Full New G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra Trailer Coming Friday

[AnorexicBatman]

I hope this movie bombs... hard....
DBE, Wolverine Origins and now this...

 

[Timstuff]

THIS NEW JAMES BOND MOVIE IS AWESOME!!!
But where are Craig, Connery and Brosnan?

GI JOE ... made of the greatest soldiers on the planet....
Yet... they need Iron Man suits to be truly effective...

WHY DON'T GIVE EVERYONE THOSE DAMN THINGS!!

Ever consider that the story might explain why robo-suits may not be the be-all-end-all of military tech? I wouldn't be surprised if the movie DOES bring up questions about how necessary a highly trained soldier is, if all they're being used for is to stick in a fancy suit that does all of the work. It's the same thing the early astronauts went through-- originally, the astronauts were pretty much going to be passangers, which made the pilots question why NASA even needed skilled pilots to be astronauts. The same thing could happen with the Delta 6 suits: if you were an elite soldier, would you be satisfied being just a passenger inside of a fancy robot suit? There's likely a reason why they go from using robo suits to regular battle armor later in the film (if the speculated chronology of the movie is correct).

I hope this movie bombs... hard....
DBE, Wolverine Origins and now this...

This is Paramount, not Fox.

BTW, I thought the trailer kicked ass. I'm more pumped for this movie than ever.

 

[RKO]

I know this movie is supposed to be "mindless fun", but this movie makes Transformers 2 look like a work of Kubrick in comparison.

How is it interesting, is beyond me.

 

[BlackLantern]

well Transformers is about giant robots....did you expect high theater?? same with GI Joe...its not like the Weather Dominator is one of the great narratives of our time.....

 

[AnorexicBatman]

Funny how GI Joe Resolute is so ridiculous yet the atmosphere and universe they create seems so serious and engaging....

Something Sommers could never do... he only understands corny one liners....

 

[BlackLantern]

Funny how GI Joe Resolute is so ridiculous yet the atmosphere and universe they create seems so serious and engaging....

Something Sommers could never do... he only understands corny one liners....

I watched Resoulute last weekend....enjoyed it....the plot is very COBRA, but Resolute seemed to be more for the older fans of GI Joe, I could not sit down with my 2 nephews who are 7 and 9 and watch that

 

[Gold Samurai]

Duke and the baroness

 

[BlackLantern]

Baroness got around in the cartoon....Destro, I remember she had a crush on Shipwreck, there was an episode where they went to an alternate earth and that Baroness hooked up with Clutch

 

[Balthus Dire]

Baroness is a trick ass mark!

 

[Hotwire]

It's not like G.I. Joe hasn't used some sort of super-suit before.
http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/83/snake/

 

[powerbomb1411]

I heard there was some kind of preview for G.I. Joe today on tv. No clue what time ro channel. Someone said they saw it on the break room. So I don't even know if it was the trailer, the Super Bowl spot or a new TV Spot. Anyone else see it?

 

[AnorexicBatman]

^ Notice it says SNAKE armor?
Ya, COBRA... the Joes go natural...

 

[Heretic]

The new trailer sucks.

This movie is going to suck.

I dare say that I am one of the biggest A Real American Hero fans on earth, and I am furious and shamed over this movie already.

First of all...the GI Joe comic was a pretty serious book, despite its sci fi elements at times. The cartoon was a joke...until Resolute came along and blew me away.

This is a franchise about the military. First and foremost this should have been a war movie about fighting terrorism. And I dont want to hear that noise like "what about my 7 year old nephew". The market for GI joe is now adults...plain and simple. The vast majority of adults know who these characters are, and the vast majority of kids have never heard of them. Making a dumb popcorn movie for kids is an insult to the fans of ARAH.

There is nothing about this trailer that even remotely makes me think it will be a good film. I did not enjoy the action, the dialogue, the plot points...nothing.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

I think people are confusing this with Transformers....
TF was always light and fun even with the IDW and Devil'sDue comics...
The only time GI Joe was fun was during the 80's cartoon and that's it...
Even Sigma Six was more serious than this crap....

 

[Heretic]

I think people are confusing this with Transformers....
TF was always light and fun even with the IDW and Devil'sDue comics...
The only time GI Joe was fun was during the 80's cartoon and that's it...
Even Sigma Six was more serious than this crap....

Exactly....aside from the cartoon, GI Joe was a serious action/war franchise. Heck the comic book wisely killed off Battleforce 2000, ignored Eco-Warriors and Cobra-La and stayed pretty true to the concept throughout (with exceptions where Hasbro forced them into things).


And...for anyone who wonders...the COMIC BOOK is the concept that matters, not the cartoon.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

Exactly....aside from the cartoon, GI Joe was a serious action/war franchise. Heck the comic book wisely killed off Battleforce 2000, ignored Eco-Warriors and Cobra-La and stayed pretty true to the concept throughout (with exceptions where Hasbro forced them into things).


And...for anyone who wonders...the COMIC BOOK is the concept that matters, not the cartoon.

Not true. There are fans of GI Joe who are so only because of the cartoon. If you go to any of the Joe forums there is always a division on there for those who are fans of the comic or the cartoon. Personally I was a fan of the comic, wasnt real big on the cartoon. However the cartoon seems to be the more popular of the 2 and had more of an exposure so thats what people remember the most.

And the comic wasnt all reality based. There was alot of the fantastical in there. Id say about 50/50.

 

[Heretic]

Not true. There are fans of GI Joe who are so only because of the cartoon. If you go to any of the Joe forums there is always a division on there for those who are fans of the comic or the cartoon. Personally I was a fan of the comic, wasnt real big on the cartoon. However the cartoon seems to be the more popular of the 2 and had more of an exposure so thats what people remember the most.

And the comic wasnt all reality based. There was alot of the fantastical in there. Id say about 50/50.

It was definitely not 50/50. Sure, there was stuff like Serpentor and all that, but the stories that define it (the Cobra War, the Scarface/Quinn/Dr Venom saga etc) we're all in a hyper realism of sorts, the near future.

And honestly, i am aware that there are fans who prefer the cartoon, and frankly, I disqualify their opinions. If this movie followed the cartoon, then Sake Eyes would barely be in and the main stars would be Alpine and Bazooka. No thanks!

 

[The Guard]

This looks pretty hyper-realistic to me. I just can't complain about the flashiness. The codenames, the vehicles, the bases, the larger-than-life personalities...all that is really the kind of stuff that separates GI JOE from the average military story and themes. I get it. It could easily have been darker, but not every GI JOE story or comic is just darkness and grit. There's fun and adventure to it as well. And they will fight terrorism in this movie. They just won't fight the average, everyday terrorist. They'll be fighting the organization that will be COBRA and the people this organizations uses in their own schemes.

Ever consider that the story might explain why robo-suits may not be the be-all-end-all of military tech? I wouldn't be surprised if the movie DOES bring up questions about how necessary a highly trained soldier is, if all they're being used for is to stick in a fancy suit that does all of the work. It's the same thing the early astronauts went through-- originally, the astronauts were pretty much going to be passangers, which made the pilots question why NASA even needed skilled pilots to be astronauts. The same thing could happen with the Delta 6 suits: if you were an elite soldier, would you be satisfied being just a passenger inside of a fancy robot suit? There's likely a reason why they go from using robo suits to regular battle armor later in the film (if the speculated chronology of the movie is correct.

That's almost exactly the way they're used. They use them once, fail miserably, and then not again, and there's a reason for that.

 

[BlackLantern]

And...for anyone who wonders...the COMIC BOOK is the concept that matters, not the cartoon.

According to who?? I wasn't even aware GI Joe had a comic book until the DIC cartoon was off the air. 80 to 90 percent of fans are fans because of the cartoon...they might have gone to the comics afterwards, but it started with the cartoon....I've read Larry Hama was involved, I know he wrote a majority of the original Marvel run

 

[terry78]

^Transformers and G.I. Joe, most people know them as toys. That's it. And maybe the cartoon if they were into it. It is possible to do a good movie based on an inanimate property well, like POTC, but some complain that it got too campy at a point there too.

 

[Theweepeople]

According to who?? I wasn't even aware GI Joe had a comic book until the DIC cartoon was off the air. 80 to 90 percent of fans are fans because of the cartoon...they might have gone to the comics afterwards, but it started with the cartoon....I've read Larry Hama was involved, I know he wrote a majority of the original Marvel run

I grew up in the 80s and I didn't know there was a GI Joe comic until the 90s. I watched the original GI Joe cartoon and I enjoyed it inspite of the absurd storylines and impossibility of all the soilders on both sides surviving every battle. The trailer certaintly didn't impress me from a special effects perspective but, it does have a dynamic look to it. Hopefully, the effects will improve a little bit more and we will get an entertaining silly film. If the movie does well I pray that Paramount hires a more competent director for the sequel.

 

[Heretic]

The comic lasted monthly for a heck of a lot longer than the cartoon. Comparitively, the cartoon is a blip on the screen to the comics longevity.

However...if you want the movie to follow the cartoon, then yeah...take Snake-Eyes out of it, because he was a bit player in the first few episodes and thats it. Also, make Shipwreck, Alpine, Bazooka, Sgt Slaughter and Flint your main stars.

What??? You want Snake-Eyes to be the focal point??? You want his dynamic with Stormshadow?? Why?? Stormshadow was regularly handed his butt by Quick Kick in the cartoon...

 

[Theweepeople]

The comic lasted monthly for a heck of a lot longer than the cartoon. Comparitively, the cartoon is a blip on the screen to the comics longevity.

However...if you want the movie to follow the cartoon, then yeah...take Snake-Eyes out of it, because he was a bit player in the first few episodes and thats it. Also, make Shipwreck, Alpine, Bazooka, Sgt Slaughter and Flint your main stars.

What??? You want Snake-Eyes to be the focal point??? You want his dynamic with Stormshadow?? Why?? Stormshadow was regularly handed his butt by Quick Kick in the cartoon...

The cartoon was definitely flawed and very annoying at times. Snake-Eyes was one of my favorite Joe characters and he never got enough screen time. I didn't like Shipwreck, Bazooka, and Sgt Slaughter. Flint and Alpine were okay but, my favorite characters were Duke, Roadblock, Scarlett, Beach Head, and Low light.

My favorite Cobra characters were Destro, Storm Shadow, The Baroness, and Zartan. I didn't like the other characters and Cobra Commander was an incompetent pansy. I couldn't believe a terrorist organization would follow a complete imbecile with a whiney voice.

I don't remember Storm Shadow getting his butt kicked against Quick Kick. What I do remember is Storm Shadow fighting the Apache Indian soilder instead of Snake Eyes before Quick Kick joined the force. That was extremely annoying.

 

[BlackLantern]

I liked the friendship between Alpine and Bazooka, because they always got stuck together and always had to take the back way into a Cobra base....

I'm a big General Hawk fan, but I know he doesn't have a big big part in the movie

 

[The Guard]

It really shouldn't matter which source they draw from. This is a Hollywood adaption, and like everything else not based on one source, was never, ever going to be as nuanced and exploratory as the comic book stories. This movie is clearly drawing from the cartoon, comics, and various other versions of the Joes.