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08-10-2009, 04:58 PM | #1 |
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OK, not my idea - I didn't think of it until another member pointed it out in the homage thread.
I always thought Sgt Stone was a new character, a nod to the sigma 6 character. However someone said it was Flint, as in Flint related to Stone. I can see that - take off the vest and the figure is almost identical to Flint without his webgear. So much so I thought an actual ROC Flint unlikely. But what if it was Flint? Could it be they had difficulty with the trademark? Or thought Stone sounded better? Or is he really inspired by Sigma 6? (Not according to a recent Q+A) What do you think? |
08-10-2009, 05:02 PM | #2 |
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I think Stone was Stone and Flint is a different guy.
As a side note, Loved Stone in the movie. Hope he's got more face time in #2
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I think Stone is not Flint.
Early on they said they left Flint out because they didn't want to have too many people in charge to start the film. Oh and I think the Hawk that comes with the Pit looks like Flint more than anything. |
08-10-2009, 05:06 PM | #4 |
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I hope Stone isnt Flint. I really want Flint to have a large roll in the sequel.
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08-10-2009, 05:08 PM | #5 |
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I read somewhere his name on the RoC Filecard was the same as sigma 6...
I love Flint (not in an icky Lady Jaye way!!!) so if he was supposed to be him he'd be an essential buy! Either way he was great in the movie! |
08-10-2009, 05:09 PM | #6 |
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Flint = Josh Harnett
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08-10-2009, 05:19 PM | #7 |
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He's not Flint, although Flint is a strong possibility for the sequel. From di Bonaventura:
"There's a ton of them actually... one of the hard things about tackling these things is that there's always the fan who says: 'Why didn't you pick Flint? Why did you pick Duke?' It goes on. In general, what we've done with this, and what we did with Transformers, is you try to pick the most popular ones, and then if you're lucky enough to make another one, you use the next most popular." "I like Flint a lot," he continued. "I think Flint's a cool character. And I've always liked the name Roadblock. I just think that's one of the greatest names ever. So somehow we've got to figure out how to get Roadblock in. I'm not sure I even like the character, but I love the name." |
08-10-2009, 05:23 PM | #8 |
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been there, done that. take off his web gear and he looks like any person wearing a pair of pants, a shirt and a beret. heck, he looks like Dusty. considering his web gear is a pretty defining characteristic of his design, you take that off Flint and he looks like Duke, but wearing a beret. that's just a silly criteria to use -- take away some defining characteristics of a character and he looks just like another. how about make him black, and he looks just like Stalker, so maybe Stone is Stalker, if the beret is the sole defining characteristic. trademark wouldn't account for them changing his filename or specialty. you have to ignore all the differences, like different name, different filename, different rank, different specialty, and then exaggerate the similarities, like he wears a beret and a flint and stone are both...stones or rocks, to even come close to making an argument, and even then it is easiy disputed by the differences. ignore the differences amongst many characters and exaggerate a few similarities and every single Joe character could be someone else. heck, I can turn Lady Jaye into Major Bludd right now. Last edited by gunslingercbr; 08-10-2009 at 05:27 PM.. |
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08-10-2009, 05:27 PM | #9 |
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been there, done that. take off his web gear and he looks like any person wearing a pair of pants, a shirt and a beret. heck, he looks like Dusty. considering his web gear is a pretty defining characteristic of his design, you take that off Flint and he looks like Duke, but wearing a beret. that's just a silly criteria to use -- take away some defining characteristics of a character and he looks just like another. how about make him black, and he looks just like Stalker, so maybe Stone is Stalker, if the beret is the sole defining characteristic. It's all in the OP, by the way. EDIT: I see you edited your post slightly. Yeah, I of course realise that any potential homage could be tenuous, and I agree it is a big stretch otherwise I'd have seen it earlier and made the connection myself. However it is an interesting point of debate. Last edited by babyjelly; 08-10-2009 at 05:31 PM.. |
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You misunderstand. It wasn't the design alone (in fact in the OP I suggested that I didn't personally make the connection) but that the name 'Stone' may have been a homage to 'Flint' and I asked if there was a problem with the trademark.
It's all in the OP, by the way. there's no reason for him intending to be Flint if nobody knows it. |
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