I hear that they’re making a GI Joe movie and I get excited.  What guy that grew up watching GI Joe cartoons wouldn’t get excited?  GI Joe was a very important part of my childhood.  I mean where else would I have learned that knowing is half the battle.

Sadly, my excitement waned significantly when I saw one of the trailers for the movie.  While this looks like it could be a pretty cool action movie in and of itself, its the furthest thing from GI Joe.  It looks like the same thing that happened with Miami Vice.  Though I never saw it, I heard it had nothing of the flavor of the original show.

This movie will probably make money based on the name, which I think its an absolute crime.  If you’re going to make a movie based on GI Joe, make it about GI Joe.  Don’t fool people by trading on a name, but having none of the real “real american hero” stuff there.