Amph The Hasbro Cinematic Universe (G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K., Micronauts, Visonaries & ROM) Discussion Thread

It's time to merge GIJOEverse and TFverse.

 

Snake Eyes is w/o a doubt the most popular G.I. Joe character (You can throw Storm Shadow in there as well, as he and Snake Eyes are sort of the Yin and Yang of that universe and you can't have one w/o the other), but to make a solo film, when you've had trouble keeping up w/your team efforts (Two films in nine years), which have been less than spectacular both artistically and @ the b/o... Toss in that the last time I checked, Snake Eyes doesn't, you know, talk and I don't quite see the wisdom in it. Not @ this stage anyway.

I know they're supposedly planning this Hasbro Cinematic Universe or whatever, but I'd say @ this point it'd be better to hard reboot your G.I. Joe franchise and use that as the launch point. To do a third one to try and keep continuity w/a series most people have likely forgotten the details of doesn't seem the best course of action @ this point IMO. Heck, even the second one is six years old now. Start fresh and get it right this time. Then if you wanna do a stand alone Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow/Arashikage film (Maybe even as a Snake Eyes origin story in the spirit of Larry Hama's seminal two-parter in issues #26 & #27 of the original Marvel run), by all means.

Again, not against the idea, but it seems the wrong time IMO.

I think that's the plan isn't it? @ some point aren't they going to dovetail G.I. Joe, Transformers, M.A.S.K. etc.?

 

Yeah, after 5 movies (of diminishing quality IMO) over the last decade+, it's a franchise that's, uh, prime for a reboot. *crickets* Get it? Prime. *crickets*. Never mind .

I think the smart move is to reboot Joe and TF and start fresh. And an ultimate team-up has some potential and appeal.

 

IMO GI JOE is at its best when it's best when it's goofy. Sometimes that's hard to translate to live action. Just do a full blown high quality cgi animated trilogy.

No need for a Cobra origin story. Maybe introduce Serpentor in the second film.

 

As a fan of GI Joe, I want to see a more serious take on the franchise but with fun and well developed characters, which I think Retaliation attempted to do with Dwayne Johnson and actual Cobra Commander. Additionally, I think the reboot should feature seasoned "Joes" as opposed to the "rookie" characters that Channing Tatum and Marlon Waynes played. And the film should definitely have a "Band of Brothers" team dynamic, rather than a lead character like, Dude or Road Block. And as such, I don't think GI Joe would be presented as super large army, but a small band of elite fighters like the Navy SEALs.

I would like to see the Transformers franchise get a fresh start, but it will depend on what Bumble Bee does at the box office.

 

Agreed on your points.

Plus I want to see my favorite Joe, Shipwreck.

 

I've been waiting for some GI Joe news for quite sometime and a couple of days ago this dropped:

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Breakout Henry Golding in Talks to Play Snake Eyes in ‘GI Joe’ Movie Spinoff

From what I gathered, this would be a prequel film before Snake Eyes went silent and wore the mask. From what I also understand is that Golding doesn't have any martial arts training, and so, if he doesn't want to end up like Finn Jones in Iron Fist, he better get up on it. That being said, I'm glad they cast Snake Eyes with an Asian actor because there are not that many leading roles available to Asian actors. I'm sure Storm Shadow will be in this film.

This spinoff reminds me of how Logan/Wolverine was spun off into his solo films. I hope they can raise the bar from that passed two films. I did like Retaliation, though.

 

I think the casting of Golding is his box office appeal. They may be able to put a mask on Golding double for the action scenes, which means a lot of cuts and camera movement to sell it. But, he still has time to train for the role.

Personally, I think it's important for Storm Shadow to be portrayed by an Asian actor for a few reasons; the most obvious being the avoidance of "White washing" the character and two, the Arashikage clan, which is Storm Shadow's ninja clan that has existed for generations in Japan. Therefore, it would serve the character and story if the film could honor Storm Shadow's Japanese heritage.

I hope this film is as well done as X-Men: First Class in that Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are portrayed like Charles and Eric; start off as the best of friends but ideology creates a schism.

 

It was just announce on the HasbroPulse Fan Fest YouTube channel that Snake Eye Origins movie will be released on July 23, 2021.

The action figures based on the movie revealed the cinematic looked of the core characters. Snake-Eye's katana has a name and how it got its name will be featured in the film.

 

Dunno where else to put this, but $700 self-transforming Optimus Prime...

https://kotaku.com/hasbro-unveils-700-self-transforming-optimus-prime-rob-1846650442

 

I saw that presentation for that Optimus Prime on the HasbroPulse Fan Fest earlier. That's thing it amazing! But, way too expensive for my budget.

 

Yeah, that teaser trailer was cut very weird. The introductory of the teaser look like it was the usual 15 seconds clip that leads into the actual trailer.

Well, they didn't release a second half of the trailer, but they did release a behind the scenes/on the set of Snake Eyes and there are more glimpses of Storm Shadow in his white ninja gear. They also had the Marvel comic writer, Larry Hama, on set. I felt the footage in the behind the scenes video were more intriguing than the teaser.

 

So, I doubt a M.A.S.K. live action film is still happening at this point, having not heard anything in 2 years, but because it's still got one of the best theme songs of all time, here's a punk cover I've discovered recently.



Phenomenal...

 

Fun fact, since Hasbro bought E-One films part of it's portfolio is the Amazon/Hulu Ben Affleck/Ana de Armas "erotic thriller" Deep Water. I guess they can team up with ROM the Space Knight?

 

The problem with kids and action figures these days is that the companies don't commit to the lines.

They need to relaunch GI: Joe and tell people "We are bringing it all back!"

The Flagg
The General
The Terror Drome
All the planes
All the tanks
Sgt. Slaughter
More Dreadnoks then you can remember names too.

Just tell the public you are putting millions into this...I guarantee, the public would respond with millions more.

This dabbling in nostalgic merchandise does the next generation no good.

They need more then tablets and Nintendo Switch!

And if they tie that in with a new animated feature film...I think that would be a winner.