G.I. Joe

We need GI Joe now more than ever.

OMG i remeber this! i used to have his action figures. lol.

G I JOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! xD

Even though I am ussully against war, especially needless wars, Iraq, this song is awsomelly catchy. Peace

voltron'gobots and thundercats

voltron' gobots and thundercats

Actually, his military actions and policies are more indicative of Cobra. From my point of view, the government is Cobra. And if you think about it, the Republicans and Democrats are a lot like Cobra Commander and Destro (or Serpentor) - both evil, two sides of the same coin vying for ultimate power. The G.I. Joes are those of us who see through their wicked plans and resist the New World Order.

No one ever died in any children's cartoon of the 80's, regardless of the subject matter or amount of violence. It had more to do with producers not wanting to scare or traumatize children by watching their cartoon heroes perish. You have to understand children as young as 3 watched these toons.

Actually, when I was a young'un, I remember 2 kids' shows, Robotech and Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, both had major characters die in the course of their stories, and I remember loving them for it as a kid. It made the danger that the characters faced in a dangerous world more real. Kids can handle the notion of death, at least as well as adults can.

Those don't really count. Robotech was a Japanese anime import (anime has always been full of deaths), and Captain Power was a live-action show orginally intended for an older audience, then marketed to children. However, I agree that adults underestimated the intelligence and mental toughness of children. (Having been used to deaths in movies as a young boy, I was actually disappointed by the lack of cartoon fatalities.) I just don't agree the lack of deaths were for propaganda purposes.