Thread: So who just watched GI Joe for the first time on DVD?

Quote: Originally Posted by Ratman_tf Wow. I realize why they might not want to go there, the source being a kid's toy, but they could have linked the formation of GI Joe with 9/11. And been all political and stuff. Bay would have gone there. He's all sorts of political and shit.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lewd Beholder It was supposed to be the ballad of gi joe ...that had both a better cast, a sense of humor and was put to song Oh yeah. I'd seen that before. It was very funny, but I'm not sure it would be a good model for a "real" movie (though I do agree that the movie we got wasn't perfect).

Quote: Originally Posted by Proteus Well, if you're going to have voice-activated systems, you want to be damn sure that they're words you'll never use in another context while talking on the radio. "I'm under heavy fire-" fshoom "Oops." -Proteus Voice activated was probably a shout out (or rip off) from Firefox. Although *thinking* a command is going to be faster than pushing a button,...

Quote: Originally Posted by YojimboC Oh, look, there's a highly advanced jet prototype just sitting in this ice cave. Unguarded. Even has the keys in it. Oh, look, the bad guys launched their missiles. Guess we'll steal that conveniently abandoned super jet and go shoot them down. Meh. Except that the jet was guarded. Remember the guys the Joes took out coming in? I'll grant that it wasn't guarded particularly well, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by RedShark92 I got an unknown movie from this link. What was it? It was supposed to be the ballad of gi joe ...that had both a better cast, a sense of humor and was put to song I changed the link, but if it still doesn't work, I guess can somebody post a better one?

Oh, look, there's a highly advanced jet prototype just sitting in this ice cave. Unguarded. Even has the keys in it. Oh, look, the bad guys launched their missiles. Guess we'll steal that conveniently abandoned super jet and go shoot them down. Meh.

Quote: Originally Posted by RedShark92 Let's have just the controls you're likely to need in the middle of a tense situation be controlled by an obscure and hard to pronounce language. Genius! That'll never go wrong! Well, if you're going to have voice-activated systems, you want to be damn sure that they're words you'll never use in another context while talking on the radio. "I'm under heavy...

Quote: Originally Posted by YojimboC Oh, look, there's a highly advanced jet prototype just sitting in this ice cave. Unguarded. Even has the keys in it. Oh, look, the bad guys launched their missiles. Guess we'll steal that conveniently abandoned super jet and go shoot them down. Meh. That's pretty par for the course for GI Joe, though. Some kind of a threat? Hop in the nearest vehicle and blow it up. The only thing about the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ratman_tf I did. It was silly and stupid, but still miles better than TF2. Everyone seemed to know they were making a silly, loud action movie, and enjoyed themselves. And yes, Snake Eyes lipmask was very odd looking and very distracting. Heh, its funny you mention TF2. I just saw it on dvd and that was the exact same comparison I made. Pretty absurd film, lots of hamming it up. And what the hell was up with...

Well, I have to give the GI Joe movie props for one thing... ...It made GI Joe: Resolute look perfect in comparison. Not that it wasn't excellent on its own merits, but the crappy live-action movie probably shut up all the people who criticized Resolute for being too grim and gritty.