I think the pre-poduction meeting for the G.I. Joe movie went like this…
Hasbro exec: Stephen Sommers, we watched Transformers 2 and the plot made no sense. How can you prevent the G.I. Joe movie from falling into the same fate?
Sommers: Simple. I just take the script from Star Wars then use the find/replace function of MSWord to change the names, places, and weapons to suit G.I. Joe.
Hasbro: Brilliant! But where will you get a working script of Star Wars?
Ray Park: At your service.
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It was incredible. Ariel A., Chompy, and I watched the movie after Metro Comic-Con and Chompy asked me to name the characters as the movie went along because she wasn’t too familiar with the 80’s G.I. Joe.
So 10 minutes in, I was going, “…so there’s Destro…that’s Heavy Duty…”, but by the last 20 minutes, I was going,”…there’s the Death Star Ray…that’s Darth Maul…”
If in this film, blasters were replaced with ultrasonic weapons, M4 Carbines and a micro vulcan and lightsabers with katanas.
Now, what does this film have to parallel Jarjar Binks?
Tora^2 Cobra Commander? He’s annoying enough
Ariel and I agree it’s Ripcord. Played by a Wayans brother.
Little tidbit that I’m not certain everybody knows… Snake eyes is played by the same guy who played Darth Maul. Coincidence? 🙂
I guess Ripcord’s a better comparison.