John Miller on MSNBC. Neo-con asshole railing against the GI Joe movie. Not American enough.

[LLStarks]

Hah!

And Donny Deutsch (my mom slept with him in college btw) called him ignorant.

[Blue_Tires]

1. lol at that!

like Transformers and so many other fun 80s cartoons I grew up on, all it ever was in the end was a marketing medium to sell toys and other merchandise...

[hlthe2b]

2. He made his name off of his Osama Bin Laden interview...

but went off the cliff after 911. I'm not surprised...

[Armchair QB]

3. GI Joe is an American Icon

of course, who knows what his opinion of "American" really is

[WCGreen]

5. I got a GI Joe for Christmas in 1964...

SeaBee Joe...

[Armchair QB]

8. I got a GI Joe knock off in 1974

Action Dan or something the other.
Everyone had a kung fu grip, I had the command winnebego.

It was Big Jim and Big Jeff.
http://fads.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Jim

[WCGreen]

10. The ambiguosly gay dou...

[Armchair QB]

14. There was nothing ambiguous about it

2 guys, flannel shirts and a winnebego, come onnnnn

[Romulox]

4. Notice he didn't say "Not insipid enough!"? nt

[MattBaggins]

6. Why do you know who your Mom slept with?

[tomreedtoon]

7. Not American enough? It's full of stupid action heroes!`

The film is way over budget. It has pointless explosions, meaningless battles, nothing ever decisively won, evil remains to fight another day...it's EXACTLY what the American military has been doing the last thirty years!

[blogslut]

9. His bullshit claim about anti-war movies being unsuccessful is what irked me

Granted, the current spate of anti-Iraq war films have had limited success but I attribute that to the fact that the Iraq war is on-going. On the other hand, anti-war films made after the fact have been very successful:

Platoon
DOMESTIC GROSS - $138,530,565

Apocalypse Now
DOMESTIC GROSS - $78,784,010

Born on the Fourth of July
DOMESTIC GROSS - $70,001,698

The Deer Hunter:
DOMESTIC GROSS - $48,979,328

Full Metal Jacket
DOMESTIC GROSS - $46,357,676

Coming Home
DOMESTIC GROSS - USA $32,653,905

[Johonny]

12. I think many critics point out

it's very hard to make an war movie that is anti-war. Even anti-war movies tend to glorify war. It's a very hard to film a war movie and not make it seem glorious.

[Johonny]

11. No Roadblock:(

my fav character written out of movie.

[BuyingThyme]

13. Not another "my mom slept with" thread...

:argh: