Joe: The Movie being released on home video and on television instead. However, the poor performance of Transformers: The Movie, coupled with fan and parental backlash over the deaths of major Transformers characters, especially Optimus Prime, led to G.I. Joe: The Movie was intended for the big screen but production delays saw Transformers: The Movie beat it to theaters in 1986. Related: Transformers Movies Ranked Worst To BestĪn animated film titled G.I. Joe has been kept alive throughout the decades by nostalgia, more comics, and other animated revivals. Joe toys overwhelmed the market as the core audience of boys grew up towards the end of the 1980s but G.I. Cobra backstory and the histories of the dozens of characters was masterminded by Marvel Comics writer Larry Hama.

Joe became a mega-successful series of toys with elaborate mythology told through comic books and a wildly popular animated series, G.I. In collaboration with Marvel Comics, G.I. Joe action figures existed in the 1970s, the franchise was completely rebooted by Hasbro in the 1980s. Joe followed in the footsteps of Hasbro's other enduring ' 80s cartoon, Transformers, in leaping to the big screen but the Joes haven't had the same level of success as the alien robots saga overseen by Michael Bay. Joe in the 1980s love about the property. Joe Origins, although the series is a mixed bag that has yet to fully capture everything fans who grew up with G.I. Joe has had three live-action films theatrically released, which now includes Snake Eyes: G.I. Hey, you! Yeah, you! Buy cool stuff, support Shane Plays Geek Talk with these affiliate links! Humble Bundle DriveThruRPG.G.I.

Listen to the Shane Plays Geek Talk podcast on YouTube, SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play Music, Amazon Music, Podbean and Stitcher (and other fine, fine podcast directories). Shane Plays Geek Talk is carried on Krypton Radio! Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi Like what you hear? Support Shane Plays Geek Talk on Patreon! Shane laments the lack of a werecow in TSR publications. Bruce’s Loki in his novel Mischief Maker is not the MCU Loki. What do you do when you want to play D&D but you don’t have the rules? You invent it, including simulating the d20 with d6s. What was his job description as lead designer on The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim? Why did Oblivion have a big celebrity but Skyrim didn’t? Bruce was years ahead of the game when it came to his revamp of the Armor Class system for Gamma World 4E. What does he consider his biggest achievement while at TSR? Bruce’s opinion of TSR under Gary Gygax versus Lorraine Williams and what he considers TSR’s “glory days”. Bruce’s first day at TSR was an experience, to say the least.

RPG designer Bruce Nesmith discusses his career as a TSR veteran (Ravenloft 2E, Gamma World 4E, Dragonlance), Elder Scrolls Skyrim lead designer, and now novelist.

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