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5 - Excellent movie! | 55 | 13.68% | |
4 - Pretty good. | 126 | 31.34% | |
3 - Average, not good, not bad. | 87 | 21.64% | |
2 - Pretty bad. | 57 | 14.18% | |
1 - Terrible movie! | 77 | 19.15% | |
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01-07-2010, 09:39 AM | #1151 |
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The definition of RoC Police, as given by the person that first coined the term, applied more to the Hater camp then the other side, in my opinion. So that is how I apply the term.
Now others felt it applied more to the "lovers" camp, so that is how they apply the term. My take is that unless a term can be applied to one side and one side only, then it shouldn't be used. I only use it now cause I know I can get a rise out of people when I do. It's fun.
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01-07-2010, 10:25 AM | #1152 |
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I'm not surprised my approval of Channing Tatum was taken to task so I'll elaborate.
Hardcore Joe fans, especially the ones that prefer the Marvel run to the toon most likely prefer Hawk, and many may even dislike Duke as a character. I think over exposure in the toy-line may have lead to some of this negative energy as well, and I know this isn't true for everyone, it's just a generalization. Now in the Marvel run, Duke wasn't as major a character, and at times it felt like he was there only because Hasbro said you have to put Duke in the book. So he was kind of just there, like a part of the background, heck, Tripwire's character was probably fleshed out more than Duke, I mean at least he took a spill every time you saw him. For that reason Channing was the perfect actor to play Duke. He's just there just like his character from the comic, just there. Because of his previous work in those dance movies he's instantly dis-likable, again; capitalizing on the hardcore fan's dislike of Duke as an overexposed Hawk replacement. So I think he did a great job. He didn't need to convey to much emotion, because Duke is a man of action. He looked the part, it's an action movie and that's all you really need. Really, he was perfect and I can't think of anyone that could have done any better. Star Wars episode 3, that was cool at the end when Kenobi and Skywalker fought and at the end Kenobi was all like, "you were the chosen one!" Good stuff. I dislike meticlurians more than Binks, and if they had kept being a Jedi more of a cross between spirituality and a form of martial art rather than a bi-product of an alien parasite I would have been happy. Seriously, "the force is strong in this one" would have been so much better than "his meticlurian count is off the charts". Chris Eccleston was great as Destro, sure he wasn't buff, but he was pretty cool. The Doctor/ Commander really felt like CC from the cartoon for no obvious reason other than the actor's ability to project that through the screen. Se and SS with a gold star to SS, I don't think anyone can realistically complain about the job those 2 did. I know people probably didn't expect a Moroccan Breaker, but the guy did an excellent job, and I think it makes the character more interesting. "What do you mean, no one can do what I just did...", when he retrieves the intel from the deceased Viper. It was a great movie... |
01-07-2010, 11:11 AM | #1153 |
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This we know
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01-07-2010, 12:32 PM | #1154 |
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Exclusive: G.I. JOE SEQUEL is Happening; Writer Has Been Hired
"While some didn’t think much of director Stephen Sommers G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra..." "And even though some might think the film wasn’t profitable, the fact is The Rise of Cobra made over $300 million at the worldwide box office and I’m sure it helped to sell a lot of toys. What I’m trying to say is, this film made people money, and when that happens, you get sequels!" - So yeah HAH! |
01-07-2010, 01:32 PM | #1155 |
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What exactly is that supposed to mean? I'm as excited as you are about the potential for the sequel.
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01-07-2010, 04:00 PM | #1156 |
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I thought Channing Tatum was good as Duke. I've heard people say his acting was wooden, but I think Duke's character is as well.
I think Marlon Wayans did a good job as Ripcord too. Sure his character was different than the original, but I believe change is good. He added some comic relief to the movie and wasn't over the top. It was some of his best work that I've seen. IMHO, the original Jurassic Park set the standard for CG until Avatar came out. RoC was equal to most other movies, with many movies having CG inferior to RoC. The movie was written like an episode of the cartoon, which was perfect because it was a big screen adaption of the toyline the cartoon was made about. Anything more realistic would have missed the point of the source material. The pacing was very well done. There were no boring parts. The accelerator suit scene was one of if not the best action sequences of 2009. I like that SE was with SS growing up. It is more believable this way than how Hama originally presented the story as far as SE's ninja skill surpasing SS. Baroness being the Commander's brother and infected with Nanomites explains her unexplained loyalties towards the Commander from the comic as well. The Nanomite explanation also works with Destro too. |
01-07-2010, 04:10 PM | #1157 |
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The definition of RoC Police, as given by the person that first coined the term, applied more to the Hater camp then the other side, in my opinion. So that is how I apply the term.
Now others felt it applied more to the "lovers" camp, so that is how they apply the term. My take is that unless a term can be applied to one side and one side only, then it shouldn't be used. I only use it now cause I know I can get a rise out of people when I do. It's fun. |
01-07-2010, 04:49 PM | #1158 |
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I thought Channing Tatum was good as Duke. I've heard people say his acting was wooden, but I think Duke's character is as well.
I think Marlon Wayans did a good job as Ripcord too. Sure his character was different than the original, but I believe change is good. He added some comic relief to the movie and wasn't over the top. It was some of his best work that I've seen. IMHO, the original Jurassic Park set the standard for CG until Avatar came out. RoC was equal to most other movies, with many movies having CG inferior to RoC. The movie was written like an episode of the cartoon, which was perfect because it was a big screen adaption of the toyline the cartoon was made about. Anything more realistic would have missed the point of the source material. The pacing was very well done. There were no boring parts. The accelerator suit scene was one of if not the best action sequences of 2009. I like that SE was with SS growing up. It is more believable this way than how Hama originally presented the story as far as SE's ninja skill surpassing SS. Baroness being the Commander's brother and infected with Nanomites explains her unexplained loyalties towards the Commander from the comic as well. The Nanomite explanation also works with Destro too. Quote:
Haha I disagree with almost every statement. I actually saw the same movie and walked away embarassed basically for every reason you just mentioned. I mean Destro didn't even want to become Destro lol. Cobra Commander forces him to take the nanomites while he cries like a b***h lololol. Really?? Destro didn't even want to be Destro, how lame is that?
You don't think Marlon Wayan's Ripcord was different than the original. You don't think the CG in Jurassic Park and Avatar was good. The movie was realistic, not at all like the cartoon, and neither the movie nor the cartoon were based on the toy-line. The accelerator suit wasn't one of, but the best action scene of 2009. It makes more sense that someone who has spent a few years studying the martial arts could surpass someone that has spent a life time studying it than 1 out of 2 people studying the martial arts their whole lives is better than the other. In which issue of the Marvel run did they explain Baroness's loyalties to CC? Go back and watch the scene where Destro gets his mask, I think he says "At last I take my place in a long line of the clan McCullen", not "Please don't give me nanomites I don't want to be Destro". Also didn't you ever wonder why a villain as cool as Destro works for a guy like CC? Why doesn't he just go into business for himself? Well now you know; nanomites. I know from your previous posts that you were embarrassed and I think it's because your vision of what GI Joe is is skewed a bit. We both saw the same movie, I enjoyed myself, you left embarrassed. Who won that round? The guy that was satisfied and lets people know how much he enjoyed himself or the guy that was disappointed and embarrassed and is still complaining about it today? Laugh out loud out loud out loud. Last edited by CV2.0; 01-07-2010 at 04:51 PM.. |
01-07-2010, 04:58 PM | #1159 |
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Not defending or attacking that change, but FYI history is full of prodigies that come out of nowhere and hit like an atom bomb. Even as a child, Mozart could play better than people three times his age. SEs army training, both in stealth and martial arts, might have also given him a foundation to build on, so he wasn't necessarily starting from scratch. Neither version is any more or less realistic than the other.
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01-07-2010, 06:36 PM | #1160 |
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Technically, he said "almost every statement", not "every statement", so you can't assume he's agreeing with literally everything you said.
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