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01-31-2012, 10:18 PM | #11 |
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Ok, I see my post/ thread got a lil' front page treatment (yay me). Thank you mods. But the new article title is inaccurate as all hell. The possible death of Duke in Retaliation is only questioned and never answered. If anything, an obvious rumor that is making the circles, being asked about by MTV just adds more speculation.
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01-31-2012, 10:54 PM | #12 |
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02-01-2012, 04:07 AM | #13 |
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I think it would be a bad idea to kill of Duke
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02-01-2012, 04:27 AM | #14 |
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I don't believe Dent died in TDK, just injured from his fall.
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02-01-2012, 08:37 AM | #15 |
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Tatum's been in a fair number of movies coming out lately, (Ten Year, Haywire, The Vow). If he was in G.I. Joe very much he wouldn't have had time to appear in so many other flicks. I fully expect him to be killed off near the beginning.
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02-01-2012, 08:50 AM | #16 |
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Why?
Seriously, what is there about Channing Tatum's Duke that's so integral to the movie incarnation of G.I. Joe that it simply would not survive or be a good/better movie without him? The movie-verse isn't the Marvel comics. The movie-verse isn't Sunbow. The movie-verse isn't IDW. The movie-verse isn't Renegades. Killing Duke in the movie isn't going to make the character disappear from the franchise. It just means in this one particular incarnation of G.I. Joe, Duke died and isn't the be all, end all of the Joe team. Is that such a bad thing? People have forgotten in the "core character driven" 2000's that the only time (in the ARAH era) Duke was really "the face" of G.I. Joe was Sunbow's first season. After that, he basically split screen-time with Flint. From an overall marketing perspective, Snake-Eyes is more important. I mean, God forbid Hasbro have an excuse to NOT make 12 variants of Duke for the movie (sure, we'll probably get 12 variants of RoadRock instead, but at least that's a character that doesn't have 45 versions already out there). Last edited by Jmacq1; 02-01-2012 at 08:58 AM.. |
02-01-2012, 12:02 PM | #17 |
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Killing off Duke early on would be a nice way for the film to say up front that this film is going to be nothing like the first one. It also seems like a way to make fans who were disappointed in the first film a little happier because since the first movie was all about Duke and how every character was connected to him by killing off Duke they are symbolically killing the first movie.
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02-01-2012, 12:11 PM | #18 |
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Why?
Seriously, what is there about Channing Tatum's Duke that's so integral to the movie incarnation of G.I. Joe that it simply would not survive or be a good/better movie without him? The movie-verse isn't the Marvel comics. The movie-verse isn't Sunbow. The movie-verse isn't IDW. The movie-verse isn't Renegades. Killing Duke in the movie isn't going to make the character disappear from the franchise. It just means in this one particular incarnation of G.I. Joe, Duke died and isn't the be all, end all of the Joe team. Is that such a bad thing? People have forgotten in the "core character driven" 2000's that the only time (in the ARAH era) Duke was really "the face" of G.I. Joe was Sunbow's first season. After that, he basically split screen-time with Flint. From an overall marketing perspective, Snake-Eyes is more important. I mean, God forbid Hasbro have an excuse to NOT make 12 variants of Duke for the movie (sure, we'll probably get 12 variants of RoadRock instead, but at least that's a character that doesn't have 45 versions already out there). Quote:
Killing off Duke early on would be a nice way for the film to say up front that this film is going to be nothing like the first one. It also seems like a way to make fans who were disappointed in the first film a little happier because since the first movie was all about Duke and how every character was connected to him by killing off Duke they are symbolically killing the first movie.
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02-01-2012, 12:27 PM | #19 |
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on the bright side, if Duke is killed off. Maybe......maaaaaaaybe we won't get so many Duke figures in the future.
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02-01-2012, 12:33 PM | #20 |
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My opinion on the matter is irrelevant and ive no experience outside liking what i like about things, but, to me, killing a character is nothing, i say again, NOTHING short of lazy writing and straight up hollywood egotism.
Characters thatve existed for generations are entered into different media to expand their story, not end it. If a writer or studio doesnt feel comfortable adding to the mythology and instead opt to terminate it, theyve no business having access to the property to start with. To me, thats the diffetence between good movie and bad and its also why i quit non joe comics. If you have to kill your ip cornerstones to tell your story, you need to tell it elsewhere. Changes are fine, updates are crucial, but dont sell me baseball and tell me its football.
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