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Realistic or Over the Top?
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07-02-2008, 09:07 PM
prowl
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Well, I always considered G.I.Joe to be a sort of comic-book themed team. Y'know, like the X-men or Avengers, but people who have no special powers; rather, their abilities are their own, and come from extensive training and education. Given that, I accept characters like the stereotypically Native American Spirit, sailors with pet parrots like Shipwreak, and elite soldiers who actually WANT to be called things like "Snow-Job," "Crank-Case," "Quick-Kick," or "Crazylegs" to their faces and in public.
On the other hand, I think that when everything above is handled in a realistic manner (or as realistic as possible), it actually makes the weaker material seem beleivable; a perfect balance.
If they ran around firing lasers and beating up ghosts and monsters and junk, there wouldn't be anything left to counter what is already accepted as rediculous. I could stomach a G.I.Joe sequel featuring Serpentor, so long as it's handled as serious as it can be. Otherwise, it's just another kids movie (with killer ninjas).
What it comes down to, is I don't want to be embarassed to say I'm a G.I.Joe fan. I want a movie to make non-Joe fans understand what is so cool about the entire Joe mythos.
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