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Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins 2nd Trailer Discussions
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06-21-2021, 11:28 PM
Feuergeist82
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I think the trailer looks interesting so far. It's funny to be reacquainted with G.I. Joe after such a long absence on my part. After growing out of Joes when i turned about 12 or so which was around 1990 and not getting back into them until the release of Classified, I can definitely see how people really get attached to the past.
It seems a good number of people on this forum want the movie to represent what they had growing up whether that was the comic or the cartoon or even their own strange head canon. But they aren't making the movie strictly for us. The movie is rated PG-13, not R. Its trying to appeal to us partly sure, but it's also trying to appeal to as broad of an audience as possible as well.
It wants to get kids more involved in the line, hence the proliferation of toys (retro, classified, children's line) and also cross marketing with Fortnite. If people don't want to see the movie, thats their prerogative, but don't act like it's trash or ruining something that it really isn't.
And for the people who claim the movie is "woke" or any other such b.s., you are deluding yourself if you really think Larry Hama, an Asian American, wasn't forced to make Snake Eyes a caucasian person. It was the early 80s and we all know that there was no way Hasbro was going to let him create the face of the comic be someone that was a person of color. Personally, as a caucasian myself, I find it refreshing to see a person of color be Snake Eyes. The whole idea that a caucasian should take over a Japanese martial arts empire is a tired and frankly annoying trope that needs to end. We had a million movies of that in the 80s and it doesn't come off well in today's reflection of our society (nor did it ever).
And if you haven't seen Úrsula Corberó in Money Heist, than you should definitely check her out as she's amazing in that show and can't wait to see how she'll play the Baroness. I love the cartoon and my old school ARAH Joes, but am also willing to see some changes and differences as well. Would be nice to see some more positivity overall in the Joe community. Strangely enough one of the reasons I loved the ARAH line was the diversity of the figures that i felt represented the people that I grew up with.
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