doom1701
04-26-2009, 02:38 PM
I didn't even know about this until last night reading a blurb on Aintitcool.com. Apparently it was commissioned a couple of years ago, and has been released over the past week or two as 5 minute webisodes. All of the webisodes and the 10 minute finale were aired this morning at midnight on CN Adult Swim.
Overall reaction? Not bad...but not great either. I never was a huge GI Joe fan, so I don't really remember any of the characters other than the major players. I'm not sure if the characters were accurate or not. And while it was nice to see them try to introduce some realism--including introducing a huge support staff--giving COBRA some guns that can actually hit something would have been a welcome touch.
Supposedly this is a one-shot, with no tie in to the movie (I guess it was commissioned by Hasbro as part of the 25th anniversary). I wouldn't mind seeing it picked up for more episodes, though--the failings are minor, and it could do quite well.
Overall reaction? Not bad...but not great either. I never was a huge GI Joe fan, so I don't really remember any of the characters other than the major players. I'm not sure if the characters were accurate or not. And while it was nice to see them try to introduce some realism--including introducing a huge support staff--giving COBRA some guns that can actually hit something would have been a welcome touch.
Supposedly this is a one-shot, with no tie in to the movie (I guess it was commissioned by Hasbro as part of the 25th anniversary). I wouldn't mind seeing it picked up for more episodes, though--the failings are minor, and it could do quite well.