For fans of embedding, the exclusive Accelerator Suit clip that was featured on Yahoo! Movies last night, is now on YouTube and ready to be plopped anywhere you like on the internet!
Oh, like…right here:
We got a great look at the latest two TV Spots yesterday, but not in the best quality. Today that’s rectified, as YouTube has them posted up in glorious HD. Check them out below, with a bonus of a 9th TV Spot, though it contains pretty much all existing footage.
Good grief. I don’t think I can wait! Big thanks, as always, to The Terror Drome for staying on top of this!
I know there’s a stigma attached to AintitCoolNews.com, and specifically to Harry Knowles, but truth be told, it’s a very reputable site amongst the online film crowd, and there are lots of folks out there who take AICN’s word as gospel and trust what they say. I’ve been an avid reader of AICN for many years now, and though I’m not the film nerd I used to be, I still reference it several times a day and take particular interest in their reviews.
Many times I’ve heard their opinions are slanted depending on what studio, what director, etc… but I’m not sure I buy that. After all, I’ve seen many of the same things said about me, so I kind of know (in a VERY limited sense) what it’s like in their shoes.
So, with all of these early screenings kicking around, I was really hoping to see some professional opinions about The Rise of COBRA. We got pretty good word from Collider.com, but many folks were yelling “PLANT!” at every positive word that came around. Well, I’m sure the word plant will come up again, but Harry Knowles got some face time with Rise of COBRA himself, and his review of it is glowing.
There are spoilers scattered about, so I’ll paste the entire thing down below.
I know there are still haters out there looking for the ultra realistic “Platoon” version of G.I. Joe, but it’s looking and sounding more and more like this is going to be right up my alley. I’ve always loved the way the property bridged science fiction with the military, and that’s exactly what’s going on here. Perfect. Anyway, full review is below. Thanks very much to The Terror Drome for pointing out this info.
Miss a day in the world of G.I. Joe these days and you miss a LOT. Along with new figures, G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA director Stephen Sommers has launched StephenSommers.com and celebrated that launch by posting some awesome exclusive videos.
The gem here is the exclusive clip featuring some Snake Eyes acrobatics and general coolness, and it is amplified by a nice behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into the visual effects and everything that you DON’T see on the screen in front of you. Embedding is disabled by request, but you can check out the videos below:
Thanks again to SNAKE EYES and TheLongestDay of HissTank.com for that info.
I am so stoked seeing that Snake Eyes clip…sure he comes across as more Spider-Man than military commando, but THAT is going to fire up a kid to go out and buy his toys and dress up like him for Halloween. Love that. I also love the fact that all of the clips we’ve seen so far are pulled from the battle through the streets of Paris. This is only one of 4 or 5 elaborate action set pieces that make up the film, and it’s nice that they’re using it as a source material, and leaving so much else to be discovered in the theater. I’ve read the script and read the novelization, and there are even bigger, better, and cooler things than what we’re seeing here. August 7th can’t come soon enough!
I first caught wind of this thanks to SNAKE EYES from the HissTank forums, though unfortunately wasn’t in a spot that I could do an update until now. Gyre-Viper from the afforementioned HissTank.com has uncovered some images of upcoming figures. Unfortunately (in my book) the figures consist of three repeat characters, and a troop builder that is tough to make out. Arctic Storm Shadow and City Strike Duke are especially underwhelming. The list is as follows:
If this is a run of single packs, I’m kinda bummed out. It seems things took a bit of a step back, at least with two of these figures. I know, I won’t jump to conclusions, but this selection doesn’t win me over. I know Hasbro traditionally tends to mix in a pretty repaint heavy wave in the later months, so maybe this is it, it was just looking like such drastic improvements between Wave 1 and Wave 3, that this seems to go in the opposite direction.
We’ll see. Images are mirrored below.
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