Jon Chu Tries His Damndest Defending Himself on G.I. Joe 2

It's times like these that I love my online movie-news colleagues. Honestly.

Two weeks back, THR reported producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura was at odds with Paramount brass over their decision to hire John Chu to direct G.I. Joe 2. So bad was the tension they stated that di Bonaventura is contemplating vacating from the studio after eight years there. I saw little-to-no reporting of this. God bless.

I'm sure there are other reasons behind his possible exit, but those with nerd-rage against Chu from the moment his name was first brought up are using this "proof" of how unqualified he is. "SEEEEEE! EVEN THE PRODUCER DOESN’T WANT HIM!"

Yes, because the guy who let Jon Peter waste hundreds of millions of dollars developing his crazy-ass ideas for a new Superman movie is the person to tell us Chu isn't qualified. Sure.

While talking to The Deadbolt, Chu answers those critics (most of them ten-years-old; mentally or physically we have yet to determine):

"I mean, I can’t ever change what people think. Throughout my whole life it’s been, 'Oh, how can this guy who’s not a dancer do a dance movie? How can this guy who has never done a movie do a movie? How can this guy who has never done 3D do a 3D dance movie? Isn’t that cheeseball? How can this guy who has never done a documentary do a documentary? How can a Justin Bieber concert movie not be a concert movie? And how can it actually be successful when Jonas and all of those others have fallen?' Every step of the way, it's always been that. But even the message in Never Say Never is [how] we like to be the underdog. It gives us something to work for."

As I've stated time-and-time again, Chu deserves as much a chance as Peter Jackson did going into The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Christopher Nolan going into Batman Begins, Bryan Singer on X-Men, etc.

Besides G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra was so bad (in a good way; for me, Phil Gee and others) its director Stephen Sommers was fired for some time during post-production. Not to mention, the 80s cartoon isn't as good as you might think.