Posted on 10/28/2007 12:31:47 PM PDT by rellimpank
Hollywood now proposes that in a new live-action movie based on the G.I. Joe toy line, Joe's -- well, "G.I." -- identity needs to be replaced by membership in an "international force based in Brussels." The IGN Entertainment news site reports Paramount is considering replacing our "real American hero" with "Action Man," member of an "international operations team."
Paramount will simply turn Joe's name into an acronym.
The show biz newspaper Variety reports: "G.I. Joe is now a Brussels-based outfit that stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, an international co-ed force of operatives who use hi-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil organization headed by a double-crossing Scottish arms dealer."
Well, thank goodness the villain -- no need to offend anyone by making our villains Arabs, Muslims, or foreign dictators of any stripe these days, though apparently Presbyterians who talk like Scottie on "Star Trek" are still OK -- is a double-crossing arms dealer. Otherwise one might be tempted to conclude the geniuses at Paramount believe arms dealing itself is evil.
(Just for the record, what did the quintessential American hero, Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine in "Casablanca," do before he opened his eponymous cafe? Yep: gun-runner.)
(Excerpt) Read more at lvrj.com ...
Anti-Americanism gone ad absurdum.
I don’t know why these clowns are allowed to continue pedalling their anti-american filth.
U.N. Yoseph?
NO SALE.
This movie will bomb in a way that would do the 8th Air Force in WW2 proud.
>>Anti-Americanism gone ad absurdum.<<
I wish I thought this was a mainly a way to market world wide but I’m afraid you are right.
I think Hollywood should make this film, and spend lavishly on its production, too. Lots of special effects. Maybe Barbara Striesand or Susan Sarandon can produce this. Sean Penn can play the President of the United States. And maybe Jar Jar Binks can have a role in the UN somewhere.
I heard the last draft of this project was turned down because it was too “pro-American”. I mean that that was literally the reason given by the studio in question for passing on it. As cynical as I am, even my jaw dropped at that one - and nobody else turned a hair.
NWO Joe
‘twill suck.
NYC, Geneva, or even the Hague are more 'international' cities. Washington, D.C. is sort of, too, but is first and foremost the capital of the United States.
Yes! And bring back Alec Baldwin as an older, fatter Jimmy Dolittle! That will pack the movie houses!
Lots of child porn there for the pervs to sample on location.
Shall we of Generation X start a letter writing campaign?
and the way the author puts it, it seems that COBRA is going to be led by Destro, who is of Scottish descent. No Cobra commander?
If it will be based on the 60's Joe, I hope it accurately depicts the unique anatomy and special abilities of GI Joe such as being easily able to remove and replace a foot.
Not exactly. The cited article states that in 1998 they made a GI Joe honoring him and other Medal of Honor winners.
NATO?
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