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    Image of Mark 2000 Mark 2000
    08/05/09

    In reply to The First Real Look At G.I. Joe's Metal Bad Boy
    First time I noticed Snake Eye's mask has a mouth. You know, so he can talk.
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    tande04 promoted this comment Mark 2000 was starred Mark 2000 was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    08/05/09

    @Mark 2000: Thats been my "they're ruining it" point since the beginning.
    Completely stupid and pointless. The allure was always that it was a black masked ninja type character. They could of gone to wal-mart, bought a ski mask and put some goggles over it but they had to go the "movie" route and make it "more realistic" by painting his face (and body) with some weird latex stuff.
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of mikumiku mikumiku
    08/05/09

    In reply to The First Real Look At G.I. Joe's Metal Bad Boy
    i saw the movie last night. Destro will look like Destro that we know from the comic/cartoon at the end of it, which is awesome looking.
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    geesejuggler promoted this comment mikumiku was starred mikumiku was unstarred
    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    08/05/09

    In reply to The First Real Look At G.I. Joe's Metal Bad Boy
    Its like 'Team America' but they hid the marionette strings better.
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    NotChoinski was starred NotChoinski was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/05/09

    @NotChoinski: and they didn't do it on purpose or as a parody
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Kenro199x Kenro199x
    08/05/09

    In reply to The First Real Look At G.I. Joe's Metal Bad Boy
    My favorite thing that they sell is the GI Joe walkie talkie with Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes. The same Snake Eyes who's fucking mute. Love the irony on that one.
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    The-Simpsons-Rule!! promoted this comment Kenro199x was starred Kenro199x was unstarred
    Image of Guitaratomik Guitaratomik
    08/05/09

    In reply to The First Real Look At G.I. Joe's Metal Bad Boy
    Also, how amazing is it that GI Joe is at 91% on RottenTomatoes right now (10 positive out of 11 reviews)?
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    geesejuggler promoted this comment Guitaratomik was starred Guitaratomik was unstarred
    Image of Mudderofcanton Mudderofcanton
    08/05/09

    In reply to The First Real Look At G.I. Joe's Metal Bad Boy
    Destro the first bad boy I ever loved!!
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    geesejuggler promoted this comment Mudderofcanton was starred Mudderofcanton was unstarred
    Image of EGBTMagus EGBTMagus
    08/05/09

    In reply to The First Real Look At G.I. Joe's Metal Bad Boy
    Still can't get over all the black uniforms. Why couldn't they have stuck with the known outfits for the Joe's atleast. Scarlet needs her body armor. :(
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    EGBTMagus was starred EGBTMagus was unstarred
    Image of Guitaratomik Guitaratomik
    08/05/09

    @EGBTMagus: Because then they'd look like the Village People.
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    Isernbreegen promoted this comment Guitaratomik was starred Guitaratomik was unstarred
    Image of Cobra-Commander Cobra-Commander
    08/05/09

    @Guitaratomik: They could have at least been more military in nature and tried to let some of the individual characters come through in the details. The designs for the movie just really suck and show a complete lack of imagination or faithfulness to the source. I'm not saying both are necessary, but at least one should have been applied.
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    zerofritz promoted this comment Cobra-Commander was starred Cobra-Commander was unstarred
    Image of Guitaratomik Guitaratomik
    08/05/09

    @Cobra-Commander:
    I will agree that they're pretty generic, but personally, I've always been more attached to the villain's designs than the heroes. I've always felt the heroes were more about their roles than their costumes.
    Except Snake Eyes. Don't fuck with Snake Eyes.
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    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    08/05/09

    @Cobra-Commander: given that the modern US military doesn't even wear OD anymore, i'm actually "happy" with the Movie Joe outfits - I'd much rather see that than the "still can't believe it's real" Digital Camo.
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    Image of Cobra-Commander Cobra-Commander
    08/05/09

    @Guitaratomik: I agree, the villains were always cooler. Note my screen name if you doubt my loyalty to Cobra. Wait until you see Cobra Commander and Zartan in this movie.Baroness looks good and Storm Shadow is at least not horrible. I think Destro looks OK, but the troopers and the Commander and Zartan just look stupid. And they fucked with Snake Eyes. Molded mouth? WTF?
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    Edited by Cobra-Commander at 08/05/09 8:22 PM Cobra-Commander was starred Cobra-Commander was unstarred
    Image of Cobra-Commander Cobra-Commander
    08/05/09

    @zerofritz: They'd be OK for some sort of superhero or fantasy, Matrix-style mobie. But they really suck for GI Joe. Sorry.
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    Cobra-Commander was starred Cobra-Commander was unstarred
    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    06/10/09

    In reply to Hallmark's Captain Pike Figure Perfect As A Cake Topper For Your Three-Way Wedding
    But best Hallmark "ornament" ever:



    Perfect sound, flashing lights. From 2006, You would want one if you only knew.
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    naugahydeinplainsight was starred naugahydeinplainsight was unstarred
    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    06/10/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: This will give you an idea (guess you can find anything on Youtube).
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    Image of Lamar Henderson Lamar Henderson
    04/22/09

    In reply to Animated Teal'c Maquette Is Indeed Full Of Adorable Brilliance
    The word is "maquette." Marquette is a city in Michigan.


    Signed, the Grammar Nazi.

     Reply
    Lamar Henderson was starred Lamar Henderson was unstarred
    Image of lilad lilad
    04/23/09

    @Lamar Henderson: Grammar is the same as spelling now?
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    lilad was starred lilad was unstarred
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