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Voidhawk
2009-05-10, 04:19 PM
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/gi-joe/trailer

Erm, guys?
Is it just me... or does this look actually... you know... good?
Have I lost the plot completely, or am I actually thinking about paying money to go and see this when it comes out?
When did this maddness happen?!

Tyrant
2009-05-10, 05:09 PM
I plan on going to see it. I am a fan of the comics and the cartoon was great while I was a kid. I honestly don't expect this to be a great representation of GIJoe. I do think it will be a good action movie. I am sure I will be shaking my head numerous times at what happens to characters I like and trying to figure out where it all went wrong. But as I said I will go see it and I think I will be entertained if I can ignore how it destroys continuity.

Yulian
2009-05-10, 05:33 PM
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/gi-joe/trailer

Erm, guys?
Is it just me... or does this look actually... you know... good?


It's just you.

Really. This looks like not a lot of people are going to want to see the adventures of crazy HALO-looking armoured guys leaping through trains and dodging missiles.

Think about how well Dragonball: Evolution and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chin-Li did. Not very. This appears to be more of the same type of film. The FX didn't really do it for me. They looked cartoonish, which in a supposed action flick isn't always a boon.

Now, while the GI Joe cartoon had utterly outlandish plots and total insanity from many of the characters, the craziness was in the weapons and plots, not super-powered combat action.

I predict a poor showing for this one. I think they missed the point pretty drastically. I've also seen the Cobra Commander design...it's...well: http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/03/and_here_he_is_cobra_commander.php

- Yulian

JadedDM
2009-05-10, 05:35 PM
Yeah, I'm not a fan of G.I. Joe at all, so presumably I'm the target demographic (that's how it works now, right?) and this looks ridiculously absurd to me, almost comical in its execution.

warty goblin
2009-05-10, 05:42 PM
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/gi-joe/trailer

Erm, guys?
Is it just me... or does this look actually... you know... good?
No. It looks like somebody decided to make a movie out of Crysis, but somehow with an even more rubbish plot... something that in any well run universe would actually be impossible. Also Crysis still looks better.

SurlySeraph
2009-05-10, 07:17 PM
Looks stupid and explosion-y. Just how it should be. I doubt I'll see it, but I would probably enjoy it if I did.
And, um... does anyone else think Baroness looks exactly like Sarah Palin?

KnightDisciple
2009-05-10, 07:19 PM
Looks stupid and explosion-y. Just how it should be. I doubt I'll see it, but I would probably enjoy it if I did.
And, um... does anyone else think Baroness looks exactly like Sarah Palin?

Not...really? No, it's not clicking.

I plan to see it. My memories of GI Joe tell me that cheesy, explosion-y action with funky codenames and weird high tech gear fits fine. :smalltongue:

The Tygre
2009-05-10, 10:20 PM
...

What did my childhood ever do to these people? Did it hurt them? Did it kill their father? Did it touch their bad place? Why? Just why?

Yulian
2009-05-11, 01:52 AM
What's even sadder is that I honestly think, after seeing GI Joe: Resolute, that a movie of that would have drawn a lot more eyeballs than this will.

You could do this right. I'm really not sure what their target audience is for this. It reminds me of...Megaforce.

- Yulian

kamikasei
2009-05-11, 05:00 AM
I'll probably see it for the laugh. Chris Ecclestone as Destro (is he Destro? Or is that a different franchise? Everything I know about this stuff comes from Shortpacked!...) would be worth the price of admission, which I wouldn't be paying thanks to season tickets.

Fortunately I have no particular memories of G.I. Joe from my childhood to be brutalized as the movie surely will.

Killer Angel
2009-05-11, 05:26 AM
Erm, guys?
Is it just me... or does this look actually... you know... good?


Well, maybe it's not just you, but certainly it's not me... :smallbiggrin:
I've never watched gi-joe, but if I were a fan, I probably would be disappointed.
We've seen too many operations like this one; they almost never ends well... if you're lucky, they are not-so-bad-but-could-be-better.

Dhavaer
2009-05-11, 05:27 AM
And, um... does anyone else think Baroness looks exactly like Sarah Palin?

I see a resemblance in her first scene, but not so much in close ups.

bosssmiley
2009-05-11, 05:28 AM
There is only one man I trust to make sweet passionate love to my childhood (http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7281); that man is Warren Ellis, writer on G.I.Joe: Darker and Edgier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gi_joe_resolute).


And, um... does anyone else think Baroness looks exactly like Sarah Palin?

WHAT??!! :smallmad:

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