Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (what can I tell you; I just don't care about movies based on TOYS, unless we're talking about Toy Story)...

I'm going to be honest here. I'm looking forward to this. Especially because of the Stephen Sommers thing. I really like The Mummy and Van Helsing. Yeah, I know... They're not great films, but what they are is fun films. The Mummy is like a fun theme park ride (What a coincidence that there is one...), and Van Helsing is basically Castlevania the Movie. (I still hate the guy that played Dracula though. He makes me wince every time he speaks.) I hope this turns out to be as much fun. G.I. Joe isn't supposed to be serious. It's about weather dominators, red and blue lasers that fly over peoples heads, and a terrorist organization run by an ex-used car salesman. Yo Joe!

Stephen Sommers says it will have CGiI, a lot of CGI. It will look cool, and be a popcorn movie, but in the end it needs a half decent story else it just wont work. At least I'm sure there getting the look good part right, because it looks so good right now.

Bigger boobs are always better! Plus Snake-Eyes is Darth Maul who was a bad ass in Star Wars. Well, he did get killed by Ewan McGregor (who couldnt fight his way out of a wet paper bag), but that was George Lucas's idea and we all know what kind of bad ideas can come out of his head (i.e. Jar Jar Binks, pod racers, CGI Jaba-the-Hut, flanel shirts). I wonder if they will have everyone fight with kung-fu grips?

I hope they dont blow it! I have been talking to my wife for years about why they don't make a GI-JOE movie. So when i seen a pic of it on youtube, I was ready for it. Don't Blow It!!!!!
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I watched ET Canada last week and Brendan Fraser is quoted as saying: "yes I'm in the new g.i. joe movie, but NO i'm not playing gung-ho"

Growing up my brother and I played with 4 primary toys...Star Wars, He-Man, Transformers, and GI Joe.He-Man movie was revolting. Star Wars is a given for greatness.I really thought that Transformers was going to be stupid and look how it turned out. Maybe it'll surprise us all?!

Can we say it will suck like the The Punisher. But a part of me wants to say that I wrong like The Transformers. Even seeing the trailer I though it would suck so bad.

The only bad thing about this movie and Transformer they aren't using the same voice actor for Cobra Commander and Starscream, which is Chris Latta, both character has very unique voices. Like Optimus Prime's voice if it wasn't the same then it wouldn't be the same.

Chris Latta is dead. Sadly, he passed away some time ago.
I have many concerns, as well....I am a fan of Cobra Commander. Sure, in the cartoon, he was an incompetent megalomaniac who was about as effective as G.W.Bush...But he was fun. In the comic...He was one of the greatest villians ever. Cunning, ruthless, and psychotic enough to line his battle helmet with C-4.
Finding out he will be played by the kid from Third Rock disturbs me... but I keep hope that this will be atleast watchable.

New from the Director of "Van Helsing"?? Wow. . .That was one of the few movies so bad that I actually walked out half way through. When it started, with the incompetent Dracula both chewing and attempting to suck the blood out of the scenery, I thought it was a commercial. Five minutes into to the movie I laughed out loud because I realized it had actually started. Hugh, (insert kiss of death here), you broke my heart, you broke my heart.
Standby for the Sucktacular film of 2009. . .

The mere fact that they are making a GIJOE move is ridikulus(thats a good thing) I cant wait til summer of '09 to see this popcorn fest of a movie.I grew up in the 80's so I loved gijoe, transformers,masters of the universe, and reading batman comic books.I must say with the way they gave everyone black spandex suits in X-men(so f#!*ng chessy) I cant quite wrap my head around the these gijoe pics that i see.Now i have heard that they have diff uniforms in the movie.Wouldnt it have made more sense to release photos of their original uniforms first for the die hard fans instead of looking like every other covert ops movie out there. And please I hope there is not a big love story that takes up a 3rd of the movie.Too many characters for that. Wheres Quick-Kick? Insanely humorous, a great fighter and would have made for excellent comic relief. All and all cant wait for Rise of Cobra. Yo Joe

I must agree that I hate seeing all the black costumes. It takes away from that appeal of the original. All these very different characters from every branch, agency, and area you can imagine, jammed together for a motley crew of characters that kicked a whole lot of butt. I hope they do this right and have enough momentum to get a second movie with tomax and xamot... i'm thinking the twins from the harry potter movies could totally rock that out. regardless, i'm just glad they are finally making it. maybe if we're lucky one of these days somebody will take an honest whack at the Masters of the Universe series. Something that doesnt have a musical, transdimentional key and almost all new bad-guys. anywho, for the time being.... yo joe.

I will remain hopefully optimistic for this movie. I too grew up loving GI Joe. I am a bit disappointed to not see Shipwreck in the list of characters.I wonder if they will have some insightful safety tip at the end of the movie. And now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

there's no way it will ever compare to the memories...hell, even watching actual episodes of the old show doesn't compare...maybe its just that i tend to remember things being cooler than they actually were (anyone watch firefox lately?), but looking at this list of cast and the production photos and not really gettin my hopes up...COBRA!!!

Yeah, the movie will probably suck for a number of reasons. But let's get one thing straight: The Mummy was awesome. So was The Mummy Returns. Anyone who can't enjoy those movies really just has a stick up their butt.

The Baroness looks way hot. Who is hotter, the baroness or Kate Beckinsale in Underworld? I am pretty let down by everyones elses black Xmen suits. Thats REALLY lame. And Destro without his metal head? WTF is going on? CC better have a mask. Next thing you know, they will make it so snake eyes can talk. I will see this movie, but I am expecting it to be a hefty load of shit.

I was disappointed in the photos I saw of the costumes - sudden flash-back to X-Men. I am curious to see how Joseph Gordon-Levitt will do - he's a terrific young actor, much along the lines of Heath Ledger, and I'm hoping we get a Cobra Commander that is played similar to Ledger's "Joker". I would have thought that Arnold Vosloo would have been cast as Destro - picture him as "Imhotep" from The Mummy, and tell me he wouldn't be perfect as Destro.

I'm a huge G.I.Joe fan, fanaticaly huge fan. I'm a little dissapointed to say the least with the photos realeased. My gripes are in the same arena as others...the black outfits are really pissing me off. The all black suits are just plain stupid. In reality, yes, colorful outfits would be disastrious, but the Joe's were an elite team with individual identities and were able to kick a$$ while wearing outlandish gear. The casting of Marlon in general is a no-no, and changing Ripcords race doesn't make sense. There are african americans enlisted in the Joe mythos to accomidate the casting of Marlon. And the love triangle is dumb. Anyway I'll still see this movie. Yo Joe!

Yeah...the Mummy was ok for what it was but GI Joe should be better. The thing is, as a writer, and a child of the 80s, I can imagine that there are lots of good ways to bring GI Joe to the big screen. So far what I'm seeing doesn't instill me with confidence. I agree about Rip Cord...I'd rather see Stalker. We need Roadblock and Gung Ho, and for my own part, I like Flint and Shipwreck. I could see Ryan Reynolds as Shipwreck. They should have also looked to the Larry Hama comics moreso than the cartoon for inspiration. In the comics the Commander was a competent and complex villain. It was still sci fi but not as much. Will we see any of the great vehicles, HISS tanks, Cobra troopers and Vipers, etc? I also hate the black suits. It made sense for X-Men, but why can't these guys just have realistic camo military uniforms like the toys, at least the early ones, more or less did? And I'm sorry I have seen better Snake Eyes costumes in other movies. This looks like a cheap Halloween suit. I don't think it will be good. I didn't think Transformers was good. But we'll see.