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    Ok so I saw GI Joe earlier and I was wondering what some of the more diehard fans thought about the movie. I remember watching GI Joe when I was a kid. I didn't really remember much of the story, however I remembered most of the characters. After I got home from the movie I decided to get on wiki to look up a few things to see if they were in the actual comic or cartoon storyline and of course they either weren't or were skewed from the real thing.
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    I can't remember anything about the TV show since it has been about twenty years or so, but I went to see the movie today and I really enjoyed it, fairly good stuff, though as usual just watching Channing Tatum bugs me because he looks so much like my brother.
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      G.I. Joe grew up with me. My mom would buy me Barbies but I'd just cut off all their hair (sometimes till they were bald) and then reenact scenes from G.I. Joe cartoons or Bonanza (Little Joe and his pinto pony were my favorites but Hoss was a close damn second!). LOL She finally relented and bought me G.I. Joes that I friggin wore out I played with them so much. I wish I could say I was an avid fan that remembers all of it but that was MANY MANY YEARS ago so....ya....thats not happening.

      I can say that I did enjoy the movie. It was entertaining. If you are going there for a in depth story, forget it. It's a tried and true storyline that you can easily predict. But the action and the toys and the character development was terrific! One of the ways I rate a movie is how many times I fidget during it. Sitting for long periods is difficult for me because of pain so if I tolerate a movie well, it must have been good. I was only distracted twice. I spent more time whispering to my family about this line an actor said or that part with the cool toy. Very entertaining.
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        Something I just saw, there is a GI Joe animated movie on Comcast OnDemand for free. It is called "GI Joe: Mission" the designs are from the Sigma 6 series. Watching it right now since nothing is on TV atm.

        Anyways I really liked the movie and OMFG the Baroness was hot...If only those teenage girls weren't sitting behind me gawking at her whenever she entered the scene. I mean seriously, If you get shushed during a movie you are talking too loud, but if you get shushed during the trailers then you need to get out.

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          I have to agree with TGM also, the character development was really good. I don't usually like flashbacks but they were done really well and they gave me just enough background about the characters to really care about them.
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            So what you're saying is that this isn't as bad as Transformers 2, but its not quite as much of a rental as Terminator Salvation. Which is to say, its still pretty bad.

            I need something that nearly reaches the awesomeness of Star Trek and Up.

            I saw the trailer and they lost me on the fact it wasn't American-themed, but "international." That and they didn't have Sgt. Slaughter anywhere in the trailer. Then there were splosions and people in black jumpsuits and I came to the conclusion this was yet another "let's rape your childhood" flick that comes with casting decisions on par with "Let's cast Burt Reynolds as Boss Hog and Willie Nelson as Uncle Jessie."
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              I side with 'bbq.

              Though it should be noted that, sharing his negativity, I think we both have in common that we haven't actually seen the movie.

              Pop plot and huge SFX budgets. That's all I see.

              Also, I just read Durahansolo's spoiler -- it's set up for a sequel?! It's great and all that sci-fi/geeky things are becoming cool. But this overdone format of making a movie, leaving room for a sequel (or making room, in the case of Transformers), ending the 2nd movie with an obvious need for a trilogy finish, and bombing the 3rd movie is getting so tired. I can't believe we keep falling into this.

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                Coming 2011: Watchmen 2! The portly newspaper assistant finds Rorschach's journal and takes up his mask! Night Owl fuses with Ozymandius and Dr. Manhattan gets mind-controlled!
                Cute, but totally not happening I think everyone has a little more respect for Alan Moore than to go that much further.

                That said, it does seem to be the annoying trend of resurrecting some old franchise I loved (sometimes even with the original actors in it) and run it into the ground. Though it the case of Knight Rider, maybe the big screen Trilogy would have been the best way to kill it off.

                I'm just tired of seeing things with very little concept or respect for the heart and soul of its source material. DC comic book flicks appear to have overcome this, Marvel movies only partially so, but everything else based off toys or video games or other geeky stuff has been pure shit.

                I'm talking so bad that it gives the Halo anime a chance at being good. The benchmark is that low and on the highest end we have Batman Begins, Star Trek XI, the first and second Spiderman and The Dark Knight.

                Take note of these movies, Hollywood, and fucking get it right.

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                  Originally posted by Durahansolo View Post
                  Something I just saw, there is a GI Joe animated movie on Comcast OnDemand for free. It is called "GI Joe: Mission" the designs are from the Sigma 6 series. Watching it right now since nothing is on TV atm.

                  Anyways I really liked the movie and OMFG the Baroness was hot...If only those teenage girls weren't sitting behind me gawking at her whenever she entered the scene. I mean seriously, If you get shushed during a movie you are talking too loud, but if you get shushed during the trailers then you need to get out.

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                    I agree that it's become a trend to trilogy everything. Fuck, they totally killed Matrix this way, and it really pissed me off. That said, I still enjoyed the movie, again, I didn't remember everything about GI Joe from my childhood because face it, I'm getting old, but it kept me entertained.

                    TGM says she rates a movie on how much she fidgets, I rate a movie on how reluctant I am to get up to pee when I have to go so badly I feel like I'm going to explode. Some movies I just do not want to leave no matter how badly I have to go. This was one of them.
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                      I loved the movie. I thought they did a great job with the characters. I felt they did a good job bringing a cartoon from the eighties with absolutely horrible writing to the 21st century while making the main plot somewhat realistic and interesting. I also think if you're going to make a franchise movie like this you have to have more than one. There are too many characters to have them all in one movie and make an all encompasing movie in just 2 hours. Most people can't stand movies that are even that long (not me).

                      I had one pet peeve with the casting of Brendan Frasier as Seargent Slaughter, I just couldn't make it work since the original, to me, was a larger than life character. My friend thought the General Hawk wasn't very good, but I didn't ask her why.

                      Anyways, Thumbs up, and I can't wait for the next one.
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                        Originally posted by Solymir View Post
                        Brendan Frasier as Seargent Slaughter
                        IS THAT WHO HE WAS!?! I'm gonna go with he was Unnamed Commander #5. His name doesn't even appear on imdb lol G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) - Full cast and crew.
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                          Originally posted by Durahansolo View Post
                          Ok so I saw GI Joe earlier and I was wondering what some of the more diehard fans thought about the movie. I remember watching GI Joe when I was a kid. I didn't really remember much of the story, however I remembered most of the characters. After I got home from the movie I decided to get on wiki to look up a few things to see if they were in the actual comic or cartoon storyline and of course they either weren't or were skewed from the real thing.
                          Actually the big names they did have in the film were pretty accurate and everyone else never really had much to work with from the start. Ripcord was the biggest change and really, who remembers Ripcord? Hell, they even gave Breaker his trade mark Double Bubble bubble gum, and he's not really a big name either. Well, actually, there is one character I didn't like, The Baroness. I don't care how hot she looked, in this movie she was absolutely terrible. It was so bad that the only thing she had going for her *was* the look. Keeping her glasses on the entire time, even when not in her leather catsuit was a nice touch, but the entire story around her and the way her character played out was a massive turnoff to me the entire time.

                          Originally posted by Durahansolo View Post
                          Something I just saw, there is a GI Joe animated movie on Comcast OnDemand for free. It is called "GI Joe: Mission" the designs are from the Sigma 6 series. Watching it right now since nothing is on TV atm.



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                          The best, current re-imagining update of G.I. Joe out currently imo is the new hour long special, G.I. Joe Resolute. It's got all the cartoony goodness of the original, only in an updated, serious form.

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                          Originally posted by Lmnop View Post
                          Also, I just read Durahansolo's spoiler -- it's set up for a sequel?! It's great and all that sci-fi/geeky things are becoming cool. But this overdone format of making a movie, leaving room for a sequel (or making room, in the case of Transformers), ending the 2nd movie with an obvious need for a trilogy finish, and bombing the 3rd movie is getting so tired. I can't believe we keep falling into this.
                          From the very start, hell even the movie's subtitle, points to a franchise story. This movie was to get you used to the G.I. Joe universe and introduce you to the major players. At the end of the film, all the main characters (except for one) are poised to take on roles and tackle a story that could be ripped right out of the cartoon. And while I agree that the new "Trilogy for everyone!" bit is annoying, for some movies, it's the best way to do it. With so many characters and story potential, a trilogy is the only way to do G.I. Joe justice.

                          Originally posted by Solymir View Post
                          I had one pet peeve with the casting of Brendan Frasier as Seargent Slaughter, I just couldn't make it work since the original, to me, was a larger than life character. My friend thought the General Hawk wasn't very good, but I didn't ask her why.
                          He wasn't Sgt Slaughter, Hasbro can't use the Sgt Slaughter character anymore since he's exclusively owned by the WWE. He played a character named Sgt Stone, a throw back to Lt. Stone, the leader from "G.I. Joe Extreme", the toyline that came after the "A Real American Hero" line ended. Frasier wanted *any* part in the movie he could get, so they used him as a throw away homage so the possibility of the big named characters wasn't wasted. Incidentally, the new toy looks nothing like him, and that makes me sad.

                          As a child of the 80s, G.I. Joe was just as big for me as Transformers. And while I certainly loved RotF, G.I. Joe was the better written film. That doesn't mean it's not without it's faults (imo), but it's certainly better then what I was hoping for. With homages ripped right out of the cartoon but not too blatant that they were off putting, a decent portrayal of most of the major characters (I had no problem with the international team bit) and a great explanation of how Cobra rose to power and the source of their symbolisms. It also featured one of the greatest cameos in any film to date, ol' #99, the U.S.S FLAGG. To this day, the single greatest playset ever made. Overall, as a fan, I thought this was a great film and totally worth checking out if you enjoy some good old fashion action fun.
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                            I could swear I heard "slaughter", but if you're right then I pretty much have no problems with the castings.
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                              It was definitely Stone. He was originally going to be Gung Ho, but felt the original was a bit too...well, yea
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