It seemed like just two weeks ago that the first issue of the G.I. Joe: Retaliation prequel hit… mostly because it was. Wasting no time, IDW plans to continue their operations in the G.I. Joe: Retaliation timeline this coming Wednesday with their second issue.
And like with the first, an online site has a sneak preview! This time around it’s i09.com and you can check out the first handful of pages from the Retaliation prequel #2 right here.
I just checked them out, and… I’m interested! I thought the first issue was fine, but nothing mind-blowing. The second issue, though, looks like it ties Mainframe and Roadblock’s backstory together nicely. And holy crap Sky Sweeper! LOVE IT.
I’ve mirrored one of the pages below, be sure to hit up i09.com for the rest.
The MTV Movie Blog has just gotten around to posting an update from one of their Toy Fair interviews by the looks of it, and in it they talk to DJ Cotrona and Adrianne Palicki about the relationship between Flint and Lady Jaye in the movie. From the sounds of it, the two characters have a bit of a past before we see it take shape in the film, but it continues to evolve in ways that fans should enjoy.
Check out the video right here, or embedded below.
Okay…don’t ask me how this happened, because I remember watching this trailer a couple of weeks ago, and I could have sworn I also posted a story for it, but apparently I’m smoking something. Or I was smoking something.
Regardless of my potential drug habit, this Korean version of the initial G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer hit the ‘net at least a couple of weeks ago, I believe, and is mostly unremarkable, with the exception of a few brief glimpses of more Storm Shadow. In Korea, Byung-Hun Lee is pretty hot stuff, so it only makes sense that the trailer for that market would have more Lee and less shirt. Ya know, for the ladies.
Check it out embedded below, and I apologize for somehow missing this. You’ll also find it mirrored on the G.I. Joe: Retaliation Film SuperPage as well.
Toy Fair is over a week past, and some video interviews are still emerging from the floor of the Hasbro showroom. This time around, Cinema Blend talks to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, and D.J. Cotrona.
You can check the video interviews at Cinema Blend, or look at the embedded videos below.
The man, the myth, the legend. The guys from What’s on Joe Mind were lucky enough to spend about an hour talking with one of the fathers of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Larry Hama himself!
We talk about his great work on the current IDW Real American Hero title as well as his philosophy behind comics writing and just a 60 minute look into his mindset.
This special edition really requires no explanation. We are joined by Marvel’s legendary GI Joe writer, Larry Hama. We find out a lot in this interview. What were the early difficulties in the IDW ARAH run? What’s Larry’s dream job? What does Larry mean when he calls GI Joe, Junior Woodchucks with guns? What happens when Hasbro takes over the filecard creation process? Why is writing a “toy book” the lowest of the low? Why was three years the original magic number for Joe and other books like it? How much of a risk was the USS Flagg playset? We also talk about his upcoming Roll Out/Roll Call 3 and SDCC appearances and we even talk a little about Kwinn to boot. Oh, and wait until you hear what he thinks (or doesn’t think) about Wraith and Helix. It is a surprising and eye opening talk with the guy who authored a good part of our childhoods. As a productions side note, please excuse the buzz in audio. Larry has a deep but very soft voice so we had to crank up the audio to hear him clearly. As for the other bad audio, well, let’s just say Justin won’t forget his headset again. Thanks to Larry for joining us. You can meet him next at Roll Out/Roll Call 3 in Southampton, UK March 10th and 11th!
Listen to this terrific special edition on our Podbean Page or through the embedded player below.
Another day, another great interview from Mike Ryan of the Huffington Post (which is then posted on Moviefone, who is owned by AOL… uhhh.. I give up).
Corporate weirdness aside, Mike Ryan has not been ashamed of his nerdy backgrounds throughout Toy Fair weekend, which is great for us, because I think he’s managed to get the best interviews of G.I. Joe: Retaliation cast and crew.
Unfortunately this interview apparently “wraps up” the Toy Fair coverage, but it’s another great one, as DJ Cotrona admits his feelings for the initial Rise of Cobra film, and name drops Larry Hama.
Adrianne Palicki is apparently more familiar with Jem and the Holograms than she is with Lady Jaye, but she’s a girl, we’ll let that slide. Meanwhile, you have to check out the latest interview right here, it’s another good one, and even without any real break through information, it immediately makes me once again feel good about the direction of this film and how the stars feel about it.
