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Author Topic: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2  (Read 18604 times)

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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2011, 12:19:34 PM »
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Okay, I did not hate the first movie, but it could have been much, much better....

Agreed. And hope the sequel will be better.

Still honestly trying to figure out how the current comic & toy "sequels" will play into the movie/s mythos... like how in the heck Zartan is out in the desert and not still in the White House...
Don't think about it too much - you'll get a nosebleed.

The movie was fine for what it was, but I think the new writers are a plus.  I also think losing the director is a plus.

It was still better than TF2.
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2011, 12:25:26 PM »
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The movie was fine for what it was, but I think the new writers are a plus.  I also think losing the director is a plus.

It was still better than TF2.

Amen to that! TF2, the Star Wars prequels, Indy 4, and Spidey 3... the greatest cinematic disappointments of this geek's life.
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2011, 12:51:00 PM »
you ignore the toy 'sequels' like you ignore the Batman action figures where he has 678million different outfits and yet in TDK he only has one.

and, fwiw, i liked ROTF, the prequel trilogy, Indy IV and Spidey 3.

i loved ROC.
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2011, 01:09:33 PM »
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...and, fwiw, i liked ROTF, the prequel trilogy, Indy IV and Spidey 3.

i loved ROC.

Yep, me too! I guess I'm not a real geek..
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2011, 01:24:49 PM »
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you ignore the toy 'sequels' like you ignore the Batman action figures where he has 678million different outfits and yet in TDK he only has one.

and, fwiw, i liked ROTF, the prequel trilogy, Indy IV and Spidey 3.

i loved ROC.

I liked ROC, but did not love.  I loved parts of the prequel trilogy and Indy IV was just fine.
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2011, 01:50:08 PM »
Hey now. I liked Indy 4. I can overlook the aliens at the end. It was no less goofy then all the Nazi faces melting in Raiders of the Lost Arc.
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2011, 02:37:42 PM »
at least Indy didn't completely waste his entire time like in Raiders. Nothing Indy does in Raiders makes any difference.
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2011, 02:58:23 PM »
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Hey now. I liked Indy 4. I can overlook the aliens at the end. It was no less goofy then all the Nazi faces melting in Raiders of the Lost Arc.

It wasn't the aliens that bothered me. It was the whole jungle thing with monkey swinging and snakes/quicksand. They were awful, pathetic attempts at pulp-era fun. It made Indy look more like a bafoon than ever before.

And Sundance... I have no idea what you're talking about regarding Raiders.
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2011, 09:04:26 PM »
Here is the scene that Sundance was talking about:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ythpzsu18[/youtube]
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2011, 09:07:31 PM »
If they renamed RoC to something like "Army Dudes" instead of GI Joe, it would be a great movie!
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2011, 02:25:39 AM »
if indiana jones had stayed home in Raiders, everything would've played out the same. the Nazis would've still got the necklace, still found the map room, still found the Ark and still got melted.
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Re: Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct G.I. Joe 2
« Reply #23 on: January 21, 2011, 08:29:40 AM »
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if indiana jones had stayed home in Raiders, everything would've played out the same. the Nazis would've still got the necklace, still found the map room, still found the Ark and still got melted.

Then what would we have done for those 2 hours?  Read a book?
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