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08-08-2009, 12:06 AM | #21 |
Crimson Guard
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I'm looking forward to seeing it. From everything I've read, it seems Sommers is doing a homage to Roger Moore James Bond. From the villians secret hideaway to the outlandish weapons to its cheesiness. That's Roger Moore's bond. That's not a bad thing. But not the direction most of us would have wanted. I sense most wanted a fist pumping Black Hawk Down. A realistic gritty Joe. A close imagining of Joe would be Verhoeven's Starship Troopers. Outlandish, over the top, cheesy, violent and sexy. Perhaps if a sequal is a go, then Starship troopers is the template they should follow. Without the extreme violence and gore.
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08-08-2009, 03:06 PM | #22 |
THE PITT - Head Janitor
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It boggles the mind!!!
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08-08-2009, 03:11 PM | #23 |
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I don't HATE everything with the movie. The spirit of it is positive and as Sommers has said, it is just "fun." Action is used throughout the show contantly......with cheap SciFi Network special defects I might add.
What concerns me is this IS a toy commercial for Hasblo. They need to do a good job with getting the kids especially to love these characters like Lucas did with Luke Skywalker, Chewie, Vader, and the like. That is the most successfull thing Hasblo could do. I am not a kid anymore so I don't know how to see it as a kid. I suppose I would but would I bug my parents to buy these new toys? I did not see any kids in the theater last night. What I am concerned with is the fact that this may not be a movie kids really go to. They go for more cartoony things like BIG transforming robots. Regular human soldiers running around in arctic and underwater situations might not be what wets their whistle. Many of the scenes seemed to be "borrowed" from star wars like the underwater scene. I can live with Hasblo's revisioning and reshuffling of the original Joe-verse facts but honestly I am not sure what the new version is any better that what was previously established. Seriously. It was kind of cool but is it any better that was has been made before? Please folks reply to that. I want to know what others think. I understand they did what they did so the kids would get all siked to buy the toys. This might belly flop like those Indiana Jones figures though. Guess I will go to walmart on saturday to see if those RoC pegwarmers have sold out. That will be the biggest sign if any. Now if I could get Wallyworld to refill the pegs......
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