G.I. Joe : The Rise of Cobra Spoilers/News/Discussion

[Shan Bruce Lee]

I really hope this movie ends up surprising a lot of people.

I'm pretty sure it's gonna be like the Transformers movies where the critics slam it but humans love it.

[the fifth man]

I'm pretty sure it's gonna be like the Transformers movies where the critics slam it but humans love it.

I love how you worded that.

[GuHNDoi]

I'm pretty sure it's gonna be like the Transformers movies where the critics slam it but humans love it.

I can see that happening, all those of us who grew up watching the 'toons and owned the action figures will enjoy it, to a certain extent. Critics will run this down to the ground! They expect to much from every film ever produced!

I, will take it for what it is, a popcorn action flick, nothing more, no-one, the fans, the producers and the actors, expects films like this to win an Oscar..........or ten!

[the fifth man]

I can see that happening, all those of us who grew up watching the 'toons and owned the action figures will enjoy it, to a certain extent. Critics will run this down to the ground! They expect to much from every film ever produced!

I, will take it for what it is, a popcorn action flick, nothing more, no-one, the fans, the producers and the actors, expects films like this to win an Oscar..........or ten!

Exactly! You just have to enjoy these types of films for what they are - an action-packed escape for 2 hours.

[Shan Bruce Lee]

I can see that happening, all those of us who grew up watching the 'toons and owned the action figures will enjoy it, to a certain extent. Critics will run this down to the ground! They expect to much from every film ever produced!

I, will take it for what it is, a popcorn action flick, nothing more, no-one, the fans, the producers and the actors, expects films like this to win an Oscar..........or ten!

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure that if movies like GI Joe and Transformers tried to take themselves too seriously it would just be silly.

[GuHNDoi]

I was surfing the net trying to find pics of the Cobra Commander.

This is what I found!

Spoiler:

[Artha O'neill]

The final toy designs have been leaked, so, enjoy:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/07/09...s-on-mtv-news/

[the fifth man]

I was surfing the net trying to find pics of the Cobra Commander.

This is what I found!

Spoiler:

I don't really like that all that much.

[Artha O'neill]

I don't really like that all that much.

Yeah, it would seem that they didn't put too much thought on how he's supposed to look.

New topic:

Paramount Pictures has released nine new images from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Spoiler:

and the rest:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe5.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe6.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe6.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe7.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe8.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe9.jpg

[the fifth man]

Yeah, it would seem that they didn't put too much thought on how he's supposed to look.

New topic:

Paramount Pictures has released nine new images from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Spoiler:

and the rest:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe5.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe6.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe6.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe7.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe8.jpg
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../12/gijoe9.jpg

That really bums me out too. I was so looking forward to him.

BTW, thanks for posting the pics.

[Madwelshboy]

New "GI Joe" Clip

This is an extended version of the last clip, featuring Channing Tatum and Marlon Wayans being annoying even from under their accelerator suits.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...s/news/?a=8676

[Madwelshboy]

G.I. Joe 2 Planned

UK, July 22, 2009 - Despite some ugly pre-release rumours (that appear to be unfounded), it seems that the team behind the forthcoming G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra have enough confidence in the project to already begin talking about a sequel.

Speaking at a press conference in Australia (and reported by CineFools), the director and cast were asked if they were locked in for a sequel. Director Stephen Sommers responded "Yes they are!", with the whole cast apparently nodding their heads, and then the director shouted "next summer!". We assume this means they would begin filming next summer if the first G.I. Joe is a success.

No more details are reported, but it seems the team are in good spirits ahead of the movie's release next month.

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/100/1006111p1.html

[the fifth man]

I don't think they should get so ahead of themselves with this. Wait and see how this one does.

[Madwelshboy]

Who wanted to star in G.I. Joe, who didn't and why

Channing Tatum and Marlon Wayans had very, very different responses when asked to be in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Wayans jumped at the opportunity, but Tatum wasn't quite so sure.

In the end, both Tatum and Wayans signed on for the movie, an action-adventure film set in the near future and, of course, based on Hasbro's iconic G.I. Joe toy line, animated television show and comic-book series. An origin film, the movie finds Duke (Tatum) and Ripcord (Wayans) joining the elite G.I. Joe military team—Gen. Hawk (Dennis Quaid), Scarlett (Rachel Nichols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park), etc.—as they take on the Cobra villains, who include Ana/the Baroness (Sienna Miller), Storm Shadow (Byung Hun Lee) and James McCullen (Christopher Eccleston).

continues:
http://scifiwire.com/2009/08/who-wan...star-in-gi.php

[SBN]

How Bad Is It? Paramount Won't Show Critics 'G.I. Joe'

LOS ANGELES — It's the biggest movie of the summer that practically no one has seen.

"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" opens Friday, but Paramount Pictures isn't screening the blockbuster for critics beforehand. Only a select few writers from blogs and movie Web sites have seen it for review – such as Harry Knowles, the self-professed "Head Geek" from Ain't It Cool News – and their opinions have been mostly positive.

Instead, the studio says it's intentionally aiming the movie at the heartland, at cities and audiences outside the entertainment vortexes of New York and Los Angeles. Paramount held a screening Friday for 1,000 military service members and their families at Andrews Air Force Base; it's also focusing marketing efforts in places like Kansas City, Charlotte, N.C., and Columbus, Ohio.

While appealing to a sense of patriotism nationwide, the plan also is inspired by the disparity that existed between the critical trashing "Transformers: Rise of the Fallen" received and the massive crowds it drew at the box office.......

Long before anyone saw the completed product, though, "G.I. Joe" drew mixed buzz at best for its trailer, which premiered during the Super Bowl. Now it's the final action picture of the summer – and it has a lot in common with the highest-grossing film so far this year, the "Transformers" sequel. Both are effects-laden spectacles based on Hasbro toys and both are Paramount releases from producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

"Transformers" has gone on to gross more than $388 million in the United States alone since its opening six weeks ago, despite receiving just 20 percent positive reviews on the Web site Rotten Tomatoes, a critical aggregator. The withholding of "G.I. Joe" from mainstream critics suggests that the studios believe they can succeed at the box office without them.

It's a tactic normally reserved for horror movies or other genre pictures with built-in fans who don't necessarily care about reviews – ones based on video games, for example – not summer blockbusters. Still, "G.I. Joe" has been tracking well because it represents the last big bang of the season, said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.

"They don't need (to screen) it and there's no upside to negative reviews. The film is going to open well no matter what," Dergarabedian said. "They're being very strategic in who they show the movie to. If they can win over their core audience from these reviews, that's good for the movie."

Devin Faraci from the film Web site CHUD.com is one of the few writers who have seen it for review purposes, and not just for junket interviews. He's among the critics who've contributed to the movie's 88-percent positive rating as tabulated by Rotten Tomatoes, saying: "If I was 10 years old, `G.I. Joe' would be one of the best movies I had ever seen."

Faraci said he was in Toronto recently when he received a phone call at 8:30 a.m. Los Angeles time, asking if he could come to the Paramount lot that day for a "G.I. Joe" screening. He flew back, got off the plane and headed right over.

"It's silly. It's a film that plays on its own terms," he said. "I don't think reviews will kill it but I think it'll get a more positive response than they expect. It's a big, silly, pulpy, cartoony action film and it makes no apologies for being that way."

So another vapid Hollywood movie. Anyone want to take bets it makes millions the first few days while the critics slam it as drivel?