My second favorite childhood cartoon was G.I. Joe; I absolutely loved it. I even went so far as to buy all of the episodes of the show on dvd before they went out of production. I was a little curious, then, to see what the new G.I. Joe movie that's currently in production was going to look like.
The results? Terrible. Horrific. Pretty much the lamest looking characters I could imagine.
Here's some of the more prominent characters:
Destro (no mask?!):
Duke:
Heavy Duty:
Hawk:
Scarlett:
Snake Eyes:
And by far the lamest character design, Stormshadow:
And this guy (from Third Rock from the Sun) is playing Cobra Commander:
I don't know, maybe I'm too much of a traditionalist, but did they have to outfit all of G.I. Joe in black? And did they have to give Storm Shadow coattails? Or make Cobra Commander and Destro impossibly lame? It's pretty stupid looking.
Or, there's this description from wikipedia:
Ten years in the future, the G.I. Joe team battles the evil Cobra Organization, run by a Scottish arms dealer. ... In terms of characterization, the focus will be on Scarlett and the Baroness's romantic lives
Oh, yeah. And G.I. Joe is no longer American. Instead, it's "A European-based military unit known as Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity (G.I.J.O.E.), a hi-tech, international force of special operatives."
I know, this is a nerdy post, and I take this stuff way too seriously, but I know a lot of you guys grew up with this too, so at least somebody has to be on the same page.