The Internet is full of dumb trivia, but this one is not only dumb, but completely retarded. It was a trivia nugget that appeared on the front page of IMDb, though I think these nuggets must cycle randomly because it wasn't there when I returned. It said, and I quote (because you can't make this shit up): "Marlons Wayans was cast as Ripcord [in G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra] after his performance in Requiem For a Dream (2000). Wayans is also a fan of G.I. Joe."How the producers of G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra could watch Requiem For a Dream — a serious, honest-to-goodness FILM of the highest order — and come to the conclusion that he's perfect for their absurd, big-budget, stale-popcorn piece of shit MOVIE is beyond all comprehension. The fact that they were even allowed to say G.I. Joe and Requiem For a Dream in the same sentence proves they're absolutely insane, and Requiem director Darren Aronofsky gets to knee each of them in the balls until they are dead. If anything it's a sad commentary on Marlon Wayans, who hasn't done enough work for Joe producers to name-drop. What are they going to do, say "We picked Marlon for an elite super-soldier because he played a terrific man-baby in Little Man"? Or, "Marlon did white-face better than anyone I've ever seen in White Chicks so we had to have him in this lame-ass action movie." Of course not. The producers are going to name-drop the best thing Marlon has ever done, and that's Requiem, a movie he did 10 years ago and has nothing to do — in this universe or any alternate universes — with G.I. Joe.
