if you don't know anything about G.I. Joe, you really should check out the animated movie from the '80s. it may be hard to find but i think i have a vhs copy somewhere around. if it came to it, i'd fish it out of the rubbish and mail it to you.

You guys know the line as "action man". it's renamed overseas because of obvious reasons. There was never any big "we're america and we rock" aspect of the old tv show, though the american flag was on every piece of equipment they had. The action figures were mostly flamboyant archaeotypical characters lifted straight from pulp, dusted off and fitted into the G.I. Joe universe. You had salty sailors, muscular black dudes who talked in rhyme ( roadblock, who is most people's personal favorite ) and police k.9. units, ninjas, etc.

the main thing about G.I. Joe is that it's pure good vs pure evil. Cobra is an evil organization wanting nothing but world conquest ( they're easy to please. ) i'm rambling. i'm also bored. bear with me. lol

anyway, the film from the '80s was really cool if you were a fan, and if not, it's a good introduction to their world. It's a bit gritty and it expands on who Cobra are and where they came from, and serves as some sort of final installment of their earlier series of cartoons, making way for future ones.

the character Duke gets stabbed in the heart with a snake and goes into a coma.

imagine watching THAT when you were 8. and Duke was my hero.

it's why i'm like i am today.

Thanks! I don't think I could get a much better run down!

I will see if I can lay my hands on the film from the 80s. If not I might take you up on your offer.