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- A Transformers/GI Joe crossover could save the franchise, but the hero vs. hero trend must be avoided.
- The collaboration between the Autobots and GI Joe is key to the success of the crossover film.
- Pitching the forces of good against each other can confuse the audience and take away from the overall appeal.
Transformers and GI Joe crossover Transformers While a live-action franchise is a new venture in many ways, it must avoid repeating major franchise trends. Transformers While the live-action films continue to make big numbers at the global box office, each new installment in the franchise has been earning declining revenue. The franchise’s declining commercial value has led to a need to change the direction of the overall story.
Fortunately, Transformers: Rise of the Beast‘s ending paves the way for a new narrative path for the franchise, Transformers and G.I. JoeThis new storytelling avenue could save both toy movie franchises on its own, but… Transformers Live-action films have to be careful about depicting a Transformers/GI Joe crossover, as they may repeat a strange franchise trend.

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The Autobots are the undisputed heroes of the live-action Transformers movies, with dozens of members populating their ranks across two timelines.
Transformers and GI Joe shouldn’t be enemies in a crossover movie
It would be easier to portray the two powers as allies.
Transformers: Rise of the Beast The film perfectly sets the stage for GI Joe and Transformers to come together on screen in the upcoming live-action incarnation of this overarching franchise. It shows Agent Burke, a member of a secret government organization, asking Noah to join forces and help him forge a peaceful relationship with the Autobots. However, the true motives behind Agent Burke’s offer remain a mystery, making it difficult to know what to expect. Could GI Joe and Transformers eventually go head to head in a crossover movie?.
On paper, an Autobot vs GI Joe showdown doesn’t seem so bad since many storylines in the franchise have depicted similar conflicts between the two forces before. It could capture how the interference and manipulation of third parties such as the Decepticons and Cobra created misunderstandings between the Joes and the Autobots, forcing them to go to war with each other instead of working together as a team. But this showdown would also create some major problems. It could potentially undermine the franchise’s main appeal of an exciting crossover..
A Transformers vs. GI Joe movie has some big problems to overcome.
Transformers and GI Joe should form an alliance
Most Transformers Up until now, live-action films have mainly focused on the battle between good and evil, Setting two forces of good against each other can alienate and confuse the audience.Audiences have come to admire both the Autobots and GI Joes for the same reasons, so when the two clash in a crossover movie, they might not know who to root for. Transformers The live-action series has always struggled to show the human side of its core Autobot characters, so portraying them as antagonists, even temporarily, could exacerbate this issue.
…It’s more likely that a Transformers/GI Joe crossover movie will be made with the two teams working together.
Splitting the focus between the Autobots vs. GI Joe conflict and a larger antagonist could dilute the weight of both stories, as crossover films would need to portray larger threats from antagonists like the Decepticons, Cobra, Unicron, etc. Therefore, a potential Transformers/GI Joe crossover film would make more sense to proceed through a collaboration between the two teams. Transformers A showdown between GI Joe and the Transformers would be feasible within the franchise, but it wouldn’t match the themes of trust and Autobot heroism that have been explored in other live-action films.

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