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06-28-2009, 12:53 PM | #1 |
Viper of Death
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If you have clicked on this post it does contain spoilers about the movie... read at you own risk... I picked up the movie tie in novel last night at target and people are going to be very upset. If you have read the prequel book you know that duke was engaged to a girl named Ana. and her brother joined Dukes team and was killed at the end of the book. Her brother was a doctor.. See where this is going? 40 pages into the book you also learn that Ana Dukes ex is... Guess who.. The Baroness. I just thought Id pass this on and see if others were as upset by this as I am.
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06-28-2009, 01:08 PM | #2 |
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yeah, it's all crappy.
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06-28-2009, 01:37 PM | #3 |
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I actually appreciated the book of GI Joe as opposed to Transformers and Terminator for one important reason: it has a plot! It is clear that they aren't following any kind of continuity that went before, but as opposed to the other movies I mentioned, there is more than special effects. For those that don't like that the Baroness was engaged to Duke, hate Larry Hamma, who began this "everything is connected" with Snake Eyes and the Baroness and Cobra Commander and Storm Shadow and Zartan and even slightly Destro! The cartoon did the same thing: Mainframe and Zarana were an item, Lady Jaye and Destro were related, and Falcon and Duke were related.
I appreciate that while in the real world not everything connects, but in a movie, it is much easier to use revenge as a motivation than just insanity. Look at the Spider-man movies, as the villain always has a connection to Peter Parker. What made "The Dark Knight" effective among many things was that the Joker's only motivation was wanting to make the world burn. The movie has a point, and it sets things up nicely at the end, with even a nice allusion to the Devil's Due series. I think they did a pretty good job with the story. The characters can be annoying as they aren't familiar. I'm not sure why people aren't complaining about the Baroness not having her accent! But, on its own, its not a bad story line. |
06-28-2009, 05:56 PM | #4 |
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I will admit the more I read it is getting better... And you are right it is a decent plot. Im just not liking the baroness/duke past relationship. I knew after reading the prequel book that the brother was going to end up as the doctor/cobra commander. I thought that was cool its just the duke thing that bothers me alittle. And your right transformers 2 book/movie really sucked. very disapointed
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06-28-2009, 06:09 PM | #5 |
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I hate to ask this as I usually try to stay away from spoilers but who does Zartan impersonate?
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06-28-2009, 07:41 PM | #6 |
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06-28-2009, 07:53 PM | #7 |
Banned, haha just kidding
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You know, I think it's cool how everything plays out. Duke engaged to the Baroness, only to have her turn Evil. It's cool if you ask me!
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06-28-2009, 07:54 PM | #8 |
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Are there appearances by any other JOES in the book that won't be in the film?
For example, do they mention Flint or Lady Jaye? What about Shipwreck? Since he's getting a figure, do we at least get a cameo in the book? |
06-28-2009, 07:58 PM | #9 |
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Dude, I seriously believe that if I happened to stumble on a plot to destroy the world, one of my ex's will be behind it.
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06-28-2009, 07:59 PM | #10 |
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I have to agree.
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