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I doubt they're going to be filming a particular storyline from the comics, just that they'll look to them as reference and inspiration for tone, characterisation, relationships, etc. rather than looking to the cartoon.
As for Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow, they were up against each other from SS's first appearance and had their one-on-one running battle on the train in the Origin Of Snake Eyes story in the late 20s. I'd say they'll have them fight each other in the movie because out of all the characters they have the most personal motivations for a one-on-one, and there is a precedent for them fighting from the comics, CGI movies, Sigma 6... I think they have these kinds of personal duels in movies because it's possible to get a lot more emotionally invested in the conflict as a viewer -- just look at Star Wars, where an emotional climax of each movie is a lightsaber duel.
as for Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander; OH MY GOD. How's he had time to grow cynical with the system and build his organisation? Did Cobra start out as his college fraternity or something? I just hope to hell he's not starting out as a member of the Joes who betrays them... That's the kind of twisting of the mythology I really wouldn't put past Hollywood, who seems to insist that in any adaptation of a comic where there's good guys fighting bad guys there's a personal connection between them (Sandman killed Uncle Ben? WTF?). It's not enough for a bad guy to be motivated by things like greed, and for the good guys to go after them because it's their job to stop people like that...
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