he aint dead, most likely got kidnapped

So basically, he knows nothing

Can't we just grill him? Gas mark 5 for 35-40 minutes?

They can't kill Duke! even if it is played by one-note tatum... maybe he's on the verge of dying so they must use the nanobots to help him but as a side effect they change his physical appearance as it happened with Zartan in the first one.

This movie should have been rebooted

[frick] all this better-by-default shit. Of course you can improve on a turd. Just add flies.

Since this upcoming flick seems like a fun Friday night movie, yes, Duke dies. His survival endangers the success of this film.

Is anyone going to see this?

I don't understand why everyone thinks he dies? Isn't he the one in the trailer that says " They're all dead".

i think the rock was saying that he, lady jayne, and duke were the only ones who survived the first attack from the trailer, you know how people always twist other peoples words

Whoa, @Autobot, you're right. He doesn't sound like a thug in real life.

In real life, not the film

come on guys...left are only Roadblock, Lady Jane and Flint...then there's Snake Eyes...the "one guy" is the G.I Joe himself...Bruce WIllis character

from the trailer, its safe to assume that the characters from the first movie (minus Duke obviously) were not present in the ambush scene. So the rest of the GI Joes that weren't at the ambush scene were probably imprisoned by Cobra while Roadblock, Lady Jane, and Flint survived and are the only active GI Joe members along with Snake Eyes being alone

Whether Duke dies or not, Tatum didn't exactly do the character any justice in the first film. I don't really think he's going to bring anything to the 2nd film. Dying is a good way to take him out of continuity without having anyone think, "Wait, where's Duke?" I still can't stand Hasbro making him a Capt--Duke's a tough-as-nails enlisted leader!

As for the rest of the Joes dying, in the cartoon or comic continuities, GI Joe is a force made up of A LOT of Greenshirts. Think of them as GI Joe's version of Cobra troopers. Most of them have no cool codenames, but they all work for GI Joe. If the Joes are ambushed at their base (The PIT), then it's very likely that all the Greenshirts provided the death fodder.

But being a now international organization, most of the Joes are probably deployed elsewhere, so continuity can bring them back if there's ever a sequel. The major group of Joes (mostly Greenshirts)is probably dead.

Going back to leadership, if we look at rank alone (assuming everyone kept the correct ranks from the comics or cartoons), then it goes like this from top to bottom: Gen Joe Colton, Gen Hawk, Chief Warrant Officer Flint, Sergeant Major Duke, Master Sergeant Snake Eyes (but he's never in command).

Here's hoping that GIJ2 lives up to all the hype.

I have a great idea, guys. Cobra now knows who Duke is personally and to avoid a threat to his family that Baroness knows about GI Joe stages his death. After he "dies" we see a Face/Off type moment where Channing Tatum's face is replaced with another face, much like Zartan.

How is that for an exit strategy for Channing Tatum? And then you can bring in someone that should be Duke, like Chris Hemsworth or Micheal C Hall or whoever you would prefer.