No Dialtone at all...

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Me too!

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I could go on and on about what’s wrong with the movie but if you like to read I recommend the book.

The biggest disappointment for me was they missed the whole point of the Mobile Infantry: mech armor. With the armor each trooper had the strength and firepower to take on a modern tank battalion. They carried nukes and were dropped from orbit. (Inspiration for TARGATs maybe?) Starship Troopers came out in 1959, I could be wrong but it might be the origin of mechs that have become the staple of anime/manga, yet Hollywood just ignored them. Instead we get helmets falling down over the actors eyes and over-sized assault rifles.

Don’t get me started about the bugs knocking ships out of orbit by defecating on them. Ok, I’m going on and on...

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lol... no one ever listens to me when I say this is what happened. I still enjoyed Starship Troopers.

I know I'll love "Rise of Cobra", its just a matter of wether its a GI Joe movie or a Rainbow Six movie with GI Joe names.

Much as I expected, it appears to have very little in common with the GI Joe I know. Looks more like a sci fi movie than anything to do with the military. Typical Hollywood cr@p that I will definitely not waste ninety minutes watching.

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In terms of Starship Troopers, it's just a movie based on it. Or adapted from it, it's not supposed to be a straight translation. And the mech armor thing was too costly to produce (as were the concept of drop-pods). How do I know this? Cuz I have the MAKING OF STARSHIP TROOPERS book still!


As for GI Joe.

What if I told you that there were rumors and speculation flying over the netwaves that Hasbro wanted to 'up' GI Joe so the posse would be wearing 'powered suits'. What if I told you THOSE stories were happening a YEAR before anyone had heard of Sigma6?

Then BAM, Sigma6 shows up with these funky suits and well...

Sigma6 ran it's course but it would appear Hasbro STILL wants to do the powersuit thing. I'm not defending them, I'm just saying, Hasbro has a thing with powersuits. Just as they have a thing with ninja.

Are the power suits really that bad an idea?
I mean its been done, but it has a very G.I.Joe feel to it if you ask me. Though it sounds more like something Dr. Mindbender would make then G.I.Joe would utilize.

My main concern over this movie is that they are turning several characters into one, just to get the most out of the movie (or it seems that way thus far).
Hawk/Flint (mainly for looks, but we'll see how that turns out).
Breaker/Mainframe (hacker? c'mon this is mainframe)
Heavy Duty (which should be Roadblock - but if he surfs and plays in a bad then this is Rock & Roll, I wouldn't be surprised if this happened).
There is also the rumor that Cobra Commander/Rex will be "The Doctor", so I'm guessing they are combining Cobra Commander and Dr. Mindbender into one Character as well.

If we see Scarlett lugging around with Spears we know she is a Lady Jaye combo as well (again I wouldn't be to surprised if it happens).

But even with all of this going on, I'm still hopeful for the movie, as long as it gets the same "feel" as the old comics/cartoons.
I am expecting it to be very campy and over the top - but then again G.I.Joe always has been campy and over the top.

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I just answered this on one of my pictures, but I guess it could explain things from my view here as well:

Well you don't go to a jackie chan movie for the great acting and drama
And you don't watch a porn movie for the thrilling plot


I'll take it for what it is, and what its meant to be: popcorn entertainment. It will always have nay sayers and yay sayers, all depending on how they view the franchise. It could never live up to please all of the fans, and with a movie like this of course it will be hyped and have a lot of hopes put on it to "re-live" peoples childhood.
It's just a movie after all, how can you cram 10-15 years of childhood memories into a 2 hours flick? It's impossible, so some people are bound to be disappointed and hate it.

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My feeling on the movie stays the same... "Global Intregated Joint Operations Entity" - Rainbow, I mean come on, thats exactly what it is. They were even based out of Brussels. I think the director read the Rainbow Six book and wanted to base GI Joe off of it. If you ask me, its what GI Joe should have been to begin with, a global unit where they don't have to worry about "borders" and governments of other countries... ie NATO or UN with a SOCOM feel.

The movie is supposed to be a james bond type flick with gadgets and gizmos with action like in the matrix. The power suits I can take or leave, as long as they show the Joes atleast one battle without them, I'll be fine. The US is already working on "powersuits" so its not at all far-fetched.

I think as far as Cobra Commander, they need to give him a slightly better background than "used car salesman" I however, don't think he should be a doctor, or atleast not Minderbender.

Actually because of fans reaction to that they changed it back to All American hero.
Snake Eyes is no longer french either. And they are based in the Pit as you can see from the trailer. (I don't believe that's located in Brussels either)

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The story is set at Brussels-based GIJOE, an acronym for the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, and revolves around an international co-ed force of operatives who use high-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil org headed by a Scottish arms dealer. --Real Movie News 11/20/07

This has since changed due to overwhelimg negative response from fans and even servicemen.

GiJoe is once again "A real american hero", not an international UN type organization according to Hasbro-

http://www.hasbro.com/gijoe/default...6FAEBF95750D7E9

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