8 Reasons G.I. Joe: The Movie is Still the Greatest G.I. Joe Story Ever Told

by Chad E Young on March 18, 2013

in G.I. Joe, Movies

3. Lt. Falcon’s attitude

Not every Joe was perfect, and Falcon displayed that. Lt. Falcon was the epitome of cool. The half brother of the lamewad leader of the Joes, he was supposed to be the new character that was to lead G.I. Joe into the next decade. But his tomfoolery and chasing that spicy Jinx led to his downfall. He ended up ruining the Joes’ mission of keeping Serpentor in a weird, electric jail cell for further testing or something.

anything with two legs and a wide-brim hat, right Falcon?

After being sent to Sgt. Slaughter’s “Slaughter House” and being beaten into a mature, responsible soldier, he saves the entire world by fucking up Golobulus’ day. Falcon was voiced by TV macho man Don Johnson (not to be confused with Macho Man Phillip Michael Thomas) which added more awesome and the perfect cockiness to the character. Falcon later appeared as a druggie in the memorable DiC episodes involving the Headman. The less said about that the better.

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@eclectik March 18, 2013 at 2:16 am

Obviously I disagree with this post on multiple levels and at least 4-5 of the 8 points made here … BUT anything GI Joe (Gen 1) gets props from me … love Joe info, opinion, and memories.

#HailCobra

Sammy March 18, 2013 at 9:34 am

You know, as a standalone story its good. Its the erasure of Cobra Commander’s either comic book or imagined backstory that disappointed so many kids. I do enjoy the movie anytime I watch it though

James March 18, 2013 at 10:49 am

Great list Chad, and I love the new layout (pagination) instead of scrolling forever.

j_wizzle March 18, 2013 at 1:45 pm

You’re not the only one who thinks it’s the best! haha

COBRALALALALALALA!!!!

Count Marzo March 19, 2013 at 8:56 pm

As somewhat of a late G.I. Joe bloomer, I reallllly enjoyed this animated movie. The intro is epic and definitely should be the #1 reason here! I know a lot of G.I. Joe #VintagePurists hate a lot about this movie, but I enjoy most of it and you make a great case for several of those points. My only major problem was Cobra Commander becoming a snake. “WASSSSS ONCCCCEE A MANNNNNN”.

I LOVE Nemesis Enforcer. He’s my favorite character to come outta this.

Howie Decker March 20, 2013 at 11:04 am

As a huge G.I.Joe ARAH comic reader (who refers to the Hama comics as my default Joe continuity over the cartoons) even I love this movie, and it flies in the face of everything the comic had spent a decade building.

Count Marzo March 20, 2013 at 4:33 pm

I remember watching it all the time before school when they broke it up into 5 individual episodes. That intro gets you pumped for the day more than a bowl of sugary, marshmallowy cereal!

Joe Mama July 3, 2014 at 1:13 am

You make good points though I disagree. Commander was a genius even if he lost. I always after this movie how he could adapt to human society or why did need him to conquer when they could on the Joes themselves. Love movie, but with questions.

Dan September 27, 2015 at 11:08 am

This is awesome, glad you took the time to post this insight into the GI Joe movie. You’ll never see mainstream cartoons with this sort of awesomeness these days. too much anti-violence and political correctness.

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