My Take on G.I. JOE.....(Warning, a long read that won't read great cause I'm not a writer but it is a general outline of what I would do If I where to make a GI JOE film which is the point of the thread)
Act One - Duke is Born (15 mins long)
Movie starts with a mission briefing to some US Marines. They are being sent to Afghan to squash a new terrorist group, that the US Government has no info on except for satellite pictures that show a base of operations. Action starts. The mission goes bad right of the bat. Marines are dieing as the Terrorist group(all wearing black outfits with a red painted Cobra on the chest) is larger then they thought. Then a single Marine takes the mission in his own hands. Conrad S. Hauser a blue eyed, blond haired kid(really 29 yrs old) from St. Louis, Missouri. Steps up his game, single handed defeats the terrorist group and saving a few of his friends lives. The Marines then find a weapons shipment and manifest that shows the shipment coming from Scotland, and plans to steal a Nuclear device from a US submarine. As the small group returns to the US, Conrad is given the Medal of Honors. The scene then switches back to a small Afghan town wear a Solider of the Terrorist group is being help, he is injured, his face is scarred. He plans for retribution on the US Government.
Act Two - G.I. HOOOOOO! (10 mins long)
Conrad has been summon to see Major General Clayton Abernathy. In this meeting Conrad is told that a US Submerine has been Hi-Jack and some Nuclear materials were stolen. It is known that it was the same terrorist group that Conrad had help defeat, and their only lead is the ship manifest that shows Scotland shipping this group weapons. Conrad is asked if he would like to help Clayton run a new Elite Anti-Terrroist Group code named G.I. Joe. Conrad accepts. The next scene would show Abernathy introducing Conrad to this new group as their second in command. This is a small group of seven(including Clayton and Conrad). Abernathy debriefs them on their current mission to Callander, Scotland. Abernathy then tells why this group is needed(cue emotional patriotic speech). Then they are given Code Names. Conrad is given the name Duke. We then meet Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, Flint, Stalker, Lady Jaye and Clayton is Hawk. They are shown entering an air-carrier called the USS FLAGG(A fictional vechicle that is would be a larger more armed version of this helicopter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-1_Cobra)
Act Three - Meet Destro(40 mins Long)
USS FLAGG approaches Destro castle, Duke with is Binoculars sees the Guards wearing the same uniforms as the Afghan terrorist. They touch down a few miles away and set-up camp and make a plan. Stalker(communications expert) and Hawk remain at the camp as Duke serves as Field leader. Snake-Eyes and Lady Jaye are sent to scout the interior of the castle as they are the Covert specialist. Duke, Flint and Scarlett start taking out Guards that Patrol the outside of the Castle.
After the Guards are taken down, Snake-Eyes never reports back. Lady - Jaye tells the Joe's (over comm links) that he split and went to investigate the castle solo. Hawk sends the Joe's to find him. As they are sneaking in Scarlett sets off an alarm, cue big Action scene. 4 Joe's versus a countless horde of Cobra Vipers. The Joe's get bottlenecked into the Throne room where they seal off the door. Here they now see Snake Eyes Shackled and held with a Katana blade to his throat by a Ninja dressed in White. A tall figure emerges from behind the throne, wearing a Mask made of Iron(kind of like this
http://www.kropserkel.com/Images/mitim4.jpg but more evil looking). He introduces himself as Destro and introduces his Accountant the Baroness who is holding an AK-47 toward them. Then then asks them to stay awhile(kind of a old-bond villain feel) and a group of Night Creepers drops down behind the Joe's and Knocks them out.
Act Four - Storm Shadow vs Snake Eyes(20mins long)
The Joe's awaken in Jail cells. Hawk and Stalker are there but Snake Eyes seems to be missing. Hawk and Duke try to come up with a plan. Scene switches to a roof top. Snake Eyes and the White Ninja are there. They talk about there past. As Snake Eyes is about to call him Thomas Arash...Snake Eyes is interrupted, the White Ninja tells him he is now called Storm Shadow, and he hasn't gone by that old name for a long time. Storm Shadow tells Snake Eyes that he is on the roof for one reason so that he can exact revenge. Flashback a few years prior and we see Storm Shadow catching Snake Eyes above his dead master(yes, I reverse it). Strom Shadow gives Snake Eyes a sword and they fight. The fight goes for a long time, Snake Eyes tries to plead with him saying he didn't kill his master. The Fight ends with Storm Shadow falling off the roof. Snake Eyes peers over the ledge to see the body on the ground but sees nothing, Storm Shadow has vanished. Snake Eyes goes into the castle to free the Joe's. On his way there he eaves drops on Destro having a coverstation with what seems to be his boss, Destro refers to him as Cobra Commander. CC tells Destro to ship the Device to New York, and wire Grand Central Station to blow. Destro shuts off communication and tells the Baroness to kill the Joe's as he leaves for America. Snake Eyes takes off.
Act Five - the rescue(10mins long)
The six Joe's still planning, hear a noise. Snake Eyes appears and opens their cells. Duke wants an explanation, but no time as the Baroness arrive. The Joe's take on her Vipers, as Lady Jaye matches off against Baroness. Lady J wins and the Joe's head off. Snake Eyes tells them the plans he overheard. They make for the USS FLAGG, and take off. Duke again wants an explanation from Snake Eyes, and all he can get from Snake Eyes "I had to deal with something from my past", Duke knows to leave him alone. Hawk calls the Pentagon for reinforcements at Grand Central Station, an he finds that Cobra is already there with Hostages, a bomb and are asking for 10 billion dollars, also the President is Visiting New York, but they have him Guarded in the Presidential suite of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel . The Joe's are sent in to disarm the bomb and free the Hostages.
Act Six - secret railway(30mins long)
USS FLAGG lands on the roof to Grand Central. Stalker hacks into it's computer mainframe. Hawk stays with Stalker to help the Joe's thru thier comm links. And the five Joe's enter GCS through the roof top entrance.
They find the hostages in the GCS main concourse. All tied. They can Vipers still wiring the place. They Act. They kill all visible Vipers. And secure the main concourse, and sent the Hostages free. It was all too easy. Destro appears with his Night Creepers and Storm Shadow. He tells them the bomb is not in Grand Central Station and that they are foolish. Destro leaves and a fight ensues. Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow match off for part two of their fight. Flint, Lady Jaye and Scatlett tell Duke to follow Destro as they hold off the night creepers. Duke follows Destro to a secret railway underneath the GCS. There he sees a small bomb being loaded on a train. He sneaks on the train in the last car before the train leaves the station. The fight ends in the main concourse. Only Snake Eyes continues to battle. He tells the others not to interfere. As he has Storm Shadow on the ground and appearing to have victory, Storm Shadow throws a Grenade towards the Joe's Snake Eyes looks away from Strom Shadow to see the grenade go off with a blinding light. As Snake Eyes gets his vision back Storm Shadow is gone, it was only a flash grenade.
Act Seven - Duke vs Destro(45mins long)
Duke makes his way, car to car, taking out any Vipers he comes across. He reaches the middle car of the train and meets Destro, Destro introduces Duke to his new Guard Overkill(who would look like this
http://www.generalsjoes.com/images/reviews/archive/2002/JVC_Wave 4/batwave4-1.jpg but reverse the reds and blues, and instead of the silver metallic parts make it gold), stating he is an expensive experiment that Cobra wants to build more off cause he is too efficient in his job but can't due to cost, Destro Leaves Duke and Overkill to set up the bomb when they reach their destination. Overkill wakes up and attacks Duke. Duke is outmatched by Overkill's Strength. He tricks Overkill to throw a punch which Duke ducks out of the way, Overkill ends up with an arm out of a window, Duke then picks him off the ground and sends Overkill threw the window underneath the train where he is crushed. Duke catches his breath when the train stops. He sees the Vipers and Destro get off the train with the bomb. He follows fighting the Vipers as he goes up this spiral staircase. At the end he appears to be in the Waldorf-Astoria. Destro and his Vipers get on an elevator and Duke follows by taking the stairs. Duke makes it to the Presidential Suite to find Vipers tying the President and his family to the Bomb. Destro sends his remaining Vipers to attack Duke but are quickly handled. Destro then goes Hand to Hand against Duke as the US President watches on. The fight is fierce, Duke is exhausted from all the events giving Destro a clear advantage. As Destro gets the upper hand and Duke is laying on the ground, the two in front of a large window. As Destro pulls out a gun a large aircraft appears from the window, it's the USS FLAGG, it's guns roar as thousand bullets soar per second Killing Destro and because it's a movie Duke and the President are fine, and Scarlett defuses the bomb.
Act Eight - The End(5mins long)
GI JOE should end with a Star Wars ending where the President thanks the Joe's for saving his life as well the countless others of New York, and give all the Joe's medals. The final scene should show Cobra Commander with a living Baroness looking over a product line that is constructing BATS(
http://www.smalljoes.com/images_gijoe/bats2_l.jpg the black ones).
the End.
Total run time 2hrs and 35mins long.
Cast
Cobra Commander - Viggo Mortensen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cobra_commander.jpg
Duke - Wentworth Miller
Hawk - Harrison Ford
Snake Eyes - Tomas Jane
Lady Jaye - still deciding on
Scarlett - still deciding on
Flint - still deciding on
Destro - Gerald Butler
the Baroness - ?
Cobra Vipers/Night Creepers - UFC Fighters
Overkill - Tyler Mane(NO dialog)
