G.I. JOE RESOLUTE
Story by Warren Ellis
http://gijoeresolute.com/
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Thank you Warren Ellis for making feel like I'm in grade school all over again. (And thank you Hasbro for letting Mr. Ellis play with all those nifty toys in your toy box, even if it meant that some of those toys would get broken.)
If my memory serves me right, the very first G.I.JOE toy I made my dad buy was Destro. Back then, me and Brandie still collected Star Wars action figures and were still big fans of the Force. I got Destro because I thought he'd make a cool villain to pit against Luke Skywalker. Couple of weeks later, we saw the Snake-eyes and StormShadow actions figures, and since I was also a big ninja freak, I just had to get those toys as well.
Soon enough, the Joes were outnumbering the Rebel Alliance in our toy closet.
Then there was that one Sunday when we drove all the way to Magallanes, to visit a small video rental store. That's where we borrowed one VHS tape of G.I.JOE. I think it had three or four episodes in it. We immediately popped the tape into the VCR and watched it. By the time the second episode started to roll, me and Brandie were already singing and dancing to the theme song. (Well, it wasn't really a dance, but it was more of a military march... with a little martial arts involved.)
Sundays because a ritual of buying one G.I.Joe (we could only buy one each) and borrow more video tapes.
Our dad must've thought we were crazy or something. He must have also realized that if we were reacting that way to the show, then other kids would go crazy as well. Couple of months later, he told us that bought the rights to G.I.JOE and THE TRANSFORMERS. (As Brandie later pointed out, our dad was using us as his FGD test subjects.)
So, during weekends, we'd go to our dad's office, camp out in the Artic-cold of the editing room, haul out the huge Umatic tapes and watch advanced episodes of G.I.JOE. The next day, we'd bring out all our G.I.JOE toys from the cabinet and re-enact the stories.
At night, instead of reading to Brandie fairytale books, I'd read to him G.I.JOE comic books. Our favorite issue was SNAKE-EYES: THE ORIGIN. The easiest one to read to Brandie was the all-silent, wordless G.I.JOE ANNUAL, that just showed Snake-eyes and StormShadow fighting.
(And as I type this, I've got a crazy smile on my face, remembering all those times.)
I realized that I had that same crazy smile while watching G.I.JOE RESOLUTE. The entire story is roughly an hour and they were able to pack it with blazing guns, ninja action, explosive shoot-outs, ninja action, daring escapes, ninja action, diabolical devices to destroy the world, ninja action, and they were even able to sneak in a little comedy and romance.
G.I.JOE RESOLUTE is like an episode of "24", but with the entire G.I.Joe battalion.
I was somewhat hoping that Mr. Ellis would've at least allowed Duke to yell (even just once) "YO JOE!!!" But he didn't. But that's all okay, because it was a story that brought back so many wonderful memories. Makes me want to get all our G.I.JOE toys, spill them on the floor and re-enact the whole story all over again.
And let me clumsily segue and greet a belated happy birthday my G.I.Joe-buddy, my wingman, my man who will provide me cover and lay on the suppressing fire-- HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDIE!!! YO!!! JOE!!!
(Now, if we only knew where we put all those toys.)
p.s. looking at how well this production turned out, I'd be the first one to line up and see an animated version of Warren Ellis' GLOBAL FREQUENCY and PLANETARY; and it could be done by the same team that did G.I.JOE RESOLUTE.
Story by Warren Ellis
http://gijoeresolute.com/
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2
3&4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Thank you Warren Ellis for making feel like I'm in grade school all over again. (And thank you Hasbro for letting Mr. Ellis play with all those nifty toys in your toy box, even if it meant that some of those toys would get broken.)
If my memory serves me right, the very first G.I.JOE toy I made my dad buy was Destro. Back then, me and Brandie still collected Star Wars action figures and were still big fans of the Force. I got Destro because I thought he'd make a cool villain to pit against Luke Skywalker. Couple of weeks later, we saw the Snake-eyes and StormShadow actions figures, and since I was also a big ninja freak, I just had to get those toys as well.
Soon enough, the Joes were outnumbering the Rebel Alliance in our toy closet.
Then there was that one Sunday when we drove all the way to Magallanes, to visit a small video rental store. That's where we borrowed one VHS tape of G.I.JOE. I think it had three or four episodes in it. We immediately popped the tape into the VCR and watched it. By the time the second episode started to roll, me and Brandie were already singing and dancing to the theme song. (Well, it wasn't really a dance, but it was more of a military march... with a little martial arts involved.)
Sundays because a ritual of buying one G.I.Joe (we could only buy one each) and borrow more video tapes.
Our dad must've thought we were crazy or something. He must have also realized that if we were reacting that way to the show, then other kids would go crazy as well. Couple of months later, he told us that bought the rights to G.I.JOE and THE TRANSFORMERS. (As Brandie later pointed out, our dad was using us as his FGD test subjects.)
So, during weekends, we'd go to our dad's office, camp out in the Artic-cold of the editing room, haul out the huge Umatic tapes and watch advanced episodes of G.I.JOE. The next day, we'd bring out all our G.I.JOE toys from the cabinet and re-enact the stories.
At night, instead of reading to Brandie fairytale books, I'd read to him G.I.JOE comic books. Our favorite issue was SNAKE-EYES: THE ORIGIN. The easiest one to read to Brandie was the all-silent, wordless G.I.JOE ANNUAL, that just showed Snake-eyes and StormShadow fighting.
(And as I type this, I've got a crazy smile on my face, remembering all those times.)
I realized that I had that same crazy smile while watching G.I.JOE RESOLUTE. The entire story is roughly an hour and they were able to pack it with blazing guns, ninja action, explosive shoot-outs, ninja action, daring escapes, ninja action, diabolical devices to destroy the world, ninja action, and they were even able to sneak in a little comedy and romance.
G.I.JOE RESOLUTE is like an episode of "24", but with the entire G.I.Joe battalion.
I was somewhat hoping that Mr. Ellis would've at least allowed Duke to yell (even just once) "YO JOE!!!" But he didn't. But that's all okay, because it was a story that brought back so many wonderful memories. Makes me want to get all our G.I.JOE toys, spill them on the floor and re-enact the whole story all over again.
And let me clumsily segue and greet a belated happy birthday my G.I.Joe-buddy, my wingman, my man who will provide me cover and lay on the suppressing fire-- HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDIE!!! YO!!! JOE!!!
(Now, if we only knew where we put all those toys.)
p.s. looking at how well this production turned out, I'd be the first one to line up and see an animated version of Warren Ellis' GLOBAL FREQUENCY and PLANETARY; and it could be done by the same team that did G.I.JOE RESOLUTE.
Comments
Devoured the whole series this past hour. Bitin man! They should make more.
tell all the Joe about G.I.JOE RESOLUTE!!!
they gotta know...
you know?!
because "knowing is half the battle"
hehehe
I remember when I was little I filled up this G.I. Joe application form from a comic book. You got to pick your code name and special skills, and you got a printed profile and an action figure. The problem was they wer expecting only boys to apply, so the profile kept referring to me as a "he". Fail! But I loved the cartoon anyway.