Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Looking forward to this, has some great martial arts actors (iko uwais, joe taslim).
 
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Looks absolutely nothing like the character's original backstory, even the portrayal of the character seems way off from the extremely short video.
 


Looks absolutely nothing like the character's original backstory, even the portrayal of the character seems way off from the extremely short video.
Looks like it to me, minus Vietman.

In the Marvel Comics' continuity, Snake Eyes, Stalker, and Storm Shadow served together during the Vietnam War in a LRRP unit. On a particular mission, a heavy firefight with the North Vietnamese NVA resulted in the apparent death of his teammates (among them Wade Collins, who actually survives and later joins Cobra, becoming Fred II of the Fred series Crimson Guardsmen). When a helicopter arrived to pick up the surviving team members, the pursuing NVA opened fire, severely injuring Snake Eyes. Despite a direct order from Stalker to leave him, Storm Shadow went back for Snake Eyes, and was able to get Snake Eyes safely aboard the helicopter.[4][33]

Upon returning home from the war, Snake Eyes met with Colonel Hawk, who informed him that his family had been killed in a car accident (which involved the brother of the man who would eventually become Cobra Commander). Devastated, Snake Eyes accepts an offer to study the ninja arts with Storm Shadow's family, the Arashikage Clan
 
Looks like it to me, minus Vietman.

In the Marvel Comics' continuity, Snake Eyes, Stalker, and Storm Shadow served together during the Vietnam War in a LRRP unit. On a particular mission, a heavy firefight with the North Vietnamese NVA resulted in the apparent death of his teammates (among them Wade Collins, who actually survives and later joins Cobra, becoming Fred II of the Fred series Crimson Guardsmen). When a helicopter arrived to pick up the surviving team members, the pursuing NVA opened fire, severely injuring Snake Eyes. Despite a direct order from Stalker to leave him, Storm Shadow went back for Snake Eyes, and was able to get Snake Eyes safely aboard the helicopter.[4][33]

Upon returning home from the war, Snake Eyes met with Colonel Hawk, who informed him that his family had been killed in a car accident (which involved the brother of the man who would eventually become Cobra Commander). Devastated, Snake Eyes accepts an offer to study the ninja arts with Storm Shadow's family, the Arashikage Clan

I admittedly only know the original Marvel backstory from when I was a child (legitimately, I have issue 1 at my parents' house on a shelf), so the additional details that seem to have been added since the '80's are outside of my awareness. Even in the backstory, the Marvel series attempted to paint Snake Eyes as a forever mysterious, non-verbal (mute?) character. Looks like various other sources have added to that since the fact.

Regardless, I'll happily check this out. Glad to see the GI Joe series continue in some fashion, even if it isn't recognizable to how I remember it as a child.
 
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