the live action movie to be more precise

3/21/2008 7:49:42 AM

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3/21/2008 8:50:00 AM

^^ DAMN! That's a badass image, son!

3/21/2008 8:57:53 AM

He looks like a ninja...
Is he supposed to look like a ninja?

3/21/2008 9:08:00 AM

^yes darling, that is Snake Eyes.


and im not really impressed with the cast

3/21/2008 9:13:59 AM

Oh. Well i guess that makes sense.

3/21/2008 9:15:56 AM

he is one of the more popular Joes


and shit like this is what irritates the hell out of me..

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"Say it ain't so, G.I. Joe. The popular all-American comic-book military man and action figure dating back to the 1940s is undergoing a significant transformation for the Paramount Pictures-distributed "G.I. Joe" film, which begins production in February and is scheduled for release in summer 2009. No longer will G.I. Joe be a U.S. Special Forces soldier, the "Real American Hero" who, in his glory days, single-handedly won World War II. In the politically correct new millennium, G.I. Joe bears no resemblance to the original. Paramount has confirmed that in the movie, the name G.I. Joe will become an acronym for "Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity" — an international, coed task force charged with defeating bad guys. It will no longer stand for government issued, as in issued by the American government. The studio won't elaborate, saying filming hasn't begun and details are still in the works, but the behind-the-scenes rumblings are that the producers have decided to change the nature of G.I. Joe in order to appeal to a wider, more international audience. The word is that in the current political climate, they're afraid that a heroic U.S. soldier won't fly. Joe's transformation, however, isn't sitting well with diehard fans and military types. "I find it outrageous that they'd want to drop everything American" from the character, said conservative blogger Warner Todd Huston, who wrote about the rumors this week on Newsbusters.org and his own blog. "That's nuts." Retired Army Col. David W. Hunt, a FOX News military and terrorism analyst, called the scheme to make a whole new Joe "a shame." "G.I. Joe is a U.S. guy," Hunt said. "What are we going to call it — Global Joe? International Joe? It's kind of stupid. It's ridiculous that they're doing that." Paramount wouldn't say whether an American would be part of the new "global entity," nor would it offer specifics about the storyline or the characters. "It is too early to tell about plots. We just don't know that," Jessica Rovins, a marketing executive at Paramount, told FOXNews.com. "

[Edited on March 21, 2008 at 9:23 AM. Reason : fuck global joe!]

3/21/2008 9:20:36 AM

I guess I just always thought there was one GI Joe...the guy in the green army stuff that little boys had figurines of.
Man, i guess i should research a bit before i see the movie?

^ and that's just sad

[Edited on March 21, 2008 at 9:25 AM. Reason : ^]

3/21/2008 9:24:09 AM

Sienna Miller is in it. That makes a cast for me.

Although I can't stand Channing Tatum.

[Edited on March 21, 2008 at 9:26 AM. Reason : .]

3/21/2008 9:24:41 AM

G. I. JOOOOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO!

3/21/2008 9:25:59 AM

wtf... I'm all for being politically correct and stuff, but this is GI Joe, I mean come-on. If they wanna make a politically correct movie then don't call it GI Joe and don't base it on a series that is all about American soldiers. I'm pretty sure the movie will suck anyway.

3/21/2008 9:32:46 AM

yeah, this is a gayification and rainbow sixing of GI Joe

3/21/2008 9:34:52 AM

thanks a lot for ruining the potential of one of the best cartoons from my childhood...im talking to you, liberals!

3/21/2008 9:37:17 AM

^I'm seriously debating on not seeing this movie b/c of that very reason.

I was so obsessed with GI Joe that almost any character error or other will eat at me through the whole movie

3/21/2008 9:39:12 AM

How many different characters are there?

And who is the main one?

[Edited on March 21, 2008 at 9:47 AM. Reason : teach me!]

3/21/2008 9:45:19 AM

This is not about being PC or some kind of liberal rewriting IMO. It's about the bottom line and how foreign movie-goers might not take to the idea of a big-budget action film that glorifies American armed forces. They gotta sell this movie in international markets.

Not saying it doesn't suck, but it's more about business than politics.

3/21/2008 10:00:58 AM

Well how many people in foreign countries played with GI Joe toys as a kid?

btw

Quote :

"yeah, this is a gayification and rainbow sixing of GI Joe"

More like RAINBOW GAY SEXING OF GI JOE AMIRITE?

3/21/2008 10:06:43 AM

there is no way that movie can be good

3/21/2008 10:08:11 AM

plenty of people hated the 1980s GI Joe because it was a bunch of ninja flipping sci-fi cobra lalalalalalala silliness compared to the butch 1960s version...so really it's all relative

plus if it's on par with the transformers movie, i'm not gonna get too excited about that anyhow

3/21/2008 10:11:30 AM

Ray Park is perfect casting for Snake Eyes though.

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"How many different characters are there? And who is the main one?"

lots

dozens of good guys, just as many bad guys.

The main guy is Duke



[Edited on March 21, 2008 at 10:42 AM. Reason : ]

3/21/2008 10:39:49 AM

^Thank you

3/21/2008 10:57:08 AM

i'll still dl it but i'd probably rather just watch some old cartoons here

http://www.surfthechannel.com/show/cartoons/G.I._Joe_%281985%29.html

or here

http://www.surfthechannel.com/show/cartoons/G.I._Joe_%281990%29.html

or the movie from 87

http://www.surfthechannel.com/info/Movies/64736/G.I.+Joe%3A+The+Movie.html

3/21/2008 10:57:50 AM

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"Well how many people in foreign countries played with GI Joe toys as a kid?"

I don't see how that's relevant. I doubt foreign countries had a big following for Transformers. And executives want any big-budget action film to appeal those markets.

3/21/2008 11:01:53 AM

Transformers were Japanese, let's not forget

3/21/2008 11:02:39 AM

I say we start the boycott! What better place than here? What better time than now?

BTW, the Adventure Team G.I. Joe with Kung-Fu Grip is the only one that matters to me:



[Edited on March 21, 2008 at 11:26 AM. Reason : All hell can't stop us now!!!1]

3/21/2008 11:26:13 AM

^^good point

3/21/2008 11:57:50 AM

WHERE THE FUCK is Sgt. Slaughter

3/21/2008 12:02:32 PM

the movie may suck, but that pic of snake eyes is fucking bad ass

3/21/2008 3:34:37 PM

agreed

3/21/2008 3:39:17 PM

Quote :

"the movie may suck, but that pic of snake eyes is fucking bad ass "

3/21/2008 3:55:21 PM

3/21/2008 4:11:49 PM

for reference ...

3/21/2008 4:22:36 PM

\

FAKE

3/31/2008 10:23:03 PM

^Fake?

3/31/2008 10:27:23 PM

Is William the Refrigerator Perry's GI Joe going to be in the movie?

3/31/2008 11:12:36 PM

There had better be some reference to Pork Chop Sandwiches

4/1/2008 11:09:55 AM

^^^

aha sorry...a little joke for myself about cartoon realism

4/1/2008 1:48:42 PM

Quote :

"There had better be some reference to Pork Chop Sandwiches "

4/1/2008 1:51:47 PM

Great pic of Snake Eyes. That is wassup. But so far sounds like bad movie idea, but I will stil see it


III

4/1/2008 3:03:55 PM

based on the description in the cartoon starting, GIJOE sounds a lot like Team America, even though I don't think satirizing the show was among TA's main intents.

And neutering the premise is all about the money. As someone said above, GIJOE would not fly boxoffice-wise outside of the US, so if big-bucks special effects and popular actors are in the budget, they're gearing for as large an audience as possible.

4/5/2008 8:30:32 PM

gi joe fights for optimized capitalism...it's part of our brand of democracy, so you can't knock it...hell they already internationalized it in the 80s...in the UK it was called "Action Force", so this is nothing new

i can't even tell you how many action figures, comic books and episodes i consumed as a child

btw anyone who watched gi joe in the nova/dc/md area will remember this commercial



[Edited on April 6, 2008 at 11:31 AM. Reason : NOBODY BOTHERS ME]

4/6/2008 11:23:11 AM

i was a GI Joe whore as a kid. I had all their crap. toys, comics, watched the TV show all the time

4/6/2008 1:39:59 PM

i hope they don't lame it out too much

4/7/2008 11:45:27 AM

Rachel Nichols as Scarlett.

I guess they're basing this all off of Sigma 6, which I am not familiar with.

4/16/2008 7:33:46 PM

boycott this bullshit movie until they either change the title and NOT base it off of GI Joe or change it back to the real GI Joe.

4/16/2008 7:40:09 PM

you mean the one from the 1960s?

4/16/2008 11:26:00 PM

face it comic books have gone over more make overs that in the end everything is probably legit.

oh and obligatory bow chica bow wow.

[Edited on April 17, 2008 at 10:24 PM. Reason : of course]

4/17/2008 10:24:00 PM

i do have to admit, the name meaning change and the length they've gone to explain it is kinda fucking lame

4/18/2008 9:21:25 AM

Holy Jesus, the motherload

Rachel Nichols as Scarlett (again):


Channing Tatum as Duke:


Karolina Korkova as Cover Girl (her camo actually says G.I. Joe in it):


Marlon Wayans as Ripcord:


Dennis Quaid as Hawk:


Ray Park as Snake Eyes (again):


Sienna Miller as The Baroness (she'd get it):


Byung-hun Lee as Storm Shadow (with The Baroness, she'd still get it):


[Edited on April 18, 2008 at 11:39 AM. Reason : ]

4/18/2008 11:35:48 AM

So is the movie a massive costume show?

4/18/2008 11:50:03 AM