GI Joe Movie in Trouble. Too Patriotic?...
Completely asinine, but what do expect from Hollywood's "progressive" execs...
LOS ANGELES -- GI Joe is a real American hero -- and that might be a bit of problem for both Paramount Pictures and Hasbro.
Deciding whether to make "GI Joe" at all, let alone how to market it, is nettlesome thanks in large measure to an unpopular American president defending an unpopular war: In a July USA Today/Gallup poll, a record high of 62% respondents had called the invasion of Iraq "a mistake."A month later, that view is 57%, more or less where it's been for over a year.
.......Mr. Woods' script is more akin to GI Joe circa 1997, when Hasbro's Classic Collection featured more realistic military hardware and weaponry and a more patriotic theme -- and presumably, therefore, a more problematic marketing plan. It's said to include a character called "Action Man," a nod to the title GI Joe used in overseas markets. Mr. Goldner said the film might be marketed as GI Joe in the States and Action Man overseas but no decisions has been made.
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Don't you know hating America is being Patriotic!
Posted by: the Boodge | August 21, 2007 at 09:57 AM
My son has a room full of GI Joe's - even the Israeli Defense Forces edition, the Ernie Pyle and a whole series of WWI generals. They were the spark for an interest in history. How could that possibly be problematic?
Posted by: dm60462 | August 21, 2007 at 01:24 PM
I can't wait to start "arming" my kid with toy guns, don't want him to catch teh ghey!
Posted by: W Zip | August 21, 2007 at 03:04 PM
This is certainly appalling. Has Hasbro been taken over by anti-warrists? I hope not, but for now, I think it’d be a good idea for anyone who finds this news dismaying to protest. And I’ve got an idea for how to show your loyalty to the Joes: if you know how to run a M.A.M.E program, go and download Konami’s video game from 1992! Go to CoolRom.Com and first get the M.A.M.E component: http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=34014979d3d7d7e9a54b307c95bcc61e
Then go to this page, http://www.coolrom.com/roms/mame/10136/GI_Joe_%28US%29.php
and when the download button generates on the screen, you can click it to start downloading the game. And if you’d like to see what the game looks like up front, just take a look at this Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUA0rJ5TEc
As you’ll see, the game proudly features the Real American Hero logo as well as boldly featuring words like “terrorism”, “invasion” and “devastation” for the villains, and “bravery”, “righteousness” and “freedom” for the heroes.
Take my advice, go and download that video game now to show solidarity with what G.I Joe should be: A Real American Hero!
Posted by: Avi Green | August 22, 2007 at 11:58 AM