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Post by Son of Abyss on Dec 6, 2007 15:43:09 GMT -5
As of 2009, G.I. Joe will no longer be a “real American hero.”
In a Paramount movie expected to begin production early next year, the combat veteran and his battle buddies will be rechristened G.I.J.O.E., an acronym for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, and the icons of countless American boyhoods will become part of an international military force.
The JOEs will be part of a Brussels, Belgium-based special operations unit battling the evil Cobra army, which is headed by a Scottish bad guy, according to Variety, the newspaper that reports on the film industry.
This will be a live-action film, but the role of Joe has not been cast.
The Variety report said de-Americanizing G.I. Joe, the Hasbro product long known as “A Real American Hero,” is being done to broaden the movie’s appeal for international audiences because America and its military are not too popular in some areas of the globe today
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Post by Bobafett on Dec 6, 2007 15:46:12 GMT -5
so...ok I'm not a G I Joe fan or anything..however... moving it to brussells and renaming it is a lil too much, renameing i can kinda buy..
and Cobra Commander ain't scottish
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Post by jmac950 on Dec 6, 2007 15:47:27 GMT -5
You mean, this WON'T be a 2 and a half hour recruitment video for the US army? Maybe I might watch the movie then. LMAO at a Scottish bad guy. That's almost as bad as a Canadian bad guy
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Dec 6, 2007 15:49:49 GMT -5
We actually already know this. There was a post about it a couple months ago that went on for quite some time.
I still don't really care.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Dec 6, 2007 15:51:58 GMT -5
This is B.S., man!!!
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Post by AoDfan on Dec 6, 2007 15:55:14 GMT -5
Well maybe they'll do something right, and kill Duke in this one.
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Post by Psy on Dec 6, 2007 16:05:33 GMT -5
Yeah, old news.
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Post by Thomas Powers of Paine on Dec 6, 2007 16:06:30 GMT -5
My brain hurts from trying to imagine the leader of Cobra as a Scotsman.
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Post by Time Lord Soundwave on Dec 6, 2007 16:11:25 GMT -5
I heard the main villains will be Destro and Baroness, while Cobra Commander will just be a figurehead leader.
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Post by Sinestro on Dec 6, 2007 16:17:31 GMT -5
This will be a live-action film, but the role of Joe has not been cast. I've seen this report before, and thought it was BS, but that particular line in this variation cracks me up. It makes your source look like they know two things about GI-Joe. That it's a toy, and crap all else.
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Post by JMA on Dec 6, 2007 16:22:15 GMT -5
I like G.I. Joe and I don't mind the change at all.
It's not like they turned Snake Eyes into a heroin addicted jazz critic who has no eyes.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Dec 6, 2007 16:44:26 GMT -5
Considering the team was always made up of multi-national heroes who operated on a world wide scale, at least for the cartoon and the comics, it is fine to have them not be "real American heroes", because fact is, a whole lot of the crew weren't.
A team like that should have many bases of operations though.
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 6, 2007 17:03:52 GMT -5
My brain hurts from trying to imagine the leader of Cobra as a Scotsman. Your brain hurts from envisioning Destro "running" COBRA for most of the movie until a "surprise" appearance by Cobra Commander at the end to make people want to see a sequel? For the record this news is about 3 months old, good job staying "topical" guys
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Post by Thomas Powers of Paine on Dec 6, 2007 17:12:11 GMT -5
My brain hurts from trying to imagine the leader of Cobra as a Scotsman. Your brain hurts from envisioning Destro "running" COBRA for most of the movie until a "surprise" appearance by Cobra Commander at the end to make people want to see a sequel? For the record this news is about 3 months old, good job staying "topical" guys Umm, no. That's not what I said.
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 6, 2007 17:13:11 GMT -5
Your brain hurts from envisioning Destro "running" COBRA for most of the movie until a "surprise" appearance by Cobra Commander at the end to make people want to see a sequel? For the record this news is about 3 months old, good job staying "topical" guys Umm, no. That's not what I said. You don't know that Destro is Scottish? It says so on the packaging of the action figures.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Dec 6, 2007 17:16:17 GMT -5
Umm, no. That's not what I said. You don't know that Destro is Scottish? It says so on the packaging of the action figures. Despite that, I still think he is Michael Clarke Duncan.
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 6, 2007 17:17:22 GMT -5
Despite that, I still think he is Michael Clarke Duncan. Micheal Clarke Duncan should be Roadblock, not Destro. I can't imagine him doing a "Scottish" accent.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Dec 6, 2007 17:52:47 GMT -5
I don't need him doing a Scottish Accent, I just want to see him with a metal face mask.
If it has to be a Scott, then how about Connery? At least for the voice?
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 6, 2007 17:57:32 GMT -5
I don't need him doing a Scottish Accent, I just want to see him with a metal face mask. If it has to be a Scott, then how about Connery? At least for the voice? That would be pretty cool actually, but isn't Connery retired? Whatever. I'm just counting my blessings that Ray Park got Snake Eyes and I'll see where the chips fall.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Dec 6, 2007 20:45:27 GMT -5
Hasbro came out some time ago and said that this news was not true.
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