The reboot craze has hit Hollywood so hard that you now must clarify that your sequel is, in fact, a plain old sequel and not a reboot, reimagining or other sort of restart of the franchise. Talking to the deeply inquisitive geniuses at MTV, new GI Joe 2 writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick felt the need to explain that their film will be a direct sequel to the unfairly maligned first film.
“We can say that we will be faithful to the first film,” Reese explained of their plans for the sequel. “We will not be ignoring events from the first in the second.”
“It will be a sequel,” added Wernick. “It will be a continuation of ‘G.I. Joe’ [as it was established last summer].”
“It’s hard to think of it being any bigger; that was a big movie,” Reese said of any pressure to top the first film’s massive action sequences. “They blew up a lot of stuff. We hope for it to be as fun, that the characters really pop. We’ll be introducing some new characters.”
“We’re going out to Pawtucket, Rhode Island to the Hasbro headquarters next week,” Wernick said, explaining that the trip will help dictate who those new characters will be. “[We’ll] talk to the toy guys, take a tour of the facility, see all the old toys, the new toys and just get inspired.”
Guys, here’s my unsolicited advice: SPACE. Take GI Joe into space. Cobra has an orbital platform and Joe has to stop them from doing something terrible or other. Space!!!
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"They blew up a lot of stuff."
Should have been be the primary quote on the DVD case.
No way they will go to space. They are going to introduce the B.A.T. robots so they can have thousands of soldiers in Braveheart sized battles which allows them to decimate tons of soldiers without having to worry about morality issues. Hey they're just robots!! Let's just hope that they aren't all connected to one ship that shuts them all down once it is destroyed….
NEW CHARACTERS: "Why should Nic Cage play Major Bludd?" "Because Knowing was half the battle."
I was actually hoping for a reboot. The first one, save for the Baroness, was a piece of shit.
The Baroness was great. Not having a clue about the backstory, I have to say I was BITTERLY disappointed they had her turn into a "good guy" and was just evil due to cheesy brainwashing cop-out.
Is she straight-evil in the canon? I get the feeling the whole "Rex" storyline was made for the film.
The first G.I. Joe was unfairly maligned? Pardon me, but I seem to recall most of you internet film pundits blowing your loads all over that godawful movie. If anything it was unfairly praised. You know, criticism of the "turn your brain off and enjoy it like you're a 2 year old playing with action figures" variety?
HAHA. Anders you jokester.
Enjoyed the first one in theaters, but couldn't get through it a second time at home. Don't know if it was opening night excitement or if I was just amazed to be seeing a GI Joe movie in theaters.
gi joe was unfairly maligned and avatar deserved to be shat upon by you with some new article every 2 days?
you've really lost your head up your ass havent you
are you crazy? the Baroness was the biggest pile of suck? Where, exactly, was the Eastern European badass accent? I didn't want a valley girl, dammit.
GI Joe needs a reboot. The designs for Cobra Commander alone are proof of that. It doesn't hold a candle to the awesomeness of the 80's cartoon. Sadly, this generation of GI Joe is not good enough to be introduced to my 2 year old son when he comes of age. Maybe if people who actually care about the property are allowed to shepherd this franchise, then I will open my wallet, and give my time.
Yeah, I enjoyed it in theaters, but found the home viewing experience tedious, not as fun. I'll still see the sequel. Cuz I'm 'tarded.
Lars Von Trier should go all five obstructions on Stephen Sommers, I want to see this story told five times, each one becoming more and more absurd. Well, comparatively absurd. Duke and Cobra Commander split ways after a particularly nasty argument at a dinner party.
Where the hell were the HISS tanks? Better fix that in the sequel or I just may have to bitch about it on a CompuServe chat forum.
Well, if they keep with the current story line they have a lot of work to do to get this thing back in cannon. For instance, presidential pardon of Commander, Destro and Baroness. Breakup or expansion of Team Alpha, creation of Action Force and G.I. Joe relocation to say Mt. Rushmore. Cobra acceptance to Cobrala, too much?
I loved the first flick for just being popcorn fluff. They blew stuff up, it had a wanton disregard for … anyone. And even though it knows it's a bad flick there's still fun had in it. That said those Zombieland writers better get to work fixing what was wrong with the first, a f****** lot.
G.I. JOE 2: ACTION MAN
This title should cross a few cultural boundaries. I'm from Australia and, yes, the doll was called Action Man here.
We can only hope for a Weather Dominator™ and little furbies that turn into giant beasts when somebody uses a dog whistle.
Pyramid of Darkness and Serpentor to round out the trilogy.
Things that need to happen in the sequel:
1)Cobra Commander needs to lose the lame mask. Give him the hood or the helmet. Keep the Professor voice without the effects.
2)Attempting to remove the nanites from Baroness makes the brainwashing permanent.
3)Tomax and Xamot buy up MARS in auction after its seized from Destro, becoming the legal front for Cobra.
GI Joe was a pile of ass. There's a reason it's nominated for a Razzie.
They messed up the characters and story with so much technology that the G.I. Joes I grew up with were almost unrecognizable. This was the worst movie I've seen since Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Needs a reboot.
Word Brady. Worst piece of shit I've ever seen. From Duke's ghetto accent, to the Baroness' American one. The only things they got right were Destro, Snake Eyes and just barely Storm Shadow. Don't tell me to just pretend it's not G. I. Joe and then I'll enjoy it. If they want to make a generic action movie then that's exactly what they should do and stop raping my childhood. That goes for you too Michael Bay you piece of shit!
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