GI Joe: The Movie!!!!
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DiBonaventura was also a producer on Transformers.
http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=62
the skinny:
This guy doesn't understand the whole "Cobra" thing and has decided to keep it out of the movie. Instead he has hired some writers to craft a new evil terrorist who goes by the name of........."COOL DUDE"
I think when kids were growing up in the 80s you were either a GI Joe kid or a Transformers kid well all I have to say is guess what GI Joe kids... ITS YOUR TURN.
DiBonaventura was also a producer on Transformers.
http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=62
the skinny:
This guy doesn't understand the whole "Cobra" thing and has decided to keep it out of the movie. Instead he has hired some writers to craft a new evil terrorist who goes by the name of........."COOL DUDE"
I think when kids were growing up in the 80s you were either a GI Joe kid or a Transformers kid well all I have to say is guess what GI Joe kids... ITS YOUR TURN.
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I need to make an image of my childhood getting fucked in the ass with a cactus. I mean my god... no Cobra? Why the fuck is this guy even attempting it then? If this is at all true, then I can guarantee you I won't be at a theater for this movie.
It is sad to see what we have grown to love and still love get mutilated by writters and individuals that pretty much have no clue about reproducing our favorite all time 80's shows.
CoOOool Dudeee, coOOOol dudddeee,..... CoOOool Dudeee, coOOOol dudddeee... naw it's not the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMe508TTaiw
lazy lazy lazy BOLLOCKS. There's a whole universe of potential ideas out there, we don't have to accept this shit ... whether it's done crap or well, it's still a fucking re-bore of stuff that should be done and dusted already. Nooooooo i say, rage rage against the dying of the light
god hates the 80's
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I propose that people are no longer allowed to complain about any unreleased movie that they know they plan on going to see anyway ... except then the Transformers thread would have consisted of maybe one post other than my own and this thread would have never been started in the first place
Transformers isn't missing anything. Autobots still fight the Decepticons here on Earth over power. Humans get involved, etc etc. People are mainly bitching because of the designs.
If GIJoe is denied Cobra... well, that just wouldn't be GIJoe. Anytime they didn't fight some form of Cobra, their show was generally unsuccessful.
Although, it is just a script. Hell, you should watch An Evening with Kevin Smith and see what he said about the Superman script.
I wouldn't worry until filming begins.
I wouldn't worry until filming begins.
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probably worth not worrying when the film comes out either, to be entirely honest
jessemoody ... or why do people care more about their childhood memories getting ruined, than the fact that the lazy-arsed movie industry insists on raking this shit up to make yet another cheap half-baked action film that pleases NO-ONE, just cos it's easier than thinking up new ideas to make something fresh and meaty and that captures the imagination of young and older audiences alike?
lazy lazy lazy BOLLOCKS. There's a whole universe of potential ideas out there, we don't have to accept this shit ... whether it's done crap or well, it's still a fucking re-bore of stuff that should be done and dusted already. Nooooooo i say, rage rage against the dying of the light
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honestly, I hear this a lot. That hollywood can't come up with ideas. I think a more accurate description is they are too afraid to try something new. They have found that taking an old property that is known and has any following at all will atleast help generate a buzz...
But another thing is, people WANT to see a GI Joe movie AND a Transformers movie. They want to see a realistic interpretation of what impowered their childhood imaginations.
The thing filmmakers should be asking themselves is DO THEY "GET IT"? If they don't get it, they should FIGURE IT OUT. If they are using a name to reel in an audience they should atleast learn what it is this audience loves about it and then DELIVER. They should consider it their mission to make a happy customer.
The thing filmmakers should be asking themselves is DO THEY "GET IT"? If they don't get it, they should FIGURE IT OUT. If they are using a name to reel in an audience they should atleast learn what it is this audience loves about it and then DELIVER. They should consider it their mission to make a happy customer.
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your problem there is that there simply aren't enough transformers or GI Joe (Action Force over here) fans to even get close to making their money back, if that's their sole audience. So they have to change stuff to appeal to as wide an audience as possible.
at least, that's the idea. Being hollywood, they can't get that right either, since in general they're a bit shit at filmmaking. Sure, they'll sell loads of plastic crap in Happy Meals and (sometimes) shift enough tickets to make a drip of profit ... but they'll keep churning the shit over and over and over until everyone knows precisely who will be first against the wall when the revolution comes.
unless, of course, they've also managed to protect themselves from the slavering mob by successfully turning their brains to mush. Then they can simply wave a brightly coloured glove puppet to distract them, and escape on the nearest yacht
You have to find a careful balance.
-Getting rid of COBRA, is not making GI Joe a more appealing story.
-Giving Optimus Prime flames is NOT making Transformers a more appealing story. Nor will it increase the numbers.
etc.
By default, seeing you're from the UK I would imagine you dont give a rats ass about GI Joe. What about Action Man? Just curious.
But i'm 30. So no, i don't give a shit.
Of course it has to appeal to a larger audience... but what i'm getting at is you can appeal to a larger audience and still remain true to the source material.
You have to find a careful balance.
-Getting rid of COBRA, is not making GI Joe a more appealing story.
-Giving Optimus Prime flames is NOT making Transformers a more appealing story. Nor will it increase the numbers.
etc.
By default, seeing you're from the UK I would imagine you dont give a rats ass about GI Joe. What about Action Man? Just curious.
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See, Cobra is a huge part of GIJoe, flames on Prime is not.
They're not on the same level. 'No Cobra' could really mess up the story, while flames won't make the story any better or worse.
Flames are aesthetics, and could arguably be compared to an actor's wardrobe. Optimus Prime is still in the movie, he's just wearing something different. The draw is Optimus Prime, not the flames.
You dress actors up in movies to appeal to the audience and reflect society around them and make them 'characters'.