Stephen Sommers Fired From GI Joe!!
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I like this little tidbit from the AICN article
4) Hasbro is panicked that the G.I. JOE brand has been ruined.
I can only imagine the going ons behind the scenes at Hasbro right now. If I were them, I would stop immediate production of movie based toys and crank out as much 25th ann. figures and vehicles as you can! hahahah
4) Hasbro is panicked that the G.I. JOE brand has been ruined.
I can only imagine the going ons behind the scenes at Hasbro right now. If I were them, I would stop immediate production of movie based toys and crank out as much 25th ann. figures and vehicles as you can! hahahah
Blu Falcon
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Could failure of this film equate to the failure of future Sideshow Joes? Many have waited for what seems like a lifetime for quality 12" RAH figures to be produced. Now that they're finally be made, this movie should have been the boost in GI Joe interest that Sideshow needs to continue the Joe line rather than abandon it mid-way like they've done with so many others. Perhaps the legion of die-hards will continue to support the Joe line, but if general interest begins to dwindle...
BTW, This is a bit off topic and I might be a minority here, but I liked Bays' Transformers and look forward to the sequel.
BTW, This is a bit off topic and I might be a minority here, but I liked Bays' Transformers and look forward to the sequel.
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Nah. On top of awesome designs and well executed figures. The nostalga factor will drive SSC's GI Joe line without fail. What this DOES do is save us from possible film inspired figures or another line of those designs that would take focus away from this line.
thenammagazine
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You don't know how close to the truth that is. In a ToyFare interview the Producer was quoted as saying RoboCop is his favorite movie and Iron Man was a box office smash so he was incorporating elements of both into G.I. Joe.
Problem is, the follow-up Hulk reboot sucked just as bad.
lerath666
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meh, i thought the hulk reboot was eaisly better then the first. unlike Ang lee's version, atleast it knew what type of movie it wanted to be.
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Agreed, I don't think the movie's fail will have any impact on the Sideshow line. The fans that care enough to purchase these figures are already here buying the Joe pieces.
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You don't know how close to the truth that is. In a ToyFare interview the Producer was quoted as saying RoboCop is his favorite movie and Iron Man was a box office smash so he was incorporating elements of both into G.I. Joe.
Problem is, the follow-up Hulk reboot sucked just as bad.
He also said that he researched G.I. Joe by going to a local comic book store and "reading up" on it (which meant more recent titles and not the true classics from the 80's)-- He was also really surprised to discover that there were actually many fan sites out there on the internet... Too bad actual fans weren't involved in this.
As far as the Hulk reboot-- you need to add IMO. I think it was a good movie-- nowhere near the caliber of its two superhero rivals last summer, Iron-Man and The Dark Knight--- at least it didn't have as much poetic moments of introspection that Ang Lee's dove into.
It's the 25 anniversary of Transformers and, let's face it, 1984 was also when G.I. Joe was at its height (Issues #20-30 roughly) and if someone walked out of a time machine back then and spoke to the skinny kid who loved both these properties that they were both going to be big summer movies he'd freak-- But then of course when they showed him images he'd recover quickly and say "what the f(*^%(^*" (I had a potty mouth back then.) At least Bay's Transformers have grown on this G1 fan-- Sommers should never be allowed near an action movie set again.
The Chaver
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Problem is, the follow-up Hulk reboot sucked just as bad.
Seriously! Now that's just talking out of your ass. It was a far better movie than the original.
thenammagazine
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uh...no. Ed's acting blew and just wasn't believable (he was trying too hard to be Bill Bixby - maybe because he's a method actor
), Liv Tyler... let's just say I've seen better actresses in porn, Roth's overacting was ridiculous (we're talking on par with Jim Carey ), the CGI looked like a videogame and the script was bland and highly predictable. I'm a fan of most things Hulk, but know a turd when I smell one. While admittedly the first was more a character study between Bruce, Betty and Bruce's childhood than a "Hulk" movie, at least the acting was considerably better.Which brings up an interesting point. Marvel had final cut despite promising it to Norton, so I'd love to see if Norton's version had a stronger story and less of the "bad acting/here comes the monster" moments.
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Sixthscalemagazine
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agreed.. you would have to be completely brain damaged not to see that the Norton version was vastly better than the Ang Lee one...
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DarthNeil
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Prophetically, I posted this a week ago
You sir are Nostrodamos...
Sooooooooooooooooooooo-- World ending in 2012?... Give us a hint, eh?
Uh.... Yes?
Sixthscalemagazine
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Uh.... Yes?
dammit......
Yep. Start making ammends.
lerath666
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I really REALLY feel that when it comes to liscensed properties, the owner of the original property needs to take the gekiesst, "I know everything there is t know about this property" guy on their staff, and give him the position of "Source material coordinator".
Their jobw would be a simple one. See to it the director and producer stay on target with keeping things in the spirit of the source material. Deviating from established stuff is fine, as long as the end result "FEELS" Like it belings in the same universe as what's come already. new stories, and re-imaginings are fine too, but in the end, it needs to FEEL like the source material.
Give the SMC guy veto power, make him able to Fire the director and producer if they're going too stupid with things. Hollywood has this stick up it's ass about comic book movies being too hard for a general moviegoing auidence to be able to understand, so they re-write alot. this is a BAD idea. The dark knight, while an original batman tale, and it's own nolanverse, STILL feels like batman.
Bayformers, while looking really REALLY weird, still Feels like transformers.
Spider-man, and iron man do an excelent job of being true to the material and feeling like they belong.
I have no idea what the hell happened with the joe movie. They had Larry-butt-^^^^ing-Hamma involved, and still managed to screw it up. what the hell?
Their jobw would be a simple one. See to it the director and producer stay on target with keeping things in the spirit of the source material. Deviating from established stuff is fine, as long as the end result "FEELS" Like it belings in the same universe as what's come already. new stories, and re-imaginings are fine too, but in the end, it needs to FEEL like the source material.
Give the SMC guy veto power, make him able to Fire the director and producer if they're going too stupid with things. Hollywood has this stick up it's ass about comic book movies being too hard for a general moviegoing auidence to be able to understand, so they re-write alot. this is a BAD idea. The dark knight, while an original batman tale, and it's own nolanverse, STILL feels like batman.
Bayformers, while looking really REALLY weird, still Feels like transformers.
Spider-man, and iron man do an excelent job of being true to the material and feeling like they belong.
I have no idea what the hell happened with the joe movie. They had Larry-butt-^^^^ing-Hamma involved, and still managed to screw it up. what the hell?
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