I Will Definitely Not Be Going To See The New "G.I. J.O.E." Movie

I pray to God that no one in the United States goes to see this movie either. I had heard they were changing "G.I. Joe", but had not heard many of the details. Until now. The "Real American Hero" has been turned into a "Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity" based out of Brussels, Belgium.

The show biz newspaper Variety reports: "G.I. Joe is now a Brussels-based outfit that stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, an international co-ed force of operatives who use hi-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil organization headed by a double-crossing Scottish arms dealer." Well, thank goodness the villain -- no need to offend anyone by making our villains Arabs, Muslims, or foreign dictators of any stripe these days, though apparently Presbyterians who talk like Scottie on "Star Trek" are still OK -- is a double-crossing arms dealer. Otherwise one might be tempted to conclude the geniuses at Paramount believe arms dealing itself is evil. [...] According to reports in Variety and the aforementioned IGN, the producers explain international marketing would simply prove too difficult for a summer, 2009 film about a heroic U.S. soldier. Thus the need to "eliminate Joe's connection to the U.S. military."

G.I. Joe was not just a toy. It was based on real person who was a real hero whose wishes that G.I. Joe remain a Marine is being stomped on.