G.I. Joe to Become Global Task Force in Movie
I'm very interested to see what the SWC community thinks of this. Me and several of my colleagues (who all grew up with the '80s cartoon, comics and action figures) are in abject shock over it.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296054,00.html
A snippet--
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No longer will G.I. Joe be a U.S. Special Forces soldier, the "Real American Hero" who, in his glory days, single-handedly won World War II.
In the politically correct new millennium, G.I. Joe bears no resemblance to the original.
Paramount has confirmed that in the movie, the name G.I. Joe will become an acronym for "Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity" — an international, coed task force charged with defeating bad guys. It will no longer stand for government issued, as in issued by the American government.
Barbie Liberation Organization
...all of which reminds me of my favourite agitprop ever:
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- When 7-year-old Zachariah Zelin ripped
off the Christmas wrapping, he squealed with delight. Santa
brought the talking G.I. Joe doll he wanted. Problem was,
Joe talked like Barbie.
His doll stands at the ready in its Army fatigues,
machine gun and hand grenades at its side. But it says
things like, "Want to go shopping?"
The BLO has claimed responsibility. That's Barbie
Liberation Organization. Made up of more than 50 concerned
parents, feminists and other activists, the BLO claims to
have surreptitiously switched the voice boxes on 300 G.I.
Joe and Barbie dolls across the United States this holiday
season.
...
Among the messages the tampered G.I. Joe utters are,
"I love school. Don't you?" and "Let's sing with the band
tonight."
In a deep voice, the altered Barbie says, among other
things, "Dead men tell no lies."
(original 1993 AP report here)
I had 8 of the Originals...
... and the Rat Patrol Jeep!
That is what you call combined / joint ops
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Originally Posted by
slapout9
An Aussie, a Brit and two Yanks in two jeeps (111th Armor Recon, attached to the Long Range Desert Group) that kept Rommel's Afrika Korps pinned down for two seasons. Yea baby...
Who is going to be the token American?
This is insane who came up with this idea? How dare they hijack GI Joe. I can't wait for the first episode when this preppy, purky brunette (who will probably have big #### and be angry you notice them) in sexy cut fatigues is going to come out and explain that they don't use guns because they are BAD, and that they are going to use psychology and the ideals of femenists idealogy to solve the worlds conflicts. Plus, we need to understand the Taliban and their desire to stone women for not wearing proper attire is OK because all ideologies are equal. What is the world coming too.
The brunette will eventually become a hot topic for web bloggers who, unlike those who are posting on this site right now, never left their mothers house and are arguing what her orientation is and watching reruns.
They will bring the Kung Fu grip back. The toys will be made in CHINA. With period correct classic lead based paints I might add.
Also, is that AP thing real? I gotta know.
Who is going to be the token American?
The previous posting was not intended to offend anyone. It was written to avoid brain burst.