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| − | Onboard the ''Flagg'', Doc prepares to autopsy Major Bludd's body and withdraws a rolled note from the corpse's mouth. Scarlett recognizes the Arashikage clan symbol, and Snake-Eyes uses a black light to reveal Storm Shadow's hidden message, inviting the ninja home. Duke gives him permission to go, but tells him to be ready when he's needed. Forced to choose between going with Snake-Eyes or staying with Duke, Scarlett opts to remain on the ''Flagg'' with |
+ | Onboard the ''Flagg'', Doc prepares to autopsy Major Bludd's body and withdraws a rolled note from the corpse's mouth. Scarlett recognizes the Arashikage clan symbol, and Snake-Eyes uses a black light to reveal Storm Shadow's hidden message, inviting the ninja home. Duke gives him permission to go, but tells him to be ready when he's needed. Forced to choose between going with Snake-Eyes or staying with Duke, Scarlett clarifies if it is the team unit she must chose over assisting Snake Eyes or Duke himself over Snake Eyes, and with zero hesitation she opts to remain on the ''Flagg'' with Duke. |
| − | The hypersonic transport carries Snake-Eyes to his destination, and the man leaps out. He uses a personal flight suit to glide to the island, and night-vision goggles to find the best landing zone. Selecting a convenient dock, he sheds his suit and, without breaking stride, charges the lone Cobra Trooper on guard there and |
+ | The hypersonic transport carries Snake-Eyes to his destination, and the man leaps out. He uses a personal flight suit to glide to the island, and night-vision goggles to find the best landing zone. Selecting a convenient dock, he sheds his suit and, without breaking stride, charges the lone Cobra Trooper on guard there and slashes him. When a second Trooper comes by on his patrol, Snake-Eyes hides above then jumps him and ruthlessly stabbing him. |
Near the entrance to the temple, three more Cobras are startled by a sound: they focus their lights on the source, and see one of their fellow troopers, hanged from a tree and swaying in the breeze. As they cut down his body, they notice his grenade belt is missing; Snake-Eyes has used the grenades and a monofilament line attached to the dead man's back to set a trap for his enemies. The resulting blast is visible from a great distance. |
Near the entrance to the temple, three more Cobras are startled by a sound: they focus their lights on the source, and see one of their fellow troopers, hanged from a tree and swaying in the breeze. As they cut down his body, they notice his grenade belt is missing; Snake-Eyes has used the grenades and a monofilament line attached to the dead man's back to set a trap for his enemies. The resulting blast is visible from a great distance. |
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When Cobra Commander makes his boldest move yet, the Joe team only has 24 hours to save the world.
Detailed summary
'G.I. Joe: Resolute is an animated series bringing back the classic G.I. Joe franchise premiering on Cartoon Network. Being one of the most successful shows in the past that led to a climatic high-production animated movie, it is now reinvigorated once again with a fresh spin of brutal style and animation. This new production brings a high-octane feature for more newer audiences while exciting regular fans of G.I. Joe for it's next come-back. Joe fans will immediately recognize many faces even with the new stylized format. One distinctive difference that this show has which strays away from the legend is the focus on the character known as "Snake Eyes". Bringing the change of Snake Eyes to being a martial artist is in contradiction to the successfully aired G.I. Joe franchise however fits perfectly with the animating teams lethal style and takes this cue from the magazine. Many Joe fans may be disappointed by the major alteration of the Cobra ninja's arch nemesis, who is the character "Spirit", a tribal Indian master fighter, changed instead to be Snake Eyes, now branded a martial artist. Despite this and despite the edge of it's rougher attitude, Joe fans will not miss appreciating this new cartoon for basing it's foundation heavily on the G.I. Joe lore, while newer audiences will want to see more. Popularly being compared to what the "Mike Young Productions" had done for "He-man and the Masters Of The Universe" it is also receiving the buzz of being the "real" G.I. Joe movie as oppose to the upcoming Hollywood live-action feature. The show is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, a director who has worked with the animating crew before on the hit cartoon Avatar: the last air bender.
Webisode 1
In Washington DC, police have cordoned off the Lincoln Memorial. A body lies on the floor inside, with a Cobra dagger stuck in its heart. A CSI tech scans his fingerprints, and gets confirmation: Major Bludd is dead. Passing a trashcan, the tech sheds her cap and jacket, revealing herself as Scarlett.
The U.S.S. Flagg floats in the middle of the Pacific ocean, with its crew going about their duties, when a series of bombs in the sub-level armory rip the ship apart and leave it smoking. Simultaneously around the world, the pieces begin to move into place:
- At the H.A.A.R.P. (High Frequency Active Aurora Research Program) facility, the antennae begin to glow, causing the sky to turn red.
- On Cobra Island, overgrown missile silos open, sending their payloads skyward. The satellites spread open and form a constellation around the globe.
- In Siberia, the Omsk-23 missile station shoots a pulse of energy into the sky.
Back on the Flagg, the Joes discuss the damage to the ship. Bazooka was on guard duty, but someone managed to get by him. The reason why is soon discovered: Bazooka is dead, killed without leaving a mark.
In Manhattan, Firefly assembles a rocket launcher and fires at the United Nations building. The missile smashes into the general assembly hall and embeds itself in the front wall, projecting a holographic communication from Cobra Commander. He gives a speech about money and power, and threatens the delegates. To prove his intentions, he destroys Moscow, killing all 10,382,754 residents.
Webisode 2
Onboard the Flagg, Doc prepares to autopsy Major Bludd's body and withdraws a rolled note from the corpse's mouth. Scarlett recognizes the Arashikage clan symbol, and Snake-Eyes uses a black light to reveal Storm Shadow's hidden message, inviting the ninja home. Duke gives him permission to go, but tells him to be ready when he's needed. Forced to choose between going with Snake-Eyes or staying with Duke, Scarlett clarifies if it is the team unit she must chose over assisting Snake Eyes or Duke himself over Snake Eyes, and with zero hesitation she opts to remain on the Flagg with Duke.
The hypersonic transport carries Snake-Eyes to his destination, and the man leaps out. He uses a personal flight suit to glide to the island, and night-vision goggles to find the best landing zone. Selecting a convenient dock, he sheds his suit and, without breaking stride, charges the lone Cobra Trooper on guard there and slashes him. When a second Trooper comes by on his patrol, Snake-Eyes hides above then jumps him and ruthlessly stabbing him.
Near the entrance to the temple, three more Cobras are startled by a sound: they focus their lights on the source, and see one of their fellow troopers, hanged from a tree and swaying in the breeze. As they cut down his body, they notice his grenade belt is missing; Snake-Eyes has used the grenades and a monofilament line attached to the dead man's back to set a trap for his enemies. The resulting blast is visible from a great distance.
One of the Cobra Troopers survives the explosion, and gets to his feet to see Snake-Eyes silhouetted against the flames. He raises his gun, but Snake-Eyes dashes past with his sword drawn, cutting the man down. As Snake starts up the temple steps, Storm Shadow watches from a nearby mountain.
Webisode 3
On the Flagg, Duke addresses the assembled Joe team, informing them of Cobra's strike on Moscow. He reminds them that G.I. Joe is more than one good soldier, and sends them to the situation room, telling everyone to get to work with the support staff. Covergirl works with the computer techs, Wild Bill calls Brussels to get the vehicles warmed up, Flint tries to figure out why radios still work if satellite communications are down, and Gung-Ho tells his group to figure out how Cobra incinerated Moscow without using a nuke. One of the techs says she can think of five ways to do it, and Gung-Ho declares her his new favorite Joe.
Shortly, the Joes assemble again to share what they've learned. The ionosphere has been superheated, blocking sat signals, but reflecting long-range radio waves. The techs also put together enough data to confirm Cobra used a particle cannon, firing it skyward and collecting the energy over a target anywhere in the world and destroying it. They also figured out where the cannon is located: the Siberian missile silo.
Flint points out that in order to accomplish all this, Cobra must have been working for months: a full-scale assault would be chewed up by their built-in defenses. Duke says it will be a one-man job; Scarlett counters by suggesting a two-person unit.
Write up
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Featured Vehicles & Equipment
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Featured Locations
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Notable quotes
"You can go with him, or stay with me; your call. Make it now."
"You mean stay with 'the unit.'"
"You heard what I said."
- --Duke, perhaps this isn't the best time to give Scarlett an ultimatum.
"Aw, that's just bloody cheating!"
- --Destro after realising the gun battle he was in was just to to keep him occupied in order to allow his hostages to escape.
"A ninja? I didn't know we had a ninja!"
- --Well now you know, Roadblock...
"And this is how I win the world. This juncture, of course, is usually where the wheels come off... but not this time. Cutting the traitor Major Bludd's heart in half right in front of you - right here in this room - should have gotten the point across. It suited me once to appear weak and cowardly, because it motivated you people to think, but today...is a new day. There will be no moves to take over my command. There will be no mistakes. There will be none of your CRAP! NONE OF IT! Work with me, and I will give you the world in less than twenty-four hours. Work against me... and I will gut you like a fish, right here..."
- --Cobra Commander, seriously laying down the law.
Other notes
Animation and/or technical glitches
Continuity errors
- If Cobra Commander killed Major Bludd in Springfield, why is there so much blood in Washington DC?
Real-world references
Miscellaneous trivia
- This version of Roadblock doesn't speak in rhyme.
- Destro has a pronounced Scottish accent.
- Steven Blum (Cowboy Bebop, Wolverine and the X-Men) seems to do about 90% of the male voices.
Mission Codes
Each webisode was followed by a code that would unlock content on Hasbro's G.I. Joe: Resolute website.[1] The codes, in order, are:
- HAUSER
- NINJA
- OHARA
Project history
The G.I. Joe: Resolute cartoon was announced as a series of 10 five-minute webisodes to be capped off by a 10-minute finale. The webisodes were originally going to be streamed from Hasbro's G.I. Joe website. Together, the webisodes comprise a one-hour movie that could be shown on television later or released to DVD. However, before any episodes premiered online, it was revealed that the full one-hour movie would be shown on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" block on Saturday, April 25.[2] In Canada, the full movie will air on Teletoon in the Teletoon Detour block on April 24.
However, the individual webisodes began to appear online on April 17, leading up to the broadcast premiere.[3]
300px|right|An audience video of the Resolute footage shown at SDCC'08 The cartoon has a more serious tone comparable to the G.I. Joe comics from Marvel Comics.
The story is written by noted comic book author Warren Ellis (Planetary), produced by Sam Register (former vice president of Cartoon Network) and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos (Justice League Unlimited, Avatar: The Last Airbender). Character designs are by comic book artist Dave Johnson. Their approach to the project is that of a PG-13 cartoon.[4]
A one-minute preview was shown at the Hasbro panel at the 2008 Comic-Con International at San Diego. The preview is not meant as part of the movie's story but illustrates Hasbro's direction for this project. Viewers may expect highly-detailed animation and a more realistic approach to the story: no lasers, real bullets and open fates for the characters (i.e., any one of the "majors" may die). Several classic characters and vehicles will be updated. The success of the webisodes may transfer to other similarly-themed Hasbro properties but nothing is clarified at this time.
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