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I'm not sure why everyone is so pessimistic about the movie. We really don't have much to go on right now. All we've got is a bunch of rumors. And we know some of those are false anyway.

No this won't be a real serious military movie. Its GI Joe. Come on. No
one is gonna make an R-rated movie based on a toyline. And I agree with that. I want to be able to take my son and my nephews to see it. Lets be realistic here.

Yes some of the early story lines may get re-written, but who cares. We already have cartoon and comic lines that don't completely agree. Some Joe fans are so obsessed with the comic story lines. GI Joe comic have been around in various formats for a long time, but even in it prime the comic audience was nothing compared to the number of kids who watched the cartoon. Hasbro produced figures, and then Larry Hama and others dreamed up story lines to sell figures. If Hasbro wants to make a movie and change some of the story so what. How many different Superman, Batman, Spiderman, X-men, Fantastic Four, Punisher, movies have been made. How many times have those stories been re-written.

From the rumors it sounds like the GI Joe team will be international. This seems to have annoyed people, but the GI Joe has always been international. GI Joe team members come from all over the world, and the settings for most of the cartoons and comics was international. People kind of freaked about the idea of the team being based in Brussels, but remember that NATO headquarters is in Brussels. Cobra is an international threat, so Brussels is the perfect place to headquarter a team tasked with fighting Cobra.

Hasbro has a bad reputation for screwing things up, but Hasbro is not making this movie. Sure they will have some input but they are not writing, directing, or producing it.

I'm not a Transformers fan, but the movie was really a pleasant surprise to me. It stayed true to the original concepts and ideas (if not the storyline -did Transformers comic have story lines?), and it was a pretty good movie. I'm expecting the same for the GI Joe movie.

I'm just hoping they have the common sense to leave out the lame ninja stoylines.

10-17-2007, 01:23 PM	#58
Uncle Flint Veteran Offline --> Posts: 168 --> Join Date: Mar 2006	Don't give up the ship. I'm not sure why everyone is so pessimistic about the movie. We really don't have much to go on right now. All we've got is a bunch of rumors. And we know some of those are false anyway. No this won't be a real serious military movie. Its GI Joe. Come on. No one is gonna make an R-rated movie based on a toyline. And I agree with that. I want to be able to take my son and my nephews to see it. Lets be realistic here. Yes some of the early story lines may get re-written, but who cares. We already have cartoon and comic lines that don't completely agree. Some Joe fans are so obsessed with the comic story lines. GI Joe comic have been around in various formats for a long time, but even in it prime the comic audience was nothing compared to the number of kids who watched the cartoon. Hasbro produced figures, and then Larry Hama and others dreamed up story lines to sell figures. If Hasbro wants to make a movie and change some of the story so what. How many different Superman, Batman, Spiderman, X-men, Fantastic Four, Punisher, movies have been made. How many times have those stories been re-written. From the rumors it sounds like the GI Joe team will be international. This seems to have annoyed people, but the GI Joe has always been international. GI Joe team members come from all over the world, and the settings for most of the cartoons and comics was international. People kind of freaked about the idea of the team being based in Brussels, but remember that NATO headquarters is in Brussels. Cobra is an international threat, so Brussels is the perfect place to headquarter a team tasked with fighting Cobra. Hasbro has a bad reputation for screwing things up, but Hasbro is not making this movie. Sure they will have some input but they are not writing, directing, or producing it. I'm not a Transformers fan, but the movie was really a pleasant surprise to me. It stayed true to the original concepts and ideas (if not the storyline -did Transformers comic have story lines?), and it was a pretty good movie. I'm expecting the same for the GI Joe movie. I'm just hoping they have the common sense to leave out the lame ninja stoylines.