GI Joe sequel coming, apparently
CinemaBlend rounds up some quotes that makes it look like we may be subjected to more GI Joe. Paramount’s Rob Mooore confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that a sequel will soon go into development.
Now, I’ve written my review and I’m not one to just constantly harp on things, but I thought “Joe” missed out on a lot of what made “G.I. Joe” cool. With the so-called origins out of the way, might we see a better second film? I’ve been watching the cartoons lately (look for a review soon), and while they are goofy, they work for me better than the film. And I have the same opinion, or better, of the comics, which worked at a level far beyond what any toy-based comic-book had any business doing. 
I understand “G.I. Joe” comic-book writer Larry Hama consulted on this film — and maybe the bits I liked were his — but maybe he’ll get a chance to do even more if a second film comes through. I’ll hope so, because I like to be optimistic. But a quote from Hero Complex doesn’t make me feel any better about it:
“You can never win with those guys,” Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, producer of both “Transformers” films and “G.I. Joe,” said of the San Diego convention. “They feel they’re the keepers of the fanboys flag and have a deep childhood association with many of these properties. And we know the hard-core fans are already coming to see the movie.”
However, from the same Hero Complex link, we do find out one thing Hama made happen in the film that’s out now: He was able to make sure that Snake Eyes doesn’t talk.
- Matt Price
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If I wasn’t a huge GI Joe fan, I probably would have considered the film a fun Summer action flick. However, I am a fan, and the butchering of Snake Eyes’ origin was unforgivable
They could have spent the same amount of time used on his origin and actually done it right. As it was, it cheapened he and Storm Shadows characters and connection. Check out the original series of GI Joe issues 26 and 27 to see just how much this movie missed the boat. Snake Eyes a homeless kid with ninja fighting skills at the age of ten? what!? No attention is used to show how much Snake Eyes is conflicted in hunting down Storm Shadow. S.S. is only portrayed as a jealous, cold-hearted killer. It is feasible they may be able to be rectify some of what they have done to Storm Shadow with a sequel but I’m not sure I have the faith that they will do so.
The movie totally bypassed differentiating any of the characters with their specific costumes (other than of course Snake Eyes…though the molded mouth looked ridiculous)which is always a mistake and didn’t do much to make any of the team all that interesting.
I thought Cobra was handled better though and the changes made to the Baroness/Cobra Commander/Duke history played out fairly well. I can’t imagine though why they thought that god awful mask for C.C looked better than the old cowl or helmet he wore in the cartoon/comics. The payoff at the end would have been so much better had he just pulled the classic commander cowl over his head.