![]() ![]() actually watching all the old shows) reveals G.I. And in addition to all this is how kids took it- I specifically recall being a big Joe fan (though the episode with the nightmares of the Giant Cobra attacking scared the CRAP out of me as a kid), but me and everyone I knew all admitted that Transformers was way better, and I was also secretly a bigger fan of Jem (no way was I admitting that to my friends, though). The toyline spawned both a comic book and a cartoon series to "hype" it (back when that was the normal way to play the game- you create a toy, THEN create a show to hype it), both of which went very different directions, giving you three distinct "concepts" of the Joe-verse. It started out as Hasbro's classic 12" toy-line from way way back, but it's the '80s toyline that everyone remembers. Joe has a really strange history if you get into it. Predacon (Alien Bounty Hunter, Four Arms) Bison, Vega, ZangiefĪction Team (Action Marine, Pilot, Sailor, Astronaut, Soldier) Sky Creeper (Air Recon Leader, career crook)Ĭobra Eel (Shark Missile Launcher, Underwater Demolitions), Flak-Viper (Anti-Aircraft), Heli-Vipersīullet-Proof (DEF Leader, Missile Launcher)īio-Vipers (Undersea Monster), Monstro-Vipers (Gen-Enhanced Monsters)īalrog, Blanka, Chun-Li, Guile, Dhalsim, E. Laser-Viper (Laser Trooper), SAW-Viper (Semi-Auto), Range-Viper (Wilderness), Rock-Viper (Mountains), Undertow (Frogmen w/ Barracudas), Vapor (Hurricane Pilot)īig Ben (Special Air Service British Trooper)ĭesert Scorpion (Desert Troops, Giant Scorpion pet), Incinerators (Flamethrowers), Interrogator (Battle Copter Pilots), Night Vulture (Air Recon), Snow Serpent Secto-Vipter (BUGG Driver), Star-Viper (Stellar Stiletto Pilot)Īlley Viper (Urban Assault), Annihilator (IG Trooper)ĭarklon (Evader Driver), Night-Viper, Frag-Viper (Grenades), TARGAT (Trans-Atmospheric Rapid Global Assault Trooper)Īmbush (Concealment, later Dinosaur Camouflage Specialist)īullhorn (Intervention/Hostage Negotiation)Īirwave (Audibel Frequency Specialist/Comms) Road Pig (Spiked Shield, Cinderblock Hammer, Crossbow) Muskrat (Swamp Fighter, Shotgun, Machete, Skimmer)įerret (DEMON Driver), Hydro-Vipers, Iron Grenadiers Gyro-Viper, Ice Viper, Sea Slug, Techno-Viper Slaughter's Renegades: Red Dog (NFL), Taurus, Mercer Steam-Roller (Mobile Command Center Operator) The Fridge (PT Instructor, Football on Chain)Ĭhuckles (Undercover, Criminal Investigations)Ĭrazylegs (Assault Trooper, Parachuter, Organist) Tomax & Xamot (CG Commanders, Executive Enterprises) Ripper (Power Jaws, Metal Splitter Rifle)Įels, Lampreys, Snow Serpents, Tele-Vipers Tollbooth (Bridge Layer Driver, Sledge Hammer) Quick Kick (Silent Weapons- Sword, Nunchuku) Mental, starring Toni Collette and Liev Schreiber in a comedy about a woman tasked with taking care of five children when their mother is institutionalized, is at 44 percent.įamily Weekend, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Modine in a comedy about a a high-achieving teenager who takes her parents hostage to protest their indifference to her life, is at 25 percent (check out Chenoweth’s Five Favorite Films here).Rock 'n' Roll (Machine Gunner/PT Instructor)įlash (Laser Rifle/Chem Bio & Radioactive Guy) Welcome to the Punch, starring James McAvoy and Mark Strong in a thriller about a detective who uncovers a conspiracy while trailing a master criminal, is at 55 percent. The Place Beyond The Pines, starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper in a drama with three interconnected stories about the fates of two families over the course of 15 years, is at 76 percent (check out director Derek Cianfrance’s Five Favorite Films here). Wrong, a dramedy about a man whose life takes a number of strange turns as he looks for his missing dog, is at 77 percent. Renoir, a historical drama about the relationship between painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his son, director Jean Renoir, is at 79 percent. ![]() Violeta Went to Heaven, a biopic of Chilean folk singer Violeta Parra, is at 83 percent. Room 237, a documentary that presents a number of fascinating interpretations of Stanley Kubrick‘s The Shining, is Certified Fresh at 95 percent.īlancanieves, a silent take on Snow White set in 1920s Spain, is at 88 percent. Time to guess the Tomatometer! Also opening this week in limited release: Jurnee Smollett-Bell stars as a marriage counselor whose dissatisfaction with her own marriage pushes her into an affair with a tech mogul ethical and emotional complications ensue. Tyler Perry‘s films are rarely screened prior to their release in theaters, and Temptation is no exception.
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