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Why will ROC Suck?
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05-06-2009, 01:53 PM
butter_the_pure
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I don't know it will suck but it seems to be they changed too much for it to truly feel like a G.I. Joe movie.
1. Black Ripcord.
5. Cobra Commander could be "Skeletor" or "Mum-Ra" or "Shredder" and it would of been just as accurate. That is to say it looks nothing like him. (You get to see at least half his face the entire film!)
I Totally agree with you Pit Viper. The characters are too far removed from their original sources.
By doing so, they only alienate the fans by trying to pull in a larger audience. Why would these unnecessary changes bring in a larger audience?
Why would retelling the story in this way bring in more money for them? I can't imagine that it will.
my main gripe with the film is the design. It's horrible. Everything has a "fresh new look" to it and it's divorcing the characters from their original source. -Has mankind really learned nothing? When the Lone Ranger dresses like Zorro and has Johnny Depp as his sidekick, -It is no longer the Lone Ranger. -It's Zorro and Johny Depp.
When Cobra Commander no longer looks like the icon of Cobra Commander, he is no longer that character. The greatest versions of Cobra Commander all look like the original source. It's familiar. It is an icon.
Argue all you want but take a look at these blokes.
Batman
Spider-man
Superman
Ironman
all have changed outfits. Only to run back into the closet.
Sure that Transformers movie did alright, but I can't stand the look of some of these revisions of the characters. Some of them are just too far removed. It breaks my heart that we couldn't see these iconic characters on the screen. Instead, we were watching a monster-robot flick where characters were named after Transformers.
They validate themselves by talking about "re-imagining" or "revamping" but it's all bologna to me. To me, it comes across as uninformed and uneducated on the subject.
Now, we get a goofy looking Cobra Commander.
and if we had to take an In Living Color brother, why did he have to portray an already established ethnic character. It's like having him play Spirit as far as I am concerned.
That's why ROC will suck for me.
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