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Let’s start with the most promising pics, shall we?

Ah, Baroness.  Looking good.  Glad they had her pose with the glasses this time around.  (Here’s a link to the previous pic sans glasses.)  Really completes the look, don’t you think?

Here’s a comparison pic:

Here’s Storm Shadow again, only this time with his mask on:

Also pretty good, all things considered.  I guess they’re going to go with a more realistic approach (“realistic” – HA!) and do away with the Cobra insignia?

Heavy Duty:

To be perfectly honest, I barely remember this character from either the Marvel comics or the popular 80s cartoon.  This picture reminds me of fan favorite Roadblock.  Still don’t know about these X-Men-esque superhero-like costumes…

Breaker:

Yeah.  Not so sure about this one.  Here’s Breaker’s traditional look:

Last one.  Here’s Destro:

Sure looks sinister, doesn’t he?

So like most fans of the old 80s cartoon, I’m left wondering, “Where’s Destro’s shiny metal face mask?”

Too difficult to pull off in a live-action film?  Maybe he’ll don the mask later on…

Here’s hoping they get Cobra Commander right…

Here we have our very first look at team leader Duke (played by actor Channing Tatum) from the upcoming live-action G.I. Joe film being directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) and set to be released late summer 2009: 

Not bad I suppose.  It’s a little easier picturing Channing Tatum in the role now that we’ve seen him in full costume.

The character’s look is a bit too X-Men for my tastes.  Also, judging from what we’ve seen of Scarlett (click here to see), it looks as though we won’t be seeing the Joes in their iconic duds either. 

At least they got Snake Eyes right…

On the Cobra side of things, here we have Storm Shadow (Lee Byung-hun) and The Baroness (Sienna Miller):

These two are a bit closer to the look fans of the series are accustomed to, although the Baroness is missing her glasses in the above pic.

And lastly, here’s a shot of Dennis Quaid as General Hawk:

I actually like this one.  The tough guy smirk is a nice touch. 

General Hawk was always a favorite of mine in the old 80s cartoon.

Here’s another one:

Looking good so far…

I really hope the look of the rest of the Joes ends up being as faithful to the source material.

To see what I mean, click here to view my earlier post with a sweet pic that shows just how close the movie Snake Eyes’ costume design comes to the actual look of the character.

And really, how sweet would it be if the live-action Cobra Commander ends up looking something like this?