Thespeckledkiwi
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Well the weekend GI Joe premieres, it'll be featured prominently on TrekBBS TV & Media. Just saying...
Actually it might end up in Sci Fi, since the movie is geared more toward science fiction.
Is Paramount quietly killing GI Joe?
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Actually it might end up in Sci Fi, since the movie is geared more toward science fiction.
darkwing_duck1
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If you look at the early issues of the Marvel run of the comic, GI JOE is the code name for Special Operations Group Delta (aka the real-life Delta Force). In the 80s most operational details about SF were still heavily shrouded in secrecy, and a lot of room was left to "play" with the concept...
To directly answer your question, I would assume in the "Joe-verse" it did the same sorts of things SF do in real life to one degree or another. With the rise of Cobra Command, it became a mission specific task force.
That said, they ought to re-release the first Movie in theaters and re-release the series on DVD (this time without Rhino's "improvements")...
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Because you can't have a successful movie with just the fanbase alone as large as it may be.
You need to attract new viewers and they need to understand what the movie is about and who the characters are so they get a good experience and not go WTF every 5 minutes when a new character walks in and his background is never explained.
That is just simply wrong.
I wouldn't want an American Doctor Who, James Bond or Harry Potter either.
Well the weekend GI Joe premieres, it'll be featured prominently on TrekBBS TV & Media. Just saying...
Actually it might end up in Sci Fi, since the movie is geared more toward science fiction.
Seriously? Link if so.
I cant' tell if your making commentary or trying to clue us all into something you've read.
Thespeckledkiwi
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Well the weekend GI Joe premieres, it'll be featured prominently on TrekBBS TV & Media. Just saying...
Actually it might end up in Sci Fi, since the movie is geared more toward science fiction.
Seriously? Link if so.
I cant' tell if your making commentary or trying to clue us all into something you've read.
While IDMB isn't exactly the greatest, from their trivia section:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/trivia
But better than that:
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/7306/tcid/1
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Crap! *sighs*
MARS now makes laser guns! YAY!
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plot descriptions also suggest it's set 10 years in the future and feature some kind of exo-suit that allows the wearer to run at speeds equivalent to a car, as there's a car chase involving one guy in one.
Thespeckledkiwi
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Unfortunately it seems that Paramount doesn't understand GI Joe. They believe that it is a science fiction movie akin to X-Men with some grounding in reality while in truth it is a movie about a war with some science fiction.
You know it's been so long since i last watched GI Joe as a kid i remember very little...
Did they ever show what was hidden behind the Cobra leader's mask ?
Did they ever show what was hidden behind the Cobra leader's mask ?
I think they understand it fine. They appear to be using the ARH TV show as their springboard for this movie, and despite its military backdrop, ARH was no doubt a scifi series.
Thespeckledkiwi
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Yes and no -- depends really on what you follow.
Thespeckledkiwi
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Again, yes and no. It has some grounding in science fiction but much of it was military. Actually reading some of the material, it's interesting to see some of the vehicles they used would actually be awesome and could be made IRL...
Their classifications and such are also very interesting because they follow the military branch.
I would rather have them follow the comic books than ARH, but unfortunately they won't.
I agree, it was a synthesis of the two, as this movie seems it will be. So many stories involve scifi type plot devices (including the way Serpentor was created, the Weather Dominator, Synthoids, the blob fro "The Germ" and everyone using handheld lasers in the 80's) have always firmly placed ARAH (the cartoon) into scifi territory for me. Its crossover with "Transformers" further solidified that in my mind even as a kid.
they've got Larry Hama on board as a consultant, so they're more likely to be following the comics than the cartoon - this is evidenced by the fact that Snakes is involved with Scarlett, not Duke and the Hard Master appears. and Larry apparently made them cut Snakes' solitary line.
the comics were more military realistic than the 'toon, but even so when it did stories featuring 'paranoia rays', GI Joe and Cobra launching space craft to battle in space and the cyborg Star Viper and the gentically engineered Serpentor, it had its share of SF elements.
and part of the reason for the 10 years from now approach is to distance it from the Bush foriegn policy.
the comics were more military realistic than the 'toon, but even so when it did stories featuring 'paranoia rays', GI Joe and Cobra launching space craft to battle in space and the cyborg Star Viper and the gentically engineered Serpentor, it had its share of SF elements.
and part of the reason for the 10 years from now approach is to distance it from the Bush foriegn policy.
Indeed, they are taking the work of art that is GI Joe and dumbing it down for the drooling unwashed masses. Dirty masses should wash themselves with their own drool.
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