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Final update on Sommers situation?

by | Jun 11, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: The Movie

El Mayimbe joins Latino Review cohort El Guapo in confirming that Stephen Sommers has NOT been fired from the film.  According to his Twitter Page:

“GIJOE update from Gracie Mansion: don’t belive the hype folks. Stephen Sommers has final cut. 100% confirmed. Trust me. No spin, just fact.”

Latino Review is very well connected in the film world, and El Mayimbe had an accurate script review online well before everyone else on the internet.  If he says it, I buy it.  This, of course, does not guarantee the film is any good, but it sounds a lot better than it did this morning.

HasbroToyShop has MARS 3-Pack in stock, and free figure with purchase deal

by | Jun 11, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie

HasbroToyShop.com reports that they now have the MARS Trooper 3-Pack in stock for $24.99 plus shipping.  You can find that item right here.

They also have a special deal going on right now where if you buy a DVD Battle Pack, you get to choose any single figure for FREE.  Check out the details here, and shop their DVD Battle Packs here.

EDIT – Don’t forget to use gijoe10 as a discount code to save some cash!

Detailed Information about EA Comic for G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA

by | Jun 11, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe Video Game, G.I. Joe: The Movie, IDW

ea_coverHuge thanks to Jeff Bohn who has supplied GeneralsJoes with some nicely detailed information about the 6-page Helix comic that comes with the upcoming Electronic Arts G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA video game.  The comic leads directly into the IDW Helix special edition, for sale in August.  The information is below:

G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra: Helix Special EA Edition

Writer: Brian Reed
Artist: Joe Suitor

6 page comic

Hawk shows Duke video of Agent Helix, who has “Total Organic Battlefield Awareness.”  Hawk explains that she is missing, that Duke is to find her, and details some of her backstory…

Master practicioner of Capoeira, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, Shuai Jiao, Kendo and Fencing.  Rumored to be able to master a fighting style after encountering it only once.  Fought in underground fights, battling to the death and walking away without a scratch.  Traits of savantism, but not autistic.  Can identify and solve complex physical calculations quickly.  “Everything she sees has a Data Set.  Miles left before a car will run out of gas, Ammo counts in the bad guys guns…”

Hawk thinks Cobra may have her.

  • 1 page advertisement for the Helix comic special (which continues the story).  Also mentions that you can be Agent Helix in the game.
  • 4 page fold out poster advertising the video game.
  • 2 page interview with game writer Brian Reed.  Mentions that Helix was created as a “gamer turned soldier”, which gets fleshed out in the Helix comic special.  Mainframe is in the video game as support, non-playable.
  • 2 page interview with Electronic Arts Senior Producer Matt Marsala.
  • 1 page picture of Scarlett.
  • Back cover is an advertisement for the video game (same as the fold out poster).

Thanks again to Jeff for this great information.  I’m really digging Helix’s backstory.  If nothing else, the film is opening up some nice new doors into the G.I. Joe mythos.

RUMOR – Stephen Sommers fired during production of The Rise of COBRA?

by | Jun 11, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: The Movie

A scary article for any G.I. Joe fan has been posted on FirstShowing.net regarding the production of G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA.  It states that the film received such low scores during test screenings that director Stephen Sommers was actually fired during post-production and Paramount has been in damage control mode ever since.

This is, of course, only rumor…but I’ll say it leaves me nervous about what we should be expecting come August 7th.  Accelerator Suits?  I can deal with them.  A disfigured COBRA Commander?  I’ll roll with that.  But low test screening scores, chaotic beaurocratic BS, and frantic damage control all spells “danger” and does not look good going forward.  Is any of it true?  Nobody really knows at the moment.  But whether or not you think you’ll like the film, if it tanks as bad as the article suggests it might, it could be disastrous for the G.I. Joe brand as a whole.

Time will tell, but I’m certainly at least somewhat more trepadacious about the movie now than I was this time yesterday.  Click here to check out the article.

I suppose no matter what, at least we’re getting some kick ass toys this year, that may be all we end up with to remember this run by…  I certainly hope that it’s not, I guess time will tell.  Thanks to Mercer from JoeBattleLines for the intel.