Important elements for a successful GI Joe movie

With the success of the Transformers movie, that’s doubtless what’s led to a possible .* And if there is to be one, then here’s what’s needed for it to work:

• It should be set in modern times.
• The main adversary should be Cobra. They’re the most recognizable and formidable nemeses of GI Joe for many years now.
• Cobra should be portrayed as the terrorist gang of conquestors they are.
• The filmmakers should not stray from the subject of terrorism under any circumstances, and should deal with it as meat-and-potatoes as a semi-sci-fi concept like this can.
• They should make sure to include Cobra’s self-named battle call, because for them, it reflects their own terrorist unification perfectly.
• They should likewise make sure to include GI Joe’s own battle call, “YO JOE!”
• There should be plenty of advanced weaponry on hand to see, for both sides.
• If Scarlett’s in the movie, she should be portrayed as a convincing butt-kicker. I’ve noticed how a few movies based on comics and other surrealistic items (the Daredevil movie, for example?) seem to have contempt for karate chicks and the filmmakers tend to water down their talents considerably. That should not be the case here.

If the filmmakers working on this fulfill all these important details, then we may get a perfect GI Joe movie that doesn’t stray from effective storytelling. And if we do, then all Joe fans can say…

* And GI Joe has even more roots in comics than it seems, since the earliest template for the Joes was in a comic strip by David Breger for Stars and Stripes first published in 1942.