Well, my point is no matter what, I don't think they (Hollywood) can do it justice....so I might as well have a laugh with it!

It would be cool if at the last minute they rewrote it the right way!

I completely understand why others would have issue with this but I can't say I mind the idea of an international team since I grew up with Action Force. For years, I didn't know any different to the following nationalities:

Hawk (JAMES Abernathy) - Warminster, England
Flint (DAVID Faireborn) - Lincoln, England
Ace - Montreal, Canada
Lift-Ticket - Wimborne, Dorset (UK)
Blizzard - Leipzig, Austria
Shockwave - Manchester, Greater Manchester (UK)
Repeater - Penrith, Cumberland (UK)
Wet-Suit - Toronto, Canada
Airtight - Munich, W. Germany
Alpine - Grenoble, France
Barbecue - Naples, Italy
Budo - Osaka, Japan
Downtown - Luton, Bedfordshire (UK)
Dusty - Alice Springs, Australia
Fast Draw - Bracknell, Berkshire (UK)
Recoil - Clifton, Derby (UK)
Sci-Fi (Sebastien Fine') - Strasbourg, France
Countdown - Cardiff, Wales
Lady Jaye - Cork, Ireland
Quick Kick (Lee Ho Ito) - Canton, China

And more that I never had Action Force filecards for...

I don't think a character's nationality is really going to make much difference to how their character is portrayed, the relationships between them and how the team actually operates. The only problem to me with an international team is the name GI Joe being used since that's a 100% American nickname for a soldier, what with the USA being the only country that uses the term GI!

soooo in a nutshell were getting Action Force but told it's G.I.Joe :mad: .....while i am happy for Action Force fans as a fan i can't help but feel riped off ,especially since paramount has said that the team will be international oh well....so will Duke be a British guy wearing a powdered wig ( oh my!! ) :D :p LOL..sorry i couldn't help myself ;)

Gwah?
Ito is a Japanese name, not a Chinese one... And why'd they change his first name?

And hey... Ace is from my hometown. :p

Frankly, I don't mind the "International" thing, as long as it's not overwhelming. I mean if they decide to throw in Storm Shadow with the good guys and he's a Japan native rather than being from St. Louis (which makes me go WTF constantly), or if they decide to make Lady Jaye Irish, as long as it doesn't interfere with their actual CHARACTERS, I don't think it'll be a big deal...

I just hope they keep Action Man the bloody fudge away from this movie...

Yeah, I firmly believe Action Man should have nothing to do with this. You can change nationalities without much else changing -- hell, I was reading US Marvel GI Joe reprints in Action Force Weekly and imagining international accents in my mind but it didn't change the stories! Sticking in a super-agent-type who's never been a part of it beyond that Night Force 6-pack would take it too far from the core concept, though.

And from Quick Kick's Action Force filecard:

"Subject's Japanese father and Korean mother owned a grocery store. Not accepted by the Chinese because of his mixed ancestry, Quick Kick turned to martial arts. All martial arts." -- then it continues as the US version. I assume he was born after his parents migrated, but why they'd migrate to China I don't know... I guess the change from a westernised name makes sense with that bio, though; they did alter a few to make them suit their birthplaces more.

Girls In (tight) Jeans On ........

Id like to see that.
I have to say, Im with Stormer (and probably all the others from Europe).
I think this could be good news.
We've always had an International Team, so its nothing new over here...

Freaky to say the least.
I could buy such a family moving to Hong Kong, but most certainly not to Canton...

I think he was meant to be modelled on Bruce Lee, so they may have meant Hong Kong.

It's a possibility, but Bruce Lee was born in San Fransisco. :p

I think the TOY was obviously designed to be a pastich of Bruce Lee, but Hama made the character considerably different. Thanks to his characterization I never think of Lee when I think of QK.