G.I. Joe: Resolute
| G.I. Joe: Resolute | |
|---|---|
Adult Swim Video | |
| Release | April 17 – April 25, 2009 |
G.I. Joe: Resolute is an American
Plot
Major Bludd's dead body is found by police at the Lincoln Memorial, with a knife through his heart.
In the
After repeated attempts to seize power through brute force have failed,
The Cobra operative
Meanwhile, the other Joes on board the Flagg learn from Dial Tone that satellite communications are down due to the superheated ionosphere, and eventually trace Cobra's activity to the HAARP array, the satellites, and the Siberian particle cannon, which lies beneath the decommissioned Russian ballistic missile complex. Logistical personnel explain that the HAARP array allows the particle cannon to superheat the ionosphere, causing it to reflect particles. The energy from those charged particles is dispersed across the super-hot ionosphere, and then reassembled above its intended target. Once there, the particles are focused into a powerful collimated beam, which uses charged particles to wipe entire cities off the map.
Cobra Commander warns his troops that sedition against his authority will not be tolerated, and recounts how he killed Major Bludd himself, for such an attempt.
Three separate Joe teams are deployed: The first team consisting of
Over the Pacific Ocean, several aircraft carrying the evacuated Joes and crew members of the Flagg arrive at the location of the secondary particle cannon. After exchanging fire with Cobra forces,
A post credits scene shows Storm Shadow's grave to be empty.
Cast
- Charlie Adler as Cobra Commander,[2] Stalker, Flint, Gung-Ho, Hard Master, Cop
- Eric Bauza as Storm Shadow, Destro, Tunnel Rat, Cobra Soldier
- Steve Blum as Duke, Roadblock, Wild Bill, Ripcord, Zartan, Doc, Operator, Technician
- Grey DeLisle as Scarlett, Dial Tone, Baroness, Cover Girl
Production
English writer Warren Ellis scripted the series.[3] He was initially unfamiliar with the American franchise and was informed the franchise was related to Action Man, a subject he had knowledge of.[4]
"Sam Register phoned me up and said, we’d really like you to write a G.I. Joe animation, at a PG-13 rating, aimed at an older viewer. I said, I’ve never seen a G.I. Joe cartoon in my life. [...] I know nothing about G.I. Joe. It is meaningless in my world. 'Excellent', Sam said. Just the guy we need. It was hard not to notice, at this point, that Sam Register is crazier than a shithouse rat. Therefore I decided to take the job."[4]
—Ellis describing his recruitment for the project. (2009)
He stated that his intention was to "really put the property and the characters through some shift changes: as if this were the G.I. Joe film (at the time of my writing Resolute, there still wasn’t a locked script on the live-action film) and I was rebooting and re-grounding the property on my own". He described Hasbro as being supportive, allowing him to do everything except obliterate Beijing (obliterating Moscow was considered "fine").[4] He was allowed to alter a number of characters, both for budgetary reasons and to "amuse [himself]".[1]
For budgetary reasons, a number of Joes did not get speaking parts: "Voice actors cost money. I originally wrote WAY too many speaking roles, and had to remove a bunch of them in the second draft of Resolute, move some dialogue from excised characters to remaining characters, and so on."[5]
The series created a female Dial-Tone. Originally, she was just a background character but, due to the amount of dialogue she had, the producers said she should be a Joe. Ellis chose the codename Dial-Tone "because it amused [him]".[6]
Reception
Bruce Kirkland writing for the
Toyline
In 2009, a number of G.I. Joe toys were released with filecards that referenced the Resolute series. This included 25th Anniversary-style figures of Cobra Commander, Cobra Trooper and Duke. A five-figure "Resolute" box set was also released, with Cobra Commander, Cobra B.A.T., Cobra Officer, Cobra Trooper and Duke, repainted in colors from the cartoon series. Two "Comic book 2-packs" were released, one with Destro and Shockblast, and one with Storm Shadow and Tunnel Rat. Both comic packs included G.I. Joe: Resolute comic books, with new stories by Larry Hama. In 2010, a Cobra 7 figure pack, and G.I. Joe 7 figure pack were released. Hasbro had planned to release a USS Flagg model to the line, however they decided against its release. The prototype was later showcased at the 2011 G.I. Joe convention.[12]
References
- ^ a b Warren Ellis (November 3, 2009). "Gi Joe: Resolute – Dvd". Warren Ellis. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- TheStreet.com. (TheStreet.com Inc). March 11, 2010. Archived from the originalon October 11, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ Graham, Mark (January 5, 2009). "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Trailer Fails to Quash Lingering Bad Buzz". New York. (New York Media Holdings). Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ a b c Ellis, Warren (August 18, 2008). "GI JOE: RESOLUTE". Warrenellis.com. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
- ^ "Warren Ellis blog: GI JOE: RESOLUTE – Episode 9 and 10". people I know. Warrenellis.com. April 24, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ^ Warren Ellis (April 23, 2009). "Warren Ellis blog; GI JOE: RESOLUTE – Episodes 7 & 8". Warren Ellis. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ^ Kirkland, Bruce (November 15, 2009). "Action packed". Toronto Sun. (Sun Media). Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ Latchem, John (October 6, 2009). "Taking Advantage of the 'G.I. Joe' Movie". Home Media Magazine. (Questex Media Group LLC). Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ G4. (NBCUniversal Media LLC). Archived from the originalon August 2, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ "Hollywood's G.I. Joe missing the mark". Toronto Star. (Torstar). August 1, 2009. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ Condé Nast Publications). Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ Sims, Chris (April 4, 2011). "Hasbro's Unproduced New USS Flagg Prototype Makes Your Inner Six Year-Old Weep". Comics Alliance. (AOL Inc). Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
