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Paramount won't show 'G.I. Joe' to critics
LA Times ^ | August 5, 2009 | By Ben Fritz

Posted on 08/05/2009 8:34:41 AM PDT by Perdogg

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1 posted on 08/05/2009 8:34:44 AM PDT by Perdogg
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2 posted on 08/05/2009 8:36:13 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Perdogg

Guess they don’t want bad critiques to turn off film goers.


3 posted on 08/05/2009 8:36:27 AM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal.)
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To: Perdogg

When a film maker is scared to show a movie to the critics, it is usually a signal that the movie is a turd.


4 posted on 08/05/2009 8:36:54 AM PDT by Munson
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To: Perdogg

Not a vote of confidence


5 posted on 08/05/2009 8:37:20 AM PDT by Minipax
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To: Harley

The director has already turned me against it. **Soup Nazi voice** No $10 for you!


6 posted on 08/05/2009 8:39:06 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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Paramount sunk a TON of money into this movie. They don’t want screeners out before the release, as they tend to get released on Hulu and on BitTorrent sites.

This is brilliant, if you ask me.

“Go see it with the rest of the public.”

I’m betting it’s Pro-American... something the MSM likes to lambaste in today’s movies.


7 posted on 08/05/2009 8:39:39 AM PDT by rarestia ("One man with a gun can control 100 without one." - Lenin / MOLWN LABE!)
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From what most here say about this movie, sounds like good marketing. Let the people that actually want to see the movie make the decision instead of someone that gets paid to see it. I know I always like to make up my own mind about movies, as lots of critics and I see things differently about movies we’ve seen.


8 posted on 08/05/2009 8:39:48 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: rarestia

not according to the director.


9 posted on 08/05/2009 8:40:34 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Perdogg

This is the kiss of death. The last big summer movie that tried to avoid bad press this way was “Snakes on a Plane.”


10 posted on 08/05/2009 8:42:04 AM PDT by jyoders19
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To: Perdogg

that means it probably stinks on ice. I thought it did my own self the minute I heard it was changed to be a UN team instead of an American one.

I’ll just go see inglorious bastards and watch them kill Nazis.


11 posted on 08/05/2009 8:42:51 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (I think youre so full of inconsolable rage you don't care who you hurt)
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To: Perdogg; Harley; Munson; Minipax; rarestia

I’m with rarestia on this one. The movie’s rah-rah patriotic and they don’t want it to be savaged by the usual PC, Amerikka-hating reviewers.

Paramount HAS shown it to an assortment of Fanboy internet reviewers AND shown it to a military audience at Andrews AFB.

Those audiences liked it and are setting the internet abuzz with word-of-mouth.

Sounds clever, if you ask me.


12 posted on 08/05/2009 8:43:18 AM PDT by sinanju
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To: Munson
When a film maker is scared to show a movie to the critics, it is usually a signal that the movie is a turd.

Not at all. Paramount knows nothing good will come from leftist movie reviews of a pro-patriotic, pro-American, God, guns, and apple pie movie, so they are going to let the public decide whether or not the movie reviews are positive or negative. To let your enemy test your product and cut the legs out from under you before you start selling it, isn't smart business. More power to Paramount, I say.

13 posted on 08/05/2009 8:43:35 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (CITIZENS OF LIBERTY! RISE UP AND DEFEAT THE EVIL BEAST, OBAMUNISM!)
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To: rarestia

I don’t think that’s the reason at all.


14 posted on 08/05/2009 8:43:38 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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I’m betting it’s Pro-American...

It's not. It's the opposite. G.I. in this movie doesn't stand for Gov't issue. It stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity. They didn't want to pander to Americans because they make more money overseas and it's a tough sell to Euroweenies and mooslimbs everywhere.

15 posted on 08/05/2009 8:43:54 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: Perdogg
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You'd think after "Van Helsing" and "Scorpion King" Stephen Sommers couldn't find work...

16 posted on 08/05/2009 8:44:32 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: rarestia

It’s not pro-American. The director and the liberal hacks who wrote it decided at the idea stage that GI Joe would NOT be a “Real American Hero” as we all remember from our youth. They changed the name to an acronym for Global Integrated Joint Operations Entity, a name that’s meaningless other than the fact that GI Joe is now a “global” force that reports to the UN and not our government. I believe they apologize to Cobra Commander for oppressing him somewhere in the story.


17 posted on 08/05/2009 8:44:33 AM PDT by jyoders19
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To: Perdogg
I can tell you why they didn't show it to critics...

GI Joe The Rise of Cobra

What's missing from that website...?

18 posted on 08/05/2009 8:44:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: rarestia

Interviews with the director and script leaks would indicated the exact opposite.


19 posted on 08/05/2009 8:46:49 AM PDT by Melas
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To: Snickering Hound

To enjoy his movies you have to view them for they really are;live action cartoons.


20 posted on 08/05/2009 8:47:06 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (Don't blame me,I voted for the American)
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