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G.I. Joe to Become Global Task Force in Movie (Curse you Hollywood!)
Fox News ^ | 09/07/2007 | Catherine Donaldson-Evans

Posted on 09/08/2007 5:42:24 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

The popular all-American comic-book military man and action figure dating back to the 1940s is undergoing a significant transformation for the Paramount Pictures-distributed "G.I. Joe" film, which begins production in February and is scheduled for release in summer 2009.

No longer will G.I. Joe be a U.S. Special Forces soldier, the "Real American Hero" who, in his glory days, single-handedly won World War II.

In the politically correct new millennium, G.I. Joe bears no resemblance to the original.

Paramount has confirmed that in the movie, the name G.I. Joe will become an acronym for "Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity" — an international, coed task force charged with defeating bad guys. It will no longer stand for government issued, as in issued by the American government.

The studio won't elaborate, saying filming hasn't begun and details are still in the works, but the behind-the-scenes rumblings are that the producers have decided to change the nature of G.I. Joe in order to appeal to a wider, more international audience.

The word is that in the current political climate, they're afraid that a heroic U.S. soldier won't fly.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: actionfigures; fifthposting; genx; gijoe; gojoe; heroes; hollyweird; hollywood; searchgijoe
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To: qam1

GI Joe can STILL beat Ken! Barbie needs a REAL MAN! ;-)


41 posted on 09/08/2007 9:35:06 PM PDT by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Not one damn penny.


42 posted on 09/08/2007 9:41:43 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
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To: Slings and Arrows

they already cut is balls off..i can only imagine what kind of politically correct rest and relaxation gi joe gets now


43 posted on 09/08/2007 9:55:25 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

They can let the Metrosexuals in NYC go watch it in big field trip groups, then retire to the nearest gay bar afterward.


44 posted on 09/08/2007 10:04:18 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: RinaseaofDs

GI Joe joins the dont ask dont tell army

45 posted on 09/08/2007 10:08:13 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: abishai

It turns out my brothers and I were prescient. We were a little too old for the G.I. Joe cartoon and we used to tune in just long enough to sing our own version of the theme song: “GI Joe! The greatest American Homo! GI Joe is there, in some guy’s ***!”


46 posted on 09/08/2007 10:11:51 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Libs obviously don’t believe pro-lifers are terrorists, or they'd placate us by banning abortion.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Apparently the only Bomb in the movie will be the movie.

Pray for W and Our Troops


47 posted on 09/08/2007 10:12:18 PM PDT by bray (Member of the FR President Bush underground fighting FR BDS)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Let me guess he is gay and fighting the military to do away with dont ask dont tell. He also drives a Prius and he loathes the war in Iraq or anywhere else.


48 posted on 09/08/2007 10:12:59 PM PDT by lndrvr1972
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To: BurbankKarl

Perfect.

How do you figure out the head arrangements on a ship in the new Navy?

One for men (hetero)
One for men (homo)
One for women (hetero)
One for women (homo)

Hmmmm, that doesn’t work. That turns two of the heads into steambaths.

OK. Let’s put the homo women in with the hetero men, and the homo men in with the hetero women.

Whoops, somebody got raped. How could that be, since you have naked men and naked women running around in the same shower room on a steel can in the middle of the ocean? At least in prison you get let out in the yard for a few hours, right?

OK. Let’s build individual heads for every homo on board.

One for men (hetero)
One for women (hetero)
Crew/100 x heads for each homo. (census data says about 1/100 are gay)

Hmmmm, these reactors and turbines are getting in the way. And if we decide not to take on as many aircraft, we may be able to squeeze in the 500 heads it would take to go to sea with on our little aircraft carrier slice of social heaven.

Hmmmm, perhaps if we just decided not to turn the military into a social petrie dish, we may be able to kill some bad guys AND save a little room on our ship.

Pity though that every time we come home we see all those divorce lawyers lined up at the pier, and it is inconvenient to lose key people to pregnancy every time we throw off the stern line.


49 posted on 09/08/2007 10:20:14 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: BurbankKarl

He will be saved by a woman,don’t ya know?


50 posted on 09/08/2007 10:31:18 PM PDT by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity" — an international, coed task force....

Your New World Order GIJoe comes with his/her own blue beret and black helicopter. Weapons not included. /sarc

51 posted on 09/09/2007 12:29:35 AM PDT by Sarajevo
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To: WorkingClassFilth

LOL ~ Okay, you and I are probably in agreement on this thread. If I should happen to come across a thread in which a highly decorated female soldier is doused in gasoline and lit on fire for joining the Army, I’ll ping you to it. We would probably be in agreement on that too. It would bear no more resemblance to our disagreement than this story.


52 posted on 09/09/2007 12:57:21 AM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
I grew up reading the comic book, so I am the target audience for this film. I won't see it, though. I just read this article's excerpt, so I don't know if it was mentioned, but this team operates out of Brussels. Brussels! GIJoe is headquartered under the motor pool at the Chaplain's Assistant School at Fort Wadsworth, or it isn't GIJoe.*

* - Yes, I'm aware that the Pit changed locations frequently, but that was the original and best. I could deal with any Pit location, so long as it was in America.
53 posted on 09/09/2007 1:05:31 AM PDT by Rastus
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

GI means General Infantry.


54 posted on 09/09/2007 1:15:04 AM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: Captainpaintball

Interesting stuff:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GI_%28term%29

I know, wiki, take with a grain of salt.


55 posted on 09/09/2007 1:17:49 AM PDT by Rastus
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To: abishai
COBRA will be made up of rightwing militaristic Christian militia types who terrorize schools in the name of the Pro-life movement.

Cobra Commander will be portraed as the son of former snake worshipping Bible thumping nut parents who went crazy.

56 posted on 09/09/2007 1:20:17 AM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: StAthanasiustheGreat
Seeing how an action movie like this wouldn’t do well overseas, the movie has to rely on domestic box office. I think its safe to say this movie won’t fare to well here in America.

Agreed. Seeing as how it's not about creating a "commercial success", one can only conclude it's about redefining and diminishing an American culture icon and attempting to destroy it in the minds of future generations.

57 posted on 09/09/2007 5:32:19 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: BykrBayb
This story, however idiotic, is at the crux of our disagreement. In the realm of Hollywood and plastic toys it's easy enough for anyone with a memory longer than the last commercial to see the brainwashing and cultural distortion. In real life, though...
58 posted on 09/09/2007 7:52:22 AM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Have you developed your 2008 bug-out plan?)
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To: Caipirabob
...one can only conclude it's about redefining and diminishing an American culture icon and attempting to destroy it in the minds of future generations.

BINGO!
59 posted on 09/09/2007 7:53:58 AM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Have you developed your 2008 bug-out plan?)
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To: maggief

maggief, what’s the story behind that picture? I’ve never seen it before...


60 posted on 09/09/2007 7:58:12 AM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
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