With Ridley Scott having toyed with the edit of Blade Runner (1982) over the years, it is fair to ask which version would be considered "canon" going into the sequel. Denis Villeneuve replied by insinuating the follow-up may not be as much of a straightforward sequel as we thought: "The movie will be autonomous and at the same time there will be some link. The only thing I can say is I was raised with the original cut, the original version that Ridley doesn't like. That's the Blade Runner that I was introduced to at the beginning and that I loved for years, and then I must say that I appreciated the very last cut, the 'Final Cut' version. So between all the different cuts, for me it's the first and the very last that I'm more inspired by."
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The action figures released prior to the film include Storm Shadow, even though he was supposedly killed in his battle with Snake-Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).
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This is Bruce Willis and Byung-Hun Lee's first movie together, the second being RED 2 (2013).
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This is the second movie where Arnold Vosloo and Dwayne Johnson have both appeared, the first being The Mummy Returns (2001).
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According to Robert Remus (Sergeant Slaughter), he was originally supposed to appear in this film, but he was unable to do so because of rights issues with Hasbro and Mattel. Joe Colton was brought into the script to replace him.
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Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Christopher Eccleston declined to reprise their roles from the first film.
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Cobra Commander has a different helmet than he had in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009): a black one bearing a snake design. He now looks more like Cobra Commander from the original G.I. Joe (1985).
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When Roadblock, Flint, and Lady Jaye first enter the recreation center where they hide out, "Abernathy's Gym" is visibly painted on the wall. The full name of General Hawk, commander of the G.I. Joe team (who is played by Dennis Quaid in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), but does not appear in this film), is Clayton M. Abernathy.
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Roadblock was originally to appear in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009). Common turned down the role at that time.
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After the Joes retrieve the nuke, they have a site setup in the desert getting ready for "extraction." Flint calls Mouse "Tiny Tim." Joseph Mazello who plays Mouse was also in Jurassic Park, in which his name was Tim.
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According to Larry Hama's (creator of GI Joe) "GI Joe Order of Battle", Lady Jaye holds the rank of Staff Sergeant, not Captain as portrayed in this movie.
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Jinx is seen training with Snake-Eyes dressed in a red outfit, as in her original appearance in G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987). Later on the mountain she is seen in her black and yellow ninja suit from G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 (2005).
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In the G.I. Joe saga, Zandar was Zartan's brother. Here, he is a Secret Service Agent of Zartan/President. He is listed in the credits as Havoc (which is the name of Cross Country's vehicle.)
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The film was banned in Pakistan due to its negative portrayal of that country.
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The film was originally to be called "G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes".
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This is the third time that Brendan Fraser has appeared in the first movie of a franchise that introduced Dwayne Johnson in the sequel. The first time was in The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001). Fraser appeared in both as Rick O'Connell. The second is Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), where Fraser did not appear in the latter. The G.I. Joe franchise marks the first time that Brendan didn't play a lead role in the first movie.
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To prepare for his role as Firefly, Ray Stevenson read the G.I. Joe comics. He became a fan of his character, even putting in his own money so that the costume designers would make a mask to go with the costume.
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The Howe brothers, Michael Howe and Geoffrey Howe were the developers of the treaded "Ripper" vehicle that Roadblock uses near the end of the film. They get appearances as Cobra soldiers in the film.
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During the President's press conference, one of the news vans has the logo for Extensive Enterprises, the Cobra-owned company run by Cobra lieutenants/lawyers Tomax and Xamot.
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Jon M. Chu beat out F. Gary Gray and Jaume Collet-Serra to direct this film.
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Stephen Sommers was originally going to return as the director.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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