TRANSFORMERS- The Thread!

[Sithking Zero offline]

Comments on the new Transformers movie. Liked, didn't like, indifferent?

EDIT: With the admin's and mod's permission, I'd like this to become an article to not just talk about the glorious and awesome movie that came out July 3, 2007, but about all things related to these wonderful, amazing giant Robots.

Comments?

[Insanity Hero offline]

I'm seeing it tonight so I'll let ya know tomorrow.

[Haruno Sakura offline]

It looks pretty stupid to me. I've never really gotten into Transformers... so, the only way I would see it, is for free.

[Tom Bone offline]

It looks pretty stupid to me. I've never really gotten into Transformers... so, the only way I would see it, is for free.

Same here...or wait until it comes out on DVD and rent it.

[Gauntlet offline]

Gonna have to agree with Tom Bone and Sakura-Chan. I never liked the series very much; anthropomorphic machines reminded me too much of Thomas the Train.

[MY85 offline]

Where's the vote for "IDGAF"?

[Stephen (x1)]

Where's the vote for "IDGAF"?

It's disguised as the back button.

[ambitiouslove offline]

I liked it a lot :3
Not a big fan of the actors, but I grew up on this cartoon. It was like... reliving the past but with better effects.
It was amazing to see the new, re-designed characters....
Plus, I just think it was a fun movie. I wish my car would turn into a robot, too! lol

[CotS offline]

Looks cool to me, but I won't get to see it until it comes out on DVD if that.

[MewmiC offline]

Plan on seeing it some time next week. Hopefully it's better than Spaider-man and the Fantastic Four (saw the latter one today, utter disappointment ).

[. offline]

I can't wait to see it.

But I was always most partial to Beast Wars

[Sithking Zero offline]

BEST.

MOVIE.

OF THE.

SUMMER.

If you don't see it right now, you're missing on one of the best films of the year.

I don't want to give too much away, but...

The bombing of Qtar was freaking sweet. How transformers can just take obscene ammounts of damage before dying.

[zex marquise offline]

Did you know that when Optimus Prime died in the original Transformers: The Movie, that thousands of children across America cried for days, one of them even locking himself in his room for over a week? The producers got tens of thousands of letters from the parents saying how ashamed they should be for killing their child's hero and putting them into a depression. The producers of the show had no idea that Prime was such an icon at the time, and so they decided to bring him back to life in the following season 3. This reaction was the reason that Duke came out of his coma right at the end of the first GI Joe movie, rather than dieing as well. It's amazing how a character in a show originally designed to sell toys became the ultimate symbol of leadership and heroism. Part hero, philosopher, poet, and even librarian. Too bad George Dubya' never watched Transformers so he could model himself after Prime. He can't even say "nuclear". We's 'mer'cans! We c'n pernounce the way we wants to! Yipee Ki-Yay!

[DarkestSoul X21 offline]

I just got backed from the movie. It was awesome! A 10/10. Its better then Spider Man 3

[zex marquise offline]

Not surprised. SP3 was good, as long as you didn't have much in the way of expectations. But Optimus Prime vs. Megatron on top of the Hoover Dam? You betta' recognize!

[. offline]

Did you know that when Optimus Prime died in the original Transformers: The Movie, that thousands of children across America cried for days, one of them even locking himself in his room for over a week? The producers got tens of thousands of letters from the parents saying how ashamed they should be for killing their child's hero and putting them into a depression. The producers of the show had no idea that Prime was such an icon at the time, and so they decided to bring him back to life in the following season 3. This reaction was the reason that Duke came out of his coma right at the end of the first GI Joe movie, rather than dieing as well. It's amazing how a character in a show originally designed to sell toys became the ultimate symbol of leadership and heroism. Part hero, philosopher, poet, and even librarian. Too bad George Dubya' never watched Transformers so he could model himself after Prime. He can't even say "nuclear". We's 'mer'cans! We c'n pernounce the way we wants to! Yipee Ki-Yay!

you had a great point going until you went all political. Bush bashing has it's place, just not in the same breath as Optimus.

Hell I can rightfully understand it. you watch a show for years on end, you form a mental bond with the character you see on TV. The real crime was that they killed Prime halfway threw the movie.

[zex marquise offline]

You have a good point. I just can't help bashing Busch sometimes. I love to make fun of the poor guy. It's just that as I was typing, I had a random flashback from the other day at Los Alamos. We were all sitting in the van, talking about how to track an asteroid, when we ended up in one of those circular intersections. Then we started discussing whether we, as Americans, should call it a "roundabout" or a "roundhouse". Eventually we decided upon "roundhouse", because the other one was used by the British, and we were "'mer'cans".

[TB3]

(Interlaces Fingers, chuckles)

Not to sound like a complete a$$wipe, but TL and I saw Transformers two weeks ago...at the London Premier (I managed to get tickets from Paramount)...and we met the stars...and I shook director Michael Bay's hand...and high-fived Megan Fox and Tyrese Gibson...and Shia LeBouf said I rocked

BEST MOVIE EXPERIENCE EVAR!

And the film itself is awesome!

[MY85 offline]

Even before the new Transformers film debuted in 10 overseas territories the Seibertron Website reported the announcement on Entertainment Tonight that Paramount and Dreamworks had given the go-ahead for a sequel.

Meanwhile over the past weekend the film, which opens in the U.S. today, stormed to the top spot in all 10 territories where it was released including Australia, Italy, Taiwan, and the Phillipines, while earning a stellar $34.7 million.

Meanwhile, there's a new controversy brewing in the States surrounding toy marketing to kids that tie into movies rated for more mature viewers, like the Transformers movie (see "Advocacy Group Targets 'Transformers'").

[Sithking Zero offline]

Did you know that when Optimus Prime died in the original Transformers: The Movie, that thousands of children across America cried for days, one of them even locking himself in his room for over a week? The producers got tens of thousands of letters from the parents saying how ashamed they should be for killing their child's hero and putting them into a depression. The producers of the show had no idea that Prime was such an icon at the time, and so they decided to bring him back to life in the following season 3. This reaction was the reason that Duke came out of his coma right at the end of the first GI Joe movie, rather than dieing as well. It's amazing how a character in a show originally designed to sell toys became the ultimate symbol of leadership and heroism. Part hero, philosopher, poet, and even librarian. Too bad George Dubya' never watched Transformers so he could model himself after Prime. He can't even say "nuclear". We's 'mer'cans! We c'n pernounce the way we wants to! Yipee Ki-Yay!

I did not know that. Seriously, given how often they kill him off...

G1- In transformers the movie, Megatron blasted him, and he kinda died.
G2- He died. Don't know when, but he did.
Beast Wars- he died in a suicide run to destroy an alien construct about to destroy the planet, but was brought back.
Beast Machines- sacrificed himself and megatron to bring techno-organic balance back to the planet cybertron.
Transformers Armada: Took a blast by the omega cannon, brought back to life.
Transformers Energon: I think he died, not sure.

[Insanity Hero offline]

Saw it last night. It was pretty good. CG were good. Story line was alright. Voice acting for the robots were pretty good. All in all it was an alright movie.

[TL.]

Transformers. What can I say about it? Look at me, I'm a 17 year old teenager, I've brought several of the tie in toys, read the prequel novel, the comics, about to read the tie in novel, I might buy the game, Im downloading every single part of the soundtrack that comes online. So you can tell, I was looking forward to the film. I saw it two weeks before any of you in London and I can say this

TRANSFORMERS F**KING ROCKS!

Forgot Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, Harry Potter, Shrek. Transformers the greatest film experience of my life! There I am, in London's west end, sitting in the biggest cinema I've ever seen, I made my feelings about the film clear to Michael Bay, I had the Leader class Megatron toy in my bag. I was ready to see the film that I have waited for all my life.

When those curtains drew back, the legal screens came, the film certificate appeared and finally the titles, people were cheering, knowing that with each passing screen, we were getting closer....

And when we got underway...by god I've hadn't seen such a happy crowd. We whopped, we cheered, we gasped and squealed in true fanboy fashion alt every opportunity. It has all of the original show in its heart and this pleases me. EWver aspect of this film completely and utterly rocked my world. It was worth the fours years of waiting, watching it develop from a mere proposal to a fully fledged Hollywood summer blockbuster

I might have seen it already, but by god, I feel just as hyper as ever...when it comes out in the UK on July 27th, I'll be spending every last penny to it over and over. And what makes really unleashed my inner-nerd is this…we are getting a sequel

Finally, I have this to say to all those who have a passing interest in the film or the whole Transformers franchise: When you learn that it is showing in your small local cinema or in the huge 15 screen multiplex near your home…

TRANSFORM, AND ROLL OUT!

[ambitiouslove offline]

Too bad George Dubya' never watched Transformers so he could model himself after Prime. He can't even say "nuclear". We's 'mer'cans! We c'n pernounce the way we wants to! Yipee Ki-Yay!

I think even more people would dislike him if we found out that our President modeled himself after a fictional character o_o;

I have to agree that it was sad when Optimus Prime died. I remember that ;_;

[zex marquise offline]

lol as if that were possible. I want to see the movie sooo badly. I listened to the new theme my Mute Music and it sucked. This is how you rawk, Transformers style!
Transformers Theme Song by Lion

And now it's time for another episode of Midnight Rants with Zex Marquise, the part of the show where Zex comes out and gives a midnight rant. In this episode, Zex will talk about the new Transformers movie.

Transformers: The Ultimate Wet Dream of Nerds Everywhere.
Big, stupid, and blissfully wonderful. It may not be the best movie ever, it may not even be Independence Day, but it was one hell of a thrill ride. Like taking an Arnold Schwarzenegger punch to the face, it will dazzle you with pretty lights and leave you disoriented and confused. Impressive CGI (Industrial Light and Magic, no less), a decent soundtrack that sets the mood well, good VAs, and the three most important things that we came to see: guns, robots, and explosions. It will have you squealing with nerdish glee as you bask in the rapture of seeing Optimus Prime duking it out with Megatron like Chuck Norris and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a bar fight. There is plenty of "OH S***! Did you SEE that!"-action, a car chase, humor, and dramatic shots of Optimus Prime. The phrase, "more than meets the eye" must be used at least three different times during the movie, and fans will mouth the words as Prime says, "One shall stand, one shall fall" in his final battle with Megatron.

Transformers: If 10,000 Monkeys Were Given 10,000 Typewriters...
The darkest hour for the movie would have to be it's storyline, which could have been easily written up in fifteen minutes by a tenth grader, and is merely a vessel Bay uses to deliver exorbitant amounts of loud, flashy, confusing, glorious fight sequences. The movie's universe is world's apart from that of the original TV series and comics. It's a completely fresh slate. The movie starts off with Peter Cullen's voice (making crazed fanboys' heads explode with fangasms) describing how Cybertron was consumed and eventually destroyed by war, and how the Autobots and Decepticons have been searching for a cube-shaped object known as the allspark. The allspark is a source of immense energy and has the power to give life to any machine, From cell phones to vending machines. It eventually fell to Earth, and now both sides have tracked it there. Lots of explosions and dramatic shots of military aircraft ensue. There is some silly background story arch about Sam's great great grandfather discovering the location of the allspark in an Arctic expedition that is ultimately forgotten half-way through. Somewhere around 40 minutes you forget why Sam is even in the movie, which is probably for the best, since it lets you focus more on all the robots blowing s*** up. At one point Michael Bay forces Prime to give a corny speech trying to convince us of humanity's worth and why we deserve to be saved. All in all, the story doesn't matter. That's not what you spent $12 for. We just want to see heavily armed robots kill each other and cause as much collateral damage as possible.

Transformers: Bros Before Hos
There are plenty of laughs to be had in this movie, from the kid's father acting like he was going to buy his son a Porsche and then not, to the Autobots learning how to speak human from the internet. Jazz: "Yo! What's up my b****s!" Sam: "How did you know about my great grandfather's glasses?" Prime: "EBAY." The Autobots trying to hide from mom and dad in the front lawn was priceless. Ironhide: "The parents are annoying. Can I take them out?" Prime: "No! What is WITH YOU?!" Ironhide: "I know, I know! We can't harm humans. I'm just saying... we could. It's an option." Jon Voight as the US Secretary of Defense was accidentally funny, seeing how Michael Bay tried to make him look as epic as possible in his slow-mo hop out of the chopper, and then his performance in the bunker looking for a radio, frantically running around and trying really hard to be cool at the same time. There was Anthony Anderson as computer hacker Glen Whitmann, who was supposed to be the only programmer in the world that could decode the Decepticon signal, and then ended up doing nothing for the rest of the movie (though the scene with him and his friend playing DDR was amusing). Shia LeBeouf as Sam Witwicky had some cheesy lines, but makes up for it by using the word "s***" with reckless abandon as he gets chased by a Decepticon. His acting was still better that Keanu Reaves. Then there was Bernie Mac as used car salesman Bobby Bolivia. Perhaps the most memorable scene in the movie was when Bobby referred to his mother as "Mammy". She responds by giving him the finger, whereupon he turns back to Sam and his father, smiling and mumbling quietly, "If I had a rock, I'd bust your head, b****." The stupid-funniest part of the movie is after Megatron is defeated. The Secretary of Defense makes a dramatic speech about how they will cover up everything that happened by dumping the remains of the Decepticons in the ocean, thereby removing all evidence of the event ever taking place. The audience is expected to believe this, despite the huge battle that just took place in the middle of New York City, and all the thousands of people who witnessed it and were getting killed. Right. Also, don't rush out of the theater as soon as the credits start to roll. At the last moment Bay takes a jab at the government, using an interview with the Witwickys. I won't spoil it for you. It's funny in a sarcastic way.

Transformers: The 144 Minute Commercial.
Transformers is the reigning champion for most in-your-face blatant product placement of all time. The whole movie is like one big commercial. Burger King, Nokia, Chevy, the list goes on and on. All the Autobots choose GM vehicles for their transformations, for example (with the exception of Optimus, who had to transform into a Freightliner for the size). Not to mention how the military gets over-glorified at every opportunity, making every other scene seem like an enlistment ad. When you go to see it, during the final fight sequence, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the moment when Sam falls to the ground and the allspark sets off. You will see an XBOX 360 and a Mountain Dew machine transform and begin attacking some poor schmuck. If you tune your senses carefully, you can hear the surge sound as the 360 comes out of the box, and you can see the Dew machine shoot out cans like grenades.

Conclusion: Primus Be Praised, It Doesn't Suck
This is not the thinking man's movie. If your looking for a moment of human connection, great scriptwriting, or deep characters, keep looking. You won't find any McBeth or Firefly in this movie. Instead, you should take the perspective of someone about to parachute out of a plane. Sure it's idiotically dangerous and goes against every instinct in your body, but the ride down is like no other. Like fireworks on the 4th of July, Transformers is loud, flashy, utterly pointless, and a blast to watch. It requires only the IQ of a hamster and the attention span of an ADD kid who had the misfortune of forgetting to take their pills. In the long held tradition of The Rundown, Die Hard, Rambo, and every Schwarzenegger and Hong Kong action movie ever made, Transformers is a great action-packed roller coaster of a movie with minimal thought required, exactly what we should expect from a summer popcorn action-flick. Be sure to check your brain and political correctness at the door for this explosive rock-'em sock-'em good time.

Until the day when all are one,
Zex Marquise


Edit: Since editing doesn't show on the main index that I posted new material, I will have to post this alert. I really don't want to double post. Sorry. But I put to much ridiculous effort into it to have it ignored completely. Check out my review for Transformers above. Just do it darnit!


Posts merged by Mewberries151: Please don't double post...if you need to "update" a post and let everyone know you have, simply copy the contents of your old post, delete it, and then post it into a new reply with your additional content. Thank you.

[jaimehlers offline]

I've never really understood the concept of product placement in a movie. You see, if the movie is good enough, most fans probably won't even notice the random Burger King/Microsoft/whatever products inside. They'll be too busy enjoying the movie. And if the movie is bad enough that people notice those things, then it loses its purpose, i.e. that people won't mentally associate those products with a good movie.

But yeah, I would agree with zex. It was a great movie, because it had transformers blowing stuff up.