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[VIDEO] Wish List: Animated G.I. Joe Resolute on Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ November 8, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Argh! This is where it’s at! Nevermind that I enjoyed the crap out of the live action G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. This animated adventure, the 58 minute G.I. Joe Resolute bests it in almost every way. Its only problems - it’s too damn short and it’s not on Blu-ray. Like I said, “Argh!”

So, Paramount sent over the DVD this week and I’ve got to tell you, it’s so much nicer watching this show (series or movie?) off of a disc with a clean transfer than suffering through the blocky, blurry YouTube videos I’d been watching before. It’s a great little one hour story that really honours the years of comic books and cartoons that came before it.

And the DVD provides a few extra treats for Joe fans. In addition to a few more minutes of footage edited into the film (nothing much to speak of - a little more action, a little post-credits coda) the disc contains the “pilot” short that was screened at Comic Con last year. It’s a fantastic piece that really encapsulates everything the production team was shooting for.

The real treat, however, is the half-hour interview with the series creators. They tackle everything from design to production, taking questions sent in from fans along the way. Here’s a preview (SPOILER WARNING!):

Great stuff there!

What’s not so great is that I had only just convinced myself that the standard-def, relatively low-res version of G.I. Joe Resolute that appears on the DVD would be adequate enough to entertain me, only to have a high-def preview of it dangled in front of me before The Rise of Cobra film on Blu-ray. That’s right, when you pop in the new Blu-ray disc of the live action film, you’ll be treated to that same one-minute trailer that I’ve posted at the top of this article, but in glorious 1080p high-definition!! Double “Argh!”. It looks so much cleaner. So much more detailed. The colours are more vivid. The line-work more defined. How will I ever be able to watch it dumbed-down to 480p ever again?!

Perhaps G.I. Joe Resolute will turn up on the multi-disc G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Ultimate Edition Blu-ray that will no doubt show up sometime in the next couple of years. It might make the inevitable double-dip worth picking up!

For more info on the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Blu-ray disc, read my review here.

Previously on the Blu-ray Blog: Animated G.I. Joe: Resolute coming to DVD, not Blu-ray

Tags: Animation, Anime, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: Resolute, Paramount