[Mobile Vulgus]

No American icon is sacred. Pretty soon, the Lone Ranger will be a UN "peacekeeper" and Captain America will be dead... oh, wait. They already KILLED Capt. America.

[Huck]

"G.I. Joe is now a Brussels-based outfit that stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, an international co-ed force

That's pretty funny.

[ishabibble]

IIRC, the Hollywood machine did this to Superman, too. In the last movie, he was all about “truth and justice”. There was no mention of the last part of the phrase, “The American Way”.

How sick in the head do these people have to be when they are ashamed of their own country which has given them so much?

[SolidWood]

American heroism will be replaced by the international mercenary man concept.

Okay, I'm all for a "Blackwater Man" Action figure and movie. That would be a hoot and give the lefties heart-aches.

[SJSAMPLE]

Worse, I hear that Mark “Marky Mark” Wahlberg is being cast as Duke.

Say it isn’t so.
That guy sucks in evrything, even “Shooter”.

[BallyBill]

I guess if don't call the movie G.I. Joe, the whole complaint is moot.

I could care less if Hollywood made it G.I. Joe Stalin.

[pacelvi]

“Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity”

bwahahahaa

Entity?

[Alberta's Child]

I don't know why we should blame Hollywood for doing something that the U.S. government has already done to "G.I. Joe."

[longtermmemmory]

PC destroys box office.

why else is wonderwoman taking so long?

Remember the superman remake commercials with “an all that stuff” instead of “american way”

[horse_doc]

I wouldn't worry too much. G.I. Joe has been surpassed by New Millenium's Ultimate Soldier. Same size as the old G.I. Joe, but with incredible uniforms and equipment.

You can't walk into a Wal-Mart anywhere in America and not find a shelf full of 1:18, 1:32, 1:48, and 1:114 WW II-era tanks, planes, and soldiers. The new stuff is infinitely better than the Marx playsets and G.I. Joes of my childhood, and my nephews love it. Given a choice between a goofy peacekeeper figure, and a guy with an M1, they take the M1 every time.

[getarope]

The G.I.Joe of the 1980’s onward is in reference to an American special-missions force which seeks to defend freedom throughout the world. Their nemisis, Cobra, is a worldwide terrorist organization(al Qaida, Muzzies, take your pick). If Michael Bay can leave the Transformers as most people growing up saw them on TV, then why can’t Paramount with this G.I.Joe movie? Oh wait, that wouldn’t be PC. Come to think of it, Top Gun would not make it past the cutting room floor if it was made today- too Pro-American.

[amchugh]

In other news, the 'A Team' has been revamped as the 'PC Team', a multinational think-tank that generates special reports for UN committees and does pro-bono art projects. Notable bits from the trailer for the pilot:

"I supportively encourage that learning disabled man." - G.A. Baracus

"I just love it when a consensus comes to fruition." - Dr. John "Mahinda" Smith

The PC team goes to burning man to create custom artwork and generate positive opinion about UN projects to educate third world denizens in alternative sexuality and spirituality. An exciting scene where they weld solar panels and hydroponic hemp growing tanks onto an electric golf cart promises to become a formula for future episodes.