Cosplay Fight Club!

Outpost Productions is pleased to present Cosplay Fight Club! This series of online videos showcases fight matchups between iconic characters from pop culture heroes and villains!

Our favourite Heroes will FIGHT infamous Villains to save the Galactic Princess...

"Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!"

Our first fight matchup is between the sneaky terrorist leader, Cobra Commander, and America's latest anti-terrorist hero, Iron Patriot.

Who will be the victor? YOU decide! Cast your votes by:

a. For YouTube video, post under Comments your chosen victor.

b. For Facebook video, Like for Cobra Commander, or Share for Iron Patriot.

Our 2nd matchup sizes up Gandalf the Grey Wizard against Glinda The Good Witch. Perhaps good Gandalf from Middle Earth as been similarly tricked by the Wicked Witch of the East to challenge Glinda of Oz.

Cast your votes for who will win by:

a. For YouTube video, post under Comments your chosen victor.

b. For Facebook video, Like for Gandalf, or Share for Glinda.

Our 3rd matchup pits G.I. Joe Ninja Commando Snake Eyes against Starkiller, Sith Apprentice. Will Arashikage Clan martial arts prevail against fury of the Dark Side?

Time to cast your votes again by:
a. For YouTube video, post under Comments your chosen victor.

b. For Facebook video, Like for Snake Eyes, or Share for Starkiller.

Our next fight matchup is between the anti-villain Catwoman and everyone's friendly neighbourhood Spider-man. Will feline grace & feminine pheromones overcome arachnid senses & agility?

Now decide who will be victorious by:

a. For YouTube video, post under Comments your chosen victor.

b. For Facebook video, Like for Catwoman, or Share for Spider-man.

Up next drawing blood is Freddy Krueger vs. Klingon Warrior N'gel! How will Elm Street's nightmare battle against a Klingon which is immune to fear?

You choose who to win this fight by:
a. For YouTube video, post under Comments your chosen victor.
b. For Facebook video, Like for Freddy, or Share for Klingon.

Victor of the fights will be revealed with an extended video showing result of the matchup at the Outpost Productions booth on Comic Fiesta, 21-22 December 2013; online versions will also be uploaded to YouTube and Facebook that weekend.

Ultimately, will our heroes prevail and save the Galactic Princess, or will the villains be victorious and imprison the princess forever! YOU DECIDE! Facebook share, reTweet, Google +1, etc. to get your friends to support your favourite hero/villain.

Subscribe to the Outpost YouTube Channel or Facebook Page for more upcoming Cosplay Fight Club! videos between your favourite characters which may never happen the movies. New videos will be released every week until Comic Fiesta 2013.

Fan Film Credits:

Video

• Anjerasu Studio

Cosplayers

• Iron Patriot: Johann Michael
• Cobra Commander, Freddy Krueger: Nicholas Lai
• Gandalf: Richard Chua
• Glinda, Catwoman: Carina Ong
• Snake Eyes: Rong Tau
• Starkiller, Spider-man: Alex Ong
• Klingon: Nigel Low

Music by Secession Studios, soundcloud.com/thesecession

• Cobra Commander vs. Iron Patriot: Agoraphobia
• Gandalf vs. Glinda: What Have We Become
• Snake Eyes vs. Starkiller: We Made This War
• Catwoman vs. Spider-man: Burn It All
• Freddy Krueger vs. Klingon: The Wicked Prevail

Disclaimer: Trademark characters are copyright to their respective intellectual property owners, referenced here for fan entertainment only and not for profit.

Time to Retaliate, G.I. Joe style!

YO JOE!

G.I. Joe : Retaliation is the sequel to G.I. Joe Rise of the Cobra from 2009, the first live-action film of Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise which enamored many boys from the 80's with cartoons, comics and toys. G.I. Joe is an elite military unit tasked to safeguard the world against terrorist organisations like Cobra.

At the end of the Rise of Cobra, Cobra Commander was captured by the G.I. Joes and locked away in a secret prison. However, Cobra's master of disguise, Zartan, had infiltrated the white house and successfully impersonated the President of United States. Now in Retaliation, Zartan frames the Joes and orders their termination. Only a handful of Joes survive, led by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Roadblock and determined to strike back. Together with Flint and Lady Jaye, Roadblock reunites with Snake Eyes and recruits other unlikely allies such as Jinx, cousin to the assassin Storm Shadow, and General (retired) Joe Colton, the "original" Joe himself played by veteran action hero, Bruce Willis.

Meet the Joes:

Roadblock

Duke

Snake Eyes

Flint

Lady Jaye / Brenda

Jinx

Joe Colton

Meanwhile, Cobra has their deadly saboteur, Firefly, hot on the heels of the Joes whilst completing new weapons to take over the world. Way to go Year of the Snake!

Cobra Commander

Storm Shadow

Firefly

How will the Joes retaliate against such overwhelming odds? Find out in G.I. Joe Retaliation, now screening at cinemas nationwide.

The Outpost Movie Recon Team (MRT) has identified a few avenues for G.I. Joe fans to get into the action with the following contests and promos for the movie: 

 AXN is never out of the action and what spells action more than the Joes. Subscribers to AXN can enter this online contest by 30 March to win G.I. Joe merchandise.

Fret not if you don't subscribe to AXN, GSC is also giving out goodies in their GI Joe website contest. 

Or if you rather use Facebook, enter through Cathay Cineplexes contest app.

Want to bring home the action? Pick-up some G.I. Joe action figures and vehicles from Toys R Us.

Hungry after all the explosions and slogan writing? Head on over to Burger King for their special G I Joe Ranger & Commando meals. Purchase 2 meals to get a TGV movie voucher (while stocks last).

Order for Snake Eyes home delivery!

The Outpost Command Crew was privileged to have caught an early preview of G.I. Joe Retaliation in IMAX 3D and gives the movie a high-5. Retaliation by Jon M Chu is distinctly different from Stephen Sommers Rise of Cobra, which could have been felt much like a live-action cartoon with enough non-stop explosions to rattle loose fillings from your teeth. So much so that most of the preceding movie cast had been dropped with only Snake Eyes and Duke returning in favour of Dwayve Johnson's Roadblock to lead the new cast. Retaliation also injects more real world feel into the action by departing from the tech-OD of sonic weapons, accelerator suits, and particle cannons.

Land, Sea, Air Featurette

It's back to guns with bullets and tanks which hiss fumes (pun intended!), which perhaps adds to the high-action sequences by making them more rooted in reality and therefore believable... well, if parrying bullets with a sword comes as believable! Oh, and Cobra Commander never looked more cool; we fairly sure director Jon M Chu must be a Cobra fan at heart (and if you want to join Cobra Special Forces, head over here). After a 9-month delay for 3D conversion, G.I. Joe Retaliation provides a great action movie experience in IMAX 3D, and probably other 3D and 2D (though we can't really say for sure until we've seen it again on these formats).

Oh, and we had some childish moments screaming "COBRA!" while cosplaying; sorry no "YO JOE!" since Snake Eyes just doesn't say anything...

Catch some G.I. Joe live-action this Sunday 31 March 2013, 1300 hours at Tropicana City Mall. Plus take the change to take part in Hasbro's NERF Challenge at the Toys R Us Toy Fair on the main concourse for the chance to take up the latest NERF N-Strike Elite blasters and other cool giveaways.

G.I. Joe Retaliation is directed by Jon M Chu and starring Dwayve Johnson as Roadblock, Ray Park as Snake Eyes, Byung-hun Lee as Storm Shadow, and Ray Stevenson as Firefly with Channing Tatum returning as Duke and Bruce Willis as Joe Colton. Catch the explosive action in 3D and especially IMAX 3D!

HOO-AH!

Standby for Outpost MRT's next feature...

Disclaimer: G.I. Joe and its associated characters are copyright to Hasbro Inc. referenced here for fan service announcements without intent to infringe.