that Optimus Prime and Starscream got killed in the Transformer movie a few years before probably didn't help my young developing mind much either). Well, I regret that now, because all the clips I've seen of the later series seems to be 100% gold.
From my understanding the original producers of the show Sunbow didn't want to do anymore episodes after the movie and just showed reruns for a few years. Hasbro eventually hired Dic Animation to continue the series after Sunbow. From what I've read the Dic series takes place right after the movie. Sepentor is running COBRA (God, I hate Sepentor) and he has the snake version of Cobra Commander in a jar as a pet. Seemly Destro dumps Baroness for Zarana (maybe she's just plain easier than the Baroness, who knows), and the Baroness is, of course, pissed. Baroness sneaks in, gets Cobra Commander, and uses some ancient technology to turn Cobra Commander partially back into a human (his first words of course are "I was oncssse a mannnn"). Then that scene with Destro happens. Then Cobra Commander turns Sepentor into an Iguana and keeps him as a pet. That last sentence totally makes me regret not watching the series later on in my childhood. That would've made up for all the emotional scarring I got from the G.I. Joe movie. ;)
Yeah, I got most of that from the related clips shown at the end of the clip and cruising Wikipedia.
I have to admit, I was intrigued by the clips I saw, and kind interested to see more, especially since according to Wiki, CC was a bit more competent the second time around (Marginally, apparently his much-vaunted Python Patrol was too scared to take on Serpentor's forces...)
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From my understanding the original producers of the show Sunbow didn't want to do anymore episodes after the movie and just showed reruns for a few years. Hasbro eventually hired Dic Animation to continue the series after Sunbow. From what I've read the Dic series takes place right after the movie. Sepentor is running COBRA (God, I hate Sepentor) and he has the snake version of Cobra Commander in a jar as a pet. Seemly Destro dumps Baroness for Zarana (maybe she's just plain easier than the Baroness, who knows), and the Baroness is, of course, pissed. Baroness sneaks in, gets Cobra Commander, and uses some ancient technology to turn Cobra Commander partially back into a human (his first words of course are "I was oncssse a mannnn"). Then that scene with Destro happens. Then Cobra Commander turns Sepentor into an Iguana and keeps him as a pet. That last sentence totally makes me regret not watching the series later on in my childhood. That would've made up for all the emotional scarring I got from the G.I. Joe movie. ;)
Down with Sepentor! Up with Cobra Commander!
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I have to admit, I was intrigued by the clips I saw, and kind interested to see more, especially since according to Wiki, CC was a bit more competent the second time around (Marginally, apparently his much-vaunted Python Patrol was too scared to take on Serpentor's forces...)
-K
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