So remember a while ago when G.I. Joe: Retaliation was featuring that four minute extended clip from the ninja cliffside battle before Hansel & Gretel? If you missed it, do not fear, Comic Book Movie to the rescue! Over on the CBM YouTube page, they have posted the full four minute cliffside battle sequence, which is… wow. Impressive.
Check it out on the CBM YouTube channel, or embedded below.
The news is coming fast and furious… premieres across the world, movie scores being released. Posters, movie clips, interviews. It’s crazy! Who would have thought nine months ago that the excitement and enthusiasm would be right back up at maximum with G.I. Joe: Retaliation making it’s big return.
Twitziller focuses his attention today on the reason for the delay, which has caused some controversy among the fandom and among audiences across the country. Will the change be worth it? Only time will tell. Thankfully, not much time to wait!
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Before I go into the whole 3D conflict and conundrum… look at that picture up there. Do you see those Cobra logos in the throwing stars? How freaking AWESOME is that? Kudos to Twitziller for picking up on that, I haven’t seen anyone else mention it.
As for 3D itself… is it a fad? Yeah, maybe. But it’s a fad that’s been going on 50 years now, and has made a resurgence in recent years. And apparently it is huge Internationally. Judging by the world wide scope of the press tour and premiere schedule, the folks promoting G.I. Joe: Retaliation are paying a lot of attention to the International market. That’s smart. Yes, I know G.I. Joe is “A Real American Hero” and I think that’s a big part of it’s appeal, but if promoting it this heavily worldwide can earn the film an extra few hundred million dollars, I’m willing to make some concessions on that fact.
Jon Chu’s vast experience with 3D production enabled the film crew to take existing footage and engineer it better for 3D, especially with some of the focal point fight scenes, like the ninja mountain battle. Ultimately the success or failure of the 3D conversion and the financial gain from it may not even be measurable, but let’s all hope it makes enough impact to make G.I. Joe a viable brand again going forward.
Keep following Twitziller on Twitter and keep it here on GeneralsJoes for the latest updates, and check out previous entries below.
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I’ve seen these in various places online, and figured I’d get ’em mirrored here just because I want to soak in as much G.I. Joe: Retaliation love as I can over the next eight days.
Eight days?
Yes. EIGHT FREAKING DAYS.
*giggity giggity giggity*
These two posters come courtesy of I Am Rogue…that’s the place I saw them, anyway. Enjoy.
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Good news for folks who were eagerly awaiting the G.I. Joe: Retaliation movie score… it is now available through iTunes!
I’m currently downloading it right now, it’s $9.99 for the entire album, or .99 per song. The track list is below:
1. Prologue
2. Arashikage
3. Get Me the GI Joes
4. Friendly Fire
5. Exile
6. Presidential
7. Einsargen
8. Making Things Go Boom
9. Storm Shadow
10. Bad Dojo
11. Lady In Red
12. Fighting Ugly
13. Fort Sumter
14. Scare Tactics
15. I Want It All
16. End Game
17. Honor Restored
18. Firefly
19. Zartan
Hit up the iTunes Store and grab it up. Thanks to MightyMegs from HissTank.com for the info.
There are few people who’s opinions I would respect more on the subject of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero than Larry Hama. As the architect of the entire run of vintage Marvel Comics, and a healthy share of the action figure filecards, Mr. Hama has had his fingers in the G.I. Joe realm for more years than many people have been alive. He’s often said that he based all of these characters off of real people and as such they are like friends and family to him, and he takes their representations pretty seriously.
Larry had a chance to see G.I. Joe: Retaliation tonight, and he has posted his opinion on his Facebook page.
By and large, it sounds like Larry really enjoyed the film. He kindly refrained from posting spoilers, but he spoke about the characters, the plot, and how he felt the cast and crew did taking what were pretty much his personalities and personas and putting them to film. He approved of the actors for the most part, and applauded the “physical action with people” rather than an over-abundance of CGI. It seemed like a very honest, thoughtful, and real perspective on the film.
There will be folks out there who say he’s probably “shilling” for Paramount, but I’ve known Larry for many years. I consider him a friend. That’s really not what he is. He’s very much a “tell it as he feels it” kind of guy, and if this is what he put out there, this is how he feels, and I think many G.I. Joe fans will sleep better over the next 9 days considering the words he put down.
For folks who aren’t on Facebook, or who aren’t Friends with Larry, I’ve pasted the full text of the review after the “Read the Rest of the Story” link below. I think folks should check it out.
Kudos to the eagle eyes of Skinny from Serpentors Lair who stumbled upon a great amount of G.I. Joe: Retaliation related videos on YouTube. These videos have been uploaded to the B & H Film Distribution YouTube channel and contain some great interviews and some really awesome behind the scenes battle sequences.
This is really some great stuff, everyone should check it out. There are a number of videos, so I’m going to post them all after the jump, but you should check them out, for sure.
Thanks to Skinny for the heads up.