JOES AND COBRAS REVEALED

the G.I.JOE Movie marketing-machine is on full-crank hype-mode with exclusive reveals peppered throughout the www on powerhouse web-locales (whom I one day hope to be one of, as naively ignoramy as i may sound - do feel free to laugh) featuring General Hawk, Duke, Ripcord, Heavy Duty, Breaker, Destro, Baroness and Storm Shadow! in addition to the previous Scarlett and Snake-Eyes reveals, looks like tis gonna be an interesting (if not uniformly bland) movie to come, IMHO ... peep-on for cropped images with links to original image source:


[ Dennis Quaid as GENERAL HAWK on Collider.com ]

[ Channing Tatum as DUKE on MTV.com]

[ Marlon Wayans as RIPCORD on CHUD.com ]


[ Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as HEAVY DUTY on Comingsoon.net ]


[ Saïd Taghmaoui as BREAKER on DarkHorizons.com ]


[ Christopher Eccleston as DESTRO on IESB.net ]


[ Byung-hun Lee as STORM SHADOW on LatinoReview.com ]


[ Sienna Miller as The BARONESS on IGN.com ]
Currently missing from the image line-up are Joseph Gordon-Levitt as COBRA COMMANDER and Arnold Vosloo as ZARTAN. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the G.I.JOE Movie is slated for a debut on August 7th, 2009 - more than a year away!

Personally, one of the key-aspects of G.I.Joe comicbooks I used to enjoy - besides the characters themselves - was the sheer diversity of their uniforms! Each and every member had their own distinct-look, while still maintaining a quasi-military dress-code (DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes pops into mind - individualistic, but each recognizable as Legion-gear, IMHO) - and with that notion in me wee mind and opinion, the COBRA-faction (which includes Destro, Baroness and Strom Shadow - Cobra Commander is missing from the line-up and will continue to be so, I reckon) would be visually "interesting" (does not necessarily equate "well designed"), while the JOES' uniformity in battle-gear - tho cool - is also in danger of being pretty blah - the stylish amongst them is General Hawk! LOL (there's also Cover Girl - last seen in grey urban-camo *cough*) and suddenly I'm worried about not being able to identify them as they run thru the darkness, innit? What with them decked out in black+dark-gear, innit? ... But I'm sure the filmmakers have that well in hand (*crosses-fingers*).

Who Is Duke?

"DUKE is the code name of First Sergeant Conrad S. Hauser. He is field commander and second-in-command of the G.I. Joe Team after Hawk. He is one of the key characters of G.I. Joe and a fan-favorite.

His file states that he hails from St. Louis, Missouri and is fluent in English, French and German, as well as several Southeast Asian dialects. He was at the top of his class at Fort Benning, has undergone Special Forces training and worked with South Vietnamese Tribesmen. He was also an instructor in four different Special Forces schools. Despite his accomplishments, he has repeatedly turned down any officer commissions offered to him. He believes a commander's place is with his troops, not behind the battle lines." [wiki]

in the live-action movie, Channing Tatum plays First Sergeant Conrad S. Hauser / Duke: The lead soldier. Mark Wahlberg was first considered for this role.

[more images of Ripcord on FIgures.com]

Who Is Ripcord?

in comics-lore, RIPCORD was a HALO Jumper (High Altitude Low Opening) [via] and in the GI Joe movie, "Wallace A. Weems" is played by Marlon Wayans as "the leaders of a military unit" and is a buddy to DUKE.

[more images of Ripcord on FIgures.com]

Who Is General Hawk?

"HAWK is the code name of Major General Clayton M. Abernathy. He is the commander of the G.I. Joe Team. Born in Denver, Colorado, he comes from a wealthy family whose influence enabled him to enroll in West Point where he graduated at the top of his class. He was even able to gain experience in the battlefield in several trouble spots. One description of him is that he is "keenly intelligent and perceptive and quite capable of totally selfless acts in support of his team-mates. An excellent leader!"

Hawk is the original field commander of the G.I. Joe Team. Gen. Lawrence J. Flagg was the original commanding officer for the team's first few years. Hawk, who was a Colonel then, was responsible for recruiting most of the roster that made up the first Joe Team. He quickly gains their respect by personally leading missions and engaging the enemy head on.

After the death of Flagg, Hawk succeeds him as the commander. Operations at the Pit (the Joes' headquarters) kept him busy and he had to relegate field command to a new character, Duke. Eventually, Hawk is promoted to general and took full command. He was commanding officer of the G.I. Joe team beginning with the invasion of the Cobra-controlled town of Springfield." [wiki]

Dennis Quaid plays General Clayton M. Abernathy / Hawk: The team leader. Quaid described Hawk as "a cross between Chuck Yeager and Sgt. Rock and maybe a naïve Hugh Hefner". He filmed all his scenes within the first two months of production, and is signed on for two sequels. [wiki]

[more images of Hawk on Figures.com]

Who Is Cover Girl?

"COVER GIRL is a tank jockey, specializing in the Wolverine missile tank, and a respected mechanic. (Specialty - Armored Vehicle Expert)

Prior to joining G.I. Joe, Cover Girl was a highly successful fashion model from Peoria, Illinois who graced the covers of countless magazines, but she found the world of modeling unfulfilling and joined the army to seek out new challenges in life. She felt very driven to master distinctly unfeminine traits in order to prove that she was not just a pretty face.

Her beauty made her something of a fantasy object among many Joes, most notably Shipwreck and Clutch. Although she manages a playful flirtation with Shipwreck, Cover Girl was repulsed by Clutch's blatantly chauvinistic personality, and she continually rejected his advances, only to be confounded at how good a team they made in the heat of battle." [wiki]

Courtney A. Kreiger / Cover Girl is played by Karolína Kurková - and in the G.I.Joe Movie, she is General Hawk's aide-de-camp.

[more images of Cover Girl on Figures.com / Karolina on IESB.net]

G.I. Joe Movie Logo

Slashfilm featured the "official" G.I.Joe movie logo a while back in Feb, along with a plot synopsis:

“From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite co-ed GI JOE team, based from it’s headquarters The Pit, deploys the latest in next-gen spy and military equipment to fight crooked arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious COBRA organization from plunging the world into chaos.”

whereas this is the plot outline from IMDB:

"An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer."

Bootlegged Battle-Joe by TOYSREVIL

and while im hesitant to post the "original" leaked image of the G.I. JOE movie movie Battle Armor sculpt-tests that came together with Scarlett O'Hara's (to not spoil any surprises - but you can peep them here instead) - not that im anywhere near the level or popularity of all other online-powerhouses (hence beneath the notice and attention of Paramount Pictures to seek removal of aforementioned leaked-pics) but perhaps i could offer a bootlegged-image instead? of what it may look like - within the battlefields of thy hallowed mindscape, yeh? - so "technically", this really isn't the actual "leaked-image", innit? *cough*

*Disclaimer: The image and design/color-treatment shown is in no way the final design from the movie and is my own intepretation*

all im saying is, this could be the workings+beginnings of a fab-designed line of toys to come, action figures or 1/6th-scale, IMHO ... gotta lurve the Stormtrooper-ish armor tho! dab on a tinge of urban-camo? BRING THAT SOLDIER A WEAPON NOW, STAT!

heh.

[first posted on TRE April 17th]