The Negative Reaction Thread

[Fresh Prince]

Originally Posted by M.E.H.Z.E.B

Since Sommers' movie will more than likely make peanuts, I'd like to imagine that it was more than what any of us would be paid to say the same for G.I. Hoes.

Lol why you call them that?

[Nivek]

Wacko-basket dwelling Talk Show host Glenn Beck has a little rant about G.I. Joe not "being American enough".

Glenn Beck crazy talk focusing on G.I. Joe


Apparently, it looking like a huge mess doesn't even cross his mind.

[Fresh Prince]

Movie prolly not american enough.

[CelticPredator]

Originally Posted by That-Guy

I hope that you're wrong about that, but sadly, I suppose that it's box office performance is an indicator of a strong return crowd.

Its true, and you people who dont like the movie need to stop crying about it.

[CelticPredator]

Originally Posted by Nivek

Wacko-basket dwelling Talk Show host Glenn Beck has a little rant about G.I. Joe not "being American enough".

Glenn Beck crazy talk focusing on G.I. Joe


Apparently, it looking like a huge mess doesn't even cross his mind.

Since I hate that douche, I dont want to watch it, but seriously, GI JOE is an AMERICAN thing. I have no idea why the went Global.

[Jake Cassidy]

Originally Posted by CelticPredator

Its true, and you people who dont like the movie need to stop crying about it.

I wouldn't bet on that happening.

[CelticPredator]

Probably not. I mean christ, they're *****ing more at US then the damn movie.

[Jake Cassidy]

I'm starting to like it. It's quite entertaining.

[CelticPredator]

It can be. But only in one thread. When it branches off into some random thread like...oh I dont know...the ****ing Twilight thread, then it gets annoying. lol

[Jake Cassidy]

I'd go to the Twilight thread if I were a teenage girl or had my balls cut off.

[Fresh Prince]

I going to see this for Rachel Nichols.

[DemonicFoil]

This movie rotting in hell is not good enough, it will have to rot in hell with dragonball evolution.

[Neptune]

I'm going to see this for Sienna Miller who looks incredibly hot as the Baroness.

[CelticPredator]

Originally Posted by Jake Cassidy

I'd go to the Twilight thread if I were a teenage girl or had my balls cut off.

But trashing that **** is so funny.

[Fresh Prince]

Originally Posted by Neptune

I'm going to see this for Sienna Miller who looks incredibly hot as the Baroness.

I'm seeing this for Rachel Nichols.

[CelticPredator]

Yes, we freaking know. Stop repeating yourself.

[Fresh Prince]

Originally Posted by CelticPredator

Yes, we freaking know. Stop repeating yourself.

Shut up. I can say it how many times I want.

[Dr. Evil]

I'll watch it for both.

Catfight please.

[Fresh Prince]

Originally Posted by Dr. Evil

I'll watch it for both.

Catfight please.

Oh you know it.

[BlackLantern]

Originally Posted by CelticPredator

Since I hate that douche, I dont want to watch it, but seriously, GI JOE is an AMERICAN thing. I have no idea why the went Global.

the way I understand it, its a team of the best personnel in the world, but under american command (General Hawk)....which is ok by me

[Sam Fisher]

Originally Posted by CelticPredator

Its true, and you people who dont like the movie need to stop crying about it.

People stop whining on the internet? You know that's impossible

[JRPJCDJC]

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

waited until the DVD release because the trailers didn't do much for me. I'm a big fan of GI Joe going back to my childhood years with Marvel and I even read the new IDW series. This movie..... wow! I guess anyone can make a film in Hollywood. I have never been someone who disses a movie for altering the original book or comic concept because it works better on film, but EVERYTHING changed in this film was for the worse.

I was skeptical going into this when I saw it at the theater. What I can say is that I've never seen a movie quite like that. That's a good thing. However, it was not what I wanted or ever even expected from a G.I. Joe live action movie. Maybe this should've been titled Action Man because it sure as hell wasn't G.I. Joe except in name only. I still need to see it on DVD but... I'm already thinking G.I. Joe deserves a more thought out remake.

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

DESTRO - Could they have picked a skinnier Scottish weenie to be Destro?

Meh, who gives a crap about Destro? Yeah, he wasn't what he's always been but that's the least of things people should be griping about.

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

GENERAL HAWK - Yeah, is there anyone more out of place as an Army General than Dennis Quaid? Didn't even give off the feeling of an experienced officer.

Didn't give off the Gen. Hawk vibe, period.

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

RIPCORD - Give me a break. This Wayans guy feels as military as Paris Hilton.

It's not that. Why in the blue-hell change a white character to a black character when you have a full arsenal of black joes waiting in the wings? Stalker? Roadblock? Doc? Alpine?

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

BARRONESS ORIGIN STORY - Okay, lady starts killing billions of people just because Duke couldn't save her brother in the Middle East. Yeah, that makes sense.

Every characters background and motives were lacking.

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

STORMSHADOW/SNAKEYE ORIGIN STORY - The first time they face off, we get a flashback of 5 year old ninjas fighting each other? Mkay. Didn't help at all how superhero-esque they looked in costumes.

The flashback was really oddly placed too, wasn't it? Or is it just me? Forget Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow, the entire Snake Eyes story was eliminated and that's the story that pretty much makes G.I. Joe - G.I. Joe. I mean, the entire COBRA organization is tied to HIS time in Vietnam with Storm Shadow and Stalker, further reason for Wayans to be Stalker and not Ripcord. I really didn't give a crap about the whole Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow thing and I thought the fight really failed to meet expectations. If they were hoping for Snake Eyes to be the Wolverine and get a spin-off they really better re-think that. I, at least, was intrigued by Wolverine and the Origins movie. I would have zero interest in a Snake Eyes movie at this point.

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

COBRA COMMANDER ORIGIN STORY - Far and away the dumbest origin re-write. A U.S. Army soldier invades a bunker in the Middle East, sees a video about nano-bots, and decides to conquer the world? Okay. The story had already numbed me by then, so I guess I was ready for anything.

Again, the G.I. Joe/Cobra origins story is pretty much centered on Snake Eyes. He killed Baroness' brother in Vietnam by mistake, got tried in a military court of law with Destro as his defense attorney. Once discharged, his family is killed by Cobra Commander's brother in a car crash. HOW CAN THAT BE ELIMINATED AND STILL BE G.I. JOE!!!

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

THE TOTAL DISRESPECT FOR A MILITARY THEME - Look, GI Joe has always been about sci-fi and the outrageous, but there were so few characters in this movie who could convince me that they had served any time in our nation's armed forces. Larry Hama's military roots are what made this series a great comic book run to begin with, so I guess they went to the cartoon for inspiration. From the androgynous casting choices, to the college co-ed vibe I got with Scarlett and Ripcord, I think Duke was probably the most realistic casting choice.

A military unit the caliber of G.I. Joe is going to be cocky. It wasn't that they were unmilitarylike that ruined this, it's that there was nothing military about this to even things out. It was like Terminator: Salvation meets American Pie.

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

could go on and on about what made this movie a laugher, but I fall back on Richard Donner's original quote about the first Superman movie. He refused to make it unless the studios would allow him to take the fictional legend serious. Audiences had to respect the character as a real person. There were so many cool concepts they could have done for a GI Joe movie. From making it feel realistic instead of cartoony sci-fi, to emphasizing the recruitment of the best Green Berets, Navy Seals, etc to be members of GI Joe. And most important, making the bad guys much cooler!

Oh, there were ALOT better way to go. The best being the only way to go in my opinion. I'm not revealing it though because I know it's correct, so why let it be trashed?

Originally Posted by SpandexFan

really could care less if there's a sequel and I'll stick with something like the GI Joe Cobra mini-series by IDW if I want a work of fiction that actually tries not to be a three stooges fest. What a shame. This could have been a great movie in the right hands. As it is, it's destined for another Scooby-Doo run. A laughable attempt from a franchise property with a much bigger budget than its screenplay deserves.

Not as bad as Scooby-Doo, but little to no better than Fantastic Four.

[Timstuff]

Originally Posted by JRPJCDJC

It's not that. Why in the blue-hell change a white character to a black character when you have a full arsenal of black joes waiting in the wings? Stalker? Roadblock? Doc? Alpine?

Somehow I get the feeling that the fans would not have been terribly happy if any of the characters you mentioned were re-imagined as wisecracking sidekicks played by Marlon Wayans. They picked Ripcord because he is a minor character who fans would not miss if they reimagined him. The only reason Ripcord would have appeared in the movie at all would be because they wanted a blank canvas to draw on, and that's exactly what they did.

[SurfDUI]

I am upset because of the...
Poor script
Poor casting
Not staying true to the source material

All of the above.
Since the source material is a way to sell toys, I don't really know I should feel about it. It did suck tho, at least the bootleg I got.
EVen the first Transformers had glimpses of original ides from the old school stuff. Joe didn't have any of that that I saw.

[Original Spawn]

I didn´t know G.I. Joe before the film, i watched it and it was horrible, then i saw the source material, the cartoons and the comics, especially the comics and they were much better than the film, the film should have been less futuristic, more military but still with some cool advanced technology