Again.......Why not Stalker instead of Ripcord?

[VIPER 48]

Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu

Thats the most intelligent thing I have read during these past few days. Each generation since the 60's has their own gijoe. As much as people want to ignore this, a lot of the 12" crowd, the original joe collectors, dislike RAH/3-3/4".

I don't think Wayans should be playing Ripcord, nor Stalker. In the end, I just want to watch a good G.I. Joe movie. As much as people keep saying it should stay true to continuity, even Hama himself doesn't like being bogged down by continuity.

I agree, and good points...

[gunslingercbr]

Originally Posted by GI Guppy the third

That being said, I think if Stalker rears his head at all in this series, I think he needs to be old school Spec Forces and try to keep with his background (Maybe change Nam to Panama). I would be more than happy if they chose an older actor to portray him.

or they can simply make him a hardened war vet without any reference to real world scenarios. the universe this movie is set in isn't real, and the filmmakers are purposely attempting to establish that, hence why there is no reference to any real wars and a completely fictional and fantastical scenario.

[MAJOR WOLF]

Originally Posted by gunslingercbr

or they can simply make him a hardened war vet without any reference to real world scenarios. the universe this movie is set in isn't real, and the filmmakers are purposely attempting to establish that, hence why there is no reference to any real wars and a completely fictional and fantastical scenario.

That makes sense...

[Griffin73]

Ripcord is a non offensive word. Stalker to me always brings back to the Night Stalker from the 80's living in Southern California. Remember Richard Ramirez the Satan-worshiping rapist and serial killer. I bet that's why they don't use that name.

[Crimson Guard 51]

Originally Posted by Onslaught Six

Because. EVERYTHING that gets made into a movie has its own continuity. The first Spider-Man movie was even pretty damned faithful to the comics (Goblin outfit aside--and if you're going to bitch about that, the original Green Goblin outfit is ridiculous and stupid.) but it was still its own continuity.

Hell, the cartoon and the comics were seperate continuities, but nobody bitched about that, did they?

if Viper will allow me to retort on his behalf.

the spiderman movie did have it's own continuity. but they stayed very close to the core material.

that is not the case here. had they stayed close with the characters, it would have been more acceptable to core fans, and still appealling to new viewers.

as for the cartoon and comic...one of the best things that DDP did was marry up some of the differing things from both.

the comics never had anything about Extensive Enterprises...the DDP comics brought it in.

the 'geraldo rivera' news guy...brought him in.

there were others.

one of the most appealing things about GI Joe was that the stories all fit into the same canon material, in the area of the characters themselves. every continuity bought from the same storehouse of characters.

THAT made GI Joe unique.

ignoring that has chapped a few hides.