Ok, so, I know I watched the first Joes movie. I honestly cannot remember a thing about it. Any idea how integral it'll be to know what the hell happened in that when seeing this?
This new trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation is the most story-oriented trailer so far. Of course, that doesn't mean that it doesn't have a shit-ton of action, explosions, military vehicles and ninja fights -- it's just that it also has scenes without those things. Really, the only thing that's totally absent in this new trailer versus the old trailers is the dubsteb soundtrack, which I think we're all okay with.
I've already said how much I'm looking forward to this film, how The Rock and Bruce Willis are perfect for Joe, how great Cobra Commander looks, how appreciated the vehicles and gun are instead of those ridiculous accelerator suits, and how director Jon M. Chu appears to have knocked it out of the park. So I'm just going to sit back and watch the trailer a few more times. Firefly! Cobra logos! Snake Eyes fucking up ninjas really fucking bad! Man, if Avengers weren't coming out, this would absolutely be my most anticipated movie of the summer. Thanks to everyone who sent in the tip.
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The scene where Bruce & Rock is the most green screen-i-est thing ever.I'd bet those guys weren't six months apart.
As much as I love everything about the film so far I'm still a bit disappointed that Christopher Eccelston won't be in it.
GI Joe is my favourite of the big 80's franchises. It makes me feel good to see staple characters and vehichles showing up in recognizable form. Honestly this movie is a close second in anticipation for my summer movie schedule, right after Avengers.
I just went to IMDB and looked at the cast. Is this shit true? If so, wow:
Zandar, Tunnel Rat, Sgt. Slaughter, Clutch, Blind Master.
I would rather see Zarana than Zandar, but still that's crazy that he made it into the movie.
I hate it when they come up to my car at stop lights. I never have any change and they always leave streaks on the windshield. Then when I drive away they jump into Pogos and shoot at me with red lasers.
DID YOU SEE THE WATER MOCASSIN? DID YOU SEE? THE WATER MOCASSIN WAS IN THERE! DO YOU THINK COPPERHEAD WILL BE IN THE MOVIE? DO YOU? HUH? HUH? HUH?
Even if I wasn't a GI Joe fanboy, this would look like a solid summer movie.
Since I am a GI Joe fanboy, this trailer turns me into a silly school girl.
If I were a Marine stationed in Osaka, I'd be following you with a camera pointing up your skirt.
Again, I'm just happy with the fact that Cobra Commander looks the way he should. The rest of the could be straight up swamp-ass and I'd still be okay with it.
"yep, gi joe retaliation knows what the hell it's doing."
yes, rob...and knowing is half the battle.
The Rock needs to release an action movie like this once a year for the next 5 years. I'd go see every single one of them. Stop wasting your time with The Tooth Fairy and other little kid junk, Rock! You coulda been somebody!
I think he had a multi-picture deal with Disney that is now done. I also wish to see more ass-kickage from the Rock.
I was thinking more like episodes of Hannah Montana, Race to Witch Mountain, and Journey 2. But if your mind goes to wrestling as little kid junk, that's cool too.
I liked the first movie, but this one does look a lot better. Unfortunately, I'm still getting a strong "The Rock's Military Adventure, guest-starring the G.I. Joes" vibe.
I got a sick feeling that by the end of the movie, Roadblock is going to be not only the BEST GI JOE SOLDIER EVER, but he'll also be trained as an Arashikage ninja because he defeated Snake Eyes in a fist fight and NO ONE'S EVER DONE THAT BEFORE OH MY GOD THE ROCK IS SO COOL.
This would be like if they made another Dragonball Z movie and they cast some big-name actor as Yamcha, and they rewrote the story so Goku and Piccolo are killed and Yamcha leads the Z Fighters and defeats Nappa and Vegeta, just so said big-name actor could have the most screen time.
While I understand your apprehension, I'll have to assure you no matter how much of that worse case scenario you presented came true, it won't be the worst case of "I'm So Awesome" in an action flick sequel. Why?
Because I've seen "XXX: State of the Union", and I've retched all the way through to the end of Ice Cube's "I'm Oh So Fucking Badass and Grumpy" performance. Word of the wise, Hollywood: whenever any of your two-bit, so-called stars tries to out-badass Samuel L. Jackson, that movie is shit.
That is a good rule to live by, actually. Also, the first XXX worked so well because, while Vin Diesel is the same sort of woody, 'bad-ass' actor, he can also pull off the big kid deal really well. Part of the fun of the movie is just seeing him enjoy all the gadgets.
Looks pretty solid. Hopefully they clean up the FX shot of London. Looks pretty cool but still unrefined.
I immediately remembered his role from Ronin, and had to wonder what a weird cycle the country must have been in to elect a dangerous rogue from Sinn Fein. It isn't surprising he's buddy-buddy with Cobra!
I think this movie is definitely taking gi joe in the right direction. If you belive in omens, then retaliation has a good one. One of the actors they hired is named " Han Soto".
Hey, Snake Eyes must have watched Mulan, what with causing an avalanche by launching an explosive at that icy precipice.
Looks good, although they should have just ignored the first movie all together, (like they did with the Ang Lee's Hulk) That way we could all forget about how they ruined two of the most interesting Cobra villains (Destro and the Baroness).
That's kind of what they're doing, though. The big Cobra attack at the beginning, blowing up the Joes' base, is kind of symbolic of Chu dropping a gigantic deuce on this film's unworthy predecessor.
They should have a new actress playing a new Baroness and just say the old was an imposter.
like Famke Janssen.
I say they could just replace Siena Miller without explanation. She was so lackluster in the First Installment, nobody will notice when she misses, same goes for Channing Tatum.
Or if you needed to you could have her side with Cobra without the mindcontrol incentive. A decent enough writer could probably salvage something there.
I...I just still cant wrap my head around the fact that the first movie did everything in its power to do a G.I. Joe movie the wrong way, and the new one is doing everything in its power to do a G.I. Joe movie the right way.
This is the opposite of how sequels are suppose to work damn it!
Not particularly a fan of the franchise (Go Transformers!), but I fail to see what was so un-G.I. Joe-like in the first movie...
other than Cobra Commander's mask...
I was wondering if I were the only one who thought so. The first film was wacky but so was the original cartoon, Scarlet and Ripcord made my eyes roll with their dialog but the dialog wasn't dramatically different from what was in the original series. I get the impression most of us want very dark versions of our favorite childhood franchises. Especially my fellow He-Man fans.
Ah you see, that's the problem for me. I never had any contact with the comics, except very rarely, only the cartoon. hence no empathy for the franchise
Except here's the thing: the cartoon isn't *the* original version. The movie was supposed to be based more on the comics, which Hama attempted to keep grounded at all times. That's why things like the Arashikage symbol on Snake Eyes' costume was such a big deal when it was first revealed; that's a detail that was meaningless if all you knew was the cartoon, but very important if you were one of the people who made the comic outsell pretty much everything else Marvel was publishing in the 80s.
No. No, Rise of Cobra Destro was not awesome. Not even close. The only legitimately acceptable part of the entire movie was Snake Eyes and they gave him lips.
LIPS.
Except those were largely from the later days of the toyline and / or used by Cobra.
Cobra SHOULD have plenty of insane vehicles. But the Joes were tooling around in Skystrikers (F15s), Dragonflys (AH1 SuperCobras), Maulers (M60 tanks), etc. Things got weird later on, but the Joes themselves had a reasonably firm grip on reality for the first three or four years of the toyline - the Sky Hawk was the only truly out-there vehicle until they started to add stuff like the HAVOC.
Actually, if you really think about it, the accelerator suits are very fitting for GI Joe. I'm not saying I like them - I thought they were no necessary - but go back and look at the cartoon and toy line. They are chock full of ridiculous, science-defying vehicles.
If you're handling Optimus killing people off left and right, you're already relaxing your standards.
The first movie did some things right (the Pit), but did a LOT of things badly wrong. Not as wrong as any of the Transformers movies, but... wrong.
Dude, if I can handle a Camaro Bumblebee and an Optimus Prime who executes defeated enemies, you can handle that...
