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G.I. Joe No Longer the Real American Hero?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the pussification-of-the-modern-male dept.

Advocate123 writes "Clearly, Hollywood has forgotten the, 'Real American Hero.' G.I. Joe originally symbolized the American WWII soldier and a great generation. Now Hollywood celebrities are going to turn him into a international multicultural coed task force with no government affiliations. Isn't anything sacred to these people?"

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  1. In other news.... by MonorailCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    President Bush has signed a $100 million appropriations bill to supply soldiers in Iraq with red lasers.

    1. Re:In other news.... by MagusSlurpy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, now, that's good news, but when is he going to send them the sharks?

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  2. Damn It! by rossz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now those bastards are turning him into a euro-pussie. They already have Ken, what more do they want?

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    1. Re:Damn It! by rossz · · Score: 3, Funny

      A greenpeace action figure would eat tofu, wear earth shoes, and run screaming like a school girl at the first sign of any real danger.

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  3. Re:Old News by the_humeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, you mean Cobra-La wasn't a real nation???

  4. Re:No... by poopdeville · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've got a bad feeling that Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay, Uwe Boll, or W.S. Anderson is going to direct. This has the potential to make Team America: World Police the world's first parody of a chronologically later film.

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  5. Grammatical error! by Bieeanda · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some random person's screechy blog is news by nerds, not news for nerds.

  6. Re:Don't these rightwing bozos understand .... by 1u3hr · · Score: 4, Funny
    Incorrect, gripping hands make him an action figure. Looks at Ken's hands then look at Joe's.

    So Joe grips Ken?

  7. And Jordan Carlos, as "Alan" by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't help but shudder at the thought of complaints from minority groups if there weren't any token blacks/Hispanics/etc. Personally, I find characters whose sole purpose is to stand up and scream "look at me, I'm not white!" to be rather annoying. That's why the black guy always dies first: they didn't want him in the first place.

    On the flipside, Lando WAS awesome, as a space pimp ought to be.
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