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For the people who hated the new G.I. Joe: RoC movie sign here!
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08-11-2009, 12:28 PM
minstrelboy
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Why were there so many nameless, faceless Joes? With so many characters to choose from, they just basically used extras to fill the ranks of the GI Joe team? Where was Shipwreck? They went to the arctic, so where was Snow Job? Iceberg? Frostbite? They went underwater, so where was Torpedo? Deep Six? Wet Suit?
this was one of the greatest injustices, i felt, and also my girlfriend's largest complaint (her holding a passing interest in g.i. joe only because i have such a vested interest in it). there are soooo many great, good and terrible characters to choose from, and we got a total of what? something like 20, and those were barely representative of the characters they were named after. you could have literally plastered the background with other characters and a lot of us would have been far happier - they wouldn't have even needed any lines. i went to see g.i. joe, and there was very little that could be recognized as g.i. joe.
and that's why this movie failed, in my opinion. no matter how rewritten or revamped a pre-existant book, video game, or toy line might be, there is typically a large amount of the original inspiration left to build the story and the characters on top of. this went in and started from scratch. and what's the point? this was g.i. joe in name only. sure, snake eyes and storm shadows were still badass ninjas with a connected past, and sure, zartan was still a master of disguise and destro was still an arms dealer. but everything else was so maligned that had they could have (and probably should have) been better off launching an entirely new brand. not that it would have made the movie any better.
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