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Some more viewer reaction about early G.I. Joe screenings – and Brendan Frasier’s cameo confirmed?

A forum member of AintitCoolNews.com message board “The Zone” reported that he saw an early screening of G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA, and these were his thoughts:

“I wanted to write something lastnight but i wasn’t really in the mood and i’m still not in the mood really. I will say this though, this was much better than i was thinking it would be. I walked in there with extremely low expectations and came out mildly surprised. The print i saw was a work print so there were some unfinished effects and other things that needed to be touched up. For those who followed the comic you may be disappointed with some of the backstory (like i was) but let’s face it, any comic that hollywood translates to film they are sure to add some of there own content whether we like it or not.”

More interesting info is that another forum member asked him about Brendan Fraser’s cameo, and this was his response:

“Brendan Frasier is in this film for about 5 minutes early in the film. I believe they said his name but i couldn’t catch it but he is wearing a beret just like Flint or Lt. Falcon so he might be either character.”

That pretty much confirms to me that Brendan Frasier is Sgt. Stone.

Also, “DVDChris” from the forum DVDTalk.com says “It’s nice to hear all these positive reviews coming out. Hopefully the haters will give the movie a chance.  I got a chance to see the movie at a pre-screening myself and agree with all the reviews I’ve seen so far. It’s a very fun action movie, not at all what I was expecting.” That post is here.

Ultimately everyone will make up their own mind, but I do think it’s great to see such a positive reaction early on in the screening process. Thanks to Jergor of HissTank.com for these links!

Valuable updates posted to YoJoe.com

You’d think with the absolute flood of Rise of COBRA product that the staff of YoJoe would be locked in a corner strapped into a straight jacket crying themselves to sleep.  Well, turns out they’ve at least got enough time to add some content to the site between sobs!

Check it out!

A little peek at the extras for the G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA console game

Kotaku.com has posted a short article about the extra content included within the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA video game, including some great screen shots, including a very nice picture of Joe Battle Files, with a sneak peek at several characters we may not have seen before.  Check out the images below.

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Love checking out that art…seeing that art makes me wonder if many of those are seeing retail release since they seem to be using package art?  I’ll try not to get my hopes up too high upon seeing that Resolute Stalker in there…  :shifty:

Thanks to Shin Densetsu of HissTank.com for the info.