• Channing Tatum as Conrad Hauser/Duke: The lead soldier.^ Duke, played by Channing Tatum, and Ripcord, played by Marlon Wayans, are the only two soldiers who survive the attack until the G.I. Joe team shows up and saves their asses (and the suitcase with the bombs).
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  ^ Falcon Fury: if we have to stomach channing freakin tatum as duke, the solo real american hero...
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  ^ In the near future, Duke (Tatum) and Ripcord (Wayans) are soldiers assigned to transport a new weapon from a factory in central Asia.
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  .Lorenzo di Bonaventura was originally interested in casting Mark Wahlberg,^[4] and when the script was rewritten into a G.I. Joe origin story, the studio offered the role to Sam Worthington.^ When I first met the director Stephen Sommers and the producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura I asked them if they wanted me to watch the cartoons, but they said I didn't have to.
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  ^ (USA Today) No go: Paramount won't show critics G.I. Joe Aug 5, 2009 Both are effects-laden spectacles based on Hasbro toys and both are Paramount releases from producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
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  ^ Originally Posted by Michael Allred Lorenzo has said far too many things about a proposed Joe film that has me worried and shocked.
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  ^[5] .Tatum had played a soldier in Stop-Loss, an anti-war film, and originally wanted no part in G.I. Joe, which he felt glorified war.^ Duke, played by Channing Tatum, and Ripcord, played by Marlon Wayans, are the only two soldiers who survive the attack until the G.I. Joe team shows up and saves their asses (and the suitcase with the bombs).
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  ^ Originally Posted by Michael Allred Lorenzo has said far too many things about a proposed Joe film that has me worried and shocked.
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  ^ As I mentioned a few months ago, 'G.I. Joe' originally started filming in early February for approximately 5 weeks in California.
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  .Once he read the script though, he realized the franchise was a fantasy akin to X-Men, Mission: Impossible and Star Wars rather than a war film.^ In reality, it is a new documentary that it so much more horrific than any horror film I’ve seen in ages.
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  ^ MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4 Paramount Pictures and producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams have tapped Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec to write the screenplay for a fourth MISSION IMPOSSIBLE film.
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  ^ For example, Storm Shadow is really an evil ninja who happens to wear white, rather than the original Storm Shadow, who was an honorable but tragic figure.
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  ^[6]
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• Dennis Quaid as General Clayton Abernathy/General Hawk: The team leader.^ Or at least Dennis Quaid’s sexy good-guy team leader in his handsome military uniform?
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  ^ By the way Dennis Quaid did a great job playing Hawk.
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  ^ Hawk (Dennis Quaid).
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  Quaid described Hawk as "a cross between Chuck Yeager and Sgt. .Rock and maybe a naïve Hugh Hefner".^[7] Quaid's son convinced him to take on the part, and the filmmakers enjoyed working with him so much that Stuart Beattie wrote "ten to fifteen more scenes" for the character.^ Mickey Rourke refuses to watch the non-action scenes in The Wrestler - because they stir too much emotion in him.
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  ^ Love Dennis Quaid with his hands on his hims every scene!!
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  ^ Variety Review With machines that are impressively more lifelike, and characters that are more and more like machines, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" takes the franchise to a vastly superior level of artificial intelligence.
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  ^[8] .He filmed all his scenes within the first two months of production.^ I’d seen Tatum in two films that I haven’t liked this year – and the first, FIGHTING – I outright hated him.
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  ^ The area was used by TF2 production as "Shanghai, China" when filming first started last June (click here for related articles).
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  ^ This film was completely produced in two weeks, from first day of shooting to final cut, as part of the Two Week Film Collective.
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  ^[9] Quaid is signed on for two sequels.^[10]
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• Marlon Wayans as Wallace Weems/Ripcord: Duke's friend, a pilot with a romantic interest in Scarlett.^ Marlon Wayans should be interesting .
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  ^ Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) are delivering the warheads when they are ambushed by the Baroness (Sienna Miller)and bunch of highly trained soldiers Duke and Ripcord are rescued by Scarlett (Rachel Nichols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Heavy Duty (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje).
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  ^ To each other, they go by cool "Top Gun"-like handles such as Duke (Channing Tatum), Ripcord (Marlon Wayans), Scarlett (Rachel Nicols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Gen.
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  ^[8] A fan of the franchise, Wayans was cast on the strength of his performance in Requiem for a Dream.^[11] .Bonaventura said that film showed Wayans could be serious as well as funny.^ 'Valkyrie' could bode well for UA: A lot rides on success of the Tom Cruise film .
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  ^ For me the film drew comparisons with TV mini series Generation Kill, showing the army as human beings rather than sensationalised heroes.
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• Rachel Nichols as Shana M. O'Hara/Scarlett: She graduated college at age twelve and became the team's intelligence expert.^ RACHEL NICHOLS as Scarlett in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (the red head w/ the TITS) http://film-book.com/rachel-nichols-as-scarlett-in-gi-joe/ .
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  Having left school so early, she does not understand men's attraction to her. Nichols was the first choice for the role.^[8] .Nichols had dyed her blonde hair red – Scarlett's hair color – for her role in Star Trek, which she filmed before G.I. Joe.^ The redheaded Scarlett is played by the blonde Rachel Nichols; she had dyed her hair red for her previous film Star Trek.
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  ^ Even if you don’t have any knowledge about or haven’t seen any previous Star Trek films or episodes, you will be able to enjoy this flick.
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  ^ P.M. GMT august 3, 2009 12:44 P.M. GMT august 5, 2009 "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" star Rachel Nichols talks with @ The Movies' Tim Lammers about her role as Scarlett and turn as the green babe, Gaila, in the summer hit "Star Trek."
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  ^[12] .She burned herself filming an action sequence with Sienna Miller.^ The movie will be the perfect live action entertainment this summer starring Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid and Sienna Miller, just to name the most popular actors.
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  ^ I love Sienna Miller, but I'm not going to see this film at the theatre.
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• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Hershel Dalton/Heavy duty: An ordnance expert and field commander of the team.^ BLACK PANTHER LOST actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje in talks for BLACK PANTHER .
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  .Common was offered the role of Heavy Duty's cousin Roadblock,^[14] although Bonaventura previously indicated Heavy Duty was being used in that character's stead.^ I got Christopher Eccleston, Snake Eyes mostly in an original costume, a decent Duke in Dennis Quaid and the surprise of Adabisi as Roadblock… er… Heavy Duty.
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  ^ Would it have made a lick of sense to make Doc, Stalker, Roadblock, Avalanche or Heavy Duty to be played by white guys?
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  ^[4] .Stuart Beattie ultimately chose to have Heavy Duty instead of Roadblock.^ I got Christopher Eccleston, Snake Eyes mostly in an original costume, a decent Duke in Dennis Quaid and the surprise of Adabisi as Roadblock… er… Heavy Duty.
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• Ray Park as Snake-Eyes: A mysterious ninja commando who took a vow of silence, a departure from the character's traditional difficulty in speaking due to grievous vocal wounds, a close member of The Arashikage Ninja Clan, and Storm Shadow's rival.^ Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow will be unmasked and topless.
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  ^ To each other, they go by cool "Top Gun"-like handles such as Duke (Channing Tatum), Ripcord (Marlon Wayans), Scarlett (Rachel Nicols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Gen.
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  ^ However, to my eyes, the best things about it seem to be the way Rachel Nichols fills out her suit as Scarlett, and the perfect casting of Ray Park as Snake Eyes.
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  .Like his character, Park is a martial arts expert and specifically practiced wushu for the role, as well as studying the character's comic book poses.^ I like the comic book version better.
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  ^ A young Storm Shadow speaks Korean while training in Tokyo, and the director explained he meant the martial arts center to be international so Storm Shadow could well be Korean.
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  ^ For people like me who grew up in the 80's playing with the action figures and reading the comics, be warned, some of the characters are different from their original versions.
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  ^[15] .Park had known of Snake-Eyes having played with the toys as a child, but he knew very little of the surrounding saga of G.I. Joe versus Cobra, so he read the comics to further understand the character.^ I wanted to see Cobra Commander fight General Hawk, the Baroness fight Scarlet and Snake Eyes fight everyone else.
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  ^ Loved Snake Eyes (Ray Park) he was awdsome as usual didn't disaponint me which is good cause he's my favorate character in the comic series, I hope in the sequel there will be more of him.
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  ^ Snake-Eyes and Scarlett, Nemesis and Destro and Cobra and Duke and Heavy Duty: These guys have to be rendered as characters that the fan base recognizes and loves, and in a way that the movie can deliver a cool experience that you want to relate to.
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  He was nervous about wearing the mask, which covered his entire head quite tightly, so he requested to practice wearing it at home. .He found the full costume, including the visor, very heavy to wear and akin to a rubber band; he had to put effort into moving in it.^ It just tells me they put no effort into designing them.
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  ^ It is found behind a wall after a whole is accidently put into it (by the Twins).
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  ^ But if you want it to be successful, you have to put a real effort into it.
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  ^[16] .Leo Howard plays the 10-year-old Snake Eyes.

• Saïd Taghmaoui as Abel Shaz/Breaker: He is the team's communications specialist and hacker.^ Posted 08/10/2009 at 08:59:03 PM moran said: So, the back story for Snake Eyes and Storm shadow is basically the same as the back story of Bloodsport?
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  ^ The 55 year old plays heavyweight retired grappler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in the film, a role that earned him a Golden Globe award earlier this year.
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  ^ I then spent the remainder of the film imagining this great Snake-eyes movie filled with 10-year-olds viciously beating one another.
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  ^[8][17]

• Karolína Kurková as Courtney Kreiger/Cover Girl: Hawk's aide-de-camp. .Kurková described going from her modeling career to making such a film as "an amazing experience", but said she was upset on not taking part on any action sequences.^ It's a fascinating look at the process of making music for film and television and the care he takes with aligning the score with the twists and turns of each character's plot lines," by The Hollywood Reporter.
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  ^ I said it before when talking about the rumor , but this is going to make for one awesome live-action movie.
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  ^ At times, it also sucks some of the tension out of the action sequences, which slowly makes the viewer uninvolved, leading to the constant fighting becoming tedious.
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• Brendan Fraser as Geoffrey Stone IV/Sergeant Stone:^[19] At first, it was reported he was going to play Gung-Ho, but it was later revealed he plays Sergeant Stone.^ Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty play the other key members of the EOD, struggling to adapt to their leaders gung-ho attitude in an environment where it could all go wrong in a split second.
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  ^ And finally, Brendan Fraser does not play Gung-Ho or any other Joe that has been rumored thus far and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will not be in the film.
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  ^[20]

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• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Rex Lewis/The Doctor/Cobra Commander:^[21] The Baroness's brother, a former mild-mannered U.S. Soldier who was thought to be killed during a mission - instead, he became the insane disfigured MARS head scientist.^ Aside from the much-maligned Duke-Baroness-Rex awkward backstory, the whole “McCullen and Rex become Destro and Cobra Commander at the end, and then get arrestest two minutes later” plot outcome was just total bullshit.
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  ^ I couldn’t swallow the retarded concept that Duke, Baroness, Cobra Commander were all connected so closely, but on the other hand I always thought it was just as dumb that Cobra Commander had been a used car salesmen that had a brother that killed the parents of Snake Eyes in a car accident.
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  ^ I wanted to see Cobra Commander fight General Hawk, the Baroness fight Scarlet and Snake Eyes fight everyone else.
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  .USA Today reported that Gordon-Levitt will play multiple roles.^ Also DiCaprio better not play Kanaeda I guess I'm ok with Joseph Gordon Levitt as Tetsuo though.
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  Levitt wore a mask – which was redesigned from the comics because the crew found it too reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan – and prosthetic makeup underneath it.^[22][23] Upon seeing concept art of the role he was being offered, Levitt signed on because; "I was like, 'I get to be that? .You're going to make that [makeup] in real life and stick it on me?^ I real life,you're the one getting made fun of.
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  ^ I cannot really afford a new car but does make you at least think about it.
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  ^ As long as holding it, you’re in vehicle mode, let go and your back to robot mode which can be a problem during certain game moments.
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  Cool. Let me do it.' That's a once-in-lifetime opportunity."^[24] .Levitt is a friend of Tatum and they co-starred in Stop-Loss and Havoc.^ The 39-year-old returned the compliments by saying that his co-stars were "the most kind, down-to-earth people" and they became friends in no time, making his first project in the United States much easier.
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  ^ Related Links Gordon-Levitt Talks G.I. Joe Stop-Loss star on his big-screen transformation.
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  ^ Starring: Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Byung Hun-Lee, Dennis Quaid, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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  His casting provided extra incentive for Tatum to join the film.^[6] .Levitt described his vocal performance as being half reminiscent of Chris Latta's voice for the 1980s cartoon, but also half his own ideas, because he felt rendering it fully would sound ridiculous.^ There isn’t much being asked of them past owning their confidence and playing their lines as smoothly as possible but coming off cool is half the battle here.
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  ^ Great moment because it felt like something Kirk would do.
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• Christopher Eccleston as James McCullen/Destro: A weapons designer and founder of The Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS) and the main villain in the early part of the film.^ I can't prove that it would be ludicrous to put a billion-dollar military weapons research facility there.
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  ^ G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra - Final Trailer Christopher Nolan's Inception has started filming Megan Fox's part just a cameo in Jonah Hex?
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  ^ Christopher Eccleston did a wonderful job as Destro, carrying the same cool charm he possessed in Doctor Who.
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  ^[8] Irish actor David Murray was cast as Destro, but was forced to drop out when he had problems with his visa.^[25] Murray was later cast as an ancestor of James McCullen in a flashback scene.^[26]
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• Sienna Miller as Ana Lewis/Anastascia DeCobray/The Baroness: A spy and sister of Cobra Commander.^ And I really think Sienna Miller was perfectly cast as The Baroness.
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  ^ I also beleive that the whole inspiration behind the Cobra Commander/ Duke and Duke/Baroness connections were derived from the comics as well.
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  ^ Both Cobra Commander and Baroness hated Snake Eyes for seperate reasons.
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  ^[27] .Years before the film, The Baroness was going to marry Duke, but he left her at the altar,^[8] due to his guilt over the apparent death of her brother Rex Lewis.^ Patronizing yes, and without reading the comics book mentioned the closest thing to death was Duke when he took the spear for his brother in the animated movie.
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  ^ In the same year there going to be a Live action movie DRAGONBALL, and people are getting mix-ups by these Two film going on.
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  ^[28] .Miller auditioned for the part because it did not involve "having a breakdown or addicted to heroin or dying at the end, something that was just maybe really great fun and that people went to see and actually just had a great time seeing".^[29] Miller prepared with four months of weight training, boxing sessions and learned to fire live ammunition, gaining five pounds of muscle.^ Summer popcorn flicks do not have to be awful films, even if people will flock to awful just to see explosions.
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  ^ You really have no clue how much money that would take, and how unimportant it is to the people who actually take on these projects.
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  ^ Not great movies, but fun enough where you'd probably stay on the channel if you flipped to it on TNT or something.
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  ^[30] .She sprained her wrist after slipping on a rubber bullet while filming a fight scene with Rachel Nichols.^ RACHEL NICHOLS as Scarlett in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (the red head w/ the TITS) http://film-book.com/rachel-nichols-as-scarlett-in-gi-joe/ .
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  ^[13]
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• Byung Hun-Lee as Thomas Arashikage/Storm Shadow: Snake-Eyes' rival, both were close members of The Arashikage Ninja Clan.^ (PreS-Gr 2) uses a series of flashbacks to relate the origin of a long-standing feud between G.I. JOE martial-arts expert Snake Eyes and his equally adept arch rival, Storm Shadow (who works for Destro), as the two come to blows inside the Pit.
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  ^ First, the ninja fights between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are wicked cool and Sienna Miller as Baroness is pretty good (at least on the eyes).
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  ^ Ryan Corey 3 months ago Respond to This ↑ Flag Link Share React React They shoulda just made a whole movie about Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow.
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  .Lee said he did not know G.I. Joe because it is an unknown series in South Korea.^ When I saw the trailer for G.I. Joe, I did need the title at the end, because I wouldn't have known it was G.I. Joe if not for the title.
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  ^ Said Morshower, "You know, I did the first one and a lot of people died and we were part of the team that was killed.
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  ^ Nobody who cared about the series will want to see it more than once, if even, and everyone else will still go see it because they don't know, or don't care.
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  .Sommers and Bonaventura told him that it was not necessary to watch the cartoons to prepare for the role.^ After I got "too old" for that I was blessed with a son who loved to watch the TV cartoon in the early 90's—and of course I wanted to supervise him as he did this…:).
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  ^ One has to question if the reviewer ever read the comic or watched the cartoon series….Anyone who has would realize the actual comic series cast the "4 of six leads" in their racial roles—not Mr. Sommers.
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  .Lee was attracted to Storm Shadow's "dual personality", which he stated has "huge pride and honor".^[31] Brandon Soo Hoo plays 10-year-old Thomas Arashikage.

• Arnold Vosloo as Zartan: An expert in make-up and disguises serving Destro.^ And then Storm Shadow and the Baroness use the stolen jet pack to get on one of Destro's jets which flies away, which leaves Zartan in the middle of the desert, alone to...
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  ^ It all just is… You may have heard it stated that this is the perfect movie for eight year olds… or, at the very least, the eight year old that you once were.
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  ^ But it knows how to feed your inner 10-year-old's appetite for destruction.
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  He is also Destro's aide-de-camp.^[32]

• Kevin J. O'Connor as Doctor Mindbender: A scientist in McCullen's employ who developed the nanomite technology.^[33]

Other Characters

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• Jonathan Pryce as The President of the United States Of America.

• Gerald Okamura as The Hard Master: Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow's ninja master.^ I was all into ninjas as a kid, so Snake-eyes was obviously my favorite, and from the looks of it, he is the only one who is not completely screwed over.
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  ^ Posted 08/10/2009 at 08:59:03 PM moran said: So, the back story for Snake Eyes and Storm shadow is basically the same as the back story of Bloodsport?
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  ^ Ryan Corey 3 months ago Respond to This ↑ Flag Link Share React React They shoulda just made a whole movie about Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow.
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  .He was killed offscreen by one of Storm Shadow's ninja katanas.^ And then Storm Shadow and the Baroness use the stolen jet pack to get on one of Destro's jets which flies away, which leaves Zartan in the middle of the desert, alone to...
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  ^ For example, Storm Shadow is really an evil ninja who happens to wear white, rather than the original Storm Shadow, who was an honorable but tragic figure.
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  ^ The only one that stands out is Storm Shadow and he looks even fucking stupider than the guys in black!
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  ^[34]

• Larry Hama as NATO General:^[8][32] His scenes were ultimately cut from the final film.

Production

Development

.In 2003, Lorenzo di Bonaventura was interested in making a film about advanced military technology; Hasbro's Brian Goldner called him and suggested to base the film on the G.I. Joe toy line.^ Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Hasbro COO Brian Goldner are the producers alongside Sommers and Sommers Co.

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^ It's a fascinating look at the process of making music for film and television and the care he takes with aligning the score with the twists and turns of each character's plot lines," by The Hollywood Reporter.

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^ The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay.

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^[35] Goldner and Bonaventura worked together before, creating toy lines for films Bonaventura produced as CEO of Warner Bros. Goldner and Bonaventura spent three months working out a story, and chose Michael B. Gordon as screenwriter, because they liked his script for 300.^[36] .Bonaventura wanted to depict the origin story of certain characters, and introduced the new character of Rex, to allow an exploration of Duke.^ News Court allows Boney Kapoor to release Wanted - News See more » .

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^ The movie would be set before the timeline of the cartoon, depicting the rise of C.O.B.R.A. di Bonaventura has tenatively recruited Mark Whalberg...to star as Duke .

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^ I don't have a problem with new ideas, as long as they stick to the original characters and how they were meant to be presented.

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^[37] Rex's name came from Hasbro.^[38] .Beforehand, Don Murphy was interested in filming the property, but when the Iraq War broke out, he considered the subject matter inappropriate, and chose to develop Transformers (another Hasbro toy line) instead.^ Bay is also a shrewd business man as he gets 1/3 of the profits from Transformers films and 8% from the toys.

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^ (Investors Business Daily) Sweepstakes: 'Transformers 2' Movie Prizes Jun 20, 2009 Hasbro, the creator of the original toy line, is ready for the second live-action "Transformers" movie adventure with a whole new line of toys based on "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

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^ Many of the robots in the movie don't have lines and it turns out some of the information we had was incorrect (not really surprised considering how little attention the voice cast gets).

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^[39] .Bonaventura felt, "What [the Joes] stand for, and what Duke stands for specifically in the movie, is something that I'd like to think a worldwide audience might connect with."^ Usually, this means the movie sucks and has a built-in audience anyway, so who cares what those stupid reviewers think?

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^ Something to keep in mind is that for a popcorn/action flick like Transformers 2 the goal is excellent audience word of mouth.

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^ It’s been a bit since I detailed what was coming out on BD. This might be because I don’t like to think about all the lovely movies I cannot afford to buy, my not currently having a job and all.

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^[37]

.By February 2005, Paul Lovett and David Elliot, who wrote Bonaventura's Four Brothers, were rewriting Gordon's draft.^ Written by Stuart Beattie, David Elliot and Paul Lovett Directed by Stephen Sommers Starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Denis Quaid The Baroness: Would you look at that?

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^[40] .In their script, the Rex character is corrupted and mutated into the Cobra Commander, whom Destro needs to lead an army of supersoldiers.^ Posted 08/10/2009 at 10:34:29 PM Ranchoth said: So...they made Cobra Commander into a doctor who bends minds, and then introduced a separate "Doctor Mindbender" character?

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^ In the movie destro/mccullen and cobra comander/doctor rex blow up the ice pack above the underwater base.

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^ Many cobra characters were either mutated, or cyborgs, or something else entirely, while GI Joe characters were just regular "joes" (pardon the pun).

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^[41] .Skip Woods was rewriting the script by March 2007, and he added the Alex Mann character from the British Action Man toy line.^ But in the 1980s, the toy company Hasbro made G.I. Joe more of a superhero and added a host of other action figures, expanding the line to include characters that made up a team of international operatives.

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^ Hasbro, the maker of the G.I. Joe action figure line, declined to comment about what's in store for its line of G.I. Joe toys and action figures.

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^ I hated what Skip Woods did to G.I. JOE so passionately that I burned the script in my barbecue over the weekend.

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.Bonaventura explained, "Unfortunately, our president has put us in a position internationally where it would be very difficult to release a movie called G.I. Joe.^ Sadly no release date but I would guess late October or November if the first movie is any guide.

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^ "He showed us scenes from the new film, and we tried to write something that was both true to the spirit of the movie and true to the spirit of our band in some way.

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^ Joe almost seems like a lot but nowadays it's just not very much, especially with the huge first weekends some of these movies are getting.

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.To add one character to the mix is sort of a fun thing to do."^ One theory is he is the resurrected Blackout and the other is he is a new character of sorts.

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^ Stupid action and stupid fun is one thing, but stupid filmmaking is quite another.

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^ One of them included "Blackout" which is adds fuel to the argument that the gray Decepticon fighting Optimus is that character resurrected.

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^[4] .The script was leaked online by El Mayimbe of Latino Review, who revealed Woods had dropped the Cobra Organization in favor of the Naja / Ryan, a crooked CIA agent.^ And since I avoided the whole Cobra Commander spoiler in my review, let me say the actor who played Cobra Commander did a nice job as the voice.

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.In this draft, Scarlett is married to Action Man but still has feelings for Duke, and is killed by the Baroness.^ Yeah, but they still set Scarlett up with Duke like every prior screen adaptation.

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^ Why not Duke and Scarlett, and not have that horrible Duke-Baroness subplot?

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.Snake-Eyes speaks, but his vocal cords are slashed during the story, rendering him mute.^ Posted 08/10/2009 at 08:59:03 PM moran said: So, the back story for Snake Eyes and Storm shadow is basically the same as the back story of Bloodsport?

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^ Snake Eyes can't talk because his face (and vocal cords) were injured in a helicopter accident where he saved Scarlet's life.

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^ Snake eyes and Stormshadow were my favorite action figures, and had the best story/action in the movie.

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Mayimbe suggested Stuart Beattie rewrite the script.^[42] Fan response to the film following the script review was negative. .Bonaventura promised with subsequent rewrites, "I'm hoping we're going to get it right this time."^ By the time the movie premieres, people have decided that they're either going or they aren't.

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^ Like with GITS Production I.G. actually acquired the rights from Kodansha and now we're going to have yet another American adaptation of a work of art that is based in another culture.

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^[43] .He admitted he had problems with Cobra, concurring with an interviewer "they were probably the stupidest evil organization out there [as depicted in the cartoon]".^[4] Hasbro promised they would write Cobra back into the script.^ There were a couple of cuss words, but they weren't shouted out, and I barely noticed them.

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^ A half hour could have been cut from the movie if they would have cut out all of the blue penis scenes.

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^ The movie would be set before the timeline of the cartoon, depicting the rise of C.O.B.R.A. di Bonaventura has tenatively recruited Mark Whalberg...to star as Duke .

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^[44]

.In August 2007, Paramount Pictures hired Stephen Sommers to direct the film after his presentation to CEO Brad Grey and production prexy Brad Weston was well-received.^ The story circulating is that Stephen Sommers as well as the producer were fired after the film scored the lowest of any movie Paramount ever screened (for what thats worth).

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^ "Director Stephen Sommers, who made both 'Mummies,' and who filmed 'Van Helsing' here, loves Prague and action."

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^ That is the case with the rumor about Paramount taking director Stephen Sommers off summer movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra .

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^[45] .Sommers had been inspired to explore the G.I. Joe universe after visiting Hasbro's headquarters in Rhode Island.^ What helped persuade Bay to do the first Transformers movie X which in 2007 took in more than US$700 million worldwide at the box office, and whose sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, opened on Wednesday X was a visit to the Pawtucket, Rhode Island, headquarters of Hasbro, which creates the Transformers toys ...

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^[46] .The project had found the momentum based on the success of Transformers, which Bonaventura produced with Murphy.^ The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay.

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^ Fact: Angry Films' Don Murphy is one of the producers on the Transformers franchise, along with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who is producing G.I. Joe.

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^[45] .Sommers partly signed on to direct because the concept reminded him of James Bond, and he described an underwater battle in the story as a tribute to Thunderball.^ Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY) has signed on to direct a live-action feature version of G.I. JOE for Paramount Pictures....

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^[47] .Stuart Beattie was hired to write a new script for Sommers's film,^[48] and G.I. Joe creator Larry Hama was hired as creative consultant.^ The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay.

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^ Stuart Baird was hired to "save" the film in editing.

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^ As for all my friends with kids, they are totally pumped, taking their 7 and 8 year olds to the film, introducing a new generation to GI Joe.

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Hama helped them change story elements that fans would have disliked and made it closer to the comics, ultimately deciding fans would enjoy the script.^[49] .He persuaded them to drop a comic scene at the film's end, where Snake-Eyes speaks.^ Despite his injuries, (the non-shallow comic book version) of Scarlet sticks by her man and stays with Snake Eyes.

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^ In the comics, Snake Eyes is almost exclusively SEEN in costume, despite there being fairly massive implied time spent OUT of uniform.

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^ I then spent the remainder of the film imagining this great Snake-eyes movie filled with 10-year-olds viciously beating one another.

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^[50] .To speed up production before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, John Lee Hancock, Brian Koppelman and David Levien also assisted in writing various scenes.^ Two weeks before the writers’ strike, we all agreed to do it and literally had a short time to come up with an outline.

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^ On a side note, I read on /Film that this movie was optioned during the Writers Guild strike and that could have had some effect on the shitty script.

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^[51] .Goldner said their inspiration was generally Hama's comics and not the cartoon.^ AM 0 comments Labels: Cartoons , Comics , Generation 1 , TF Fan Art , TF2 Toys .

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^[52] .Sommers said had it not been for the rich backstory in the franchise, the film would have fallen behind schedule because of the strike.^ In an interview with MTV before the Movie Awards, Bay indicated when the film would be completed, "I’m a little stressed because I’m finishing the movie tomorrow.

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^ That said, after the Transformers of my childhood were so butchered and chopped up into easily chewable bits, I wrote off any hopes that the G.I. Joe franchise would be any better.

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^[53]

.After Variety had reported that G.I. Joe became a Brussels-based outfit that stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity,^[54] there were reports of outrages over Paramount's alleged attempt to change the origin of G.I. Joe Team.^ Touted as a mix between X-MEN and JAMES BOND, the latest version of the G.I. JOE mythology sees the G.I. Joe unit (which stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity) based in Brussels as a co-ed force using hi-tech weapons to fight the evil organization Cobra.

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^ VARIETY reports that Sommers was hired in the room after pitching his version of the film to Paramount chairman/CEO Brad Grey and production president Brad Weston Wednesday night.

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^ I cannot accept that GI Joe officially means "General Infantry" or "Government Issue" instead of "Globally Integrated Joint Operating Entity" and how they totally left off "A Real American Hero" along with the red, white and blue stripes so we wouldn't offend the world outside of our own country.

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^[55] .Hasbro responded in its G.I. Joe site claiming it was not changing what the G.I. Joe brand is about, and the name "G.I. Joe" will always be synonymous with bravery and heroism.^ While one could make an argument about openmindedness, a generation thinks of G.I. Joe as the "Real American Hero."

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^ I also read there would be international problems with the name GI Joe so it would have to be changed to Action Man or some other dopey thing like that.

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^ I always looked at the Joe team as being made up of various ethnicities and cultures so why change the name?

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Instead, it would be a modern telling of the "G.I. Joe vs. Cobra" storyline, based out of the "Pit" as they were throughout the 1980s comic book series.^[56]

Filming and design

.Filming began on February 11, 2008,^[57] in Los Angeles, California.^ Last night the US premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was held at the Fox Theatre at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

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^[58] The Downey soundstage was chosen as Paramount needed a large stage to get production underway as soon as possible. .The first two levels of the Pit were built there, to complement the rest of the building which would be done with special effects.^ The first two images below are from the GM Autobot site and the rest of the images were found in IGN's TF2 Gallery .

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^ There is nothing to enjoy in these movies except the special effects.

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^ I would just watch it, laugh stupidly at the big explosions and special effects, and not weep for the destruction of culture it represented.

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^[59] .Downey also housed Destro's MARS base in the Arctic, his legitimate weapons factory in an ex-Soviet state, as well as various submarines interiors, including a SHARC (Submersible High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft) manned by two G.I. Joes.^ Based on various Transformer forums, the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen toy line is now on sale in the states but your local mileage may vary.

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^ United Stares suffered from very few invasions, none of wich in it´s mainland because of two well-know variants of military strategy: size and location.

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^[60]

Prague was used for the Paris sequences.

.Filming in the Czech Republic's Barrandov Studios began in May.^ Stay tuned to Channing Tatum Unwrapped, and I'll keep you posted on any 'G.I. Joe' filming reports from the Czech Republic.

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^ NEWS FLASH: Channing Tatum's 'G.I. Joe' Moves to the Czech Republic Today a 'G.I. Joe' producer in Prague let the Prague Post know the film will be shooting a big car chase scene in and around Barrandov Film Studios in May.

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^[61] The crew took over sections of the Old Town in Prague.^[62] .While filming in the city on April 26, people were injured when a bus and several cars collided with a four-wheel-drive vehicle that appeared to have braking problems.^ "We know this is a good investment — that it interests people in Chevrolet and ultimately drives people to check out our vehicles."

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The emergency services confirmed those taken to hospital had minor injuries.^[63] Filming wrapped after a month in Prague.^[12] .Additional second unit filming took place in Paris itself, Egypt, Tokyo, the Arctic and underwater.^ Between the various premieres in Tokyo, Seoul, Spain, Paris and the sneak peak in London, more then a few critics have now posted their reviews of the film.

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^ The second film in the GRINDHOUSE set was directed by Robert Rodriguez, whose SHORTS, posted disappointing results this week, landing in 6th place.

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^[53]

.Sommers felt "almost 100 percent" of the technology in the film would be available within 10 to 20 years, citing the various books and magazines about developing weapons that he loved reading.^ These films are going to suck on such an epic scale that they may very well kill the American love for anime altogether that has grown in the last 10 years.

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^ It is a film about toys, action figures and comic books.

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^ Posted 08/10/2009 at 06:26:20 PM 715 said: John said: Why would you have to "weaponize" a bomb?

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.For example, Sommers said he believed invisibility was impossible, but the virtual invisibility provided by camouflage camera that projects what is behind a soldier on their front allowed him to include it.^ A mind-controlled enemy soldier allows a cobra to bite him in full view of the camera, with blood.

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^ For example tiny Bumblebee can hold his own against Grindor because of his speed allows him to dodge attacks and do quick hit and runs.

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^[53] The production designers modelled the interior of Destro's private submarine on a Handley Page Jetstream.^[64] .Sommers said the bulky immobile "accelerator suits" (which Beattie said had enabled them to write "a car chase where one guy's not even in a car")^[8] had been tough on the actors and were likely to have their roles reduced in potential sequels.^ Even during the few slow parts, there’s always something, a car chase, a fist fight, or making out to keep you interested.

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^ Posted 08/11/2009 at 12:52:08 AM BallsMonkey said: Here's one problem I have, the all black suits.

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^ Hell, I even thought the accelerator suits were pretty cool in the way they were presented.

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^[53] Critics have compared the suits to that of NFL Superpro, a comic book character jointly licensed by the NFL and Marvel Comics, and resembling an armored football player.^[65]

.Bonaventura predicted the United States armed forces' aid of the film would be limited since much of the hardware is fictional.^ And isn't this movie suggesting that the US Armed Forces should be under the control of the United Nations?

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^ Call it Action Force since that's the faggot name used outside the United States.

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^ This is not a film I would have much interest in in the first place - but everything I've heard sounds terrible.

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^[11] .The filmmakers were denied use of MRAP vehicles at the start of filming because it was ordered many MRAPs had to be sent to the Middle East as soon as possible, though later they permitted filming at Fort Irwin Military Reservation.^ That's because, for many of these small-time reviewers, they can trade those credits for a higher compensation with their employers, because their bringing free publicity to them.

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^ In addition, below are a few spoilers about the film from someone at the premiere as they write about a few plot beats and the Transformers voices, look, and how used in the film.

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^ The area was used by TF2 production as "Shanghai, China" when filming first started last June (click here for related articles).

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^[66] .Some commentators reviewing previews and promotional art from the film have noted superficial resemblances between it and the action film parody Team America: World Police.^ Masters of the Universe film: Had to bring it into modern-day america for some reason.

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^ On a side note, I read on /Film that this movie was optioned during the Writers Guild strike and that could have had some effect on the shitty script.

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^ After the chasm we experienced with `Transformers 2' between the response of audiences and critics, we chose to forgo opening-day print and broadcast reviews as a strategy to promote `G.I. Joe.'

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^[67][68][69]

Effects

.Six different visual effects companies worked in The Rise of Cobra, the most prominent being Digital Domain, which handled the Paris action sequences and the opening convoy sequence.^ The plot was well put together and the action sequences and special effects were decent but nothing that would match to movies like The Matrix or Transformers.

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^ And on that note, the TVTropes page for Rise of Cobra (stil a work in progress) has a rather prominent number of Ripcord mentions in the tropes listed.

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^ G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra Latest updates Most popular Most commented Herriman plans emergency drills 10:39 a.m.

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^[70] .For the Eiffel Tower destruction, a special code for depicting how the crumbling metal works was written.^ As for DVD owners, I know my copy didn’t come with an online code so not sure how that is going to work out.

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^[71] To create the digital Eiffel Tower, the technicians had access to the original building plans, and built a digital model so complex that could not fit in a single file.^[70] .The nanomites used two different proprietary software for their depiction, one by Digital Domain, and another by Prime Focus VFX, which also created tools to generate 3D cloud and sky environments for the aerial scenes.^ DIY DAYS - fund :: create :: distribute :: sustain DIY DAYS Philly: EXTENDING THE EXPERIENCE - PART ONE PART TWO PANEL - EXTENDING THE EXPERIENCE With a decline in the penetration of traditional advertising due to digital technology and the emergence...

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^ There is a love story, a couple brief kissing scenes when 2 of the characters get engaged, and one soldier has a crush on another.

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^ Ransack is in the novel, apparently one of the Seekers created by the Primes (created to find appropriate suns for the Sun Harvester).

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^[71] .Many scenarios were almost fully developed by computer-generated imagery, such as the landing platform of the Pit, the Cobra ice caverns,^[71] and the final underwater battle.^ In the movie destro/mccullen and cobra comander/doctor rex blow up the ice pack above the underwater base.

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^[70]

Music

.The score to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was composed by Alan Silvestri, who reunited with director Stephen Sommers to record his score with a 90-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the scoring stages at Sony and Fox.^ The score is from composer Steve Jablonsky and took place at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City, California with the 71-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony.

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^ "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" sold about US$100.3-million worth of tickets, distributor Paramount Pictures said on Sunday.

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^ So, now you know all there is to know about G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA and we all know what knowing is, don’t we?

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^[72] A soundtrack album of the score was released by Varèse Sarabande Records on August 4, 2009.^[73]

Release

.The film was first screened in the US on July 31, 2009 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.^ Adam (Wide) July 31, 2009 .

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^ Opening: July 31, 2009 .

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^ Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures [argues] self-servingly, " G.I. Joe ' is a big, fun, summer event movie - one that we've seen audiences enjoy everywhere from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to Phoenix, Ariz.

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^[74] .The premiere was at Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theater on August 6, 2009,^[75], and in the following day, G.I. Joe started playing at 4,007 theaters in the US,^[76] along with 35 overseas markets.^ HOLLYWOOD August 11th, 2009 .

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^ HOLLYWOOD August 12th, 2009 .

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^ Today is the day that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen premieres in theatres for the general public starting with the United Kingdom and Japan.

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^[77]

Marketing

.The film's actors were scanned for Hasbro's toy line,^[18] which began in July 2009 with the release of 3 3/4-inch tall action figures.^ It is a film about toys, action figures and comic books.

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^ July 12, 2009 - July 18, 2009 .

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^ The scar was added to the right side of the action figure's face as a copyright mark to prevent unlawful reproduction of the figure by companies other than Hasbro.

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.The Rise of Cobra toy line also includes 12-inch figures, and vehicles, including the first play set based on the Pit in the franchise's history.^ The weekend box-office figures are beginning to trickle in , and it looks like "G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra" is on target to take in just over $56 million during its first three days.

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^ In addition, Hasbro has posted the first commercial for the Revenge of the Fallen toy line with a special focus on Leader class Optimus Prime, click here to view.

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^ Dancy plays Adam like a prisoner set free for the very first time.

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^[78] .Electronic Arts developed a video game sequel to the film, also titled G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.^ Bright Star , Earth Days , G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (two posters and both available for purchase), Jennifer's Body and Shorts (also available for purchase).

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^ G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra Latest updates Most popular Most commented Herriman plans emergency drills 10:39 a.m.

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^ G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) Trailer Plus Classic PSA (Movie Chicks on Action Flicks #5) says: August 19, 2009 at 10:39 pm [...

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^[79]

IDW Publishing released a four-issue prequel written by Chuck Dixon. .Each issue focuses on Duke, Destro, the Baroness and Snake-Eyes respectively.^ I wanted to see Cobra Commander fight General Hawk, the Baroness fight Scarlet and Snake Eyes fight everyone else.

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^ First, the ninja fights between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are wicked cool and Sienna Miller as Baroness is pretty good (at least on the eyes).

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^ Both Cobra Commander and Baroness hated Snake Eyes for seperate reasons.

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^[80] .It began publication in March 2009.^[81] The weekly film adaptation is written by Denton J. Tipton and drawn by Casey Maloney.^ G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a 2009 American live action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise.

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.The film's universe will be continued by a limited series about Snake-Eyes later in 2009; Ray Park enjoyed playing the character and approached writer Kevin VanHook and artist S. L. Gallant with the idea of a comic further exploring his incarnation of the character.^ I enjoyed it, snake eyes is the greatest.

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^ However, to my eyes, the best things about it seem to be the way Rachel Nichols fills out her suit as Scarlett, and the perfect casting of Ray Park as Snake Eyes.

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^ Yes, there's a huge 25th Anniversary range with about 50 different versions of Duke and Snake Eyes.

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^[82]

.As part of the movie launch campaign, over 300 12-inch, parachute-equipped, G.I. Joe action figures were dropped from a 42-story Kansas City hotel roof and soar over 500 feet to the ground at 16th Annual International G.I. Joe Convention.^ Re: G.I. Joe live action movie .

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^ G.I. Joe live action movie .

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^ As part of the international marketing for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a UK based website called Transformers Choose Your Side has launched.

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^[83] .For viral marketing, black helicopters with "G.I. Joe" written on them flew on American beaches.^ Terminator Salvation - Viral - Tech Com G.I. Joe: Resolute is coming American Swing - Interview with directors Jon Hart...

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^[84][85] .Tie-ins were made with Symantec,^[86] 7-Eleven,^[87] and Burger King.^ Burger King has officially launched its Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen tie in promotion today.

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^[88]

.Paramount's vice chairman Rob Moore claimed the movie was prioritized for mid-Americans, and thus marketing was more focused on cities such as Kansas City and Columbus.^ Paramount ignores film critics and big city dwellers as marketing technique National Post - Wednesday, August 5, 2009 .

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^ The site has the trailers and six TV spots, various movies stills already released to mainstream websites, links to three activity sites such as We Are Autobots , and more.

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^ What would be served by using such a sterile American city (Especially if it has nothing to do with the movie or novel).

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.In Europe, the marketing was focused on action sequences set in Paris, Egypt and Tokyo, and emphasizes that G.I. Joe is an international team of crack operatives and not some Yankee soldier.^ "European marketing, rather, focuses on action sequences set in Paris -- where the Eiffel Tower collapses -- Egypt and Tokyo, and emphasizes that G.I. Joe is an international team of crack operatives and not some Yankee soldier."

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^ At times, it also sucks some of the tension out of the action sequences, which slowly makes the viewer uninvolved, leading to the constant fighting becoming tedious.

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^ Admittedly, all the soldiers are generic white guys, with none of the variety of the original Joe team.

• Topless Robot - Rob's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra F.A.Q. 25 September 2009 3:28 UTC www.toplessrobot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[74] .Director Stephen Sommers said "this is not a George Bush movie — it's an Obama world.^ I found the reviewer excessively critical of the movie and think perhaps he was looking for anti-US sentiment or pro-Obama hidden coding based solely on comments made by Stephen Sommers in a pre-release statement.

• G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra (2009) …review and/or viewer comments - Christian Spotlight™ on the Movies - ChristianAnswers.Net 25 September 2009 3:28 UTC christiananswers.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ It's been said more than a few times that this movie is just 'Team America: World Police' if they made it live action and took out the comedy.

• Topless Robot - Rob's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra F.A.Q. 25 September 2009 3:28 UTC www.toplessrobot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I gave up entirely when I heard that Stephen Sommers, director of THE MUMMY, was going to helm.

• Black Sheep Reviews: A film review site.: August 2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC blacksheepreviews.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

.Right from the writing stage we said to ourselves, this can't be about beefy guys on steroids who all met each other in the Vietnam War, but an elite organization that's made up of the best of the best from around the world."^ "Everything that we do in our world is all about the light," Farrar said.

• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ AFTER all had been said about this action flick ...

• G.I. Joe (2009) - Movies 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC forums.whirlpool.net.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ AFTER all had been said about this action flick...

• G.I. Joe (2009) - Movies 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC forums.whirlpool.net.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Home video

.G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was released on November 3, 2009 on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, in regular and two-disk editions.^ Blu-ray Disc Releases NEW   Discuss the latest releases on Blu-ray .

• IMDb :: Boards :: Main Boards 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]

^ Bright Star , Earth Days , G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (two posters and both available for purchase), Jennifer's Body and Shorts (also available for purchase).

• Film Previews - The Oscar Guy 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.oscarguy.com [Source type: General]

^ The movie isn't even out and already plans are in the works for the DVD and Blu-ray release of the movie.

• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[89] .Both editions include an audio commentary by Stephen Sommers and Bob Ducsay, and two making-of featurettes, with the second disk of the special edition holding a digital copy of the film.^ Other film by Stephen Sommers : .

• G.I. Joe - Rise of Cobra - Screenrush.co.uk 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.screenrush.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay.

• Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » G.I. Joe - Rise Of The Cobra (2009) - FiLTERED.TS.v2 - FUSiON 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]

^ But, to make things clearer, my point is: despite the general opinion, "movie reviewers" and "film critics" are two distinct beasts.

• Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Stupid reviewers think big fun summer action movies are stupid! 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC goodcomics.comicbookresources.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[90] .The film opened at #1 at the DVD sales chart, making $40.9m off 2,538,000 DVD units in the first week of release.^ Wait…Warner Brothers is taking the best Animated film ever made, and making a live-action hollywood jerk-off version of it????

• It's Official - Live-Action Akira Confirmed Already for 2009! « FirstShowing.net 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.firstshowing.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ This film was completely produced in two weeks, from first day of shooting to final cut, as part of the Two Week Film Collective.

• DIY Filmmaker Sujewa: August 2009 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

^ When the film was released to own, I brought it home and, to my surprise, cried just as much as I did the first time I saw it.

• Black Sheep Reviews: A film review site.: August 2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC blacksheepreviews.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

^[91] .The film sold over 3.8 million discs, 500,000 of them on Blu-ray, during its first week.^ Keep in mind that studios get something like 99% of the ticket price during the first weekend and their percentage drops each week after that.

• Topless Robot - G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Says Not Being Screened for Critics Is Half the Battle 25 September 2009 3:28 UTC www.toplessrobot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, as well as cable on broadband downloads.

• News from Studio Briefing - Film News 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]

^ Reid started the Two Week Film Collective - a movement in which filmmakers make a film in two weeks, from first day of shooting to final cut.

• DIY Filmmaker Sujewa: August 2009 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

^[92]

Reception

Box office

.During the opening weekend (August 7–9), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra opened at the top of the North American box office with an estimated $54.7 million.^ G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA has debuted atop the North American box office chart, just as everyone presumed it would.

• Black Sheep Reviews: A film review site.: August 2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC blacksheepreviews.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

^ LOS ANGELES -- A new action movie based on the "G.I. Joe" line of toy soldiers crushed enemy forces at the worldwide box office during the weekend, ending the three-week reign of the sixth "Harry Potter" fantasy.

• G.I. Joe defies negative buzz, earns nearly US$100M 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.nationalpost.com [Source type: General]

^ The weekend box-office figures are beginning to trickle in , and it looks like "G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra" is on target to take in just over $56 million during its first three days.

• `G.I. Joe' assaults box office, and us - NJ.com 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.nj.com [Source type: General]

^[76] .It earned an additional $44 million internationally during the same weekend.^ Hamburgers will always outsell boeuf bourguignon, too (as proven by "Julie & Julia" managing only a little over $20 million during the same three days).

• `G.I. Joe' assaults box office, and us - NJ.com 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.nj.com [Source type: General]

^[77] .In the following week, the film opened in 14 more territories and continued atop the international box office with $26 million.^ This week’s second debut gives Meryl Streep her third $20+ million summer opening in the last four years.

• Black Sheep Reviews: A film review site.: August 2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC blacksheepreviews.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

^ There wasn't much question as to whether Quentin Tarantino's INGLORIOUS BASTERDS would debut atop the box office this weekend.

• Black Sheep Reviews: A film review site.: August 2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC blacksheepreviews.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

^ Entertainment Arts Celebrities Food & dining Forums Music Things to do TV & film More entertainment TV and Film Latest news and listings `G.I. Joe' assaults box office, and us .

• `G.I. Joe' assaults box office, and us - NJ.com 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.nj.com [Source type: General]

^[93]

.As of October 18, 2009, the film grossed $150,185,155 in the United States and $150,859,295 in foreign box offices, making a total of $301,044,450 worldwide.^ Will the tweeners make 17 Again the number one box office choice or will the action junkies bring Crank: High Voltage to the top?

• Film Previews - The Oscar Guy 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.oscarguy.com [Source type: General]

^ Angels & Demons is the current worldwide box office king with a $440.7M total after 33 days of release.

• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ State of Play, 2009 - Movie Review POLL: What Will Smith film is your favourite?

• Live for Films: Convoy, 1978 - Movie Review 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC liveforfilm.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[3]

Critical reception

.Paramount decided to not screen the film for print critics before its release and wanted to focus on internet critics.^ I hate to cite Wikipedia for something like this, but it was the best definition for 'film criticism' I could find quickly on the internet: .

• Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Stupid reviewers think big fun summer action movies are stupid! 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC goodcomics.comicbookresources.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Paramount ignores film critics and big city dwellers as marketing technique National Post - Wednesday, August 5, 2009 .

• G.I. Joe defies negative buzz, earns nearly US$100M 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.nationalpost.com [Source type: General]

^ If you’re in the UK I will let you decide how want to handle things, but here is the fine print about the UK premiere.

• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[94] .The film has received mixed to negative reviews.^ The Tim Burton -produced animated film, which opens in 1,638 theaters today is receiving mixed reviews from critics, many of which compare it to last year's Pixar smash Wall-e.

• News from Studio Briefing - Film News 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]

.Based on 144 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra has a 'rotten' 36% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 4.6/10.^[95] Among Rotten Tomatoes' Top Critics, which consists of notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs,^[96] the film holds a 26% rating, with an average score of 3.9/10.^[97] By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 32, based on 25 reviews.^ Go look on Rotten Tomatoes, especially the 'Top Critics' section - good action films still get good reviews, it's just bad one's that don't.

• Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Stupid reviewers think big fun summer action movies are stupid! 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC goodcomics.comicbookresources.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ But, to make things clearer, my point is: despite the general opinion, "movie reviewers" and "film critics" are two distinct beasts.

• Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Stupid reviewers think big fun summer action movies are stupid! 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC goodcomics.comicbookresources.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Bright Star , Earth Days , G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (two posters and both available for purchase), Jennifer's Body and Shorts (also available for purchase).

• Film Previews - The Oscar Guy 17 September 2009 7:07 UTC www.oscarguy.com [Source type: General]

^[98]

Dan Jolin of Empire magazine commented that it was "Bond without the style and Team America without the bellylaughs".^[99] The Daily Telegraph reviewer said, "The taint of cruddiness extends everywhere in this joyless stinker."^[100] James Berardinelli said the characters were "as plastic as the toys that inspired them" and considered Tatum "wooden" and that his character was "more animated in sequences when he is rendered by special effects than when being portrayed by Tatum".^[101] Roger Ebert described that "there is never any clear sense in the action of where anything is in relation to anything else", but stated that he considered The Rise of Cobra much better than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.^[102] Chuck Wilson of The Village Voice criticized the dialogue and described the underwater battle as "absurdly overproduced, momentarily diverting, and then instantly forgettable."^[103] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times considered the plot "at once elemental and incomprehensible",^[104] and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone thought that, despite the high budget, the special effects "look shockingly crappy; the Eiffel Tower appears to be destroyed by some green slime left over from the Ghostbusters films".^[105] Reviewers also criticized the film for the scientific impossibility of sinking ocean ice.^{[102][106][107]}

.Matthew Leyland from Total Film called it "a throwaway blast of solid, stupid fun" and gave it three out of five stars, particularly praising Joseph Gordon-Levitt's performance as the treacherous Cobra Commander.^ But I found it easier to buy into than Cobra Commander having started out as a disgruntled used car salesman or having come from Cobra-La.

• Topless Robot - Rob's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra F.A.Q. 25 September 2009 3:28 UTC www.toplessrobot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The only glimmer of hope is the mention of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Tetsuo.

• It's Official - Live-Action Akira Confirmed Already for 2009! « FirstShowing.net 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.firstshowing.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Also DiCaprio better not play Kanaeda I guess I'm ok with Joseph Gordon Levitt as Tetsuo though.

• It's Official - Live-Action Akira Confirmed Already for 2009! « FirstShowing.net 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.firstshowing.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[108] .Sister publication SFX called the film "dumb and dopey, with plenty of bumpy bits" and that "GI Joe has a genuine cliffhanger charm, especially when the last act becomes a whole string of pulp plot twists.^ I have no doubt whatsoever that GI Joe is going to be a fun film.

• Topless Robot - G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Says Not Being Screened for Critics Is Half the Battle 25 September 2009 3:28 UTC www.toplessrobot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ GI Joe was a rather fun popcorn film-for the most part.

• G.I. Joe (2009) - Movies 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC forums.whirlpool.net.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I also read there would be international problems with the name GI Joe so it would have to be changed to Action Man or some other dopey thing like that.

• G.I. Joe live action movie - Home Theater Forum Community 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.hometheaterforum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The ending screams “To Be Continued”; we could do worse.", finally awarding the score of three stars out of five.^ The final issue to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Move Adaptation is coming out next Wednesday and IDW has a preview of the first five pages here .

• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I guess we will find out in three to five days.

• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[109] Christopher Monfette of IGN also gave the film a positive review, saying "This is an adult's interpretation of a childhood phenomenon, and if you're willing to give it a shot, one suspects that you'll find yourself entertained enough to give your best, "Yo, Joe!" He gave the film three and a half out of five stars.^[110] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times criticized the excessive flashbacks, but praised the action scenes and design, and considered that Marlon Wayans "steals the show".^[111] Dan Kois of The Washington Post thought it was "as polished and entertaining as war-mongering toy commercials get".^[112]

Sequel

Rob Moore, the studio vice chairman, has stated that a sequel will be developed. .The film's lead actors are contractually obligated to return while director Stephen Sommers is not.^ All of the main actors are contractually obligated to return, the director is not.

• Topless Robot - Rob's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra F.A.Q. 25 September 2009 3:28 UTC www.toplessrobot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay.

• Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » G.I. Joe - Rise Of The Cobra (2009) - FiLTERED.TS.v2 - FUSiON 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]

^ As a fan of the actor it is nice to see him return to the film.

• Transformers Live Action Movie Blog: 05/2009 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC transformerslive.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[2]

In January 2010, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the writers of Zombieland, were hired to write the script for the sequel.^[113][114]

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External links

• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Official site
  • Movie's trailers
  • Interview with cast members
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at the Internet Movie Database
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at Allmovie
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at Rotten Tomatoes
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at Box Office Mojo
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at Metacritic
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at Yahoo! Movies

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