A Real American Wuss-Out

Hey guys! Guess what? G.I. JOE is a creation of teh military-industrial complex of The Great Satan, and your childhood was probably just asking to be raped.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33955

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.

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The word is that in the current political climate, they're afraid that a heroic U.S. soldier won't fly.

If you're going to do "G.I. JOE," you go ahead and you do G.I. fucking JOE, not "U.N. Peacekeeping Super-Buddies." Batman Begins didn't change Batman into a social worker handing out bread to "less fortunate" criminals, and guess what? Hey, it was actually successful! Do justice to the property, and it'll be a good movie. If you're uncomfortable with the idea of an "American Hero," go procure the rights to "Captain Planet" and leave G.I. JOE alone.