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Originally posted by Abercrombie

GAAH!!! ROFL!

waaaay to many inconsistencies... but whatever

I hope they stopped the camera for a bit so we can watch the action proprely.

also felt like an ARMY and GMC ads too.

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Originally posted by malek felt like an ARMY and GMC ads too.

Yeah for sure, dude GM most likely paid them so much money too!

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 There are so many cliches and stereotypes in the movie too. Shia Lebouf is a good actor and he is funny at times, but the Taco Bell dog pissing on Optimus Prime's leg to which responds, "My bad"?

i believe it was optimus who crushed sams dads statue in the backyard and said" my bad"


...Noob.......Jk


this movie was fucking amazing, best scene was with starscream fighting the jets....it was gay how megatron got killed....sickest transformer award goes to.....Probably he police car, forget the name...regardless, him or starscream....

there was cheese tho, i felt like i was at spiderman sometimes....but its cool how sams car got into the three way at the end...who thinks there will be a number 2?

megatron does come back as someone else in the story...

there will be a 2 for sure... cause optimus kept a piece of that cube.

I doubt Megatron will be back... weren't there a billion different transformers in the series to choose from?

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Originally posted by malek there will be a 2 for sure... cause optimus kept a piece of that cube. I doubt Megatron will be back... weren't there a billion different transformers in the series to choose from?

did he for real keep a piece??? fuck i thought he was gunna take the whole cube, then transform to fuck megatrons shit up...cuz optimus def lost that battle...Megatron is just way too dirty in that movie

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 It's riddled with horrible character development on both the humans and the Transformers and there is just way too much comedy. Starscream has one line, Ironhide has maybe 5 lines, Megatron has about 3 or 4 lines. Optimus Prime talks a lot and sounded great but his dialogue was again, poor. The movie could have taken itself at least HALF seriously but I guess the studio was more interested in promoting new American military equipment or getting the tie ins on screen enough (did anybody understand why the Mountain Dew pop machine turned into a transformer?) Some people just want a big dumb action movie with exploding shit all over the place with bad one liners that get tired after one viewing. That's fine. Others, like me, would prefer more crafty humour, character development and coherent action scenes (like in the old Stars Wars, Indiana Jones, first Matrix, etc). This new TF is definitely option A and yet another example of how current Hollywood movies largely fail to capture my imagination these days. I was kinda hoping they'd treat my favourite childhood property with more intelligence and seriousness but in the end, they can make more money with paper thing plotting and goofy comedy that appeals to the most people possible and especially to those who just want to be entertained with eye candy. It's watchable but forgettable and will probably offend many of the hardcore Transformer nerds. Why did Optimus Prime have to have lips again? This movie probably would have broken my heart if it had come out in the late 80s.

I'm with you for the most part (lack of character building, not enough lines, too much focus on stupid human characters, too much silly humor,) it was also a HUGE GMC commercial....how many times did they have a commercial esque shot of bumble bee (the new camero)? especialy at the end when Sam and that chick were on the hood.

-The way they find megaton in the new movie was the way the find Skyfire in the cartoon. wack.

-I'm pretty sure all of the Transformers crash landed on earth in the cartoon...and they wanted to get the fuck off earth as fast as possible to get back to cybertron. but they can't because they lack the resources.....the everlasting quest for energon and energon cubes begins. In the moive the decepticons want to take over the world with the "all spark". thats fine with me, but I think they went a little to far from the basics. the decepticons were made into modern day terrorists.

word on the streets is that all of the robots are anatomically correct. no dissapearing parts or magicly appearing limbs. but it wasn't shown off enough.
and because of this, they had to sacrafice Soundwaves character. one of my fav characters.
*edit* and also made megatron a fighter jet instead of the pistol

lots of other things that kinda made the story weak for me...I'm tired. I'll bitch some more later.

I'm still gonna see it again, even though I didn't like alot of the plot. FUCKING AMAZING MOVIE!

and can someone explain to me where the fuck "Sector 7" came from??? did I miss a few episodes as a kid?

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Originally posted by malek there will be a 2 for sure... cause optimus kept a piece of that cube. I doubt Megatron will be back... weren't there a billion different transformers in the series to choose from?

20 odd years later and how many generations later, he's still here. you can't kill off megatron in the story. then there is no story. he'll be back probably as Galvatron

So what do the droid-actors who play the roles do after the movie's done?

yeah for sure, but since we won't have 3498 transformers movies, i would believe the producers would want to keep it intresting by having different bots.

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 wow I'm actually quite surprised many of you are gushing about this movie. I'm not going to say it was terrible, but I think it was pretty uninspiring. The action is good sure, but it's incredibly confusing and the transformer designs are too busy. There were many scenes where I could just not tell, for the life of me, what was going on. I do, however, fully expect it to win or be nominated for a SFX Oscar. The effects are great but the way Michael Bay chose to shoot them oftne produces a confusing scene. Does anybody ever just let the camera SIT STILL anymore? There are so many cliches and stereotypes in the movie too. Shia Lebouf is a good actor and he is funny at times, but the Taco Bell dog pissing on Optimus Prime's leg to which responds, "My bad"? Bernie Mac's elderly mother character flipping him the bird? If you like that kind of comedy, it might be mildly amusing on first viewing but I don't think this movie will make a lasting impression on most people. It's riddled with horrible character development on both the humans and the Transformers and there is just way too much comedy. Starscream has one line, Ironhide has maybe 5 lines, Megatron has about 3 or 4 lines. Optimus Prime talks a lot and sounded great but his dialogue was again, poor. The movie could have taken itself at least HALF seriously but I guess the studio was more interested in promoting new American military equipment or getting the tie ins on screen enough (did anybody understand why the Mountain Dew pop machine turned into a transformer?) Some people just want a big dumb action movie with exploding shit all over the place with bad one liners that get tired after one viewing. That's fine. Others, like me, would prefer more crafty humour, character development and coherent action scenes (like in the old Stars Wars, Indiana Jones, first Matrix, etc). This new TF is definitely option A and yet another example of how current Hollywood movies largely fail to capture my imagination these days. I was kinda hoping they'd treat my favourite childhood property with more intelligence and seriousness but in the end, they can make more money with paper thing plotting and goofy comedy that appeals to the most people possible and especially to those who just want to be entertained with eye candy. It's watchable but forgettable and will probably offend many of the hardcore Transformer nerds. Why did Optimus Prime have to have lips again? This movie probably would have broken my heart if it had come out in the late 80s.

There is no doubt that this movie is lacking, in many areas, I agree. But it did deliver in many others, I was quite surprised to the see the attention to details, sounds, visuals, mannerisms to the show.
Shia LeBouf was the only seriously weak part of the film, his banter with the audience was nausiating, but thats Hollywood. That actor oozes nothing but that annoying, obvious Hollywood comedic intervention actor role. His lines were awful, I laughed 3 times, and never when others found the movie funny. WHere the film lacked in developing the bots, it gained in its creation and rendering of them, I was amazed - I had an almost "first time Jurassic Park" experiance...might be a stretch I realise.

Kudos for the film makers randomly adding in the "transforming sound" - forgot how cool a noise that is.

I am going to throw this out there, I think now we are just too old, and too smart to not pick up on all the dumbness of childhood cartoons...but I just went in there with a 12 year old mentality, and came out (with an action figure from my SUPER TRANSFORERS COMBO) pleased, very pleased.

even tho it was a GMC two hours ad, I got a boner out of that Cop-dark Mustang!! damn it was friggin cool!

Transformers 2 - 2009
Transformers 3 - ????

u can now watch a shitty quality of the movie on

Alluc.org

wow what a fukin movie.

WOW!!!

That's all I can say... I think I jizzed my pants a few times during the movie from being over excited!

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Originally posted by �Zm�zis I think I jizzed my pants a few times during the movie from being over excited!

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Originally posted by Abercrombie

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 wow I'm actually quite surprised many of you are gushing about this movie. I'm not going to say it was terrible, but I think it was pretty uninspiring. The action is good sure, but it's incredibly confusing and the transformer designs are too busy. There were many scenes where I could just not tell, for the life of me, what was going on. I do, however, fully expect it to win or be nominated for a SFX Oscar. The effects are great but the way Michael Bay chose to shoot them oftne produces a confusing scene. Does anybody ever just let the camera SIT STILL anymore? There are so many cliches and stereotypes in the movie too. Shia Lebouf is a good actor and he is funny at times, but the Taco Bell dog pissing on Optimus Prime's leg to which responds, "My bad"? Bernie Mac's elderly mother character flipping him the bird? If you like that kind of comedy, it might be mildly amusing on first viewing but I don't think this movie will make a lasting impression on most people. It's riddled with horrible character development on both the humans and the Transformers and there is just way too much comedy. Starscream has one line, Ironhide has maybe 5 lines, Megatron has about 3 or 4 lines. Optimus Prime talks a lot and sounded great but his dialogue was again, poor. The movie could have taken itself at least HALF seriously but I guess the studio was more interested in promoting new American military equipment or getting the tie ins on screen enough (did anybody understand why the Mountain Dew pop machine turned into a transformer?) Some people just want a big dumb action movie with exploding shit all over the place with bad one liners that get tired after one viewing. That's fine. Others, like me, would prefer more crafty humour, character development and coherent action scenes (like in the old Stars Wars, Indiana Jones, first Matrix, etc). This new TF is definitely option A and yet another example of how current Hollywood movies largely fail to capture my imagination these days. I was kinda hoping they'd treat my favourite childhood property with more intelligence and seriousness but in the end, they can make more money with paper thing plotting and goofy comedy that appeals to the most people possible and especially to those who just want to be entertained with eye candy. It's watchable but forgettable and will probably offend many of the hardcore Transformer nerds. Why did Optimus Prime have to have lips again? This movie probably would have broken my heart if it had come out in the late 80s.

I agree with you on every point that you just made. It just shows what Hollywood is doing with all of its movies. They are designed to appeal to as many demographics as possible. I can almost guarentee you that the whole grandma flipping bird thing was suggest by some mutherfucking suit that just had to get ITS word in. FUCK.

The movie needed to keep the serious tone that it started off with.

Can't wait for that JJ Abrams bit!!!!

^^^^^ yeah right on. This is not a horrible movie and there are definitely great parts in it, but the comedy stuff will get old really fast. I guarantee that upon second or third viewing, NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND will laugh at Bumblebee pissing fluid on John Turtorro, or Bernie Mac's grandma flipping the bird, the Taco Bell dog pissing on Optimus, etc. It's fucking retarded humour. Really, the entire first hour will get tedious to watch once you buy this on DVD.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is STILL very funny in parts, as are the original Star Wars, etc. Blockbuster movies are not nearly as good as they once were because studios interfere way too much or hire directors like Michael Bay who are little more than yes men (although he is good at making shit blow up).

I'll still go see the sequel because I'm curious if they can actually progress the franchise from this introductory installment. I would like to see it go much darker (like Empire Strikes Back) but if Bay and the original writers are brought back, it will just be a rehash of the original.

It's making a shitload of money though and that's the only point in making movies anymore so...I guess it's a success.

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Originally posted by malek even tho it was a GMC two hours ad, I got a boner out of that Cop-dark Mustang!! damn it was friggin cool!

and to add..did you ever see the mustang logo?

wicked car indeed

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Originally posted by Owen M and to add..did you ever see the mustang logo? wicked car indeed

or how about the Police tagline reading "to punish and enslave" instead of "to serve and protect"??lol i read that aloud and the dude beside me then noticed it and we were laughing our asses off while the rest of the theater seemed to be too taken up with the whole action sequence...

cant wait for the dvd to run the transformations in 1/2 time..hahhaa

i agree with Smitty so much here that I'm not even going to write a review. It just felt like your most typical action movie you can imagine infused with lots of cool fucking special effects.

do u guys not remember that transformers WAS cheezy? oh yea thats right we were all rather young then and therefor it didnt seem so. I recently bought the G1 box set and started watching it and found it way too hard to finish watching it all cos of the cheese but stuck to wanting to watch the movie due to my attachment to it as a kid.

OMG, the attention to detail is unreal....just how you can see part of the word "Police" written across that decepticon even after he transformed, just insane attention to detail and not breaking the continuity, absolutely nuts on that part !

the sound of them transforming gave me chills, and brought back so many memories of the cartoons i would watch when i was younger.

cheesy love scenes? Who cares ! i actually found it funny when those scenes came up, besides, theres too much anticipation for the next action sequence that you really dont care for said love scenes.

by the way, before i go on...BUMBLEBEE IS THE MAN ! uhhhh....i mean...robot !...funny how he drove to just the right spot on the cliff, and played all the old love tunes, it was that touch of comedy that made it even that more enjoyable...

lots of scenes in the movie where the audience let out a laugh, and plenty scenes when the audience was totally gripped by the action sequences...

all in all, i dont think anyone walked outta there with anything bad to say.

to quote John...

GO SEE THIS SHIT ASAP !

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Originally posted by MikeyN OMG, the attention to detail is unreal....just how you can see part of the word "Police" written across that decepticon even after he transformed, just insane attention to detail and not breaking the continuity, absolutely nuts on that part ! the sound of them transforming gave me chills, and brought back so many memories of the cartoons i would watch when i was younger. cheesy love scenes? Who cares ! i actually found it funny when those scenes came up, besides, theres too much anticipation for the next action sequence that you really dont care for said love scenes. by the way, before i go on...BUMBLEBEE IS THE MAN ! uhhhh....i mean...robot !...funny how he drove to just the right spot on the cliff, and played all the old love tunes, it was that touch of comedy that made it even that more enjoyable... lots of scenes in the movie where the audience let out a laugh, and plenty scenes when the audience was totally gripped by the action sequences... all in all, i dont think anyone walked outta there with anything bad to say. to quote John... GO SEE THIS SHIT ASAP !

+1
Bumblebee was adorable
this movie gets 10/10 from me, superbly done for sure!

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