Oh good! I was worried that the modest success of GI Joe would preclude a sequel, which would have been a bummer, as the film finally got the characters to where they needed to be at the end. We did a whole movie without a real Cobra Commander, and to deny me Joseph Gordon-Levitt hissing his lines for another film would have been a tragedy.
But GI Joe 2 is moving forward, and Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are writing it. The initial news about the movie’s existence popped up on Collider, while IESB broke the writers.
I guess there’s some kind of backlash against Zombieland since the movie was just good and didn’t do your chores for you or something – I’ll never get how some people think! – but I really dug it and I think Rheese and Wernick can bring some of the character stuff that was missing from the first GI Joe. And between GI Joe and Deadpool, Reese and Wernick feel like the new Orci and Kurtzman when it comes to being on big geek properties. Except I’ve liked their scripts.
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We all know a movie can just be "good", it's either "amazing" or "terrible." Get it together, man!
*can't… dammit
GI Joe Sucked. I never was a fan of the show to begin with and they really screwed the pooch on the first film that doing a second one (shuder) would just inspire tudio execs to revisit old and busted cartoon properties. The success of Transformers1 was a fluke. I've had the chance to re-visit it on blu-ray recently. Frankly, it's not that good and gets annoying after the first hour or so.
Suggested plot: GI Joe … vs … Transformers!
I liked Zombieland plenty, I just thought it was slightly overrated. The expectations were so low that when the movie cam out and was actually pretty good, people were stunned. I mean, it's no Shaun of the Dead. That said, it was a good blend of sharp dialogue, slapstick and crazy ideas, so I'm pretty excited to see these guys take on GI Joe. It's a better fit for them then Venom, that's for damn sure.
GI Joe was an enjoyably cartoony popcorn film. Not a great piece of cinema, of course, but it was a lot of fun. With the Zombieland guys writing the sequel, I definitely wouldn't mind seeing where it goes.
But will the Joe Schmo show come back? Seriously…
This is good news, provided they do a complete reboot with the cast from "The Ballad of GI Joe."
I hope they aren't spreading themselves too thin. Part of the charm of Zombieland was that it involved only a handful of characters and focused on them.
Agree 100% with Mr Faraci except this G.I. Joe sucked and wasn't in any way good (Outside of the chase sequence in Paris congrats Mr Sommers). Zombieland was fun and had a tight script if they make the sequel to G.I Joe 2 that way i'm game. However I expect no matter what for the studio system and Mr Sommers to go Revenge of the Fallen on us.
Yet another fucking article that has to include how geeks might think about some other movie. Stop with the navel-gazing Devin, who gives a fuck what some nerds do?
Good for the ZOMBIELAND writers…whose names I still dont know. These guys are like the anti-Orci and Kurtzman….sure they're over-hyped,but these guys can write a decent script and should become attached to as many fanboy properties as possible before the buzz wears off…as long as it doesnt delay the 3-D Zombieland sequel.
Two awful writers on a sequal to an awful film. At least I know this time to ignore every recommendation Devin makes in regards to this turd when it gets laid.
Anyway, it's strange that two guys who should be writing for Two And A Half Men just have to add zombies to their crappy sitcom pilot and all of a sudden they are onboard everything.
I truly do not understand how someone who claims to be a serious movie critic could consider the nonsensical, incoherent clatter of GI Joe to be a good movie. Or even a fun movie. I hope Pauline Kael's ghost fucks you in the eye sockets.
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