The Ugly Ralph Fiennes Strikes Again!
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thehefnerUp until a minute ago, I really could have given a rat's ass about the G.I. JOE movie.
Look, I was always more of a Joe fan as a kid than a Transformers fan. Not that I ever expressly loved the show or anything, but I loved the characters. What an awesome cast of heroes and villains! Flint, Snake Eyes, Major Bludd, Dr. Mindbender, Storm Shadow, Zartan, Cobra Commander, the Baroness...
... mmm... the Baroness... excuse me, be back in five minutes...
(two minutes pass)
Right. Now, where was I?
So, yeah. G.I. JOE. Truth be told, I was way more of a GHOSTBUSTERS kid with touches of HE-MAN, but G.I. JOE was ever-present, with all those great action figures. Indeed, if I wanted to sum up my childhood in three coked-out-on-pop-rocks-and-pixie-sticks minutes, this is the video to watch:
Pure, glorious crack, ain't it?
But really, especially after the epic cock-up that was TRANSFORMERS, I wasn't giving a damn about the G.I. JOE movie. Sure, Dennis Quaid as Hawk is nice, but then there's the thought of Sienna Miller playing the Baroness (Monica Bellucci immediately springs to mind, but Miller??), and have it all being helmed by Stephen "VAN HELSING" Sommers, and I just... ehh, apathy abounds.
But just minutes ago, they announced who was playing Destro. You know Destro? The no-nonsense hardcore metal-headed Scottish arms dealer, the only man badass enough to repeatedly sex up the Baroness while still being the emotional anchor to his hetero lifemate, Cobra Commander*?
Destro was going to be played by some guy named David Murray, but he dropped out. So who oh who did they get to replace him?
Christopher Eccleston.
Hell. Yes.
Fuck it. I'm interested now. Let's hope it's at least entertaining and that the characters are interesting. Because that alone? That's just casting excellence, that is.
*Destro's relationship to Cobra Commander is sort of like what a more badass, no-nonsense Kif would be to a megalomaniacal Zap Brannigan. Would others agree in this assessment?
Look, I was always more of a Joe fan as a kid than a Transformers fan. Not that I ever expressly loved the show or anything, but I loved the characters. What an awesome cast of heroes and villains! Flint, Snake Eyes, Major Bludd, Dr. Mindbender, Storm Shadow, Zartan, Cobra Commander, the Baroness...
... mmm... the Baroness... excuse me, be back in five minutes...
(two minutes pass)
Right. Now, where was I?
So, yeah. G.I. JOE. Truth be told, I was way more of a GHOSTBUSTERS kid with touches of HE-MAN, but G.I. JOE was ever-present, with all those great action figures. Indeed, if I wanted to sum up my childhood in three coked-out-on-pop-rocks-and-pixie-sticks minutes, this is the video to watch:
Pure, glorious crack, ain't it?
But really, especially after the epic cock-up that was TRANSFORMERS, I wasn't giving a damn about the G.I. JOE movie. Sure, Dennis Quaid as Hawk is nice, but then there's the thought of Sienna Miller playing the Baroness (Monica Bellucci immediately springs to mind, but Miller??), and have it all being helmed by Stephen "VAN HELSING" Sommers, and I just... ehh, apathy abounds.
But just minutes ago, they announced who was playing Destro. You know Destro? The no-nonsense hardcore metal-headed Scottish arms dealer, the only man badass enough to repeatedly sex up the Baroness while still being the emotional anchor to his hetero lifemate, Cobra Commander*?
Destro was going to be played by some guy named David Murray, but he dropped out. So who oh who did they get to replace him?
Christopher Eccleston.
Hell. Yes.
Fuck it. I'm interested now. Let's hope it's at least entertaining and that the characters are interesting. Because that alone? That's just casting excellence, that is.
*Destro's relationship to Cobra Commander is sort of like what a more badass, no-nonsense Kif would be to a megalomaniacal Zap Brannigan. Would others agree in this assessment?
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Date: 2008-02-13 12:10 am (UTC)*Like you, I was more of Ghostbusters and She-Ra/He-man fan as a little kid, until I became a slightly older little kid and Sailor Moon came along and eclipsed all other cartoons. Sometimes I wake up in a cold sweat at the thought of Hollywood deciding to make that last one into a movie, but I don't think it's likely.
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Date: 2008-02-13 02:01 am (UTC)Also, perfect icon. Destro would be displeased.
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Date: 2008-02-13 02:37 am (UTC)Edit: Also, part of the reason why I was never really into GI Joe is due to living in Scotland at the time, where US GI Joes was re-branded as Action Man, so I don't think we ever got the little Joes or the Cobra Commander stuff. Which is part of the reason why I used this icon.
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Date: 2008-02-13 02:45 am (UTC)