Help me out. What was the name of the G.I. Joe character from the 80’s, who wore a white ski suit and had a bushy red beard? He came with a pair of snow skis and, maybe, an Uzi? I spent a moment or two digging online, but then I got distracted by other stuff, and figured I’d just ask you P-Dubbers for help instead. So who was that guy?
Been thinking about him because he was my favorite G.I. character ever since that day, like, 23 years ago (or whenever it was) when my grandma took me to ShopKo one afternoon and bought me his action figure. And I hope he gets to be in the upcoming G.I. Joe movie. The project hit the fast track today, with the news that Stephen Sommers (of The Mummy movies fame) will be directing. What do you think — is it gonna be bigger than Transformers? Will Owen Wilson get to play Duke? How about Amy Adams as Scarlett? Maybe Tracy Morgan as Roadblock, for that note of levity? And whatever that red-bearded guy was called, how about Seth Rogen plays him? Just kidding. Better I should just ask: who would you like to cast in the G.I. Joe movie?
And before we go: speaking of, like, 23 years ago, how about this Dallas movie with John Travolta? Now’s it’s a Betty Thomas comedy? What the heck?
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Blizzard. From GI Joe website:
http://joes.propadeutic.com/1988.html#Figures
It was Snow Job. The guy you posted came much later and obviously doesn’t have a beard. He was also spoofed in a classic Robot Chicken sketch.
It was Snow Job alright.
http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/snowjob.shtml
G.I. Joe had an awful lot of snow troopers: Snow Job, Iceberg, Blizzard, Frostbite, Windchill, Cold Front, Sub-Zero…
Owen Wilson may not be stable enough for a job right now…..
Put Matt Damon rippled body as the head of GI Joe… and Janice Dickenson as Cobra Commander
Just as long as Scarlett isn’t played by Jessica Beil, Jessica Alba, or Jennifer Garner, I’ll be happy!
The best pick would have to be Daniel Craig. Let’s make sure the movie includes a shower scene with full frontal when all the G.I Joes take a shower together.
I think they should go with a younger cast – think a more comic like Jarhead, and cast Channing Tatum as Duke and Scarlett Johansson as Scarlett. Or, maybe Anne Hathaway.
Check out this website for an astonishing and slightly disturbing thorough background on GI Joe and every single character:
http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/carchive.html
If it’s directed by Stephen Sommers, it will suck…look at the mans track record – The Mummy, The Mummy 2, Van Helsing.
oh my god Ed I love your shower scene idea. Let’s turn GI Joe into the gayess movie ever!
George Clooney as Hawk! Johnny Depp as Cobra Commander! Clive Owen as Destro! Johnny Lee Miller as Major Bludd. Famke Janssen as Scarlett. Simon Baker as Snake Eyes. Kiefer Sutherland as Duke. Cate Blanchett as the Baroness. Taye Diggs as Stalker. I’ve been secretly casting this in my mind for years.
This guy should definitely play Snake Eyes.
http://www.neoengel.com
Cole and Dylan Sprouse as those two twin guys where when one got hurt, the other one felt it! Ha ha.
Tomax and Xamot! That’s their names.
Based on that photo, I’d probably have to go with, from left, Alicia Witt, Neal McDonough and the guy Indiana Jones fights near that rotating plane in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Seriously though…Neal McDonough would be good.
Yeah I agree hearing the Sommers is involved at such a high level does not instill me with hope… Did anyone think Van Helsing was good? It wasn’t even so-bad-it’s-good bad. And I dig Brendan Fraser, but if the guy made one more “damn mummies” one liner I was gonna have to shoot him myself. Please don’t rape my childhood Mr. Sommers.
Who cares about GI Joe. Where’s the Rock of Love recap?
I think Owen Wilson would be a good Dusty. I somehow see Bruce Willis as Duke and Michael Clarke Duncan as Roadblock.
For a huge depository of useless GI Joe knowledge, go to yojoe.com a ton of pictures and other GI Joe stuff.
Terry Crews as Roadblock. Mark Walberg as Flint. Jackie Chan as Quickkick. I can think of more later
Yep – that was Snow Job. He joined the team in issue #11 of the comic, along with Doc, Gung-ho, Airborne, and Wild Bill.
Now if I could only remember my kids’ birthdays…
If this was being made 20 years ago Lou Gosset Jr would have been great as Roadblock. Also either Angelina or Famke Jannsen as Baroness. I like the Depp as Cobra Comander suggestion.
Well your all forgetting the classic ninja battles between Snake-eyes and Storm Shadow. Crispen Glover as Snake-eyes (since he seems fairly wirey) And the guy who plays the new Chairman in Iron Chef America as Storm Shadow.
I am so excited about this movie. GI Joe was ever my favorite cartoon (not a comics gal, but I was addicted to toons after school). Snake Eyes was always my favorite, but when Boomerang reran Joe a couple of years back (and I still sniffle that they stopped), I was struck by the incendiary chemistry between Duke and the Baroness. Romeo and Juliet for the modern age? I think so.
I nominate Elle Fanning and Spencer Breslin for the kids at the end who learn that playing in abandoned refrigerators is a bad idea.
Because knowing is half the battle!
i’d pick ving rhames for roadblock. tracy morgan, seriously? no wilson brothers, no!! scarlett johannsen should be scarlett. as far as it being a hit, only if it’s good. i like janice dickinson for the baroness though. johnny depp as cobra commander is genius.
I’ve always thought Kiefer Sutherland would be a great Duke, but Neal McDonough is a good call.
Mark Wahlberg as Flint is good, as is Famke Janssen for the Baroness.
Maybe get Jason Statham and Timothy Olyphant roles too.
The movie will be treated as fairly as any other large, big-budgeted popcorn seat-filler (take that as you will), but hopefully the script will be true to the core of the series and its characters. Fans of JOE are mostly the same as TRANSFORMERS and in the wake of the TF movie’s success, this project is now alive and kicking.
FYI: As stated, the red-bearded character in the snowsuit is Snow Job. He was originally voiced by ROB PAULSEN, who also voiced Pinky from “Pinky and the Brain”, Raphael from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, and is currently heard in tv commercials as “Mr. Opportunity”.
Laurence Fishburne – Destro
Hugo Weaving – Cobra Commander
Jolene Blalock – The Baroness
Arron Eckhart – Duke
Jennifer Garner – Scarlett
Channing Tatum – Dusty
Duke – Viggo Mortensen
Snake Eyes – Jason Scott Lee (is he around?)
Road Block – Tiny Lister
Scarlett – Amy Adams
Flint – Brandon Routh
Gung-Ho – The Rock
Bad guys
Cobra Commander – Depp would be inspired
Destro – Clive Owen
Baroness – Monica Bellucci
Storm Shadow – Andy Leung
Zartan – Patrick Wilson
Major Bludd – Vinnie Jones