Posted on 10/30/2007 11:39:39 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
America's battered international image has claimed a new casualty: the tough-talking comic book patriot named GI Joe.
GI Joe the movie is scheduled to go into production next year
The muscular character was created as a comic strip for US military publications during the Second World War and has been fighting America's foes ever since.
But in a new film version, scheduled to go into production next year, the all-American will no longer work for a covert US special forces unit.
Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, which makes GI Joe toys, have reportedly discussed the challenges of marketing a film about the US military at a time when the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have sunk America's standing in foreign opinion polls.
In a move that has horrified an unlikely alliance of comic book fans and conservative commentators, GI Joe is now to become an acronym for "Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity", with its star representing a multinational force.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The GI Joe fansites have debunked this a while back when it first showed up. If this was printed in a recent headline, then the mainstreams are about 3 months late, as the story was on the GI Joe sites a while back and seems to have been false.
As for Destro, he’s always been a Scot.
I really wish Free Republic would go back to being about Our Country and our Constitution. I really hate seeing a title on the main page, clicking into it because of my interests, and find out it’s from the UK some bleeping where.
Who gives a rat’s rear end what those socialists have to think/say about anything...
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You nailed that.
GI Joe has fan sites?
In the spirit of appreciating the morphing of GI Joe to a globalist, I present to you GI Jill!
There is quite a difference between a lead or plastic soldier and doll.
The GI Joe doll was their counterpart to Barbie.
A Real American HOMO!
“The GI Joe doll was their counterpart to Barbie.”
Well, sure. For boys to do boy stuff with. Let me tell you a true story.
My uncle thought as you do. He forbade my cousin from having any “dolls” as he called them. I had GI Joe, Star Trek, Star Wars, Batman, you name it.
Well, my cousin’s sister had dolls. Guess what he played with? Yes, her dolls. He was not allowed his own action figures, or as you like effeminately describe them, dolls.
I have little doubt that, because of my uncle’s attitude towards this and similar things, is the reason my cousin is now a flaming homosexual. They lived rurally so he only had a sister and her dolls to play with for most of his childhood. No wars, no battles, no complex plot lines revolving around a pile of dirt, the family dog and 4 plastic action figures.
I know you think you are doing a good thing by feminizing GI Joe and other action figures, but you aren’t. I assure you your attitude had the opposite effect on a child.
CRAP!!
Is nothing sacred?
We can only hope this story is false.
If they really do this he will no longer be GI Joe - he will be some limp-wristed, Euro-pansy toy in a one-worlder uniform but he won't be GI Joe.
Might need to change the lyrics to that old theme song a bit.
Fight for global consensus wherever theres discourse, GI Joe may use diplomacy! GI JOE!
And a new team chant too.
Proceeed with caution and respect for all JOE!
Oh God.......is GI Joe coming out of the closet? Say it ain’t so...............
Not so ... our standing has improved since the coward countries started taking hits from the Islamist terrorists. Some may even wish they joined us originally.
Are these “multinationals” going to wear blue helmets in the film?!
Screw this, where do I sign up for my TEAM AMERICA action figures...!
I have been following the developments of the Stephen Sommers film. The media has it wrong and is using an outdated synopsis of the film. The Joe team will be based in the United States, now wheather they have an international component, I don’t know. I did hear Action Man owned by Hasbro was going to play a part in the movie, but has since been jettisoned from the script. The Global operating mumbo jumbo could still play a part of the script. This incarnation of Joe is the one who battles Cobra and is only 3 3/4 inches ala Star Wars action figure size.
More on the JOES here.
http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/actionman.shtml
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