G.I. Joe (2009) (lol) - Stephen Sommers (double lol)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 27 Mar 2008, 13:41

Promo shots of some ninja-looking guy called Snake Eyes.

I was a Transformers guy as a child. The only ever G.I. Joe action figure I had was given to me as gift.

Seriously, who expects this to be any good? Big 80's toy license + hack popcorn blockbuster director = Transformers Redux. Whatever, at least it gives Darth Maul some much needed film work.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 27 Mar 2008, 15:48

I never liked Transformers as a kid, and I quite liked GI Joe, although TBH I was more of a MASK fan, and superhero-nerd.
I did have a bunch of GI Joe toys and crap and all that... still in my attic.

Anyway, no idea what to expect from a live-action GI Joe movie.

I keep saying this with all these kinds of movies, but they should just make it completely CGI so you can stay much closer to the original characters (design-wise), and arent limited, budget-wise, with planes and choppers and all that other expensive crap you'd need for a movie like this.

If this was announced as a CGI movie I would actually be excited. Right now, I have more of a 'mehhhhhhhh.... we'll see.... no high hopes...' kinda attitude.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 27 Mar 2008, 23:17

I was a big "Action Force" fan (as it was known in the UK) when I was a wee nipper. My aunt used to work in a factory that produced the figures, so every week she'd pop over with a bag full of figures that hadn't been boxed or anything yet.

Used to love the cartoon films, but haven't revisited them like I have done Transformers The Movie though.

Snake Eyes was actually my fave character, IIRC his backstory was that he was disfigured in an explosion, hence the mask and the fact he never spoke. Those pictures look pretty much spot on as to how he looked, but no, i'm not expecting this film to be any good.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Mar 2008, 01:02

GI Joe is the American name for Action Man right? I too had an Action Man. Although He-Man was my real hero as a kid.

As to the film it looks uber shit and I seriously doubt it will be anything but uber shit.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 28 Mar 2008, 11:39

I sure I remember him being called GI Joe over here.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 Mar 2008, 16:07

Van Helsing

That should be enough to inspire fear in anyone who thinks the films gonna be good!

Still he did make Deep Rising, his best film by a lightyear, still a brilliant monster movie. But that was before he became the king of poor CGI blockbusters, and ideas.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 28 Mar 2008, 16:46

grim_tales wrote:I sure I remember him being called GI Joe over here.

That's because the entire GI Joe thing in america is ludicrously complicated, with various different ranges of toys. The film Sommers is making is based on the range of small figures that were a lot like the original Star Wars figures, and they were originally released in the U.K under the name of Action Force.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 Mar 2008, 17:01

Captain Action is the best ! Make a movie featuring him ! you bought him then could change him into Batman,Superman,Spiderman etc. way cool !

Godzooki · Post by **Godzooki** » 07 Apr 2008, 19:48

Korean Superstar Lee Byun-Hun makes his hollywood debut in this!

http://www.hancinema.net/news.php

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 11 Apr 2008, 10:32

I saw the old GI Joe film the other week and it was a bit confusing cause it didn't make any allowances for those who wern't familiar with the show. Wasn't very good either.

I did have on tape one episode (under the Action Force banner) called Sink The Montana, which was very well written. Interestingly the episode stops part way through for toy adverts for the series, which I understand is how Gi Joe and Transformers were broadcast in America

Like Brad, I prefer the He-Man and She-Ra shows to the Hasbro stuff - its more fun and genuinly funny. The movie Secret Of The Sword was just episodes of the She-ra series stitched together and shoved out onto the cinemas, but the later Dolph Lundgren film is a lot better than its reputation suggests, and probably the only decent film Cannon ever churned out

Transformers first season was weak tea and I don't think it got into a good stride until the excellent film and the following Season 3.

Personally my fave 80's show was...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRx01Q45 ... re=related

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 11 Apr 2008, 11:06

Ivan Drago wrote:the later Dolph Lundgren film is a lot better than its reputation suggests, and probably the only decent film Cannon ever churned out

What the hell was you smoking when you made that post? Cannon "churned" out cheesy 80's classics like Missing in Action, The Delta Force, American Ninja, and let's not forget they also made 52 Pick Up and Runaway Train.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 11 Apr 2008, 12:31

You know I never really liked those Chuck Norris movies. I did like Lifeforce though

Maybe im just crazy!

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 11 Apr 2008, 15:55

Shingster wrote:Runaway Train.

:hello1: Bloody wonderful film, as is Lifeforce (for different reasons

). HD for them both I hope!

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 11 Apr 2008, 16:04

The current DVD of Lifeforce looks pretty weak.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Apr 2008, 16:04

Cobra, Stallone.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 11 Apr 2008, 16:16

I'd forgotten Runaway Train was Cannon! They used to distribute some Hong Kong films in the 70s, prior to being taken over by Golan and Globus

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 11 Apr 2008, 16:45

Cyborg haha

classic.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 11 Apr 2008, 21:29

Bloodsport, Avenging Force....

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 11 Apr 2008, 22:48

Bloodsport was awesome. Very entertaining, cool soundtrack. Kickboxer was even better.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Apr 2008, 23:33

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, an underrated classic imo.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 12 Apr 2008, 12:36

Bloodsport was good fun! All together now...KUMITE! KUMITE!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 May 2009, 04:26

Trailer

* HD 480P (46.2Mb)
* HD 720P (106Mb)
* HD 1080P (177Mb)

Wow, that looks better than I thought it'd be. I wouldn't be surprised if it's better than Transformers 2.