First look at G.I. Joe's Scarlett.

[YoJoeScarlett]

Cover Girl has red hair, and is also in the movie.

Ya but come on. Cover girl has also been blond. I doubt we will see 2 red heads.

 

[NoirMan82]

Nice try but wrong. The general consensus is that the costume is cookie cutter and does not lend any sense of the individual character that is associated with the Joe characters. Nobody is saying they want an exact remake of the 80's costumes just the black muscle suits are a lazy, lame effort and every bit as antiquated as those old 80’s designs.



There is noting wrong with military outfits that are black at all but black muscle suits? When was the last time you saw the US military running around looking like sudo power rangers?

Sorry, any way you cut it, that is x-men and batman rehash. There is nothing "immature" about pointing that out. At the base concept it is true “black muscle suits.”

If that was the costume for the Baroness most people would be ecstatic. So now what does the Baroness and Destro wear? Oh is is a bunch of people running around wearing black shooting at each other!

If that is the case they better bring back the old red and blue lasers. It is the only way you are going to be able to tell anybody apart.

My only hope is that shot has some story behind it. That maybe there is a reason she is wearing “that outfit.” Maybe she is in a cobra outfit prepping for an infiltration… I doubt we will be that lucky though.

My thought... this movie is going to suck.

Wrong is a matter of formulated fact, dude, not opinion. What you like or want isn't what everybody else wants. Calling this design "lazy" just because you don't like is a slap in the face to the creative team of this movie and any movie. Just using outdated and flat out tacky costumes of TOYS made 25 years ago is lazy. They're just trying to update the GI JOE concept, which is waaay overdue. And your "muscle suit" claim is also flat. Batman has a molded rubber suit, the X-Men wear leather racing-like gear, and Scarlett is wearing an armoredtacticle, textile uniform. I can't say I see soldiers wearing stuff like this (although concepts like it exist) but I also don't live in the future, where the movie takes place.

Comparing this outfit to COBRA is even misinformed because they all wore blue except the red gaurd and robots. We also don't even know if this is her full-time outfit for the film. Even saying this suit would be good for Baroness is off because she wore black leather, not high-tech armor. So you're willing for one outfit to be faithful, but not others. That's hipocracy. This suit just works better for GI JOE more so than any other heroes because of the military context to the film. Show me a soldier ever wearing anything like the old JOES gear and I'll eat my hat.

It's obvious you just don't like the movie, you don't want to like the movie, and you're ready to bash anything that doesn't resemble the warm, safe territory you've wandered for the last quarter of a century. No wet sarcasm or pale fanboy rhetoric is going to make that less obvious.

 

[NoirMan82]

earlier i posted that i don't know if this is her only suit. i doubt is, but IF it is then i don't see why they couldn't have added a little color...

...her suit looks cool, but the fact that it's all black kills me. even if they aren't faithful to the original colors or have to add small hints of colors here and there it would've been better. all black is boring and a waste of today's camera technology imo.

No thanks.

 

[tyler-durden]

earlier i posted that i don't know if this is her only suit. i doubt is, but IF it is then i don't see why they couldn't have added a little color...

...her suit looks cool, but the fact that it's all black kills me. even if they aren't faithful to the original colors or have to add small hints of colors here and there it would've been better. all black is boring and a waste of today's camera technology imo.

Did you do this manip, nice work, they so should have gone in this direction instead of the all black look.

 

[Kable24]

earlier i posted that i don't know if this is her only suit. i doubt is, but IF it is then i don't see why they couldn't have added a little color...

...her suit looks cool, but the fact that it's all black kills me. even if they aren't faithful to the original colors or have to add small hints of colors here and there it would've been better. all black is boring and a waste of today's camera technology imo.

Now that's how they should have done the costume.

 

[Frizzo the Clown]

*edit*

 

[DorkyFresh]

No thanks.

it's not for everyone, but it's an alternative that i don't think would've made any of the general audience think any less of it.

Did you do this manip, nice work, they so should have gone in this direction instead of the all black look.

yeah i did it. just a few minutes on photoshop...no big deal. glad to know i'm not alone on this.

 

[tyler-durden]

it just gives it more of an individual look and a great nod to her original costume with out making it pure spandex, I could have ssen the X-men doing something like this but less obvious, because truthfully X-men comic costumes look so odd when tried to make look real.

 

[YoJoeScarlett]

earlier i posted that i don't know if this is her only suit. i doubt is, but IF it is then i don't see why they couldn't have added a little color...

...her suit looks cool, but the fact that it's all black kills me. even if they aren't faithful to the original colors or have to add small hints of colors here and there it would've been better. all black is boring and a waste of today's camera technology imo.

Looking at this pic and I think I like the all black better but you did a great job don't get me wrong.

 

[Denny67]

Wrong is a matter of formulated fact, dude, not opinion. What you like or want isn't what everybody else wants. Calling this design "lazy" just because you don't like is a slap in the face to the creative team of this movie and any movie. Just using outdated and flat out tacky costumes of TOYS made 25 years ago is lazy. They're just trying to update the GI JOE concept, which is waaay overdue.

That is the entire point. You Hollywood homer types crack me up. I mean really...a slap in the face the every Hollywood creative team? LMAO. The idea sucks and the design sucks, saying so is in fact opinion. My previous statement was to reflect that many others are saying... this thread alone is proof of that so click the back button a few pages.

And your "muscle suit" claim is also flat. Batman has a molded rubber suit, the X-Men wear leather racing-like gear, and Scarlett is wearing an armoredtacticle, textile uniform. I can't say I see soldiers wearing stuff like this (although concepts like it exist) but I also don't live in the future, where the movie takes place.

black insert what ever suit type you like... old and tired.

Comparing this outfit to COBRA is even misinformed because they all wore blue except the red gaurd and robots. We also don't even know if this is her full-time outfit for the film. Even saying this suit would be good for Baroness is off because she wore black leather, not high-tech armor. So you're willing for one outfit to be faithful, but not others. That's hipocracy.

Oh let's tackle these gems.

1. I was obviously working off of the assumption that we were talking about updated and changed designs so the Captain Obvious statement that Cobra wore blue is a left field "duh." Sorry next time I will not make such assumptions and maybe use crayon.

2. The “faithful design argument” is yours and yours alone. Point in fact I stated very clearly that “Nobody is saying they want an exact remake of the 80's costumes.” So where you like to hear your own self go on about this and that, you obviously lack basic reading comprehension.

REALLLLLY?

This suit just works better for GI JOE more so than any other heroes because of the military context to the film. Show me a soldier ever wearing anything like the old JOES gear and I'll eat my hat.

Would you prefer ranch or bbq sauce?

It's obvious you just don't like the movie, you don't want to like the movie, and you're ready to bash anything that doesn't resemble the warm, safe territory you've wandered for the last quarter of a century. No wet sarcasm or pale fanboy rhetoric is going to make that less obvious.

Oh the massive level of assumption and the “oh so sweet” irony combine into a truly entraining experience. Please don’t stop posting. It is like watching a sweater slowly unravel.

 

[Denny67]

earlier i posted that i don't know if this is her only suit. i doubt is, but IF it is then i don't see why they couldn't have added a little color...

...her suit looks cool, but the fact that it's all black kills me. even if they aren't faithful to the original colors or have to add small hints of colors here and there it would've been better. all black is boring and a waste of today's camera technology imo.

The idea is great but you may want to try for less metallic and more muted “field colors.” That is the truly challenging thing. To try and use the old designs and update them. Incorporating these basic character concepts but adding a level of functionality to them. The outfit design is just a little hard to work with.

 

[Timstuff]

I'm personally fine with all black. She's an intelligence operative (meaning stealth is her specialty), so there's no logical need for any sort of color in her costume. Her suit looks somewhat reminiscent of her Sigma 6 duds, which I personally thought looked okay (although her loose hair seemed somewhat dysfunctional as opposed to the classic ponytail).

What's really important though, is how very nicely Rachel fills out a skintight costume. Rrrrowrrrr... :heart:

 

[DorkyFresh]

The idea is great but you may want to try for less metallic and more muted “field colors.” That is the truly challenging thing. To try and use the old designs and update them. Incorporating these basic character concepts but adding a level of functionality to them. The outfit design is just a little hard to work with.

yeah, i see what you're saying. i wasn't going for the metalic look but it ended up coming out that way. i'll probably play with it more tomorrow and see if i can get it looking less like she's geared up for lazer tag.

that's a pretty cool drawing. those outfits could've easily been translated onto film without looking cheesy.

 

[Crook]

Problem is: only making sense is for reality. Totally different from this kind of fiction.

I understand the concerns. Like I said, I'm not much of a fan so that's why this isn't really bothering me. I'm just speaking from more practical terms in designing a TEAM.

Someone more knowledgeable let me know, but were the traditional (or whatever everyone prefers) costumes very different from each other? Or were there actual elements that did stay consistent?

 

[tyler-durden]

I know stealth is supposed to be her specialty, but Dorkyfresh's manip just yells Scarlett from G.I.Joe

 

[Crook]

It's a nice manip, but the colors (while faithful), look damn random on a black tactical costume. Like at first glance it didn't make sense.

 

[tyler-durden]

at first, you're right it looks kind of odd but wen you think about her original looks and his manip, you gotta think man that's what it would have looked like if they were to be faitful

 

[DorkyFresh]

happy medium?

 

[tyler-durden]

this one's cool too

 

[CEREBRAL....]

yeah, i see what you're saying. i wasn't going for the metalic look but it ended up coming out that way. i'll probably play with it more tomorrow and see if i can get it looking less like she's geared up for lazer tag.
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I think u did a damn good job rendering that pic! I mess with photoshop so i'm impressed. I would like to know how u did it but i'm sure u dont wanna unveil you're secrets (which is cool)

knw what i find funny...even though you were just messing around. people on here still find fault with even your pic

geez...man a bunch of disgruntle net headz..!!

 

[M.O.Steel]

earlier i posted that i don't know if this is her only suit. i doubt is, but IF it is then i don't see why they couldn't have added a little color...

...her suit looks cool, but the fact that it's all black kills me. even if they aren't faithful to the original colors or have to add small hints of colors here and there it would've been better. all black is boring and a waste of today's camera technology imo.

I love this.

 

[DorkyFresh]

I think u did a damn good job rendering that pic! I mess with photoshop so i'm impressed. I would like to know how u did it but i'm sure u dont wanna unveil you're secrets (which is cool)

knw what i find funny...even though you were just messing around. people on here still find fault with even your pic

geez...man a bunch of disgruntle net headz..!!

it's cool Cerebral. everyone's entitled to their own opinion. i even admit that it's a lil' colorful for my tastes, but i was just playing around. it's not like i put a lot of effort into it.

as for how i did it, it's pretty simple actually. use the lasso to select what you want to change then use the hue/saturation and bright/contrast to mess around with the colors.

 

[Crook]

knw what i find funny...even though you were just messing around. people on here still find fault with even your pic

geez...man a bunch of disgruntle net headz..!!

Get over yourself.

The critiques concerned the concept and color choice of the manip. Not the merit of how well-made it was.

 

[Balthus Dire]

Even if it was neon pink, the actual design of that costume is pretty uninventive if you ask me. So no matter what colour you make it, it'll look exactly that.

 

[Timstuff]

Personally, I think that the black costume brings more attention to the color of her hair, and since I like redheads I'm down with that.