Remember when studios LEARNED from their mistakes?
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Actually, there's TWO points to make.
The film's reception was so bad, the G.I.Joe film's ending was hastily re-written as they were also planning to "subvert expectations" by killing off the boss character. THAT'S THE CORRECT RESPONSE. They didn't "double down" like what they do today. Slamming the brakes after seeing the person in front of you fall into a sinkhole is the obvious SANE response.
Young boys need brave, towering, archetypal heroes. They DON'T need flawed, "relatable" main characters. I've never seen a young boy point at a gangly, weak, indecisive main character on big screen and excitedly tell his mom n' dad "He's like me!" Young boys need heroes to look UP to, not ones that reflect traits the audience should hope to grow out of.
TL;DR: https://i.imgur.com/JluPBgK.jpeg
Don't forget that those victories were retroactively only achievable by virtue of feminism and DEI.