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Paramount's VP of Marketing on G.I. Joe
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03-02-2009, 05:27 PM
GrapeSoda
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Jmacq1
Really? Name them. Specifically those that weren't wrapped up with other films when G.I. Joe was filming, and would likely be interested in directing a movie based on an 80's toy property.
So why do you automatically assume one of these "young and new" directors would want to do a "Kids video game/cartoon" movie, which is exactly what G.I. Joe was going to be no matter how you sliced it?
Sorry, but when people start spouting off at the mouth about "hackjobs"and whining about a director that on-paper looks perfectly well-suited for G.I. Joe, it sounds a lot more to me like they're really saying "How dare Paramount not hire ME to write and direct the "perfect" Joe movie!"
The cast all this vitriol at the director but offer no real alternatives whatsoever. Or offer interpretations of G.I. Joe that are every bit as "different" from RAH Joe as this movie already appears to be, just in a different direction (IE the "I want a gritty, realistic military action movie!" crowd).
i can't "name them"....i don't know who was working on what or interested in what, because i don't live or work in "the biz" or really care that much. no reason to attack me because i don't like sommers as a choice to direct.
i can't assume that any director would want to direct a joe or kids' cartoon movie anymore than i could expect ANYONE to want to do one. i never said "I" wanted to direct the film.....and, yes i think bay, sommers, and w.anderson are all hacks at what they do. i am personally NOT a fan of their films or their techniques (uber shakey camera, gratuitous explosions, and overused "bullet time" effects) but i am a fan of a lot of the properties they get to make crappy movies about(AvP, transformers, resident evil, joe).
of all the remarks and comments i've made on this board (and others as well) about my opinions on the direction of the script and film....i've never once said how "I" think it should be made into a R rated, realistic, gritty, bloody, action war movie. it's a f**king kids' comicbook for christsakes (unlike the AvP comic series, which was very much R rated). i LOVE the eifel tower being eaten up....VERY 80s Joe. the could have made the movie like the episodes "sattelite down" or "cobrathon" from the original series, and as long as the characters weren't all changed about and in love with the baroness because they used to be engaged or whatever, it'd be a fun film and still very joe.
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