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Torpedo · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:18 am Post subject:

Yeah, it doesn't have to be really controversial; it's mostly just an opinion that probably isn't shared by the majority of Joe fans.

For example, you might say the team should incorporate more weird-looking firefighters like Barbeque. Most fans would think that's ridiculous.

If, however, I said, G.I. Joe should have fewer ethnic minorities because they make me uncomfortable, that's a "controversial" opinion I should keep to myself. Razz

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Antarctica · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:32 pm Post subject:

Torpedo · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:37 pm Post subject:

Torpedo · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:43 pm Post subject:

shanecdavis · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:24 pm Post subject:

From the first day he disgraced the comic with his first appearance, I have severely disliked Barbecue. One of the stupidest concepts ever for a special forces group. A fireman. An effing fireman!!! I groaned and grimaced every time he appeared in a Joe comic. Stupid concept that couldn't ever be taken seriously.

Until #172.

Larry Hama, as he has done countless times before, took a worthless, piece of crap, sorry excuse of a character and with one line, erased decades of negative feelings and made me like the character. That one line really hit home with me. As I said in the ARAH 172 thread, that right there is what drew me into G.I. Joe and one of the many reasons I joined the Marine Corps. That is what was missing throughout the DDP run (with Joe: Declassified the obvious exception) and so far in most of the IDW run. Brandon Jerwa is the second best Joe writer, but even he couldn't quite present the Joes in this light (as RB6/Viceroy reminds us over and over). I even let out an "Ooooh-rah" after reading it. Just a great moment.

Barbecue assigned to the US Flagg works. Barbecue assigned to a large special forces group is just plain stupid. It's moments like this that make me VERY happy we have our ARAH title back, and I'm looking forward to many more of these kind of moments in the future.

m6d · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:35 pm Post subject:

IDW is contradicting not only the DDP Universe, but Marvel and their own ARAH universe with the release of Transformers 80.5, ignoring the events of G2 and thus anything from GIJoe #138 on.

Laughing

Viceroy · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:34 pm Post subject:

Well, I don't know if these will qualify as "Controversial", but here we go:
1)The events of 9/11 should be part of the GI Joe ARAH /IDW canon: if Marvel's Superhero titles can integrate them into their storyarcs (See Amazing Spider Man Vol. 2 #36 and Captain America -Marvel Knights- #1) then GI Joe should too.
2)General Joseph Colton should have been the GI Joe Field Commander since Operation: Lady Doomsday. How come Hasbro didn't involve him sooner? He's a great character and as he's a Green Beret, he's more qualified to lead a Spec Ops Anti Terrorist Team.
3)We should've seen Scarlett, Lady Jaye, and Jinx on solo missions and acting more like spies more often: Scarlett, LJ and Jinx are supposed to be GI Joe's Intel agents and we should have seen them on missions more often. Acting alone. Too often their tied to team efforts or to their respective significant others. Since Scarlett and Lady J are eseentially opposites, it would have been interesting to see just how good they are on their own.
4)Larry Hama should write a story that commented on the Don't Ask/Don't Tell policy. Since its now lifted, it should make a good tale.

As for Barbeque. Be thankful. The Joes I can't stand are Quick Kick (with that get up? What was Hasbro thinking? Even the Dreadnoks dress more decently.), Muskrat (a rip off of Crocodile Dundee) and Big Lob.
The main flaw with Barbecue is that his area of expertise is limited. He really should've been packaged with the USS Flagg along with Keel Haul and Shipwreck.
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shanecdavis · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:51 am Post subject:

Well, considering this thread is for opinions of those that very few people would agree with, I think each one of those fits very well here.

m6d · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:22 am Post subject:

IDW dropped the ball with the Cobra Commander event.

The renumbering and past seven months of stories have led up to tomorrow's issue and there hasn't been a peep to promote it, other than what appears to be the revealed cover over at Graham Cracker comics, and that has only been talked about over at Joereloaded.

This is supposed to be the biggest issue of the year, with a new Cobra Commander being named, and should be promoted as such.

m6d · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject:

Finally a peep!

CrazyK · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:23 pm Post subject:

Viceroy · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:35 pm Post subject:

Torpedo · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:01 pm Post subject: