In my mind, G.I. Joe was always cooler than the Transformers. All those personalities, all those cool specialties, all those theatrical supervillains eager to betray each other at any moment. Which is why it seems weird that so many are looking at the “G.I. Joe” movie as if it were the “Biker Boyz” to Shia LaBeouf’s “The Fast & the Furious.” Even stranger still is that so many iconic Joes are receiving a “No!” rather than a “Yo!”
Quaid is getting ready to portray General Hawk and said he’ll be giving the character a makeover to transform him into a Hefner-like playboy. As for his fellow Joes? “We’ll have the whole crowd. Destro, the bad guys — they’re all there,” Quaid assured me. But, following up on some recent rumors I’d heard, I was still intent to toss out a few of my all-time favorite playthings (hear which characters make the cut after the jump).
Evil twins Tomax and Xamot? “They’re not there,” he said, thinking back to the script. “They may be in the second one, though.”
Shipwreck? Wild Bill? “Not in the first one,” Quaid revealed. “No.”
Sigh. While some fans on the Web are arguing that a smaller Joe team (and a smaller Cobra) will keep the movie focused, I disagree. From “There’s No Place Like Springfield” (Starring Shipwreck!) to “Lights! Camera! Cobra!,” the best Joe cartoons boasted a dozen or more characters. Quaid revealed that he has signed on to three “Joe” films, so why not create a “Star Wars”-like universe with all those colorful characters, even if some are strictly background in the first flick?
“‘G.I. Joe’ is kind of close to James Bond, the old James Bond with Dr. No,” Quaid said of the script he’ll begin shooting soon. “[Cobra is like] S.P.E.C.T.R.E., where they take over an entire island and are a sort of crime country unto themselves.”
Well, at least we have this: While Quaid revealed that he never gets to scream the battle cry “Yo Joe!” in the film, he will have the honor of delivering another classic G.I. Joe phrase.
“I say: ‘Knowing is half the battle,’ ” Quaid revealed, flashing his trademark grin.
I know I’m gonna regret asking this question, but: Am I crazy? Are you guys as bothered as I am that these and so many other classic Joes (Roadblock, Lady Jaye, Flint, Gung-Ho, Bazooka, the Dreadnoks, Major Bludd) are apparently getting the heave ho?
February 12th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
SERIOUSLY, WHO CARES ABOUT DENNIS QUAID AN GI JOE. BRING ON SOME TWILIGHT INFO. THE WAITING IS RIDICULOUS.
February 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Who cares about Twilight? Seriously a silly vampire romance film? Obviously targeted at the 13-16 year olds.. Bring on the GI Joes!
February 13th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Its too bad- no shipwreck, no dusty, I mean, I hear Cobra Commander has no lines, and did you see the kid playing him! Give me a break. They better not mess with Destro’s voice. No scrap-iron? c’mon!! OK, I like the drednocks and zartan idea. but they really need to bring more characters in, let everyone know the power of this enterprise. GI JOE will dominate!
February 14th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Cobra has lines. The worst thing about this movie is the screenplay though, not which JOEs made it in and who has been cast to play them.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Yo I totally agree with Larry, it should be made exactly like Star Wars,2 sequals and 3 prequals From all the Joes vehicles to Cobras vehicles and like vader had his death star, Cobra Commander should have A Cobra Island. that would be sweet, also, whoever they get to play CC they should never reveal his face and give him a famous actor’s voice like Vader JEJ in SW.
March 20th, 2008 at 12:58 am
YO JOE!!!! I’ve been waiting for this live movie for a long time AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!!!! I just hope it takes off and is done right and not a terrible mess. I remember that the people who did Mortal Kombat had the right to G.I. Joe but they did the video game turned to movie which is a big relief, knowing that G.I. Joe movie would have not been ready to be made that time in life IT would have SUCKED!! So far I don’t have a problem with the cast they have choosing I just hope they do their part and take the characters they play serious knowing this like is a big franchise they don’t want to f”up!! I mean look at Heath Leager who will play The Joker in the next Batman film…He took his character that we know and love from the DC world so serious the it gave him nightmares to play that sick and crazy Joker but he knew what the fans wanted and is diffidently going to bring it to that film when it opens in July. {Rest in Peace} NOTE::::Now 1 last little thing on my gender is the company that has the rights to G.I. Joe. Awhile back released to DVD was all the seasons of G.I. Joe An American Hero 80’s cartoon series but you {{Company w/the RIGHTS}}} brought the rights and never released Season 2 volume 2. As a big fan I ask bring it out SOON {{Thanx}}} If I did G.I Joe I would do like to Star wars type with it because of how big the Universe of G.I. Joe is. I would even do fun jokes like one part have the Cobra Troops jump out of the planes where it looks like no one really is dying but then hit them with something else to show this is to the cartoon we once grew up with. {LOL} ooowwww one last thing…….
ALL HAIL COBRA!!!!!!!!!!! COBRA RETREAT!!{{{I MEAN ATTACK!!!}}}}
March 20th, 2008 at 1:54 am
SUBJECT::: FUTURE CAST THAT MUST BE IN SEQUELS>>>>>>First Thing: {{BeachHEAD:}} “I would even do fun jokes like one part have the Cobra Troops jump out of the planes where it looks like no one really is dying but then hit them with something else to show this is “to” (YOU MEANT _NOT_ right??) the cartoon we once grew up with. {LOL}” SECOND Thing:: If I could have done the movie I’d do it like a Star Wars or LotR films but make them 3 trilogies / 3 epics, meaning I would do 9 episodes worth of films if I had writing a script to the G.I. Joe franchise films. And one prequel movie that would be the Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow Origin film with also the Rise of Cobra before Cobra Commander. But back on subject this movie sounds iffy it has two ways it can go. Be a great Hit or a rather Miss flick. But I can still say I will see this movie and hope its not crap. I know that all the G.I. members won’t be seen in this film but here is my list of must in sequels to come hopefully if G.I. Joe takes off and make something of itself to the audience. G.I. Joe’s THAT MUST::: Roadblock, Beachhead, Lady Jaye, Flint, Cover Girl, Lifeline, Dusty, Cross Country, Tunnel Rat, Spirit, Wild Bill, Gung-Ho, Shipwreck, Stalker, Rock N’ Roll, Footloose, Deep Six, Mutt, WET-Suit, Clutch, Bazooka, and any of the other 236 active members of G.I. Joe {{YO JOE}} Also I think Sgt. Slaughter should have a cameo in the film as a higher ranking commander like in the room where they all take stuff with the President of the United States of America. NOW Cobra’s THAT MUST::: Tomax, Xamot, Wild Weasel, Zandar, Zarana, Dr. Mindbender, Firefly, Major Bludd, Copperhead, Overkill, Metal Head, Monkeywrench, and any of the other 129 members wanted by the G.I. Joe team. Also SERPENTOR shall RISE NOT!!! or maybe for a little bit but then Cobra Commander shots him down. I hope the movie is like the WWIII series thats going on in the G.I. Joe comics. (Spoiler ALERT) I want a ruthless, Pure-EVIL COBRA COMMANDER who is willing to kill his own son Billy in Issue 33 part 9 of 12 of the on going series. well it’s to be continued…maybe his DEAD!! Cobra Commander: “I Loved you once………..Now I FEEL NOTHING…….MY VICTORY is COMPLETE…ssssss.” Let the RISE BEGIN!!!! So we can chant and yell our battle cry “”YO JOE!!!!!!”"
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Marlon Wayans as Ripcord and not Stalker,Roadblock, or Doc? Are you kidding me? And, Joseph Gordon Levitt as Cobra Commander and not his son, Billy? What are the writers, producers, and director thinking? Dennis Quaid as Hawk I like, and can I get a new set of underpants after seeing Ray Park as Snake-Eyes?
April 14th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Dwayne “The ROCK” Johnson as Hector “SHIPWRECK” Delgado SAY WHAT????????