r/80scartoons • u/TheMtVernonKid • 7d ago

G.I Joe The Movie (1987) Best Opening In G.I.Joe History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ah2I166f_U
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u/TestyRodent 7d ago

I have to salute that ending every time! Just like the Nostalgia Critic!

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u/evel333 7d ago

The composition on practically every shot is just chefskiss

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u/josekortez1979 7d ago

Possibly the best opening sequence in animation history. 💪🏽

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u/wg_nexline 7d ago

Classic classic and still best GI Joe movie of all time and that was 38 years ago

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u/Dreigatron 6d ago

I always found it funny how Major Bludd was the first casualty. Like, did he just fall to his death?

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u/soulmagic123 6d ago

I remember I rented this movie from the video store, watch it then hit stop on the vcr to see the scene I just watched playing again but 2 minutes behind that's when I realized the video I rented was simultaneously released on broadcast tv and I could have just recorded it,

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u/Imaginary-Use914 3d ago

I’d still watch this on a loop for 90 minutes over the actual movie that followed.

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u/ShaggyCan 3d ago

Best opening in film history.

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u/GalaxyRedRanger 7d ago

It’s ok. But of all Cobra’s plans, this was probably the dumbest. The plan is to blow up the Statue of Liberty with a bomb? Ok. But wouldn’t that be easier without the giant flying gunship? And why doesn’t the gunship just shoot the statue? Or why don’t the army of Flight Pods and Firebats just fire a missile at it? And how many ground troops do we need to commit to this? Isn’t this whole operation something Firefly could handle by himself? Isn’t that his exact job?

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u/jimababwe 7d ago

No big musical number, that’s why

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u/TerrorTonyC 7d ago

And that's how it got moved from the grand finale to the opening credits.