Apr 30 2009 New 'G.I. Joe' Trailer: Many Things Wrong Here
G.I. Joe cartoons were, primarily, extended advertisements for toys. As a kid, you see this guy with a metal face riding in an awesome missile launcher, you want to play with those things, and you beg your parents until they buy them, and then you watch more of the cartoon so that you understand who should be firing what at who. Everyone but parents win. And I think that's a fine system. If the new G.I. Joe movie was a big commercial for new toys, I'd be alright with that.
But it's not. It's more like an infomercial for crappy, black Iron Man suits that let you dodge things Matrix style:
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Jan 27 2009 'G.I. Joe' Posters Using Classic Leather/Sparks/Debris Combo
Paramount has released five new posters for the G.I. Joe movie. Their concept: poorly-framed characters on the set of a car commercial, and things are blowing up. Enjoy:
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Jun 25 2008 More 'G.I. Joe' Banners, Important Parts Marked in Red
It looks like the color scheme for G.I. Joe banner campaign is officially "black & white, with a dab of red drawing the eye to the least significant thing possible." These are the second and third posters (after this one!) highlighting a small feature on a weapon, and I'm starting to worry these details are being focused on because they're the best parts of the movie. G.I. Joe's goal is get a critic to say, "A ludicrous plot, wooden acting, and insane dialogue couldn't detract from the highly-detailed knobs, switches, and stripes adorning most of the weaponry. B-"
'G.I. Joe' Banners [Film 1]
May 19 2008 'G.I. Joe' Set Shots: Snake Eyes Cares for the Environment
I suspect this scene is part of an after-the-credits recreation of those public service announcements that used to follow G.I. Joe cartoons. This one is probably about how Hummers and other large SUVs waste gas, and how you should tell your parents not to drive them lest Snake Eyes climb onto your in-motion vehicle, pull out a sword, and stab your mom and dad in the head.
Ray Park is Snake Eyes Sexy [Just Jared]
Apr 18 2008 Remaining 'G.I. Joe' Character Shots Revealed
IMAGE REMOVED AT REQUEST OF Paramount Picture Corporation Properties
In a flood of black spandex and patent leather, the remaining character shots from G.I. Joe have arrived at WWTD. The series of awkwardly-posed shots give us a first look at the costumes for Duke (spandex with some panels strapped to it, faint goatee), Roadblock (same), Cover Girl (Halloween USA's Sexy Militant costume), Storm Shadow (an '80s coke dealer's couch as a biker jacket), Baroness (a formfitting tacky purse), and Hawk (leather jacket drenched in self-loathing). Looking at them did nothing to inject any confidence in the project, but it was pretty worthwhile to see supermodel Karolina Korkova and Dennis Quaid compete for Best Come-Hither Over-the-Shoulder glance.
Mar 21 2008 Snake Eyes is Accurate
Just in case you didn't pick up a copy of USA Today while getting coffee with the hordes of senior citizens in McDonald's this morning, here's what you missed: the first published, official photograph from next year's G.I. Joe live action film. And of course the image is of the awesomest character from the comic book series/cartoon show/toy line, the gun-toting, masked, mute ninja Snake Eyes. Requisite comic book movie sculpted-muscle suit aside, I must say that Ray Park definitely looks the part in this costume. At the very least, based on this image, Stephen Summers appears to be shepherding a visually accurate interpretation of the franchise.
First look: 'G.I. Joe' aims to bridge eras of toy, TV fans' [USA Today]
Dec 5 2007 Park To Punch/Kick Stuff As Snake Eyes in 'G.I. Joe'
Slashfilm has received confirmation that Ray Park, X-Men's Toad and Darth Maul of Star Wars, has won the role of ninja expert Snake Eyes in Stephen Sommer's G.I. Joe adaptation. An I Watch Stuff congratulations goes out to you, Ray, for again earning a role where you will say little to nothing while jumping around doing Kung Fu crap. You are truly the Doug Jones of Jean-Claude Van Damme roles.
