MetaFilter posts tagged with GIJoe

Hmmmm, Only $50,000....

Kid Charlemagne — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:30:30 -0800

With the current hard times a lot of organizations are looking for alternative funding sources. This is almost exactly not like that.

This guy is the physical embodiment of my Communications degree.

drezdn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:03:04 -0800

A Fashion Eye for the G.I. Joe Guy ComicsAlliance critiques G.I. Joe and Cobra uniforms.

Action Joe! Jouets vendues separement!

MegoSteve — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:05:12 -0800

Awesome Action Joe commercials.

The Ballad of G.I. Joe

jabberjaw — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:45:27 -0800

If you loved the 80's cartoon and toys, you owe it to yourself to see a true rendering of the Joes as re remember them with an all-star cast: The Ballad of G.I. Joe (SLFunnyorDie). With Julianne Moore as Scarlett and Billy Crudup as Zartan. Also Starring: Laz Alonso as Doc Alexis Bledel as Lady Jaye Zach Galifiankais as Snow Job Tony Hale as Dr. Mindbender Vinnie Jones as Destro Joey Kern as Tomax & Xamot Chuck Liddell as Gung Ho Henry Rollins as Duke Alan Tudyk as Shipwreck Olivia Wilde as The Baroness and Sgt. Slaughter as Himself Previous G.I. Joe on the blue: "That Was Way Too Close!"; G.I. Joe Resolute; G.I. Joe PSAs.

"That Was Way Too Close!"

nooneyouknow — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:51:55 -0800

"That Was Way Too Close!" Wonderfully absurd escapes from mortal danger in the original G.I. Joe cartoon.

Blue Lasers?

device55 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:10:31 -0800

Yo Joe

Then What's the Other Half of the Battle?

mikoroshi — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:34:13 -0800

With the big screen bonanza imminent, let's have a go at bean-plating G.I. Joe.

"Confronting the worst things the '80s ever did to us"

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:52:06 -0800

The Most Insane, Child-Warping Moments of '80s Cartoons (Honorable mention surely goes to feature films Watership Down and The Secret of NIMH)

Mimimimimimi, mimimimimimi, mimimimimimi

not_on_display — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:22:58 -0800

NetClassicsFilter: ~~All~~ 24 of the 25 GI Joe PSAs redubbed by Eric Fensler, via YouTube: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 [some nsfw] [previously] [also via] [bonus] Fensler's video for Daniel Johnston's "Monster Inside of Me."

Fratricide in the Great War on Christmas

rzklkng — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:27:39 -0800

We'll Fight for Freedom, Wherever there's Trouble... CNN pundit Glenn Beck (as well as Canada's National Post] criticizes G.I. Joe, or more appropriately, the in-production live-action movie [IMDB] of the same name, and the manufacturer of the multi-generational toy-line, Hasbro. Beck cited the IMDB page, which stated that GIJOE was a "European-based military unit known as Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity (G.I.J.O.E.), a hi-tech, international force of special operatives, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer." He further added that the change amounted to JOE being ineffectual pansies, like the UN, and that "[He believes] some are trying to indoctrinate our kids into hating their own country, turning us into some one-world-government nightmare; hating America, turning it into a dirty word." Keep in mind that the cartoon was distributed in several languages [YouTube], the toys sold in several countries, the 3 3/4" line is 25 years old, the comics have been around for just as long, and that any modern movie needs international audiences to maximize profit, which might be difficult with an American-centric film. Some say that GIJOE the movie was the best film ever-made [YouTube], as well as being the inspiration for the TV's 24. At least the opening sequence was cool. See also the fan site, the character index, these comics and videos.

More Joe Than You Know.

grabbingsand — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:14:53 -0800

"Help! My Joe Broke in Half!" From 1982 to 2005, The Complete Guide to G. I. Joe is one man's "one-stop shop" for the die-hard G. I. Joe aficionado, including (but not limited to) theme song lyrics, cartoon transcripts and the aforementioned action figure repair procedure.

Fensler/Lussenhop Umphrey's McGee Videos

staggernation — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:56:38 -0800

You may remember Eric Fensler from his audio overdubs of old G.I. Joe PSAs. Now he and Doug Lussenhop, hired by a band to shoot some DVD extras, apply the same approach to raw video footage of slackers hanging out backstage, cops breaking up a post-gig crowd, etc.

The Thing With Two Heads!

mcsweetie — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 05:47:01 -0800

The Thing With Two Heads! (asf and avi files within) A quick friday diversion, with bonus G.I. Joe remixes. Best worst movie ever?

Go Joe!

Dagobert — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:56:22 -0800

Don't Have Enough Joe? After the recent info about the prototype G.I. Joe going on sale (and not getting quite what was wanted) and the recent POTUS Doll (action figure dammit!) I bebopped around and found a site that proports to be a force of good to get a G.I. Joe movie made. But can it really be for good when it has pages and images like this?

Remixed G.I. Joe PSAs.

staggernation — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:51:28 -0800

Remixed G.I. Joe PSAs. Chicago filmmaker Eric Fensler has taken the "Knowing Is Half the Battle" PSAs that accompanied the 1980s G.I. Joe cartoon series and replaced the audio tracks with his own. The results are utterly hilarious. (Audio NSFW.) This site only has four, but there are more out there (details inside).

The Real American Hero

Stan Chin — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 13:58:22 -0800

He's no Stormin' Norman, but his Battalion of Greeters will takedown Saddam and Rollback Prices! Check out the extensive G.I. Joe filecard gallery at Yo Joe.com to harken back when times were a little bit more simple, and our guns fired Laser Beams. Also if you have a chance see the commercial archive for the comic books (with songs for each one!). I hope you'll learn something from all of this, and knowing is half the battle.

War Criminal dolls

Pretty_Generic — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:36:22 -0800

G.I. Joe is a Real American Hero. Now you can get some new guys for him to fight against.

Journal of a new COBRA recruit.

owillis — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 20:48:09 -0800

Journal of a new COBRA recruit. "I report to COBRA boot camp out in Utah in the middle of June. The recruiter guy said that everyone around there thinks it's where some crazy old Mormon lives with all his wives. I'm not supposed to say anything about it to anyone. I'm supposed to tell Mom and Dad that I'm going off to work for the phone company."

War Games?

sparky — Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:15:07 -0800

War Games? J.C. Penney, eToys and KB Toys all sell this scary "Military Forward Command Post with Two 12" Military Action Figures", despite the efforts of these shocked consumers who call it an "atrocity". It does sort of look like GI Joes taking over Barbie's bombed-out Dream House... how real is too real?

2" GI Joe Rifle Confiscated in Airport Security Crackdown

dogmatic — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 09:43:52 -0800

2" GI Joe Rifle Confiscated in Airport Security Crackdown Airport security staff confiscated a TWO-INCH plastic gun from a toy soldier. "They examined the toy as if it was going to shoot them . . . Then they asked me if there were toy grenades as well. I thought they were joking, but they weren’t smiling — they were deadly serious." Have the terrorists already won?

I found these FUTURE JOES

CrazyUncleJoe — Fri, 03 Mar 2000 10:34:36 -0800

I found these FUTURE JOES (GI Joe 2010 series) while following a link from Rebecca Blood's site for the Navajo Code Talker GI Joes. Perhaps it's showing my age, but I really want one. Of course, I also want some of the Nisei soldiers so that I can reenact those POW camp scenarios that I used to subject my GI Joe to as a kid. I know where the bodies are buried. Hey, how come The Grim Reaper Site didn't have questions about GI Joe? Was your GI Joe a) home on leave when you were concieved b) 12" c) 12" with lifelike hair and beard and realistic scar d) 12" with Kung Fu Grip e) really an Action Man f) a little pussy 3" action figure g) $50 and from the "Collectible Collection"? h) dolls are for girls.