Critics not Allowd to Preview GI Joe

[Neil]

The early G.I. Joe comic book series from Marvel was awesome, especially the run drawn by Mike Zeck.

Marvel's toy comics were really rather good.  GI Joe, Transformers, Sectaurs, Air Raiders.  All of them were pretty good.

[Caliga]

So anyway, in this movie did Lady Jaye shoot down any Cobra jets flying at Mach 2 at 29,000 feet by throwing an explosive spear at them?

[Darth Wagtaros]

Cobra sucked in the cartoons because they'd toss the captured Joes in prison without taking their backpacks, guns, or knives.

[DontSayBanana]

Don't you know that those ratings on entirely based on sexual content?

If by "entirely based on sexual content" you mean based on what the reviewers deem to be acceptable levels of coarse language, depictions of violence, and sexual content, then yes.

Anyway, I think what Cal's getting at is that the movie's a different genre, but that it'd be believable that the movie and the cartoon would have the same proportion of graphic violence to their respective genre- lasers and explosions to be risque for the kiddies and blood and lots of juicy gore to be risque for the different audience of prime-time moviegoers.

[Viking]

Well, that's just ridiculous.  I can't believe a GI Joe movie would contain an excessive amount of violence.

I do find that hard to believe.  I cannot recall anybody actually getting hurt in a GI Joe cartoon.

Plastic feels no pain remember?

But I remember that after Optimus Prime getting killed in the Transformers Cartoon Movie the adverse reaction to that kept them from killing Duke.

[Viking]

In the 1970s Title IX was applied to super hero teams in the landmark case Diana Prince vs. Justice League of America.

I'm going to preempt Tim by remarking on what an awesome post this was.

wow there is such a thing as a "pre-taint"

[Razgovory]

Yeah.  Without him it would have just have been Tom Baker in a sad, sad, finale to his long career.

I really enjoyed watching Thora Birch destroy her career as well.

What annoys me is that chick who played the wizard hasn't done anything else that I've seen.  She was HOTT.

Agree totally.  I'd like to see more of her in less.

[Eddie Teach]

Quick imdb search shows her being a regular on the tv shows JAG and Dirty Sexy Money.

[Caliga]

I don't watch TV.  TV is for the unwashed masses.

[Caliga]

But you're right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgAQ0DCZocc

Ugh, I hate haircuts that short though.  Instant turnoff.  Women cannot have hair shorter than shoulder-length or they look like men with tits to me.

[Razgovory]

But you're right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgAQ0DCZocc

Ugh, I hate haircuts that short though.  Instant turnoff.  Women cannot have hair shorter than shoulder-length or they look like men with tits to me.

It works for some better then others.  But I prefer shoulder length.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I'm seeing this tomorrow.  Its at a place called Chunky's, you sit in old comfortable car seats and can eat and drink.  I'm thinking a beer or three and a frozen rum drink will make this somewhat less bad.

[Viking]

But you're right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgAQ0DCZocc

Ugh, I hate haircuts that short though.  Instant turnoff.  Women cannot have hair shorter than shoulder-length or they look like men with tits to me.

Caveman instinct say; "Long hair says I am a healthy and a potentially available mate, short hair says I am too busy with other stuff to try to keep looking like I am a healthy and a potentially available mate."

[Cerr]

I'm seeing this tomorrow.  Its at a place called Chunky's, you sit in old comfortable car seats and can eat and drink.  I'm thinking a beer or three and a frozen rum drink will make this somewhat less bad.

Yeah that'll help.
It's not a terrible movie, just very silly(if you're familar with other GI Joe stuff you know what to expect) with some cheesy lines and dodgy special fx. The break in and the subsequent Paris chase are well done and fun. On the whole, I enjoyed the film. I might have been a bit too critical in my earlier post.
I'd give it a two and a half out of five.

[Ed Anger]

I don't watch TV.  TV is for the unwashed masses.

Elitist.