Still not clear about GI Joe's affiliation...

[Thespeckledkiwi]

Are they American or International?

I don't think I've seen that cleared up yet, but if the filming indicates anything I think they will be American but I'm not certain. The Pit is located in the US but that doesn't mean anything.

 

[captcalhoun]

it isn't clear. some rreports are claiming international, others American. they've cast a British-African as Heavy Duty and a French-Morrocan as Breaker and a Czech as Cover Girl, but until a trailer comes out and we hear their accents, they could be American or international.

NATO is involved to some extent though, because Larry Hama has a cameo as a NATO general...

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

Somehow MARS is also in Antarctica from what I read

What is Ripcord since he'll be black? African - American? South American?

 

[captcalhoun]

i'm guessing American...

MARS often has overseas offices and bases...

 

[Christopher]

Are they American or International?

Hasbro.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

International with their headquarters in Egypt. Duke, Scarlett, Ripcord are still American.

 

[Norrin Radd]

They're making so many crazy/unnecessary changes to the Joe mythos in this movie, it's kinda weird.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

They're making so many crazy/unnecessary changes to the Joe mythos in this movie, it's kinda weird.

Not really...

 

[broberfett]

Are they American or International?

I don't think I've seen that cleared up yet, but if the filming indicates anything I think they will be American but I'm not certain. The Pit is located in the US but that doesn't mean anything.

The New World Order. I guess they have to drop the Real American Hero thing since Europeans hate Americans.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Oh for fuck's sake. Where do people think the expression came from??? What do they think "G.I." stands for?
Why not ask if the "Star Spangled Banner" refers to the US flag?

I mean, the entire raison d'etre for the expression is to identify an American soldier.

WWII was not that long ago, people.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

Government issued -- what government though?

 

[A beaker full of death]

General Issue, actually. The point is that it's a uniquely American reference - to identify Americans.

See, for instance, http://www.amazon.com/Story-G-I-Joe-Burgess-Meredith/dp/B00004STJA

See also: http://leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm

No wonder American combat troops in those years started calling themselves "G.I. Joe." Reporters passed the term back home as a charming bit of sentimentality; they didn't know, or chose to ignore, that it was really a despairing joke -- "G.I." for "general issue," a mass-produced unit of basic military hardware. The soldiers knew the score: for all the halos of glory they were being heaped with in the press, they were nothing more than anonymous, interchangeable items in the limitless inventory of the war.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

No one will know that will they?

 

[roguephoenix]

maybe they're the military equivalent of interpol?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Maybe they'll be American in the US release and "Action Force" in the international?

 

[RaymondJames]

GI JOE: Real American Hero... yes the cmovie is comming out (god save us all) and American isn't politically correct since its aimed for a Global fan bas eso its now International Hero.

GI Joe was an American thing, there are simmilar groups in Europe and Russia, and some Joes like Big ben are from England and ect.

 

[A beaker full of death]

No one will know that will they?

They should. I mean, it is the origin of the term. Hell, it's mentioned often enough in MASH.

 

[Nerys Myk]

This is GI Joe. Not those lame superhero/superspy wannabes .

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Still not clear about GI Joe's affiliation...

Bi-curious.

 

[Norrin Radd]

I hate the costumes...black armor is so gauche.