I’ve NEVER seen G.I. Joe before… so I watched G.I. Joe The Movie (1987)

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

This movie opening is one of, if not the best, animated movie openings in history

[@BunBun299]

That it is.

[@Cooper_Vision]

I'm really old now but remember watching this movie for the first time on VHS and being blown away by the opening. Still impressive to this day.

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

@@Cooper_Vision I still have the VHS of the 1986 transformers movie! I remember there was a brief showing of the GI Joe movie opening on it!

[@tjppop2192]

Agree completely. I think the movie was the first time watched GI Joe as a kid on a sleepover. Was more Transformers fan. But was like holy shit this is great.

[@TimeVextorX]

​@@Cooper_Vision I remember watching it on primetime on one of my local channels in 87.

[@markberg9443]

Because of the trauma of Transformers The Movie they had to change Duke's death. They added the lines where Duke was just in a coma and he was going to be A OK.

[@markriedel1977]

THey definitely got gun shy and there's no way... the framing says he died, everything Falcon was fighting for said he died, the ending where he thanks Duke says he died. I thought so as a kid. You don't survive a snake biting into your heart, come on.

[@davidschmitz3952]

The reason why Cobra Commander and Starscream are so familiar sounding is that they have the same voice actor. RIP Chris Latta, one of the voices of my childhood. The Dreadnoks are Australian. Duke was originally supposed to die, but the reactions from the Transformers film where Optimus Prime died were so negative the studio changed the script.

[@gregsaum1701]

“So unnecessarily awesome” is exactly what GI Joe was! This movie is actually the series finale of the original Sunbow cartoon which ran for 2 seasons. The cartoon was a marketing ploy by Hasbro to sell toys, pure and simple. But there was real talent behind the scenes. Most of the voice actors were experienced performers of the 70s and 80s. The reason why Cobra Commander sounds like Starscream is because they were both voiced by the amazing Chris Latta. Indeed this movie was the first time we saw his face. Throughout the series it was teased that under his mask was a disfigured man. Much of the movie was a bit of a left turn: never before was Cobra-La hinted at in the series. Made just for this movie and really never heard from again. Sgt Slaughter was actually a professional wrestler IRL and was brought in as a character in the series 2nd season. Duke was the leader of the Joes in the first season and very much the Optimus Prime of the series (year Hawk outranked him, but Duke was THE hero). The original plan was indeed to kill of the character in this movie, but because of the fallout from killing Optimus in the TF movie, it was changed to Duke going into a coma (notice how all of the dialogue about him being in a coma is very obviously added in…the animation was definitely drawn to show Duke’s death). Definitely a copout. Sadly this movie was the end of the Sunbow run for GI Joe. There was a plan for a 3rd season following this movie, but Hasbro went with a cheaper animation studio which essentially reset the series. I will say of the two (TF and GI Joe) I much more like this film. I just feel like the story is better and is more relatable than a story in a “futuristic” 2005. In any case, maybe check out the first miniseries of GI: Joe. It’s about 90 minutes and introduces the main characters (at least those who existed at the time). YO JOE!!!

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

Yeah the cop-out death really did feel like a cop-out with all that ADR added! Was the reception around all the out of left field plot developments good after the movie released?

[@shootingreal5945]

I will live with the cop out being a die hard Duke fan and as a kid being devastated after O Primes death.. so glad Duke didn't die.

[@liteney]

@@shootingreal5945 Yo Joe!

[@liteney]

@@RolyPolyOllieReactions If you enjoyed this movie, there are three more GI Joe movies that you have to watch. the 1st one is called: 'The MASS Device' the 2nd one is called: 'The Revenge of Cobra' and the 3rd one is called: 'Arise Serpentor, Arise' Personally I enjoy all of these movies more than this one, but the opening theme for this movie is so good it's a toss up for me. Please review all of them, you'll love it. Yo Joe!

[@StarShipGray]

That opening segment is 100% 1980s America being injected into our veins, and I love every moment of it. Yo Joe!

[@RyanRichardsToby]

Burgess Meredith was also the Penguin on the 1960's Batmen with Adam West: nanananananana BATMAN!

[@SerpentorTheEmperor]

@RyanRichardsToby also he was trainer of Rocky Balboa - Mickey - and also appeared in many "Twilight Zone" episodes and original "Clash of Titans".

[@RyanRichardsToby]

@@SerpentorTheEmperor Was he the poet who found Perseus? EDIT: Yes! He was. I don't even need to look at IMDB. I remember the actor in that movie.

[@SerpentorTheEmperor]

@@RyanRichardsToby yup - I remembered only he was historian of some kind, but could not remember his name.

[@bossfan49]

The 80s were a great time to be a kid. Rush home from school, pour a bowl of cereal and watch Transformers, GI Joe, Voltron, Inspector Gadget, He-Man, Thundercats, Ninja Turtles, Robotech....plus all the classics. Flintstones, Tom & Jerry, Scooby Doo, Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Tex Avery Plus dozens more on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

[@2apocalypse-X]

I miss all the cartoons from the 80', especially Voltron, that was my favorite.

[@wolfofthewest8019]

I get sad whenever I remember that, because of the internet, Millennials and Gen Z don't have the saturday morning ritual of Saturday Morning Cartoons. Some of the best times I had as a kid was Friday night sleepovers and then watching cartoons with my friends and eating sugar frosted sugar bombs, then going crazy for the rest of the day.

[@Drawkcabi]

@@wolfofthewest8019 Did your friend happen to always wear black and orange stripes and love tuna fish?

[@Drawkcabi]

@@bossfan49 Remember seeing "a. a. p." come up and not knowing if we were getting a Popeye cartoon or Looney Tunes or something else until the title came up (or the music tipped us off)?

[@bossfan49]

@@Drawkcabi Oh yeah thats right. Associated Artists Productions (later United Artists) also distributed the pre -1948 Looney Tunes/Merry Melodids shorts, in addition to Popeye.

[@jondbm]

New apartment! It's like a new season of a TV show when they give the sets an upgrade over the summer.

[@TimeVextorX]

Since the beginning of KZbin I seen KZbinrs getting new apartments like every year.

[@stephenhershey1414]

Sgt. Saughter is a retired professional wrestler. Hasbro offered him a deal to be part of G.I. Joe based on his gimmick.

[@markbade565]

Back when I was a kid i was super into WWF. Sgt slaughter was a favorite especially when he joined the Joe's. I was heartbroken when he turned heel in the 90s

[@onespeed4ever206]

Bruh For doing this reaction you are now the Goat of youtube reactions G I Joe and Masters of the Universe are two of my favorite franchises of all times If only the live action versions would've portrayed it like the comics and animated series this coulda been at least the fifth installment of a awesome live action series

[@BunBun299]

I wasn't a big G.I.Joe guy as a kid. I was always more into Transformers, my brother was more into G.I.Joe. But I did occasionally watch G.I.Joe as a kid, and I knew most of the characters. And to this day, I will call up this movie's opening on KZbin every so often, just to enjoy how epic it is. It is just that cool. That ominous sounding theme for Cobra, showing them invading, then slowly building up that that epic as fuck G.I.Joe theme. And the animation makes nearly every single Joe seem super badass with just seconds of screen time.

[@williammolla3591]

Cobra commander was voiced by Christopher Collins (Chris Latta) also the voice of Starscream. also played the Klingon Captain Kargan in the Star trek TNG episode Matter of Honor.

[@karter95]

He also played the Packled Captain in Samaritan Snare

[@Drawkcabi]

And Duke was voiced by Michael Bell, who, among other characters in G.I. Joe and Transformers, played Groppler Zorn in the TNG pilot, "Encouter At Farpoint."

[@jesses5463]

He also played the "You can kiss 'em" guy in the original Road House movie.

[@Cooper_Vision]

​@@karter95TIL

[@dipperjc]

Another thing to keep in mind is that this movie was never released in theatres - it was direct to TV. Transformers actually had a theatrical release, so I think the quality and stakes are reflective of that. "Behold the proof of my victory" is something I say all the time, and I had forgotten that I got it from Serpentor. :)

[@Drawkcabi]

Burgess Meredith interestingly also starred in a 1945 movie called "The Story of G.I. Joe."

[@liteney]

If you enjoyed this movie, there are three more GI Joe movies that you have to watch. the 1st one is called: 'The MASS Device' the 2nd one is called: 'The Revenge of Cobra' and the 3rd one is called: 'Arise Serpentor, Arise' Personally I enjoy all of these movies more than this one, but the opening theme for this movie is so good it's a toss up for me. Please review all of them, you'll love it. Yo Joe!

[@YoJoeAF]

Don't forget The Pyramid of Darkness

[@chrischreative2245]

The opening of the movie is legendary

[@cra0422]

Both G. I. Joe and Transformers were made by the same studio, but G. I. Joe was marketed towards a slightly older group of children (like 10-12) while Transformers was more towards the 6-9 age group. While G. I. Joe wasn't allowed to kill anyone due to FCC rules, there were injuries to show that war isn't a game and people can get seriously hurt. Duke was supposed to die, (largely because his action figure wasn't being sold any more). Hasbro found out about this and decided to do the same thing with Optimus Prime. Due to production delays, Transformers: The Movie was released first and we know the backlash over Optimus's death. Thus Duke just went into a coma. Burgess Meredith starred in "The story of G.I. Joe", a 1945 film playing WWII war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Sgt. Slaughter (real name Robert Remus) is a real-life pro wrestler who's character was made into an action figure and cartoon character. Buzz Dixon, the writer for G. I. Joe, had originally established Cobra Commander as the top boss through 75 episodes (2 five-episode miniseries and then a 65 episode season). Then Hasbro told him they were creating a Cobra Emperor, and Dixon came up with two possible stories. 1) Cobra created a new leader (Serpentor) because they were fed up with Cobra Commander's repeated failures, or 2) Cobra Commander was just the front-man for a larger organization. Hasbro decided on both, so the 1986 season began with the creation of Serpentor and this was the second part. Cobra-La was just a placeholder name but Hasbro execs liked it.

[@AaronLitz]

Many years ago (early 2000s, around 2003 or so) during an online discussion I casually mentioned in passing something about the original G1 _The Transformers_ cartoon being anime, and I received _several_ very heated responses to the effect of _"The Transformers is absolutely _*_not_*_ anime, then, now, or ever!"_ I replied to these "arguments" by making four big points: 1): The term _anime_ is simply a Japanese adoption and adaptation of the English word _animation._ In Japan, _every_ cartoon is an anime. 2): _The Transformers_ began its existence as a Hasbro combination of two original Japanese toy lines, _Micro Change_ and _Diaclone,_ and it continues to exist as a partnership between Hasbro and the Japanese company Takara. 3): Both _The Transformers_ and _GI Joe_ were _animated by Toei,_ the same Japanese studio that animated _Dragon Ball._ 4): Between G1 and now (2003ish) there had already been several animated series based on _The Transformers_ that had been produced entirely by Japanese people in Japan, and only afterwards localized and dubbed into English... just like any other anime. (and since then there have been even more.) Of course, all of these points went right over their heads and their only response was that "Transformers isn't anime!"

[@joehenry9546]

It’s even better if you’ve watched the series.

[@johnlynem]

Duke was supposed to die but because of the backlash when Optimus Prime died in The Transformers movie they changed it to a coma.

[@TimeVextorX]

I always hated what they did to Optimus and the rest of The Autobots and The Decepticons especially Starscream they did him dirty. I was glad Duke survived.

[@anthonysiguido1116]

I wish you watched key episodes of the original GI Joe series and Transformers series for some character development & backstory. But, it still doable without. Glad you enjoyed it. SPOILER. Duke was written to die in the film, but the writers made a last minute change due to the reaction to primes death.

[@BarronK-kb8td]

Sargent Slaughter was a wrestler in real life!

[@Deadduck2pt0]

Part of the reason G.I.Joe fought Cobra and big monsters and more is so you, as a child, would know your toy could interact with all your other toys. But your Joes would win!

[@lamondjack4349]

In the comic series of G.I. Joe a few of the Joes actually die. And Snake Eyes was in this movie, you didn't notice him slicing and dicing with his sword. And the guy rhyming was Road Block.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

Later episodes of The Inhumanoids established an ancient snake monster named Ssslither who once ruled the Inhumanoids. It is heavily implied that he was the founder of Cobla-La. The two series took place in the same universe.

[@handsome_head_injury6011]

Interesting! I never knew about that

[@SerpentorTheEmperor]

@RetroRobotRadio in the comics there was also crossover with Transformers and backstory that Cobra La once repelled Unicron from Earth with metal-eating spores. And later they worked with to eradicate human race and leave Earth blank slate for Cobra La.

[@harrypothead42024]

I'm bailing out I thought this was going to be the Pyramid of Darkness movie😂

[@derekwhittom1639]

I feel like I suggested this when you watched Transfotmers. I remember coming home from school one day and my mom was bursting with pride, because she’s seen that this movie would be on TV and recorded it using the VCR, a technical feat she was quite proud of. I loved this movie as a kid and I love it now 37 years later.

[@karter95]

Michael Bell who plays Duke played Grapler Zorn in the Star Trek The Next Generation pilot Encounter at Farpoint

[@animuslord9993]

G.I. Joe ànd Transformers were so popular that they created a number of series from them even into the 2000's before they did the live action movies. And even after that, they made a few other animated movies including G.I. Joe: Resolute and almost 2 decades later, Discovery Kids had G.I. Joe: Renegades with a new origin story for everything.

[@darthphayde508]

I remember finding this at the video store, not even knowing it had come out. Still one of the most epic openings, I have it on one of my playlists. While no where near the trauma of Optimus Primes death, I always was a bit upset by Cobra Commander's fate, even though it's later retconned. And that line by Sgt Slaughter will always be a classic.

[@SerpentorTheEmperor]

"Are there aliens in "GI Joe"?" In this continuity - yes. Aliens (including Transformers), Egyptian gods, Lady of the Lake of Arthurian legends, ghosts, magic, alternate realities (in which Joes were killed and Cobra rules the world), psychic powers etc.

[@derekwhittom1639]

GI Joe was much more adult than most cartoons of the era. Probably the only cartoon of that time period more adult than GI Joe was Exosquad, a truly awesome series.

[@pennycopperhatch9315]

Holy Cow!.....This animated movie is AWESOME!.....My childhood was awesome....remember watching the cartoon all the time when I was a kid....I had ALL the GI Joe toys too!

[@break-a-lightentertainment940]

So some behind the scene knowledge. Actually in the movie they had killed Duke off. I mean he got stabbed in the heart. You really cannot survive that. But then the Transformers Movie came out and after little kiss were weeping over Optimus dying, they changed Duke's death to being in a coma. That is why there is no animation in the dialogue over it. They say Duke slipped in a coma and came out in post. That is why you will notice no animation was shown where you see the character actually mouth those lines as animation was done. So they just inserted dialogue when they saw the camera pointed elsewhere.

[@justinfalzon6854]

"WE ALL GO, OR NOBODY GOES!" So damn bad ass.

[@batbrick3949]

Awesome! I remember watching this when it was released (on VHS) back in 1987.

[@Novaximus]

I've always wanted a hover throne. Serventor has one. Freiza had one. Yoda had one. I guess even Aladin had one of sorts. I mean frieza even had a power level of 1 million and could fly on his own and even he knew it was just so much cooler to use a hover chair. Fly in comfort. Rule in style.

[@SeanCwilich]

The mysterious woman that infiltrated the cobra base, then showed up later was named Pythona. I liked the G.I.Joe movie too, I still have it on video cassette.

[@secludedmisanthrope6388]

I saw this in theatres when I was 8, my mom said sitting through it was excruciating to watch but I was obsessed with it, she got it on VHS for me and said I watched it so much that the tape wore down and she had to buy me another copy and I had almost all of the G.I. Joe toys. I've seen this movie more times than I can count and I've NEVER noticed the "OUCH" on the enemies visor until you mentioned it in the reaction, that's crazy.

[@StarvingArtist600]

Originally Duke was supposed to die. But this came out just after The Transformers movie, and Hasbro got a ton of backlash from angry parents over the death of Optimus Prime. Hasbro demanded Marvel (Yes, that Marvel) change the ending to this movie. After, Marvel lost the license to both properties, which is why the later seasons of both shows had different animation and writing. If you liked this, you should check out the animated movie; G.I. Joe: Resolute.

[@frommymind4639]

Ollie! This is what I want to see, younger reactors getting into the animated stuff I watched as a kid. Now, get into some series!

[@rachardmcintyre6560]

Sad fact: Big Lob at 12:23 never got his own action figure back in 1987 in time for this film.😥

[@Cooper_Vision]

Cool reaction, remember this well, you're new home looks cool, congratulations dude.

[@himynameisnickolas]

As a kid I dabbled in GIJoe but I was more a Transformers fan but my older brothers loved GIJoe and had all the toys. They had recorded this movie when it came out on TV and one day I was bored and watched it and I absolutely loved it. I remember I rewatched it dozens of times over the summer this one year. I think the addition of the alien like Corbra law characters and technology made GIJoe much less of an army action show and turned more science fiction which is more my jam.

[@littleasianyoda]

So GI Joe started as a toyline back in the 1960s as 12 in figures (and so action figure was coined so they wouldnt be called dolls). UK they were known as action man figures. The term GI Joe was used as a description of your average soldier dating back to WWII meaning ‘Goverment Issue Joe’. When 1982 rolled around, the brand was retooled to the ‘Real American Hero’ line and the figuere changed to the 3 3/4in figures with if i remember was 10 points of articulation making them the same size as star wars figures but more posable making it feasible to give them playsets. Along with the figures came comic books and then came the tv show. It made GI Joe a more specialized group then even the most specialized military groups and became a anti-terrorist group against Cobra. Although not the case, Duke was debuted as the field commander of the Joes and then flint as second in command. (There is a easteregg for Flint in the third season of transformers). Like any big toy company, they too planned to kill duke off and were hoping to introduce new characters to refresh the toyline. Transformers came to movie first and they saw the poor reaction to Prime’s death and many old school fans still blame hot rod for that. It was newsworthy. Seeing kids on the news crying coming out of theatres at the death of prime. So for gi joe they dubbed in the lines and released it on tv /vhs instead to minimize damage I loved the 80s and i loved both GI Joe and transformers.

[@TimeVextorX]

Back in the 70s I always wanted a Gi Joe with a Kung Fu Grip for Christmas. I was really happy when I got the very first smaller version that came out but it didn't last because of my Father accidentally sat down on it. I also a fan of both GI Joe and Transformers.

[@timothyhall-mu1wi]

They put Duke into a coma because of the backlash from Optimus prime death in the movie

[@gbone1971]

What’s funny is that both Transformers and GI Joe was to exist in the same universe. You’d think the Decepticons would be all over the BET.

[@CarolinaCharles777]

I'll be honest. The prior G.I.JOE miniserieses were better than this film. But I do recommend G.I.JOE: Resolute.

[@Paul_1971]

This was being developed around the same time as Transformers The Movie. After the distress & furore caused with Optimus Primes death, the makers of this one decided to change the ending at the last minute to add the voiceover to say Duke survived.

[@Eyrothath]

So this movie actually marked the end of the Sunbow/Marvel episodes.. Marvel had been producing comic books for Transformers and G.I. Joe and they were somewhat responsible for writing both shows utilizing in many of the same voice actors, soundtrack etc, they produced 95 episodes before the movie. DIC had started producing a mini series that followed after the movie, it was meant to be a continuation of the Sunbow series, because production started at the same time as the movie, guess who's not in it!? That's right.. Duke is absent.. Because he was dead.

[@ericjanssen394]

Back in the 60’s-70’s, “GI Joe” was just a soldier figure-doll in realistic battle gear-Until the toy company became a favorite target of anti-Vietnam protesters, and the company softened him into a James Bond adventure specialist. When Hasbro resurrected the “Joe team vs. Cobra” during the Reagan 80’s to sell high-tech vehicles, it just hit that sweet spot with our Transformers-era boy imaginations…. 😁

[@carlpeterson8182]

GI Joe went through a transformation in the early 80's. Originally GI Joe was a much larger doll (Like the size of Ken (Barbie) but cooler) and not really on a team. He was in the military and later went on discovery missions. There were tons of toys. In the early 80's (1983 I believe) the cartoon came out and GI Joe became a special forces team battling Cobra. The figures were then the size of Star War figures. I was 11 so I was at the tail end of the age the show was written. It was fun show because they blew things up all the time and shot at point blank range, but they were not dying all the time. No one could really hit the soldiers.

[@bossfan49]

The huge unprecedented success of Star Wars figures was the reason everyone started making their action figures the same size - 3-3/4". Convenient size, relatively inexpensive, and interchangable between different playsets...

[@BigGator5]

"When I'm through, scuzzbucket, they're gonna scrape you off the walls with a squeegee!" Fun Fact: The first animated feature to be released direct-to-video in the United States. Deep Cut Reference Fact: The news camera for station WDONJ seen in the Statue Of Liberty opening sequence is most likely a reference to Don Jurwich, co-producer and director of this movie. Is It Cannon Fact: The name "Cobra-La" was not intended to be in this movie. The writers planned to replace this when they came up with a better name, but Hasbro loved the name. IS IT CANON?! NO! Everyone else has since denounce the "Cobra-La" nonsense. Yo Joe! Fact: The movie's opening sequence with the G.I. Joe soldiers saving the Statue of Liberty from the Cobra invaders was originally intended to be the climax in the earlier drafts. The director and storyboard artists decided to salvage it and turn it into the film's opening, so newcomers could understand the premise of the series. Studio Hacks Fact: Mindful that the television series was being compared unfavorably to Robotech (1985) for its sanitized depiction of combat, the producers decided to have a death scene for Duke (Michael Bell) to give the movie a harder edge, but upper management forced them to add a line saying that he only went into a coma.

[@mr.osclasses5054]

To clarify your final point: The management was going to keep it in the movie that he died, I'm even 99% sure you can see the animation of Doc saying "He's dead" when it happens. It was the huge backlash six months or a year earlier to the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie that caused them to change it to a coma. Kids were so scarred from his death because it was completely out of the blue (nothing was even hinted at in the marketing or trailers for the movie that he would die) that parents took up a massive letter writing campaign into Hasbro and forced their hand. It was the biggest misstep Hasbro did, killing Prime, and it had unintended consequences of making them decide to change this movie to a direct to VHS release and showed it as like a 3-part episode when the new season came out in 1987.

[@incredibleadventures1027]

This was the best show. The movie is pretty great too

[@TransKingFormers]

So its animated that duke dies but because of the back lash of Optimus prime death they changed into he went into a coma but if you notice at the end of the film falcon looks up into the sky and says thanks big brother which hints that he really did die and if you mute the scene when they are all crying it’s obviously he died and snake eyes is in the film he just doesn’t talk as that was part of his character

[@DingleJBerry]

36:03 duke was supposed to die. After the Optimus prime backlash they made a dialog change

[@lowkee1205]

Snake-Eyes does appear in this movie, but you probably just missed him, and since he doesn't talk it's pretty easy to do. He got taken out pretty early when the Cobra-La guards knocked him out. He's much more prominant in the comic book (even pretty much taking over the book later in it's run), which is why he has his own movie in the franchise. Like Bumblebee in Transformers, people always think that these characters had much bigger roles until they watch these movies and see, that no...not really. They only became more popular later on in their own respective franchises. I'm glad to see you enjoyed it!

[@TimeVextorX]

They did Snake Eyes dirty in that animated film. That Snake-Eyes movie shouldn't been made in the first place it sucked.

[@SerpentorTheEmperor]

"Who is this guy?" Buzzer - one of Dreadnoks - biker gang / mercenary team. Uses chainsaw as his regular weapon. In the comics he even injured one of the Joe's dogs. :/ Fun fact - according to his filecard he was scholar of sociology who went to study Australian gangs and joined them. ;) But in the cartoon universe he says he is illiterate.

[@linkloudenback8359]

There was several levels of G. I.Joe. The main level was the toy line of action figures. This was originally supported by the cool animated commercials which eventually led to the series and then this movie. And if you only stop at this point then you’ll only have been exposed to the cheesy marketing stuff that is known as G.I.Joe to sell the toys. And “Knowing is half the battle.” The lesser known and more serious grounded G.I.Joe and Transformers stories were the comics. Sure the cartoons were good but the more grittier stuff was the comics from Marvel. Larry Hama was the man that turned the cheese off and gave us the official authentic story about the characters. This is the top level stuff of the G.J.Joe and the Transformers the comics. The comics where superior to the series. If your one of the ones that just watched the cartoons then you’ll have not experienced the greatness of what the comics were. Sure if it’s eighties cheesyness you want then the cartoons will satisfy you. I not putting down the cartoons because yes I watched them. I grew up watching them but the better story was the comics.

[@PumaPantalones]

The GI Joe toy line was massive and had the best fully-posable action figures with guns and gear. Amazing vehicles, the crown jewel was a six-foot long aircraft carrier that kids would claim they had it for cool points I guess. The only toys I wanted were GI Joes and NES games. Transformers toys were badass, but too expensive for my parents to buy on the regular.

[@Chalk0073]

Love the vid. About the Duke coma thing, GI Joe the Movie was written 1st and then the Transformers , both cartoons are made by the same studio, when the guys in TF office heard the Joe guys were killing Duke, they got the idea to repeat the same thing for Transformers. Now there were some production issues with the animation with GI Joe which lead to Transformers coming out first and after the backlash by parents, they added in the coma lines in the last minute. The idea around killing off Duke was Joe fans were a bit older, Gi Joe started in '82 and Transformers in '84 and would in theory would be able to handle the concept of a solider dying in war, for Transformer the idea was simply get the 1984 toy out of the cartoon and replace them with the 1987 characters from the movie, neither suspected kids of the 80's would latch on to these characters for the next 40 years .

[@frankjr5813]

Snake eyes was the Joe with the sword that didn't talk. Duke originally was killed, they walked it back after reactions to transformers. Great reaction as always, have a good day

[@Teletran35]

LOL The gut that did Starscreams voice also did Cobra Commander

[@CoffeeNToys]

Fantastic review/reaction. For a newer version of GI Joe, I suggest watching GI Joe: Resolute. I think you’ll enjoy its modern art style as well as story! Yo Joe!

[@markriedel1977]

The interesting conflict(s)... Cobra Commander vs Serpentor, where Cobra was losing its military terrorist roots and becoming more a blind cult loyal to Serpentor. We see mirroring trials of Falcon/Cobra Commander and history reveals of them both, who they are, where they came form. One gets to redeem himself, losing his brother inspires him to be a good solider, while Cobra Commander kind of gets put off in the side being turned into a snake. Most of the villains would die, Serpentor/Cobra La/etc, to make way for Cobra Commander to return in season 3 of Sunbow, but it never happened because the toon got turned over to DIC and that was the end of GIJoe's cultural imprint. IMO.

[@tenchraven]

I always liked the super mundane backstory. Where Cobra Commander started off as a used car salesman. But if you want to see him in all his glory, watch Resolute.

[@oxhine]

1960s G.I. Joe action figures were 12"-sized conventional military personnel. 1980s G.I. Joe action figures were Hasbro-produced 3 3/4"-sized toys. Current G.I. Joe action figures are Hasbro-produced 6", highly articulated and accessorized toys known as the "G.I. Joe Classified" line. The 1980s comic published by Marvel was meant to advertise the toy line but was written with authenticity and complexity by Larry Hama unlike the fantastical cartoon. Larry Hama has written practically every issue and the series is still ongoing 40 years later now published by Image comics! The cartoon produced by Sunbow featured several five-part mini-series that are a lot of fun including: 1983: The MASS Device 1984: The Revenge of COBRA 1985: The Pyramid of Darkness 1986: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! The 1987 "G.I. Joe: The Movie" introduced the new Cobra-La angle which was rejected by fans who, nonetheless, had a blast with the film! In 1989, DIC produced a third cartoon season that began with another 5-part mini-series: 1989: Operation: Dragonfire The live-action movies with the Rock are trash that are sillier than the cartoon and vastly inferior to the comic. The Dreadnoks are Australian biker mercenaries with a couple of members who have Cockney backgrounds led by a master of disguise called Zartan. Zartan was subjected to genetic experimentation and exhibits chameleonic abilities. Snake-Eyes, the Joe commando, is to G.I. Joe what Wolverine is to X-Men! He's a deeply sympathetic bada$$ with a mysterious past, a pet wolf and ninja training who has a soft spot for red-headed Scarlett. His arc is a major sub-plot of the comic series.

[@hopposai787]

duke was supposed to die, but after the backlash from the transformers movie they quickly changed it so that he went in to a coma instead. it;s why you never see him again after his injury. flint was supposed to be the face of the new joe line.

[@thomasbelancio4494]

Same voice actor the late chis Latta

[@shakarussanders9911]

I was a big G.I. Joe fan! I still have some of the action figures! And this movie is definitely a classic!

[@ashnodmtg]

yep, as others have said about duke is true, it was to be a toy line reset. those guys injured in the prison break? dead, the guys who got eaten? dead. this movie is crazy dark all to sell a new line of toys

[@BadWolffff]

Now do the Thundercats movie

[@Chris-dy9gw]

I was 9 when this came out This movie was a huge deal for me as a kid when it made it to tv for the first time it was must see ! They changed a few lines of dialogue in this movie after Transformers the movie came out and there was such a huge backlash😅

[@pixelshark6809]

I always adored GI Joe when I was a kid. Burgess Meredith was in a classic movie called “The Story of GI Joe.” It’s such a great movie and it’s on KZbin. Yo Joe! 🫡

[@acusticsunri4255]

In the Chicago area Channel 9 released this as a TV movie at 8PM some time in 1987 with kids toy commercials through out the broadcasting. 5 yrs old me got to stay up till 10 PM😅

[@PumaPantalones]

Shoutout to WGN. That could've been where I saw it.

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

Duke did indeed die at first before it was released but after the huge backlash to optimus primes death the year earlier in transformers the movie the "he went into a coma" and "He woke up" were added later last second! Watch the scene without sound its clear duke died!

[@baronvg]

Man, I used to watch this movie so many times as a kid. I dreamed for many years they could just remake it as a live action movie but it’s never happened hehe. Btw, I’m liking the new digs.

[@Semaj4747]

Cobra Commander even shows up in Transformers in the far future of 2006 in the third season. GI Joe was set in the 80s. By 2006, Cobra was defeated, and Cobra Commander sold his inventions to other groups. I guess the snake thing did last for Cobra Commander

[@thetcgreseller5238]

Literally 2 days ago I get a search for reactions of this I couldn't find any Actual reactions Videos and then this pops up lol ty for Doing this one There are so many reaction videos to the Transformers movie from this time but GI Joe gets no love

[@ourimaler]

If you enjoyed the movie, allow me to suggest a curated list of episodes of the show worth watching (all available on KZbin) : -The Wrong Stuff -Sink The Montana -The Most Dangerous Thing In The World -Nightmare Assault -Worlds Without End -The Traitor -There's No Place Like Springfield -Computer Complications -Raise The Flagg

[@Myles.World.1]

SO, Chris Latta is the actor who does both Starscream and Cobra Commander. If you want to see him in a live action movie, he has a small part in the original Road House (1989) movie in which he offers to let another guy touch his wife's boobs for $20. It's pretty funny.

[@professorbrainyspecs7366]

The voice for Cobra Commander also did Starscream.

[@snakeeyes5638]

Holy crap! Someone FINALLY did a reaction for this!! What can I say.. After Hasbro ROYALLY screwed up by killing Optimus Prime in Transformers the movie this came out but not in theaters. Falcon was to this movie what Hot Rod was to Transformers the movie.

[@Cyril29a]

The best GIJoe cartoon is the MASS device cartoon. Anyone looking to start just start there

[@PuppetDungeon]

The real crime of this movie was that the toys for it sucked. They came up with an unbelievably cool enemy to revitalize the franchise... and put zero effort into making it playable. I would have loved to have weird alien pod vehicles and enemies... but what we got was worm guy and kite man.

[@sidsigmaprime6347]

Both GI Joe and transformers have a opening story arc which is several episodes which is about the length of a full movie

[@TrueKoalaKnight]

Yeah, not killing Duke was a direct result of them killing off Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie. They nearly killed the Transformers franchise when they killed off their most iconic character. So when they did the G.I.Joe movie they changed their mind about killing off characters. Hell, the fallout from removing Optimus Prime from Transformers was so bad that they cancelled the theater release of the G.I. Joe movie and released it on TV & video to save money. Not killing off Duke was a no-brainer at the time.

[@Seelebob]

These are all toys that one could play with. Those were the days where toys was so badass. I owned a good number of what you saw here.

[@joeconcepts5552]

I think it would be good for you to go back and watch an earlier miniseries to see the bigger “classic” characters of the cartoon. And the 5 episodes work out to be the length of a short movie. The second one, G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra would be a good one. And all the episodes are free on KZbin.

[@p.mc.4449]

You should check out the 3 mini-series. Arise Serpentor, Arise! is a season 2 mini-series.

[@bumblebeeb1276]

Well fun fact cobra commanders voice is star scream from transformers g1 and the movie

[@Novaximus]

While I didn't really have a favorite, I always seemed to enjoy Ship Wrecks antics a little bit more than everyone else's.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Dude.. you are SO ADORABLE!! Love your living room!

[@BernieLomax-g8j]

Hard to believe this movie was first shown on HBO on release day Not the Movie theaters as you would think. Duke was originally supposed to die but because of the bad outcome of the Transformers Movie Prime dying Hasbro last minute changed the story board of the Joes, as well as the main story was changed. The original story line matched the Beginning opening with Joes fighting for Freedom at Liberty Island against Cobra changed for reasons unknown to this day. The character known as "Nemesis Enforcer" the Big purple Guy with Wings was changed after the movie released due to a copyright claim that an 80's hair band had that took Hasbro to court over, reasons the Character now a days is called "Nemesis Immortal" yes, the Band won the case over Hasbro on the name change. As for GIJOE action figures the New Classified series released an exclusive San-Diego-Com Joe character never made ever before Cobra Commander "Once-A-Man" half man and Cobra snake now making it one of the rarest figures to get your hands on of the Joe line. Glad I got 2 of them.

[@themotleycollector]

Congratulations on the new place but... this is literally the first presentation on your channel where I haven't actually seen the movie, and the lack of opacity and the watermark make it impossible to tell what's happening in it. Oh, nice leg though. (Never mind -- the disclaimer overlay went by too fast for me the first time.) Random thought -- Imagine if they had an ADR at the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: "Spock's alive! He came out of his coma!" Random thought 2 -- wouldn't it be fun if all the GIJOE characters were CGI replaced with the Paw Patrol?

[@thomasthompson2431]

....... Following the outrage from the Death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers the movie, it was rewritten that Duke went into a coma.

[@torbnymublous4403]

Let's be clear, g.i. joe was a long running cartoon. But not like others it was more like a tv series with a timeline and introduction of new characters the joe team or cobra would run into ever expanding their team. Until the cobra commander brought to life serpentor. Only then did they create this movie. Like they did with the X-Files. Then went right back to the tv show.

[@doctorcorps5590]

Cobra commander is only shown to be reptilian in the movie later cartoon episodes retcon the movie and his face isn't ever shown

[@eidrenkeeg6487]

You should look into reacting to the beginning eps of the series. There were 2 or 3 different "movies" that were split into 5ep each to kick off the series. One had to do with a pyramid. "Pyramid of Darkness".... I think

[@mcdemuth]

Transformers & G.I. Joe were made by the same company and had several of the same voice actors and they used the much of the same music... Duke was supposed to die, until people complained about how they killed Optimus Prime in the Transformers.

[@joeconcepts5552]

This movie was very good as far as the drama, seriousness, and action goes. But the fantasy / sci fi elements in this one is a step too far for many. Though the regular episodes included such things now and then.