GI Joe Movie

[WS6]

supposedly the character GI Joe is actually based off a real WWII veteran that did some pretty amazing things during battle. I haven't looked into it myself as the whoel global aliance crap is enough to piss me off.

[Tony_SS]

You all realize that these things - GI Joe, Transformers and He-Man - were all invented to sell plastic toys, right?

I mean, it's not deep philosophical drama we're talking about, it's saturday morning 22-minute long commercials for taiwan-made junk. Have you *watched* a GI Joe cartoon in the past 20 years? GARBAGE!

You sure about that? This episode is pretty relative to our situation today:



And I won't pay a dime to see their NWO infomercial at the theaters. What a load of crap!

[Mathius]

You all realize that these things - GI Joe, Transformers and He-Man - were all invented to sell plastic toys, right?

I mean, it's not deep philosophical drama we're talking about, it's saturday morning 22-minute long commercials for taiwan-made junk. Have you *watched* a GI Joe cartoon in the past 20 years? GARBAGE!

Uhm. You DO realize there was a cartoon that ran for several years, and a very well written comic book series (2 actually) that we grew up watching and reading and learning all the backstories and details of each character?

It's like the equivalent of taking an old AMC Javelin, and having some Hollywood idiot put it in a movie and put a Chevy logo on it, because AMC isn't around anymore and they wanted to "update it".

Mathius

[WS6]

You sure about that? This episode is pretty relative to our situation today:



And I won't pay a dime to see their NWO infomercial at the theaters. What a load of crap!

was that really an episode?

[Tony_SS]

x2 Mathius. I agree all the way around.. but I did enjoy Transformers. What didn't you like about it?

was that really an episode?

Yes it was... Interesting to say the least.

[fantasygoat]

Uhm. You DO realize there was a cartoon that ran for several years, and a very well written comic book series (2 actually) that we grew up watching and reading and learning all the backstories and details of each character?

I get a boner for the Baroness as much as the next guy, but we're not talking fine art here...

[Mathius]

x2 Mathius. I agree all the way around.. but I did enjoy Transformers. What didn't you like about it?

I don't mind updating characters like bumblebee, and the military stuff was decent with all the fights and whatnot, but what really pissed me off was how "open" the transformers were. The way they showed all the damn servos and hydraulic pumps and crap that were always hidden on the cartoon.

I refused to go see the movie or buy it and didn't even see it until it was on television last month.

After watching it, I'm also irritated that they made Bumblebee into a pet dog. The dude couldn't even talk. WTF did they include Ratchet in the movie for if he couldn't even fix the guy's vocal unit?

Stupid hollywood bullsh*t.

Mathius

[Mathius]

I get a boner for the Baroness as much as the next guy, but we're not talking fine art here...

Maybe not, but theres a lot more detail and good writing in the comic than you give it credit for. What are these movies made for in the first place? If they're not to appeal to those of us who grew up with it, then why bother? Why not just make some movie about some UN strike force?

The original comics were written by a guy named Larry Hama who had a military background. They were very well written, despite constant pressure from Mattel to include their latest "toy" in each comic. You try writing a good military story when someone's forcing you to include their latest neon "ninja force" toy?

There's a lot of good characterization that's just being tossed out the window because hollywood couldn't be bothered to spend a few days researching this sh*t.

In 2002 or so, a company named Devil's Due started the comic back up, and paid tribute to the original creations of Hama and extended the story from the original Marvel. I happened to grab a few copies of it to check it out and it was cool. I ended up d/l'ing a lot more of them in PDF format because they were entertaining.

I don't have a problem with there being a black character in the movie. I'm not prejudice in the least. But Ripcord was a main character in the cartoon, and he was a white dude that cracked jokes. He was white in the comic as well.

If they wanted to add a black character because they have no balls and they need to be PC, then they could have added Stalker, or Roadblock.

And the whole idea that America can't have a special forces group against Terrorists is completely asinine. GI Joe WAS "A Real American Hero".

Not some stupid UN Black Ops bullsh*t hollywood cheesefest.

I knew they'd f*ck it up. If they wanted to make a real GI Joe gritty, adult movie, they should have stuck to the original characterization and drew it up something like Black Hawk Down. That's got to be the best modern military movie I've ever seen.

Mathius

[socalfandabodys]

Consensus at work is were not going to see it. Im a paratrooper in the U.S. Army and this looks like more Hollywood trash. Watching this would ruin G.I. Joe for me. The funniest part is the UN special ops unit. Hahahaha LMAO! What an oxy moron. Too funny.

[Kenova]

The funniest part is the UN special ops unit. Hahahaha LMAO! What an oxy moron. Too funny.

Ain't that the truth !!

Ken