[ScottyHawkeye]

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Originally Posted by AWOL

A now G.I. Joe has been hitched to TF's wagon... what a world.

I'm relatively cautiously optimistic about those franchises going forward and always have been. The current TF directors like Knight & Caple Jr. have at least shown they're competent filmmakers and appreciate the material they're adapting. As long as LdIB is still around he'll make stupid hiring decisions for the franchise like Bay, Sommers, and Schwentke.

[MammothFan]

The new GI joe movies have been forgettable and boring.

Poor writing, poor acting and poor visual spectacles.

[J James]

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Originally Posted by MammothFan

The new GI joe movies have been forgettable and boring.

Poor writing, poor acting and poor visual spectacles.

This is really all that needs to be said about them. The writers and producers don't understand what GiJoe is.

[J James]

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Originally Posted by Fred Broca

Yes, we want to see the JOEs fight COBRA, but there needs to be a compelling reason for the inevitable confrontation.

I agree entirely with this. The reason needs to be deeper than just a weather weapon or nanomites.

GiJoe could be a six-film series at least.

[Breakerfan]

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Originally Posted by ScottyHawkeye

They were successful at the box office, but then that's worked to the detriment of the franchise because people don't think highly of the franchise and the post-Bay films have just been modest successes as a result instead of billion-dollar hits like the Bay films were. The GA's perception of TF has been tainted by Bay's movies.

I disagree with this point. I think Bay's films, like them or not, are the exact reason I can go to the store and buy super awesome cartoon accurate Transformers figures today. Those films were successful enough to support the brand making figures for every kind of fan.

[ScottyHawkeye]

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Originally Posted by Breakerfan

I disagree with this point. I think Bay's films, like them or not, are the exact reason I can go to the store and buy super awesome cartoon accurate Transformers figures today. Those films were successful enough to support the brand making figures for every kind of fan.

I doubt that's a result of the Bay films. To me, that seems more like a product of the popularity of cartoons like the Unicron trilogy & Dreamwave G1 comics which utilized those designs prior to the Bay travesties. If the Bay films were that crucial to the success of the franchise you wouldn't see G1 designs anymore, you'd be stuck with terrible designs like this across all current mediums. Just look at the impact James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy movies had on the Guardians franchise, now the movie designs are the only character designs those characters have across all current mediums of entertainment.

[scruffyronin]

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Originally Posted by Breakerfan

I disagree with this point. I think Bay's films, like them or not, are the exact reason I can go to the store and buy super awesome cartoon accurate Transformers figures today. Those films were successful enough to support the brand making figures for every kind of fan.

Yep, putting money in Hasbro's pocket gives them confidence to indulge the market more.

[Dirtbag]

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Originally Posted by J James

I know the Barbie movie is making money but that doesn't mean Barbie is a more popular property than GiJoe at all.

Barbie doesn't have a storyline. There's nothing to adapt. The film is something else entirely wearing Barbie imagery as a skin.

That is not true at all. Barbie is the most successful toy brand in existence.

Hell, if it wasn?t for Barbie there wouldn?t be GI Joe. Since GI Joe came as an idea to market dolls to boys.

The GI Joe movies failed for multiple reasons. Some we know, other we are all assuming because none of us were behind the scenes.

[Dirtbag]

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Originally Posted by DarkLordMordred

Fuckin' A, dude

Legit.

[AWOL]

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag

GI Joe came as an idea to market dolls to boys.