Hello League, something was brought to my attention
last week. If you have been following news
about movies as closely as I have not you would then notice that the release date
for G.I. Joe: Retaliation has changed dramatically. We are talking about March 2013. The producers are all about money and this
move is no different. Apparently
Channing Tatum’s (who played Duke in the 1st movie) fame has
skyrocketed in recent months. Well the
producers were looking to cut him out in the second installment in hopes of
distancing themselves from the movie.
Now they see dollar signs and they want him to be in it more. So the movie is off to the editing room.
If you allow me to stand on my soapbox and reminisce
for a minute, I loved G.I. Joe growing up.
I even had a G.I. Joe themed birthday party. Although the cartoon series was on for like
two years, the toys provided years of imagination to unfold. It was action packed and really easy to
follow. This seems like it would lend
itself to a pretty good action flick.
Think about it, you don’t have 50 years of story lines to follow and
whenever you needed something, you just created a new character. That’s all the cartoon series did and it
worked.
Hollywood doesn’t grasp this concept. In the first installment they changed
characters, made everyone related and introduced a love triangle, what? In the second installment, they killed off
most of the Joes, brought in the original Joe (what), and continue to butcher a
simple plot line. Furthermore they made
them look like every other elite fighting force. Disgust doesn’t even begin to define it.
So getting back on topic, I would like you to voice
your opinion on the following matter.
(You can to the above if you like as well but definitely to the
following.) A couple of league members have drafted G.I. Joe and this release
date change puts them in a bind. There
are several actions that I could take. Would
like to hear your thoughts!
OPTION #1:
Simply do nothing. This is
definitely the easiest for me, but it pretty much eliminates them for this
season. I would like it to remain
competitive for all.
OPTION #2:
Count only 9 movies from each member and let everyone drop their
lowest. This might be used in the future
seasons to prevent this from happening. Also for the record, I am making a big deal
about this. These are ‘Blockbusters’ and
can completely take someone out of the running.
For ‘The Rest’, you are up a creek, lol.
A particular creek that you don’t want to be on.
OPTION #3:
Let them pick another movie.
However, this could be bad or good.
Bad if the movie they wanted to change has already been released. Good they are privy to information that was
not available in April. This brings us
to ….
OPTION #4:
Let everyone exchange a movie if they so desire. This is kind of like the injury rule in
Ultimate Frisbee. Personally I think option
3 & 4 are changing the game a bit.
OPTION #5:
Use the laws of averages. Simply
total up the box office receipts and average it by how many movies opened. Foreseeable problem, those who pick dudes are
penalized worse than those who have movies that don’t even open. I want everyone to have a chance of winning,
but you shouldn’t benefit from a movie not opening.
I like option 2 the best, but let me know what you
think.
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