G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

[The Dark Vampire]

I hope they do a GI Joe movie.

WWE could cross promote it and have Sgt. Slaughter in it (it's hard to believe just how popular he was back then)

If they ever did make a G.I Joe movie I think if they did want to use the Sgt. Slaughter character they would need WWE’s permission anyway as they hold the copyright

[BlakeTyner]

I hope they do a GI Joe movie.


They were going to, but with the Iraq situation, decided on "Transformers" instead.

~Blake

[The Dark Vampire]

They were going to, but with the Iraq situation, decided on "Transformers" instead.

~Blake

Didn’t G.I Joe and Transformers do some cross over episodes.

Maybe it's possible for them to have a cameo in a future Transformers movie if they have to have any army guys in it why not them?
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according to Wiki (yeah I know)

There is going to be a G.I. Joe movie

Live-action film

With the success of the 2007 Transformers feature film, G.I. Joe has been tapped as the next Hasbro property to be turned into a film franchise.[4]

It is slated for a 2009 release datre with steven sommers to direct, the villain is named "Cool Dude". There have been talks of casting Mark Whalberg as duke, and Jason Statham as action man, they plan to partner teh two.

Update:

As per an article in Variety [5] the G.I. Joe film has been turned into an international spy film. "While some remember the character from its gung-ho fighting man '60s incarnation, he's evolved. G.I. Joe is now a Brussels-based outfit that stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, an international co-ed force of operatives who use hi-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil organization headed by a double-crossing Scottish arms dealer. The property is closer in tone to "X-Men" and James Bond than a war film." Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) has been helmed to direct.

Credit>Wiki

[hack slash]

It is slated for a 2009 release datre with steven sommers to direct, the villain is named "Cool Dude". WTF?? There have been talks of casting Mark Whalberg as duke, and Jason Statham as action man WTF??, they plan to partner teh two.
:side:

Action man and cool dude were vever a part of GI JOE

[The Dark Vampire]

Is Action Man the UK name for G.I. Joe?

[DRE]

"Action Man" was the early British incarnation and supposedly they are mixing the two, with Jason Statham lined up to play Action Man and Marky Mark Whalberg to play Duke. Stephen Sommers is slated to direct. Check Variety and AICN for details.

[The Dream Master]

Stephen Sommers is slated to direct.

Aw hell, why? Count me out for this one (unless it just looks incredible).

[sickboy]

Dungeons and Dragons the movie with a red-dyed megan fox as Sheila...


As for the GI Joe rumours- if they're nto just rumours I'll be boycotting everything ever written by those sacks of shit. And I'm not just being a crazy internet nerd over this, I truly mean it.

With 100's of eps, 1000's of comics and maybe 500+ characters why in the fuck do these morons need to invent "cool dude"? Seriously... GI Joe doesn't have the 'wow cool robots' factor so they're gonna rely on us fans... so I'm hoping it's all bullshit.

As for thundercats... this is much better news than that horrific 'Josie and the Thundercats' crap they were peddling a while back.

[CosmoBubba]

It just occurred to me that outside of Cobra Commander and Sgt. Slaughter, I have no idea what any of the GI Joe characters are named. The lead characters in the movie could be named Colonel Kickass and Lieutenant Beatdown, and I wouldn't be upset or anything.

WWE could cross promote it and have Sgt. Slaughter in it (it's hard to believe just how popular he was back then)

If they ever did make a G.I Joe movie I think if they did want to use the Sgt. Slaughter character they would need WWE’s permission anyway as they hold the copyright

Didn't Sgt. Slaughter get a dishonorable discharge from GI Joe after the storyline where he became an Iraqi sympathizer during Desert Storm?

[The Dark Vampire]

Didn't Sgt. Slaughter get a dishonorable discharge from GI Joe after the storyline where he became an Iraqi sympathizer during Desert Storm?

Yeah that's correct

[Autobotsdie]

I hope they put Sgt. Slaughter in the movie.

[DRE]

But this is the most important factor that will make or break the whole franchise...Rag-head Cobra Commander or Shield-Face Cobra Commander?

[Just Jeans]

Shield-Face Cobra Commander. Hands down.

[BlakeTyner]

Shield-Face Cobra Commander. Hands down.

+1, sir.

~Blake

[Autobotsdie]

Shield Cobra Commander here too.

[NW77]

I like CC with the shield face plate too. Thought I'm fine if they went with the rag head look. After all, someone wearing the shield face need to breath. Seeing his shield face in the cartoon made me wonder how he can breath when you see no holes or anything for him to do so. :p

[sickboy]

Shield-Face Cobra Commander. Hands down.

A-fucking-men

I agree with Skott's assessment: rehashing all these cartoons is shitting on our childhood. It's a pretty fucking god-awful state of affairs when you have to resort to bastardising 80's cartoons to make a decent flick nowadays.

It's like they've got no original ideas that are any good so they rip off a concept and everyone sits there and goes: "hey, that's fine, cos it's, like, a reimagining". If they insist on making movies from these shows then they could at least show the original stories some respect and stick with them. I don't need it to be exact, but I do wish they'd do more than throw in some shitty fanboy nods. Having Prime play a decent part in the movie would have meant more to me than having the original voice. Yeah, he sounded good but he did virtually nothing meaningful.


So if "cool dude" is the bad guy in GI Joe, I'll vote with my wallet and refuse to watch it. Same with all the other 80's rip-offs - they get it right or I don't watch. Maybe if everybody did that we'd get some hollywood originality.

[Just Jeans]

I feel completely the opposite. I love to watch adaptations of things I liked as a kid, even if they're rot awful. A couple of hours watching Super Mario Bros. and Masters of the Universe perks my day right up. :funky:

[Spade]

I like CC with the shield face plate too. Thought I'm fine if they went with the rag head look. After all, someone wearing the shield face need to breath. Seeing his shield face in the cartoon made me wonder how he can breath when you see no holes or anything for him to do so. :p

I agree with you. I prefer the shiled face cobra commander, but I wouldn't mind if they went with the rag head look.

[hack slash]

Good news for Snake-Eyes

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Park Cast as Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe Movie
Posted on Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 at 6:01 pm by: Peter Sciretta



I have just confirmed that Star Wars Episode 1 star Ray Park has been cast as Snake Eyes in Stephen Sommer’s big screen live-action adaptation of GI Joe.

Snake Eyes is one of the original members of the GI Joe series. Hasbro has released over 30 figures of the character since his debut in 1982. Not much is known about the ninja master’s real identity, as it has remained classified throughout the series. The U.S. Army Sergeant First Class (E-7) is known for his stealth like movements and extensive knowledge of multiple forms of martial arts. Snake-Eyes is romantically involved with fellow G.I. Joe member Master Sergeant Shana M. O’Hara, a.k.a. Scarlett.

Fans of the toyline, animated series and comic books have been worried about this live-action adaptation since story information began to leak. Hasbro had to publicly reassure fans. And things got worse when the first casting announcement revealed Sienna Miller (Stardust, Factory Girl) as (possibly) the Baroness, the exotic and evil sidekick of Destro. But I think everyone will agree that Ray Park is perfect for the role of Snake Eyes. Ray Park has been the fan favorite to take on the role, featured as a top placement on many fans dream cast listings. Park is best known for playing Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace. Park also played Toad in the original X-Men film. This bit of casting gives me a lot more faith in this project.

[NW77]

Ray Park seem like the most popular choice among Joe's fans for years, I'm sure. As long he don't speak & remove his mask, he is perfect for good o' Snakey. Now get Jet Li for Storm Shadow!! :D

[Spade]

Now get Jet Li for Storm Shadow!! :D

:bow: You heard the man Jet Li for Storm Shadow!

[NW77]

Well, 2 more cast has choiced to play Storm Shadow & Scarlett. Shame Jet Li isn't playing SS, but hey we all can't get what we want. :p

Here the article (http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6622) below I found at Superhero Hype:

"Latino Review is reporting that Korean star Byeong-Heon Lee wil play Storm Shadow and Rachel Nichols (P2, "Alias") is Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara in Stephen Sommers' G.I. Joe adaptation. The two join Sienna Miller and Ray Park, who were previously announced. Opening August 7, 2009, the Paramount action-adventure was written by Stuart Beattie."

[Spade]

Well, 2 more cast has choiced to play Storm Shadow & Scarlett. Shame Jet Li isn't playing SS, but hey we all can't get what we want. :p

Here the article (http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6622) below I found at Superhero Hype:

"Latino Review is reporting that Korean star Byeong-Heon Lee wil play Storm Shadow and Rachel Nichols (P2, "Alias") is Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara in Stephen Sommers' G.I. Joe adaptation. The two join Sienna Miller and Ray Park, who were previously announced. Opening August 7, 2009, the Paramount action-adventure was written by Stuart Beattie."

While I would have liked to see Jet Li play Storm Shadow, I actually do like the casting of Byeong-Heon Lee.

[NW77]

While I would have liked to see Jet Li play Storm Shadow, I actually do like the casting of Byeong-Heon Lee.

Is he experienced in martial arts? And can he speak English well? I'm also curious to see if he can act well enough to pull it off.

[Spade]

Is he experienced in martial arts? And can he speak English well? I'm also curious to see if he can act well enough to pull it off.

I think he's a very good actor. He's work in Joint Security Area and A Bittersweet Life was pretty good. Most of what I've seen of him has him speaking in his language although I'm sure he speaks English.

He is on IMDB, but they got his name different - click here (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496932/)

Here is a pic and an article about him :

Largest American Agency Calls Lee Byung-heon “Asian James Dean”

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/drm6181/0617_leebyunghun_l.jpg

Hallyu star Lee Byung-heon is set to make inroads into Hollywood. Recently, the largest U.S. talent agency, CAA, has praised the actor for his role in the movie “A Bittersweet Life,” calling him “the Asian James Dean."

Hwang Jung-wook, CEO of the local agency, Web, said in an interview on June 15 that Lee, who is managed by Player Entertainment, will advance into the Hollywood market in full gear after one year of preparatory positioning. “Unlike other Asian actors, he will not play sinister or comic roles in Hollywood, but will establish his presence there in a completely different way," said Hwang.

Hwang said the actor had already laid a solid foundation for advancing into Hollywood back in May at Cannes when he met with CAA representatives. Next week, some 400 CAA agents will watch “A Bittersweet Life,” said Hwang.

CAA is the largest Hollywood agency, managing high-caliber stars such as Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Hugh Grant, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, as well as famous movie directors like Stephen Spielberg and Jerry Bruckheimer.

According to Hwang, a CAA agent named Jenny Rollings was impressed by “A Bittersweet Life” when she visited Cannes, France during the latest film festival. At a conference that was held the following day which was attended by Lee and Web representatives, Rollings said Lee had enough potential to make a successful debut in Hollywood, and called him “the Asian James Dean."

[Biosynthnut v.2]

He was also the actor used for Capcoms Lost Planet. But I think he will make a excellent Stormshadow.

Casting Duke and Cobra Commander......That's gonna be tough... If they go comic route CC is just a normal guy, if they go toon route he's a deranged freak. Personally I hope they go toon route...it made more sense for him to wear the helmet or hood.

Duke...Hopefully a main actor years ago I would have picked someone like Denis Quaid. Now...dunno.

[Spade]

He was also the actor used for Capcoms Lost Planet. But I think he will make a excellent Stormshadow.


Yeah I forgot to mention that.

[On a Pale Horse]

Thomas Jane or Clooney would make a good Flint.

Cobra Commander... hmmm.... I guess it doesnt really matter as he'd have a mask on, and some sort of voice modifier.

Not sure for Duke. I hope its not Matt Damon.

Vin Diesel as Destro?

How about The Crimson Twins..?

Hugh Jackman as Zartan? Except he's probably busy with Wolverine.

[Biosynthnut v.2]

I would put in Michael Clark Duncun as Destro, he's got the bulk and the voice.

I don't think they would go that far into using major actors so Damon would be out. Jane would be a excellent Flint. Kinda wish they used Famke Jannsen as Baroness her "russian" accent in Golden Eye would have been perfect.

[On a Pale Horse]

Duncan would be a good Roadblock actually. Maybe Steve Austin as...... whats that bald guys name with the Marine tattoo on his chest...?

[sickboy]

Duncan would be a good Roadblock actually. Maybe Steve Austin as...... whats that bald guys name with the Marine tattoo on his chest...?

Gung-ho. And as much as I don't believe wrestlers make good actors, he does indeed look the part.

[NW77]

I would put in Michael Clark Duncun as Destro, he's got the bulk and the voice.



Err.....Duncan is too big for Destro. It just not his size, but his height. I prefer Destro being in normal shape than a big guy like Duncan. Duncan would make a perfect Roadblock as OAPH said. All you do is just slap a mustache on Duncan & have him wearing the suit like the cartoon & it's done. ;)

[Biosynthnut v.2]

As him being to short? He's like 5'8" or something. He's shorter then you think. Roadblock would be good though too.

But wasn't roadblock cajun? I don't see Duncan pulling it off, his voice is to deep.

[NW77]

Now 3 more actors has been casted. Here the 2 articles from Suphero Hype. below. The first one is Duke. ;)




First mentioned by Latino Review as being up for the role, Ain't It Cool News is now saying it has confirmed that Channing Tatum has landed the lead role of Duke in director Stephen Sommers' big screen G.I. Joe adaptation, which Paramount will release in theaters on August 7, 2009.

Tatum has starred in such films as She's the Man, Step Up and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. His upcoming films include Stop-Loss and Fighting.

He'll be joining Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the cast for the action-adventure.

The film, based on the Hasbro property, is set to start shooting next month in Los Angeles.




And General Hawk & Zartan both been casted. :cool:



Dennis Quaid and Arnold Vosloo have joined director Stephen Sommers' G.I. Joe cast, according to Variety and IESB.net.

Quaid will play General Hawk, the grizzled team leader, and Arnold Vosloo will play Zartan, a mercenary who works with Destro and Cobra. The action-adventure, coming to theaters on August 7, 2009, is scheduled to shoot next month in Los Angeles.

The two join the previously-announced Channing Tatum (Duke), Ray Park (Snake Eyes), Marlon Wayans (Ripcord), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Rex), Rachel Nichols (Scarlett), Sienna Miller (The Baroness), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Heavy Duty), Said Taghmaoui (Breaker) abd Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow) in the live-action feature.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who is coming off Transformers, is producing with Brian Goldner. Latter is the point person for Hasbro's venerable action figure line. Sommers and partner Bob Ducsay are also involved in producing capacities. Stuart Beattie wrote the most recent script draft.




I didn't like Tatum as Duke, but I love the choice of Quaid as Hawk & Vosloo as Zartan. Perfect choice IMHO.

[DoomDS]

I will Not watch or see this movie after reading this.

From FOXnews.com http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296054,00.html


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.



this anti american crap is geting old. Boycott! Boycott! Boycott! Boycott!

[Cody]

LatinoReview (who have also reviewed two previous drafts) now have a review of the final draft (http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=73). Rating: A+

It was cool of them to bring on (comic writer) Larry Hama as creative consultant.

My big problem with this project is that I can't stand Stephen Sommers movies...

[Andiac]

I really enjoyed the Mummy films, but Van Hellsing was a tad too... CGI'ed. The movie was actually ruined for me because of an emphasis on CGI.

If Sommers makes this a more practical based film, then it'll be awesome. He has the talent! Will he use it?

[Shoesalesman]

I'd love to see this planned movie. I loved the toys and cartoons when I was younger... so bring on the film.

[hack slash]

Doctor Who is Destro
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3if2a7312d15f5f54fc494b700290364cc

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The headline is not a question. Who has joined the cast of GI JOE... But don't call him Who... he didn't spend 8 years in medical school to be called just Who. Dr. Who's Chris Eccleston has stepped into the role of Destro as David Murray steps out.

I'm not well-versed in DR. WHO, but I do love Eccleston's work, especially on HEROES and in 28 DAYS LATER and THE OTHERS. One of these days I'm going to have to delve into the WHO world... for now, we can look forward to his villainous shenanigans in Stephen Sommers' GI JOE.

[NW77]

Doctor Who is Destro
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3if2a7312d15f5f54fc494b700290364cc

Jeans will probably be happy to hear this news. At least I he will. :p

[Spade]

Yep James will probably be happy lol.

[NW77]

Here is your first look at Dennis Quaid as General Hawk! He sure got the brown hair perfectly like Hawk look. ;)


http://i29.tinypic.com/2nqqxb4.jpg

[sickboy]

I really dislike the photo of Quaid as Hawk. He just doesn't look right at all, which is weird because I was excited by his casting.

The more I hear about this the more horrified I am. There's such potential there for them to do a Cobra origin story (as in, a group of terrorists emerging under the cobra flag and a crack team being put together to take them down). They could have kept it nice and simple and kept the fanboys like me pacified if not entirely happy.


Look at it this way- read what the film is about and try to keep that it's called GI Joe out of your mind. Are you even the slightest bit interested in it? Or does it just sound like a shit kids film for the summer?
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And they picked the wrong damn Doctor Who. Tennant is the Scottish one. Not Ecclestone.

They've replaced an Irishman with an Englishman... to play a Scot. I swear there's a bad joke in there somewhere.

[Just Jeans]

Doctor Who is Destro

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x124/f13thtribute/Avatars/exploding-head.gif

I've just read about the Eccleston news elsewhere. I was only vaguely interested in seeing this before. Now I'll be there on opening day. I guarantee it.

They've replaced an Irishman with an Englishman... to play a Scot.

Tennant is a Scot playing an alien with an mock cockney accent. These things happen. :X

Jeans will probably be happy to hear this news. At least I he will. :p

You people know me well. Too well. :shifty: Time to go get a Michael Knight-style face change, me thinks. *scuttles off*

[Autobotsdie]

I guess with the success of Transformers last year they would make this one.

[Jigsaw]

As long as this movie is nothing like Transformers I'll be seeing this. Loved G.I. Joe as a kid.

[ChoKo]

They're pulling no punches with the casting of this movie. I'm pleased to hear that.

[Jigsaw]

The cast list so far has been pretty good.

[NW77]

The cast list so far has been pretty good.

Yep. There were some I don't like (Marlon Wayans as Ripcord? Joseph-Gordon Levitt is Cobra Commander?!?), but I think many good outweigh the bad on this one so far for me now.

[Biosynthnut v.2]

Wayans would be better as Alpine, since he was kinda like a walking comedian. And with Bazooka teaming with him. It was always funny.

[hack slash]

Snake Eyes looks pretty good

http://joblo.com/meet-snake-eyes

[Jigsaw]

Snake Eyes looks good so far.

I found a description of the script on the IMDB's message board for the movie, and knowing IMDB I hope to God this script is fake. I copied and pasted the description and it's spoiler-tagged in case of anything:


now, when i imagine a G.I. Joe movie that's advertised as having Destro and Cobra Commander as the villains, i'm thinking all kinds of bad-assery. Destro doesn't do *beep* and only gets his mask in the last five minutes of the film (in a moment so far fetched it makes Stephen Sommer's previous work look tame). Cobra Commander actually turns out to be The Baroness's brother (who supposedly "died" in combat), and doesn't reveal himself to be alive until the last couple minutes of the film, where it's revealed he's actually the creepy Doctor working for James McCullen/Destro, who finds a way to brainwash people using nano-mites. i'm not kidding. the Doctor uses the nano-mites to brainwash McCullen, who will "now be known as Destro, while you can call me..... Commander." cue the suspenseful music and FADE TO BLACK. seriously. that's how the script ends. in some lame cliffhanger where The Baroness is in jail screaming to Duke (who actually used to be her fiancee, before her brother "died" and she went evil) that "it's only just begun", setting us up for a sequel. which means that everything that happened in the last 119 pages is completely irrelevant and pointless, since the real story hasnt even begun yet.


Please tell me that's just a sick joke :X

[NW77]

Snake Eyes looks pretty good

http://joblo.com/meet-snake-eyes


Yep. Why didn't you post a pic anyway? It better to do that. You don't mind if I do that, do you? ;)

http://www.iesb.net/images/stories/1newsimages/snakeeyes.jpg


And this one is from IESB I posted. It look too CGI, so I think it might be fake. Look great & quite faithful to the comics. I think he need less pouches on his chest though.
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Here a 2nd pic IESB posted. It suppose to be on USA Today paper sometime this week or next week, if I'm not mistaken. And the pics were confirmed to be real & that is really Ray in the suit. I guess some of the lighting & angle on the first pic made it look CGI for some reason.

http://www.iesb.net/images/stories/productionstills2/snakeeyes_usa.jpg

[AOD]

LOL NW I told you version 2 was the best and it looks like Stephen Sommers agreed. The pouches on the suit I guess would be a nod to Snake-Eyes's Original and Current Commando uniforms. I like that they put the Arashikage Clan symbol on Old Snake's outfit and on his ninjato (sword) heres hoping Storm Shadow also has the symbol on him too.

[TheShowstoppa]

So I totally forgot about this movie and now that I've seen Snake Eyes... Whoa! :eek: I'm so there opening day!

[Just Jeans]

Can't wait for pictures of Eccleston to turn up.

[French Friday]

Great picture !

[WesReviews]

Woah... that is completely not how I pictured Snake Eyes would turn out in this movie...AND THANK GOD!

Sommers may score a winner with this one yet. I certainly like the direction he seems to be going.

[Rick]

Great pics. I hope the other masked characters turn out as good, especially Stormshadow.

[NW77]

Here is a video of the "real" Cobra Commander speaking out on the G.I. Joe movie. :evil:


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[Rick]

As much as I lived G.I. Joe as a kid I really didn't like the hood he wore.
The silver mask was so much cooler, I really hope that is the look we get although i'm not holding my breath on that one.

[Spade]

That Snake Eyes picture looks pretty damn cool.

[NW77]

Here is 2 leaked pics of what Duke & Scarlett's costumes will look like. Keep in mind this is probably not the final look or it just a testing costume. You can see Rachel Nichols in the pic with one of 'em. The costumes somewhat look like Sigma 6 & the CGI animated "Valor vs. Venom".


http://www.iesb.net/images/stories/misc/Rachel_scarlettmed.jpg

http://www.iesb.net/images/stories/misc/Joe_and_Scarlet_suitsmed.jpg

[Just Jeans]

Looks like the base design without any of the actual kit added. It'll be interesting to see them done.

[Cody]

Scarlett suited up. (http://www.joblo.com/excl-gi-joes-scarlett)

[AOD]

OK! Thats just Sexy as hell.

[NW77]

I'm kinda felt the color of her suit doesn't fit her. It fit SE better. I was expecting maybe a little bit of tanning, but it seem like just with X-Men, they're going with team look. Kinda like SWAT. But it great she will be using the crossbow though. :)

[The One and Only]

Quote by Cody:
Scarlett suited up. (http://www.joblo.com/excl-gi-joes-scarlett)
Two words.
Hubba-hubba.:eek::drool:

[Biosynthnut v.2]

cast slideshow (http://movies.yahoo.com/slideshows/generic/gijoe.html)

Joseph Gordon Levitt is Cobra Commander?? To young, don't think he can pull it off. So I am assuming they are going with the comic book CC since he was...human.

Marlon being Ripcord makes alot more sense. The guy who plays Destro and the guy who plays Zartan should be sweet.

The chicks...All perfect :D

[Dave Dunwoody]

Joseph Gordon Levitt is Cobra Commander??
What the fuck

[TheShowstoppa]

No, no, no... I thought those two people were debunked as just rumors. I haven't heard anything official saying Marlon Wayans or JGL were cast officially. Neither one of them strike me as the type to fit those roles, especially Levitt as CC.

[Cody]

There was this Variety article (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978532.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564) announcing Wayans and saying Levitt was in negotiations. I also saw a video interview with Levitt where he talks about the fact that he's currently filming G.I. Joe.

Sounds like it'll be a "surprise twist" that Duke's best friend also happens to be the Cobra Commander.
ADDED:
More pictures (http://wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=5103) of several actors in costume.

Back-up link. (http://seat42fmovies.com/?p=464)

[Dave Dunwoody]

WHY can't they just stick to the mythos as they are (be it toys or comics).

Here's what I wish they'd have done. Do the thing with Cobra Commander's brother and Snake-Eyes having a tragic wartime connection. Instead of a post-Vietnam DUI incident, bring it to the present; Snake-Eyes killed CC's brother in friendly-fire incident in Gulf War. CC snapped, family life disintegrated, perception of America went from rosy-eyed to black. CC enlisted Arashikage clan assassin Storm Shadow to take out Snake-Eyes, ended up killing Hard Master by accident. There's the whole Snake-Eyes/CC/Storm Shadow backstory and you can get it all out of the way in the first movie so this doesn't become an X-Men thing with Wolvie dominating every film.

For fuck's sake, you cast Hawk, Snake-Eyes, Destro and Zartan right, why have relative kids as the main good/badguys? Willem Dafoe as CC. C'mon.
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What the hell, here's my geek-love treatment from a couple years back.

Cobra Commander executes a "hostile takeover" of the Illuminati-like Cobra-La, led by Serpentor, and sets his sights on his homeland: America.

The Pit is about to be mothballed by a complacent Senate. New recruit Lt. Falcon, who will likely never serve in the field, clashes with Duke (and Lady Jaye). General Hawk breaks it up before departing.

Zartan's Dreadnoks stage an attack on a convoy carrying U.S. General Flagg, the founder of G.I. Joe, overseas. The Joes believe they thwart the plan, but in reality Zartan replaces Flagg. He then secures the extension of G.I. Joe's service and contracts ARBCO (run by Tomax/Xamot out of Springfield) to update the Joes' computer database.

Cobra Commander and the Baroness contract with Destro for high-tech vehicles and weaponry.

Snake-Eyes, watching Flagg on TV, realizes he's a fake. The Joes track down the real Flagg and, interrogating the Dreadnoks, learn that the long-rumored COBRA is real. Zartan escapes the Capitol before he can be apprehended, with Storm Shadow coming to his rescue.

Snake-Eyes reveals to Scarlett his past with Storm Shadow, the Arashikage clan assassin who murdered his sensei Hard Master. He now believes that COBRA was behind it all along. He reveals the story of his disfiguring injury - it wasn't COBRA at all, rather a friendly-fire incident in the Gulf that killed countless soldiers and sent him into monastic seclusion.

Duke visits the real Flagg and asks why Zartan would swap places with him - wasn't he going to renew G.I. Joe anyway? Flagg reveals that he wasn't. He says that their time has passed, both b/c America is wary of supporting such bold anti-terrorism measures and because the actions of the neocons have shamed the Joes. He also suggests that Duke look into ARBCO, who was aggressively lobbying for the contract.

A team dispatched to Springfield, including Gung-Ho and Roadblock, runs afoul of the Stepford-like Springfield families who cover for their Crimson Guard spouses. The Joes find that ARBCO has been investing heavily in A.I. research. The town is decimated in a brutal COBRA attack; several Joes, Duke included, are taken hostage.

ARBCO techs arrive at the Pit for the software upgrade. The system is turned against itself, and the Joes are imprisoned as BAT soldiers are rolled out, to be commanded in a nationwide attack from the Pit stronghold. Snake-Eyes manages to slip away.

Meanwhile, Cobra Commander gives Duke a speech about his blind patriotism and belief in the "dream" of America. He tells Duke how his brother was killed while serving in the Gulf. And was the man responsible prosecuted? No, he came home wearing a medal. When CC, as a white-collar military industrialist, tried to push for an investigation, he was publicly crucified and lost the rest of his family.

CC leaves with Baroness and Destro (who see CC slipping and plan a coup d'etat). Snake-Eyes busts in and saves the day.

Back to the Pit. It's Snake-Eyes versus Storm Shadow (after CC tells him that he's the Gulf soldier responsible for those deaths, and that Shadow was sent after him, not Hard Master). Then it's Duke versus CC - DUKE DIES - and Lt. Falcon finally puts Cobra Commander down.

[NW77]

I found this leaked pic of a woman (probably a costume designer) with the sculpt of Scarlett at Fwoosh.net that someone posted. But I'm not posting it because of her costume, it something behind the costume. You can see a skull-like shape mask. Could it be Destro or CC?!?

http://www.monolithllc.com/misc/jason/gijoe/movie/leaked/sculpting_G_I_Joe_suit_by_mkm3d.jpg

[The One and Only]

It looks either like that of a Sand-Viper or a Cobra C.L.A.W. I figure Destro's mask in a live action flick would reseemble that of the cloaked goon who served Ming The Merciless in the flamingly, flamboyant Flash Gordon flick from 1980. Supposedly that was the inspiration for Destro.

[NW77]

It looks either like that of a Sand-Viper or a Cobra C.L.A.W. I figure Destro's mask in a live action flick would reseemble that of the cloaked goon who served Ming The Merciless in the flamingly, flamboyant Flash Gordon flick from 1980. Supposedly that was the inspiration for Destro.

You mean General Klytus? ;)

http://www.cinefania.com/movie/200309/06.jpg


But I forgot about him. I agree making Destro's mask like Klytus would work. They should make the mouth move more normal, since Klytus's mask mouth move like he was a robot.

[The One and Only]

Yep, that's the dude. Also by the way, he was a robot ? Didn't know that.:confused:

[NW77]

Yep, that's the dude. Also by the way, he was a robot ? Didn't know that.:confused:

LOL! He wasn't a robot. I just mean the way his mouth move like one. It just didn't move like a normal human's jaw do. Of course, it probably just me. :p

[The One and Only]

Interview with Brendan Fraser at the New York Comic-Con where the bloke talks a little about his cameo in the G.I. Joe flick. (http://www.newsarama.com/nycomiccon2008/video/brendanfraser.html)

[Scarecrow]

I'lkl see this for Eccletson who I'm sure will be as excellent as ever.


- Scarecrow

[Just Jeans]

Eccleston as Destro, pre-mask:

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x124/f13thtribute/Destro.jpg

Also, if you look here (http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=33138) there's a ton of high-res images of characters from the film. It looks like they've gone the X-Men route with the costumes -- everyone is wearing all black.

I admit I know practically nothing about the source material, but I'll be seeing the film.

[TheShowstoppa]

Eccleston looks very badass-esque in that photo. I don't remember much about the cartoon from growing up so I'll just wait to hear major plot details since I won't know what the hell is going on. I want to see Cobra Commander though.

[andrew8798]

G.I. Joe has landed itself a subtitle.

It shall now be known not just as G.I. Joe but with G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA. Today we got a new character poster for the film featuring Channing Tatum as Duke…

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e264/andrew8798/gi-joe-375x600.jpg

credit: http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/gi-joe-rise-of-the-cobra.php

[NW77]

Now there 2 posters with Baroness & Snake Eyes. ;)

http://www.hisstank.com/gi-joe-news/attachment.php?do=fullview&attachmentid=1239

http://www.hisstank.com/gi-joe-news/attachment.php?do=fullview&attachmentid=1240

[Biosynthnut v.2]

I heard somewhere their was a leaked teaser? Anyone know about it?

[The One and Only]

^Nope. But, I did read about a month ago from comic editor, Chris Rydall, the editor at Task Force Delta's new home at IDW. That follow up adventures to the flick will be published in a monthly book from IDW.

[nottidelterrore]

I'd see this movie only if it was the rise of this Cobra:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CS2M8961L._SS500_.jpg

[The One and Only]

^Overrated wuss.

[WesReviews]

Was looking around at Sideshow Collectibles just now and found something I hadn't seen before...

https://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=2614 - Could this be the movie Cobra Commander? It's a bit different than any interpretation of the character that I've ever seen, yet instantly recognizable.

Then there's this... Cobra Trooper pic - https://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=2612

The reason I ask if they're from the movie, the Snake Eyes movie figure is also part of this same line by Sideshow. Anyone know if these are the Cobra Commander and Cobra Trooper appearances in the movie or just part of a general GI Joe line at Sideshow? Cool figures, either way.

[Demon]

I think they are missing key players

Quick kick jackie chan or bolo yeung even though he's old
lady jay not sure maybe demi moore
jinx
shipwreck ?
Dreadnaughts
Twins
Dr mindbender
Duke played by dolph lungdren

[NW77]

Was looking around at Sideshow Collectibles just now and found something I hadn't seen before...

https://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=2614 - Could this be the movie Cobra Commander? It's a bit different than any interpretation of the character that I've ever seen, yet instantly recognizable.

Then there's this... Cobra Trooper pic - https://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=2612

The reason I ask if they're from the movie, the Snake Eyes movie figure is also part of this same line by Sideshow. Anyone know if these are the Cobra Commander and Cobra Trooper appearances in the movie or just part of a general GI Joe line at Sideshow? Cool figures, either way.

Nope. They aren't from the movie. I seen those before months ago & they are not from the movie. In fact, we will be getting different soliders that aren't Cobra Troopers, which you can find here (http://www.hisstank.com/gi-joe-news/gi-joe-movie-2/gi-joe-movie-mars-troopers-first-look-7891/). They kinda like Destro's Iron Grenadiers.

[DedKid]

I just read Latino Review's most recent take on a later draft & it sounds like it's gonna fucking suck! Someone, please tell me that the later draft they were talking about got incinerated & re-written by someone that understands the material. I don't want to see a large part of my childhood so crudely desecrated as it apparently was in that script.....

**ADDED**

OK, Nevermind, I just read it was re-written following a backlash caused by that very review. Awesome how powerful an army of fans on the internet can be :)

[Just Jeans]

...but it's got Chris Eccleston in it, so regardless of whether or not it sucks, it shall win.

[DedKid]

...but it's got Chris Eccleston in it, so regardless of whether or not it sucks, it shall win.

I suppose there's some solace to be taken in the smaller details :)

[WesReviews]

I've not read the original Latino Review article about the script in forever, so what part was changed due to backlash, DedKid?

[DedKid]

Here you go Wes, this Wiki article sums everything up pretty nice, and is actually where I read that the last draft reviewed by LR was re-worked:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe_(film)

[TheShowstoppa]

I just kinda wish this movie would hurry up and come out. Ya know, other than Watchmen, I don't think there are any major DC or Marvel movies this year, so it's going to be a Hasbro year.

I'm still stoked for this movie and I can't wait to see it.

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

The only thing I ask is that it don't suck as hard as the Transformers...

The cartoon movie from 1986 has more plot, depth and feeling than that goofy Michael Bay pile o' shit... a FUCKING CARTOON!!!!!


That being said so far GIJOE does look pretty good.

[Apocalypto]

^Overrated wuss.

^Bizzaro world post.

The only thing I ask is that it don't suck as hard as the Transformers...

The cartoon movie from 1986 has more plot, depth and feeling than that goofy Michael Bay pile o' shit... a FUCKING CARTOON!!!!!

Indeed...an empty pool also has more depth than that cinematic abortion.

This movie does have Rachel Nichols, and doesn't have Shia LeBeaof, so it's already better than that.:)

[Alex DeLarge]

The cartoon movie from 1986 has more plot, depth and feeling than that goofy Michael Bay pile o' shit... a FUCKING CARTOON!!!!!

While I agree 100% whole-heartedly, I also don't think it's a big shock that a "FUCKING CARTOON!!!!!" was better than a big budget action film. Animation and programs made for children in general are quite often two-hundred times more mature than things made for adults.

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

While I agree 100% whole-heartedly, I also don't think it's a big shock that a "FUCKING CARTOON!!!!!" was better than a big budget action film. Animation and programs made for children in general are quite often two-hundred times more mature than things made for adults.

Perhaps... but it won't be hard for this live action film to beat "GIJOE The Movie" from 1987.. ugh.. with the exception of the opening titles and the kick ass Burgess Merideth that was just a silly kiddie cartoon.

[Demon]

I still think this movie is missing to many key charecters.

[Bill 1981]

Perhaps... but it won't be hard for this live action film to beat "GIJOE The Movie" from 1987.. ugh.. with the exception of the opening titles and the kick ass Burgess Merideth that was just a silly kiddie cartoon.


Don't forget Don Johnson's epic win as Lt. Falcon! :lol:

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

Don't forget Don Johnson's epic win as Lt. Falcon! :lol:

"I'm a Lt. and I'm pullin' rank"

Duke should have broke his foot off in Falcon's ass.

[The One and Only]

The animated flick from '87 ruled the roost. I know Cobra-La was a bit out there, but one thing that we should remember that the Joe cartoon had always taken a fantastical tone with it's material. While by today's oh so lofty standards, the program was the standard bearer of that era of children's entertainment. But anywho the flick had pretty hellacool moments from Pythona's break-in of the Cobra Terror Drome, to the first battle with Cobra-La and the kickarse Nemesis Enforcer. Also there was the introduction of Sgt. Slaughter's Rengades, and thier own assult on the Cobra headquarters. Also it seems that G.I. JOE:THE MOVIE, which is also getting a special edition release on DVD in time for the live action's release, still gettin' a lot of love. Click on Exibit A (http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2008/anniversary/Comic_Packs/wave5/falcon_nemesis.html).

Meanwhile on the subject of the film and the inevitable merchandising avalance. Take a gander at Destro's M.A.R.S. Troopers. (http://generalsjoes.com/2009/01/25/close-up-pics-of-upcoming-mars-troopers-movie-figures/)

Also, along with this summer's TRANSFORMERS:REVENGE OF THE FALLEN , there will be a spot for the Joe movie as well during the SuperBowl this Sunday.
ADDED:
New Posters.:confused: (http://generalsjoes.com/2009/01/27/new-gi-joe-posters-on-aintitcoolnewscom/)

[Cody]

A look at several character file cards (http://www.hisstank.com/gi-joe-news/gi-joe-movie-2/gi-joe-movie-rise-of-cobra-file-cards-hi-res-images-7965/).

[DD77]

Gotta see this. Better be some Flint in this.

[WesReviews]

Against my better judgment, I have to admit that I'm cautiously optimistic about this one.

I like what I've seen (mostly, anyway) so far.

[Cody]

ComingSoon (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=52443) has the Super Bowl spot.

[DD77]

Nice!;) ...

[Alex DeLarge]

All that action and explosions... and Eccleston STILL steals the show.

[The One and Only]

Nice.:) Some of my fears have been allayed, but not totally.

[Autobotsdie]

Yeah and I bet they were waiting until the first Transformers came out 2 years ago to see if it would do well of not before deciding on this.

[WesReviews]

Superbowl ad is a bit underwhelming, but it's only 30 seconds. I'll reserve judgment for a longer trailer before figuring out if I want to see this one or not. Still cautiously optimistic.

[Psychoticninja]

I dunno guys... this is feeling like dragonball all over again(leaked trailer = crap, actual trailer= super cool!) ... I'm agreeing with WesReviews and saying i'm underwhelmed by the teaser... i need an actual trailer to judge properly. But, for now im not sure if i like it.

[HiCkMaN!]

the short teaser did nothing me for me but im gunna wait till i see a full trailer before i start disliking this lol

[WOLF]

I don't like Sommers' movies at all. I hope he made a good movie this time, but I don't know if he can.

[TheShowstoppa]

I think the movie looks good. The teaser wasn't anything special except it showed the bad assery of Eccelston. I can't wait to see it, though. It's going to be a damn good movie.

[DedKid]

Wow, the teaser definitely looks promising. I can't imagine the movie is going to change the world or rock beyond belief, but it does look like it'll be a pretty decent action movie. I just hope they don't fuck with or fuck up the mythology :shifty:

[Bill 1981]

Superbowl ad is a bit underwhelming, but it's only 30 seconds. I'll reserve judgment for a longer trailer before figuring out if I want to see this one or not. Still cautiously optimistic.

Agreed. I'd rather wait to see the full trailer to get a better opinion of how hopefully well it turns out.

I think the movie looks good. The teaser wasn't anything special except it showed the bad assery of Eccelston. I can't wait to see it, though. It's going to be a damn good movie.

Oh yeah... Although, Snake Eyes looked pretty baddass too.

PS: Dennis Quaid looked awesome as well... Forgot to mention that.

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

I can't say the trailer looks BAD... but I don't think it looks like GIJOE all that much.

I know they can't copy the cartoon... but it seems a bit too removed.

Dennis Quaid does look cool though...as does Snake Eyes

[Apocalypto]

Other than TMNT, I haven't had much luck with my childhood loves being adapted to the big screen, this trailer actually looks fun though.

[DedKid]

Yep, they shit the bed alright....

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/really-ugly-cobra-commander-movie-action-figure-revealed-6445

Action figure or not, the direction they went with Cobra Commander is just class-A retarded. They thought the hood made him look too much like a Klansman?! WTF?! Those assholes wear pointy white hoods, not skull-fitting blue ones. If that wasn't PC enough, couldn't they have at least gone with the helmet (I'd have settled for a black one) with the chrome face plate? No, instead, they make him look like a goddamn Aquaman villain. Between putting lips on Snake Eyes' mask & now this, they're not seeing a dime from me. Fuck them. I'll download it if I really feel like wasting two hours of my life. There. I said it. I'm not endorsing it. I'm just pissed off. First, that bullshit with Freddy, now this, and, ah, ugh.... Fuck. I need a xanax.

[DD77]

AHahaha. It looks like Uber Jason Cobra Commander..That's a mistake to change it for that ignorant reason. It's not pointed and it's not white. I think they just wanted to show more of the actor's face. But I would expect nothing less from an attempt to make this into a movie. They're gonna fuck it up. I'll be there opening day for the trainwreck.

[Bill 1981]

Oh, Jesus H. Christ... I know "threadshitting" is now against the rules, but can I please get away with this ONE time?! That is the stupidest fucking thing I've ever seen! It looks like a combination of as DD said "Uber Jason" and a donkey's asshole!! >:(

I'm gonna follow DK's example and avoid this upcoming shitpile. :meh:

[nottidelterrore]

Holy shit is that 4-Lom?

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/2/25/4-LOM.jpg/250px-4-LOM.jpg

I've been planning on avoiding this from the beginning.

[Rick]

who photoshopped C3PO?

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

ugh.... if your gonna make a movie called GIJOE... you might want to have it have something to do with, I don't know.. GIJOE.

Maybe it's just me.

[TheShowstoppa]

Yeah, general consensus seems to be that the Cobra Commander looks like ass, and well... He does. He looks like someone chewed that pile of filth up, shit it out, and then decided their own regurgitated pile of trash. (Too much?)

The design looks completely horrible and until I can see it in action or a different variation, fuck that. Horrible horrible... FUCKING HORRIBLE>

[Rick]

Even if they didn't want to use the hood, why not use the version with the helmet and reflective visor down to the chin? That has always been my favorite cobra commander look.
I think the look they designed for this movie is terrible.

[DD77]

Probably because you couldn't see the facial movements or even the eyes like with the hood if they did that. I guess a faceless mask and voice are not enough for the filmmakers.

[Rick]

True, but it would stay faithful to the character and at least it would look better then what they did, IMO.

[psychomatt]

they should of stayed with the original design of cobra commander.

[andrew8798]

The Trailer for the movie

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I don't think I go and see this one

[TheShowstoppa]

That very end sequence looked very familiar... like I had seen it before... RUN, RUN IRONHIDE! I mean, JOES!

I don't know... anything that has Eccleston in it is worth at least one view from me. :) It doesn't look horribly bad, but it doesn't look anything near amazing either. It doesn't come out until August, so we have time to just lay about and wait for some more reveals and things.

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

That very end sequence looked very familiar... like I had seen it before... RUN, RUN IRONHIDE! I mean, JOES!

I don't know... anything that has Eccleston in it is worth at least one view from me. :) It doesn't look horribly bad, but it doesn't look anything near amazing either. It doesn't come out until August, so we have time to just lay about and wait for some more reveals and things.

It doesn't look bad as much as it looks nothing like GIJOE at all other than the Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow part.

If I saw the same trailer with the title "Elite Force 1" I would say.. hey that looks kinda fun. Right now I just say "Huh?"

I mean I don't need Shipwreck coming out with his blue shirt on and a parrot on his shoulder going "Knowing is Half the Battle" ...but come on guys.

[Spook]

Ha, this looks like utter shit. I used to be a huge G.I. Joe kid. I loved the comics and the cartoons. At least I enjoyed Transformers. I hate Stephen Sommers, so I can only imagine how shitty this film is going to be. At least Michael Bay can make his movies look good. I'm going to stick with G.I. Joe: Resolute. This is going to get a big pass from me.

[DD77]

No choice but to see this. Love it or hate it.Nothing i can do about.

[andrew8798]

Rumor has it that Stephen Sommers has been fired off it and others are now editing it.

[Rick]

Yah, read that on darkhorizons this morning.
Latino Review talked to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura who claims it's untrue.
Wouldn't surprise me if it was true. Aside from Deep Rising and The Mummy, Sommers other films have been terrible, IMO.
Here's the article.
The gossip story of the day so far is that Paramount's upcoming "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra" is so bad that the director may have been fired.

It all began when a posting on Don Murphy's message board, now removed, claimed that a test screening of the upcoming action film scored the worst marks in the studio's history. As a result Paramount exec Brad Weston had the film's director Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy," "Van Helsing") fired and locked out of the editing room.

Stuart Baird, a renowned "fixer" editor was brought it to try to see if it could be made releasable, while producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura was told "his services were no longer needed on the film either". When word of the firing started to get around, Sommers "was summoned back to the editing room but only to save appearances, Baird is still editing the movie with studio input."

Latino Review then followed that post up with a few checks of their own. While columnists have been quick to slam the film, it apparently is tracking quite well, and so the site got in contact with di Bonaventura himself to ask if the report had any truth?

"It's completely untrue he was never asked to leave or been fired or any of that. That’s ridiculous. The movie tested very well. Everybody was happy, the studio was happy, the filmmakers were happy, the audience was happy with the movie. We had three test screenings, three different times and tested it and each time it just got better and better. We started off in a good place and we ended up in even in a better place, which is what you hope on a film from testing it."

So what happened in the editing room? "Nothing that doesn’t happen on every other movie, which is that you constantly work and work and work and you make it better and better. We had a delay on visual effects so we waited a long time to finish the movie but that’s the only thing. I don’t really know why that would be interpreting it negatively but I guess it was".

Still, many remain dubious. There's been blood in the water on this film for a while and many online critics seem to have already made their minds up on the film. Sommers has generally provoked dislike amongst critics, and the word is with 'Joe' he essentially got total creative freedom to do what he wanted. Has that resulted in a workable film? We'll find out in two months.

[sickboy]

Aside from the ridiculous exo-suit shite, the trailer doesn't look too terrible.

Now let's hope if they've sacked Sommers that whoever comes in reshoots all Cobra Commander's scenes with a better look.

[Biosynthnut v.2]

Yep, they shit the bed alright....

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/really-ugly-cobra-commander-movie-action-figure-revealed-6445

Action figure or not, the direction they went with Cobra Commander is just class-A retarded. They thought the hood made him look too much like a Klansman?! WTF?! Those assholes wear pointy white hoods, not skull-fitting blue ones. If that wasn't PC enough, couldn't they have at least gone with the helmet (I'd have settled for a black one) with the chrome face plate? No, instead, they make him look like a goddamn Aquaman villain. Between putting lips on Snake Eyes' mask & now this, they're not seeing a dime from me. Fuck them. I'll download it if I really feel like wasting two hours of my life. There. I said it. I'm not endorsing it. I'm just pissed off. First, that bullshit with Freddy, now this, and, ah, ugh.... Fuck. I need a xanax.


Solidifies that I won't be seeing this... Transformers may be out there in terms of bot design but they did it really well. But this...this is just..*insert vomit smiley*

[The Terminator]

Ha, this looks like utter shit. I used to be a huge G.I. Joe kid. I loved the comics and the cartoons. At least I enjoyed Transformers. I hate Stephen Sommers, so I can only imagine how shitty this film is going to be. At least Michael Bay can make his movies look good. I'm going to stick with G.I. Joe: Resolute. This is going to get a big pass from me.
I know what you mean. As a kid, I was always more into the GI Joe comics, and cartoon by Sunbow (hell I even watched the DIC series which suffered from far inferior animation amongst other things), but this film looks extremely lackluster. Of course I'm only going on pictures, and trailers ... but I can tell my anticipation for Transformers back in 2007, and it's sequel far eclipses any anticipation I have for this GI Joe movie.

[Just Jeans]

I've never been big on G.I. Joe, but I thought the trailer for this looked like fun. And Christopher Eccleston's in it, for Chrissake.

[DD77]

Cobra- la la la la

[Alex DeLarge]

And Christopher Eccleston's in it, for Chrissake.

Reasons to see this, FTW.

[The Dream Master]

Stephen Sommers

Reason not to see this, FTW. :X

[Just Jeans]

Eccleston > Sommers

Gotta see it.

[Biosynthnut v.2]

Reason not to see this, FTW. :X

I'd bet Uwe Bowle could make it better.

[Alex DeLarge]

Yeah, I'll put up with Sommers to see 2 hours of Eccelston being awesome. You could cast that man in 2 hours of Teletubbies; I'd watch.

[The One and Only]

Positive review for the RISE OF COBRA take on the Commander.:D (http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2009/rise_of_cobra/figures/collection1_wave2/cobracommander.html)

[TheShowstoppa]

I'm completely intimidated by the fact that the previews are putting this movie out to be one BAD ASS movie, but from everything I've heard from here, it's going to blow. I'm intimidated because if this movie doesn't make its money back, they're not going to option the sequels to be made, and I know that they could completely make this movie more badass than it is.

[Rick]

They'll just reboot it in a few years if the first one doesn't work out.
And get someone else to direct.
The only good movies I've seen from Sommers are Deep Rising and the first Mummy.

[Demon]

it needs more well known charecters,like flint roadblock gung ho junkyard dusty general hawk,quick kick,dr mindbender,the twins dreadnaughts,shipwreck,lady etc,not heavy barrel ricord,all those jobbers

[andrew8798]

The movie comes out Friday I may check it out

[The Tall Man]

I'm hearing down the grapevine that Sienna Miller as the Baroness is the only reason to see the film... which was my only interest from the get-go.

T.M., Esq.

[Alex DeLarge]

I'm hearing down the grapevine that Sienna Miller as the Baroness is the only reason to see the film... which was my only interest from the get-go.

T.M., Esq.

What about Eccles-cake?

[The Dream Master]

To the surprise of absolutely no one, this one won't screen for critics. (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0912274/)

The only question that remains is "will it somehow manage to suck more than Transformers 2?"

[Darth Sinister]

If by suck you mean it makes a good deal of money like "Revenge Of The Fallen", then maybe yes. Or at least money like the first TF film. ROTF wasn't screened for critics either.

[The One and Only]

Who really give a flying crap what the critics say anyway ? Usually the jokers' view of the summer movie season is "Wake me when it's over ?" :meh:. Or else when no listens to their claptrap , bash the paying audience for being stupid. Bunch of wannabe filmmakers who couldn't cut it in the industry, so they tear down those that succeed. Although Roger Ebert did give us Return To The Valley of the Dolls, starring Burt Convey.

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

As much as I hated the first Transformers, and have zero interest in part 2 or GIJOE (which actually looks like dumb fun, my only beef is it looks nothing like GIJOE)... I actually agree with the studio on this. Why let a bunch of assholes bash a movie that is clearly not meant for them to begin with.

Who gives a fuck what the critics say? I mean really.. I don't know anyone who does. If the BO gross of Transformers 2 is any indication neither does most of the mass audience. I don't even remember the last time I read a review. I see what I want to see.

I used to like Siskel and Ebert back in the day cause I felt the show was good. Even if I didn't agree with them, they usually gave a nice overview and they often disagreed so it was cool to see a tow sided 'fight' so to speak. Let you know if YOU would like the film.

Talk to your freinds, or have some fun talking it up on forums like this...

But newspaper and website 'critics' ? Eh.. snore.

[The Dream Master]

If by suck you mean it makes a good deal of money like "Revenge Of The Fallen", then maybe yes. Or at least money like the first TF film. ROTF wasn't screened for critics either.

No, I mean "suck" as in "a putrid piece of shit that I have no desire to ever see again." Not sure how box office tallies are indicative of quality at all. :X

And I have a great deal of respect for real film critics; not that I necessarily give weight to their opinions, but I like guys and gals that can really dig into a movie and analyze it well. Not just the ones that are out to get their names and quotes on an ad or a poster. Believe it or not, people like this actually do know a great deal. For example, a professor I once had in college hasn't stepped foot behind a camera, but he's one of the most intelligent film people I've ever known and has written several books on some fascinating subjects.

[Brett H.]

The Transformers movie hurt me to my soul. It took away part of my innocence and I will never be the same again. And, it sounds like 2 was even worse... by far.

G.I. Joe? Hell no.

[The Dream Master]

Yeah, no shit. I don't need any reviews to tell me to stay away from this one. Stephen Sommers directing is enough. :X

[Brett H.]

I mean, obviously Transformers effects wise is crazy and all that, but for the movie to suck so bad for, what was it... $150 million? I just can't take that. For how poor it is combined with the budget just fuckin' makes me want to puke. When I think of what $150 million could have done for some real artists... hell, look what Lloyd Kaufman does with $500 000...

[nottidelterrore]

The only GI Joe & Transformer movies that matter to me:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Transformers-movieposter-west.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/250px-GIJoeMovie1987.jpg

[The One and Only]

The longer I've been on the Internet prowling around, and reading about films, and the making of. I've come to a conclusion. Yes a great deal of some films' shortcomings fall squarely on the shoulders of the filmmakers. However, along the way, as I've read more about goings on behind of the scenes I also have to set a great deal of blame on the guys who write the checks for these writers and directors to go on their merry way. With G.I. JOE , from the beginning, Paramount has had a certain plan with what this flick was supposed to involve. In the trailer I noticed a few things that I read in one script for the flick seem to be still carrying over into the final product. One from what I've gathered from reading the DUKE prequel comic is that Cobra Commander in the Rise of Cobra world will turn out to be Duke's old military buddy named Rex. Another from the trailer is the metal eating nanotech used on the Eiffel Tower in the trailer. Likewise the battle suits which showed up were also favorites of the studio. Another big deal with the studio is that the Joe team had to be an international strike force. Paramount felt with the U.S.'s unpopularity in the wake of the Iraq invasion that a flick featuring Real American Heroes would be a hard sell overseas. Plus with Hollywood's own disdain for our armed forces it wasn't too surprising to see the studio go that way. Despite Sommers' pushing to keep the property true to it's roots. Also the head of Paramount, to appeal to the overseas audiences, wanted to have he team lead by Britain's own answer to G.I. Joe, ACTION MAN. (http://www.yojoe.com/filecard/04/actionman.shtml) Although that script was thrown out.

Also, I'm surprised anyone on this forum would ever quote Roger Ebert, or even the dead Gene Siskel. Those two, on top being utter buttheads, seemed to utterly hold the genre that brought us together in the first place. Heck, they don't even do their research when bashing our flicks. If any of you ever watched the documentry PIECES:THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SLASHER . The two were talking about how directors of horror flicks hated women, and pointed to Slumber Party Massacre as an example. However, if the two dopes did any research, or read the pesky press kit, they would've known that the film was directed by a woman. Also one thing that forever sunk any credibility Ebert had with me is a review that he did for the 50th anniversary re-release of GOJIRA. Throughout his review he whined that he had trouble following the flick. But then near the end of his review Roger Ebert mentioned that he really didn't watch the film to begin with. So the question has to asked, if he wasn't really watching GOJIRA, how many other flicks he reviewed, that he actually watched. Kind of sinks the dingbat's credibility don't you think ?

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

As I said in my other post, I really don't care what any critics say. However I did like Siskel and Ebert's SHOW because it showed clips and they did a pretty good rundown of the film itself. So if it was a movie I wasn't sure I wanted to see, tehy kinda gave me enough info to make that decision. Sometimes if they didn't like it I wanted to see it more.

I never liked Ebert and Roeper as much cause it was too fast cut and really didn't tell you as much.

As for GI Joe, I'm sure I'll see it on DVD. But I can't see paying $14 to see it in theaters

[Brett H.]

Also, I'm surprised anyone on this forum would ever quote Roger Ebert, or even the dead Gene Siskel. Those two, on top being utter buttheads, seemed to utterly hold the genre that brought us together in the first place. Heck, they don't even do their research when bashing our flicks. If any of you ever watched the documentry PIECES:THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SLASHER . The two were talking about how directors of horror flicks hated women, and pointed to Slumber Party Massacre as an example. However, if the two dopes did any research, or read the pesky press kit, they would've known that the film was directed by a woman. Also one thing that forever sunk any credibility Ebert had with me is a review that he did for the 50th anniversary re-release of GOJIRA. Throughout his review he whined that he had trouble following the flick. But then near the end of his review Roger Ebert mentioned that he really didn't watch the film to begin with. So the question has to asked, if he wasn't really watching GOJIRA, how many other flicks he reviewed, that he actually watched. Kind of sinks the dingbat's credibility don't you think ?

I read the review of Gojira (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040702/REVIEWS/407020315/1023) and I didn't see him say he never watched the movie. Having read many of Ebert's reviews, he does do a lot of research... hell he even researched how Jason has died and come back in the latest F13 review. He was a nut towards horror films back in the 80s, but they were over-thinking what the hell these movie makers back then were doing, mistaking art intent for monetary recuperation. Objectifying women, well, there's no denying that is done in horror films and the violence towards them is plausible within the stereotypes of the genre, but I think it's mostly just because a girl probably wouldn't care of the gender of the last survivor (or at least could identify more with the female lead) and the guy would rather have the female on screen as much as possible. It's not like he hates all horror movies. Nosferatu, Bride of Frankenstein, Alien, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Cat People, Dracula, The Fall of the House of Usher, Jaws, King Kong, Peeping Tom, Phantom of the Opera and Psycho stand alongside The Third Man, Cool Hand Luke, Casablanca, Wizard of Oz, etc. on that list. And that doesn't count movies like Halloween, which was given four stars but hasn't been added to his Great Movies list.

The Slumber Party Massacre thing was a fluke - honestly, how many film directors can you think of off hand that are female? While it's still a fuck up, they could have pulled any other film out of the air and things still would have been relevant from their point of view.

I don't really care what Ebert says about popcorn flicks or drive-in type stuff, but when a real movie is on the line, I always want to hear what he has to say. If it's a horror/exploitation/b-action/etc. movie, I always prefer to read about the opinion straight from the fans of that type of thing because they're the ones who will be thinking along my lines. I mean, on Ebert's ranking system, a lot of his grades work. He gave F13 09 two stars. He gave The Reader three. I don't think that's so unfair. Perspective is the key.

[Darth Sinister]

No, I mean "suck" as in "a putrid piece of shit that I have no desire to ever see again." Not sure how box office tallies are indicative of quality at all. :X

I didn't say that quality was an issue. ROTF is considered shit in the eyes of many, yet made an assload of money. Even if this is a shit stain turd, it could net a lot of cash. People will like something where they can turn off their brain for two hours. Look at this forum. We turn our brains off to what others would call a big steaming pile of shit. Make of it what you will. :shifty:

In the end, it will probably not be high quality.

[The Dream Master]

Believe me, considering all the shitty movies I'm able to derive enjoyment from, I'm no movie snob; if something is shitty beyond redemption (like Transformers), then it must be trying to suck. :X

I'm sure GI Joe will make a lot of money because movies don't have to be good to make money; usually, it's marketing (or in this case) a name brand that does it. It's rare for movies to become huge hits based off of word of mouth these days because people's minds are usually made up long before the movie ever comes out. Transformers 2 received some of the most scathing reviews ever, but that wasn't going to stop people from going to see it. Hell, I didn't even want to see it but ended up having to go. :X

[French Friday]

Saw it today. Not a waste of money, but not as fun as Transformers 2 (I loved TF2)

I'd start by saying my memories of the GI Joe cartoons aren't as clear as the ones of the TF cartoons. I wasn't as much a fan of GI Joe as a fan of TF as a kid. So I suppose that's a first explanation as why I was less interested by this movie than by TF.

Second, I never got bored. That's a good point. I was never "high" either, except during the Paris chase scene which is absolutely marvelous from beginning to end, and during all the Snake Eyes/StormShadow scenes. Which goes back to my first paragraph because SE et SS where my favorite characters of the show and the only characters I remember well (one scene in the cartoon in particular where while enemies, they have to work together to stay alive). Ninjas, how can't you love ninjas when you're a kid ? And now as an adult, that's the same. They were also the only characters in this movie with a true "look". The doctor also has a look, but he hasn't that much screen time and I didn't like his voice (french voice). Not enough "evil" for my taste. The other characters could be from any action movies but they were fun.

I loved the SFX and set/vehicles designs. The humor. The various characters storylines were, if not original, not boring. Arnold Vosloo was fantastic. Dennis Quaid wasn't disappointing at all. The mask of Commander Cobra and the new Destro were a miss, while there was a great build up for that. Too bad they failed that.

The score was entertaining. The story was B-movie. DTV-like but worked for me.

What would have I changed ?

1. More different looks for the characters in each camp. 5 or 6 real different suits for each camp would have been better than this "dark suit for everybody" (Thanks Matrix and X-Men for that...) There should have been a true feeling of "the best of every country united here". Well, apart 2 ninjas and a Vader-ish doctor, everything felt very american-ish only. Even the french actor. Thanks for the Cobra soldiers to have these masks at least.

2. That's all in fact. Better mask for Cobra and Destro fall in the same category as 1.

The problem of this movie for me is that without these special looks, GI Joe is just another DTV action movie like there are hundreds of them every year. And I'm not fond of them.

A better look, a better movie. Awesome Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow ! And this ending ! I want a sequel !

GI Joe 2. Like X-Men 2. Improved.

Now I'm waiting for the Thundercats, Silverhawks and Galaxy Rangers.

[Spook]

God, this movie was so much better than Transformers 2. Like WAAAAY better. Which is shocking, since I thought it looked like complete shit when I saw the first trailer. I had no intentions to see this until I started hearing the buzz. Plenty of sites have been giving it surprisingly good reviews, so I thought it might be worth it to check it out. Man, I had a blast. This movie takes a giant shit on Transformers 2. I didn't feel like it was insulting my intelligence when watching it.

I give it a 7.5/10.

[Apocalypto]

I'm hearing down the grapevine that Sienna Miller as the Baroness is the only reason to see the film... which was my only interest from the get-go.

T.M., Esq.

Rachel Nichols is better than her anyway.

I thought it was alot of fun, the characters are pretty likeable and it's camply popcorn entertainment without getting ridiculously off the charts stupid like a certain other film based on something I loved did that was also taken from a Hasbro property...

Nice to see something I loved since childhood turn out well cinematically other than TMNT.
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God, this movie was so much better than Transformers 2. Like WAAAAY better.

Indeed...of course the same could just as easily be said about two-and-a-half straight hours of vicious kicks to the groin with spiked boots.

[Alex DeLarge]

How was Eccelston? Best thing about the movie or by far, best thing about the movie?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Ninth_Doctor.jpg/200px-Ninth_Doctor.jpg

http://uktv.co.uk/images/standarditem/EX1/2846.jpg

http://www.lynnertic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/dw200507-065.jpg

Love 'im.:shy:

[French Friday]

I wasn't a fan of his character. I prefered Vosloo in the villains category.

[Just Jeans]

Chris Eccleston could read the phone book on camera for two and a half hours and it'd be good... yet he couldn't save the awful adaptation of The Dark is Rising. :misery: I hope he fares better here.

[Cody]

I'm not a fan of the general idea of 80s cartoons becoming live action features this far down the line, found Transformers unwatchably awful, hate Sommers' other movies, and can't stand Marlon Wayans - yet despite all the strikes it had against it, I still found this movie enjoyable. I may never watch it again, but it was a decent, dopey action flick for kids. If I was 9, it might've been awesome.

Extra points for not chucking in any inappropriate or offensive unnecessary bullshit and having an agreeable running time.

[Spook]

I think Marlon Wayans can be a good actor if he wanted to (Requiem for a Dream anyone?). I can stand him a little bit because of that, so I wasn't annoyed with him in G.I. Joe. Too bad the Transformers films weren't nearly as enjoyable as this was. I mean, it actually reminded me of watching films from my childhood. I agree that if I was 9, this would have been absolutely amazing. I hope they fix some problems, though, in the sequel (since it has been confirmed already). I want to see the classic Cobra Commander look.

[French Friday]

I'm currently thinking I want to rewatch GI Joe on DVD like TF2, so that's a good point. Not many movies make me want to rewatch them.

I clearly hope the sequel will fix the Cobra Commander look. (and the various looks in general)

[Apocalypto]

I found Wayans somewhat annoying, but not as much as I expected (and I generally hate the Wayans brothers stuff).

He wasn't nearly as bad as Anthony Anderson, John Torturo...or pretty much any of the ridiculously stuipid "comic relief" characters from the Transformers flicks.

I actually rather liked the interaction between he and Rachel Nichols.

I liked this enough to buy it on blu-ray.

[Jus-X]

I liked this enough to buy it on blu-ray.

I agree, I think it would look sick on BD. I found the movie entertaining and not as horrible as alot of people think.... this movie would be horrible if they get part 2 wrong. Everything about the movie up until M.A.R.S. died and Cobra rose made everything I found wrong with the movie redeemable. I understood it to be a prequel to what we know and love about the cartoons, so I left vey open minded that as long as the sequel is closer to the cartoons, the first movie would be very well done. So I'm waiting for part two.

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

I'm thinking I may give this a peak, simply to see the action on the big screen.

While I don't see anyone loving it, most say it is enjoyable.

I do have a question though... would it be so watchable, if Transformers wasn't so UN watchable? LOL

[French Friday]

Well, Timberwolf, IMHO, it was enjoyable but less entertaining than TF2, but I'm the only one thinking that here... :p

[Spook]

I think it is much, much better than Transformers 2 on every level. I enjoyed it more. I was entertained more. Transformers 2 was just plain bad. However, even if Transformers 2 was decent or watchable, I still think G.I. Joe would be getting the same praise. Like I said, if I was about 9, I would absolutely love it. It is no perfect movie, though, but still fun as hell. The CGI could have been better. Too bad the film didn't have the CGI that Transformers 2 had, because then I probably would have scored it higher.

[Jus-X]

I don't understand why Transformers 2 is getting so much hate. It was good. Not great, but good. If you took out the twin transformers, it would then be great. But I agree that GI JOE was much more entertaining than TF2. Alot of eye candy, I think it would be sweet to see in Hi-Def.

Was anyone else surprised to see Zartan as the President? I wasn't. After he got the ability to change his face and stuff, he wasn't seen for the rest of the movie. So in the closing scene I turned to my kid and said "That's the whistling guy." And sure enough, he starts whistling.

[The Dream Master]

If you took out the twin transformers, plus 90% of everything else and started over with a new director, it would then be great.

Fixed that for you. :X

[Jus-X]

No, just put words in my mouth. You're lucky I think it's funny you do that, then say "Fixed that for you." If I didn't think it was funny... I don't know what I'd do. Just probably yell and eat cheetos maliciously fast

[The Dream Master]

http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/1/dvd2/full/NIGHTMARE_ON_ELM_STREET_PART_2DVDLIB458.jpg

"Nobody likes a smart-ass, buddy boy."

[Apocalypto]

Fixed that for you. :X

After that comment...I think you're my new hero.:)

Although to say only 90% of it needed to be fixed is still a rather conservative estimate.;)

[The Tall Man]

http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/1/dvd2/full/NIGHTMARE_ON_ELM_STREET_PART_2DVDLIB458.jpg

"Nobody likes a smart-ass, buddy boy."

Lock it up. That's the post of the day, kids. :lmao:

T.M., Esq.

[The One and Only]

What you did Dream Master was neither funny or the least bit amusing. It just comes off as condescending and just plain snotty. If you did it to me I'd reach through the computer and strangle you.:mad:

[Jus-X]

http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/1/dvd2/full/NIGHTMARE_ON_ELM_STREET_PART_2DVDLIB458.jpg

"Nobody likes a smart-ass, buddy boy."

I don't know whether to laugh because it's an awesome pic to go with the quote... or go grab a bag or Cheetos and be pissed at you!

[The Dream Master]

What you did Dream Master was neither funny or the least bit amusing. It just comes off as condescending and just plain snotty. If you did it to me I'd reach through the computer and strangle you.:mad:

You can't be serious. :shyface:

[Jus-X]

You can't be serious. :shyface:

Maybe he was being sarcastic? I found it funny. Insulting as well. But it still gave me a good laugh. OAO just forgot to put lol...

[French Friday]

I loved the twins in TF2 and I think the CGI in GI Joe (the Paris scene) was as good as in TF2. The final sub-marine attack wasn't though. Should have felt so much more "Death Star" to me.

I think TF2 has that Spielberg's magical touch of The Goonies and Gremlins GI Joe hasn't. That makes the whole difference for me.

I wasn't surprised by the ending of GI Joe, but loved it.

[Spook]

I think TF2 has that Spielberg's magical touch of The Goonies and Gremlins GI Joe hasn't. That makes the whole difference for me.


:lmao: Good one, man. You almost had me.

[French Friday]

:lmao: Good one, man. You almost had me.

That wasn't "a good one". When I first saw TF last year (I discovered it on DVD) I had the surprise to find there that magical touch I haven't seen for years, from Spielberg or anyone else. Or maybe in the Harry Potter saga. Can't think now of anything else I saw with that touch.

It's 2009 and not 1985 anymore so the humor, the style is different, but the magic is always there, that feeling there was in E-T, Goonies and Gremlins. These "family adventure supernatural" movies only Spielberg is able to produce (and sometimes direct). That touch that makes Poltergeist a Spielberg movie more than a Hooper movie.

There was surely more Bay in TF and TF2 than Hooper in Poltergeist, but that Spielberg's touch was there.

And to me, that makes the difference.

[The Dream Master]

That touch that makes Poltergeist a Spielberg movie more than a Hooper movie.

I think that's mostly due to the fact that Spielberg actually directed that shit. :doggy:

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

That wasn't "a good one". When I first saw TF last year (I discovered it on DVD) I had the surprise to find there that magical touch I haven't seen for years, from Spielberg or anyone else. Or maybe in the Harry Potter saga. Can't think now of anything else I saw with that touch.

It's 2009 and not 1985 anymore so the humor, the style is different, but the magic is always there, that feeling there was in E-T, Goonies and Gremlins. These "family adventure supernatural" movies only Spielberg is able to produce (and sometimes direct). That touch that makes Poltergeist a Spielberg movie more than a Hooper movie.

There was surely more Bay in TF and TF2 than Hooper in Poltergeist, but that Spielberg's touch was there.

And to me, that makes the difference.

I think you are more right than you know. Many think Spielberg was on TF 'in name only' but he really was involved in the beginning. In fact I remember reports that he was very strong force in the Sam/Bumblebee friendship from the TV series making it into the movie. He felt it was the key to the film and pushed the development of that a lot. The first film really highlights the boy coming of age type stuff Spielberg is famous for.

I didn't see TF2 so I can't comment, but the trailers were enough to turn me away. I almost want to see it now to find out if it really is that bad...lol

[nottidelterrore]

I plan on avoiding this like the plague & the Transformers movies. Nothing will get me to watch them.

Good to see Ken Walsh in this thread too. :lol:

[Spook]

Nothing about the Transformers films were magical. This film wasn't magical, either. It was more entertaining than anything else, really.

[Apocalypto]

I would classify it as more anti-entertaiment than anything else.

The Transformers hiding in the backyard, along with the plethora of other horribly failed attempts at "comic relief" that both films were flooded with remain some of the worst stuff I've ever suffered through on film.

The Transformers flicks are the little kid in me that loves the magic of the movies and adored this stuff as a kid...being brutally raped.
Yeah, the Sam/Bumblebee relationship wasn't bad, it was hardly anywhere near good enough to make up for everything else though.

The original TMNT live action film and the animated one, as well as this film are what I was hoping for from them.

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

Ugh.. the backyard.

"My Bad" from the first film made me want to throw shit at the screen. Optimus Prime acting like Jar Jar is a fucking crime.

I wouldn't have minded if it was maybe Bumblebee or someone.. like a character designed for comic relief... but fucking Optimus Prime? He is a fucking icon.

[andrew8798]

For comic relief watch the original G1 show and you will see Prime playing basketball with the other Autobots

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

For comic relief watch the original G1 show and you will see Prime playing basketball with the other Autobots

Playing basketball is fine and and even comedy is fine.... nothing wrong with Prime being light hearted... As long as he is not acting like a unintellegent, out of character moron in a slapstick routine like he was in the backyard.

Hell, Prime is more IN character in that spoof video with Megatron and Leader-1 on Funny or Die! .then he is in the backyard scene.and its supposed to be a over the top joke.

[andrew8798]

It didn't bother me also people will complain about anything these days some people will say that Prime was too ruthless in ROTF

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

It didn't bother me also people will complain about anything these days some people will say that Prime was too ruthless in ROTF

I can't really speak to the second one. I didn't see it. I didn't hate the first one, but it was a pretty big letdown overall. When i heard the second one was worse and I saw the trailers I just didn't bother. I'm sure i will see it on cable. Or just watch the cartoon movie from 1986.. now that is a film.

I was gonna skip GIJOE, but I am leaning toward it now after this mixed buzz. I still think the people that like it are just saying that cause its just not as bad as TF2 :D
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Dark Horizons:

Despite a majority of negative reviews eventually showing up from the critics, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra" pulled in $55 million at the box-office over the weekend which means Paramount is already thinking sequel.

Paramount vice-chairman Rob Moore tells The LA Times that the project will "soon go into development" with all the actors "contractually obligated to return". Not so sure is director Stephen Sommers who, though first offered, has the option to decline returning.

Concerns now are for the film's second weekend box-office. With a 15% drop from Friday to Saturday, there's talk that bad word-of mouth could hurt it. Judd Apatow's "Funny People" suffered a similar opening/second day drop the previous weekend, and fell a whopping 65% in its second weekend which just past.

Coming in at a budget of $175 million to produce and nearly that much again to market, the film needs that domestic theatrical run to be stellar in order to greenlight a sequel.

Like the far better received "Star Trek" earlier this Summer, worldwide revenue for the film is expected to be quite slim due to the property either being unknown or dismissed as some violent, pro-military kiddie fare in some key foreign markets who're otherwise more receptive to blockbusters (ie. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," "Terminator Salvation").

[andrew8798]

The 86 movie Hasbro paid big time for the mistake of Killing Prime off. I still like the 86 movie.GI Joe was ok, of course I never was a Joe fan growing up. I knew some of the characters without watching the show. Didn't care how they did Cobra

[Spook]

Not to mention the Transformer that pisses all over John Turturro in the first one. Ugh. Just really terrible movies.

I'm not saying G.I. Joe is brilliant, or an amazing film (yet compared to Transformers 2 it is). I'm just saying I found myself enjoying it much more than I thought I was going to. I have said on plenty of occasions how shitty this film was going to be based on the first trailer and the fact Stephen Sommers was directing it. I was surprised that I enjoyed it. No unfunny toilet humor or slutty Megan Fox to be found in it.

And yes, I am aware that the G1 cartoon, at times, was corny and had humor. But not fucking retarded humor. I would take that over what was seen in both the Transformers films.

[French Friday]

Damn I'm feeling so lonely here ! :) (apart one maybe, thanks to Andrew8798 to be here !) I didn't feel raped by TF, TF2 or GI Joe. By neither of them. While I think they could have been better, I think they were far enough good for my taste and my desire to see fun and entertaining movies first. The year that has just gone wasn't very "happy" for me, the broken heart kind of problem, so I needed that kind of movies and they delivered what I wanted.

As for the magical Spielberg's touch, that's the stuff that made me love movies in the first place and after The Schindler's List, the man just put it away for a long time. There were other movies during that time with that kind of magic, and pieces of it in several Spielberg movies (The Terminal with Tom Hanks) but it wasn't exactly the same anymore.

And TF and TF2 came.

In TF, one symbolic scene : a chase scene with Sam riding a bicycle (ET, Goonies) and the Transformers hiding in the backyard (E-T hiding in the kitchen/bedrooms)

In TF2, other symbolic scene : the "mini-transformers" in the kitchen (Gremlins).

There's just more explosions in TF and TF2 than in a normal Spielberg "magical" movie.

As for GI Joe, if the sequel is already greenlit, I hope they will listen to the fans and redesign totally the Cobra Commander look. My very big disappointment in that movie. If they can get the look right in the sequel, for him and for more other characters, the two movies together will feel like a very good fun story.

Also, we shouldn't forget that in GI Joe, the villains, in a way, won . And for a "kid" movie, that's a good point.

[Darth Sinister]

I wasn't too bothered by the TF films. I look at the characterzations as being different, much like there are different continuities in comics and cartoons.

[Jus-X]

French Friday, you're not the only odd ball of the bunch. I liked both TF movies, and if they do this GI Joe sequel right, part 1 would be perfect. As long as they come full circle and make the 2nd movie more like the cartoon, I would love G1 as a great prequel.

As for the TF movies, I respect them as an "everyone" movie. It has adult moments and kid moments. The movies IMO where made for kids, but had the CGI realistic moments for the kids to enjoy. But others don't see it that way, they see an adult movie that has lame moments and silly points to it.

[Spook]

I don't see the Transformers films that way, since I obviously enjoyed G.I. Joe. Toilet humor and half-naked sluts don't strike me as being for the children. Not to mention that there was plenty of unnecessary cussing in both TF films, that were there for laughs. It seemed to me that they were going for a teen/adult audience, which is why both films sucked majorly. There was no heart to the films. There was nothing I liked about them.

Stephen Sommers at least seemed like he was having fun with G.I. Joe. There wasn't a lot of crap bogging it down.

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

I don't see the Transformers films that way, since I obviously enjoyed G.I. Joe. Toilet humor and half-naked sluts don't strike me as being for the children. Not to mention that there was plenty of unnecessary cussing in both TF films, that were there for laughs. It seemed to me that they were going for a teen/adult audience, which is why both films sucked majorly. There was no heart to the films. There was nothing I liked about them.

Stephen Sommers at least seemed like he was having fun with G.I. Joe. There wasn't a lot of crap bogging it down.

Yea I agree. I have nothing against a movie being for kids. I liked the first Spy Kids film, and I love the Muppets. TF 1 was just plain stupid for most of its running time. it has nothing to do with it being for kids or not.. From most accounts TF2 is even worse with lowest common denominator, classless humor, jumbled script and unfocused story and plot. Hell many kids movies like Toy Story and the like seem to have more class, wit and depth than films for older people.

I will probably end up seeing Joe in the next couple of weeks because while it doesn't seem to be deep or high art, it does seem like its a good time.

[Rick]

I don't remember any half naked sluts in TF 1 or 2.Megan Fox was dressed no more revealing then what you would see many girls wearing walking down the street wearing.
Is it better or worse to have Megan Fox in shorts shorts or the two women from G.I. Joe in skin-tight leather outfits?
I look at it being pretty much the same thing.
As for the language G. I. Joe had quite a few "Oh Shit!"'s in it as well.
There were more fart jokes in TF and there was the leg humping robot,but G.I. Joe doesn't get off scott free either when it comes to language in a movie aimed at kids.
ADDED:
Something else both films are guilty of, changing the basics or adding to them to a degree so large as to be almost unrecognizable when compared to what I grew up with.
But I can deal with that.

[Jus-X]

I don't see the Transformers films that way, since I obviously enjoyed G.I. Joe. Toilet humor and half-naked sluts don't strike me as being for the children. Not to mention that there was plenty of unnecessary cussing in both TF films, that were there for laughs. It seemed to me that they were going for a teen/adult audience, which is why both films sucked majorly. There was no heart to the films. There was nothing I liked about them.

Stephen Sommers at least seemed like he was having fun with G.I. Joe. There wasn't a lot of crap bogging it down.

I'm not saying Transformers was a kids movie, by no means. I'm saying that everyone had something to enjoy in the film because the film was made for everyone. Kids now adays have heard cursing in their own homes, so to hear the words bitch and damn wouldn't damage them. And it was to a minimum, by no means did it have the cursing of a Tarantino or Zombie film. But it had things for adults to enjoy, things for kids to enjoy, and Megan Fox was for the dudes. :drool: It was for everybody.

[Spook]

I don't remember any half naked sluts in TF 1 or 2.Megan Fox was dressed no more revealing then what you would see many girls wearing walking down the street wearing.
Is it better or worse to have Megan Fox in shorts shorts or the two women from G.I. Joe in skin-tight leather outfits?
I look at it being pretty much the same thing.
As for the language G. I. Joe had quite a few "Oh Shit!"'s in it as well.
There were more fart jokes in TF and there was the leg humping robot,but G.I. Joe doesn't get off scott free either when it comes to language in a movie aimed at kids.
ADDED:
Something else both films are guilty of, changing the basics or adding to them to a degree so large as to be almost unrecognizable when compared to what I grew up with.
But I can deal with that.

Well, Megan Fox was half-naked in TF2, whether you think so or not. That shot of her on the motorcycle (which is in the trailers) is a good example. Sure, she's pleasant on the eyes, but if I really wanted to see good looking woman (and naked, at that), there's always the internet. She's dressed like a slut in the movies. I'll agree that plenty of woman out there dress the same way, which I think is more degrading than what any guy could say to them. The reason I was bringing that up was because of this quote:

The movies IMO where made for kids, but had the CGI realistic moments for the kids to enjoy.

Skin-tight leather outfits are definitely more children suitable, imo. The language in G.I. Joe wasn't near as bad as both of the TF films, though. Also, one of the reasons G.I. Joe worked and the TF films failed miserable was because of that mishandled and misplaced toilet humor. It wasn't funny in the slightest. Some of it a bit racist (the twins). It was just god-awful that made an bad film even worse. G.I. Joe isn't perfect, but it is miles above both TF films combined.

[Just Jeans]

I'm trying to decide when it become unacceptable to have light swearing in films designed to appeal to children. Movies like The Goonies got away with it and no one complained. Kids do occasionally use bad language, after all.

[Spook]

I was just making a point that I felt the TF films weren't marketed for children. They were definitely more for teens/adults. G.I. Joe was more for children, imo. There were cooler things in it that would appeal to children more. Transforming robots are cool and should appeal to children (after all, these are fucking based on toys), but the films failed at that.

[Psychoticninja]

Went and watched this with the gf tonight and i musr admit, it was a good movie. Not great by any means, but not disappointing. It was a GOOD movie. I enjoyed it and i was pleased with alot of things

1. Character backgrounds. It was great how they made it sorta character friendy for no one who ever watched G.I. Joe before. We learned about Zartan, Destro, even Cobra Commander......sorta, Dr. Mindbender, Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow, Duke. This was very good on their part and i applaud the effort, but was it perfect HELL no.

2. Action was nicely paced. Had a good balance of story and action, never too slow, but never too much explosions. Good job there.

3. The score was good, had me engaged a couple of times and the effects were great. It wasn't anything mind blowing as Star Trek mind you, but good enough.

4. ZARTAN!!! He was the best part of the show hands down.


Negatives...

Character backgrounds. I HATED the movie version of the Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow feud. I was like wtf, just because he said 'Top of the class' you killed him, what kind of shitty reason is that. In G.I. Joe Resolute, a much better explanation was given. And the whole Duke & Baronness thing was shit in my opinion. Seriously, WTF. And the epic revelation of Cobra Commander was not that epic. I mean, he's COBRA COMMANDER the leader of Cobra and when he was finally revealed it wasn't anything big. Hell, i thought Rex was DR. MINDBENDER for the whole movie (yes, i know they said that the guy in the bunker was Dr. Mind bender, but he looked just like him and had his persona). I'm sorry but to me that was very shitty. And he looked VERRRY shitty, my god i was like THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME UP WITH. ARRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH. Also, Duke was a kinda pussy, in the cartoon he's supposed to be this epic leader, but in this movie he's just .... i don't know not being THE DUKE I KNEW AS A CHILD!!!! :mad:

Since i'm guessing this was a big origins stoy i expect alot in the 2nd film. This one wasn't bad and they can do ALOT with the next film.I would go and watch it willingly, i just hope they don't drop the ball with the whole Zartan posing as the President ending. And PLEASE CHANGE COBRA'S COMMANDER MASK... LAWDDDIEEEE

[Biosynthnut v.2]

Rented this last night....between this and TF2... I would take this flick.
It didn't seem like a convoluted mess, the story/backstory didn't mangle anything up...
While my beef is with SEyes n SS using guns....and the power suits which were a limited thing in the flick.. It's still a decent flick

[TheShowstoppa]

The movie wasn't great by any means, but I feel they did a good job developing at least a starting point for the franchise.

I'm going to see the sequel just to see what they do with it. If they can capture the potential this movie had and then actually build on it, FUCK YEAH the next movie should rock.

[Jus-X]

I thought it was great because technically it wasn't GI Joe or Cobra in the film. Otherwise it would be a piss-poor movie adaptation from animated to live action. Instead it was a starting foundation for a GI Joe movie where they fight Cobra. Because it was a movie starting the two groups, it didn't tread on anything canon in the cartoons, so as long as they do the next movie correctly I think it would be a great series.

[Biosynthnut v.2]

Picked up GI JOE Resolute also... and finished watching it... I gotta say that was pretty damn sweet... I really want to see more of this.

But them killing Bazooka really cheesed me.. Alpine and him in the original were one of my favorite teams...

Cobra Commander, Destro and Baroness have some sick looks... loved the designs.. :D

[DD77]

Finally saw this. I was surprised I liked it as much as I did. After seeing TF2 I did like this better.

Surprisingly more violent than I expected. I guess since the cartoon always had everyone safely eject with parachutes out of blown up planes and no deaths in the series. People were shot, slashed, blown up. Too bad it wasn't rated R.

Didn't like the power suits. The actor that played Duke was horrible. I know it's an origin movie but seeing Duke that young threw me off some when combined with his performance. Didn't like the Ripcord(of all the random characters why this guy?)Scarlett relationship. Didn't like Baroness already turning good or being Commanders sister? She needs to be with Destro now that he has the mask on. Disappointed in the Baroness without the accent.

The SEyes Storm back story was kinda weak. But loved the way they through the flashbacks into things in order to cover so much story in a short amount of time. Well done idea overall. They couldve used better Joes for the story but if there's a sequel i'm sure they'll throw some new faces in there.

The nanomites explaining everything from Cobra troopers to being a weapon to giving Destro his mask seemed lazily written. Although I guess it was kinda ok.

They managed to throw all the catch phrases in. "Knowing is half the battle", "Real American hero", and "Yo Joe!"

Was that Brendan Frasier Sgt. Stone supposed to be Flint? He had the beret amd
everything. No Sgt. Slaughter tho lol.

[Jus-X]

Didn't like Baroness already turning good or being Commanders sister? She needs to be with Destro now that he has the mask on. Disappointed in the Baroness without the accent.

Wouldn't be surprised if she became Lady Jaye and another woman joined Cobra and was codenamed Baroness.

[DD77]

Wouldn't be surprised if she became Lady Jaye and another woman joined Cobra and was codenamed Baroness.
I actually thought of that exact same Lady Jaye thing while watching the movie. But that would suck because Duke is supposed to be with Scarlett, and Lady Jaye with Flint. Unless she turns back to the dark side I don't think they'll have another Baroness. I think there was a cartoon episode where she helped the joes a time or two only to go back to cobra. In this universe they could have Cobra inject her again with a new stronger nano drug.

[Biosynthnut v.2]

I'm guessing they don't fix Baroness up... and she ends up releasing Destro and C.Commander. I'm also going to assume Dr.Mindbender also survived the blast...

I was thinking Friaser was also Flint... Did find it funny that the cast from the Mummy was in this also.

Other explanation with Baroness is she does get fixed up and becomes cover girl....?

I'm trying to remember as much as the comic as I can.... even by todays standards the nanomite thing works alot better then say...Cobra La.... just sayn..

[DD77]

I'm guessing they don't fix Baroness up... and she ends up releasing Destro and C.Commander. I'm also going to assume Dr.Mindbender also survived the blast...

I was thinking Friaser was also Flint... Did find it funny that the cast from the Mummy was in this also.

Other explanation with Baroness is she does get fixed up and becomes cover girl....?

I'm trying to remember as much as the comic as I can.... even by todays standards the nanomite thing works alot better then say...Cobra La.... just sayn..
Yeah baroness springing Cobra or President Zartan either way.

According to the credits (which doesn't even include Sgt.Stone) Cover girl was already in this movie. I assume she was the big titty blonde that got knifed through the chest by Zartan in Hawks office?

The nanos were ok, I just think they went overboard and used them to explain just about everything is all I was complaining about.

[Biosynthnut v.2]

Yea...I thought she was in this in some area... So that could be her. Well any flick like this needs some way out tech stuff. And Nanotech stuff is up n coming so for me it seems more plausable.

I just hope they keep the second film balanced n paced like this one... It wasn't great but leaps n bounds better then TF2. Even if the story and acting is eh.

[Jus-X]

I was thinking Friaser was also Flint.
Guess I gotta go back and watch the movie... I thought he played Gung Ho


According to the credits (which doesn't even include Sgt.Stone) Cover girl was already in this movie. I assume she was the big titty blonde that got knifed through the chest by Zartan in Hawks office?

Nooooooo! I hope not. I want Cover Girl!

http://www.gijoemovie.net/cast/covergirl.jpg

She looked hawt in the comics, hoping to see the real thing in the movie. Hope that wan't her.

[Autobotsdie]

Is it just me or did anyone think that Cobra Commander was Dr. Mindbender at first almost until the end of the movie?

[Sutter Cane]

I really liked this. Just felt like a live-action version of the cartoon I grew up watching, which was awesome. I also can't praise GI Joe: Resolute enough. I saw that before the film was released. I was so happy with it that I didn't care one way or the other if the film sucked or not because that was so amazing. Luckily, I wound up enjoying both.

[DD77]

Is it just me or did anyone think that Cobra Commander was Dr. Mindbender at first almost until the end of the movie?Well I had already heard about the casting of CComm so no, but with his look and without prior knowledge I guess I could see that.

Hmm Resolute? Is that the CG Joe animated thing? I know I saw parts of something similar to that. *googles*....

Nope. *youtubes*...

[Autobotsdie]

What made me think CC was Mindbender was that eye piece he was wearing and being bald because that's what Mindender looked like in the 80's cartoon.

[Jus-X]

What made me think CC was Mindbender was that eye piece he was wearing and being bald because that's what Mindender looked like in the 80's cartoon.

I knew CC wasn't Mindbender for the sole reason that Joseph Gordon-Levitt was said to be casted for the role of CC... and The Doctor was clearly played by Joe there. So I was expecting The Doctor to rise up above Destro anyways.

[Autobotsdie]

Ok but if you didn't know that before hand and watched the movie like I did would you think that in the begining?

[Jus-X]

Ok but if you didn't know that before hand and watched the movie like I did would you think that in the begining?

Can't say for sure. Logically Cobra Commander pulls all of the strings, and Destro in the movie was the leader. The "Doctor" had an affinity for King Cobra venom. The movie is called "Rise Of Cobra." They're subtle hints, but I'm sure I would've caught on... finding out Mindbender was in the facility that was bombed also solidified knowing Joey isn't Mindbender.

[Bill 1981]

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I know, completely random... But I'm bored. Sue me. :p

On that note, Auto... I went into the movie not knowing what to expect. When I saw the Doctor, my reaction was simple: "Who the fuck is this guy?"