Duke's Death Retconned From G.I.Joe

G.I.Joe the Movie was one thing I enjoyed as a child yet had some issues with it as an adult. I felt like the movie itself just didn't make sense and is probably one of Hasbro's blunders. Now here's a bit of interesting stuff -- Duke in G.I.Joe was already scheduled to die for some reason. However, the backlash of the death of Optimus Prime caused a last minute change in the script.

So what really happened? I've heard of how snake bits can lead to comas. Remember the scene how Serpentor was supposed to kill Falcon with a snake javelin? Some species of snake could actually be made stiff and immovable by qualified snake trainers. In this case, Duke was actually bitten by a snake near a vital organ. Serpentor said, "He took the snake meant for your heart but his sacrifice will be in vain."

It has me thinking that even if this is fiction -- it would probably still make more sense if Duke died. Okay, we know Serpentor is bad science since it's just impossible to create him in real life. The snake hit him where the heart would be. The venom would have probably already reached the heart. Okay, one can say that they were crying that he slipped into a coma because he could DIE as a result of it. A coma is no laughing matter. That venom would have stopped his heart from beating. Rapid pulse, low blood pressure and severe shock could have killed him.

So could it lead to a coma? Maybe in certain chances though it'd be very slim. Duke is a highly trained, badass soldier so maybe that would explain why he could have survived after the chances of surviving it are very slim. However, it would probably make more sense if he actually died. Then again if there's a slim chance then there's a slim chance, right?