The Nextlander Watchcast· Folge 165

165: G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)

Dienstag, 27. Januar 2026 · 2 h 52

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The process of tearing apart our consumerist childhoods is far from over, as the Watchcast crew digs this week into G.I. Joe: The Movie, another toy commercial in disguise that comes up with some of the most bonkers stuff this franchise ever saw, both for better and for worse.
CHAPTERS:

() - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 165: G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
() - Intro.
() - A brief history of Government Issue Joe, and our personal fandoms.
() - More on the tone of the show, and how that filtered into the movie.
() - How this movie came to be, and why it never made it to theaters.
() - Talking about our cast (and porno cartoons).
() - Are the new grunts as good as the old timers?
() - Break!
() - We're back and we're already humming this musical number.
() - People have had it with Cobra Commander.
() - The B.E.T.--no, not that B.E.T.
() - Stumbling into Cobra-la.
() - Our cavalcade of new stars (toys).
() - There's no way Cobra could break in here! And the lore dump to end all lore dumps.
() - Falcon gets airdropped into unincorporated Slaughter territory.
() - Roadblock and Cobra I Was Once a Commaaaaaannnder escape.
() - A sneaking mission to Cobra Island, and it's time to send in the sandworms.
() - He's gone into a coma!
() - A big dumb battle to end this movie.
() - Duke's okay! Somehow!
() - Final thoughts.
() - Housekeeping for next week's movie: Masters of the Universe!
() - Outro.

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