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Stuart Beattie confirmed to scream... erm... type "Yo Joe!!!"
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I don't share Harry's opinion on Stephen Sommers. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but VAN HELSING made me violent I was so offended. He does get points for DEEP RISING, though. I wish he'd make more of that type.
Now that Sommers is on GI JOE, I can't say that I'm eagerly looking forward to it, but I will say that by bringing on Stuart Beattie (COLLATERAL and the first PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) to write the script has given me a little hope for the flick. I have Beattie's GEARS OF WAR draft that I'm eagerly awaiting to crack, but up until now he's proven himself to be a strong writer.
I had heard the script to JOE was beyond horrible, so I'm glad to hear they're attempting to rectify this.
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is cold.
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Is there anyone left who really expects things like these to end well anymore?
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of the Pirates story, because Elliot and Rossio's plotting for the next two Pirates movies completely unraveled.
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there are blue and red lasers in the GI JOE movie i'll be happy. and lots of nameless Cobra minions in their white boxers and wifebeaters.
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were done relatively faithful to the 80's cartoon, but with a hard-edged, brutal sensibility. Mix in a little Saving Private Ryan opening sequence.
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Aug 31, 2007 6:25:28 AM CDT
Now just get BigBlackDude to direct
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
Then we'll be set.
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But I really feel sorry for the fans, for getting Stephen Sommers as director.
I believe that "Deep Rising" was just a small stroke of B-Movie-genius, so don't hope for anything good. -
Please tell me that Sommers hasn't already changed that.
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I would imagine the earliest this could be out would be summer '09
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A stupid battle-cry. I thought so when I was 8 and I think so now.
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I love the film except the ending.
The film was re-written by Frank Darabont and Michael Mann. Anyone know how much? Beattie's original version was a comedy, I don't know if he changed to a thriller, and then it was re-written. -
http://tinyurl.com/2ksv3q I'll be happy. I did this a few years back and I still like it...
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I hope he will look over the Street Fighter Movie, to get reminded how a PG-13 Rated G.I. Joe Movie should NOT be done.
But with all the 80's Nostalgia that goes around, maybe this could be the Steroid All-Star Deathmatch Movie we waited for years.
Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, Michael Dudikoff, Michael Biehn, Kurt Russel, Jesse Ventura, Sgt.Slaughter,
Martin Kove, Carl Weathers, Van Damme, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Peter Weller and all the other Muscle Heroes of the past Century together in one movie
would be a dream come true. Their Names are still known and their salary should be low enough these days to make the Movie a financial hit.
Schwarzenegger, Willis & Stallone together will still remain a Fantasy. -
I come across a lot of gals like myself who love "Van Helsing". I'm thinking the reason guys don't get it is because it's really a chick flick with monsters. There you go.
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Thanks to Transformers, we get this. Next up, Voltron. Sigh.
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The comics should be the jumping off point of this, not the cartoon. Then, some of the more familiar but less silly aspects of the cartoon can be squeezed in here and there. Being a fan of Joe, I'm of course worried about this, as any TF fan was worried about that film. But I'll naively hope for the best. At least, at the height of G.I. Joe's popularity, Beattie was 12 or 13 (if the 'net can be believed), so he could possibly be a fan. Though purported "fans" have written crappy movies in the past. I'd prefer if he was slightly younger, but who knows?
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Ralph Macchio and Charlie Sheen were "Muscle Heroes"?! I know what you mean by including them, but still...I would never in a million years have called those two MUSCLE HEROES!
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There is no way it can be as bad as the chorinciles of Action Man against Cool Dude....is there?
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...until Pinkett-Smith came back to fulfill her introduction, which could only have meant that she would be the ultimate target (otherwise, they wouldn't have cast her in a seemingly small and unimportant role). But, even worse than that was how they turned Cruise's genius assassin into a mindless Terminator that's easily outwitted by a fucking cab driver. Mann has always been a favorite of mine - HEAT is in my top-five - but the one-two-three suckerpunches of ALI, COLLATERAL and MIAMI VICE make me wonder if he's lost it.
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Now you know... and knowing is 1/2 the battle.
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Especially for Screenwriters who want to make a faithful version that will please fans...and NOT turn them into thousands of angry rabid talkbacking/blogging fanboys. http://www.myuselessknowledge. com/joe/carchive.html Based on what I've heard, the film will be about the origins of the Cobra organization and the original G.I.Joe team lead by Hawk. If this is the case, then the following characters should be introduced and dealt with accordingly... Snake Eyes, Scarlett, Stalker, Tommy Arashikage/Storm Shadow, Firefly/Faceless Master, Hawk, Steeler, Rock-N-Roll, Zap, Zartan, Baroness Anastasia, Cobra Commander/Kessler, Hard Master, Soft Master, Clutch, Grunt, General Flagg, Breaker, James McCullen Destro XXIV aka Destro, Ninjas (maybe 30 or so) Theresa(Snake-Eyes' twin sister who died) "Satisfying the fans of a 25 year old toy/comic property should be priority #1. Priority #2 is casting the right actors/actresses/stunt people/etc..."
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...to say Sommers doesn't use the internet. (And I can see why at times...) But if you wanna contact Stu, go ahead.
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I hated every movie Michael Bay made before Transformers, so maybe Sommers will continue that trend. (yeah yeah, we all know you hardcore Transformers fans hated it. we don't need to see cries of "TINO" taking over the talkback)
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Check out what the G.I. Joe movie SHOULD be--either a 'real' version, or a 'Steroids-80s' version (as previously mentioned--though in my blog I forgot to mention Macchio--genius!) There's three G.I. Joe articles, scroll a little (though the Superman II articles are pretty interesting too):
http://blog.thecomiccollective.com/
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Seriously if they had Roadblock in it he better be like Nipsey Russell and say stuff like:
"Mess with me and have no doubt,
I'll turn your EYEBALLS INSIDE OUT!" -
Micheal Bay would have owned a well written GI Joe script. We need this movie to be balls out action, wait,why not get the guy who just did Shoot em Up? Oh shit, I change my mine.....damn that would have been cool.
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not "Go Joe". This is the third fucking time someone from this site, which proudly proclaims it's "By Nerds for Nerds" has fucked up a staple of 80s childhood. It aint that hard dipshits - fuckiong YouTube an episode or two. I swear there's fucking idiots running the idiot house.
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"Globally Integrated Jingoistic Overseas Explorers", or some nonsense like that. I'm not american, but if I was I'd hate to see my childhood heroes being renamed because of PC bullshit and/or studio suits chronic lack of balls.
What's next? To change Captain America's name or color pattern, cause it's a tough sell for foreign markets? Gimme a break. -
Rev... "Yo, Joe" wasn't always a stupid battle cry. It was just stupid whenever Sgt. Slaughter used it while in a pro wrestling ring. :-) Anna... while you're more than entitled to your own taste in movies, I'm quite confident that most guys "got" Van Helsing. It's just that poor story pacing, bad dialog, and scenes that emotionally abuse the laws of physics tend to wear fellas down. If the movie is going to be sophomoric, it should at least provide the audience with a new visual treat. Having Mr. Hyde eat cigars and having Dracula imitate Lionel Ritchie's "Dancing on the Ceiling" music video, however, just aint gonna' cut it. SpencerTrilby... you read that "somewhere?" Yeah, right. How about you go somewhere and stir a *real* hornets' nest, 'kay?
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For the movie, GI JOE stands for "Global Intigrated Joint Operational Entity" and is based in Europe, I shit you not.
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Pageiv... perhaps, but "joint" is a far cry from "jingoistic," by any reasonable standards. By the way... where is the URL for where you read that?
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I've been a wrestling fan all my life, I know. The reason Slaughter got into the whole Gi Joe thing is they wanted to use him as a host for the show and provide some new catalyst for the Joe movie that got dumped onto tv. WWF ,at the time (which Slaughter wrestled for) had names like Hulk Hogan and Sgt Slaughter licensed through Marvel comics. I always assumed thats why he was on GI Joe
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Don't mean to argue here, but Slaughter had the GI Joe tie-in during his AWA stint (it could've fallen into one of his WWF periods as well, though). I actually saw/heard him shout "yo, Joe" during at least one interview in front of a live arena crowd. Needless to say, there was close to no "marking-out" for that one. Ironically, a number of Hulk Hogan's most distinctive gimmicks were also developed in AWA (the concept of Hulkamania, the shirt tearing, etc.). Like Slaughter, Hogan was basically in AWA between WWF stints.
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said up above 10 times. Calm down guys. Save your vehemence for the shitty film itself. Gooooooooooooooooooo, JOE!"
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Nemisis Enforcer, take me to Arby's!
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You may have a point. Checking out the most recent "Cloverfiled (sp)" talkback, there doesn't seem to be much outrage regarding the mistake in *that* headline. At least, there isn't much outrage in the message subject lines.
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FUCK YOU!
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You know you want it.
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Crashing through the night, comes a fearful cry of COBRAAAA, Armies of the night, evil taking flight, COBRAAAAA, Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, who will turn the tide, YO JOOOOOOOEEE!!!!
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I was under the impression that the Europe-based G.I. Joe and the name being an acronym was from one of the earlier drafts. At least, I hope so. God, do I hope so....
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...I can say that this project is already doomed. The comic had weight while the cartoon was juvenile fluff. Just like Transformers.Don't believe me. The comics are out there. Open a few and judge for yourself.Even if this "film" enjoys some modicum of success, it will be as vapid and banal as Bay's abomination of both source materials he had to work from.
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Wasn't G.I. Joe called Action Force in Jolly England? Russia's G.I. Joe was October Guard or Red October or something like that. I think they had 2 different names depending on the source. My guess is if G.I. Joe goes Euro, then there will be no Springfields, which will mean that it will suck.
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