The Big Picture: A Guy Named Joe

[Ewoc]

Wow, very inspiring for someone who has no idea what to do with this life. Thank you.

 

[Lieju]

I've been certain for as long as I can remember that I want to know stuff. At first I wanted to be teacher, but I was six when I decided I wanted to become a scientist who knows a lot about animals. Which is still my goal and place in life.

But I never had any role-models in that area. I tried having idols, some famous paleontologists or so, but kinda didn't have the interest for it.

I just had these things that interested me.

My greatest child-hood hero was Hercule Poirot, though.

 

[2fish]

Ah yes the generation of no real threat and then the one with everything is a threat. This will be fun to watch. I think we can narrow it down to everyone is your enemy. We should make a galactic empire if only to have a fun enemy.

Bob I'd say you've found your place alright.
Also: This world DOES seem to be lacking in the super villain department, especially now that Cheney's out of office! =D

No worries I understand he is cloning himself and building a volcano base

 

[Wolf Devastator]

Great video, I was tabbed doing work while listening, but somehow you kept me interested in a topic about G.I. Joe enough to click the tab and watch it fully. Perhaps it had something to do with you eventually getting to my generation and I still agree with you about Scott Pilgrim. Keep strong and don't let the man (or his sheep) get you down!

 

[Blueruler182]

Do people really have this hard a time figuring out what to do with their lives? Is being a man really decided upon how many bad guys you can punch in the face? I've never had an issue knowing what I'll do with my life, but this has given me a fair bit to think about.

 

[Armored Prayer]

This was great episode, in fact some points felt inspiring.

I just thought of something interesting though. You mention each generation's version of G.I. Joe and I though "whats this generation's version?" The first thing that came to mind was military FPS like CoD, and how popular it was for both men and boys. Its like the old G.I. Joe what with being about real life soldiers and special forces except its an interactive game. Maybe thats one of the reasons its so popular.(besides being a great game)

Try not to take most of this seriously. Like I said its just an interesting thought I had.

But do the kids who play the game aspire to be those soldiers? Does playing the game make them want to be one when they grow up? That is why I don't think it holds the same kind of place as the other G.I. Joes. It's easier to pwn n00bs in COD than it is to become a real, honest to God soldier or member of the special forces. And that's why most people would rather just play the game.

Well for the question I don't see why not. I've come across a few people who after playing the games were interested in joining the military. Of course you have a good point about the games being easier than actually becoming one, and I bet many players would rather play a game about the military than become part of it.

 

[MB202]

That's a nice lesson at the end. Finding your own place...

 

[standokan]

Did I just spot a picture of major Armstrong, the manga/anime character I know and love?

 

[Dice Warwick]

I had a few GI-Joe action figgers, the ones that were "all" plastic, and they fought together with my Z-bots agents Skeletor and his minions made from Kenecks!... I didn't have much friends when I was young. As far back as I can remember, I had to make my own role model, being a kid with multie learning disability, and few friends, I tended to glaze over all the messages that the TV heroes forced out at the end of each show, as I all ready knew most of the stuff they were telling me, my Mom had gotten their fist.

 

[brazuca]

Bob I won't explaing this now 'cos I got to leave work right now. You should read Michel Michel Foucault. We are no long in the same type of control society anymore. Not the way you think, belive. The main point of this video, wich in any narrative, dissertation or essay is the end got a bit lost to me. GI's and my generation (I'll be 22 by jan. 22) is COD and Medal of Honor. From my friends who joined the military police academy, 3 of them are very fond of modern warfare 2 and 1. Well gotta go, pacht this later when I'm home.

 

[Valdez Leel]

A Guy Named Joe

This week, Bob looks back at some old Joes.

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The sad thing being that now, more so than in any point in recent history, it's going to be very hard for young people to find themselves a meaningful place in the world.*

With a stagnant economy, waning social mobility, and an ageing population - where power lies increasingly in the hands of old entrenched elites - even modest aspirations are moving out of reach of the ascending generation.

I do not envy the teenagers of today. We've left them a steep hill to climb when they hit maturity.

*Speaking purely in terms of the western world obviously. Different kettle of fish elsewhere.

 

[Thespian]

So, what this episode told us is, find your own place in the world and don't base it on cartoons or action movies.

...

Who wasn't already doing that? Since when are "Behind the remote" or "killing the russians" the only two places in the world?

I really don't see what he was trying to say here.

 

[Darks63]

Really Bob I thought GI Joe the term was coined from a marine( I cant Remember his name atm) on Guadalcanal who dual wielded two browning 50mm Machine guns and single handedly held one part of the breaking 1st marine line at a critical battle on said island.

 

[WaderiAAA]

Granted, this episode fits well in a series called the big picture.

 

[AgDr_ODST]

**Ahem**

"I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off"

The more Nhilistic responce to the same problem,

infact a better quote would be;

"I can't get married - I'm a thirty-year-old boy"

well said man....I can think of no way to add to that

 

[Aphroditty]

So, what this episode told us is, find your own place in the world and don't base it on cartoons or action movies.

...

Who wasn't already doing that? Since when are "Behind the remote" or "killing the russians" the only two places in the world?

I really don't see what he was trying to say here.

You make a strong point for the idea that culture and environment don't have any kind of effect on people. All people have always simply ignored what they were being told by television, books and movies and found their own place in the world with complete freedom and no pressure.

I think you're a little too hung up on the fact that he was talking specifically about G.I. Joe, when he was using G.I. Joe as a symbol for a wholesale cultural shift.

 

[Rad Party God]

Good to see a change from ranting about comics and how you hate first person shooters to something much more relevant and thought provoking.

 

[Blackjack 222]

I shall put an advertisement on Craigslist.

Looking for Super villain. Must be ready to destroy the world only to be thwarted in a blaze of glory by heroes.


Needs filler.

 

[Thespian]

You make a strong point for the idea that culture and environment don't have any kind of effect on people. All people have always simply ignored what they were being told by television, books and movies and found their own place in the world with complete freedom and no pressure.

I think you're a little too hung up on the fact that he was talking specifically about G.I. Joe, when he was using G.I. Joe as a symbol for a wholesale cultural shift.

Mhm, I see your point. I think, I might be reading things weirdly again x_x
Anywho... I do believe that culture and environment have an effect on people. A rather large one, I'm sure. It's just that he spent quite a long time talking specifically about GI Joe, or at least about military aims. My point is, if he had spoken about, as you said, a wholesale cultural shift, I'd understand, but what he seemed to be saying was that he was no longer being told who to shoot at. I didn't see how it linked in with his place in society.

 

[Dana22]

Porkchop Sandwiches !


I kinda disagree on topic of masculine strength. It wasn't a cultural necessity of times long past, but rather byproduct of the world we used to live in. The man was shaped be the world surrounding him.

And what do we have now ? Being handsome and well built is also a cultural necessity, and so people strive to fit in that modern standards. Which is sad.