165: G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)

The process of tearing apart our consumerist childhoods is far from over, as the Watchcast crew digs this week into G.I. Joe: The Movie, another toy commercial in disguise that comes up with some of the most bonkers stuff this franchise ever saw, both for better and for worse.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 165: G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
(00:00:18) - Intro.
(00:08:47) - A brief history of Government Issue Joe, and our personal fandoms.
(00:26:37) - More on the tone of the show, and how that filtered into the movie.
(00:30:56) - How this movie came to be, and why it never made it to theaters.
(00:39:19) - Talking about our cast (and porno cartoons).
(00:51:31) - Are the new grunts as good as the old timers?
(00:56:51) - Break!
(00:57:40) - We're back and we're already humming this musical number.
(01:02:46) - People have had it with Cobra Commander.
(01:12:15) - The B.E.T.--no, not that B.E.T.
(01:17:16) - Stumbling into Cobra-la.
(01:23:46) - Our cavalcade of new stars (toys).
(01:40:30) - There's no way Cobra could break in here! And the lore dump to end all lore dumps.
(01:57:05) - Falcon gets airdropped into unincorporated Slaughter territory.
(02:02:35) - Roadblock and Cobra I Was Once a Commaaaaaannnder escape.
(02:09:52) - A sneaking mission to Cobra Island, and it's time to send in the sandworms.
(02:16:48) - He's gone into a coma!
(02:24:34) - A big dumb battle to end this movie.
(02:35:52) - Duke's okay! Somehow!
(02:37:57) - Final thoughts.
(02:46:46) - Housekeeping for next week's movie: Masters of the Universe!
(02:51:31) - Outro.