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08-04-2009, 12:20 PM | #121 |
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This will likely be my last post before Friday in the movie realm, as I don't really want to have anything on my mind when I go see the movie.
It sounds, based on Destro's review, like my minor fears regarding the look and feel of the characters are fully realized. Destro himself couldn't help but remark repeatedly that many of the costume and characterization choices were mistakes, which hopefully are fixed in round 2. However, it does sound like despite the cheese and mistakes, it will still hold some great deal of appeal for the masses, assuaging my greatest fear. It means that GI Joe will thrive as as property, and even better, it means we're going to get a GI Joe 2, and Hasbro and Paramount have the chance to make the necessary changes to make GI Joe 2 what RoC could have -and should have- been! Ps: Slinger, even you gotta admit that RoC won't live up to Goldner's saying that "bringing back that '80s G.I. Joe from the Marvel comics -- those first 155 issues are really our focus" and that it will be "totally in the sweet spot" for the 80's guys. This is a new GI Joe, and they make no bones about it.
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08-04-2009, 12:21 PM | #122 |
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First not just condoning but encouraging piracy is just plain stupid, enough said!
Second if you based your review based on a bootleg copy (which was probably a shot from a movie screening with a handy cam) then are you giving it a fair chance? With the crappy video and cardboard quality audio. Most of us are aware of the quality of bootleg movies and a bootleg of an un-released movie is usually very poor quality. It's not wrong for you not to like what you see nor to form an opinion about something, but you can express it with sounding like a complete douche. You must agree that most of the people in this forum are excited about the movie and calling them "sheep" is really not a mature thing to do.
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08-04-2009, 12:24 PM | #123 |
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Thanks for the review, I can't wait for Friday!
Did I mention my birthday is on Friday too?
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08-04-2009, 12:32 PM | #124 |
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Ps: Slinger, even you gotta admit that RoC won't live up to Goldner's saying that "bringing back that '80s G.I. Joe from the Marvel comics -- those first 155 issues are really our focus" and that it will be "totally in the sweet spot" for the 80's guys. This is a new GI Joe, and they make no bones about it.
at no point does he say they are recreating the 155 issue series, he says they are using it as a base, and this movie clearly does in regards to the specific elements he does bring up. Goldface either simply doesn't posses the comprehension and analytical abilities to understand what is stated blatantly or is simply being dishonest in his assertion that the quote means something it doesn't. either way, it is tired and doesn't mean what he says it means so bringing it up is irrelevant and borderline trolling. Last edited by gunslingercbr; 08-04-2009 at 12:45 PM.. |
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08-04-2009, 12:33 PM | #125 |
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[QUOTE=FCEEVIPER;918716]Thanks for the review, I can't wait for Friday!
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08-04-2009, 12:52 PM | #126 |
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I don't know who is a bigger idiot, you for suggesting this or the other guy who agreed with you and said that was what he was going to do.
First not just condoning but encouraging piracy is just plain stupid, enough said! Second if you based your review based on a bootleg copy (which was probably a shot from a movie screening with a handy cam) then are you giving it a fair chance? With the crappy video and cardboard quality audio. Most of us are aware of the quality of bootleg movies and a bootleg of an un-released movie is usually very poor quality. It's not wrong for you not to like what you see nor to form an opinion about something, but you can express it with sounding like a complete douche. You must agree that most of the people in this forum are excited about the movie and calling them "sheep" is really not a mature thing to do. also picture quality doesnt mean a thing if the story or the acting sucks. |
08-04-2009, 12:56 PM | #127 |
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08-04-2009, 01:00 PM | #128 |
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he is clearly talking about the broader aspects and not the specific details of the executions. he talks about intricate character relationships like the comics -- the movie has that. he talks about being inspirational for kids -- reviews are blatantly stating that kids will like it as much as we liked in when we were kids. sweet spot for adults -- plenty of us are geeked about it, even if not all of us, so that is applicable as well. if it turns out the grumps are the exception and not the rule, than his statement is even more accurate because he certainly isn't attempting to say everybody, just a majority.
at no point does he say they are recreating the 155 issue series, he says they are using it as a base, and this movie clearly does in regards to the specific elements he does bring up. Goldface either simply doesn't posses the comprehension and analytical abilities to understand what is stated blatantly or is simply being dishonest in his assertion that the quote means something it doesn't. I understand Goldner is not saying he's recreating the 155 issue series (and I also understand you and others' frustrations with Goldface's assertions), but I do think Goldner was misleading in terms of how he put that, and indeed how Sommers and others have put it as well. Looking at the interviews, they've paid a lot of lipservice to ARAH (or the "80's GI Joe") but this was never intended to be ARAH, and they all knew it. They didn't reallycare about "pleasing" us ARAH fans, they simply didnt want to not piss us off. But even more so, they wanted to put a new spin on GI Joe. I think that's where Goldface feels they were being dishonest, and while I'm not really pissed off about it like he is, but I think he's right.
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08-04-2009, 01:03 PM | #129 |
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I've seen a couple of bootlegs (decent copies) that made me not like the movie and then seen 'em on good copies and liked the movie. Picture quality doesn't make up for bad acting or story, but it doesn't help anything at all, it'll make even a good movie bad.
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08-04-2009, 01:07 PM | #130 |
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I understand Goldner is not saying he's recreating the 155 issue series (and I also understand you and others' frustrations with Goldface's assertions), but I do think he was misleading in terms of how he put that, and indeed how Sommers and others have put it as well. Looking at the interviews, they've paid a lot of lipservice to ARAH (or the "80's GI Joe") but this was never intended to be ARAH, and I think they all realized that. They wanted to please us, but even more so, they wanted to put a new spin on GI Joe. I think that's where Goldface feels they were being dishonest, and to be honest, I think he's right there.
All the elements that make the 80s Joes what they were are all there in the movie, it's the SPECIFIC DETAILS that are different. Goldface keeps bringing that quote out because he thinks it was meant to be literal, not figurative. Iron Man pays homage to the source material, but was updated. The spirit of Iron Man is the same. Same with the X-men in it's many incarnations. The spirit/essence/elements that make it an X-Men show are there, even if the specific details are different (like the one where all the X-Men were students and Wolverine and Storm were the teachers, that alway struck me as creepy cause I was used to Wolverine lusting after Jean Grey and now here she was a teenager...). So in that context, figuratively, the quote is correct. I don't know how anyone would have expected a literal translation. It never happens, it has never happened, and it will never happened. Going from one media to another, things change, that's fact. Whether it's good changes or not, that's opinion.
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