Looking forward to the movie doesn't make you a traitor to GI Joe. We all enjoy different aspects of the line, and some of us will like the movie and some won't - it's no big deal. All I can say is from what I have seen so far, the movie doesn't appeal to me. It bears very little resemblance to the GI Joe that I enjoy so there's no reason for me to go and see it. Having seen the same trailers as everyone else, I don't think it's going to be a very good film even as a popcorn movie - my honest opinion is that it will bomb big time. It's too much of a departure to lure the older fans in, and it doesn't appear to be a good enough movie to create a legion of new fans. If Hasbro is banking on the film to boost toy sales, I suspect they're in for a very rude awakening. I think you'll see the movie toys in the clearance aisle before too long. Of course, the movie could be a huge hit and surprise us all, but I doubt it. The feeling I'm getting now is like the one I got in the early nineties; the brand is in decline and Hasbro will eventually pull the plug.

I think the movie looks like it will be alright. Given there have been several incarnations of Joe already (Marvel and IDW comics, Sunbow cartoon, Resolute cartoon, Sigma Six, numerous dio stories) I don't mind seeing things being done a little differently. The latest trailer looks pretty good. I think the preview comics by Chuck Dixon have all been pretty good as well. If it's good, that's great, and if it's bad, I'll just go back to reading IDW comics and dio stories.

I went to see TF2 last night and the showed the newest GI Joe trailer, and it made me like it even more. Ripcord is the comic-relief, but from the trailer they seem to have kept the comedy "in-line". The part with the "bus/train" where the two of them crash through it had a longer scene and it was kinda funny, the whole theater laughed and at the end of the preview the theater stood and applauded, which was weird.