More G.I. JOE Movie Footage has been Screened
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- By drvenkman
Who’s excited for the new G.I. Joe Movie that is being directed by Steven Sommers!? I want to be! I want to be excited for this so bad, but I just have the feeling I am really going to be let down. I try to keep a positive outlook on the film just to make myself feel better about it, and I have a speck of hope for it. But I just have a feeling its not going to make me or any other hard core G.I. Joe fans happy.
So far the only footage we have seen from the film comes from the 30 second Superbowl trailer spot. But Paramount Pictures recently screened five minutes of the movie in Australia. And we have a description of the footage that was shown for you. Your imagination may be able to put together a better picture than what was actually showed anyway. So here it is!
The footage established the premise that an international military task force has been setup to combat global threats. The base of operations seems to be a sandy desert somewhere with one of the early effects shots showing a secret circular hangar bay door opening for an advanced Harrier-like jet to land. Later on we see two lumps racing under the sand and disturbing a caravan of camels.
The main thrust of the story in the film is that the COBRA organization have taken microscopic robot nanites, originally developed as a way to cure cancer, and have been able to reprogram them to do almost anything.
A demonstration involves the launch of a missile containing some nanites that have been programmed to eat metal. The missile is fired from some sort of underwater vehicle in The Seine, it streaks across Paris and hits the Eiffel tower. The tower is eaten away, bits of the lower arches start falling off as people scatter, and the tower itself collapses.
Destro (Christopher Eccleston) talks about the plan and is seen operating from COBRA’s own secret base which is a huge underwater facility under the Arctic ice. Much of the visual effects footage, albeit mostly incomplete, showed what looked like a climactic attack by GIJOE’s forces against this base – think “Thunderball” meets “Seaquest” with lots of sleek looking CG submersibles attacking similar vehicles and/or the giant metal spires that make up the various wings of the facility.
Another big portion of the footage is devoted to the body armor worn by the good guys. The body suit essentially covers everything but their face (which is covered in retractable glass/plastic) and is said to enhance a person’s strength, speed and agility. We briefly glimpse the CG heads up display on the inside of each helmet as well.
Cut to a truly bizarre scene in Paris where two people (Channing Tatum and Marlon Wayans I think) in the suits are running through the streets as European luxury cars with retractable guided missile launchers built into them fire rockets at the duo. The two guys jump, flip, dive through a train, get flung off the back of a truck that gets blown up, etc.
Later on there’s a scene with The Baroness (Sienna Miller) on top of a a building’s massive glass ceiling as Tatum’s character lands on the far side. As he runs towards her, she sets off some device and the ceiling explodes upwards in a massive shower of glass that sends him tumbling.
While we glimpse Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow in the footage a few times, there was no sign or even hint of Cobra Commander as far as I can recall.
There is no doubt the movie will be action packed and over the top! But as far as the story and script go I can only hope it ends up being a lot better than ‘Transformers’. As much as I loved ‘Transformers’ the story and dialogue was it weakness. Bring that strength over to G.I. Joe and I will be happy. What are your hopes and dreams for this movie?
Thanks to Darkhorizons for the footage description
First of all, check your last paragraph. “my HOES and dreams”? I gotta lot of HOES in my dreams if ya know what I mean.
I think the fact that I’m expecting this is gonna be a major train wreck means I’ll like it more than I should when it comes out. I’m expecting it to be pretty awful which means when they show some cool special effects I may give it a pass but c’mon, this thing was doomed from the get go with Stephen Sommers in the seat.
I wrote forty pages for Sequential Tart on what I felt was wrong with the story and dialogue for Transformers, despite still having an inexplicable soft spot for it, so I feel your pain. >_< I love Chris E, but a) I always pictured Destro as older (as Sean Connery, actually), thanks to the comics; c) while I loved Gordon’s voiceover work in Treasure Planet, I have a hard time picturing someone younger (and shorter, I think) than me playing Cobra Commander; and c) while I understand that they can’t have everybody, I’m bummed at how it seems some characters didn’t make the cut: Roadblock, Flint, Lady Jaye, Quick Kick, Spirit, Tunnel Rat, Wild Bill, Mainframe, Beachcomber, and most especially Shipwreck (him being my absolute fave outside of Snake-eyes, Scarlet, Stormshadow, and Timber — I suppose it’s too much to hope Timber is in it?). Thing is, while we can argue that there’s probably already a lot of characters, that argument sure didn’t stop them from overstuffing Transformers with so many damn humans (at least 15 that I can think of off the top of my head with sizable speaking roles) and skimping on the robots! At least there, there was the excuse that the robots were expensive.
So yeah, I’m worried about this one, I really hope my worries prove unjustified. It doesn’t help that Ray Park is not one of my fave people but he’s playing my fave character. I hope he’s behind the mask and speechless most of the film. :/
i’m with you on transformers. giant robots moving around outside the home. quietly. i know they’re from outer space, but…
yeh, this looks like the new street fighter. you almost don’t want to see it because you’re afraid how much worse it’s gonna get. if they can pull off a good story though, and somewhat pull off the new toy line pics (looked like cobra commander to me), then we might be in good shape.
He is. There is Book "Above and Beyond" that' the prequel for the movie. Smart move made creators of this movie to do so, the X-Men movies flopped since the universe wasn't a clear AU. It mentions in the second Chapter that Snake-Eyes is mute. As for Ray Park, there is no one better to play the ninja aspect to Snake-Eyes.
I'm shaky on Baroness, personally. From the trailers I don't see Sienna Miller in her shoes. Sandra Bullock could have said the lines better. "Nice shoes" is too flat for Baroness or anyone. There needed to be a bit of girliness in that line that wasn't delivered.