G.I. Joe - The Movie (Live Action)

[efranks]

I can not get over the accelerator suits.  There was so much cool stuff that GI Joe had even in the early 80's imagination that could have been adapted and advanced to some logical futuristic version.  But the accelerator suits?  This film is not Iron Man.

I am not excited for this movie and the trailers do nothing to help buid any. 

Also, yes, if Sienna Miller wanted to come over to my place in that black leather suit and hang out for a while, I'd be all in favor of that. 

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[Brian]

It looks like the domestic trailer is up now:http://www.superherohype.com/news/gijoenews.php?id=8296, although I don't really see any difference between this and the one (French) released yesterday.  I'm not so sure about those suits either, hopefully they're not in the film a lot.  Sure, the Joes had some wacky stuff on the toon, but this just seems like they're making them superheroes - as mentioned earlier.

[Jesse James]

So, like, the counter to that GI Joe suit that they had (the HALO suit if you will), is that Cobra SNAKE armor right?

Man, Cobra is screwed, blued, and tattooed.

[name]

that looked like an interesting rental, but I thought there was a movie about GI Joe coming out later this summer?

[Chris M]

So I went to see Star Trek again last night and got another look at the trailer and I still just have to say WTF???

I think the overall premise of the movie is okay, but going onto the accelerator suits is just stupid and hokey.  I mean, you've got these guys running through the streets dodging missiles and jumping across rooftops to helicopters.  It just makes the movie completely stupid.  I guess if they were only used on a limited basis it might be okay, but we'll probably see them the entire movie and that's just going to make it a big pile of suck for me.

[Brian]

A few pics from the movie.

[Jayson]

G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra Director Fired?!?

Endtimes posted the following over at the Don Murphy boards about director Stephen Sommers being fired from G.I.Joe. Though some sources have chimed in to there being truth to the following post, there has been no offical confirmation from Paramount on this so this should all be considered nothing more as rumor at this time.

So the story goes like this-

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.

[iFett]

That's hilarious!   

[Dressel Rebel]

Wow.  That's pretty bad.

Am I still gonna go see it?  Mmmmmhmmmm.

[efranks]

You know, I've only seen the trailer and I've been saying it's going to suck.  And not just because it has the GI Joe name on it but isn't what I wanted, it just looks ridiculous.

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[Jayson]

"GI Joe" Blows & Swallows Sommers Career?

[Brian]

It is disappointing that this movie is sounding as crappy as we all feared.  I keep holding out hope that it will be better than we expect (not good, just not as crappy as we think), but it isn't sounding too good right now.  I wonder how many of us will be seeing it in the theater regardless?  I know that I'll likely try to get out and see it either way, just to see what Joe on the big screen is going to be like.

[Darth_Anton]

It all starts with story, and the story is pretty bad...

[BillCable]

G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra Director Fired?!?

Endtimes posted the following over at the Don Murphy boards about director Stephen Sommers being fired from G.I.Joe. Though some sources have chimed in to there being truth to the following post, there has been no offical confirmation from Paramount on this so this should all be considered nothing more as rumor at this time.

So the story goes like this-

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.

The studio officially debunked this story, and claims it's tested great with audiences.  Not that they'd admit it if it was true and it tested poorly.

[efranks]

I'm just going to assume an Uwe Boll level of suck until I see it.  And yes, I'm going to see it in the theater, probably on opening night. 

I'm going to do this for a few reasons; first, I'm a GI Joe fan and I want this film to be good, I want it to succeed and I want there to be sequels.  Second, it's a summer event movie and I usually go to those in theaters anyway.  And third, I can't do a review on it if I haven't seen it.

Plus, Sienna Miller in black leather.

The reality of the situation, however, is that I'm going to expect ****.  So the film really only has potential to go up from there.  Unlike Angels & Demons which I was expecting good things from and hated.

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