TFW2005
Hisstank
Thundercats
TokuNation
Toyark
Home
News
G.I. Joe Movie
G.I. Joe Classified
G.I. Joe Vintage
Compatible Military Toys
G.I. Joe Comics
G.I. Joe Conventions
All News Categories
Photo Shoots
Database
G.I. Joe Database Index
G.I. Joe Classified
G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
G.I. Joe Resolute
G.I. Joe Movie
G.I. Joe Pursuit of Cobra
G.I. Joe Renegades
G.I. Joe 30th Anniversary
G.I. Joe Retaliation
G.I. Joe Basic
G.I. Joe 50th Anniversary
G.I. Joe Con & Club
G.I. Joe FSS
Forum
Recent Posts Page
Characters
Snake Eyes
Cobra Commander
Destro
Baroness
Storm Shadow
Roadblock
Companies
Fun Pub
IDW
DeNA
Sideshow
Gentle Giant
Boss Fight
Ori Toy
Marauder
HissTank.com
>
HissTank.com - G.I. Joe
Integration
User Name
Remember Me?
Password
Rules
Register
Community
Today's Posts
Search
Community Links
Social Groups
Pictures & Albums
Members List
Search Forums
Show Threads
Show Posts
Advanced Search
Go to Page...
Thread
:
Snake Eyes Movie Discussion with SPOILERS!!!
View Single Post
07-29-2021, 10:28 AM
LCUChap2016
Psych-Out's Intern
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Clifton, TX
Posts: 205
Okay, I've seen the movie. Here's my take.
Let me preface my statements. I am a old Joe fan from the 80s and I bristle at the younger folks in here calling out people like me as being only interested in two-hour toy commercials from 1986. I don't mind retconning if it's done well, especially if the original story isn't particularly well-written either.
And that's my first point of argument against those who think the writing of this movie was bland and flavorless. Did anyone remember reading the original Marvel run written by Larry Hama and think, "Well, this is weird.."? It wasn't like the comics were written by Solzhenistsyn. They were COMIC BOOKS. Then entire movie was ninjatastic, and in some ways reminded me of those 80-90s martials arts action schlock films like "American Ninja" with Michael Dudikoff or literally every last thing featuring the talents of Jean-Claude Van Damme. Was the dialogue canned and uninteresting? Absolutely. Is this the only movie to commit this sin? Not even kinda. About the only time I thought the movie went into the deep end of the pool and started flailing wildly for help was when they recast the basilisk from that Harry Potter movie. Giant snakes? Really? I expected some mysticism in a movie about ninjas, but that was pretty bizarre. It was also no more bizarre than anything Hama wrote.
I took a group of teenagers in my church youth group to see it last night. Wanna know what their impression was? They loved it. To a person. Not one of them said it sucked. Because the movie wasn't aimed at me, it was aimed squarely at them. The original Snake-Eyes origin story was of a Vietnam veteran whose family was killed while he was deployed and his subsequent search for a home, ending with his time in the service. Oh, and he was trained by an ancient ninja clan somewhere along the way. That story would never have resonated today.
Could they have used the wars in the Middle East to bring that same story forward to today? Sure. Japan did assist some of the rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan and has a permanent base in Djibouti to help with anti-piracy operations off the eastern coast of Africa. Could Tommy have been a soldier stationed there, rescued by one of his American allies? Sure thing! And it would have been a great story, too.
But, that's a story for us. It's not a story for the kids in those theatre seats with me. After 20 years of warfare (think about it, every one of those kids with me at that movie last night were born in a time of war and have never known anything else), the American public is tired of war stories. We're GI Joe fans, we LIVE for war stories. We're unusual. And we weren't the intended audience. We are the outliers on the bell curve.
I found the movie to be lighthearted, typical summer action fare and I cannot stress the word 'typical' enough. It was a generic action movie, as so many have observed. You could literally have dropped just about any action toy or video game property into the title and you would not have had to change much. I thought GI Joe deserved much better, but the fourteen kids with me last night thought the movie was just fine as it was. More power to them.
LCUChap2016
View Public Profile
Send a private message to LCUChap2016
Find More Posts by LCUChap2016
Sponsors
Recent Threads
G.I. Joe Classified Series Official Thread 2024!
Pick the next VAMP-level vehicle
Customizer's Water Cooler
Movies Unlimited updates
Top 5 LEAST liked characters or figures from GI Joe
Marauder Task Force Super Thread
Classified Scarlett (Retro)
Every Classified Figure Ranked / Classified Figure...
Best of the 80s Custom Project
G.I.Joe Classified Picture thread
Cobra Desert Razorback RC
Bazooka upgrade! (Thanks Metal-head)
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra New Video Game
Boss Fight Studio Action Figure Line
Super7 Ultimates (Could-be the Official) Thread
Delta-17 o-ring line
Black Out
Duke #5 (Spoilers)
Operation Mosterforce - New 1/12 Line of Figures from...
Super7 x G.I. Joe REACTION and O-RING!
I WANT TO ARGUE! Part XXI, About the 2024 HasLab
Definitive Best 2001 Figure Poll
Do you remember your first?
Classified Snake Eyes 2096
Contest?
Recent Off Topic Threads
Hisstank Late Night thread...
What song are you listening to?
G.I. Joe March Madness 2024 Round 3 Dreadnok...
G.I. Joe March Madness 2024 Championship Battle Armor...
Joy Toy's Dark Source Line
Recent B/S/T Threads
looking for weapons and assorted pieces 25th Ann -50...
80s GI Joe Vehicles & Aircraft
Hellion42's BST list
Wtb 82-83 file cards or?.
Closet Cleanout...
Vintage Tomahawk for sale, 99% complete
FOR SALE: "Master of Disguise" Zartan, Pulse...
MagicWazard's B/S/T thread