Joealong for the ride.
Created by Stanley Weston and Donald Levine in 1964,G.I.
Despite its persistence, one area where it hasnt had much luck is in the movies.
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After four animated films that ran from the late 80s to the early 2000s, Hasbro pivoted to live-action.
The first live-action flick wasG.I.
Joe: The Rise of Cobra,which released August 7, 2009.
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It is… kind of a lot.
(Thankfully, it lacks any similarly weird digressions that linger in your mind years later.)
Released in 2013,G.I.
I rewatched the threeG.I.
But if Transformers and the Turtles stole its thunder, the MCU practically robbed G.I.
WithAgentsstaking a claim on the weird end of G.I.
Snake Eyeswas a box office bomb in 2021, and that Paramount is going full steam ahead on thisTransformers/G.I.
Joecrossoversays it knows the Joes just dont have it as a film franchise.
Perhaps they never truly did, since not everything has the chops to be a franchise.
If that doesnt work, and all else fails… well, theres always animation.
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