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Podcast: Around the World in 80s Movies
Episode: G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) | Don Jurwich
Description: Rounding out this trio of Hasbro toy-based films put out by Marvel/Sunbow in the mid-1980s, "GI Joe: The Movie" has the dishonorable distinction of being funneled straight to video and subsequently syndicated on television due to the lack of success for the "Transformers" and "My Little Pony" movies at the box office the year before. But does that mean it's a bad film? Well, some might argue yes, others hell no, and many more fall under the category of loving it because it embraces its flaws and plays them up to maximum entertainment. Don Johnson and Burgess Meredith pro...