#24321
2003-12-01 9:54 PM
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Remember those little public service announcements that used to play after the episode? Y'know, "knowing is half the battle" and all that shit?
Isn't that like saying something to the extent of:
"Hey, kiddies...ya just watched a half hour of simulated viloence and mayhem...but DON'T DO DRUGS! YO JOE!"
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#24322
2003-12-01 10:57 PM
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That was ingenious.
Think about it. It was a show filled with violence. Good guys fighting bad guys.
So, to keep on TV, to get parents to support it by purchasing the toys, they threw in the public service anouncements at the end of each show.
They figured that no one would speak out against the violence of the show if they told kids not to do drugs, not to pet stray dogs, not to sit too close to the TV, etc.
I think they did the same thing for Super Friends.
At least, I'm guessing that was the motivation behind it.
And, I bet that if todays violent kids shows, like Power Rangers, if they added some kind of pro-American thing at the end of each show, no one would say that children can't watch them.
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#24323
2003-12-02 12:05 AM
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What Violence????? They would always parachute to safety after their planes got shot......I was always pissed I never saw dead bodies.
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#24324
2003-12-02 1:05 AM
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Yeah, that's the other thing about GI Joe, no one ever died.
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#24325
2003-12-02 2:00 AM
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Hell, they even re-edited G.I. Joe: The Movie so that Duke lived at the end. (Originally, Duke was supposed to have been killed by Serpentor with that graphic snake-spear through the chest.)
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#24326
2003-12-02 2:25 AM
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This is why Transformers: The Movie is a far superior piece of film...
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#24327
2003-12-02 10:33 AM
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I like it better, but they all kinda got reborn...
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#24328
2003-12-02 12:17 PM
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I think he's referring to the death of Optimus Prime. That was a heart breaker. The greatest Autobot was killed in battle.
And he stayed dead for a while. So you still feel the impact to this day, b/c he dies in the film and he stays dead.
I still haven't seen the episode at the end of the second series where he comes back and save everyone from that virus. I don't think it was aired over here.
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#24329
2003-12-03 12:02 AM
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Plus, the were the deaths of the first Autobot shuttlecraft, that Megatron and crew slaughtered.
I seem to remember a few Insecticons being crushed when Hot Rod and Kup were making their way back to Autobot City during the Decepticon assault...
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#24330
2003-12-03 12:39 AM
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i just hated that no soldier on the cartoon was named "joe"
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#24331
2003-12-03 1:23 AM
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No I meant that Optimus kinda lived on through the chest gadget thingy. And many of the others just got new bodies. Some died, of course, but how many. It didn't seem like all that many at the end.
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2003-12-03 1:33 AM
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Cliffjumper
Wheeljack
Ratchet
Ironhide
I'll take a peek it tommorrow make a list of dead Autobots.
The only dead Decepticon was Starscream.
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#24333
2003-12-03 1:53 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Pig Iron:
No I meant that Optimus kinda lived on through the chest gadget thingy. And many of the others just got new bodies. Some died, of course, but how many. It didn't seem like all that many at the end.
The Matrix of Leadership...yeah, that's true in a touchy-feely new-agey kinda way.
Keep metaphysics outta carttons, that's what I always say....
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#24334
2003-12-03 9:19 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ultimate Jaburg53:
Cliffjumper
Wheeljack
Ratchet
Ironhide
I'll take a peek it tommorrow make a list of dead Autobots.
The only dead Decepticon was Starscream.
Cliffjumper survived.
Windcharger, Brawn (though some fans claims he survived ![[yuh huh]](images/icons/rolleyes.gif) ), and Prowl were killed as well.
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#24335
2003-12-03 1:28 PM
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The only thing I remember about the episodes that took place after the film were the ones in which they were looking to replace Unicron's eyes...I've been meaning to pick up those box sets that Rhino produces of the seperate seasons, but haven't yet.....
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#24336
2003-12-03 2:01 PM
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so gijoe was just a cartoon version of the a-team then?
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#24337
2003-12-03 10:30 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen:
i just hated that no soldier on the cartoon was named "joe"
Heh.
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#24338
2003-12-04 1:37 AM
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I love it when a plan comes together! ![[woooOOOOoooo!]](graemlins/smilewoo.gif)
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#24339
2003-12-04 2:12 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by PenWing:
And, I bet that if todays violent kids shows, like Power Rangers, if they added some kind of pro-American thing at the end of each show, no one would say that children can't watch them.
I remember that the Power Rangers used to have public service announcements at the end of each show too. Now all they teach you is that Guinea Pigs and talk and do good kung fu!
What are they teaching kids these days? Even PBS has forgotten it's commitment! I mean the Tellitubbies make your grammar WORSE!
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#24340
2003-12-04 2:24 AM
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I believe GI Joe had those PSAs at the end ("and knowing is half the battle"), as did most cartoons of the 1970s and 80s, because the federal government demanded that childrens' shows have a certain percentage of "educational" content in order to get on the air. I also believe that this de facto censorship was eliminated under Pres. Reagan.
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