I have to admit that I'm excited for the movie opening. Its going to be a lot of fun, even if the movie is awful. Its a series reboot, and I'm okay with that. My only real complaint at this point is that the characters aren't recognizable. I think that's a huge marketing mistake. Recognizable characters draw people in, and add continuity. (Even in a reboot.) If you're really trying to grab the attention of former fans who haven't paid any attention to GI Joe in decades you've got have recognizable charters.

In the recent Star Trek actors with appearance similar to the original cast were chosen. Uniforms were updated, but recognizable. This is obviously harder to do with GI Joe, but it bugs me that they made no effort at all.

Would it have killed Sommers to have chosen and actor old enough to rent a car and had blond hair to play Duke? Did they have to change Stalker's name to Ripcord, and couldn't they show him just once in promo posters wearing BDU's and a beret?