Posted on 09/03/2007 3:35:19 PM PDT by SouthJrzReaganite18
...despite the fact that G.I. Joe toys are sold all around the world successfully and movies about U.S. soldiers do well internationally.
This movie would provide an excellent platform from which to explain the role of the American Government Issue. Taking contemporary world situations, the GI could be shown to be helping people around the planet. A little history could fill in accomplishments during the last century. These men fufill a very important role. It’s unconcionable that some corporate entitiy would take a pass on defending them, for the almighty buck.
Our corporations are in many instances the ultimate in turncoats these days. One gets the impression that if our form of govenment failed, they’d be perfectly happy as long as they could continue to make money.
Well, it generally doesn’t work that way men, and your reluctance to support your nation just may come back to haunt you some day.
What does G2 stand for?
Grace under fire.
Dude never even flinched.
Sounds like he is a member of F.A.G.
LOL...yer too much...:)
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
GI used to stand for Government Issue. They sold army surplus goods and clothing in the ‘40s and ‘50s.
For many years, GI Joe was a real hero figure for little boys to emulate.
Today I fly my beautiful American flag in honor of our brave troops, past, present and future.
Global polls? Hasbro may end up wondering why U.S. sales of Joe suddenly take a dive down the old flusher. Maybe the kiddies in Belgium can keep them afloat. Maybe they're idiots.
Mattel should be ashamed of itself.
No Mattel toys in our house.
BLASPHEMY!
...and I read that part about Cobra as being a cross-DRESSING Scottish arms dealer...
G2 is the intelligence unit above the Regimental level [It was S2 at Regiment and Battalion]. G3 was Operations, G1 personnel, G4 Supply.
GI may have started as Government issue but there was also GI the barracks [clean it] or a GI shower given to guys who stunk because they didn’t shower in training, also everything is GI” for legit. Whatever, it meant OK.
No Mattel toys in our house.
Its Hasbro, not Mattel. Mattel makes Barbie. And in reality, its the film production company more than Hasbro.
So...who’s going to play Cobra?
Don’t forget that in the last Superman movie, the man of steel stood for truth, justice, and (dismissively) all that other stuff. They didn’t want Superman to stand for the American way, since that might insult anti-American ticket buyers overseas.
Of course, they thought nothing of insulting patriotic Americans by changing Superman’s long-standing motto.
well, in fairness to me, that response was made after two glasses of wine on an empty stomach.
This is why Hollywood is becoming obsolete.
In this film Joe’s probably sharing a vegan meal with Islamofascists and chicoms, all while wearing a blue helmet and a watermelon grin.
Richard Simmons.
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