WT Forums

The popular all-American comic-book military man and action figure dating back to the 1940s is undergoing a significant transformation for the Paramount Pictures-distributed \"G.I. Joe\" film, which begins production in February and is scheduled for release in summer 2009.

No longer will G.I. Joe be a U.S. Special Forces soldier, the \"Real American Hero\" who, in his glory days, single-handedly won World War II.

In the politically correct new millennium, G.I. Joe bears no resemblance to the original.

Paramount has confirmed that in the movie, the name G.I. Joe will become an acronym for \"Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity\" — an international, coed task force charged with defeating bad guys. It will no longer stand for government issued, as in issued by the American government.(continued)