Thanks. I hook up with queer women on Meet Up.com, and it went out great. I probably been called ma'am, miss, etc probably maybe three or four times when going out full time in public. Othertimes, they don't say anything because probably they are scared to hurt people's feelings.

the lack of confidence from a franchise is not the problem, but the problem is the lack of talent from the staff behind.

feel like there's some context missing behind this

So it's not just me.

Watching Picard II on DVD as Series III is the last one.

Would be good to know what you are going on about

I heard there's some people from Hasbro lost their confidence from the Gi Joe line due the failure of the last films but i don't think that's not the case.

Every Joe film has underperformed or outright bombed. It's just A Thing for Joe.

And personally my lack of confidence in the line comes less from the box office performance and more that Hasbro doesn't know what to actually do with G.I. Joe- or rather, what they're too scared to do.

Do you see how I'm able to engage the topic when it's clearly stated?

Hasbro: Yo Joe!
*G.I. Joe underperforms*
Hasbro: No Joe.

*looks at the resell price for G.I. Joe Classified Series Snake Supreme Cobra Commander*
Me (teary-eyed):...Why Joe?

I remember ten years ago at Joecon and it was the same situation with Pursuit of Cobra and Retaliation, but dealers couldn't give away the JvC-era stuff.

Now it's all stupidly freaking expensive, especially the Pursuit of Cobra through 50th. Still wish I'd grabbed the Skystriker...

I know absolutely nothing about GI Joe except that Cobra Commander has some of the best tastes in fashion I've ever seen.

I think that "big buff military people" isn't as easy to sell to kids today as it was in the 90's

Times change

So, like, I just discovered an upcoming Christmas movie which features Santa Claus beating up a bunch of mercenaries or something? I dunno, Christmas has gotten a lot wierder since I was a kid hahaha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a53e4HHnx_s

finally, a sequel to Santa Claus Conquers The Martians

I liked it right down to the deer shit joke. Is it really so funny and necessary?

I think there's a Grinch themed horror movie coming out soon too.

Also holy fuck I'm going to visit the only other family member I have who I don't hate next week for the first time in 14 years. Man I need that

More like a remake, where they will show that Grinch was actually right.

Well, call of duty-like games are pretty popular today.

There hasn't been a Christmas Movie since Klaus that I actually liked. I really don't care about these "edgy Christmas Movies" at all.

I prefer wholesome classic ones.

Except the Fish Bowl.

Just kidding, I loved the Fish Bowl.

80s. Joe was struggling in the late 80s because of adolescent ambush amphibians, and all but extinct in the 90s because of I can't come up with a good alliteration joke involving Power Rangers.

Anyway Joe hasn't always had problems adapting (see: Adventure Team), it's just that

Hasbro

Are

Cowards

My eyes still hurt from all the crying that I was doing yesterday. I had a good trans woman friend of mine block me because I accidentally triggered some emotional trauma when I didn’t mean to. I can't even say sorry because they blocked me on every website. I had some good trans friendship ended because they thought I was annoying before when I wasn't trying too.

I do have some cis friends that are very supportive, but they still don't get my own personal struggles.

those don't generally try to make the stuff portrayed look heroic. It's a depiction of military violence.

Also they're not for kids.

yeah I'm a kiddo so I don't really know when things had their hayday

Sorry, I'm too English to understand a "GI Joe", is that like the super-cool Action Master (the Greatest Hero of them All!) who is totally original?

On a more serious note, that actually does suck. Friendships breaking up because of accident is the worst, hope you manage to recover a little <3

It's was a 80's cartoon called a real american hero

I came in on the early 2000s revival so I kind of missed the absolute height.

Was there for the unending rage pool that is Hisstank circa 2009-present though... Don't miss that one bit.

Action Master? Is that like the Poundland equivalent of Action Man?

https://i.imgur.com/XHJQGPv.png

Think G.I. Joe is - or at least was - known as Action Man here.

EDIT: Just saw Talisman's post.

Thanks. I still feel guilty for everything and I hate that I can't say sorry. It was my fault for doing something wrong that I didn't know that would emontionally upset someone in a bad way.

I know how you feel. I once accidentally blurted something very personal about a friend of mine (I won't repeat it here to preserve their integrity) in front of a few people who wasn't supposed to know about it, but, being a stupid autistic teenager, all I said a quick 'oops' and a terrible attempt at denying I said anything but didn't think much of it. Now I can't properly apologize because we haven't seen each other since our high school graduation. And, well, yeah, it friggin sucks.

If you ever get the chance to apologize, take it! But don't beat yourself up too much over it if the opportunity doesn't come. Guyver, you are an amazing person, and just the fact that you wish to apologize is proof of this.

Take care of yourself buddy, and I hope the chance comes soon.

Spandex Suited Sophomore Squad

SSSS.Power Rangers when?

They had a british counterpart called Action Force.

... Goddammit that's brilliant.

Started out as Action Man. Became Action Force during the 3-3/4" ARAH era.

And introduced one of the sickest vehicles ever, the Robo-Skull.
https://i2.wp.com/www.joeaday.com/wp...oskull-001.jpg

OH

I burst out laughing
thank you

I think Hasbro could make gi joe-like cartoons.

Already did that.

I'm not kidding, that chunk of plastic has such a huge following it managed to get a modernized version Kickstarter-ed a year or two ago to a smashing succcess, and it's due to release within the next year.


https://i.imgur.com/fRWDX2R.png

Compatible with 3.5 and 6-inch figures. Wish I had gotten in on it.

you mean, the gi joe extreme ? it's was just a new joe cartoon which fail miserable and besides the most line performs well was Action Man animated series/cartoons.

So do you not know about, or are you ignoring the existence of:

- The Sunbow cartoon
- The movie based on the Sunbow cartoon
- The DiC cartoon that followed up on the Sunbow cartoon and movie
- SpyTroops and Valor vs. Venom CGI movies
- Sigma Six
- Resolute miniseries
- Renegades

And please tell me how Action Man performed better than any of them because I can guarantee you it did not.

I mean, a new gi joe-lik cartoons could serve as somekind of sub-teams and about Action Man he had some few shows in 90's and 2000's.

First they'd have to actually commit to Joe as a franchise worth sustaining past lightly updated nostalgia and a comic, which is a medium they can be hands-off with.

You may be seeing the flaw in this.

GI Joe also had a Japanese counterpart called Henshin Cyborg