Last week The Blot teased about some all new photos of never before seen characters from the upcoming live action G.I. Joe movie and here are two of them. I was really excited to hear that one of my favorite television actors, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost, OZ), had been cast in G.I. Joe as Lamont A. Morris, codename: Heavy Duty. While I would have preferred they include the original heavy machine gunner/cook Roadblock in the movie instead of the newer Heavy Duty character, I guess I’ll just have to deal with it. While Heavy Duty, G.I. Joe’s heavy ordnance specialist, seems to have taken over Roadblock’s place in the core G.I. Joe squad in recent toy lines and cartoons, including G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, The Blot can’t figure out why considering how popular Roadblock is with the G.I. Joe faithful.
The second G.I. Joe Movie First Look of the day is Saïd Taghmaoui as Alvin R. Kibbey, codename: Breaker, G.I. Joe’s original communications officer. While Breaker was a member of G.I. Joe’s initial lineup, most of those original “green shirt” Joes quickly disappeared from the comic books and cartoons to give way to more colorful popular characters. In the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe series Breaker, alongside Doc and Quick Kick, was murdered by a SAW Viper (who would eventually become the villain Overkill). I always preferred Dial-Tone as G.I. Joe’s communications officer, but its nice to know that the underused Breaker will be a major part of the upcoming G.I. Joe movie.
