thoughts on "Synthoid Conspiracy"

thoughts on "Synthoid Conspiracy"; -random musing
Topic Started: Nov 12 2009, 12:28 PM (71 Views)
Dominic Guglieme	Nov 12 2009, 12:28 PM Post #1
the human MICROscope!! Posts: 2,084 Group: Reviewers Member #5 Joined: February 9, 2007 Gender male Favorite Collectable Transformers	While visiting a friend last week, I had a chance to watch the 2-part 'Synthoid Conspiracy" episode of the old "GI Joe" cartoon. It was, put simply, much worse than I remembered it being. Even making allowances for sloppy animation mistakes, (common to SunBow cartoons), it was pretty bad. Given that it was written by Christy Marx, this is something of a surprise. But, there was one thing that stood out. When the Joes are shown to be running low on supplies, (as a result of synthoid initiated budget cuts), one of the Joes shown complaing is Blowtorch. Blowtorch might be the lowest profile pre-86 Joe. (Aside from this scene, I cannot recall him doing much in the cartoon at all.) This is likely because Blowtorch is one of the least kid-friendly Joes. Blowtorch's gimmick is that he has a flame-thrower. In other words, his job is to set things and people on fire. (On a visceral level, this is a bit worse than shooting a laser rifle.) The cartoon implies that Blowtorch is, at the very least, practicing his craft, if not actively engaging in it. His complaint to Duke, "I can't get propane for my flame-thrower!" clearly indicates that he is using the flame-thrower for something. I am not sure if this is as bad as Major Bludd's multiple dog-tags and missing body parts. But, it is close. Dom -wants a "Combat Heroes" Blowtorch.
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Trench Knife 19	Nov 12 2009, 06:58 PM Post #2
Spammenator 3.0 Posts: 640 Group: The Admins Member #6 Joined: February 9, 2007	I just picked up this DVD set and have been enjoying watching them with my kids. As much as I agree with you on the production values, I am willing to overlook that for the sheer joy of watching these cartoons which I used to race home to watch after school when I was a kid. Now that I am able to share them with my kids it really brings the Joes to "life" for my kids and helps them to understand why I enjoy collecting them so much. It is also fun to watch the episodes and think how stupid some of the ideas were when these were made. I get a kick out of it when my kids are watching and one of them pipes up with, "We have that toy dad, and that vehicle and that bad guy..." It makes me shed a tear I tell you!
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138 Scourge	Nov 12 2009, 09:08 PM Post #3
Kung-Fu Billionaire Posts: 365 Group: Collectors Member #1,160 Joined: February 7, 2008 Gender Gentleman Favorite Collectable Transformers, books, Cobra toys, skulls, and others	....D'awwwww Trench's story is cute. I've been watching more of these on the Youtube and the like. I dunno, I'm watching 'em for the fun value, and they do retain that. Also, love synthoids. What a neat ridiculous idea. Didn't they end up melting in a rather creepy scene near the end?
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viper commander	Nov 14 2009, 07:30 AM Post #4
Mercenary, Assassin Posts: 862 Group: Collectors Member #1,072 Joined: January 24, 2008	Yup melted into bio-goop... Returnof Cobra had the best production values of old Joe cartoons IMHO, what do you guys think?
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