I think that just cinched my decision to go see this movie in theaters.

I stand corrected...

It should have said:

Well, if they aren't good...WOAH WHOS THE HOTT CHICK!...

I'm gonna go out on limb here and say 'this is going to be a good movie'. I actually decided this would be a good movie when I saw Snake Eyes a few weeks ago. I know I have no reason to think this will be a good movie simply because I like a couple pictures they revealed. I guess I'm just being optimistic.

You know, they could have added a little color to her costume. If you put every character in black, tight fitting gear, Snake Eyes kind of blends in with everybody, instead of standing out like he should.








...and yes, I'm aware of the irony of wanting a ninja to stand out.

Hey, if they want him to stand out, maybe his ninja costume could be white...


Oh...


Yeah...


Nevermind...

IESB.net has the first look at Destro (but don't get too excited) as well as links to a bunch of other sites with first looks at additional characters.

Ehh, I'm really not feeling this movie. I just don't like all the black leather bodysuits; really the only two characters that look right are Snake Eyes and the Baroness, two characters that are supposed to wear all black outfits. And Destro doesn't have his helmet, his most distinguishing feature? I realize this is just one promotional picture, but you would think that if he was going to wear it in the movie, they would include it in the image to get the fans psyched up.

I'm also not sure why in most of the modern incarnations of G.I. Joe, there is less of an emphasis on Roadblock and more of an emphasis on Heavy Duty, not just with the movie, but also in the recent "Sigma Six" cartoon and several recent toylines. Heavy Duty is a pale imitation of Roadblock (okay, technically he's supposed to be Roadblock's cousin, but they're basically the same character).

And gave him my herpes. Don't know much of anything about Heavy Duty/Roadblock but as for Destro, I was really hoping to see how his mask was gonna look. It's really just the actor in a suit, not even a costume. Baroness and Snake Eyes look cool but I'm also not too thrilled by any of the others.

Still, I went to see Transformers even without being a huge fan of it so I'll probably go to see this also.

while I'm note a huge fan of all of the costumes, you gotta say that the one's that are supposed to be black they did a pretty damned good job on

Snake Eyes



The Baroness

IESB.net has a couple of spy pics of Baroness looking pretty badass. You'd better check 'em out soon before they're forced to take 'em down.


Also, I Watch Stuff has a pic of Snake Eyes looking equally badass.

Baroness looks good. Won't save what I think will be a horrible movie, but at least it's something.

The first G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra poster is up.

G.I. Joe gets a new line of 12 inch figures and a new TV series coming in 2009.

There's nothing on it yet, but the G.I. Joe movie website is up. You can register for updates if you're into that sort of thing.

Superhero Hype! has an exclusive look at the first footage shown from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.



It actually looks... pretty damn cool.

anyone catch the trailer during the Super Bowl? Gotta say, I didn't hate it.

Yes. I hadn't been paying much attention to the movie, but that commercial certainly got my attention.

Yeah, I'm still not super-optimistic, but the trailer does look better than I was anticipating. Though the all-black outfits do make me think that there's a big risk that it'll be difficult to tell characters apart.

Trailer looked cool...but we hardly saw any of the Joes.

well, if they did a series of role-call shots for the trailer it would hardly be dynamic.

Which one was Joe?

WELL.

As originally concieved, GI Joe was ment to suggest that the men depicted in the toys were "Joes" which in the late 40s early 50s was a slang term meant to indicate regular guys. As in "Average Joe" and they were "GI"s, or "Goverment Issue" which was a slang term for soldiers, as all the stuff that they had was listed as Goverment Issue uniforms, GI rifle, GI ration etc...

thus an implication of "average citizen soldier" who, when asked to, rises above their station to satisfy the calling of their duty...

granted since the gen1 animated the creators have made a concious effort to move from that idea to almost the exact opposite of that when presenting characters who are entirely exceptional and much larger than life...

So to answer your question Gelf, conceptually they are ALL Joe.... but actually none of them are.

For anyone who wanted a closer look at the trailer - Joblo.com has a few screen caps from the film.


I haven't complained about the costumes yet but even I have to admit that the second pic from the bottom looks pretty bad.

.... and the award for missing the snarkiness goes to.....

Who's playing the Baroness again? Because she is nice.

But yeah, that group pic kinda breaks the illusion of the trailer. Not only are the costumes goofy, but that's a cast that only a mother could love.

pose as a group...


'cause shit just got real.


I'm confused.

That's a GI Joe team which appears to be.... uniformed?


Is that allowed? To have a movie about an elite fighting force which has all the characters dress basically the same?

Sienna Miller.

Scarlett, out of uniform.

nice.

though, I perfer the body suit, and faux armor.


I'm weird like that

Not me, I'm kinda underwhelmed by her in the G.I. Joe pics but K2's pic... damn.

Why, oh god why would you choose to join this horrendous abortion of a film Eccleston? Good god why?

I'm pretty sure they're going to carry the film to full term, at the very least.

also because work is work?

and it's better to get paid for being in a bad to mediocre movie than to be not paid for being in no movie.

This is Cobra Commander?

Nope. Not going to see it.

One of the people commenting in the link to the toy pretty much said it best..

If anyone is interested here is a link to The Internet Move Database that lists whos playing who in the film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/

Its interesting to see so many actors I recognize in the list, don’t know if that’s a good thing or if they all just happen to need a paycheck is another thing. Will Joseph Gordon-Levitt (from 3^rd Rock From The Sun) be able to pull off Cobra Commander? Will we see much screen time of who plays Cover Girl (see the list…lol)? Its interesting to see the full list and then notice how many of them are listed as “uncredited” like this surprise, Brendan Fraser..!?

I’ll keep an open mind on this one until I see it.

Yeah, I heard that the director (Stephen Sommers - The Mummy 1 and 2) asked Brendan Fraser to make a cameo in the movie but I'm pretty sure it's only a bit part. Also, Zartan is played by Arnold Vosloo who played the Mummy.


I have a feeling I'll probably go see this movie just for some brainless summer action movie fun. Oh and Sienna Miller as Baroness.

OK, so I'm getting dragged to see this on Sunday with some of my geek friends. I've never seen a GI Joe cartoon, and the only GI Joe I had as a kid wore a WWII uniform.

School me on what I need to know to get this film.

From what I've seen, the movie is going to bear little resemblance to the cartoon and comics we (those of us who are 80s kids) grew up with. You're probably better off not having any preconceptions; it won't have as far to fall for you.

The short gist, though, is that "G.I. Joe" is the codename for a special ops force; in the original cartoon and comics, this was a U.S. operation, but from prior information, it sounds like the movie is making them an international organization. (Which is how it was for "Action Force", the U.K. equivalent of G.I. Joe.) Cobra is an international terror organization. This is probably most of what you need to know.

Thanks CO. My brain is already nitpicking this apart. Why would an International force consent to being called "GI Joe"? A trifle insulting to the non-Americans, aint it? lol.

It's going to be a long 2 hours. I'm really trying to talk them into seeing Hurt Locker instead.

It's like SHIELD. Except slightly more competent.

Yeah... I want to like it, but I don't honestly expect I will. (Whenever I get around to seeing it; movie money's kind of scarce right now.) I strongly suspect it's going to be one of those cases where if it's enjoyable, it's only if you completely disengage your brain and just go for the spectacle. In your case, I advise heavy drinking.

I think I'll also be in the position of "friend wants to see it," but am not hugely interested myself other than to see Baroness and Scarlett. I never watched the GI Joe cartoon either, so I won't be too upset that they're screwing everything up.

As always, sound advice from CO. Cheers.

Except I don't drink...


I did grow up watching the G.I. Joe cartoons and I even recite the opening theme song on occasion. I wanted to see this a while back but the more I see of the movie (commercials, trailers, interviews) the worse it looks to me.

My problems mostly center around those damn "accelerator suits". I guess in order for the movie to be a big blockbuster, they believe that the Joes need to be super human and the suits are their way of giving them super powers. Well, every time it shows them using the suits, the CGI is so bad, it makes them all look like Spider-Man.

But from what I've heard, the movie looks to be wall to wall action pieces so as CO said, if you turn your brain off, sit back and go along for the ride, you might enjoy it.

I'm with you, Twinky. Those accelerator suits look really horrible in motion. And G.I. Joe never needed any super-powered suits to defeat Cobra. Although they did fly around on jet-packs and all their weapons shot lasers. And Cobra did have a flying base shaped like a giant cobra head and legions of B.A.T. robots. So goofy pseudo-scientific weapons and equipment isn't totally foreign to the world of G.I. Joe.

Definitely a "turn my brain off" kind of movie.

And I just read on IMDB that Jonathan Pryce is playing the US President in G.I. Joe. That guy has to be the most British person alive!

I'm thinking those accelerator suits will only be seen during the Paris sequence since that seems to be the only time and place they show up in the previews. My guess would be that you'll see them in sometime in the first half of the movie going by what I saw last night on The Tonight Show and the preview they had with Sienna Miller as guest.