Comments on: 'G.I. Joe' Will Come To Audiences Fresh http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh Seriously, this could not be more beta Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:41:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16558 kitten_witawip Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:25:28 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16558 If you could sit through Pelham (which I could) you can sit through this. The dialogue is pure fondue but the beefcake and fart jokes cut through that. If you could sit through Pelham (which I could) you can sit through this. The dialogue is pure fondue but the beefcake and fart jokes cut through that.

]]> By: saythatscool http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16318 saythatscool Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:25:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16318 Ha! Ha!

]]> By: riggssm http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16316 riggssm Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:51:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16316 I have a friend inside that says it's worse than Death to Smoochy. I have a friend inside that says it's worse than Death to Smoochy.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16314 Abe Sauer Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:42:29 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16314 Wait, a Spanish audience that was willfully at a profit-driven remake of a classic starring a bloated Danny Zucko as a hardened neck-tatted terrorist was insulted by Gi Joe?!? Wait, a Spanish audience that was willfully at a profit-driven remake of a classic starring a bloated Danny Zucko as a hardened neck-tatted terrorist was insulted by Gi Joe?!?

]]> By: SarahHeartburn http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16311 SarahHeartburn Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:32:34 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16311 I saw the trailer Sunday night in Madrid just before seeing "Pelham 123" and the audience of mostly adults shrieked laughter and insults at the screen. I can't wait to see it. I saw the trailer Sunday night in Madrid just before seeing "Pelham 123" and the audience of mostly adults shrieked laughter and insults at the screen. I can't wait to see it.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16281 Abe Sauer Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:26:27 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16281 The best part of this whole circle-jerking charade is the studio's preposterous insistence that it wants to protect the movie's true vision so it's skipping critics while self-important critics lie through their teeth about how not being able to critically review GI-fucking-Joe is an affront to "art" or something. An even better part is this backhanded bit: "isn't screening the blockbuster for critics beforehand." then "Only a select few writers from blogs and movie Web sites have seen it for review..." Ha. Suck it Internet! The best part of this whole circle-jerking charade is the studio's preposterous insistence that it wants to protect the movie's true vision so it's skipping critics while self-important critics lie through their teeth about how not being able to critically review GI-fucking-Joe is an affront to "art" or something. An even better part is this backhanded bit: "isn't screening the blockbuster for critics beforehand." then "Only a select few writers from blogs and movie Web sites have seen it for review…" Ha. Suck it Internet!

]]> By: withelectrolytes http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16274 withelectrolytes Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:13:06 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16274 Pic is so bad it broke the Large Hadron Collider, but is it bad enough to make it worth seeing...? Pic is so bad it broke the Large Hadron Collider, but is it bad enough to make it worth seeing…?

]]> By: EvilMonkey http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16271 EvilMonkey Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:02:01 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16271 Palinspeak now part of the real American lexicon. Message for the rest of us: this movie will be shitty. A dark, dark, stinky shitty. Unlike The Dark Knight, which remains a religious experience. Palinspeak now part of the real American lexicon. Message for the rest of us: this movie will be shitty. A dark, dark, stinky shitty. Unlike The Dark Knight, which remains a religious experience.

]]> By: giovanni http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16255 giovanni Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:45:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16255 Oh God, it took me five minutes to get the COBRA joke. I should go back to reading Gawker. Oh God, it took me five minutes to get the COBRA joke. I should go back to reading Gawker.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16252 Abe Sauer Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:43:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16252 Needs more Sgt. Slaughter. Needs more Sgt. Slaughter.

]]> By: KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16250 KarenUhOh Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:41:11 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16250 I'm guessing there's verisimilitude with its inspiration, in that this one has no dick, either. I'm guessing there's verisimilitude with its inspiration, in that this one has no dick, either.

]]> By: kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16248 kitten_witawip Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:39:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16248 "...tragic costs of war for one infantryman whose struggles with post-traumatic stress syndrome are exacerbated by his loss of health insurance..." He had also invested with Madoff and bought a house at the height of the bubble with a loan that is due to reset. "…tragic costs of war for one infantryman whose struggles with post-traumatic stress syndrome are exacerbated by his loss of health insurance…"

He had also invested with Madoff and bought a house at the height of the bubble with a loan that is due to reset.

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/gi-joe-will-come-to-audiences-fresh#comment-16240 HiredGoons Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:31:00 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9124#comment-16240 Las Vegas is an entertainment vortex. New York and Los Angeles actually contribute to the culture. Well, New York does. Las Vegas is an entertainment vortex. New York and Los Angeles actually contribute to the culture.

Well, New York does.

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