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01-18-2012, 09:31 AM | #11 |
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01-18-2012, 09:34 AM | #12 |
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I am on board with Killing off Duke...
However If they wanted to keep him... Kill him off Joe style, then at the end of the movie the Commander walks into a Jail Cell, Duke is captive, The Commander says something like "We have unfinished business between us." or "The information you provided proofed useful, You have earned your freedom." |
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01-18-2012, 09:35 AM | #13 |
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May very well be. This production seems bound and determined to try to win the "lapsed" fans back over, and given that Tatum's performance was one of the most disliked and derided parts of the first movie, what better way to show the fans "this ain't like the last G.I. Joe movie!" than by brutally killing off (arguably) the most hated part of the first movie in the first 10 minutes of the second?
In other words, Tatum's death would be fan-service. Like if George Lucas had Darth Vader slice Jar-Jar Binks in half in Episode III. Oh yeah, slicing Duke in half? Yeah, that's much better! Like Snake Eyes!!! |
01-18-2012, 10:52 AM | #14 |
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I think his comments pretty much sum up that the original team will not be in a sequel and I think it's safe to assume that he dies.
Hasbro wanted to kill Duke off back in the animated movie but the backlash would have been too much, as it was with Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie. But with all the hate dumped on Tatum from the first movie I think Hasbro is going back to the "Lets focus on newer characters by killing older ones off" well and are making room for new toys. I love Duke... clearly... But Channing Tatum with his perma-goatee and hip-hop linguistics do not make up the attributes of Duke. I'm looking forward to this movie. I just wish they went reboot with the core characters and less flashy tech and started the Joe franchise anew.
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01-18-2012, 10:57 AM | #15 |
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Well, like I said earlier...I don't think Duke as a character is going to disappear from the G.I. Joe franchise, but I could see him being pushed to "second tier status" for a while. He's been the poster boy for the franchise pretty much since the Joe vs. Cobra relaunch in the early 2000's, and it hasn't seemed to really catch on. Maybe Hasbro's thinking that they can shift focus to Flint (who is almost as iconic as Duke already), Lady Jaye, and Roadblock, at least for a couple years. Snake-Eyes, of course, remains in his all-but-unassailable position as "most popular character."
Don't get me wrong, Hasbro's still going to crank out tons of variations of certain characters, I'm just thinking that aside from Snake-Eyes, who those certain characters are might get shuffled up a bit. Maybe we get Arctic/Scuba/Ninja Flint instead of Arctic/Scuba/Ninja Duke. If you think about it, it'd kind of be like how Sunbow started off with Duke and Scarlett kind of "in the lead" and then shifted to feature Flint and Lady Jaye more heavily later on. |
01-18-2012, 11:09 AM | #16 |
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01-18-2012, 12:01 PM | #17 |
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Less Channing Tatum is sure making this movie sound even better.
To be honest I was never much of a Duke fan so I'm glad some other Joe characters are getting the spotlight instead of Duke. Topped off with I've never been all that impressed with Channing Tatum as an actor because he just lacks the charisma that would make his characters likable to me. |
01-18-2012, 12:09 PM | #18 |
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The only way I would approve of them killing anyone is if they use the same actors from the first movie. Plus, if you are going to kill Duke, you need to kill Ripcord, Scarlett, Stone, Heavy Duty, Breaker, Snake-Eyes, and Hawk. Yes, that is the entire cast from the last movie.
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01-18-2012, 12:24 PM | #19 |
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I hope the Wayans brothers come in at the last minute to save the day.
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01-18-2012, 12:25 PM | #20 |
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The only way I would approve of them killing anyone is if they use the same actors from the first movie. Plus, if you are going to kill Duke, you need to kill Ripcord, Scarlett, Stone, Heavy Duty, Breaker, Snake-Eyes, and Hawk. Yes, that is the entire cast from the last movie.
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