really worried about gi joe?

I'm not so much worried about them making it a global force as I am worried that they are camping it up. There is some real slapstick deadpan humor in the movie that just doesn't belong.

Plus pretty much everyone is wearing the same costume, and those costumes look like leftovers from the first X-men film.

Stand clear of GI Joe: The rise of cobra, it a disaster waiting to happen.

I'm sure you heard the rumors that the director was fired. The test audiences hated the film. Record all time low scores for a test audience. They had a bunch of re-shoots. And they brought in a new production staff to re-cut the film into something palatable.

I also read the comic book adaptation and it was pretty boring.

It will suck. Take it to the bank.

You can't take a 70/80's cartoon and plop it down in our time and expect it to sell well with the kids these days. In case you didn't notice, all of the transformers were revamped. Compare the way Bumblebee looked in the 80's to the way he looks now.

80's Bumblebee http://www.flickr.com/photos/juleezworld/856451045...

Bumblebee Now - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jalopnik/271262045/

"how well would transformers go if bay had made optimus prime a volkswagon peace mobile van."

Well Optimus Prime is a Truck now isn't he. They kept him as a truck, but if you actually do the research you'll find that he's not the same old truck from the 80's that he is now.

Old Optimus - http://www.webdesignhull.lincoln.ac.uk/ngoward/80/...

New Optimus - http://www.flickr.com/photos/natrix/1363296709/

Everything gets revamped. That's just the way it is. Life changes and movies change in order to accommodate the changing ideals of a nation. You would know this if you knew the story of GI Joe. The action figures started in the 60's. When the Vietnam war happened they downplayed the Military stuff and called them an "Adventure Team". So you see, They've changed GI Joe's in the past to keep up with human views. GI Joe has always been, as you put it "politically correct" so what's the big deal now. They changed many times before the 80's. Grow up and accept change! Don't boo hoo just because it's not the same GI Joe from when you grew up! It's nowhere close to the same GI Joe from the one all the boys in the 60's knew.

You shouldn't worry too much. It's just a movie, and yes, an American hero would not sell very well overseas, where American soldiers are seen as storm-troopers who kill everything they come across. Because they do, if you have oil.

no hes in simple terms attempting to maintain his new child hood. my grandpa has been gathering GI joes and upload-ons on condition that he left the conflict in 1945. he advised me its something that comforts him

If I read the reviews right, it'll have 'real american heroes" working with them.