What do you people really want?

[Master Henton]

Seriously, lets pretend there was never a Joe Live Action Movie. We all want one severely....tell me what you want!

And .........GO!!

[Clobbertron]

You people?

[luigi]

good actors and actresses playing the parts accurately to ARAH standards

[Derek]

Alpine, Footloose, and Bazooka. With some Leatherneck thrown in.

[Griff]

You people?

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfDQ6DZiX1lygO6DtCb77hJaAUSROxP 9qa3ofrBR0m6EZQeBOo

[redx24]

live action erion of the 80's movie reshot frame for frame with only hollywoods a-list

[shishi]

a fun action film in the vain of the a-team film. fight scenes like the bourne identity. some ninja action. a joe team doing jobs like the start of mission impossible 1. perhaps a james bond style in terms of scale of bad guy and global locations.

[turner]

good actors and actresses playing the parts accurately to ARAH standards

This. I actually tried to watch rise of cobra again last night (I've seen it twice I think). I just couldn't do it. Snake Eyes and Scarlett HAVE to be an item, the Wayans guy is an insult to the whole mythos (he could have played cool breeze maybe), and it was doubly insulting to have snake eyes' girl like cool breeze. And the baroness liking duke and cobra commander being duke's friend and some scientist type. And on top of all those unneccessary changes, the acting and such wasn't good. And storm shadow is a good guy, never actually really wanting to kill snake eyes. Give me a break. Even as a stand alone action movie, not good.

[CrimsonGuard101]

A GI JOE Tranformers meld/crossover....its bound to happen soon...sooner the better...then the 2 brands can explode onto the toy shelves unlike before...Joe cant stand on its own anymore...Retaliation's delay speaks volumes to thier mistrust in the brand...

[mister-x]

.....a girl with a short skirt, and a looooooooooooog jacket.

[Joseph Arashikage]

I really, really, really want to zig-a-zig ah.

[USAgent]

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab340/Hordak/destro.jpg

[Zarana]

Nudity, maybe some tasteful penetration.

[drunknmunky]

I really, really, really want to zig-a-zig ah.

+1 for the Spice Girls reference.
-1 for me for getting the reference.

[drunknmunky]

Nudity, maybe some tasteful penetration.

Lucky for you Magic Mike opens on June 29th.

[Steelgrave]

Rachel Nichols nekkid!

[minstrelboy]

NOT another reboot. It seems like GI Joe has been retooled entirely too many times. I'd like to see something similar to the GI Joe ARAH Marvel #1 with some of the later Hama back stories augmenting it. It's a very engaging story that should hold the interest of the most pedestrian audience, especially if it were set in the early '80's. That's what I'd like to see. In fact, someone here on the 'Tank had started a screenplay very close to the Marvel #1 story.

[eddy-arashikage]

all the female cast wearing aeroplane skirts

[CobraSnakeEyes]

good actors and actresses playing the parts accurately to ARAH standards

This^^

[Master Henton]

Story wise, what would you want?

Rachel Nichols Naked........have you seen Connan?

I've never read any of the orignial comics. I've really only watched the cartoons.

[Kaedryl]

I want a live action Mass Device. Clean the writing up a little, get decent actors - they don't need to be A-List, but at least get the characterizations close. Get a director that's familiar with the source material and doesn't feel the need to add his viewpoint. DON'T try to be clever and play with established rolls and relationships. Don't kill off main characters and then have to resort to some crap reason to bring them back in a sequel. Don't add "comic relief." Get the costumes right - they don't need to be over the top, but what the hell were they thinking with CC mask. Don't add a "cool CGI scene" just because you can. Story carries a movie, not crappy action scenes.

[thecrimsonpool]

well in terms of cast....

Flagg- Stephen Lang
Hawk- Kiefer Sutherland
Duke- Matthew Fox
Scarlett- Jessica Biel
Snake Eyes- Scott Adkins
Roadblock- Micheal J. White
Stalker- Idris Elba
Flint- Tom Jane
Lady Jaye- Adrianne Palicki
Wild Bill- Neal McDonough
Shipwreck- Hugh Jackman
Gung Ho- Steve Austin
Dusty- Bradley Cooper
Tunnel Rat- Sung Kang
Doc- Danny Glover
Joe Colton- Chuck Norris
Sgt. Slaughter- Sgt. Slaughter
Beachhead- Gary Daniels

[thecrimsonpool]

cast continued....

Cobra Commander- Guy Pearce
Destro- Clancy Brown
Baroness- Olivia Wilde
Tomax & Xamot- Robert Carlyle
Strom Shadow- Lee Byung Hun
Major Bludd- Tim Roth
Dr. Mindbender- Karel Roden
Zartan- Arnold Vosloo
Firefly- Ray Stevenson
Scrap Iron- Vinnie Jones
Zarana- Katee Sackhoff
Zandar- Luke Goss
Buzzer- Danny Trejo
Ripper- Matt Schulze
Torch- Kevin Durand

[Cksport]

A 2 hour live action of A Real American Hero, more specifically the 2 minute opening to the GI Joe Animated Movie where Cobra tries to blow up the Statue of Liberty.

[Headman]

I want the comic book Joe fans to convert to cartoon Joe fans.

[CobraSnakeEyes]

Just give me ARAH is that so hard? Talking to you Stephen Sommers!

[Headman]

Just give me ARAH is that so hard? Talking to you Stephen Sommers!

What can Sommers do? He was fired over a year ago.

[CobraSnakeEyes]

What can Sommers do? He was fired over a year ago.

Just reminding him of his FAILURE!

[ThreeHGame]

Honestly, an R rated movie that shows the characters as real people fighting a global terrorist threat. No bull-shit, no ninjas and no hollow heroes that are meant to make a serious topic light-hearted.

What I expect in any Joe movie however will be a movie in which a shadowy organization attacks some landmarks and is repulsed by a multinational force of stereotypical soldiers and a few ninjas.I expect Cobra to attack back and eventually the magical heroics of the main hero (usually Duke) will win the day for the good guys while the bad guys slink away and some news cast ending about how few died and the world is lucky someone stood up to Cobra to keep the body count low. This movie would contain pointless explosions, little blood and few bodies. It would also contain many pointless jokes, odd moments of brotherhood and accelerator suits.

[CobraSnakeEyes]

Worse movie ever!!! ^^^

[Master Henton]

I guess for Joe to make Mega-millions I'd have to cast it like this:

Duke - Robert Pattenson
Flint - Taylor Lautner
Lady Jaye - Kristen Stuart

Cobra Commander - Daniel Radcliffe
The Barroness - Emma Watson
Destro - Vin Diesel

Sorry......I was just being a Dick......with the exception of Vin....he'd make a good Destro.

[Bushmaster72]

A gritty movie in a Blackhawk Down style. An origin story where G.I. Joe is created to counter a new terrorist organization that seems to be gaining a foothold in other parts of the world only to find that it began here in the US. There could be a montage where Joes are recruited from the best of the best. The Joe's would have to go covert to take this organization down since the head is on American soil and the Posse Comitatus Act* is in full effect.

Throughout the movie they discover how powerful and entrenched this terrorist group really is. They find dummy corporations as well as legitimate corporations backing them.


Ninja's are fine as long as it is only Storm Shadow, Jinx and Snake-Eyes. I think Hama's idea of Storm Shadow and Snake-Eyes being vets should be in it as well. Some unnamed conflict so it can remain timeless.

I would recast with the exception of of the Rock and Ray Park. On ther other Joe site I called for the Rock as Roadblock prior to ROC. Lucky guess.

* Just discovered only the Army and Air Force are under this law. The Navy and Marine Corps just have a directive and are not subject to this law. Guess that is why we got away with the various Task Forces doing drug interdiction....hmmmm.

[CobraSnakeEyes]

Guess ill go spend $15 on Cowgirls N Angels which is also in 3D heres the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMBe92JPCqo

[Outback 2094]

I would just like a GI Joe movie where stuff blows up and the good guys win.

[CVdelgado]

A gritty movie in a Blackhawk Down style. An origin story where G.I. Joe is created to counter a new terrorist organization that seems to be gaining a foothold in other parts of the world only to find that it began here in the US. There could be a montage where Joes are recruited from the best of the best. The Joe's would have to go covert to take this organization down since the head is on American soil and the Posse Comitatus Act* is in full effect.

Throughout the movie they discover how powerful and entrenched this terrorist group really is. They find dummy corporations as well as legitimate corporations backing them.


Ninja's are fine as long as it is only Storm Shadow, Jinx and Snake-Eyes. I think Hama's idea of Storm Shadow and Snake-Eyes being vets should be in it as well. Some unnamed conflict so it can remain timeless.

i like this.

[Crimson Rage]

Something which doesn't split Joe fans, but that's impossible. Something which, regardless of whether you like it or NOT, you're happy it exists because other people embrace it...

...but that's even more impossible.

As we're all such a whiny bunch with such 'lofty' standards, maybe we don't deserve a movie.

[shishi]

Something which doesn't split Joe fans, but that's impossible. Something which, regardless of whether you like it or NOT, you're happy it exists because other people embrace it...

...but that's even more impossible.

As we're all such a whiny bunch with such 'lofty' standards, maybe we don't deserve a movie.

true . reminds me of all the arguing on the old devils due forum about what was and wasn't canon. the fact is hasbro are looking for new fans and not just 30+ year old collevtors.

[DR.Sin]

I will be honest to myself. How about a movie like Expendables. If the Joe movie had violence like this who cares about the rest. I am not looking for a full on recreation of the cartoon I grew up with. I just want something that will grab my attention from a life of repayment and servitude.

It would be absolutely hilarious if there was a movie displaying ARAH to the fullest degree. I am pretty sure most of you would laugh at it too. It would be like watching 1960's Batman and comparing it to the current movies. You know with the Biff!, Bam!, Pow. Now the plot and bad guys are far more menacing. The guns missing everyone unless its a robot or has an escape hatch would just not equate as much.

I will never expect a movie to be as good as its past representation. Let it be a plot that has been done over and over only with a reinvision to match what ever time period the director wants it to be. I don't care that much unless I am directing the actual movie.

[minstrelboy]

As we're all such a whiny bunch with such 'lofty' standards, maybe we don't deserve a movie.

This is probably the most honest statement ever made on the 'Tank. I wish thrre'd never been a chance in hell that GI Joe would get a movie.

[CornDog_The_Ninja]

Story wise, what would you want?

Rachel Nichols Naked........have you seen Connan?

That was a body double in Conan.

[eddy-arashikage]

Something which doesn't split Joe fans, but that's impossible. Something which, regardless of whether you like it or NOT, you're happy it exists because other people embrace it...

...but that's even more impossible.

As we're all such a whiny bunch with such 'lofty' standards, maybe we don't deserve a movie.

^This^

[Headman]

Nudity.

[ndb]

A decent cartoon that wows people. (Avengers, Young Justice, Legend of Korra) I could care less about a movie. G.I.Joe just isn't a movie property.

[CG82]

I think Clint Eastwood for General Flagg and Mel Gibson wouldve made a good General Hawk .

[Lantern_Lad]

well in terms of cast....

Flagg- Stephen Lang
Hawk- Kiefer Sutherland
Duke- Matthew Fox
Scarlett- Jessica Biel
Snake Eyes- Scott Adkins
Roadblock- Micheal J. White
Stalker- Idris Elba
Flint- Tom Jane
Lady Jaye- Adrianne Palicki
Wild Bill- Neal McDonough
Shipwreck- Hugh Jackman
Gung Ho- Steve Austin
Dusty- Bradley Cooper
Tunnel Rat- Sung Kang
Doc- Danny Glover
Joe Colton- Chuck Norris
Sgt. Slaughter- Sgt. Slaughter
Beachhead- Gary Daniels

cast continued....

Cobra Commander- Guy Pearce
Destro- Clancy Brown
Baroness- Olivia Wilde
Tomax & Xamot- Robert Carlyle
Strom Shadow- Lee Byung Hun
Major Bludd- Tim Roth
Dr. Mindbender- Karel Roden
Zartan- Arnold Vosloo
Firefly- Ray Stevenson
Scrap Iron- Vinnie Jones
Zarana- Katee Sackhoff
Zandar- Luke Goss
Buzzer- Danny Trejo
Ripper- Matt Schulze
Torch- Kevin Durand

FUCK...

I'd watch the shit out of that. Nice casting call!

[Crimson Rage]

FUCK...

I'd watch the shit out of that. Nice casting call!

I can't watch anything with Vinnie Jones in...
And Jason Isaacs would be way better as Major Bludd.

[Bushmaster72]

I can't watch anything with Vinnie Jones in...
And Jason Isaacs would be way better as Major Bludd.

I could see Jason Isaacs as Zartan or maybe even better Tom Hiddleston
Hugh Jackman as Major Bludd
Tom Berenger as Hawk
Naomi Watts as Baroness
Gerard Butler as Destro

[crock master]

Just reminding him of his FAILURE!

im sure he doesnt care.it wasnt a failure to him. his main idea for the movie was the street chase in paris that he had written years before the even thought of a joe movie, and second he got paid more than anybody here on the tank makes in 3 years time.
yeah the movie sucked ,and yeah the toys sucked, but it generated enough to make a second sh*t movie.
but that reall doesnt matter to me anyways, because in my opinion all movies ultimatly end up sucking ass. especially sequels.

[thecrimsonpool]

And Jason Isaacs would be way better as Major Bludd.

actually i really like Jason Isaacs lol totally forgot about him

[Kaboomskie]

I want GIJoe to be as violent as Expendables

[GeneralEagle]

i want a joe movie that bulds off the key elements of ROC, i want it to feel real.

i want a film that pays omashe(sp?) to ARAH but doesn't try to be ARAH...(i.e. no ARAH costumes/uniforms, etc)
i want it to be modern and realistic.

i want a film that takes the time to build the characters and show them working as a team to defeat the threat.

i thought ROC was a decent start hopefully Retaliation will continue to improve said idea and continue it.

[Rasstis]

In modern cinama instant gratification is the name of the game. And this is a toy based movie, so also to sell product. When tasked with the art of making something from an existing "world" you can never please everyone, but you can get damn near like ol' lord of the rings did. Also these days the use of women kinda pisses me off. I don't need semi-porn showing ass in every shot. I want them to be women, not copies of men. And it is alright not to have a token character in a film just to meet some kinda universal quaota...in joe case this can be done with out sex/race changing any character. I want something that is well done and timeless, like excalibur was. Sure you have to get them in the box office, and patterns are tired and truw that work. But this is g i joe. Folks like us expect it to be like the comics, real-ish with at least a decent story line where everone is not lucas related. Folks who have no idea expect somekind of military epic. In my opionion this world of g i joe would be perfect for a type of nationalistic theme to make us all proud to be American, not some u.n. bullshit. Or if you are not from the states, then to show that we are like a brother to the world, here to help when you fall, and maybe kick your ass into line when you get stupid. I guess all in all I people want a fine work of art, not a commercial or poster with tits. COBRA!

[TheRealDubya]

A GI JOE Tranformers meld/crossover....its bound to happen soon...sooner the better...then the 2 brands can explode onto the toy shelves unlike before...Joe cant stand on its own anymore...Retaliation's delay speaks volumes to thier mistrust in the brand...

I don't understand why they haven't already gone that route. They had so much military shit in there in the first place. It would have been like all of the Avengers seeding they had done in the Iron Man movies.

Oh wait, that's right. No decision makers in Hollywood have balls or creativity.

[youdoitimbusy]

A GI JOE Tranformers meld/crossover....its bound to happen soon...sooner the better...then the 2 brands can explode onto the toy shelves unlike before...Joe cant stand on its own anymore...Retaliation's delay speaks volumes to thier mistrust in the brand...

Just great, then ill have to off load a buch of transformer junk just to get my joes

[spiderpumpkin]

Star Brigade or Eco-Warriors movie

[skinny]

I want GIJoe to be as violent as Expendables
Here you go it would be two minutes forty two seconds long:

Robot Chicken: Our Newest Member, Calvin - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3dg9VURMU)

[CrimsonGuard101]

Here you go it would be two minutes forty two seconds long:

Robot Chicken: Our Newest Member, Calvin - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3dg9VURMU)

Epic writing, epic effects...and the story is spot on...has all the elements of a great joe movie...just need to make it with real life actors...someone get Seth Green on the horn...we need a new Joe director...and someoen who actually plays with thier joes like this for cobra's sake!

[WVMojo]

http://www.visualcandy.co.uk/prod_images_blowup/timemachine_large.gif

[Renegade]

I have a crazy idea, let's make it A Real American Hero once again. I know that Captain America did that sort of "fresh spin" on the idea, so that's something to think about.



/sarcasm sort of

[BadDog]

Simply this: Hasbro to give Joe and it's fans the same level of respect and quality they offer to their other brands.




And for Paramount to get herpes.
:)

[CrimsonGuard101]

Simply this: Hasbro to give Joe and it's fans the same level of respect and quality they offer to their other brands.




And for Paramount to get herpes.
:)

This, I dunno why they keep shooting so far off the Joe roots...Avengers was pretty much the 60's Avengers just updated (barley, you could tell who they were still supposed to be without a second thought) and they thrust new characters like Black Widow and Agent Coulson into a new image as well and gave them face time...just do that with the Joes...I dunno why thats such much to ask for...apparenlty Ninjas and Accerlartor suits just dont cut it..

[skinny]

time for me to get blasted:

Start over, COMPLETELY, no Duke, no Snake Eyes, no Cobra Commander,
take the original concept, a real American hero, a special mission force.
They take the jobs even the best Spec Ops can't pull off, because they can.

Think about this for a second, how did the GIJOE line progressively get more and more popular from 1982-1986?

Every year we got new characters and for the most part new vehicles too.
so lets tackle that argument that the line needs a set of core characters to produce to keep going every year.
All those superhero lines are based on an individual, one character is the main focus from year to year.
GIJOE is a team, even says so in the cartoon intro, and I am sure somewhere in the comic. There is no "main focus" on any one individual, the focus is on the team.

So you have a team of highly trained individuals, and they fight a team of highly ruthless, skilled and evil bad guys, it is not any more complex than that at the core. Everything else branches from that concept.

theoretically you could do a movie called GIJOE and use completely new team members and develop those new characters with a compelling story and lots of action.

You then would not have anyone saying "that is not Duke" that is not Cobra Commander, coz guess what? those characters have nothing to do with the story. There would be nothing to pick apart.
Treat it like this is the next wave of team members.

[MrHateAol]

I prefer the balanced "Resolute" approach where all the elements of Joe were up for grabs, not just one or two. In short order they had Joes in space, they had Joes on the Flagg, they had Joes on secret world-hopping missions, they had Joes in tactical situations, they had Joes taking the offensive when the rest of the world was unable to respond, and most of all they had Cobra Commander acknowledge his character's perceived weakness and explain it in a unusually candid manor, that makes sense and ties you closer to the core characters.

But yeah, they have to have more Lady Jaye... that's a given. If she were still with us I'd have launched a write-in campaign for Brittany Murphy for that part.

Oh yeah, and there were still plenty of ninjas.... (can never have too many of THOSE guys....)

[CrimsonGuard101]

time for me to get blasted:

Start over, COMPLETELY, no Duke, no Snake Eyes, no Cobra Commander,
take the original concept, a real American hero, a special mission force.
They take the jobs even the best Spec Ops can't pull off, because they can.

Think about this for a second, how did the GIJOE line progressively get more and more popular from 1982-1986?

Every year we got new characters and for the most part new vehicles too.
so lets tackle that argument that the line needs a set of core characters to produce to keep going every year.
All those superhero lines are based on an individual, one character is the main focus from year to year.
GIJOE is a team, even says so in the cartoon intro, and I am sure somewhere in the comic. There is no "main focus" on any one individual, the focus is on the team.

So you have a team of highly trained individuals, and they fight a team of highly ruthless, skilled and evil bad guys, it is not any more complex than that at the core. Everything else branches from that concept.

theoretically you could do a movie called GIJOE and use completely new team members and develop those new characters with a compelling story and lots of action.

You then would not have anyone saying "that is not Duke" that is not Cobra Commander, coz guess what? those characters have nothing to do with the story. There would be nothing to pick apart.
Treat it like this is the next wave of team members.

Be like George Lucas moving on and telling the next 3 Star Wars stories...in the future beyond that galaxy far far away...the possbilities ar eendless...hell Star Treks been doing that for countless shows now...gives it deeper stories an dmore story arcs...you cant keep telling the same old Duke and SE vs Cobra Commander and Baroness story forever over and over...

[PFunk]

For someone to actually read a GI Joe comic before making a movie.

[TheRealDubya]

Simply this: Hasbro to give Joe and it's fans the same level of respect and quality they offer to their other brands.

Like those awesome Transformers and Battleship movies they made? I agree.

[KingBiohazerd]

A GI JOE Tranformers meld/crossover....its bound to happen soon...sooner the better...then the 2 brands can explode onto the toy shelves unlike before...Joe cant stand on its own anymore...Retaliation's delay speaks volumes to thier mistrust in the brand...

I actually agree with this.

[Bionic Commando]

Seriously, lets pretend there was never a Joe Live Action Movie. We all want one severely....tell me what you want!

And .........GO!!

Did someone say GO!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/med1um_p1mp1n/556850_383975008304839_130940650274944_930345_1089 498678_n.jpg

[CrimsonGuard101]

Did someone say GO!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/med1um_p1mp1n/556850_383975008304839_130940650274944_930345_1089 498678_n.jpg

oh go god thats hilarious lol...RELEASE the monopoly kraken!..only Captain Ahab can stop it! It would be like battlehsip crossed with the modern clash of the titans...it would fail before it even got off the floor...needed Bryan Goldner embracing Lorenzo Di Boneventura on the front like from titantic on the bow of the battleship screaming "We are the kings of the world!"....

[CobraSnakeEyes]

Did someone say GO!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/med1um_p1mp1n/556850_383975008304839_130940650274944_930345_1089 498678_n.jpg

That's A Maze In I want one did you make it? show me!!!!

[CobraSnakeEyes]

you cant keep telling the same old Duke and SE vs Cobra Commander and Baroness story forever over and over...

Yes you can I would love to see that as a movie the Duke, Scarlett, Snake Eyes triangle, Duke and CC feud! Bring it on tell it storyteller!!!!

[Danny]

Seriously, lets pretend there was never a Joe Live Action Movie. We all want one severely....tell me what you want!

And .........GO!!


After making myself looking like an ass, asking for people to sign a petition to get the movie released; then finding out it might suck more the the first. Makes me wanna hang my head and cry. Cry out of discust for getting my hopes up. What would make a good G. I. Joe live action movie? Show the rise of Cobra Commander. The real rise as a used car salesman who lost everything. Blamed Big Government and Big Companies for stepping on the little guy. Taking his son and taking over Springfield. Make G.I. Joe an answer to this problem. C.I.A. handles international problems. The F.B.I. handles domestic problems. G.I. Joe can be the secret task force that does both. Make them a division of Homeland Security. To stop and terrorist threats from within U.S. boarders, or from outside influence. Don't make the Joes flashy. Don't even mention the Pit til part 2.

[CrimsonGuard101]

Yes you can I would love to see that as a movie the Duke, Scarlett, Snake Eyes triangle, Duke and CC feud! Bring it on tell it storyteller!!!!

Ok Duke meets Scarlett, they kinda start going steady...then Anna (the baroness) comes in and cat fight ensues cause Scarlett says dukes her man...baroness wins due to her suprior ninja training end elopes with Duke. They get married and have 2 lovely children. Enter Rex, Anna's brother. He is infuriated that his perfect experiment (anna) has been violated by a First Sgt. (she was meant for a general). He kills both Duke and Anna in a drug induced rage...seeing what he has done, he goes to Dr. Mindbender to see if he can give him something "for the pain". The Doc obliges and turns Rex into a living nightmare...he is burned so bad in the experiment that he is given a green and red stripped sweater and a set of razor knives attached to his hand...and a black hat...and thus the new age of Freddy "Rex" Kruger is born!

Next bedtime story: The Fall of General Abaernathy and where did Helix go? to be continued...FIN....

[CobraSnakeEyes]

Ok Duke meets Scarlett, they kinda start going steady...then Anna (the baroness) comes in and cat fight ensues cause Scarlett says dukes her man...baroness wins due to her suprior ninja training end elopes with Duke. They get married and have 2 lovely children. Enter Rex, Anna's brother. He is infuriated that his perfect experiment (anna) has been violated by a First Sgt. (she was meant for a general). He kills both Duke and Anna in a drug induced rage...seeing what he has done, he goes to Dr. Mindbender to see if he can give him something "for the pain". The Doc obliges and turns Rex into a living nightmare...he is burned so bad in the experiment that he is given a green and red stripped sweater and a set of razor knives attached to his hand...and a black hat...and thus the new age of Freddy "Rex" Kruger is born!

Next bedtime story: The Fall of General Abaernathy and where did Helix go? to be continued...FIN....

Well done! For your amazing storytelling skills I'm sendin you complimentary hair for your kitty cat.

[Life4Dreadnok]

+1 for the Spice Girls reference.
-1 for me for getting the reference.

+10000 for me not knowing it was a Spice Girls reference..

[Life4Dreadnok]

After ROC, I don't want anymore movies, it is too embarassing. However if I was in charge, I would write a Marvel RAH origin movie script. Including Snakes going down in the helicopter while saving scarlett. It would be a little more gritty than the comic book, but I would try to save the heart and soul of the concept. Not the stupid bullshit ROC and apparently Retaliation is.

[BadDog]

Like those awesome Transformers and Battleship movies they made? I agree.

Atleast those got released on time, with actual media support and hype.

[Angry.Android]

A complete reboot with all new characters set in the near future.

Joe of the 80s is dead. It's irrelevant and outdated, it needs to be laid to rest.

[Shipshape1983]

Thomas Jane playing Flint
and Jessica Biel playing Lady Jaye

[Jmacq1]

good actors and actresses playing the parts accurately to ARAH standards

Why do you need good actors and actresses to act like cartoon and comic book characters? That's what "ARAH Standards" were, after all. Cheesy as hell dialogue (often even in the comic) and a whole lotta bloodless (if not always deathless in the comics) violence.

But it's hardly unique to G.I. Joe that the adult fanbase of an 80's franchise somehow remembers it as being far more mature than it actually was and/or demands that the franchise designed to sell toys to preteens "grow up" with them. "ARAH Standards" is a very loaded statement, because when looked at objectively those standards weren't all that high.

To answer the OPs question: I really don't care if there's a live action movie at all. I just want more cool toys.

[Starfighter]

Seriously, lets pretend there was never a Joe Live Action Movie. We all want one severely....tell me what you want!

And .........GO!!

That is easy, to have the entire run of the A.R.A.H. figures to be made in the 30th style and to have it be uninterrupted for at least 5 years. I think that would make everyone happy and Hasbro a lot wealthier in terms the G.I. Joe brand.

Also, to have an off chute Renegades brand with the cartoon continuing along with thir figures.

As for a movie, we all want the Marvel comic run of the A.R.A.H. characters. We want their personalities and chemistry that they had. We want the movie to be made by people who actually know G.I. Joe. And to not have a mash up of Sigma Six, Valor vs. Venom, Spy Troops thrown onto the A.R.A.H. Verse like we seem to have got. We do not want made up stuff like the RoC movie has given us in terms of the Triangle of Duke, Baroness and Cobra Commander. Even the made up version of the SE vs. SS was bad. What is wrong with the LLRP story again that is cannon?

[cardensb]

cowbell, I gotta have the cowbell

[Stuart_Selkirk]

I want a cartoon that is realistic, gritty, badass.
I have no need of Joes in football jerseys or exaggerated wrestlers in tank tops. No female Joes in yellow and blue leotards. They will wear military uniforms, unless when operating undercover.
I don’t want pet parrots, pet wolves or tame eagles. No Serpentor, no Cobra La.
No laser rifles, no Blueshirts who can’t hit the broad side of a barn. No rhyming machine gunners. No Ninjas who can’t even speak.
Cobra will finally be a terrorist organization lead by a believeable Commander, not some pathetic goofball.
I want realistic firefights, realistic vehicles,

I want an accompanying movie just as badass as the cartoon.

THIS is what GI JOE should be like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-wAzlqzXH0

[skinny]

So you have in this thread alone
1. people who want death and extreme violence like tagging along on a real combat mission.
2. interpret a story arc from the comic, tweaking MINOR details to make it timeless.
3. cartoon type plot
4. complete reboot with new characters keeping the name of Joe and Cobra only
5. no movie at all
6. combine Joe and Transformers

1. I don't understand this one, why do people want to incorporate adult themes (very adult themes such as nudity, complex interpersonal relationships, realistic violence and death) into what is first and foremost a kids property? what sick mind wants to see their heros and favorite villains die? does not seem like a very good way to peretuate a storyline to me.
I can see its merits though, it would create a fresh perspective and perhaps it would echo some kids play patterns and bring up nostalgia.
2. The general public does not know these stories, or have a very vague recollection of GIJOE in the first place, they would be "fresh" for them. How many times have we seen Spiderman or Superman's origin retold? Punisher even? So we the fanbase would get a story that we like and know and the public gets a story they think is fresh or at least new to them.
3. Cartoon like plot there are a few episodes of the cartoon that could be used as a basic outline for a Joe movie. Pit of Vipers, The Traitor, Lights Camera Cobra, An Eye for an Eye. Most Dangerous thing in the World etc.
4. A fresh start, complete reboot of the franchise, it has been tried in the past before and never met with much enthusiasm, Extreme (wrong type of toys) Sgt Savage (too Captain America) I however think if done right and not too crazy of a departure, could work. no different than getting new characters every year. Perhaps with the huge exposure a movie creates it is just what is needed.
5. that works too.
6. combining the two franchises, There are some who think it is a terrible idea and that Joe would wind up getting lost in the shuffle, and there are others who love the idea, getting Transformers who turn into Joe vehicles being a perk. The problem with this one storywise is that it has been done, and not just once. Plus it is too predictable, The Joes and Cobras MUST join forces with the Autobots to stop the Decepticons from ravaging (pun intended) the earth. there is no way around it. Unless you told a story of one Joe and one transformer meeting like in Enemy Mine.

[Stuart_Selkirk]

I don't understand this one, why do people want to incorporate adult themes (very adult themes such as nudity, complex interpersonal relationships, realistic violence and death) into what is first and foremost a kids property?

Because I'm 43 years old and can handle adult themes.

[VideoViper]

As much as I really don't like what Bay did with Transformers, what he did with NEST felt very GI Joe to me, & I think they were on the right track, if they wanted to use that as a template for a Joe movie.

[nilcam]

I just want more Renegades. Season 1 was the building of the team. Season 2 was going to get serious.

[skinny]

Because I'm 43 years old and can handle adult themes.

well of course you can, and I have to admit I sort of like the vid and yes it would make a good Joe movie basis, after all GIJOE is very simple in nature. joes on a mission vs cobra.
I agree with you on most of the things you mentioned. the Cartoon was never my absolute favorite and frankly I dismissed a lot of it as a kid. I still liked it and it was entertaining.

What lies deeper here is (and it is not necessarily wrong just different) the reasons why people want to apply adult topics and themes to a storyline that never was intended to have them. That fascinates me.

[Stuart_Selkirk]

I guess some want to retain those childhood memories and therefore defend what they loved as kids back in the 80s.
Others probably want to project their adult interests into it and want it to be more adult in nature.

In my country we never had GI JOE on TV. That's why I want my version of GI JOE.

[ogre_h]

Add me to the Joe should be like the Ghost Recon Alpha trailer.
Tight, gritty, very plausible futuristic. That's how I always viewed GI Joe.

[vermillion21]

A movie with action as good as Black Hawk Down

[Python_Puckman]

What do I want? What do I really, really want? I want a gun so I can blow this song out of my head now. Thanks

Spice Girls - Wannabe - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ)

[vermillion21]

Spice Girls 4-eva!!!

[Lantern_Lad]

World peace through Tyranny (oops, wrong property)

World peace... enforced by an elite counter-terrorist group.

There, that's better.

[Raysohood]

Scarlet in my bed. Wait what

[Shipshape1983]

I want a cartoon that is realistic, gritty, badass.
I have no need of Joes in football jerseys or exaggerated wrestlers in tank tops. No female Joes in yellow and blue leotards. They will wear military uniforms, unless when operating undercover.
I don’t want pet parrots, pet wolves or tame eagles. No Serpentor, no Cobra La.
No laser rifles, no Blueshirts who can’t hit the broad side of a barn. No rhyming machine gunners. No Ninjas who can’t even speak.
Cobra will finally be a terrorist organization lead by a believeable Commander, not some pathetic goofball.
I want realistic firefights, realistic vehicles,

I want an accompanying movie just as badass as the cartoon.

THIS is what GI JOE should be like:
Ghost Recon Alpha - Official HD Film - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-wAzlqzXH0)

So you want a movie/cartoon based on the actual military?

The reason I was so drawn to GI Joe ARAH was the huge and colorful cast of characters. They were guys I could relate to.

If I wanted to watch actual military operations, I'd have stayed in the military.

[Stuart_Selkirk]

It would be enough to make GI JOE more realistic. Ghost Recon did a great job.
If you want renegades, don't make them like a bunch of circus clowns led by an ex-wrestler. Put in somehing like Red Cell or if you need some "loose cannons".
Do you really think a slacker like Falcon would even get into an elite outfit or ever win a Green Beret?

[Shipshape1983]

I'd rather my Joes not be realistic. There are plenty of realistic military based toy lines out there.

GI Joe is supposed to be kid friendly. I love the weird fantasy and sci fi elements tossed into a show about a rag tag band of men and women from all walks of life (not just military) being recruited to fight a terrorist organization bent on taking over the world.

[Headman]

I want the Joe fans who expect a rated R joe film to go away.

[skinny]

Go Away bird - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkPX64dLbEQ)

[gruppenfuhrer88]

I want Hasbro to keep releasing Joe toys, no matter what the future holds.....

[Shipshape1983]

I want what THEY want...and anyone else who's been here....WANTS! For our country to love us...as much as WE love IT! THATS what I want.

[In Like Flint]

Toys that don't suck.

[jmw326]

I want a movie that pays homage to the GI Joe that we have all grown to love over the years. Something that has a little bit of the original cartoon and comics. Actors that can actually act and look something like the characters that they are playing. I want Cobra Commander to look and act like Cobra Commander and not be Dukes disgruntled friend. I want costumes that look like the uniforms worn in the comics not body armor and mech suits. I want a movie that shows Snakeeyes actually has a military background and not just a random ninja that used to be a street urchin.
Most of all I want to see something that actually looks and feels like GI Joe and respects the source material that we have all grown to love over the years. The stuff that came from the minds of real fans and artists like Larry Hama.

[VideoViper]

Rambo First Blood final speech - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qIgVrOy9vM)

[youdoitimbusy]

Double cheeseburger, bj, nap, 1 million dollars, then leave me aone.

[youdoitimbusy]

I want what THEY want...and anyone else who's been here....WANTS! For our country to love us...as much as WE love IT! THATS what I want.

And I thought I was being unrealistic

[SonOfMindbender]

What do you mean, "you people?"

[thineownself]

well in terms of cast....

Flagg- Stephen Lang
Hawk- Kiefer Sutherland
Duke- Matthew Fox
Scarlett- Jessica Biel
Snake Eyes- Scott Adkins
Roadblock- Micheal J. White
Stalker- Idris Elba
Flint- Tom Jane
Lady Jaye- Adrianne Palicki
Wild Bill- Neal McDonough
Shipwreck- Hugh Jackman
Gung Ho- Steve Austin
Dusty- Bradley Cooper
Tunnel Rat- Sung Kang
Doc- Danny Glover
Joe Colton- Chuck Norris
Sgt. Slaughter- Sgt. Slaughter
Beachhead- Gary Daniels

!! I love this cast list. I would add: I want more 'teaminess'(if i may): the relationships- SE and Scarlett, Duke and Scarlett (platonic, thank you), the buddy teams are what were important. and then crap blown up.
No goofy humor, wit is fine. I liked the fact that Chu references Silent Issue. We need more past stories referenced (and all those together gets you a script).
What i didn't want: Those generic 20 year olds in fatigues in ROC; a team of six people trying to take down all of Cobra; an origin story.

[ero]

Slave as I am to Sunbow, I think IDW was on the right track from the get-go. Issues 1-5 of the origins series are a masterwork and would translate very well to the big screen.

[atomatron]

Iceberg, Cross Country, Toll Booth, (proper) Motor Viper x2, Keel Haul (i guess), The Fridge, Pythona, Royal Guard x2, Golobulus, Cobra Blue Hat (mechanics when Pythona sneeks in)

nice case of 12 right there, then i can go away

[Stuart_Selkirk]

I'd rather my Joes not be realistic. There are plenty of realistic military based toy lines out there.

GI Joe is supposed to be kid friendly. I love the weird fantasy and sci fi elements tossed into a show about a rag tag band of men and women from all walks of life (not just military) being recruited to fight a terrorist organization bent on taking over the world.

No problem.
As soon as Bravo Team or BBI figures get a ball-joint upgrade and removable accessories, I'm happy.
Not seeing that happening anytime soon, though.

Re. "kid friendly"...the 10-year-olds are playing COD, MOH and other adult games these days.
I'm not in the least surprised that GI JOE doesn't attract them any longer.
Maybe it is time for a reform of the concept.

[Shipshape1983]

And I thought I was being unrealistic

Its a long road when you're on your own...

[Shipshape1983]

No problem.
As soon as Bravo Team or BBI figures get a ball-joint upgrade and removable accessories, I'm happy.
Not seeing that happening anytime soon, though.

Re. "kid friendly"...the 10-year-olds are playing COD, MOH and other adult games these days.
I'm not in the least surprised that GI JOE doesn't attract them any longer.
Maybe it is time for a reform of the concept.

Thats because the 10 yr old's parents let them play those games. They have machines that think and solve their problems for them.

and unfortunately, positive role models are rare these days.

I used to look up to the Joe characters. I liked to think that one day, If I worked really hard, I might make the Joe team too.

It was great being 7.

[Tollbooth]

Why can't they just do a rip off of saving private Ryan? A special forces unit is sent in to save someone from terrorists that end up being cobra. End it with a big battle scene and kill some characters off.

[GI Joe Eternal]

A Larry Hama-penned military drama, true to the characters, about a crack spec ops team with specialized weaponry saving the planet from a ruthless terrorist organization trying to take over the world.

[Vegas]

"Realistic" figures. They can still be all joe, but less toyish more more frackin' awesome.


A G.I. Joe Nam wave supported by an Adult / young adult animation movie or series. And no I don't mean "adult" as in XXX! I mean death, blood, and emotional stress and disturbing themes. Apocalypse Now, Full metal jacket, born on 4th of July. Hell they already have a handful of core characters ready. Make it hurt.

A Science fiction wave supported by an adult animation movie or series. Again hard core shit. Aliens type themes. Perhaps a bit like starship troopers (but cut the crap comedy). Gotta be hard tho, think Event Horizon. Ok maybe not psycho. Aliens it is.


That's what I want!

[Shipshape1983]

Why can't they just do a rip off of saving private Ryan? A special forces unit is sent in to save someone from terrorists that end up being cobra. End it with a big battle scene and kill some characters off.

Or GI Joe: Apocalypse Now

Flint is sent on a mission into the jungles to investigate a possible Cobra plot, and discovers a brand new genetics lab run by a new Cobra Commander.

in the end, it can be revealed that the new CC is actually a clone of Duke.

[thineownself]

I think some are overlooking that kids (us) in 1985 are different than kids these days who are playing Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed.
I had Pitfall on Atari and played Joust at the arcade. Ostriches as transportation were the only controversial subject matter I was exposed to.
I think kids can handle gritty and realistic.

[blayze5150]

Retaliation, to me, is a step in the right direction. I always wanted The Rock to play Roadblock.

[spot138]

I wnt 25th A to come back and never go away

[SDawg]

the REALISTIC version of the hasbro cartoon show. Added new characters or the ones from the marvel/new comics :)

[darthmaul1]

I got what I wanted out of the first movie a fun action induced movie where the joes look like a team and not like the village people from from the 80s cartoon, And the second one looks even better. honestly I don't understand why people get hung up on the accelerator suits? They were a blast and it's not as if they used them through the whole movie!

[horseman_4_13]

not the Rock

[Stuart_Selkirk]

Thats because the 10 yr old's parents let them play those games. They have machines that think and solve their problems for them.

and unfortunately, positive role models are rare these days.

I used to look up to the Joe characters. I liked to think that one day, If I worked really hard, I might make the Joe team too.

It was great being 7.

Yeah, we have moved on since the 80s.
Things are different today.
Hanging on to that 80s nostalgia won't sell today.

[Shipshape1983]

Maybe GI Joe would benefit from a really good video game.

Something like Resident Evil 5. I dont play video games so I dont know the terminology.... a mix of first person? and 3rd person game play?
and expand the Joe universe like the Grand Theft games.

it could be a little realistic and cartoony.

Yeah, we have moved on since the 80s.
Things are different today.
Hanging on to that 80s nostalgia won't sell today.

[MrHateAol]

It's sadly too late for it now, but Brittany Murphy would have made an awesome Lady Jaye. Nail her (umm.. character...) and you've got a good Joe movie.

[dest row ness]

accurate to the toys and comics with real versions of toy vehicles-no lame actors-more realistic and not so matrix like with too many specialeffects-and to go way off key how bout a movie about the joe characters before they were joes,or after they h defeated cobra/or cobra gave up you know life after sort of thing
hahahahahhaah

[dest row ness]

Yeah, we have moved on since the 80s.
Things are different today.
Hanging on to that 80s nostalgia won't sell today.

hello nostalgia is only reason why and there even is a movie! and why hiss is online why do you think that 82-86 era is most popular and most expensive ! its not they were using characters from 95 lol
and they obviously havent created any new ! could be accurate to the toys and cartoon, without being cheesy and lame,, wich is what they did with modern version! they should have had a public service announcement at the end too lol