Three possible "Joe 2" directors named?

[The Overlord]

More like $200+ million, and yeah it didn't do awesome - OK at best.

If Paramount didn't lose The Avengers to the Mouse, then we wouldn't be talking about a G.I. Joe sequel for next August. They can't just have Star Trek 2 next summer even though it'll be one of the monster hits of 2012. Gotta have more than merely one big genre tentpole and thus Joe 2 suddenly got fast-tracked after months of dead-silence upon the Zombieland writers (hiring them was the easiest and cheapest part of the process - just because they were hired, didn't mean the sequel was for sure a go) turned their stuff in.

I'd say be grateful that a sequel is happening.

I see no reason to grateful, I would rather have no sequel then a bad sequel.

 

[Timstuff]

^ Same here. They shouldn't get to spit in my eye and expect me to say "thanks for the spit!"

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

That would be a valid point if the first movie wasn't so terrible; albeit in an entertaining manner. It's still a bad movie made by a director who's made some pretty bad movies and in fact was fired off it during post-production for awhile.

This isn't a franchise worthy of putting up so high on a pedestal, and these whiny reactions to Chu is laughable frankly.

 

[TheVileOne]

They aren't laughable at all FilmNerdJamie. To me it just reinforces that there is no hope for the sequel at all. Some hoped maybe for a fresh start but that definitely won't happen now.

I think its more laughable to say we should be GRATEFUL for a sequel. I honestly would've rather they just let the franchise go for now and maybe revisit it in a couple of years. The first movie IMHO did not do well enough to justify a sequel. And now they are going with this cheap B-movie approach for a sequel that will barely have any of the actors back anyway. Seems pointless to do.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

They aren't laughable at all FilmNerdJamie. To me it just reinforces that there is no hope for the sequel at all. Some hoped maybe for a fresh start but that definitely won't happen now.

I think its more laughable to say we should be GRATEFUL for a sequel. I honestly would've rather they just let the franchise go for now and maybe revisit it in a couple of years. The first movie IMHO did not do well enough to justify a sequel. And now they are going with this cheap B-movie approach for a sequel that will barely have any of the actors back anyway. Seems pointless to do.

The only remarks pertaining to this movie here were "If they hire Chu, then ****.THIS.MOVIE!" prior to his hiring. Followed by the loud whining about how the sequel was suddenly "doomed" and "THEY DON'T CAAAAAAAARE!"

All without a single frame being shot, not knowing the full details (such as what new characters are showing up), simply not giving the dude a chance and once again this franchise (especially after Rise of Cobra and that animated series, which I loved as a kid, but is also very bad) being treated as something prestigious.

Rise of Cobra was a pure B-movie with an incredibly high (read: $200 million+) budget. So just because the sequel is having a considerably tighter budget (hence why Sommers was left go because his price-tag was too high and people like Chu, F. Gary Gray and Jaume Collet-Serra were up to replace him) doesn't make it any less of a B-movie than the first.

So yes, these reactions are laughable.

 

[TheVileOne]

I've seen Chu's work, I don't think he deserves a chance. And the only reason the first movie cost so much was because it was rushed into production during a strike period. That's why the movie cost so much yet looked so cheap and ridiculous on screen. Visuals looked terrible and half-finished.

 

[Dr. Evil]

There is only one true GI Joe Movie:

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That other one is a fabrication.

 

[Timstuff]

All movies are a fabrication. The old movie was even crappier than ROC.

 

[Spider-Fan]

The cartoon GI Joe film was TERRIBLE! And I do mean, TERRIBLE!!! In every way.

 

[Zanham]

Jon Chu chosen for Sequel

yes the man has given us such timeless classics as

Step Up 2:The Streets
Step Up:3D
Justin Bieber:Never Say Never

http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/paramount-drafts-jon-chu-for-g-i-joe-2/

G.I. Joe IS NOT ABOUT DANCING AND CHOREOGRAPHY!!!

WHAT THE HELL!?!?!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GET THE GODDAMNED KIDS OFF THE TELEVISION SCREENS AND OUT OF THE MOVIES!!!