[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] -Why doesn't Megatron have an arm cannon? [/ QUOTE ] Again, I've been waiting for a movie like this for a long time. I don't ask for much. As long as I see giant robots fighting in a city, in the end, I'll most likely be happy. People should just let the movie guys do what they do best, and…
[ QUOTE ] Actually Im seeing a divide here between people who as kids knew the original premise and those who only knew of re-runs or (worse) rewrites. (This is in no way a absolute separation however) [/ QUOTE ] I think you're seeing the divide here between people who treat the original show as the Divine Gospel of the…
"Just to sell toys?" Hah. The same can be said of ANYTHING that came out of 80's pop-culture. So either you ditch an entire decade of children's entertainment, or you just accept that consumerism was the driving force behind it. It's not like its changed that much. Pokemon, anyone? Whenever you make the transition from…
Brome, See, with your "realistic expectations" and Michael Bay comment; you are saying the same thing as those talking about leaving the mind at the door. Again, it should be about the movie, not having to go in to only enjoy it by looking at it in a two dimensional perspective. Knowing Transformers, and understanding them…
Comics: I read some of the Dreamwave? Issues. They were decent. Still like the original Marvel series the best. Why should we have to turn off our brains to enjoy a movie to such a degree? I have never understood that argument when trying to justify flawed movies. Why cant we enjoy it because it was good? Not because we…
[ 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,…
well i think its relevant to a lot of trends in filmmaking overall, not just action movies--though as we've seen, many of those trends are presented in their most excruciatingly virulent form in action movies. the aforementioned abrasive sound design, and our current overall fixation, good ol' shakeycam. in ten years time,…
[ 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…