[quote]Neebone wrote:
In the UK they called it Action Man because british kids didnt know what the hell a GI was.[/quote]
Did they also not know what ninjas were? I remember living in Iceland and watching Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles on DJ Kat. I’m just going to refer back to my original statement about Europe:
France > England
mike
I didn’t just grow up on GI Joe. It was just about the only thing I played. My wedding cake had my own personally made Joe and Lady Jaye as cake toppers. I’ve actually screamed “Yo Joe!” as a war cry … at war. No one gives a shit what I think, but here it is, spoilers and all:
I could have done a better job. That said, it was very good. I knew going in that it was going to be a stupid Snake Eyes / Storm Shadow blowjob fest, but they didn’t overdo it. It needed more Joes, esp. Beachhead. I also was hoping for Roadblock. I mean the guy carries a ma deuce! It could have used firefly and some regular vipers. I was also pissed to see Brenden Frasier playing Gung Ho. He had an Eagle Globe and Anchor on his arm?! That was unsat in such a serious way. That guy is on my shit list. It was cool to have Dr. Mindbender, but Cobra Commander didn’t get the job done. Destro worked out well though. The idea of nano-tech is prevalent throughout GI Joe canon so this was cool.
Scarlet was hot as shit.
I was very concerned about de-Americanizing this movie. It didn’t blow us as much as I’d like, but America pretty much supplied all the combat troops. I’ll take what I can get. When they went to go blow up the missile over Moscow before the at heading toward DC I couldn’t help but laugh. But then again, it’s kind of a toss up whether the world would be better off without Vladimir Putin or Barrack Obama.
I had planned to not watch it and pretend it didn’t exist like with Indy 4 because I pathetically had a lot riding on it emotionally. But I saw a review on Youtube that said it perfectly, this movie is for 7 year old kids or guys in their late 20’s who remember being 7 year old kids. The movie is best watched imagining that you’re in a sandbox and the omnipotent hand of a kid is running the whole movie.
Watch it, it’s good.
And if you need a good GI Joe fix:
mike
[quote]CC wrote:
The desert scene, when they see The Pit for the first time
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I totally was probably the first person to think this in the theater but “Sand dunes move so thus it will expose their hideout”. Made me mad ahaha.
I thought it was awesome! Had a great time in the movie, the only errant thought I remember was thinking Cena should have played Duke.
Lots of action, good backstory stuff going on. Lots of fun. I have to admit, I didn’t know a ton about the TV series, I remember watching it and it’s awesomeness, but only remembered really the Cobra Commander and Snake Eyes. I was pretty young, I’m 20 now so I don’t remember how old I was watching it.
Some crazy fun and totally recommended by me.
[quote]adamhum wrote:
*Spoiler
It was pretty corny at times, but the action was great and the special affects were awesome. i didn’t like the Joe’s aircraft and Snake Eyes fake rubber make mouth looked stupid, but overall i thought it was an entertaining movie. Baroness was absolutely gorgeous! Scarlett was smoking hot too! But her character was a little retarded…
Yo Joe![/quote]
Agreed on the fake mouth. What exactly was the point of that? As if people wouldn’t know he was a man without the mouth?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
adamhum wrote:
*Spoiler
It was pretty corny at times, but the action was great and the special affects were awesome. i didn’t like the Joe’s aircraft and Snake Eyes fake rubber make mouth looked stupid, but overall i thought it was an entertaining movie. Baroness was absolutely gorgeous! Scarlett was smoking hot too! But her character was a little retarded…
Yo Joe!
Agreed on the fake mouth. What exactly was the point of that? As if people wouldn’t know he was a man without the mouth?[/quote]
Agreed, the wife thought it was cool, but it seemed pretty silly to me. It could have been worse though. They could have used the red goggles and blue suit snake eyes.
mike
yep, I agree, it was pretty corny at times. But overall I liked it I guess. I didn’t like it as much as these though.
I saw it… friends were going to the movies and two arnt 17 yet so it was that or Special forces- the Guinea pig division…i thought it was an ACTION PACKED EXPLOSION of a 5 year old show. Lame and boring.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
adamhum wrote:
*Spoiler
It was pretty corny at times, but the action was great and the special affects were awesome. i didn’t like the Joe’s aircraft and Snake Eyes fake rubber make mouth looked stupid, but overall i thought it was an entertaining movie. Baroness was absolutely gorgeous! Scarlett was smoking hot too! But her character was a little retarded…
Yo Joe!
Agreed on the fake mouth. What exactly was the point of that? As if people wouldn’t know he was a man without the mouth?[/quote]
I was under the impression (not sure why) that Snake Eyes injured his face and that is why he wears the mask. Anyone know if this is true?
It could have been worse people. They could have fucked it up like the Wolverine movie.
Snake Eyes Injury- I think he was injured while protecting Lady J.
Or he was injured while in Vietnam with Stalker and Storm Shadow.
It depends on which GI Joe you look at.
i saw the movie a couple days ago and, despite having some sizeable flaws / annoyances, it thoroughly entertained me and got me excited about gi joe in a way i haven’t been since i was 10 years old. and while i don’t think i’ll see it again in the theater, it will surely be in my dvd collection.
though i have to ask if anyone else noticed that the last third of the movie consistantly ripped off scenes from star wars? it got to the point where my friend and i were making predictions about the next scene they were going to replicate.
[quote]Mikeyali wrote:
…I was also pissed to see Brenden Frasier playing Gung Ho…[/quote]
Wow, okay, not even Redboxing this thing now.
I saw it last weekend, thought it was very entertaining and that’s usually all I care about. I’d watch it again for sure.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, BRENDAN FRAISER IS NOT GUNG HO!
GUNG HO IS NOT IN THIS MOVIE!
GUNG HO IS NOT IN THIS MOVIE!!!
Fraser is a made up character named Sgt. Stone. He asked for a cameo and they gave him one with a made up character.
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, BRENDAN FRAISER IS NOT GUNG HO!
GUNG HO IS NOT IN THIS MOVIE!
GUNG HO IS NOT IN THIS MOVIE!!!
Fraser is a made up character named Sgt. Stone. He asked for a cameo and they gave him one with a made up character.[/quote]
Plus, he was only in it for like 5 seconds…just long enough for everyone to say, “Hey, that’s Brandan Fras…BOOOOOOOM (insert CGI enhanced back flip out of a plane)”
Movie was entertaining. The most laughable note to me was the guy who played Duke and his acting. His expressionless face made me feel like i was watching the Keeanu Reeves.
Time for my two-cents, I suppose. I liked it a lot. It was a very fun movie. Yes, there was some corniness to it, but how could it not be corny at times!?! Of course, my fave was Storm Shadow. That dude was just plain sick! I liked how they showed his and Snake Eyes past. Good times. Duke pissed me off for the soul reason that I wish I could grow a goatee in uniform! Other than that, great movie. The Baroness made it to my slide show on my computer. That woman is just hot. Again, great movie. Can’t wait for the sequels.
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, BRENDAN FRAISER IS NOT GUNG HO!
GUNG HO IS NOT IN THIS MOVIE!
GUNG HO IS NOT IN THIS MOVIE!!!
Fraser is a made up character named Sgt. Stone. He asked for a cameo and they gave him one with a made up character.[/quote]
Thanks for correcting me, I was rather distraught. Where’d you find that out? Besides, we all know that Chuck Lidell plays Gung Ho:
mike
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
They could have fucked it up like the Wolverine movie.
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It was only a small step above Wolverine,imo.
I just saw it. It was OK. Cobra is a little bitch. Destro was bamf.
It was a little corny. You know its bad when my 10 year old brother turns to me after the first shootemup scene and asks “this is a little corny, isn’t it?” But hey, explosions, loud noises, guns and boobs are made of win!