G.I. Joe, g.i. joe vs. transformers, lorenzo di bonaventura, movie, transformers

Just Turn It Into G.I. Joe Vs. Transformers!

Fans and critics are lambasting G.I. Joe producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura's casting choices for the upcoming movie, and we'd have to agree. Besides, if he really wants to try and get some box office bang, he should adapt the G.I. Joe Vs. Transformers comic book. After all, he produced Transformers as well, so it shouldn't be that big of a jump for him to turn the less-than-stellar sounding G.I. Joe into a crossover flick. If it's going to be this bad, why not chuck in some giant fighting robots?

1:40 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Kevin Kelly
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Gann at 01:57 PM on 01/08/08
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I think G.I. Joe vs Rainbow Bright would be vastly more entertaining.
92BuickLeSabre at 01:58 PM on 01/08/08
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"And we went to Marlon and said, "We'd love to talk to you." And he's a gigantic GI Joe fan and immediately asked, "is Cobra in it, is Destro in it?" I mean before he even got to read the script he was so much fun to talk to because he understood what it was. So he got it immediately.""

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By that logic I was apparently a shoe-in.
Shouldn't have let that call go straight to voicemail I guess.
putch at 02:07 PM on 01/08/08
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the two army dudes in transformers were playing characters that were created in that crossover. so, too late, hot plate.
nukethewhalesagain at 02:18 PM on 01/08/08
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"Duke as the leader and Ripcord as the best friend who sorta gets Duke in trouble all the time and Duke has to bail him out all the time and have fun with him"

Does he realize that this is G.I. Joe and not Gomer Pyle?
ExtensionOfBob at 02:26 PM on 01/08/08
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@Gann: That sounds too much like my childhood. Except minus the "vs." and plus "loves."

Also, I'm totally up for giving Marlon a shot at proving himself. It's not like I've had any sort of positive expectations for this film at any point.
aspiringexpatriate at 02:32 PM on 01/08/08
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They have not yet cast Destro but have narrowed the list down to about 4 or 5 names: "All of them are of the English, Irish, Scottish persuasion shall we say."

British and Irish "persuasion." What does that mean, just cast Connery and move on. Cause he was great in The Avengers.
aspiringexpatriate at 02:34 PM on 01/08/08
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Also funny: "Duke is absolutely the embodiment of what the pre-83 Joe is. And what the pre-83 Joe is The Real American Hero"

Duke didn't come around until 1983.
Gann at 02:37 PM on 01/08/08
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@extensionofbob: G.I. Joe Loves Rainbow Bright, while agreeably much more entertaining, would be in a genre restricted to a totally different target audience.
Iamtehawesome at 03:25 PM on 01/08/08
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And yet another one of my childhood memories is raped and beaten by it's dirty hollywood uncle.
Bentos, Der Frischmacher! at 04:17 PM on 01/08/08
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I'd pay $12.95 to see StarScream step on Marlon Wayans!
Supernintendo at 05:20 PM on 01/08/08
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Who is going to play Lady Jane?! Wait, no, don't tell me, it's sad enough already...
knoyd_mcbennet at 05:28 PM on 01/08/08
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once i read marlon was going to play ripcord, and that ripcord could potentially be the leader of the unit, (WTF) i lost some hope for this flick. been a diehard 'joe fan since i was 5..i just want this shit to be watchable, at least. i wouldn't pass judgement until the full cast has been announced, though.

"and emanuel lewis as cobra commander"

oh god
92BuickLeSabre at 05:36 PM on 01/08/08
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@Supernintendo: It really can't be any worse than Sienna Miller as The Baroness can it?

I just hope Mr. Eko (Heavy Duty) gets out of there before this thing actually gets made.
Athaliah at 06:29 PM on 01/08/08
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I wanna see GI Joe VS. Sailor Moon. Now that would be f**ked up.