G.I. Joe Trailer Firing Blanks?

Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 23, 2008

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One of the boys over at Nuke the Fridge was unfortunate enough to get an early look at the teaser trailer for GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra at a “test screening.”  Yeah, you read that right, a test screening for the trailer.  Hey man, whatever.

The bad news, both for fans and Paramount, is that the reviewer described it as “worse than horrible.”  He describes the trailer as featuring bad CGI, poorly choreographed fights, and members of the Joe team all dressed like Snake-Eyes.  Oh, and something about the Eiffel Tower being covered in green goop.  Are we certain he didn’t see a mash-up of TMNT 2: Secrets of the Ooze and Ghostbusters 2? (Both feature goop!)  Then again, Stephen Sommers is directing, so I wouldn’t be surprised by any amount of suck. (Why is this guy still working?)

Basically everything that was said about the trailer came across horribly negative.  So negative, in fact that Paramount gave the ol’ “Cease and desist” warning, which temporarily caused the site to remove the review.  However, posting review material (when no contract has been signed stating otherwise) is not infringement of any kind and the review is back up.

GI Joe is planned for a Summer 2009 release and none of this horrible news comes as a surprise.

Check out the full review here.

On a scale of 1-10, how badly do you think Stephen Sommers is going to screw up GI Joe?


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  • This may have been some what entertaining if it came out in the mid-nineties when there was an actual fan base.
  • My knowledge of Sommers track record starts with The Mummy and then just progressively gets worse. I have no hope for this. That said, I may watch it based on the fact that, without even seeing a trailer yet, I now think it will probably be the worst movie of next year, and that's as worthy to be seen as the best (because I'm weird like that).
  • I'm not even sure why I held a smidgen of hope...I think it was because momentarily forgot Sommers was directing.
  • Oh I will definitely see this movie, because I'm a huge GI Joe fan. I will probably be filled with so much rage that I turn green and rampage across a city.
  • As soon as I saw Marlon Wayans was attached to it I flipped the script. The only two things that interest me in this film are Sienna Miller and Ray Park.
  • Thats it, I have had enough.

    I am now starting the Offical Marlon Wayons Hate Club. See unlike fight club you can talk about it and we all get together once a week to beat the hell out of Marlon Wayons. Who's in??
  • It happens to all of us at some point in our lives.
  • Arou101
    Sir, neither Turtles or Ghostbusters feature goop, it's ooze and slime respectively.
  • Did anybody actually expect anything less?
  • Well!!! Shame on Paramount threatning "Nuke the Fridge" for the review. I mean come on, it's a commentary its their opinion and they are entitled to it. Also the trailer sounds bad, they might as well turn the movie into a CGI movie like Resident Evil: Degeneration. I expected high hopes for the movie but if it comes out I'll wait til it gets into DVD or one of those bootleg movies on-line (just kidding). Oh I do agree with k(Black)'s comment.
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