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04-29-2014, 07:38 AM | #21 |
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I hate Channing as duke and glad he was killed off. Channing is meant to play the slow witted characters like Pauly shore or Keanu Reeves did when he was younger.
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04-29-2014, 10:07 AM | #22 |
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Thank goodness Duke/Tatum is dead/gone from the movie, he was just awful in general. Duke was brought into the Joeverse to be the "all American ideal soldier" for the 80s cartoon. He took away so much time from exploring awesome joe leaders like Stalker or Hawk. Hasbro almost killed Duke in the animated movie but saved him because if the nobody is ever to die or even be shot in the cartoon rule. Stalker started the whole Joe team and would have been the ideal feild leader for the joe team. I may be wrong but it seems to me that Hasbro thought the blue eyed blonde haired Duke would be better excepted by the public than a guy like Stalker. Too bad Stalker didn't get the job of joe leader. He's sooo much better than a token Captain America jerk like Duke. The more I think about it, a lot of these cartoons went with the blonde haired spotless image for their lead Heros. How crappy is that? Another reason Duke should be dead is for stealing Scarlett from SE.
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04-29-2014, 10:29 AM | #23 |
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It increased the "gravitas" of the film by messing with audience expectations of a "main character" (Psycho and Executive Decision did the same by killing off their "leads" early in the film) It moved Roadblock's narrative forward (forcing him to "promote" himself) It allowed Channing Tatum to step away from the franchise at least somewhat gracefully. One of my biggest complaints about Duke's death wasn't necessarily the fact he got blown up, but that the script and director did such a great job in making me give a crap about him in the second film to begin with. His interplay with Roadblock was a GREAT angle to both characters, and something I hope will see revisited in future GI Joe media. No, Duke WAS slated to die, but that decision was reversed late due to public outcry over the death of Optimus Prime in that feature.
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04-29-2014, 10:37 AM | #24 |
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I would've rather had Duke die in the movie, but Falcon not be the idiot the movie portrayed him as, and he lead the Joe team |
04-29-2014, 10:40 AM | #25 |
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Fanboys complained about Tatum's portrayal of Duke in ROC almost as much as they complained about Ripcord being black. Paramount throws the fanboys a bone by killing Duke and now suddenly so many people want to keep Duke around. This is why movie studios try not to listen to fanboys.
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04-29-2014, 11:11 AM | #26 |
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Here's my issue...
They wrote Duke's character incorrectly. The guy is supposed to be one of the most (if not THE most) Senior NCOs on the Joe team. His character should be written like Sam Elliot's portrayal of SGM Plumley in "We Were Soldiers"...(perhaps not quite as verbally hard.). He's nobody's buddy. And should be older. Channing Tatum actually made for a decent Junior Officer... So...quit making Duke an officer..! Officers and NCOs have two very distinct role variations. I believe this is why they wrote Falcon they way they did in the old '87 movie (and Tatum would have been a great Falcon...).
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04-29-2014, 11:20 AM | #27 |
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I am pretty certain when they gave the dog tags to Joe Colton he knew it was dukes or said something about howser if I recall...i haven't watched it in a while so I may be wrong.
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04-29-2014, 11:51 AM | #28 |
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You forgot to add Joe "fans" in there somewhere, as they did their part too.
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04-29-2014, 12:07 PM | #29 |
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I have to wonder if they will reboot GI Joe? They reboot Huge franchises whose sequels were lack luster nut made money. They even sometimes reboot potential franchises that flopped. But will they reboot a franchise that has been mildly successful?
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04-29-2014, 12:13 PM | #30 |
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cough cough Spiderman cough cough ;)
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