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Quiet_Mandalorian
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Date Posted:
5/29 8:26am
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ApolloSmileGirl posted:
Yeah, and that was only what? 15 years before the Matrix? The ripping off of the Trinity costume is a dumb argument.
Hardly. More people are going to recall The Matrix than the G.I. Joe cartoon or comic books or action figures, hence their immediate point-of-reference for gun-wielding females in shiny black leather will be Trinity, hence the Baroness's costume, lacking as it is its distinctive armour plating, is going to be seen as drawing inspiration from/ripping off Trinity's costumes.
ApolloSmileGirl posted:
On top of that, you need to understand that while they may have some sort of tribute of sorts to the outfits from the original series, what would you have expected in a filmed version? Scarlett walking around in a leotard for the whole film? Duke looking like he was about to shoot a Gap commercial? Even Destro, who I've yet to see a picture of him wearing one, wearing a ceremonial silver mask the whole time?
You really don't get it, do you? All those changes make sense in the context of trying to adapt the looks of the characters in a semi-credible manner, and so we have Destro in a business suit, Duke/Scarlett/Heavy Duty/Ripcord/Breaker in armoured jumpsuits, but the reverse has occurred in Baroness's case, with her semi-plausible-in-futuristic-way segmented body armour being replaced by fetishwear.
ApolloSmileGirl posted:
They're basically a black ops force, even if their missions aren't necessarily as sinister. Running into combat with a leotard or khakis in real life just isn't realistic.
For a black operations unit, non-descript civilian khakis make much more sense than distinctive military garb, they're worn into (potential) combat by PMCs as a matter of course, and Snake Eyes is already wearing a leotard of sorts, not that that has any bearing on the Baroness.
ApolloSmileGirl posted:
Be happy at least for the Snake-Eyes costume.
What, the one with the sculpted mouth, the bright red Arishikage sigil on the shoulder and the katana?
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Koohii
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Quiet_Mandalorian posted:
What, the one with the sculpted mouth, the bright red Arishikage sigil on the shoulder and the katana?
Makes more sense to me than the 2nd figure of him with the european knight-style bevore eyeshield on a ninja.
Oh well.
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Quiet_Mandalorian
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Koohii posted:
Makes more sense to me than the 2nd figure of him with the european knight-style bevore eyeshield on a ninja.
It does? 
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The Baroness looks fine to me, so what if it slightly resembles costumes used in the Matrix. I think people will cope.
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Quiet_Mandalorian
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Panther50 posted:
The Baroness looks fine to me, so what if it slightly resembles costumes used in the Matrix.
It's nonsensical, that's what.
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ApolloSmileGirl
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So don't go see it, and quit complaining then.
You realize both of those pictures were taken at the same location, and probably the same scene shoot, right?
You're automatically assuming that's the way she goes around in the whole movie.
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Quiet_Mandalorian
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ApolloSmileGirl posted:
So don't go see it, and quit complaining then.
No.
And I am going to go see it, if only out of loyalty to Ray Park. 
ApolloSmileGirl posted:
You realize both of those pictures were taken at the same location, and probably the same scene shoot, right?
You're automatically assuming that's the way she goes around in the whole movie.
If she isn't wearing armour in a situation where she's toting a submachine gun and has blood running down her face, it's unlikely she'll be wearing armour anywhere else. 
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I cannot believe what people are arguing about with this flick... I mean really?
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Here's my nickle on these photos, personally, they look like something outta a "B-movie" like Roger Corman's Fantastic Four. Have no indicator whether these make the movie look promising or not. It could be shot like the "Bourne films" & I'd be happy or even the earlier "Jack Ryan" films. Not too crazy about advance photos- it's all spoilers 2 me. Don't betray my youth, again...Hollywood.
Worse case...it'll turn out 2 be "Navy Seals".
Let's remember what G.I.Joe is really all about...selling plastic.
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I'm sold on the movie already, as a huge fan of GI Joe, even if it is crappy, which from screenshots, doesn't seem to be the case
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Koohii
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Considering how incrediblly crappy the prequels were, I lost all hope of good movies coming out of hollywood.
I automatically expect everything to suck. I am seldom disappointed, and every once in a long rare while, pleasantly surprized.
Given the source material for Transformers, there was no excuse for that movie being the utter crapfest it was. Yet in spide of that, the writers managed.
We'll see what happens with this one eventually. You'll probablly see it next year. I'll see it 3 months later when it reaches DVD.
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Koohii posted:
Considering how incrediblly crappy the prequels were, I lost all hope of good movies coming out of hollywood.
Setting aside the fact that I actually enjoyed the Prequels, I thought I'd point out that they didn't come out of Hollywood. George Lucas doesn't work within the Hollywood structure, doesn't answer to any studio execs, etc, so if there are issues, they can't be pointed at some 'studio hack' disrupting the process....
The reason you never see Lucas up for any of the big awards, even back in the day w/ Empire and RotJ, and the reason Spielberg didn't direct any of the SW movies (as he wanted to) is because they weren't DGA or Academy-sanctioned productions.
The point I'm making? If this is your basis for mistrusting movies as a whole, it's misguided. And if you think that good adaptation movies can't come out of the Hollywood system, take a look at Iron Man....the creators cared, and the product shows it...
and I'm STILL psyched for this movie!
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Koohii posted:
I automatically expect everything to suck.
I have no expectations for anything...that comes out. That's why I have no faith in trailers/spoilers etc. My "crazy" thinking would be not 2 be shown or told anything..it would be "G.I.Joe..May 7th, 2009" and that's it. I reserve judgement til after the movie.
My last "G.I. Joe" experience was meeting Larry Hama...and he said that he wasn't involved...2 years ago." And I just nodded...in agreement.
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I for one am cautiously optimistic. I like what I'm seeing so far, and I don't mind a few changes to costumes and origins so long as the spirit of the thing is maintained and the movie is entertaining and character-driven. Sommers has a spotty record, but the first two Mummy movies are certainly a fun ride. I hope he'll deliver here.
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JediWampa posted:
Koohii posted:
Considering how incrediblly crappy the prequels were, I lost all hope of good movies coming out of hollywood.
Setting aside the fact that I actually enjoyed the Prequels, I thought I'd point out that they didn't come out of Hollywood. George Lucas doesn't work within the Hollywood structure, doesn't answer to any studio execs, etc, so if there are issues, they can't be pointed at some 'studio hack' disrupting the process....
The reason you never see Lucas up for any of the big awards, even back in the day w/ Empire and RotJ, and the reason Spielberg didn't direct any of the SW movies (as he wanted to) is because they weren't DGA or Academy-sanctioned productions.
The point I'm making? If this is your basis for mistrusting movies as a whole, it's misguided. And if you think that good adaptation movies can't come out of the Hollywood system, take a look at Iron Man....the creators cared, and the product shows it...
and I'm STILL psyched for this movie!
Actually, it's just my example that was off, not my mistrust. The last few times I was interested or excited about movies I was totally underwhelmed.
Yes, I've heard about the problems with ESB--the industry wanted to fine all the actors, so Lucas paid all the fines for them and thumbed a raspberry at "The Academy" to secure his rep as an outsider. Of course, the real reason he hasn't secured an oscar or whatever is because while he has good ideas, it's the people arround him executing them that make them work as well as they do. I find it interesting that the movies that Lucas has the least outside "interference" from are actually the better ones. SW was under 20th C Fox, answering to higher authority. ESB was mostly done by others, with Lucas rubberstamping. RotJ & Prequels were almost entirely Lucas' show. SW was good. ESB was Great. Then you have the rest.
I was mildly interested in Transformers. PotC2 was a major letdown after the first, and 3 was almost even worse. Mummy 2 could and should have been excellent, but flubbed. While technically brilliant, Curse of the WereRabbit had a story that was pretty weak. And Crouching Tiger was just boring wirefu with industry PR--guess hollywood had no idea what Hong-kong cinema had been doing for so long that it was old-hat there. (Wirefu is so developed that it's even used in some adult movies)
Now, on the other hand, V for Vendetta proved both that the Wachaski (or however you spell it) brothers could actually produce a good movie, and that Natalie Portman could act (thus also proving that her stilted, wooden, boring performances in the Prequels were entirely Lucas' failure, not hers).
In general, I assume a movie will stink.
To augment that assumption, I have a rule: any movie in which the trailer uses music from another film, and is not a sequel to that movie, will stink. Example: The Saint trailer used music from The Shadow and The Rock, and stunk worse than both combined. (actually, I liked The Shadow, but it did have some flimsy bits)
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