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I absolutely hate these casting choices. Anyone who thinks all these gender swaps made it more progressive or whatever are simply wrong. The Sandman graphical novels have a lot of queer themes that have been flattened into the ground on this show. Oh the librarian is a black woman now, wupti-freaking-doo. In the comics they have a more nuanced queer dynamic. They made important relationships more trad under the pretense of representation. Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

This movie is infuriating in it's mediocrity. It's like the script was written by AI designed to make action movies but not advanced enough yet to make something good. It never didn't feel like a waste of time. I turned it off when it was nearly done because I simply didn't care how it ended.

I'm not a huge fan of the original G. I. Joe, it was a bit before my time, but I do own some of the old comics from the Marvel G. I. Joe era, and have seen some of the animated show in in re-runs, and Snake Eyes is one of the characters whose backstory I am familiar with. This movie butchers it pretty badly.

The version made for a kids show is infinitely more layered and complex than this character, and that's probably not the direction they should be going.