I thought he was good in Requiem and didn't DaD blow on every level?

Useless OK magazine whore.

and to whoever said, "fuck "Sienna "talentless" Miller." Yeah, that would be nice.

It's bound to be shit, but if can you explain why it's getting to you so badly? It pisses me off because we seem to be awash with dreadful, overfunded summer movies.

I didn't understand why people were so upset over TF either till I read the script.

GI Joe isn't meant to be "good"-- It's meant to stir fanboy nostalgia, thus getting butts in seats, thus making a profit and possibly tying in with the toys making a comeback.

It's a money-grab, not an artistic project.

Thanks for ruining it for the rest of us, too.

That said, how is any of the casting that has been done for this film so far appealing to nostalgic "fanboys"? Most of it has been more concerning that what we originally heard on Bayformers (the abominable designs aside).

amanda peet in a supporting role.

Oh wait.

I guess it makes too much sense to give Joes the training they need to, you know, be good at ALL kinds of shit. "What are you doing with that HANG-GLIDER, Scarlett? You know that hang-gliders are CROSSWIND's area of expertise!!"I should just shut up, because it's all silly to begin with.

Just seeing if this works.

Why can't they make it easier to paragraph?

Shit! I just turned paragraph into a verb.

I hate me!

I'm a conservetive and _I_ get sick of his military handjobs

this movie is lsowly dissovling in front of us, I'm thinking we are approaching Eragon levels of suckiness here

Another example, if the Joes need to cross a bridge, who do they call? Say it with me. TOLLBOOTH. Because he's the bridge-crosser-expert guy. Maybe maybe MAYBE someone else in the real world could accomplish this task, but on GI Joe, it's his bag, so he'll be in charge of the doing-whatever-needs-to be done to traverse this gorge stuff. Of COURSE it's a gross exaggeration of the specialized skills thing. So I may be "retarded," but it's not for that reason. All my little jokes are merely suggestions that, with the way it's going, maybe why not have it be a comedy and really go all out with the Joes-as-Experts thing, to the point where at eight or nine times throughout the movie, a group of Joes will be trapped and facing certain doom, all because THE ONE GUY who's singular skill would save them isn't there.

And when Marlon Wayan's character died, by falling off a castle parapet, the entire audience actually CHEERED, because his Steppin Fetchit character, "Snails," was so hated, even though he was one of the good guys!

Between this casting and the travasty of abandoning the United States G.I. Joes in favor of an "international, politically-correct" group of pansies, this film isn't even worth complaining about anymore, much less watching.

What an insult to the soldiers that originally inspired this franchise half a century ago! >:(

And while I don't give a shit about this movie, it's kind of fun thinking about it put together. I just can't see how this movie will go or what the hell it will be about. Terrorism angle? Beginnings of GI Joe? It just all sounds absurd. I can't wait!

...if Roadblock was goign to be in the movie, that is.

And Justin Long as Billy. Ha ha ha

What pisses me off the most about Marlon Wayans is that there is a damn fine actor in there somewhere, as evinced by Requiem for a Dream. He could achieve greatness, but he instead pisses his talent away on awful 'comedy'.

I'm going to assume it's a kids movie from here on out, just to keep my mind sane.

Damn, I'm still pissed about that movie!They fucked up Dukes of Hazzard, destroyed Transformers, and G.I.Joe is a trainwreck. Hell, make a live action Smurfs and Thundercats movie and complete the destruction of anyone with a 70-80s childhood.

That is all you need to know as to why this will be shit- the woman couldn't pick a good movie if her life depended on it. She shoud just go back to taking her clothes off in FHM.

As an aside, everything Shakespeare wrote was not great. He has many little-known unpopular plays, too.

but hell, to even the playing field they can always cast Adam Sandler as the dim witted Bazooka, for extra comedic relief.

Now some of you are overeacting about Ripcord being black as he was always a mediocre character regardless of his silly storyline in the comic with "Bongo the bear" (Candy)BYOBkenobi, I would find it more offensive if Wayans was cast as Big Lob (the basketball joe from the 1987 animated movie.)if not ripcord.At least he may be able to put some dignity to said charcater's portrayal.As for the furor of Kingpin being Black, well MCD (Micheal Clarke Duncan) manage to pull it off especially before taking on DD he says to wesley: "I was raised in the Bronx,This is something YOU wouldn't understand.."

The movie tanked anyway, due to no fault of MCD's casting whatsoever.

My friend also suggested Ving Raines as Roadblock, but Duncan looks more able to easily handle a 50 cal Browning than Ving.

Now the big question is who's gonna play Hawk or Flint? Shit, if you can have Ripcord, you gotta have Flint.

2.Robtos sneaking around Shia's annoying parent's house.

3.Jazz the Black Autobot with dialogue: "what's poppin' bitches"?

4.Bumblebee gives John Tutoro a Golden shower??!!?

Anthony Anderson's annoying nerd character. but he has range as witnessed in his part as Antwon from the shield.

5.Shameless prouct placement: Mountain Dew,Xbox 360,Nokia..WTF?

6.Shia defeats Megatron, saves the world and Optimus and gets the girl in the end: A nerd's fantasy.

7.Dorky Lebouf taps Brianna's ass and cries like a bitch when she ends the relationship (sure it had nothing to do with Gayformers but i thought I'd throw that one in as a bonus.)

Movie's only saving grace ws the fight scenes,FX and of course Peter Cullen reprising his role as OP. And no Frank Welker as Megatron, fuck this shit! Josh Durnhell (Fergie's fiancee) should play Duke however.

Keep Marlon Wayans, but recast with current & former Talk Soup hosts:

Joel McHale as Flint

Aisha Tyler as Lady Jaye

John Henson as anybody, just so long as they make that skunk spot HUGE

Greg Kinnear as Duke

keep Ray Park as Snake-eyes, whatever

and, as suggested above, cast Crispin GLover as Cobra Commander.

Let the Joes improv and bungle their way to victory. I mean, they're not taking this property seriously anyway, so why not just go the whole 9 yards with the satire?

ALthough we know the winning line will be:

PORK CHOP SANDWICHES!!!

Sure it would only last like 8 minutes, but I'd still go see it. Pay $12, no, but maybe $1.50, which is more than I'll pay for GIJINO!

Whether you care or not is a completely different matter.

see what I did?

Gary Oldman should be C.C. and that's all there is to it. I said so like twenty years ago. Steve Buscemi as Wild Weasel.

As for the rest of your casting suggestions, my friend, you are right as rain.

And maybe it will still be serious, but GI JOe didn't need a character with the "wise-crackin black guy" before and it doesn't need it now.

I'd be jazzed to be part of a GI Joe movie too, but it'd be better if Wayan's part was going to allow him to show some acting versatility instead of the same stereotyped stuff we've seen countelss times.

Then again, work's work, so I guess I can't blame the guy for taking their money and not having to "stretch" his abilities.

Unless there's something integral to the character that will change if the color of his skin changes, then it doesn't matter.

What difference does it really make whether Ripcord is black or white or purple? I understand having a basic desire to see things on screen mirror they way they were in 3 & 3/4 Hasbro scale, but when you get past the nostalgia for our old toys, you'll realize the color of the character doesn't make a difference. It's how the characters and story are written that will make it "true" to the source material or not.

Case in point: Transformers:

Most people threw-up in their throats when we first saw the leaked designes in 2006. But we also got over them (mostly...Megatron's face is still unforgivably FUCKED). The gripe that truly underlaid most people's problem with the film was the incredibly shitty writing. And that the robots weren't really the central characters. They FUCKED UP the source material.

If they were keeping things relatively "true" to the source material with this GI Joe film, the casting wouldn't be such a sign of disaster. Even with geo-political changes since the 80's cartoon series hit, tweaks would be fine; even expected. But this just sounds like GI Joe in-name-only.

by the way Elvis is BACK and he's the Cloverfield monster.