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G.I. Joe – NOT The French Trailer

G.I. Joe – NOT The French Trailer

Mon Dieu! ITS BACK!!!!!

We here at Cool Shite HQ have often been vocally unpleasant about the French and lets be frank (geddit? frank, french? oh forget it.) its all deserved. They are smelly. And they started it anyway! However the good folks in the marketing department of the new G.I. Joe film have decided that they are going to build some bridges that we have been running around desperately attempting to blow up and have released the first full length trailer for the new G.I. Joe film exclusively to the french!

Its got the Eiffel Tower being destroyed and a bunch of French people being scared. My guess is they were hoping to get this one out in France first so they could get all the bad feeling out of the way first. And to prove to the French that there are no hard feelings…

We Shiters recognize this for what it actually is however: a blatant ploy to win over the cheese eating surrender-monkeys before cruelly mocking them in the official american trailer.

We wait with baited breath to see what happens next. For now, look at Cobra showing off their underwater base, their big drills and the “Joe” team looking disturbingly monochromatic in their super suits of doom.

Please note this article is intended to be humorous and no real malice is directed towards the people of France. We like your cheese and Asterix and Obelix…

OK as i’m sure you’re all aware, we got our first “cease and desist” on the french one… and now thanks to Paramount we’ve got the official American release of the trailer! no more nasty subtitles to get in the way! ENJOY!

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What do you think? Is it just me or are the Joe team looking slightly outclassed by Cobra’s insane weaponry? Can you see the toyline yet? Will the Baroness please call me?

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David Quinn is a writer, artist, film-maker, performer and general all-round-nice-guy who lives and works out of Launceston, Tasmania. He's lived in Tasmania all of his life but is lucky enough to have been to the UK, France, and South Africa in his younger days. He has written short films, co-authored video games, advised on feature scripts and television shows as well as advertising campaigns. He is also a regular performer on both stage and screen. One day he will make his fortune out of all this malarkey. ONE DAY......

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5 Responses to “G.I. Joe – NOT The French Trailer”
  1. avatar Bruce Moyle says:

    It looks awesome for my money.

    May 1, 2009 at 4:00 pm
  2. avatar elvishkat says:

    Aww :(

    At least it was exciting enough for you guys to get a cease and desist. Not every day that happens :P

    May 2, 2009 at 5:50 pm
  3. avatar The Warhead Chicken says:

    Where’d the Cease and Desist come from, and why? Trying to stop someone showing an advertisement for a film seems odd.

    May 4, 2009 at 10:46 am
    • avatar Bruce Moyle says:

      I agree with you that it is odd that they pull an advertisement, but it happens all the time. I was almost considering asking the digital copyright company who sent us the cease and desist on behalf of Paramount for an interview. I thought better of it as most of it would be “I cannot comment”.

      The new international trailer has been launched, so Q will most likely post that up soon.

      May 4, 2009 at 12:17 pm
  4. avatar Romain says:

    Why is it that every time I see Dennis Quaid I intstantly think “Jaws 3d”?

    May 4, 2009 at 9:10 pm

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