by tripp
Thanks to Eric’s comment about the mummy on the cover of GI Joe 49, I realized I had to spend 5 minutes saying a little something about Serpentor: he might just be the dumbest character ever. And, for me, was the moment GI Joe jumped the shark.
Firstly: Serpentor is a clone using the DNA of the greatest warriors in history. And he just happens to have a costume that looks like a giant cobra. This is stupid. Even my naive 10 year old self knew this was stupid.
Here is a guide: when you have badass ninjas like Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow (and even Firefly), why the hell would a kid want to play with this toy?
I knew that he was introduced during the GI Joe movie (though the Wiki page says it was a 5-part TV show); what I didn’t know was that this was the beginning of the second season of the show. That’s pretty soon to have run out of ideas and have to resort to such an absurd character.
I mean, really. Do me a favor and gaze upon Serpentor once more; he IS the Emperor of Cobra, afterall:
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where’s his little hover sled? didn’t he fly around a la green goblin? also i remember the movie being a 5 part tv show.
ben :: dec 12 2008 :: 11:58 am
Yeah, he came with a personal hovercraft type thing. Because nothing says realism like a clone made of up of the DNA of world conqueror’s, dressed as a giant snaked, on a hovercraft thing, leading a terrorist organization.
And yes, they took the movie and split it up into 5 episodes on TV. But I’m pretty sure it was a movie first. Wikipedia avenges me! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythona
It was direct to video, mainly because Transformers did so poorly. That’s whack.
“Due to the poor box office performances of the Transformers film and My Little Pony: The Movie, G.I. Joe: The Movie was instead released direct-to-video as well as aired on television in syndication, first in feature length format and later split into a 5-part mini-series format as part of the show’s syndication package.”
More whack:
I misremembered the plot. It wasn’t about the rise of Serpentor, but about the stupid stupid Cobra-La.
I smell more posts coming on.
tripp :: dec 12 2008 :: 12:23 pm
this was my favorite character & toy. bastard.
will :: dec 12 2008 :: 6:38 pm
@will: Along with Quick Kick, Sneak Peek and William “The Fridge” Perry?
tripp :: dec 12 2008 :: 6:52 pm