Serpentor’s Lair

Last year at the San Diego Comic Convention they showed a preview of GI Joe: Resolute, a new PG-13, anime style version of the GI Joe cartoon.  Here is a link to the phone-cam version of the preview and I LOVE the audience reaction when Snake-Eyes finishes off the Cobra Trooper with his sword. They produced the cartoon in ten 5 minute long segments and a 10 minute long finale and showed it on the web. Later, they put it all together into a single hour long movie and showed it on Cartoon Network this past April. They may still be replaying it during Adult Swim on CN, check your local listings. I grabbed the whole movie from a bit torrent and watched it on the HDTV in the Lair. The animation itself is pretty nice and easy on the eyes.  It reminds me of Ghost in the Machine. The story was penned by a British writer who didn’t even know who or what GI Joe was. Characters die, there is blood, GI Joe gets caught with their pants down a couple of times and Cobra Commander isn’t a bumbling idiot. I enjoyed the movie but still felt kind of empty when it was done. Why does everyone insist on killing Storm Shadow?  He is a cool character though he may have a couple of character flaws, who doesn’t? There were many other things that just rubbed me the wrong way that I may discuss later. Apparently, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. More on this to come!