| Re: Top 4 1980's Cartoon Bad Guys |
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Group: rec.arts.animation · Group Profile
Author: Terrence BriggsTerrence Briggs Date: Jul 15, 2006 05:36
Neil Nadelman wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 10:29:04 -0400, "Patrick Joseph Mc Namara"
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>"Neil Nadelman" anime-translator.com> wrote in message
>>news:v8rna295mk7a2eagfpnsh4qpnv0n00mv4e@4ax.com...>>> On 30 Jun 2006 16:15:30 -0700, "I Just Saved A Bunch Of Money On My
>>> Car Insurance By Switching To Perkoff" rock.com> wrote:
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>>> Um... Cobra Commander, anyone?>>
>>I guess it depends which one. Many times he is portrayed as a whiney wimp,
>>especially in the 80s versions.
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> But that's why I loved him so much!
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> DESTRO: Now then, we've finished the giant laser cannon. What do you
> plan to do with it?
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> COBRA COMMANDER: I shall carve my face INTO THE MOON!
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> DESTRO: ...
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> DESTRO: That has to be the STUPIDEST idea you've ever come up with! Do
> you realize the resources, the money, the man-hours involved in
> creating this device, all so that you can use it for an... An act of
> cosmic VANDALISM?!
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> Cobra Commander. Definitely an all-time great 80's cartoon villain.
Now that Chairface Chippendale joke from The Tick makes sense...
If (yet another) G.I. Joe update were made, I'd dump CC and Serpentor
entirely and make Destro the main baddie. He's got credibility as a
human being, unlike most other Cobra baddies.
Personally, I prefer Bionic 6's Dr. Scarab. Sure, he was the only
watchable character in the show, but he was more charismatic and less
annoying than most of the blowhards from more popular 80s shows, such
as Skeletor and Shredder.
Terrence Briggs, found a Teddy Ruxpin DVD at Redbox. Time to throw
another 80s baddie on the trash pile.
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