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Wizard magazine # 214 will make you vomit
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07-05-2009, 10:59 AM
Jmacq1
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dmizrok
As for all the changes...This movie got made because fans of GIJOE kept it popular for years;why change it all around and make it look different?
This is not necessarily true. G.I. Joe hasn't been that popular "for years." It's been a B-List toy brand at best, with little to no media tie-in and little attention from the all-important kid market. It's notable for persevering on toy shelves without that, but the real reason this movie got made is because
Transformers
made craploads of cash, so Hasbro and Paramount figured they'd try to do the same thing again with another "80's nostalgia" brand.
G.I. Joe hasn't even been a blip on most (non toy collecting) peoples' radars for going on 15 years. I guaran-freaking-tee that if
Transformers
had bombed in 2007, the Joe movie would still very much be in "development hell."
This movie isn't about the current popularity of the Joe brand, and only in the flimsiest sense about its' past popularity. It's about trying to make it more popular going forward.
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