'G.I. Joe' (Pre-Release Hype) [Archive]

conorkilpatrick

08-24-2007, 02:17 AM

Stephen Sommers has been heard screaming "Yo Joe!" - Yup, he's directing the G.I. JOE film at Paramount! (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33769)

Hey folks, Harry here... As soon as that Marvel/G.I.Joe cartoon and Comic book series hit, I was a fan. I loved the figures - midget kin to the classic Joes I inherited from my father - but infinitely cooler in design. I loved the look and feel of this bastard relative of Nick Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D. - but the look worked and COBRA was even cooler.

My friends and I played for hours with these toys - and loved the cartoon and the comic...

For weeks now, I've heard rumors that Stephen "MUMMY" Sommers was helming G.I.JOE. Then I heard there was some problems with the deal they were putting together and that it looked like Sommers wasn't going to be screaming, "Yo Joe!," any time soon.

But with the impending strike coming up - and the success of TRANSFORMERS - it looks like Paramount has locked and loaded this project for a quick start.

More in link.

But this quote is important to note:

The problem I hear is that the script is totally ****ing awful. That it doesn't really capture the G.I.JOE UNIVERSE - and it is a universe that you have got to be telling here. A world of fantastic high tech wonders - of specialization units for every sort of sub-mission you could imagine. And the bad guys... they're everybit as organized - but under no circumstances should this be a story of a few men on a mission. This is about the GI JOE organization versus the COBRA bastards. And you have to base the visual design on these characters.

horatio616

08-24-2007, 02:25 AM

If there's no "Cobra-La-La-La" I'll be a tad disappointed. Count me in for this one, though. I'm also hoping The Fridge, Rambo, and Sgt. Slaughter get roles.

Ah delicious nostalgia!

jo11ypenguin

08-24-2007, 03:41 AM

Lets hope they do it the justice that it deserves, and possibly bring back the best action figures EVER

jimski

08-24-2007, 04:19 AM

A cartoon terrorist organization? What could possibly go wrong with this script?

mikegraham6

08-24-2007, 02:47 PM

i was always more of transformers/TMNT kid myself...

horatio616

08-24-2007, 03:39 PM

i was always more of transformers/TMNT kid myself...

Most of the people I grew up with were either GI Joe guys or Transformer guys. Rarely both.

conorkilpatrick

08-24-2007, 03:42 PM

Most of the people I grew up with were either GI Joe guys or Transformer guys. Rarely both.

That's the exact opposite of my experience. Every single person I know who was into it, was into both.

horatio616

08-24-2007, 03:47 PM

That's the exact opposite of my experience. Every single person I know who was into it, was into both.

I think everybody was into both, but one moreso than the other and sometimes that lead to "mine's biggern yers" arguments. The toys were so damn expensive it was hard to be full-on into both. There was a kid I went to school with that everybody hated because he had Fortress Maximus AND the GI Joe aircraft carrier, and he liked to let people know about it.

jimski

08-24-2007, 04:24 PM

I think everybody was into both, but one moreso than the other and sometimes that lead to "mine's biggern yers" arguments. The toys were so damn expensive it was hard to be full-on into both. There was a kid I went to school with that everybody hated because he had Fortress Maximus AND the GI Joe aircraft carrier, and he liked to let people know about it. I was a devotee of both, always scandalized that the president never sent the Joes to confront the Decepticon menace (I mean, Cobra Shmobra; robots from space!) but Joes were easier to come by. In the end, every Joe cost $2.50-$3.00 while the cheapest real Transformer was like an $8 jet. The first toy I bought with my own allowance was Thundercracker, and it felt like it took three years to earn that money. I was growing a white beard. In contrast, I could see Snake-Eyes at Target and say, "Mom! Snake Eyes! He comes with a wolf!" and there was a 50-50 chance she'd think, "Hmm... three bucks is nothing" and I'd walk out of there with it.

horatio616

08-24-2007, 04:31 PM

Even as a 6th grader, I thought "Snow Job" was a bad idea for a character name.

labor_days

08-24-2007, 04:47 PM

benjy77

08-24-2007, 08:56 PM

When I was a kid you were definitely into Joes or Transformers. Transformers didn't appeal to me.

Edit: So this is the director of the first Mummy movie? Hmm, that was fun adventure movie. This could be...good?

I think Sommers is a great choice. He also directed The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. I think the Mummy Returns is as good as the original. I know a lot of people that did not like Van Helsing, but damn it was a fun movie. And that is what GI Joe needs to be, FUN.

kahunablair

08-24-2007, 10:15 PM

The Mummy movies were great, popcorn movies. My only complaint about them was the Rock/Scorpion king CGI. You'd think with all the other action and scenes, something small could have been cut to give the animators a bit more cash so they could do the job right.
Van Helsing was crap. It had the potential to be good, but the studio just wanted to much with the addition of ALL the classic horror characters. They should have done a series with the first one just being a Dracula movie, instead they ruined the whole premise.
Night of the Musuem was ok. Nothing great. It had potential, but didn't really live up to it. I know I seem to be in the minority about that though, because this movie did well in the box office.

With all that in mind, I can't tell if I'm excited about it or not. He's great at shooting the action peices and battle sequences, so that is a huge plus. His character development is next to nothing, so that is a minus.
Then again this is a movie based on a cartoon. I think they'll keep the same aspects from the cartoon, with campy characters each with their little quirks.

One things for sure with him directing we all know that it will pretty much be a PG range movie. Which will ensure that the pilots in planes will eject before crashing and the laser rifles will never actually hit anyone.

paper

08-24-2007, 10:22 PM

Van Helsing was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Sounds thrilling on paper. Absolute abomination in execution.

horatio616

08-24-2007, 10:39 PM

Van Helsing was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Sounds thrilling on paper. Absolute abomination in execution.

I agree. Both Van Helsing and Mummy Returns were tedious movie experiences for me. Doesn't mean GI Joe won't be good though! Let's hope GI Joe is not the CGI-fest that VH and MR were.

jimski

08-24-2007, 11:56 PM

Variety sez:

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....

WMA is also helping Hasbro with possible movies based on such properties as the board games "Monopoly" and "Battleship."

http://wcse.typepad.com/wcse/images/2007/03/28/huh.jpg

labor_days

08-25-2007, 12:03 AM

Does that mean Destro is the main villain in lieu of Cobra Commander?

esophagus

08-25-2007, 07:17 AM

I'm really stoked for this movie, and I hope it does the franchise some justice. I was always into TMNT, and Transformers as a kid. I never really did the GI Joe thing until I was older. TMNT went the wrong way, and aimmed itself at kids, which didn't end up doing so hot. Transformers, on the other hand, knew its market was in the old fans, which worked out, mediocre, but better. GI Joe was always an AMAZING storyline, that could be very adult, and true. Lets home they make the movie that way, and don't make it a live action 80s caartoon.

six-gun

08-25-2007, 03:51 PM

I hope they go in a fun, techno-thriller direction for this movie. Basically the military scenes from Transformers, huge effects and tough talking characters, with a fun adrenaline charges vibe.

esophagus

08-25-2007, 09:11 PM

I hope they go in a fun, techno-thriller direction for this movie. Basically the military scenes from Transformers, huge effects and tough talking characters, with a fun adrenaline charges vibe.I can see the title now "GI Joe: Transformers Without Big Robots"

jimski

08-25-2007, 10:31 PM

I'm starting my Monopoly movie fan site this week. Who will they get to play the thimble?

acomicbookgirl

08-25-2007, 10:36 PM

I'm starting my Monopoly movie fan site this week. Who will they get to play the thimble?

Can I or is that wishful thinking? Is the dog or the tophat taken already? Am I pushing the envelope for asking about the car?

paper

08-25-2007, 10:57 PM

I hope they go in a fun, techno-thriller direction for this movie. Basically the military scenes from Transformers, huge effects and tough talking characters, with a fun adrenaline charges vibe.

Isn't that what a lot of people hated about the Transformers movie?

esophagus

08-25-2007, 10:59 PM

I'm starting my Monopoly movie fan site this week. Who will they get to play the thimble?I'll be the banker.

labor_days

08-25-2007, 11:10 PM

I'm starting my Monopoly movie fan site this week. Who will they get to play the thimble?

No single game is responsible for more animosity and bitterness than Monopoly. Whenever someone asks to be the iron, you just know that person is carrying around a whole lot of resentment in life. Bad times.

six-gun

08-26-2007, 10:06 PM

Isn't that what a lot of people hated about the Transformers movie?

Yes, but that was because it took screen time from the Transformers themselves.

benjy77

08-31-2007, 02:18 PM

"Collateral" scribe reports for "G.I. Joe" duty

Collateral" screenwriter Stuart Beattie is strapping on his helmet for writing duties on "G.I. Joe," a live-action film based on the popular Hasbro action figures.

Paramount is moving fast on the project, having last week signed "Mummy" director Stephen Sommers to shoot the movie. The studio hopes it will be ready for a summer 2009 release.

"Joe" will be based on the toy line launched in the 1980s, which also was tied to a comic book series and Saturday morning cartoon. It is the cartoon version that saw soldiers from all branches of the military fighting a terrorist group called Cobra, led by the Cobra Commander and featuring such villains as the Baroness and metal-faced arms dealer Destro.

The strike force featured such heroes as the mute ninja Snake Eyes and the heroine Scarlett, who were led by a Joe named Duke.

Beattie's credits also include "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" and the upcoming horror movie "30 Days of Night."

sullivan85

08-31-2007, 07:59 PM

kahunablair

08-31-2007, 08:03 PM

As a kid I was all about the GI Joe, but looking back I can't tell what Cobra wanted. What was their goal? They weren't religous fanatics. In retrospect it seems bizarre that a uniformed terrorist army, complete with air support, tanks, and ships, didn't have a country.

Absolute power! Total control of the world... its people, wealth and resources - that's the objective of Cobra Commander. This fanatical leader rules with an iron fist. He demands total loyalty and allegiance. His main battle plan, for world control, relies on revolution and chaos. He personally led uprisings in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and other trouble spots. Responsible for kidnapping scientists, businessmen and military leaders, then forcing them to reveal their top level secrets.
From the good ol' Wiki page.

conorkilpatrick

02-01-2008, 02:31 AM

I can't believe this news.

*sigh*

Tatum will Duke it out in "G.I. Joe"

By Carly Mayberry Tue Jan 29, 2:07 AM ET

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Channing Tatum has joined the "G.I. Joe" team. Tatum will play Duke, a key leader of the G.I. Joe crew. Sam Worthington originally was to play the role in the Paramount film. Worthington, however, could not coordinate the production's schedule with his current work on James Cameron's "Avatar," which has run over schedule.
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Tatum, who had been cast in Oliver Stone's My Lai massacre film "Pinkville," found some time in his schedule after that production was put on hold because of the writers' strike.

He joins Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the live-action film, which is set in the future and based on the popular Hasbro action figures.

Stephen Sommers is directing from the latest script, penned by Stuart Beattie.

The film is scheduled for an August 7, 2009, release.

Tatum, who will appear in the upcoming "Fighting" with Terrence Howard as well as the war drama "Stop Loss," starring Ryan Phillippe, has also been cast in "Public Enemies," the period crime drama from Universal that stars Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.

This is the dude. (http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1475594/)

mikegraham6

02-01-2008, 02:47 AM

there's nothing in his imdb profile to make me really upset, he looks more inexperienced than anything, but meh, i say let the dude prove himself

conorkilpatrick

02-01-2008, 02:53 AM

i say let the dude prove himself

I don't think he's a bad actor, I've seen him be pretty good. But this is not how I think of Duke:

http://images.43things.com/profile/216723xl.jpg

mikegraham6

02-01-2008, 02:54 AM

I don't think he's a bad actor, I've seen him be pretty good. But this is not how I think of Duke:

http://images.43things.com/profile/216723xl.jpg

dude..............

alright, Conor you've convinced me:(

kahunablair

02-01-2008, 05:27 AM

I saw that bit of casting news yesterday. I just tried not to think I actually read it. DAMN YOU, CONOR! You've made me acknowledge it!

ryan79

02-02-2008, 05:30 AM

That Channing Tatum picture reminds me of Marky Mark-era Mark Wahlberg...and he turned out alright. I say give him a chance.

I think the more serious issue is that a Wayans is in this movie. That scares the hell out of me.

kahunablair

02-12-2008, 03:57 AM

http://www.iesb.net/images/stories/actors/ecclestondestro.jpg

Breaking News: G.I. Joe's Destro Has Been Re-Cast!
The IESB has received breaking news, a last minute change has been made to the G.I. Joe cast - Who to play Destro.

A devastating blow has been dealt to David Murray, the actor set to star as Destro in the new G.I. Joe film.
Seems he had unforeseen problems getting into the United States and wasn't able to get a work VISA in time for the film's start date of Wednesday February 13th.

Studio sources say Murray is a phenomenal actor with a great body of work and are disheartened that he was unable to get his immigration issues in order before the film was set to start shooting.

Well, although the higher ups were dismayed that Murray would not be able to play the role, what's a studio to do other than re-cast? Paramount Pictures has confirmed, the actor will no longer be in the film, instead they have given the role of Destro to Chris Eccleston.

Eccleston, a British actor, is most known for his stint as Dr. Who for one season and his role as Claude aka The Invisible Man on the hit NBC TV series Heroes. He also had a villainous role in Fox/Walden's The Seeker as the Rider.
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4293&Itemid=99

luthor

02-16-2008, 01:09 AM

First look at General Hawk - http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/02/14/first-image-of-dennis-quaid-as-general-hawk-in-gi-joe/

six-gun

02-16-2008, 01:59 AM

First look at General Hawk - http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/02/14/first-image-of-dennis-quaid-as-general-hawk-in-gi-joe/

looks authentic

luthor

02-19-2008, 03:25 PM

Larry Hama talks about the movie here (http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=227&task=videodirectlink&id=710).

niceguyeddie

02-22-2008, 07:01 PM

Miller as Baroness http://www.jfxonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/smiller-00117.jpg

http://www.jfxonline.com/featured/2008/02/21/first-look-sienna-miller-in-gi-joe/

Tatum as Duke...
http://www.jfxonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/ctatum-00146.jpg
http://www.jfxonline.com/on-location/2008/02/21/first-look-channing-tatum-is-duke/

conorkilpatrick

03-21-2008, 04:48 AM

Larry Hama sends AICN - SNAKE-EYES from G.I.JOE!!! (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36084)

What I love about the shot is that they're trying to get across that SNAKE-EYES is a ninja with a gun. As for the character - will they get Snake-Eyes right in the film? It looks like it. The film does have the whole Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow origin - the vow of silence - and the revenge theme that was at the heart of Snake-Eyes.

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2008/snakeeyes-small.jpg

More in link.

kahunablair

03-21-2008, 04:56 AM

I'm in love...

conorkilpatrick

03-23-2008, 08:23 AM

Another.

http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2008/03/21/joex-large.jpg

jmstump

03-23-2008, 11:22 AM

Well this movie may not be so bad. I do feel sorry for Ray Park, he always seems to get the non speaking roles.

I wonder how he'll do in Iron Fist?

maxheadroom

03-25-2008, 10:05 PM

Those pics have completely restored my faith in this project. SWEET!

superfriend82

03-26-2008, 01:58 AM

Never seen the cartoon or have read any of the comics but i may have to give this a shot.

mikegraham6

04-03-2008, 11:51 PM

Brendan Fraser and The Rock?? (http://www.latinoreview.com/news/fraser-gung-ho-for-g-i-joe-and-the-rock-to-get-shipwrecked-4331)

I was never big on G.I. Joe, but what do you guys think?

conorkilpatrick

04-03-2008, 11:59 PM

Shipwreck should only be played by Christian Slater doing a Jack Nicholson impression.

niceguyeddie

04-04-2008, 12:12 AM

this flick is really lining up the star studded cast.
i still hope it's not crap though.

jimski

04-04-2008, 12:35 AM

Shipwreck should only be played by Christian Slater doing a Jack Nicholson impression.

That's in the running for Funniest Goddamn Thing I Have Read All Day.

ryan79

04-04-2008, 02:21 AM

Never seen the cartoon or have read any of the comics but i may have to give this a shot.

You...um....I mean....you've never....ah....

wha...?

I cannot comprehend.

niceguyeddie

04-04-2008, 02:25 AM

You...um....I mean....you've never....ah....

wha...?

I cannot comprehend.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m96/er_fett/exploding-head.gif
sums it up.

vincent86

04-17-2008, 08:47 AM

Here is yet another picture released for the new movie, this time its Scarlett, and it doesn't disappoint. Courteous of Joblo.com (http://www.joblo.com/excl-gi-joes-scarlett) and I have to say, and I didn't think I would be, this movie looks as if it could have potential to be a fun film. And I'm sorry if the picture is too big.

http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/scarlett-firstlookbig.jpg

niceguyeddie

04-18-2008, 10:39 PM

more photos:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080418s.php

ryan79

04-19-2008, 12:49 AM

more photos:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080418s.php

Ugh...These photos don't ease my worries about this movie.

voodoomama

01-27-2009, 08:12 PM

racemccloud

01-27-2009, 10:18 PM

http://www.realmovienews.com/posters/8738/9576

I can't wait to see this movie. Not sure if it will be as good as i am finding the new comicbook series but cantI wait! Also i want to see Red Sonja too but i have a forboding feelings about the lead.

Just saw these on AICN... you know, I was always more of a Transformers guy than a Joe guy... the posters look well-designed enough, but the universal black-leather-ish uniforms are a little disappointing. I know you can't very well have a guy running around in his basketball jersey or snowgear all the time, but it would be nice if the costumes showed a little more individuality. Right now it looks like all you have is Scarlett's red hair, Snake Eyes' visor, the Baroness' glasses... everything else about the costumes is sort of indistinguishable.

And I thought the black dude was Roadblock. Who the hell is Ripcord?

voodoomama

01-27-2009, 11:01 PM

And I thought the black dude was Roadblock. Who the hell is Ripcord?

I wondered that too, but I was little more of transformer nut as a kid so i figured that it was little known character i wasn't familar with.
Anyone know if this is a totally new guy?

conorkilpatrick

01-28-2009, 12:01 AM

Ripcord! He jumped out of the planes!

http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/84card/ripcord_c.jpg

C'mon, now!

voodoomama

01-28-2009, 12:04 AM

Ripcord! He jumped out of the planes!

http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/84card/ripcord_c.jpg

C'mon, now!

Yeah i can see the resemblance with he and Marlon lol

conorkilpatrick

01-28-2009, 12:06 AM

Yeah i can see the resemblance with he and Marlon lol

That's not such a big deal.

racemccloud

01-28-2009, 12:55 AM

That's not such a big deal.

Well, I don't think the change of the characters ethnicity is a big deal either, but I can't imagine that the plot demands were so great for Ripcord that they had to leave out the more popular Roadblock character. I guess the movie calls for a lot of jumpin' out of planes... ?

conorkilpatrick

01-28-2009, 01:01 AM

Well, I don't think the change of the characters ethnicity is a big deal either, but I can't imagine that the plot demands were so great for Ripcord that they had to leave out the more popular Roadblock character. I guess the movie calls for a lot of jumpin' out of planes... ?

But they do have Roadblock. He's being called Heavy Duty (this change in names happened in the comics for some nebulous reason) and is being played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

racemccloud

01-28-2009, 01:29 AM

But they do have Roadblock. He's being called Heavy Duty (this change in names happened in the comics for some nebulous reason) and is being played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

But no poster for him?

conorkilpatrick

01-28-2009, 01:59 AM

But no poster for him?

I guess not? I'm not sure what the weirdness is, there's not a Cobra Commander poster either. Ripcord only got a poster because Marlon Wayans is, sadly, a name they can market.

racemccloud

01-28-2009, 02:47 AM

I guess not? I'm not sure what the weirdness is, there's not a Cobra Commander poster either. Ripcord only got a poster because Marlon Wayans is, sadly, a name they can market.

Holy crap, that's Marlon Wayans?

This movie is doomed.

Maybe.

voodoomama

01-28-2009, 03:00 AM

I guess not? I'm not sure what the weirdness is, there's not a Cobra Commander poster either. Ripcord only got a poster because Marlon Wayans is, sadly, a name they can market.

So somebody watched Whitechicks, and said " Yes! there is my highly trained tandum trooeper! Get met dude in the dress that does potty Jokes" wtf
There have got to be more young marketable black actors out there?

mrpopular

01-28-2009, 02:44 PM

I'm just waiting for 2 things before I decide where I stand on this.

1. The trailer
2. Joesph Gordon-Levitt(So?) as Cobra Commander.

kahunablair

01-29-2009, 05:21 PM

2. Joesph Gordon-Levitt(So?) as Cobra Commander.

You may be waiting until the sequel then. From what I've read this movie is going to be the story of how he became Cobra Commander.

As far as I'm concerned this movie is going to pretty much be SWAT all over again. Elite group of agents/cops, formed to take down the city's/world's bad guys. They soon discover that their worst enemy is really one of their own.

ryan79

01-29-2009, 05:38 PM

So....where does Big Boa fit in?

http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/87card/bigboa.jpg

conorkilpatrick

01-31-2009, 07:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EPyvqbjOIM&fmt=22

cammyknoxville

01-31-2009, 08:22 PM

The last two guys looked like they were in Iron Man armor.

This movie is going to kick a lot of ass, and I don't even like G.I. Joe all that much!

conorkilpatrick

01-31-2009, 10:29 PM

You can download the trailer here (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=52443).

This is going to be awesome or awesomely bad.

Or both.

six-gun

01-31-2009, 11:02 PM

I refuse to acknowledge this movie because it isn't based on the superior 1/6 scale figures. ;)

optimus187prime

01-31-2009, 11:15 PM

You can download the trailer here (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=52443).

This is going to be awesome or awesomely bad.

Or both.

Outside of that voice over the trailer was awesome.

thenextchampion

02-01-2009, 04:13 AM

One word:

Meh

voodoomama

02-01-2009, 11:24 PM

Outside of that voice over the trailer was awesome.

I second that one! such 80's child porn!!!

ryan79

02-01-2009, 11:47 PM

I second that one! such 80's child porn!!!

You know....maybe that line sounded better in your head.

optimus187prime

02-02-2009, 04:50 PM

You know....maybe that line sounded better in your head.

LOL I wished I had not been quoted next to that line :rolleyes:

mrpopular

02-02-2009, 07:03 PM

It looks like it'll be a fun ride.

Just waiting to see Cobra still

racemccloud

02-03-2009, 06:12 AM

You know....maybe that line sounded better in your head.

Best... line... ever.

esophagus

02-03-2009, 06:30 AM

I second that one! such 80's child porn!!!Ahahaha. Ahahahaha. Ahahahahahahaha. Oh god. So awesome. Wow.

tomanderson

02-03-2009, 07:59 PM

The last two guys looked like they were in Iron Man armor.

This movie is going to kick a lot of ass, and I don't even like G.I. Joe all that much! Dudes look like Master Cheif yeah, I agree.

ryan79

03-27-2009, 03:11 AM

Has anybody seen this abomination?

http://www.411mania.com/siteimages/ccomander1_17541.jpg
http://www.411mania.com/siteimages/ccomander2_17542.jpg

conorkilpatrick

03-27-2009, 03:17 AM

While I would have loved to see the cloaked head version, this isn't that bad at all. Seems to be a combination of the full face plate version and the silver armor version of Cobra Commander.

thenextchampion

03-27-2009, 03:24 AM

Has anybody seen this abomination?

http://www.411mania.com/siteimages/ccomander1_17541.jpg
http://www.411mania.com/siteimages/ccomander2_17542.jpg

That looks stupid....

rhett803

03-27-2009, 03:42 AM

It's Jason X!!

thenextchampion

03-27-2009, 03:56 AM

It's Jason X!!

Ha ha ha!!! Oh my god he totally looks like him!!

tomanderson

03-27-2009, 05:31 PM

Needs a good with holes in it or the classic reflective dome. That's too bad, but maybe he's going to make the transition over the course of the film? Please..

thenextchampion

03-27-2009, 07:16 PM

Is this gonna be like Phantom of the Opera?
Where someone is gonna take his mask off and the audience screams?

optimus187prime

03-27-2009, 08:16 PM

That looks horrible. Why couldnt they have done the metal mask. Jeez they just change stuff to change it.

kahunablair

03-29-2009, 12:13 AM

While I would have loved to see the cloaked head version, this isn't that bad at all. Seems to be a combination of the full face plate version and the silver armor version of Cobra Commander.

I was perplexed and turned off by that picture until I thought of that silver armor version you mentioned, Conor. It seems like a weird choice, but at least people can't complain about them trying to make him look similar to the toys.

http://www.uploadandgo.com/images/cobra-commander-battle-armor.jpg
http://www.uploadandgo.com/images/cobracommanderhelmetcomp.jpg

thenextchampion

03-29-2009, 04:22 AM

I was perplexed and turned off by that picture until I thought of that silver armor version you mentioned, Conor. It seems like a weird choice, but at least people can't complain about them trying to make him look similar to the toys.

http://www.uploadandgo.com/images/cobra-commander-battle-armor.jpg
http://www.uploadandgo.com/images/cobracommanderhelmetcomp.jpg

Oh my god, those are worse then what the film picked!

rhett803

03-29-2009, 04:51 AM

That's Cobra Commander Battle Armor from the 25th Anniversary series. The movie figures are a separate series. I think the Battle Armor one still looks better than Movie one.

From what I've seen, the uniforms are going to be pretty bad all around. If only they would have used the Sideshow figures as an influence.

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/jpg/26141_press01-001.jpg
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/jpg/2614_press04-001.jpg
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/jpg/2614_press01-001.jpg

Now that would be a badass Cobra Commander.

thenextchampion

03-29-2009, 05:31 AM

thenextchampion

05-16-2009, 05:21 PM

Here's the first full length trailer that was shown before Star Trek.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBfnQXWvatw&feature=fvhl

Wow....and I thought X-Men Origins: Wolverine would've been the worst film of the year. This doesnt even look like GI Joe....plus just from the trailer you can tell the acting is going to be bad. Once again my childhood is going to be destroyed.

optimus187prime

05-16-2009, 05:29 PM

The more I see of this film the more I think it is going to suck.

cammyknoxville

06-15-2009, 02:55 AM

While many pundits have declared Land of the Lost to be the first bomb of summer 2009, rumors emanating from the set of G.I. Joe seem to indicate that it certainly won't be the last. If you've been dutifully following our coverage of Joe, you'll no doubt recall that the project has been battling bad buzz for the better part of the last seven months, which has taken the form of everything from bra-stuffing allegations to focus groups shunning the trailer. However, some message-board chatter seems to indicate that things have taken a significant turn for the worse. If the rumors are to be believed, not only is G.I. Joe the lowest-testing film in the history of Paramount, but executive Brad Weston has fired director Stephen Sommers from the project!

Here's an excerpt from the message boards over at DonMurphy.net:

After a test screening wherein the film tested the lowest score ever from an audience in the history of Paramount, the executive who pushed for the movie, Brad Weston, had Stephen Sommers, the super hack director of the film fired. Removed. 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. Meanwhile producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura whose turkey IMAGINE THAT explodes this weekend as the new bomb in theatres (also championed by Weston) was told his services were no longer needed on the film either.

Sommers was then forced by his William Morris agents to pretend that he was working on Tarzan over at Warner Brothers doing design work, even though that film doesn't even have a good script yet. When word of the firing started to be whispered about in Hollywood, Sommers was summoned back to the editing room - but only to save appearances, Baird is still editing the movie with studio input.

Wow, sounds like Paramount has another Love Guru–type stinker on its hands. However, since we always do our darnedest to find the silver lining in things, we'll leave you with this: we're pretty sure that Uwe Boll will sleep tight tonight knowing he's no longer the worst director on earth!

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/06/gi_joe_looking_like_a_bomb_of.html

I'm pretty sure everyone knew it was going to be horrible, but wow; firing the director? That's never good.