Cartoon Observations:

[gojira77]

I've been rewatching The MASS Device and Revenge of Cobra recently-- thank you awesome DVD Packs! Now, I know that certain things have to be taken for granted with the 'toon, such as comic characters getting re-worked so that General Flagg gets fat and bald and CC becomes whiney and ineffective. And they let just about anybody fly a jet, though nobody wears a helmet while operating a jet pack!

 

Anyways, two things have stuck out for me this time. First, I think it's totally doable to follow the cartoon continuity and have Snake-Eyes end up with Scarlett. They totally had a moment there in that cave in the arctic and she almost jumped the man when he got back to base alive and surprisingly not looking like a hotdog frank that's been in the microwave too long. It was a couple years in the comic before SE and Scarlett became an item, though they were always close like you see here. Thus the comic book Clutch could feel free to continuously hit on the squad's only girl without fear of her ninja boyfriend gutting him like a fish. Duke already gets the exotic, dark-haired slave girl Selena-- it's not right for him to have two pieces of arm candy while 'Snake' is left with flea-bitten Timber.

 

Second, I read a wikipedia entry awhile back that said the 'toon versions of Duke and Flint had virtually the same personality. This same joker went on to say that Hama didn't like Duke, which isn't true-- he just toughened the First Shirt up a little to make him more like his experience in 'Nam. I think there are subtle differences between the two archetypal tough guy leaders, and that they are both cool in the classic 'toon. What do you think?

[ARROW]

The differences are Duke is blond and Flint is brunette......

[Nega]

I've been rewatching The MASS Device and Revenge of Cobra recently-- thank you awesome DVD Packs! Now, I know that certain things have to be taken for granted with the 'toon, such as comic characters getting re-worked so that General Flagg gets fat and bald and CC becomes whiney and ineffective.

 

Series writer's guide says CC is chaotic evil, while Destro is logical evil. They contrast each other.

 

 

 

Second, I read a wikipedia entry awhile back that said the 'toon versions of Duke and Flint had virtually the same personality. This same joker went on to say that Hama didn't like Duke, which isn't true-- he just toughened the First Shirt up a little to make him more like his experience in 'Nam. I think there are subtle differences between the two archetypal tough guy leaders, and that they are both cool in the classic 'toon. What do you think?

 

Hama has said he didn't like Duke, but used him anyway.

 

Duke seemed more "square" than Flint. Bit older and out of touch with what was cool.

 

Flint was prone to jealousy where Lady Jaye was concerned, whereas Duke was "born to mack", as evidenced with Selena and Cover Girl in "Cobra CLAWS are coming to Town". He wasn't just into Scarlett.

[guyofshlappy]

Re: Hama's feelings on the character of Duke, check out the full interview on Newsarama here but I excerpted the pertinent part here:

"Duke was my least fave character of all. He's lower on the rungs than Raptor. I did like Crystal Ball, though..."

 

Man, less than Raptor and Crystal Ball, that's low, man.

 

Personally, I always found them both to be a bit in the dull side, but I REALLY couldn't stand Duke, with his smiling action figure. I've learned to appreciate, even like, Flint but Duke is still a schmuck/

[Jmacq1]

Oddly, on the cartoon their personalities almost seemed to be switched from their comic counterparts. Duke was kind of cocky and wisecracking. Flint (in the toon) seemed little more serious, and (as opposed to Duke) was a one-woman man. But by and large both were presented as "square jawed all American hero types."

[gojira77]

Oddly, on the cartoon their personalities almost seemed to be switched from their comic counterparts. Duke was kind of cocky and wisecracking. Flint (in the toon) seemed little more serious, and (as opposed to Duke) was a one-woman man. But by and large both were presented as "square jawed all American hero types."

 

I think you're right-- thanks!

 

Nice of Hama to clear that up for us-- yikes!-- even though he's called Duke one of the core characters in another IDW interview and even said that he owned a figure. That's ok, Duke, I love ya anyways, and I hear that Batman has similar feelings towards Larry Hama! @loll@