"Yo Joe!" G.I. Joe Discussion Thread

Good point ... although I immediately had a vision of a minimalist G.I. Joe -- something resembling The Unit: Gritty military action, but with the distinct costumes, maniacal villains, and, of course ... ninjas.

 

How plugged in do you need to be to be able to write "this movie will suck"? that's so simple, it isn't even funny. 99% of all movies suck. One that doesn't is a statistical annomoly. A surprise. An unesxpected pleasure.

Like The Mummy. Wasn't expecting much. Got something way better than I ever imagined. Went to see The Mummy Returns expecting something at least as good, and ended up swearing off paying full-price to see a movie for 5 years. Still do so only with great reluctance (usually when I'm being dragged to see something with a bunch of friends).

As for Transformers movies... Well, they were awful. As transformers movie. As adolescent escapism, I guess they might have been ok, but they had absolutely no connection to the Transformers universe whatsoever outside of a few names. Enough of that. I'm sure you've heard it all before, and most of my complaints won't be original.

No, we have G.I.Joe. The outstanding cast (the previously known actors) with a good support cast, working with a 1/2 way decent script and a competent director should turn out at least an enjoyable movie. It is possible that the movie will be good. It is possible that the movie will be attrocious. What I would really like is for people to sit back and relax, wait for the movie to come out, and put a gag in the throughts of all the "industry insiders" so deep that it blocks their brachial tubes.

 

You can't mean the live action movies, can you?

 

Yes, I can, I will, and I do.

 

What do you mean by that? If you mean it stinks just because it?s nothing like a 25 year old cartoon then that?s okay by me. I?ll judge the new film on its own merits and disregard the old kids? cartoon.

 

Great call, Black-Tiger.

Besides Star Wars, 300, and the Dark Knight, I had more fun with Michael Bay's Transformers than with any other recent film.


Anyone see the new G.I. JOE poster?

 

I preferred the comic book version myself.
Remember how much flack Lucas took for disregarding the expectations of the old fans for the sake of entertaining the kiddies while making the sucky prequels?
If you're going to make a movie called "Fumbleberries" supposedly based on the old version (be it TV, radio, comic, cartoon, old movie, or whatever), and you spend over 1/2 the movie on material that in no way ties into the original Fumbleberries, you're better off just making something else and calling it something else. I also hate shakeycam. Film is a visual media. If I cannot see what is going on, I get annoyed. During the fight sequences, it is almost impossible in MB's abomination to actually see what is happening clearly. Some call that style. I call it a big waste of my time and money.
However, this is getting off-topic. This is the G.I.Joe thread. If you'd like, I'd be happy to continue this via PM.

 

Not being a Transformers fan I didn?t bother going to see the first live action movie when it came out in the cinema, ironically because I thought it was just going to be a big budget live action take on the cartoon, including a supped up rendition of the cartoon?s theme music. But once I got the DVD (still with low expectations) I was really, really surprised how good it was! I really, really enjoyed the film. I even sent off for the US release of the soundtrack! I for one am glad Bay didn?t copy, what is just a kid?s franchise and made it more mature, something everyone can enjoy watching without squirming in their seats with embarrassment.

 

The G.I. Joe poster is a wasted opportunity. You know what the best recent and one of the best all time movie posters is? ROTK.

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And the horizontal version was even better! Now, that collage type of poster is the bee?s knees, real atmospheric, dramatic and action packed, something a G.I. Joe movie is perfect for. Believe me, I?m an arty type and I know my stuff.

Oh, and what are Cobra doing in the Emperor?s throne room?

 

Ahem. There's nothing wrong with advertising Sienna Miller's ass-et.

 

I find it odd that Cobra are hanging out in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon. Also that Baroness' butt cheeks are edge-lit in three dimensions, worthy of their own zip code and representing a bizarre curvature of the actress' spine in order to protrude them.

Also, despite my defense of the film for possible merit so far, chalk me up as "not a fan" of the black Batman-type body armor that seems to have gripped the imaginations of the production team. I realize the JOEs only wear this stuff for a few scenes, but as many have noted, they should have made the armor more heroic and personalized to the characters.

 

Beautiful women in figure hugging black leather and rubber....

 

Those are BSG Assault Rifles...FAIL.

 

Should be 2 separate posters: one with GIJoe, one with Cobra. and Landscape rather than portrait. or only 3 people in it if you want portrait. 4 people looks unbalanced. The armor looks like it should be in Punisher Warzone 2 in this pic. Other images of the armor look much better.

 

BSG's carbines are just modified British SA-80s. These look similar, but the stock looks more like an Israeli Tavor, or even the Belgium P90 -- like the ones used in Stargate SG-1.

Either way, the ones in BSG are nothing new either.

 

And here's where the problems lie.

 

You know, as little as I expect out of the quality of this movie, I just can't help but admit it looks really cool.

I mean I don't expect to even like it when I walk out of the theatre, but I do think it has some nice eye candy.

 

Script, Actors, Director(s).
A deficiency in one can be overcome by the other two. No one factor can overcome deficiencies in both of the others.
So far, we have a mixed-bag cast (some good and some unknown), a mixed bag director (some good work, some horrid garbage, and an unknown script.
There is potential for excellence.
There is potential for disaster.
The best, most logical, course of action is to wait and see.

 

I think the footage is very slick.

It's really easy to see the influence of the old James Bond films -- especially Thunderball with the underwater facility -- in these clips. I remember reading an interview with the screenwriters where they said they were approaching the film like 007, or even the old Mission: Impossible series.

A big fan of both 007 and Mission: Impossible, I am very excited about this film -- can't wait.

 

I don't know much about GI Joe, but I always thought it was a cartoon about soldiers fighting in past WWII or in that era. When I saw the trailer the first thing that came to mind is OMG!!! it is the Halo preview. As to my surprise it wasn't even close. I'ts like they want GI Joe to be cool so they write a completely different plot of what it was when it first came out.

Who would of thought GI Joe and Aliens in a movie.