Joe fans, although Destro's origin and motivations are closer to the original stories. The new origin of Cobra Commander and his personal ties to Duke and Baroness are the hardest to reconcile for longtime G.I. Joe while also making substantial changes to the mythology. The Rise of Cobra gets some things right about G.I. Joe movie franchise for eight years, until Snake Eyes. It earned $122-million, less than its predecessor, which ended the G.I. Joe: Retaliation feels like a lesser sequel in every way. military organization instead of the international outfit it was in The Rise of Cobra. Joe: Retaliation and it comes off as a shell of its predecessor despite Dwayne Johnson's movie star presence and decent action. Arnold Vosloo also skipped Retaliation and is only seen in archival footage so that Jonathan Pryce plays both Zartan and the President. The obvious cost-cutting hurts G.I. Joe movie), while the major characters from the first film, including Christopher Eccleston as Destro, Rachel Nichols as Scarlett, Sienna Miller as the Baroness, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander disappointingly did not return. Killing Duke and taking Tatum out of the movie set Johnson as the star of the franchise (and echoes the original decision of the animated G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra managed to earn enough to get a sequel greenlit, but the scale of Retaliation was drastically reduced. Joe movies, here's which of the very different films is the best one. Joe Origins, which they hoped will spark a new series of movies. Joe movies entirely, starting with Snake Eyes: G.I. Instead, Hasbro and Paramount opted to reboot G.I. Joe: Retaliation came close to matching Transformers, which spawned four sequels from 2009 to 2017, the 2018 spinoff Bumblebee starring Hailee Steinfeld, and the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. However, neither of the two movies released, 2009's G.I. When Michael Bay turned Transformers into a billion-dollar movie franchise starting in 2007, Hasbro naturally tried to duplicate the robots in disguise's success with a G.I. Joe: The Movie introduced a supernatural and fantasy-based origin for Cobra and Cobra Commander that eroded Cobra's original concept as "a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world." Joe: The Movie also had to alter its plans so that its main hero, Duke, survived, because of the reaction to Optimus Prime's death. Joe: The Movie being released on home video and on television instead. However, the poor performance of Transformers: The Movie, coupled with fan and parental backlash over the deaths of major Transformers characters, especially Optimus Prime, led to G.I. Joe: The Movie was intended for the big screen but production delays saw Transformers: The Movie beat it to theaters in 1986. Related: Transformers Movies Ranked Worst To BestĪn animated film titled G.I.
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