COBRA!

Frenetic opening sequence from 1987's otherwise undistinguished kiddy cash-in flick GI Joe: The Movie. It's like that dubious opening sequence from Sam Hamm's Watchmen script filtered through anime action sensibilities, and an eye for 80s playset product placement. The balloon shower invasion, and the bubbling fire-lick Cobra jet explosion are particularly notable as anti-logic spectacle. There's also lots of perspective-shift snaking shots, and bodies being blown towards the viewer. What more could a sugar-high child want? Hand animation treats! It's the perfect advertisement: whole lines of product interacting in a bewilderingly exciting three minute chaos short. Shark Plane beats Snake Boat!