First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe - io9 Comments

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

mizmoose — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:56:07 PDT

Eccleston and Adawale? I don't care if the movie totally sucks. I'll be sitting there with my drool bib on.

mizmoose

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

cloudhunter — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:13:59 PDT

@froggy: No, I don't want to make something of it, cos you're absolutely right :D

cloudhunter

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SeeingI — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:14:36 PDT

@apronk: My 2nd favorite Doctor Who and the cutest boy in the world in the same movie? I am starting camping out for tickets, like, now.

SeeingI

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slmcdee — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:46:37 PDT

I would rather see him playing Cobra Commander. Than the 3rd Rock kiddie.

slmcdee

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jbq — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:14:38 PDT

Hell, my favourite is Tennant, but even I regard Tom Baker as The Greatest Ever. If Tennant doesn't pull an Eccleston (hehe) he might become the new Baker, though. Baker is so ingrained in the popular consciousness as one of the most iconic sci-fi characters in history (and it is his form everyone remembers - just see his cameos in The Simpsons for evidence).

It would take many years for anyone to replace him.

jbq

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Metropolis — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:28:58 PDT

Please indicate he is playing DESTRO not COBRA COMMANDER.

Metropolis

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

pharago — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:19:26 PDT

he was a fantastic doctor

pharago

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Lizfu — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:02:54 PDT

My vote for "Best Doctor" goes to Joanna Lumley's "Curse of Fatal Death" Doctor. Screw canon.

Lizfu

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

HomoSapiensRex — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:07:00 PDT

I have met Chris Eccleston very briefy in what used to be termed 'real life' and can exclusively reveal that his ass is both narrow and flat. Nice guy though.

HomoSapiensRex

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

MrLookback — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:17:49 PDT

Strom Shadow with tuxedo tails?!?! BWAHAHAHAHA!

MrLookback

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

aixelsyd — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:56:00 PDT

I have a hard time seeing Levitt as an effective cobra commander though. And for the record, I think Baker was #1 and Ecc was #2 in his shortlived year.

aixelsyd

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Zenn-Lavian — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:26:49 PDT

@smcallah: Indeed. But how they kept that hat on Adibese's head at all times (even when he was "brutalizing" guys) is still a mystery to me!

Zenn-Lavian

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

Lizzie24601 — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:16:20 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: Some day Eccleston will grow floppy hair and then everyone will be retroactively happy.

Lizzie24601

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smcallah — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:57:03 PDT

@Belabras: That was one of the best things about the Spider-Man movies to me.

I kept thinking, "J. Jonah ShillinGER, not Shilling-er!"

smcallah

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Belabras — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:54:23 PDT

@smcallah:
That's gotta make watching the Spiderman movies an odd experience. Or Juno.

God, Juno through that lens is really... different.

Belabras

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

smcallah — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:25:08 PDT

@Tim Faulkner: Yeah, he'll always be Adibese with the little hats to me... everyone from Oz will always be their character from Oz to me, no matter how many episodes of Law & Order they are in.

smcallah

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tamoko — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:20:51 PDT

I was sold at "mini gun"...

@StrangelyBrown: It does hurt to have our childhood menories strip mined, doesn't it? Sometimes I wonder if anything is "sacred" any more. Where's my Hong Kong Fu movie?

tamoko

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spacekicker — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:17:39 PDT

Eccelston was a good doctor, but better than Tennant, better than tom Baker?? nooo way

spacekicker

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StrangelyBrown — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:16:27 PDT

Is that tie-tack thing supposed to harken back to classic Destro's crazy disco pendant? If so, then well played, childhood-rapers. Well played.

StrangelyBrown

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Annalee Newitz — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:04:51 PDT

@bonniegrrl: Me too with the following and the anywhere.

Annalee Newitz

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Annalee Newitz — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:04:25 PDT

@mr_bigglesworth: I thought he looked more like the Doctor than he did when he was on Doctor Who. At least he's got the funny tie.

Annalee Newitz

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moff — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:03:11 PDT

@mr_bigglesworth: I thought he looked kinda like Liam Neeson, actually.

moff

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mr_bigglesworth — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:50:21 PDT

"and the first image of him without his mask has been released"
suprisingly HE LOOKS LIKE CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON!!!!

mr_bigglesworth

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Plague — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:48:16 PDT

Oh, as for the doctor?
The silly, silly uninformed youth of today.
Baker. How is this point even arguable?

Plague

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Plague — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:47:07 PDT

I can't wait to hear the hand-wringing and the whining about this before it comes out. Just like Speed Racer.
Apply directly to your forehead: It's movie based on a cartoon. It's a movie based on a cartoon.

Plague

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jermom — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:47:05 PDT

COLIN BAKER!!!

ok just kidding. but seriously i didn't think he was all that bad at first...until i just started watching 'the twin dilemma.' i'm only half way through it yet i fucking cringe every time he opens his mouth.

Eccleston was god damn awesome though.

jermom

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Whitworthian — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:46:26 PDT

@92BuickLeSabre: I guess Seth "Scott Evil" Green was unavailable.

Whitworthian

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Priam — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:44:59 PDT

Priam

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bonniegrrl — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:44:54 PDT

Meh. Eccleston overacted like the Doctor on Meth.

Baker may not be a hottie like Tennant, but he was funny, quirky and not over-the-top excited all the time. I'd follow him anywhere.

bonniegrrl

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bonniegrrl — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:41:50 PDT

@froggy: EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!

bonniegrrl

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Priam — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:41:43 PDT

@Priam: just kidding.

Priam

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Priam — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:40:43 PDT

I vote for the 8th doctor!

Priam

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

Miranda Kali — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:39:27 PDT

@froggy:
What will it be? Nerf Phasers at twenty paces? Lightsabers? ...Or shall we all just throw on the Hulk Fists for a all out battle royale.

Miranda Kali

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92BuickLeSabre — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:39:07 PDT

@apronk: Joseph Gordon Levitt is Cobra Commander? You lie!

*looks it up*

You don't lie!

Cobra Commander is 12 years old? (Actually 27 y.o., but whatever.)

/outrage

92BuickLeSabre

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moff — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:38:30 PDT

PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON! PATRICK TROUGHTON!

moff

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fluxfire — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:36:59 PDT

Greatest Doctor Who ever? I somehow doubt that. Baker and Tennant are vying for that distinction. "Greatest Doctor that brought the show back after a long hiatus and then jumped ship for no apparent reason"; now that's Chris Eccleston.

fluxfire

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froggy — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:34:29 PDT

@everyone: Ecc is absolutely the greatest Doctor of all time. Wanna make something about it? ;)

froggy

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twreckx — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:33:35 PDT

Storm Shadow=Lee Byung Hun of JSA (Joint Security Area) directed by Park Chan Wook of Oldboy fame.
Also in the western, The Good, The Bad and The Weird (2008)
[link.brightcove.com]

twreckx

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Tim Faulkner — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:32:27 PDT

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje will always be revered as Adibese from Oz. Fixed.

Tim Faulkner

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Lizzie24601 — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:31:57 PDT

::smells catfight about Doctor rankings, comes running::

I'm getting a little sick of Tennant and didn't have the opportunity to get sick of Eccleston, so he wins. I miss you Nine!!!

::runs away again::

Lizzie24601

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TheAlmanac — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:30:41 PDT

Christopher Eccleston is in this movie? No matter who he's playing, you can colour me intrigued...

TheAlmanac

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Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:30:41 PDT

@Miranda Kali: Agreed. If he'd have stayed around longer he would've gone up in my book, but I guess cameoing on Heroes was more important and somehow less nerdy.

Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege

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apronk — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:30:07 PDT

@Miranda Kali: No - Eccleston is Destro.

Joseph Gordon Levitt is Cobra Commander.

apronk

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Priam — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:29:56 PDT

@quick:

Priam

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jenndavo — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:29:50 PDT

No, folks, Eccelston is Destro -- Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Cobra Commander. I have no idea how that's going to work out, but there you have it.

Also, I would pay $10 to watch Mr. Eko sit in a chair for 2 hours. Give him a machine gun and I'll be at back-to-back screenings of this movie, no matter how genuinely crappy it is.

jenndavo

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bonniegrrl — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:29:46 PDT

er, the "greatest Doctor Who of them all" is actually Tom Baker, but thanks for playing.

bonniegrrl

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Miranda Kali — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:25:49 PDT

Eccelston is Cobra Commander? I'm suddenly far more interested in seeing this movie.
(even if I must vehemently disagree about his top Doctor rank...I'd place him third below Tennant and Tom)

Miranda Kali