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Oh hell yeah. | 43 | 51.19% | |
Nope. Stupid. | 41 | 48.81% | |
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06-07-2012, 08:32 AM | #21 |
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Abject dumbassery.
Pretty pathetic that the one main link to RoC was summarily wiped out to appease the haters. Also pretty pathetic to say to the people for whom Retaliation was the first film "Here's the leader of the Joes... now he's dead... please care" Both of the above are indicative of Chu's lack of experience: "Hey, I like Roadblock, let's put him in charge!" (and yes I know he didn't write the film, but clearly he had input)
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06-07-2012, 08:38 AM | #22 |
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Of course, it was not a good idea.
Whatever you may think about Channing Tatum or his more or less skilled acting, he's playing one of GI JOE's more important hero characters and killing such a character off is never a smart move. Despite the chestbeating that's going on here where some people state how much they hate Duke as a character or Tatum as an actor, in this kind of movie universe, you don't kill Duke. It would also be a smart move to drop the info during the movie that other hero characters like Hawk, Ripcord, Scarlett etc. might still be alive so you don't limit yourself to a handful of characters and actors or have to introduce new characters in further movies. Anyway, my 2 Cents. |
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06-07-2012, 08:42 AM | #23 |
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killing duke was / IS a very very bad idea.
Channing tantum is NOT my first or even last choice to play Duke ( I wanted a Blonde guy ) but the character o DUKE is far too important. Fan boys like Snake Eyes, but DUKE is the character semi fans/casual regular movie goers will want to see and they are the bigger group |
06-07-2012, 08:42 AM | #24 |
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He does have a cool voice though. I could see Scrap Iron having a voice like his.
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06-07-2012, 08:46 AM | #25 |
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Tatum wasn't Duke Granted most ROC charactors weren't really like their earlier counterparts, But Duke wasn't even written as Duke (Rookie who leads the Joes I don't think so.)
In Joe I say anyone can die, Is it a good idea to kill off Duke? maybe/maybe not. But Tatum was bad, & has to go. I think the rumors (spoilers) about Dukes death being bad had more to do with, why the heck should we care about this guy more than the other 40 Joes that just got killed. Sounds like they need an extra scene or 2 to develop story, That's OK with me.
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06-07-2012, 08:57 AM | #26 |
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^Well said.
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06-07-2012, 09:06 AM | #27 |
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I agree that Duke is probably the most iconic character to the casual movie-goer, and killing him off is a bad idea for the franchise. Channing is no great actor, but his acting chops have improved since ROC and I still blame most of the crappy performances in the first movie on the director. I bet Chu could get Tatum to be a much more acceptable Duke - at least he knew who the chartacter was before starting work on the film. Sommers just wanted accelerator suits in his movie. At least the producers killed Sommers off from the franchise
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06-07-2012, 09:07 AM | #28 |
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I think it's a toss-up. Killing Duke - while I have made lots of comments that I'm pro-Dead Duke, it's not the chracter that I wanted dead, it was Chatum (someone on here called him that and I laughed so hard that I can't NOT use it) that I really didn't care for and still don't. Maybe 21 Jumpstreet will change how I view him as a no-talent ass clown...
My overall Like / Hate relationship with Duke has changed somewhat over the years - ARAH Duke I didn't care for and like the cartoon I used him as a captured Joe that needed rescued. Battle Corps Duke I thought was a badass toy and I could make him cool because I didn't see a TV show with him being a GI Schmoe. RoC Duke - again tainted by Chatum. Renegades Duke - I really liked...not my favorite character on the show, but he was portrayed really well. I'm glad my kids saw that version first. Last edited by WVMojo; 06-07-2012 at 09:13 AM.. |
06-07-2012, 09:09 AM | #29 |
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chanses are they prob wont kill him now. since g i joe is too raw for paramont
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06-07-2012, 09:23 AM | #30 |
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I don't think it was a good idea to kill Duke off in the first 10 minutes of Retaliation. Not only has Channing Tatum become a big star, but Duke (along with Snake Eyes) has been the main guy since the turn of the century and was one of the main guys before that as well.
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