The 1980s I mean.Master of The Universe made a film in 1987. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles quickly got a film release in March 1990, but was greenlit and produced in 1989.While Transformwrs would be too expensive to make at the time, why didn’t Hasbro go all in on a live action G.I.Joe film when the IP was at its peak?The 1980s movie industry had Commando, Cobra, Predator l, Rambo, etc.
>>150494612Because GI Joe was a cheapo cartoon made for kids, why spend several millions on a live action flop when you could make a much cheaper animated one.>Master of The Universe made a film in 1987. which flopped HARDAnd really because Transformers the movie flopped too Hasbro probably figured movies on the big screen werent worth it and put GI Joe's movie to VHS.Anyways speaking of that moviehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ah2I166f_UThis is way better than any potential live action GI Joe we would've gotten
>>150494658Without even clicking the link I’m going to assume that’s the cartoon movie Statue of Liberty intro isn’t it?
GI Joe could only work in the 80s, every other revival for it basically failed. GI Joe Renegades was the last chance since it actually made Cobra this evil corporation ala Walmart/Amazon tricking the US Government but that was canceled for the live action movie AND the guy behind it died
>>150494658They had a few great live action commercials in the 90's. I wish they'ed made a Saban styled show at some point. Even GI Joe Extreme had some live action segments that were fun. Shame they buried that series.
>>150495160Action movies dying the way they have does the franchise no favors either. Just think of all that was popular in GI Joe's heyday. Stallone, Schwarzenegger, WWF, etc. You just dont see that sort of high T high octane energy in entertainment nowadays.
>>150494612because at the time they would probably call this idea stupid and say "that would just be the A team, the A team already exists why would we make a toy version of that?"only nowadays do people want a reskin of a thing with a license slapped on top of it I dont think they would have seen it as wise back then. I think ninja turtles and heman were just seen was way more ludicrous cash wise and they had good pitches/approaches for them. Heman in the 'real world' was also used as a cost cutting measure they wouldnt have done it all on his world.
>>150495846GI Joe was never high t high octane energy, it was the village people.
>>150494612they made a cartoon film in the 80s, it sucked, the toyline died and hasn't really updated since thenMotU got a film with Cannon Films, who were notorious for buying properties up and making the movies cheaply; they squatted on a lot of rights too, if Cannon hadn't gone bankrupt there wouldn't have been a Lois & Clark show in the 90s>Commando, Cobra, Predator l, Rambothey were all R-rated movies, you would never convince 1980s studios to fund a kids movie based on similarity to these
>>150495846>WWFwe get it, you're out and proud>>150495879this
>>150495879>>150495922Stop projecting
>>150494612>Master of The Universe made a film in 1987.As has already been said, that only grossed $17 million and the toy line immediately died.There was no way such a movie would have gotten greenlit after that until someone saw the box office for TMNT, and pre-production, shooting and post would have taken more than a year, putting you in Summer 1991 at the earliest, not the 80s.
This was basically it.
>>150495160The thing is, the 80's GI Joe is itself a reboot meant to better work in the 80's. The ARAH just are so locked in they reject anything Hasbro attempts at modernizing the franchise, which has ended up alienating any future generations.
>>150496446Yet transformers and TMNT do just fine clinging to their original versions
>>150496596Giant robots that transform and mutant ninjas are inherently striking visual concepts that young boys can instantly recognize as cool and interesting. GI Joe is only appealing to kids that watched the cartoon as well as generally liked military shows and movies. I was raised watching old war movies and shows by my grandfather and father despite them both being conflicted on the Gulf Wars. Basically the GI Joe I grew up with started as borrowed nostalgia from the Cold War and WWII then I watched RAH and fell in love with both the Joes and Cobra having bizarre yet intricately inspired military uniforms, vehicles, and equipment. I liked GI Joe before liking anything else and most people that buy, read, and watch GI Joe are probably the same.
>>150495976stop hiding in the closet, fag
>>150497241Nice projection
>>150496446>>150495160Ill be completely honest, The Metal Gear franchise tells me G.I Joe could still be cool and appeal to modern audiences, even if they stuck to the 80s aesthetic if they just updated and altered it a bit.>Ninjas in modern warfare>Capeshit tier villain concepts>Giant scifi vehicles that probably wouldnt make sense in reak life>Paramilitary terrorist organizations embedded in America and internationally>Sometimes Completely retarded tacticool shit>Alongside a bunch of strange wacky concepts like ghosts, psychics, mutants, etc.And yet audiences still love it. It can work.
>>150494612There are rumors that the Street Fighter movie was a GI Joe screenplay but went through a few tweaks when for whatever reason Hasbro decided they couldn't fund it. I've researched it a little and haven't found any actual evidence of it, however GI Joe and Street Fighter were heavily tied together in the early 90s with the Street Fighter II and movie toy lines being sub-labels of the GI Joe line. And members of the production are quoted as having said they pitched the idea of the movie being like a GI Joe film to Capcom because the latter mandated that the screenplay couldn't be about a tournament.
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>>150501389You are the homo
>>150494612Lol I dunno
>>150494612>remember childrens, look out for pedos and don't let them catch you or get away with it.Geee I wonder why current year satanist slaanesh fag slop makers don't want to make a remake.Real fucking mystery, we better call Martin and his sex step sister to figure that one out.
Well, the 2000s movie was scrapped because of the Irag War, only being revived when Transformers was a hit.So...the Gulf War maybe?
>>150496712But with real world terrorists launching big attacks every few years, wouldn’t G.I.Joe be more relevant from a marketing perspective?
>>150504514Not really. People don't want to be reminded of real life.
>>150504532Well, Marvel still uses Hydra so.
>>150504163>satanist slaanesh fag slop makersSpeak in english
>>150496596Both TF and TMNT made heavy pivots from the original that old fabs disliked in the 90s and 2000s, and while some failed, the changes resonated with kids at the time even if older fans didn’t like them.GI Joe didn’t make such changes as frequently , and when when they did they just went back to 80s ARAH
>>150504532But Call of Duty is popular isn’t it?
>>150504610Not for the story content. Just so frat boys can shoot each other and swear at one another over headsets.
>>150504514>real world terroristsIsrael can make their own GI Joe show if they want. Too many "people" willing to side with "extremists" treating them as "victims" so no one can acknowledge Cobra as "The Enemy" and this is coming from someone who is a big fan of Cobra Commander.
