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Just like.........holy shit man
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/max-landis-gi-joe-movie-at-paramount-1236516444/
Sorry fellow Joe fans our suffering continues
ThadisJones
I cancelled my Para+ subscription a while ago and made sure to tell them why.
Shiminay
Updoot for Switchblade Jay White!
SavageDrums
I'm so mad that that shithead cost me season three of Dirk Gently!
HonestCommentFarmer
Ah, good to see the Epstein class is recovering from the Me Too era.
Comboverman
I had every GI joe imaginable - we shoplifted them by the dozens from Kmart in the 80's great memories.
77thtimesthecharm
Hell Yeah
salunatics
bad movies you say?
v
77thtimesthecharm
Not that kinda bad movie unfortunately
zerogenix
he hasnt been involved in anything aside from chronicle that wasnt garbage
Clayman8
GI Joe only or is it that rumoured crossover with Transformers? Im not ashamed to admit i liked the first 2 films, however that Snake Eyes one?... oof.
locksmith9
Look, he may be a sexual abuser, but at least everything he's ever written has also been unmitigated dog crap.
Remember when he called "Bright" his "Star Wars"?
77thtimesthecharm
Unfortunately I do remember that
khora
I liked Dirk Gently
ExitThroughThePanaderia
He did a good wrestling video. I started to watch interviews of his and saw very quickly that he's a dickhead. I'm not going to pretend i'm going to not watch GI Joe because he's involved. I wasn't gonna watch it anyway. Paramount and this asshole can go fuck themselves.
GiantShortstacks
Context for the reaction: "On the backstage segment of the G1 Climax 32 day 18 after Jay White lost to Tama Tonga after beating everyone else in his block, Jay White eventually devolves into this screaming FUCK 9 times in a row"
Karma1970
Expect to see all these bigoted, pieces of shit actors that haven't worked in years because they supported Trump or said something stupid, to start making a comeback now since Paramount and other media is owned by rightwing terrorist.
iktome99
Is Kevin Sorbo playing Cobra Commander?
SirYumYum
The only good thing Max Landis has ever done was introduce the redlettermedia folks to Neil Breen.
anobviousthrowawayaccountduh
The Death and Return of Superman on youtube is a thing he made. It has my favorite Elijah Wood performance.
SirSage
I literally just rewatched that episode going back through the Best Of The Worst Playlist. I think he's one of the worst guests and annoying. But, I have bad opinions. I'm not a huge fan of Milwaukee Culkin. Not for any personal reason, he just has a particular way of talking that irks me. I'm more of a Jack, Josh, other Jack, new Josh, and Tim Higgins kinda guy. Waiting for Freddie Williams to come back, too
CrisprCAS
G.I. No thank you
DisUsernameAmsDildos
Yo no
77thtimesthecharm
G.I.'m gonna go blow my fucking brains out
wadatahmydamie
I wonder how many little kids who like these movies will be surprised to learn they’re based on a cartoon that was based on a doll for boys someday
meganical
So, Paramount supports sexual harassment it seems. Good to know
BarryTheCyborg
Paramount supports raping kids
Targe0
It's owned by one of Trumps friends, who is reshaping all their content to be supportive of Trump, why did you think they wouldn't?
QuatermainFT
paramount is way beyond that. ellison is one of trumps major supporters.
Targe0
And they are close personal friends.
And he's about to buy WB.
2graves
And CNN, and a bunch of other once good
efelliot
Is the other shitty news about Johnathan Majors?
77thtimesthecharm
No but that's also not great
/gallery/BC0wqm8
woozle
CrisprCAS
They're going to cast Jared Leto as Cobra Commander AND General Colton.
77thtimesthecharm
woozle
can they don't
CrisprCAS
If you complain they'll cast him into even more roles. Soon, all roles will be Leto!
iktome99
No shit, it's basically a propaganda network at this point, might as well have your scumbag friends make shitty movies since there are no consequences for rape and harassment for rich white men in Amerika
Rangar
Man, I'm waiting for Paramont to turn the Federation in Star Trek into the Ferengi Empire and preach the virtues of capitalism.
SOLARvsFACISM
Now that you've written that down I realize I'm surprised it hasn't already happened.
heyletsbefriends
77thtimesthecharm
He's a Nepo Baby Sex Pest
https://www.thedailybeast.com/max-landis-8-women-accuse-hollywood-filmmaker-of-emotional-and-sexual-abuse-were-not-people-to-him/
zeacorzeppelin10
Who?
77thtimesthecharm
https://www.thedailybeast.com/max-landis-8-women-accuse-hollywood-filmmaker-of-emotional-and-sexual-abuse-were-not-people-to-him/
zeacorzeppelin10
What a fucking cunt
77thtimesthecharm
.........Yeah
zeacorzeppelin10
He seems to have been in a bunch of back-to-back box office bombs though.
azazyel
I did like Dirk Gently
v but he is a shit stain
ExitThroughThePanaderia
His Wrestling video was great. Then I started to watch interviews with him and he seems like an insufferable pretentious rich kid. The apple fell very far from the tree. According to him his parents sent him away to school. I think that's probably why he's a shit stain. If your parents aren't around to knock you on the head when you're being a dick, then you are fucked.
Karma1970
I really liked and hated that show at the same time. The main actor that played Dirk Gently I found to be completely insufferable and annoying every time he opened his mouth to speak. I'm sure he is a nice person but the character I absolutely hated. However, I loved every other character. The woman that played the killer Bart , with her random chaos energy was my favorite.
marsilies
I just looked up the actress that played Bart, it's Fiona Dourif, she's on The Pitt now.
SayonaraSally
I thought Chronicle was good too. He does seem to have done awful things by the accusations, but he also does seem pretty talented.
dendiverdown
Is that guy working instead at Disney? Those ears!
Jewdakris
Chef's kiss for King Switch usage. 👆
Targe0
77thtimesthecharm
A Nepo-Baby Sex Pest
https://www.thedailybeast.com/max-landis-8-women-accuse-hollywood-filmmaker-of-emotional-and-sexual-abuse-were-not-people-to-him/
noonehasthisoneyet
He’s a big rapist. It’s crazy how the trump era is making that ok now. What dumpster fire are we living in?
ShadeMeadowsArt
Excited for the movie, but not for this guy
dontrike
Every time they try a GI Joe movie it's worse than the last. I don't know why Hasbro keeps trying.
77thtimesthecharm
To each their own
not trying something just because other failed at it is how a loser thinks but that's just my opinion
dontrike
That's one weird thing to take away what I said.
77thtimesthecharm
"All of the other films failed why keep trying?"
No it's completely reasonable actually there were two failed attempts at making Captain America work on screen before someone got it right
There were 4 failed attempts at making the Fantastic Four work on screen before someone got it right
Do you have any idea know how many attempts there were a flight before we pulled it off ????
dontrike
Difference with the Captain America thing is that whole decades passed between them, and one particular movie had a Captain American that acted nothing like the character.
Hasbro just puts out a GI Joe movie every 8 years or so to use the license and nothing more. They don't "try" to make a movie, they just crap one out in the hopes something comes from it, which it never does, because they don't give a shit.
77thtimesthecharm
Paramount not hasbro
Sorrontis
who?
77thtimesthecharm
Neop-Baby Sex Pest
khora
He wrote the excellent Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency series on Netflix.
Yogsothott
That, Bright and being a serial abuser who bragged about giving a woman an eating disorder is what he's known for. Can't wait for this to flop.
bippityboppitybuttsex
He sexually assaulted eight women and the people who destroyed CBS and are about to destroy CNN and HBO are ok with that.
77thtimesthecharm
https://www.thedailybeast.com/max-landis-8-women-accuse-hollywood-filmmaker-of-emotional-and-sexual-abuse-were-not-people-to-him/
ClutterMonkey
Nepo baby. John Landis’ son. Trading Places, Animal House, Coming to America, The Blues Brothers.
wadatahmydamie
Oh god, he directed Bright. That was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen, and I’ve watched Ben Affleck movies
smashpro1
And that Death and Return of Superman video on YouTube.
Redshadow09
Same. First time ever hearing him
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
One of Hollywood's many serial sexual abusers.
suiseiseki
Fun fact: His dad murdered children on a film set, as well as an adult while breaking just about every regulation and basically ordering a helicopter to closely pursue them while nearby pyrotechnics fired off. The heat caused the chopper blades melt, resulting in two decapitations and a crushed child. They were not supposed to even be on set. John Landis wasn't exactly apologetic and we see the end result of that with Max Landis.
SprinklesMckitten
Nicest thing Chevy Chase ever did was s*** talk Landis over the radio during the three Amigo filming.
him, short, and martin were looking over a cliff and landis heard chase crack a joke about life insurance
77thtimesthecharm
The Famous Twilight Zone incident
suiseiseki
Footage of it is easy to find and is as gruesome as one would imagine. As someone in film I make sure to watch that once a year or so just to remind myself the burden of responsibility I bear for anything that goes awry. The buck stops with me and if I don't take steps to keep people safe then I might as well have killed them myself.
loma45
Good for you for not looking away. I'm against people watching horrific real life things for their own satisfaction, but as a constant reminder to stay diligent I think it's a noble move. Keep on being a good human.
JustLettingPeopleBeWrong
This is the sort of shit that made me trade in being a 1AD for DoP. I only had to think about lights and lenses an' shit.
77thtimesthecharm
Wow I never really considered there might be like available footage.... it makes sense but for whatever reason it's just something I never considered
suiseiseki
The quality isn't ideal but it's still quite clear. Be emotionally prepared before watching though. I mean it.
insanitypurge
I grew up watching GJ Joe and loved it as a kid, but realized at some point it’s just military propaganda to get kids hyped for war. Some things are better left in the 80s.
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
Like he-man, it was about selling toys.
080080
it was like 5% what you're saying and 95% selling action figures and playsets.
Clayman8
Counter argument though:
mabelbagel
…go on..
horsetuna
I was thinking about how Rescue Heroes... Are American, have code names, and distinct looks. Essentially non military GI joe
ilovebigmutts
Like star wars.
FallenJester
And now we know.
But knowing is half the battle.
randomwalrus
Wanton violence is the other half... but try not to dwell on it, the VA's been defunded, your PTSD will go untreated.
MyDogsNameIsSally
And the other half is extreme violence!! G.I. Joe!!!
Blud4BludGod
Pork chop sandwiches!?
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
During the 70's, due to the Vietnam War, GI Joe was no longer a soldier, and became an adventurer who grew a beard instead.
JustUsLeagueUnlimited
There have been some decent comic book adaptations. I remember one told the story from the side of Cobra. One section told the story of a Cobra grunt. convinced they were the good guys. Always wished a film would sack up & tell a story like that. Like that's how some ICE agents view themselves. They want to be GI Joe but they were told they failed the psych eval. But heres another team you can join...
They could also do what barbie did & flip the script. Make it a detailed criticism of GI Joe
swofromtherock
It was actually just a loophole to advertise toys to children. The toys were also military propaganda.
unluckyandbored
That was every 80s cartoon. They were all rou commercials
RatsLiveOnNoEvilStar
Notice how all those shows had them fight with lasers and not normal guns. It’s all loopholes.
baals
He man specifically too. Disappointed when I found out but still loved it as a kid
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Like He-Man...and mlp
ontarioOT
PineappleLoopsBroether
This thread has been that mouse gift meme but in text form.
lysani
A ton of 80's and 90's cartoons existed solely to sell toys. Transformers was one of them.
qtRaven
And? A lot of them were still good.
ConspiratorM
M.A.S.K., He-Man, and so many others. G.I. Joe was the worst. Every year a whole new batch of Joes would be introduced, and yet in the comics and cartoons only a few would go on to do anything. Hell even the first batch of Joes had very few characters that did much. Flash, Short Fuse, Zap, Grand Slam and some others made at most an appearance or two and were never seen again.
imreallyjusthereforthecats
BHPaperstacks
Ah yes, who could forget classic leather daddy GI Joe.
imreallyjusthereforthecats
Or Mr Bodymassagemachine
CrisprCAS
Pork chop sandwiches!
sunyudai
... I can get one at the little hole in the wall BBQ down the street.
Are those associated with the 80s?
Am I missing something?
CrisprCAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BDM1oBRJ8
sunyudai
I see.
Thank you.
JerBearington
Nice catch, blanco niño. But too bad your ass got saaaaaacked
77thtimesthecharm
Frozen Fudgees !!
Dysfunkshunill
Who wants a body massage?!
Sticklebrickk
Mmmhmmm boy massage machine GO
HedonismBot3000
Fuck, we're all dead. Get the fuck out.
CrisprCAS
Last one there's a penis pump!
HedonismBot3000
You didn't steal anything out of our tent, did ya?
insanitypurge
Stop all the downloadin
CrisprCAS
Give him the stick. Don't give him the stick!
HedonismBot3000
Get that kid off my ice, you little wankers.
CrisprCAS
Body massage!
MostAwesomeDan
You little wankers get off my ice!
timewizardtreats
Do you know my dad ?
CrisprCAS
Too bad your ass got saaaaaaaaaaacked
firehawkcultist
Hey kid, Ima computer
77thtimesthecharm
Everything in a neo-liberal capitalist society is fundamentally propaganda
Like if you think G.I. Joe is propaganda (it is) but fucking MCU isn't oh boy do I have fun fact to tell you
AnythingMuchShorter
Even the stuff that pretends to go against the system and support rebellion is often a masturbatory pretense of rebellion that amounts to nothing more than watching things and buying stuff.
RedLanternGrodd
I want to know the fun fact about the MCU
ejw909
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/LpitmEnaYeU
ThanosDei
There is actually a super soldier program. However, the serum will turn you into Peggy Carter regardless of your gender.
evilgriff
WarlockSniper
Well, some of the MCU was already said. However, I will go one further. And note, i adore superheroes. They're cool, awesome and heroic. Often selfless, and altruistic. HOWEVER!
Superheroes are very often portrayed as upholders of the status quo. There are exceptions, naturally (like the X-Men!). But, look at it. They often work with law enforcement, cops tend to be good guys. When there is a big conflict, the heroes trying to keep things as is are generally portrayed as the ones in the right 1/
WarlockSniper
or otherwise when they try to put in big surveillance because other heroes are "too powerful and dangerous" are shown to be right. Good examples would be Tony Stark (Civil War) and Batman (his contingency plans vs the League for example). While the verdict on Stark is still out on "was he right" (he really wasn't), Bats is always shown to be "right" in this.
Ultimately, it's a writer thing, yes. But often, superhero stories are glorified cop propaganda, and only a few heroes properly show the 2/
WarlockSniper
problems with this (IRONICALLY, one of them is Batman, considering he is often written as a fascism dream. Thanks for nothing, Frank Miller. Fuck you.) Then we have Spidey, who should be an ideal "vigilante", and yet in a lot of Spidey media, he works closely together with cops and cops are the good guys. The Punisher has it right in this aspect, and I don't even like The Punisher all that much. And let's not even go to the Thanos arc in the MCU where things literally would have been better 3/
77thtimesthecharm
They have unprecedented access to US Military in was that few film studios are allowed to have at the low low price of never criticizing the US government\ Military
They literally have to run every script they write past the Military for approval
Badprenup
That's not exactly new or uncommon, the military has been providing information and/or resources for movies, TV, and games in return for some creative control over scripts for decades
77thtimesthecharm
https://youtu.be/29NWWFowxh0?si=X_u-aNFn_0Vj_BeL
NaughtButOne
There's... Literally an entire movie dedicated to a United States military organization being run by authoritarian, corrupt power-mongers who want to launch a global police state by assassinating dissidents. This same organization willfully launched a nuclear strike against New York City just a few movies prior.
I'm not saying they aren't propaganda and glorifying of military overall, but saying "they must never criticize the US government/military" is a bit much.
PolterGhost
Well yeah, they were from a neo-nazi organization founded by original third reichers, we would absolutely never have anyone like that in our government. Could you imagine if the US was run by those kind of people, who want a police-controlled ethnostate where free thought is a crime and the rich and powerful with endless resources are the only ones that have any ability to change anything?