Where are the Joes?
So, have you seen the trailers for G.I. Joe : The Rise of Cobra? You may have and just did not notice. How could something as iconic as G.I. Joe be completely unnoticed in a trailer you say? Well that is easy, just remove all the character. From what has been shown leading up to the August 7th release there is just very little to be excited about. From a seemingly non-existent plot to faceless characters, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra seems to be lacking it all.
When you first watch the trailer you want to see the characters you know and love like Lady Jaye, Roadblock, Duke, and Shipwreck. This is just 4 mostly random characters that are all easy to pick out of a crowd ( I say mostly random because Lady Jaye gets top billing for launching my sexual awakening with the following clip). I have watched all the trailers for the G.I. Joe movie and have not seen a single one of these characters. It must have taken some real effort to blur the Joes so badly.
I think much of this blurring of character is due to these ludicrous robot suits that the Joes in the film are donning for battle. These ridiculous suits get more explanation in the trailers than anything else, and this is due to the fact that G.I. Joes do not fucking use robot suits. Why can the characters not carry the story, as silly as that may sound?
Remember when you saw The Transformers trailer? While I have a world of problems with those movies, I was able to from the outset tell that I was looking at transformers. It is really not that difficult to have a rag-tag band of soldiers, each with specialties, running about doing actiony things. Instead it appears we will have bland action film twelve stamped with the G. I. Joe name.
P.S. Where the hell is Cobra Commander's mask?
P.P.S. At least they kept the Baroness the same. Black leather catsuits are always in style.
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James, I couldnt agree with you more. When I first saw the trailer, I thought I was watching Halo: The Movie, not the GI Joe trailer. Arent the GI Joes supposed to be the epitome of what a young boy should grow up to be? A fit, smart man who is proud of his country, honest and just! Not some half wit who is jumping around in some type of ridiculous armored suit.
Seriously, I know that the Joes had toys, but I have not seen a single hiss tank or gunship of any sort. Actually I do not think I have seen ANY of them firing a gun in the trailer.
It's even worse than that. The movie toys are made to look like updated versions of the classic figures. So, the movie figures will look like the characters we know, and not like they do in the actual movie. I'm not seeing the marketing strategy here. And why has Stalker been made the comic relief? Wasn't that Bazooka's job? I mean, even in the closing credits of the cartoon we see him trip over a tree branch and fire off a rocket. There is one saving grace, at least Roadblock isn't rhyming in the movie, and there's no Quick Kick. I hate Quick Kick!
Quick Kick was quite lame, but I would have been okay with the rhyming
it is just so silly. So many times it seems like these films based off of known properties go out of their way to toss out the source material.
Not to beat a dead horse, but I was mistaken. The two are Ripcord and Heavy Duty, not Stalker and Roadblock. Just go to show how non-recognizable they are. This movie should be scooped up and put ina ditty bag. An itty bitty ditty bag.
i love watching GI Joe, both the cartoon series and the movie. I am hoping that they would make a sequel. '
Yeah Paige. I was surprised, but the movie was actually fun and I think a sequel could be a blast.