Mar 8 2007G.I. Joe Movie Stupider Than Originally Thought
Action Man questions the validity of this idea.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that a G.I. Joe movie was in the works, with Mark Wahlberg potentially starring. My hopes weren't high for the film, as it is based on military action figures, but after this summary of the plot provided by producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, those hopes are completely shot.
Action Man is the equivalent of G.I. Joe internationally pretty much. It's a different character, but pretty much the same idea and his name is Alex Mann. So we're creating a buddy movie between Duke and Alex. That's what we're doing.
So, essentially he's taking two completely unrelated characters and teaming them up for no other reason than that they're both army guy toys. I was about to point out how stupid that is, comparing it to other infeasible team-ups I'd make up, but then I remembered Alien versus Predator, Freddy versus Jason, Batman versus Superman, and all the other team-ups done just because the characters were vaguely similar. So maybe this isn't as incredibly stupid and out there as I thought. It's just standardly stupid.
Is anyone else thinking Jackie Chan as G.I. Joe, Chris Tucker as Action Man? I smell money ($$$)!
Reader Comments
1. Praz - March 8, 2007 11:45 AM
Or what about "those two guys from Tarantino movies?" They have the same last name, they totally have to be in the same movie!
2. dion - March 8, 2007 4:35 PM
man, i had high hopes for this movie. GI:joe being one of my favorite cartoons and toys. but this sounds stupid, thanks alot hollywood
3. John - March 8, 2007 6:03 PM
My inner child just called. It said go to hell, Lorenzo.
You take what could be a great opportunity for an ensemble piece since the X-Men, with the opportunity for spin-offs (Snake Eyes, I'm looking at you) but noooooooo.
4. samberto - March 8, 2007 8:21 PM
Everybody knows that Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker have already starred in a great action movie called rush hour and it's sequel, rush hour 2, and might be giving us the chance to see them team up again in that wonderful franchise.
But what I was thinking was something diferent, more like Jet Li as G.I. Joe, and Chris Rock as Action Man, that sounds pretty cool, huh?
5. Turel Darcloak - March 11, 2007 4:16 PM
No way, man... Action Man should be Ben Afflek and Joe should be Matt Damon. It'd be the feel-good buddy comedy/action/adventure/first-person-shooter film of the year!
Just imagine Ben shouting, "Amp it up!" like in that CGI cartoon. Awesome.
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