I haven't been around the site much in the last year or so. I've been too busy with family, work, school, etc. to get my Joes out much, but I've been following the news and rumors about the upcoming movie for the past few months. I haven't had time to read all the forums and get a fan concensus at this point, but I'm really curious to see what all the fans are thinking at this point.

I read the rumors last week that the director got sacked, and Parmount brought in a new guy to try and save the movie during editing. From what I've seen the movie looks to be heavy with gimmicky special effects, without much in the way of coherent plot lines. The director and producer seems to have made little effort to educate themselves regarding the GI Joe mythos, and fans' tastes.

With the exception of Snake Eyes, Baroness, and Storm Shadow the the characters I've seen in both posters and previews are completely unrecognizable. The costumes look cartoonisly absurd, and don't get me started on the stupidity of accelerator suits.

There doesn't appear to be much in the way of character develpoment, but its tough to get a handle of that from a trailer. Still, many of the casting and character choices seem odd.

All the rumors I've read, and film I've seen lead me to believe that this movie will flop badly, and disappoint fans completely. Considering what a great job Michael Bay did with Transformers, its even more painful to see our beloved Joes treated in such a shabby fashion. This movie really has the potential to poison the franchise.

Have any of you seen any early showings? Does anybody have any news that I haven't heard? What's the general concensus of the fans right now?