You didn't miss to much then, just Destro's great great great etc Grandad getting his mask. Admittedly this was another nice homage, but probably just confounded the mainstream audience.Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I watched this movie last night, but I missed the beginning of the movie cos we came late.Started from about midway into the holographic video conference between Destro and G.I. Joe.
Agreed with the Baroness thing, she has been Brainwashed before, but she always seemed to have genuine feelings for Destro. Mind you Destro didn't evidence any sign of his skewered but nontheless unbending moral code either.
The main thing that I didn't like so much was Baroness - particularly how her 'evil' persona was 'artificially induced' by Cobra Commander which included her love (?) for Destro. One thing I always liked about the original G.I. Joe story was the romance between Baroness and Destro. I was also kinda disappointed with Storm Shadow - he seemed too "bad," although not necessarily evil. I liked how the movie portrayed the murder of their Arashikage master as being somewhat ambiguous - i.e. we saw the master being slain and young Storm Shadow running away but we never actually so how he was killed. It's _looks_ like Storm Shadow killed him but it's not explicitly shown. I always liked the old story where Storm Shadow was basically a good guy but initially fought for COBRA because he was deceived, but later defected to G.I. Joe and fought alongside Snake Eyes. At least, that's how I remember it and admittedly I'm not really a G.I. Joe fan so maybe my memory's sketchy.
As for Storm Shadow, in the Marvel comic he joined Cobra to discover the Hard masters killer. Although basically a good guy, a certain Jedi master might say he was tainted by the darkside in the form of vengeance and jealousy. he eventually renounced his vendetta and helped GI Joe, (latter still he was captured and brainwashed again though).
I don't really have a problem with Movie Storm Shadow, as there is as you say some ambiguity on whether he killed his master or not, and his relationship with Snake Eyes seemed spot on. When the original Storm Shadow was on a mission of vengeance he seemed to have little compunction’s about harming those in the way of his vengeance.
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