Transformers: Review and Discuss (TF2 Confirmed for 2009)
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Ouch!Actually, its more like:
Her:You're going to the movies and see that movie?
DA:Yep.
Her:I think we should see this movie.
DA:Nope. DA's life is a living hell for two weeks, until he takes her to see This movie.
Don't get married.
I guess I got off lucky. Nearly every Wednesday I go out with a couple of friends to either Old Chicago or Buffalo Wild Wings and drink beer and then I go to the movie theater in the same shopping center and sober up while watching whatever movie my wife refuses to see. This week is Snakes on a Plane, next week is Beerfest.
While I am out getting sauced and watching the movie I want she is busy teaching religious education at her church (some Catholic thing). When I first started doing this she said, "Go have fun." She questioned my need to go see a movie and I told her that even if I felt safe enough to drive home I might not be and sitting for at least two hours was the safe way to go.
So, I am sure that next July I will be seeing Transformers with a nice buzz. I might not notice the Michael Bay effect that way.
On another note, she knows I hate her romantic comedies and I started getting out of going by revealing the transparent plot to her 10 minutes into the movie. I would tell her who got together with who and how the whole thing would play out by the end. She quit asking me to go to these movies. Then Old Chicago opened next to the theater with their 110 beers and I made a deal with her. I'll go see what she wants if I get to go to Old Chicago first.
She likes their food, I like their beer and it was a happy arrangement. Romantic comedies aren't so bad after 96 ounces of beer and the jokes are almost funny, but so is the little guy reminding me not to smoke. You need to get an arrangement like this. You get beer, she gets crappy movie. Everyone is happy.
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Here, here!
You know.. I finally put my finger on what bugs me about this version of our favorite truck-who-turns-into-a-robot-and-fights-evil: it's the flame job paint. It robs Prime of all the dignity, seriousness and sense of gravity the character should have... you know.. because trucks-who-turn-into-robots-and-fights-evil need to convey a certain sense of.. uh.. gravity.
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Yeah, I used it for a sig for a while. It was right after Kyle's oparents tried to explain why bad things happen by telling him the story of Job and the full line is "It isn't fair; Job loses all his children, Cartman gets his own theme park, and Michael Bay gets to keep making movies. There is no God."
Trey Parker appears to have a complete and total disdain for Michael Bay. Don't Forget Team America had an entire song about how Gary loved Lisa almost as much as Michael Bay missed the point in Pearl Harbor.
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- YSSMAN
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1) Starscream looks awesome! He is probably my favorite Decepticon (overall), and it looks like they have made him satisfactory to my tastes.
2) Megatron looks like he is going to kick-ass as well. Note that they didn't include his transformation for Earth, only one as an Alien space craft.
2) Megatron looks like he is going to kick-ass as well. Note that they didn't include his transformation for Earth, only one as an Alien space craft.
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What the?! 
Just when I thought this film couldn't get any worse, they try to pull this crap?! From those pictures alone, i've decided not to see it in theatres.
Just when I thought this film couldn't get any worse, they try to pull this crap?! From those pictures alone, i've decided not to see it in theatres.
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So Micheal Bay appears to be ingoring the fundamentals about transformers. Although he may not (obviously) be following the original plot he should at least have all the transformers true to the original forms. Why? well its simple, when the transformers were "awakened" buy Tele-Tran One after they crash landed on earth, Tele-Tran One gave them bodies which resembled existing earth objects. Cars, Jets, Guns etc to blend in. Pretty much one of the most important thing that happens in the first episode of transformers! Megatron does look pretty cool though but lets hope that he is still in his "true" form becuase he hates the human race so much he doesnt want any part of his body to be associated with such "Puny Humans"
I must admit im not as excited about this movie as i was when i first heard about it however im still going to give the film a chance. All we have are some photos of the transformers and no explanation as to why they are like this. Although it will have to be one hell of a story there MIGHT just be a good explanation in the movie to cover this. (better than my attempt above at least)
Well i guess im hoping for to much.... lets just cross our fingers and hope he doesnt work his "magic touch" on other key parts of the Transformers.
Spec....
I must admit im not as excited about this movie as i was when i first heard about it however im still going to give the film a chance. All we have are some photos of the transformers and no explanation as to why they are like this. Although it will have to be one hell of a story there MIGHT just be a good explanation in the movie to cover this. (better than my attempt above at least)
Well i guess im hoping for to much.... lets just cross our fingers and hope he doesnt work his "magic touch" on other key parts of the Transformers.
Spec....
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That's right Spec, that was one of the coolest things about transformers, the way they could blend in. If Megatron is an Alien Spaceship he's gonna find it pretty hard though
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The fact that Bumblebee is no longer a 'bug' (my beloved first transformer toy -sniff) ensures that I will not spend any money on anything to do with this movie.
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So he's making a Transformers film that is nothing to do with Transformers. Good Job.
If this is an entirely new franchise that is not based on any comic book or tv series, why do we still have Prime, Bumblebee and Megatron? This isn't a new franchise, it's a bastardisation of the original.
If this is an entirely new franchise that is not based on any comic book or tv series, why do we still have Prime, Bumblebee and Megatron? This isn't a new franchise, it's a bastardisation of the original.
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Yeah, very, very weak. They should've got someone that has done a comic book movie well to do this. Sam Rami, Bret Ratner, even the guy that did Batman begins. At least they knew how to change a franchise for the big screen and not just butcher it for monatary gain.
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The really bad bit is that when the film was announced everything pointed towards it being faithfull to the first generation of Transformers. Then the new Bumblebee design was leaked as being a Camaro, a few people got annoyed that it wasn't a Beetle, but on the whole people were still cool with the film, and now it has nothing to do with the Transfomers. If Bay had said from the start he was looking to create a new Transformers for the 21st century or sometihng similar, he'd have dissapointed a few of the older fans but I know they wouldn't be as hostile towards him as they are now after being lied to.
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Yeah, I can understand him making the vehicles to todays standards. Like a new bug, F22's instead of F15's and the like. But to completely revamp the entire foundation of the story and characters simply isn't cool.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/fullcredits#writers
Yes. When the movie was first announced he even had a video on teh Web site about how much of a Transformers fan he was and how ever since he first saw it in the 80's he has wanted to make it into a live action movie. He guaranteed this would be an excellent movie. However, I think he said the same about War of the Worlds.
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I just found out about this... and it irks me!
Apparently, Jazz, who used to be a Porsche in the animated series, will be a freakin' Pontiac Solstice!
And Ratchet, who was an ambulance, will be a souped-up Hummer.
EDIT: Here's Jazz
WHY???
That's like making a Thundercats movie and having Panthro be an iguana.
Apparently, Jazz, who used to be a Porsche in the animated series, will be a freakin' Pontiac Solstice!
And Ratchet, who was an ambulance, will be a souped-up Hummer.
EDIT: Here's Jazz
WHY???
That's like making a Thundercats movie and having Panthro be an iguana.
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