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Film Sack 718: G.I. Joe Retaliation
🕑 Added 2025-09-21 17:20:07 +0000 UTC
On this episode of Film Sack, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. Like they say, Go Joe, or Go Broke!
RANDY POEM
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The Joes return with guns and macho pride,
Yet half the cast from last time up and died.
They kill off Duke— and that's their hunky jock.
Now put it on Bruce Willis and The Rock.
Cobra’s big plan? To drop some bombs from space,
Lady Jaye drops trow and you about-face.
Except a quick 'lil peek 'cause you're a man.
And PG-13 means you almost can.
Almost.
IBBOTT LYRICS
If you need a glock, there's one in the clock
I'm your armory
Take a gun from me
Need a Walther PPK, I'll give you the path
It's hidden in a fake bidet, in the master bath
Need a bayonette? In the cabinet!
I'm your armory
Take a gun from me
Over on the countertop, in the Kitchen-Aid
Find a roll of razor wire and live grenade
Take a gun from me
(That's all I ask of you Brenda)
Take a gun from me
When I took retirement, left the G.I. Joe team, relieved myself of duty
Could have took up knitting, caught up on some streaming, sitting on my booty
But you know I can't
Started watching HGTV, remodeling was right for me
It's drywall
Didn't leave a square foot untouched, closet space I don't need so much
I redid my place
But there's no living space
Need a .45, they're behind the chives
I'm your armory
Take a gun from me
How about a Kalashnikov, wow you ain't no slouch
Just remove the throw pillows and pull out the couch
Behind the ficus tree, there's an RPG
I'm your armory
Take a gun from me
If you need a takeaway bag, you can use my jeep
I'd ask you to spend the night, there's nowhere to sleep
Comments
Riley Payne
General Joe Colton was a regular character in the G.I. Joe comic book starting from about 1986 till present. Incontinuity he is supposed to represent the 1970s G.I. Joe toys and that there had been a previous G.I. Joe program in the 60s and early 70s represented by the guys who were the original large action figure figures. This storyline for this movie is loosely placed on a Larry Hama arc from the Marvel run combined with a later Larry Hama story angle from the IDW run. ( same continuity) With a lot of talk being about the cartoon, you have to remember that the cartoon was a miniseries of five episodes in 83 and then a mini series of five episodes in 84 and then a regular series and 85 and a second season in 86 and that was it. The comics and file cards on the toys were the primary source for most kids our age ( born in 74). The cartoon ( to us) was a later continuity that came a few years later that we mostly thought were for our younger brothers and sissies! But when the G.I. Joe comic book premiered as a tie in with the toys and the file cards that were all written by the comic writer, Larry Hama , it was one of Marvel‘s number one selling comics 81 to 86 at a time when Marvel was selling an awful lot of comic books. Many months G.I. Joe out sold X-Men , Spider-Man or punisher. The killing of the hard Master and (spoilers ) the person that did it all comes from the comic book.. including storm shadows motivation for serving cobra so that he can find out who the real killer was. So a long story short whenever you watch anything G.I. Joe if it’s something you’d like, it probably came from the comic books and if it’s something that was silly, it came from the cartoon that really didn’t last more than two years. The first movie didn’t know what it wanted to be and other than the snake eyes ninja stuff. It really didn’t follow anything. This movie was a really close. Try to get it really back towards the comic books up to an including Larry Hama as one of the generals!
Ryan McLean
Show that beef!
