I don't follow that comparison, oXY. Empire is the high point of the Star Wars saga, but the original is a mythic film in its own right. Lucas could have done some things better, but he still created the most significant film of the last 30 years - I don't think Bay will ever be able to make a claim like that. In other…
I saw the film last week. (during my 4th of July vacation) I have to say, I was actually pleasantly surprised. It was not true to the original source material. It in no way followed the plot of the cartoons, the comics, or anything else Transformer-related. It was often juvenile in its humor and approach to the premise.…
[ QUOTE ] While I can't think of any exact quotes from G1, I can assure you there are plenty of 'oops, my bad.' moments. I mean, come on... robots on surf boards? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah but its not so much the fact that Prime did that, but when they did it in the story (first action of Prime). He should have been a warrior first,…
[ QUOTE ] Bruticus: I wouldnt assume my comments are an attack or that my assumption was that I had information others didn't. I was specifically addressing the fact that the comic's I collected in '85 onwards ( before the cartoon I beleive) initially were 'sold' to the moneymen with the idea that it would make for great…
I'm a huge G1 TF fan, still have my first one on my bookcase at home (Sideswipe, for the curious), but am really getting into the new take. There have been so many iterations of the Transformers over the years, I don't see any reason to hold one up as the definitive style. How many versions of Optimus Prime/Convoy are…
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] ... even after all that, i might have been behind this movie. there are definitely a lot of good fights in there (yes, once you wait through a whole lot of hammy teen sex comedy type sequences). [/ QUOTE ] I'll state it again: American Pie with robots... Sorry, I got really tired of the teen awkwardness…
[ QUOTE ] but then comes the sound design... i'm trying to track the genesis of this particular 'style', but does anyone else know what i'm talking about when i say that a good number of major action and especially scifi movies have started sounding the same? [/ QUOTE ] i haven't seen transformers (and am incredibly…
[ QUOTE ] Shanker I think most people have a problem with the Transfomermers movie because they were not enough robot battles, and when they were there they seemed rushed as hell. It might be a 3 series or what ever, don't know and don't care, if that is the case I would say that they did a good job at setting up the…
[ QUOTE ] Orci has also said that Bumblebee is a mute because they wanted to have that charming moment after Bumblebee transforms into a robot and Spike and Bumblebee have to communicate without words. I think he was thinking something like Iron Giant. He used some movie that he said he ripped it from. But I suppose I…
Just got back and here are my thoughts: I think Bay is just not very good at directing fight scenes. Honestly I could not tell what the hell was going on. It didn't help that the robot designs look like a jumbled mess, so you could be looking at a head or a hand or a gun or a foot and it all just looks the same. Is there…