Tuesday, August 18, 2009

GI Joe is a lousy stinker



Most of you, upon viewing the title, would think "well, what did you expect?" That is the question I have been asking myself. My good friends Lou and Ben coaxed me into attending this atrocity with the caveat that it would be "funny". I found it to be simply awful. There was a time when I could view terrible things and find them funny/ironic. Apparently, I have lost that ability. I want to find lousy stuff funny, but I find that it is just lousy. I guess, as a kid with lots of time, I could afford that. Anyway~ Lou this is for you. "Deploy the sharks!"
Whilst looking for a suitable GI Joe comic to scan, I came across this little ditty from 1965 entitled 'Total War' Like Joe (the 80's encarnation) Total War is about a super group of futuristic world police. I have posted the inside cover as well because I find it funny that all the futuristic gizmos shown are, in fact, currently in use. However, in the back cover there was a rocket that could carry a platoon at 17,000 mph. Good day, friends.

2 comments:

  1. It looks as though the G.I. in frame number two is about to clobber the gunner with that projectile. Amazing weaponry and gadgets.

    I found your dramatic retelling of the movie to be quite entertaining. So, thank you and good day to you as well.

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  2. Hey, Lee. I stand by that decision. I believe you made a tactical error by not drinking enough and smuggling enough beer into the theater. Had our day at the movie been an actual battle, COBRA would've overrun our position and then had their way with us in their rape rooms. Why didn't they include the rape rooms in the movie? That would've taken some of the starch out of Dennis Quaid's collar, I can tell you.

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