"... In the words of my generation, UP YOURS!"
Posted on 02/11/2008 9:53:56 AM PST by My Favorite Headache
Dennis Quaid Signs for Three 'G.I. Joe' Films
Posted Feb 11th 2008 12:02PM by Erik Davis Filed under: Action, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Comic/Superhero/Geek
Well, I guess this means General Hawk won't die in the first film. While making the press junket rounds for his latest film Vantage Point, Dennis Quaid spoke a bit about his role as General Hawk in the upcoming live-action G.I. Joe flick to Collider. Not surprisingly, Paramount is hoping to turn G.I. Joe into the next big action franchise, and Quaid confirmed that he had signed on for three films.
Did you ever think, at this point in his career, that Dennis Quaid would sign on for three G.I. Joe films? Apparently the dude is looking to get dirty, and more power to him. On the film and his character, Quaid says, "We grew up with G.I. Joe and it's kind of a cartoon thing...it's a big popcorn type of tent pole action movie that...it's not deep. The character of General Hawk that I'm playing is kind of a cross between Chuck Yeager and Sgt. Rock and maybe a naïve Hugh Hefner thrown in there. General Hawk's aide to camp is a Victoria Secret supermodel so how serious can it be?"
Quaid also admitted that he might go "a little blond" with regards to his character's look, and that he's currently lifting weights, "trying to look like the cartoon." He compared the tone of the film to "the old James Bond's -- like the Dr. No's -- where the mastermind has his own private island and all these people are wearing matching coveralls.
"Finally, he says he's only shooting for two weeks out of five. For this new, live-action film, Stephen Sommers will direct a cast that already includes a ton of folks like Channing Tatum (Duke), Sienna Miller (The Baroness), Rachel Nichols (Scarlett), Ray Park (Snake Eyes), Marlon Wayans (Ripcord), Arnold Vosloo (Zartan), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Heavy Duty) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
G.I. Joe is due out in theaters on August 7, 2009.
yeah, but does he have the Kung-Fu grip?
He’s not playing himself.
I’ve always like him as an actor, but isn’t he a little old for the role?
Old...not convincing...I don’t know about you but I find it more difficult these days to watch movies with a lot of these liberal whackos who spend their off time bashing U.S. policies all of a sudden play American Heroes in films.
"... In the words of my generation, UP YOURS!"
SNAKE EYES:
“General...we need to stop the enemy from producing the plutonium for a nuclear weapon...”
GENERAL HAWK:
“Yes. But what is more important is stopping the global warming from the CO2 emissions. Plus, the whales are being harmed by the sonar emissions. We need to find a way to defeat the enemy without using our sonar.”
i hope they don't ham it up too much with costumes and special effects. just shoot blue and red lasers and blow up vehicles after the occupants safely eject. and is a sex scene between scarlet and lady jay too much to ask??? i think not!
comic-book guy would be pleased.
Old...not convincing...I don’t know about you but I find it more difficult these days to watch movies with a lot of these liberal whackos who spend their off time bashing U.S. policies all of a sudden play American Heroes in films.
I like Dennis Quaid. Good actor.
GMTA....
American Dreamz is easily one of the worst movies ever made.
At well over 50, Quaid is waaaay too old for a proper GI Joe.
It would be nice if they somewhere pointed out that G.I. Joe was modeled on a real person (Mitchell Paige, Sgt (IIRC), USMC), who did some amazing and heroic things on Guadalcanal during the battles for Edson’s ridge. Especially since IIRC the “new” version of the figure is supposed to be some amorphous “international doer of good”, with no US connection.
Probably too much to hope for.
Since G.I. Joe now means “Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity,” I wouldn’t recommend anyone see the indoctrination movies.
Who would ever have imagined a childhood icon becoming a U.N. weenie?
What about Sgt. Rock and those combat happy Joes of Easy Co.?
Dennis was a poor example of Doc Holiday....while Val Kilmer was the definitive Doc.
“I’ll be your Huckleberry”
Sgt Slaughter should be in the movie.
>>SNAKE EYES:
“General...we need to stop the enemy from producing the plutonium for a nuclear weapon...”
GENERAL HAWK:
“Yes. But what is more important is stopping the global warming from the CO2 emissions. Plus, the whales are being harmed by the sonar emissions. We need to find a way to defeat the enemy without using our sonar.”<<
LOL! BTW,Snake Eyes is MUTE.
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