Silent Master Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Well..... 3 weeks till the Joe movie opens. I know most die hard fans are (and others) aren't overly impressed so far but does anyone anyone think it might be entertaining? I guess I'm overly hopefully and I'm sure I'll see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camera73 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Here's my rant: As a fan of GI Joe from the beginning (#1 bought off of the rack, when playing war, everone had a GI Joe codename, when I enlisted in the Marines the bios for Gung Ho and Leatherneck were foremost on my mind) I am not impressed with anything that I've seen so far. The characterizations, action, story, etc. look like they have been altered to appeal to worldwide audiences that have few expectations other than a spectacle. I had the same misgivings about the first Transformers movie and was pretty widely flamed on these boards, because "it was based on a bunch of toys." I disagree with any logic that forgives a low quality product, especially one that tramples a product that has high potential and a large fan-base. It always smacks of short-sightedness and lack of respect for the movie-goer (yeah Lucas, I'm looking at you). I understand that a faithful adaption is usually hard to create on the screen, but in the case of Transformers, taking all of the focus off of the title characters and placing it on human relationships with the robots there just to add a little action seems to completely miss the point. And I will never understand the people who say "I enjoyed it because it was funny" - go see one of the million summer comedies if you want to laugh. A dozen , ebay and j%$*-off jokes don't make up for a lack of quality dialogue and character development (yes they can exist in a popcorn movie - please see T2 and Iron Man for proof) Oh well, the couple of you out there that agree with me can do what I did for Transformers. Buy a ticket for a more deserving movie and see GI Joe (if you like it go back and buy a ticket for it and see it with someone who would not have gone to see it otherwise - not something that I had to do with TF since it was a piece of c&@p). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisp Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Finally picked up a copy of GI JOE #21 I would say 8.5 -9.0 so happy with that. Storm Shadow Rules!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Master Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Finally picked up a copy of GI JOE #21 I would say 8.5 -9.0 so happy with that. Storm Shadow Rules!!!! It is the coolest (Canadian Varient even!) And probably paid less than that $1000 for a 9.8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisp Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Finally picked up a copy of GI JOE #21 I would say 8.5 -9.0 so happy with that. Storm Shadow Rules!!!! It is the coolest (Canadian Varient even!) And probably paid less than that $1000 for a 9.8! Hmm I didnt even notice it was Canadian variant. Is there a big price difference between the two? I notice that the barcode is the same though between the USA and Canadian one. And it cost me $25cdn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OV Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 The complete signed Snake Eyes Trilogy! Signed by Larry Hama [/img] Signed by Hama & cover artist Andy Kubert [/img] Signed by Hama & Kubert [/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstack comics Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I'll say it again. Great books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OV Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thanks shortstack! You must have quite a collection too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstack comics Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 My graded collection isn't that all that great, but it's on the way up. I have a few raw sets of the Marvel series. Some copies that have been read MANY times in there too! I think that the Snake Eyes Trilogy you have there is a highly underrated story arc. The whole Marvel GI Joe series doesn't get a lot of credit for how good a lot of the stories told in it were. Hama did a really good job for having to constantly fit in new toys and characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisp Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 My graded collection isn't that all that great, but it's on the way up. I have a few raw sets of the Marvel series. Some copies that have been read MANY times in there too! I think that the Snake Eyes Trilogy you have there is a highly underrated story arc. The whole Marvel GI Joe series doesn't get a lot of credit for how good a lot of the stories told in it were. Hama did a really good job for having to constantly fit in new toys and characters. I agree. GI JOE was very well told and went into depth on many of their characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OV Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I agree too. I don't know of many titles during that time that had to fit in the needs of editorial as well as a toy company and still come through with some solid stories. I always really liked the Snake Eyes trilogy, which I heard was going to be a graphic novel, but they morphed it into the regular series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Master Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Finally picked up a copy of GI JOE #21 I would say 8.5 -9.0 so happy with that. Storm Shadow Rules!!!! It is the coolest (Canadian Varient even!) And probably paid less than that $1000 for a 9.8! Hmm I didnt even notice it was Canadian variant. Is there a big price difference between the two? I notice that the barcode is the same though between the USA and Canadian one. And it cost me $25cdn Yeah the only difference is the .75 cent price - the US version had a .60 price... (I believe even the 2nd and 3rd print had .60 price tag but I could be mistaken on that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Finally picked up a copy of GI JOE #21 I would say 8.5 -9.0 so happy with that. Storm Shadow Rules!!!! It is the coolest (Canadian Varient even!) And probably paid less than that $1000 for a 9.8! Hmm I didnt even notice it was Canadian variant. Is there a big price difference between the two? I notice that the barcode is the same though between the USA and Canadian one. And it cost me $25cdn The CAN version is much harder to find in grade. It also fetches a nice premium. If you think it has a shot at 9.0, I would recommend slabbing it. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisp Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Finally picked up a copy of GI JOE #21 I would say 8.5 -9.0 so happy with that. Storm Shadow Rules!!!! It is the coolest (Canadian Varient even!) And probably paid less than that $1000 for a 9.8! Hmm I didnt even notice it was Canadian variant. Is there a big price difference between the two? I notice that the barcode is the same though between the USA and Canadian one. And it cost me $25cdn The CAN version is much harder to find in grade. It also fetches a nice premium. If you think it has a shot at 9.0, I would recommend slabbing it. (thumbs u Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp1680 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Go Euro Joe! Just found these in the closet. Don't know if anyone has posted these in here, so i figured I might as well post them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisp Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 This is my only european one. Any one know how many where in the run? Comicvine only shows #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carcrawfordfan Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 This is my only european one. Any one know how many where in the run? Comicvine only shows #1. 15 issues. This was a US book FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisp Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 This is my only european one. Any one know how many where in the run? Comicvine only shows #1. 15 issues. This was a US book FYI. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Master Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) This is my only european one. Any one know how many where in the run? Comicvine only shows #1. 15 issues. This was a US book FYI. Thanks. There was a Euro version of that too, same cover art only they were titled Action Force - also 15 issues. This web-site has a multitude of info!!! http://www.yojoe.com/comics/ Including an entire section on the International Joe books (lots more than you might expect). Edited November 17, 2009 by abner419 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidcolt Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Finally watched the movie, gotta say that I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
