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Title: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: RJ on June 29, 2007, 01:58:54 AM
I just saw the new Transformers movie.

*melts into a puddle of goo*

Okaies, review time!

I actually went to the movie at 9.30 in the morning so I was still a little out of it when I walked into the cinema and sat down. Luckily the pre-movie music was AC/DC so I did a little air-guitar until other people started to walk in. It didn't fill up very much though, and there was enough room to have your own little personal bubble so you could enjoy the movie (or in my case talk to my dad without getting hushed... what? We like to pick out where we've seen actors from before).

The opening scene of the movie is a great introduction with Optimus Prime's smexy smexy voice telling us about the All Spark and how it operates. From there, the scene is set as we are brought to a desert military base in Qatar to see our first glimpses of the kind of devastation we are going to be in for. We are introduced to William Lennox and his team as they make their escape into the desert and away from their base destroyed by an unknown creature. However, one of the team has managed to capture a photo of it, and whatever it is doesn't want them to share.

Suddenly, seemingly far away from any danger, we are placed into the world of a young man named Sam, who is going to buy his first car with his father, after having given a presentation to his class about his explorer grandfather. Despite being an innocent-looking scene, we are given a lot of information and given our first look at popular girl Mikaela, our protagonist's crush. Sam buys his first car, an old-looking Camaro with a "custom faded" paintjob (I found the trinkets hanging from the rear view mirror such a nice touch, including the bumblebee air freshener with the word 'Beee-otch' on it).

Things slow down for a short while as we follow Sam around and see his situation - unpopular, embarrassing parents, and his new car is just a little on the weird side, leading him to have a unwanted Herbie the Love Bug type of moment with Mikaela as he tries to give her a lift home. But it's not too long until we finally catch back up again, and find ourselves in the Pentagon where the military is trying to work out which country is behind the attack, and bringing in analysts from all over to try and decode a mysterious signal. Soon after, we're back with Lennox and his team who have suddenly come under attack by their assailant, a giant mechanical scorpion who doesn't want them to phone home.

This is where the movie takes a sharp-right and we're back in the action again. Guns are shooting, bombs are exploding, and a call center in India is asking for a credit card number so Lennox can make a call to the Pentagon... This fight scene pretty much sums up the entire movie, mixing in devastation with hilarious little moments so we can still see elements of the old cartoon. The in-jokes are a treat to any fans of the series (especially the 'more than meets the eye' jokes and even a little bit of breakdancing from one of the Autobots – perhaps an homage to the animated movie?). And the 'Yay' moments only get better when the Autobots finally crash onto the scene.

Strangely, there is very little which can be said about Transformers - if only because for the majority of the movie your mouth with be hanging too far open to actually say anything at all. The movie is slick, shiny, and moves at a million miles an hour. Though, that may be one of the few downfalls of the movie. Action scenes are presented in a rapid-fire collection of shots. It can get somewhat confusing as to what is happening sometimes - who's the good guy? Who the hell is that? Why did they go into the city without evacuating it first?

At one point I was questioning the plot, but it strangely makes sense after you realise this is the US Government we're talking about.

What I loved most was the fact that it wasn't all focussed on the action and the Autobots like the cartoon series was. The Autobots are treated like a kind of fanservice and eye-candy so you really connect to them despite how late their arrival time is. Their personalities are well-defined and although they may know the language, they are still clueless to the ways of humans and the concept of "Hide, my parents are coming!". The human actors are magnificent, it's amazing how well they are able to interact with the Autobots and with each other. Everyone gets their own moment, even Sam's Chihuahua, Mojo who decides to take a rest stop on one of the Autobot's legs.

The movie switches between entertainingly dysfunctional and mind-blowingly awesome, with many stops in-between. And there's no way you can be disappointed. Every detail is right there in front of you, in both plot points, character development and in the mechanical designs of the Transformers themselves. They're not generic copies of each other – they're individuals with personality and likes and dislikes. Throughout the movie we find out things that really make them stand out that way – we know that Bumblebee is sensitive about his appearance, and that Megatron is one ugly robot who likes to flick people out of the way.

I can't wait to get this on DVD so I just see the behind the scenes documentaries. The animation of the Transformers is so perfectly amazing that you'll be sure to see it again just to look in awe at every bolt and scratch in paint. And the explosions. Gotta love them too.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Zedd on June 29, 2007, 02:25:05 AM
Im not too hapy WHAT bumblebee is...Even Kenji will agree on this...
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: RJ on June 29, 2007, 02:30:48 AM
A Camaro?

Yeah, I think the VW Beetle would have been cuter, but he had to appeal to Sam's character.

The only thing I'm only really disappointed at personally is I wished there had been more Autobots, but that would have wrecked the movie and changed the focus.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Brunhidden on June 29, 2007, 06:56:58 AM
Quote from: RJ on June 29, 2007, 02:30:48 AM
Yeah, I think the VW Beetle would have been cuter, but he had to appeal to Sam's character.

Giant robots are not supposed to be cute, they are supposed to be spiky and on fire and have more warning labels then a Twinkie factory. If you make a giant robot cute you may as well put shag upholstery and some pink fuzzy dice on it.... actually the fuzzy dice sound cool.

i have not seen it yet, but the wife is a huge transformers freak and we wanna see it together when we have time. The mechanics of a transformer amazes me, because if they fold and unfold like they do when they are in robot form they must be almost entirely hollow.

my viewpoint on the transformers can be seen in this short video.
http://www.bandwidththeater.com/morethan.html

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Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: King Of Hearts on June 29, 2007, 07:39:29 AM
Good movie. a bit campy. strong human characters if a bit too much focus on them.

Childhood status: Satisfied


spoiler


Boo at Prime leaving Bumblebee to die because he doesnt want to hurt the humans who were attacking Bumblebee.

And why the hell does Prime know so much about humans their potential and whatnot? He only landed a day prior and I doubt the internet would have been the best source of things good about humanity.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on June 29, 2007, 08:07:03 AM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 29, 2007, 07:39:29 AM
And why the hell does Prime know so much about humans their potential and whatnot? He only landed a day prior and I doubt the internet would have been the best source of things good about humanity.

Er, that depends entirely upon your link to the internet, and just -how- much of it you can suck down in a day.

Multi-gigabit links, perhaps you can draw down large chunks, but even google takes a month to update everything... On the other hand, if you can hack into the backbone, you can monitor a -heck- of a lot of traffic - particularly if you can monitor it at multiple places.

And given enough CPU power, that's not totally unreasonable...
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Janus Whitefurr on June 29, 2007, 09:39:14 AM
I pretty much approve of what RJ said. I went to the 9:30am showing down here, and I was entertained mightily the entire time. The wavy plot, the action scenes, the humorous moments, it is all love.

"Bumblebee, stop lubricating the man."
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: RJ on June 30, 2007, 02:50:40 AM
Quote from: Janus Whitefurr on June 29, 2007, 09:39:14 AM
I pretty much approve of what RJ said. I went to the 9:30am showing down here, and I was entertained mightily the entire time. The wavy plot, the action scenes, the humorous moments, it is all love.

"Bumblebee, stop lubricating the man."

:boogie I loved that.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: King Of Hearts on June 30, 2007, 04:00:04 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on June 29, 2007, 08:07:03 AM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 29, 2007, 07:39:29 AM
And why the hell does Prime know so much about humans their potential and whatnot? He only landed a day prior and I doubt the internet would have been the best source of things good about humanity.

Er, that depends entirely upon your link to the internet, and just -how- much of it you can suck down in a day.

Multi-gigabit links, perhaps you can draw down large chunks, but even google takes a month to update everything... On the other hand, if you can hack into the backbone, you can monitor a -heck- of a lot of traffic - particularly if you can monitor it at multiple places.

And given enough CPU power, that's not totally unreasonable...

I suppose... Black Out [?] and Frenzy was able to silt quickly trough heavily fire walled Top Secret records.

But still... Prime finding the good of humans trough the internet... *snicker* I guess he didnt find 4chan.

Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Janus Whitefurr on June 30, 2007, 04:20:29 AM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 30, 2007, 04:00:04 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on June 29, 2007, 08:07:03 AM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 29, 2007, 07:39:29 AM
And why the hell does Prime know so much about humans their potential and whatnot? He only landed a day prior and I doubt the internet would have been the best source of things good about humanity.

Er, that depends entirely upon your link to the internet, and just -how- much of it you can suck down in a day.

Multi-gigabit links, perhaps you can draw down large chunks, but even google takes a month to update everything... On the other hand, if you can hack into the backbone, you can monitor a -heck- of a lot of traffic - particularly if you can monitor it at multiple places.

And given enough CPU power, that's not totally unreasonable...

I suppose... Black Out [?] and Frenzy was able to silt quickly trough heavily fire walled Top Secret records.

But still... Prime finding the good of humans trough the internet... *snicker* I guess he didnt find 4chan.

Couldn't remember the actual number, but...

"ARE YOU EBAY USER LADIESMAN OH TWO SEVEN FIVE!?""
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Valynth on June 30, 2007, 02:10:57 PM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 30, 2007, 04:00:04 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on June 29, 2007, 08:07:03 AM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 29, 2007, 07:39:29 AM
And why the hell does Prime know so much about humans their potential and whatnot? He only landed a day prior and I doubt the internet would have been the best source of things good about humanity.

Er, that depends entirely upon your link to the internet, and just -how- much of it you can suck down in a day.

Multi-gigabit links, perhaps you can draw down large chunks, but even google takes a month to update everything... On the other hand, if you can hack into the backbone, you can monitor a -heck- of a lot of traffic - particularly if you can monitor it at multiple places.

And given enough CPU power, that's not totally unreasonable...

I suppose... Black Out [?] and Frenzy was able to silt quickly trough heavily fire walled Top Secret records.

But still... Prime finding the good of humans trough the internet... *snicker* I guess he didnt find 4chan.



Considering average human hackers can do the same thing without much effort.  The "top secret" files are kept in the equivalent of a fortified building with paper windows.

If anyone of any reasonable destructive power found 4chan, we'd all be doomed.  For the love of all that is good, DON'T TELL BUSH!
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Eowyn on June 30, 2007, 04:38:20 PM
What Eowyn types- asofduhnnnnnnnnnnn
What Eowyn says- Where'd he go? pime pime, whereareyoucomeback!
What Eowyn means- I have the old animated transformers movie, I cried when optimus died.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: King Of Hearts on July 01, 2007, 05:41:30 AM
Quote from: Valynth on June 30, 2007, 02:10:57 PM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 30, 2007, 04:00:04 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on June 29, 2007, 08:07:03 AM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 29, 2007, 07:39:29 AM
And why the hell does Prime know so much about humans their potential and whatnot? He only landed a day prior and I doubt the internet would have been the best source of things good about humanity.

Er, that depends entirely upon your link to the internet, and just -how- much of it you can suck down in a day.

Multi-gigabit links, perhaps you can draw down large chunks, but even google takes a month to update everything... On the other hand, if you can hack into the backbone, you can monitor a -heck- of a lot of traffic - particularly if you can monitor it at multiple places.

And given enough CPU power, that's not totally unreasonable...

I suppose... Black Out [?] and Frenzy was able to silt quickly trough heavily fire walled Top Secret records.

But still... Prime finding the good of humans trough the internet... *snicker* I guess he didnt find 4chan.



Considering average human hackers can do the same thing without much effort.  The "top secret" files are kept in the equivalent of a fortified building with paper windows.

If anyone of any reasonable destructive power found 4chan, we'd all be doomed.  For the love of all that is good, DON'T TELL BUSH!


To be fair, In the movie, the firewalls was supposed to be neigh impenetrable for a week or so by human assailants the defense guys claimed.

hmm... I wonder if the TFs built their personalities around 4chan memes?

Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: ITOS on July 02, 2007, 03:39:04 PM
Quote from: Eowyn on June 30, 2007, 04:38:20 PM
What Eowyn types- asofduhnnnnnnnnnnn
What Eowyn says- Where'd he go? pime pime, whereareyoucomeback!
What Eowyn means- I have the old animated transformers movie, I cried when optimus died.

You should watch something more friendly.

Like Big Ass Badgers (http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Big+Ass+Badgers/).
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: KarlOmega1 on July 03, 2007, 12:56:47 PM
Speaking of the movie...there are companies using it as a promo for their products...one of which is from Burger King. In it, Optimus Prime goes through the Drive-thru in bot mode and begins to order a Whopper. The guy in the drive-thru says "Sir, this is a Drive-thru...You'll need a vehicle" ...so Optimus Prime transforms into his Semi form, the drive-thru guy says "you'll need a driver, also" ...in which Prime responds with " Oh come on!"

I thought it was funny...
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Caswin on July 04, 2007, 11:04:04 PM
That ruled.  That is all.
Quote from: KarlOmega1 on July 03, 2007, 12:56:47 PM
Speaking of the movie...there are companies using it as a promo for their products...one of which is from Burger King. In it, Optimus Prime goes through the Drive-thru in bot mode and begins to order a Whopper. The guy in the drive-thru says "Sir, this is a Drive-thru...You'll need a vehicle" ...so Optimus Prime transforms into his Semi form, the drive-thru guy says "you'll need a driver, also" ...in which Prime responds with " Oh come on!"

I thought it was funny...
Okay, I want to see this commercial now.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: GabrielsThoughts on July 04, 2007, 11:55:34 PM
Other than the last ten minutes I thought the movie rocked!!!

the theater was too crowded, and I had to sit next to a speaker = LOUD.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Caswin on July 05, 2007, 12:14:33 PM
Quote from: GabrielsThoughts on July 04, 2007, 11:55:34 PM
Other than the last ten minutes I thought the movie rocked!!!
...it was giant robots and military men blasting the heck out of each other and the surrounding area with missiles and stuff.  How does that not rock? O_o
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: rabid_fox on July 05, 2007, 12:51:58 PM

Hmm. Sounds like I'm waiting for this one to hit the bargin DVD section of the local grocery store.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: GabrielsThoughts on July 05, 2007, 09:10:33 PM
Quote from: Caswin on July 05, 2007, 12:14:33 PM
Quote from: GabrielsThoughts on July 04, 2007, 11:55:34 PM
Other than the last ten minutes I thought the movie rocked!!!
...it was giant robots and military men blasting the heck out of each other and the surrounding area with missiles and stuff.  How does that not rock? O_o

that wasn't what I was complaining about otherwise we would be talking the last 20 minutes,  it just got stupid repetitive and childish towards the end... also I'm trying to place the final battle were they in  Arizona? it didn't look like Boulder City or Kingman, and no city is actually that close to the Hoover Dam I know I live here.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Shadrok on July 05, 2007, 11:03:54 PM
Just saw the movie and it was good. Have to say when I first saw Frenzy I thought "Johnny five's  alive!". XD

I think the bots didn't get enough time though, after all it was suppose to be about their war.

Over all, I liked it and I'm going to buy it when it comes out on DVD.

It had a lot of scenes that made me laugh. One of which was the "Bee Ouch" air freshener Bumble bee had.

I don't know if I was seeing things but some the scratches on Optimus'  paint in the end battle looked like the Transformer language.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: LigerJet on July 06, 2007, 04:40:37 AM
ALL HAIL FRENZY, THE SPAZ-BOT!
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Janus Whitefurr on July 06, 2007, 06:20:25 AM
Quote from: Caswin on July 04, 2007, 11:04:04 PM
That ruled.  That is all.
Quote from: KarlOmega1 on July 03, 2007, 12:56:47 PM
Speaking of the movie...there are companies using it as a promo for their products...one of which is from Burger King. In it, Optimus Prime goes through the Drive-thru in bot mode and begins to order a Whopper. The guy in the drive-thru says "Sir, this is a Drive-thru...You'll need a vehicle" ...so Optimus Prime transforms into his Semi form, the drive-thru guy says "you'll need a driver, also" ...in which Prime responds with " Oh come on!"

I thought it was funny...
Okay, I want to see this commercial now.

And Youtube to the rescue! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kckakj8sH8I)
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Brunhidden on July 06, 2007, 05:53:29 PM
Now that i have seen it with my wife and only actual friend (see him two or three times a year) i have a statement to say

I had NO idea i would laugh so much.

the little touches do so much, and now i sit and think about when the cube was dropped and made the Mt. Dew machine go apeshit.

idea 1- why is it automatically evil? weren't the good guys created the same way?

idea 2- could it be a recurring character? "FLESHY HUMANS, I HAVE COME TO DESTROY YOUR THIRST" *foont foont*

idea 3- didn't this happen right next to a furby truck? the last thing we need is five thousand heavily armed satanic furbies enslaving mankind.

QuoteHistorians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: GabrielsThoughts on July 06, 2007, 06:59:53 PM
I'm fairly certain the vending machine was evil before the cube was dropped  as you can see here.  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkgQFOOr7ug)
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: LigerJet on July 06, 2007, 11:54:12 PM
I think all the newborn Transformers lashed out because they were acting out of instinct.  They were in an unfamiliar environment, on their own, or in the Nokiabot's case, trapped.  It could also be because these bots' chips were reverse-engineered from Megatron...the microchips may have his personality imprinted on 'em, or something.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: techmaster-glitch on July 07, 2007, 01:27:22 AM
I finally just watched the movie with my family and then some. But I haven't seen any tranformers show since I was a kid, so I can't really remember crap :cry the only characters I recognized were Optimus, of course, Megatron, of course, and Starscream. I remember Starscream cuz he was always trying to overthrow Megatron...I think. The small spazzy guy...You called him Frenzy?... I belive he was a Minicon. I liked how he chopped his own head in half at the end with an audible "oh shit!" :giggle

And that is all I can relate to :crying :crying :crying
I must go make a wish in the Arena.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: RJ on July 07, 2007, 10:08:51 AM
One tiny detail that bugged me was how come when Frenzy touched the AllSpark he got repaired, but when Bumblebee had it for that time, how come he didn't use it to heal?
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Llewelyn on July 07, 2007, 01:48:33 PM
Maybe it can't do that when it's in "travel mode"?  It didn't take much energy from it before to bring the phone to life, so that's more doable, but rebuilding a giant robot's legs may take a lot more output that's not feasible in the smaller form.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Brunhidden on July 07, 2007, 07:20:06 PM
and here i thought touching the cube was what restored his speech ability.

with the robots being evil, i would have had the theory that the last bot to touch the cube more or less 'attunes' it, so if optimus used it on some gizmos they would be good and if jazz used it they would be 'urban'....


HOLY SHIATSU! TF is a horror movie! the black dude died first.

QuoteThat old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: superluser on July 07, 2007, 10:41:02 PM
I can't comment on the rest of the thread yet, but here's my wholly original review of Transformers:

My name is Scott Richard Kurtz. I'm six years old and when I grow up I want to be SupermanBumblebee.

OK.  Comment!

Quote from: Eowyn on June 30, 2007, 04:38:20 PMWhat Eowyn means- I have the old animated transformers movie, I cried when optimus died.

I remembered hating the Transformers movie that had Orson Welles, specifically the fact that Optimus died.  It wasn't until I watched it again that I remembered the full reason--Optimus dies and gets replaced by someone who is essentially the same person--and who was introduced just to have someone to take over when Optimus dies, and nothing changes.  It was a cheap way to do things.  I would have preferred to have Optimus die and actually cripple the Autobots, and have the Autobots rise up from the ashes to become stronger than ever.

P.S.

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Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: King Of Hearts on July 08, 2007, 05:40:25 AM
Hotrod was nothing like Optimus... especially in his early tenure were he's just as brash as a kid.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Fuyudenki on July 16, 2007, 01:52:07 AM
*checks date*  Less than a week.  It's just CPR, not necromancy.

Finally saw the movie.  I enjoyed it.  Severely irked that Bumblebee was never a Bug, he was my favorite Transformer in the old series.

Also wish Starscream had gotten in some of his "Megatron is dead, I am the new leader of the Decepticons!" cracks in.  I'd say the Decepticons got far too little character development.  Maybe replace some of the extended fight scenes.

One of my friends was upset that Optimus totally whipped... was it Blackout?  And then had all that trouble with Megatron.  I enjoyed Jazz whipping up on the tank, though.  He may be my new favorite Transformer.

"I bought a car.  It turned out to be an alien robot.  Who knew?"
-Sam

Frenzy reminds me of a current RP character of mine.  Since I never caught his name during the movie, I just called him "Hackbot" the whole time.  I'll have to make a mental note to get shuriken launchers installed in my droid character's torso, as Hackbot bears a striking resemblance to Frenzy in behavior and appearance(Being a Star Wars-style droid, he doesn't transform, of course...).

On a totally unrelated note, I ended up sitting next to some girl who seemingly fell asleep a third of the way through the movie.  Couldn't say much about her, I pretty much ignored her.

Oh yeah.  And Sam's best friend is totally me!
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: superluser on July 16, 2007, 10:14:04 AM
Quote from: Raist on July 16, 2007, 01:52:07 AMFinally saw the movie.  I enjoyed it.  Severely irked that Bumblebee was never a Bug, he was my favorite Transformer in the old series.

Well, that's because GM outbid Volkswagen.  Besides, at some point, he would have become the new Beetle, and would you like to see him like that?  I'll admit, I was a little disappointed not to see him as a Beetle, but the way he (and the Camaro) was integrated into the story made me very forgiving.

Quote from: Raist on July 16, 2007, 01:52:07 AMAlso wish Starscream had gotten in some of his "Megatron is dead, I am the new leader of the Decepticons!" cracks in.  I'd say the Decepticons got far too little character development.  Maybe replace some of the extended fight scenes.

It's a difficult situation.  The best way to tell the story is to throw the viewers into the middle of the plot where everybody already knows what the Transformers are, and that the Autobots are good and the Decepticons are bad.  Then you can greatly expand the character development and explore more of the social implications of human-robot interactions.

But then you lose the initial arrival of the Transformers, and people trying to figure out who they are, what they want, and how people should deal with them.  That's a good, interesting story, and it's worth telling.  So I think this is the proper way to do the first movie.  I think you'll find that sequels (in talks for 2009) may be more character driven.

By the way, if you want to see a strange review, check out Ebert's review of Transformers (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070705/REVIEWS/70620006/1023).  That doesn't look like classic Ebert.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: thegayhare on July 20, 2007, 10:34:48 PM
I just watched it myself.

I realy realy enjoyed it. 

Oh and Raist Blackout was the chopper  The truck Optimus sliced and diced was Bonecrusher a crane truck I think

And it realy makes sense that the battle with Megatron would be harder for Optimus  Megatron was the leader of the Decipticons for a reason.  Since the decepticons don't seem to be the most democratic of groups he was the strongest and most powerful of them so he's nessicarily a harder fight then a front line soldier.

one of the little touches I liked was the logo on Barracuda's paint job, instead of "To Protect and Serve" it was "To Punish and Enslave"

thinking back to it I don't remember Barracuda or Starscream dieing

With optimus signaling for survivors to come to earth this could hint at a possible sequal what with surviving decipticons following them.  Rallying around starscream or maybe galvatron

i'm realy realy glad that the game is for PS2 I can play it with out upgrading
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Janus Whitefurr on July 20, 2007, 10:50:15 PM
Quote from: thegayhare on July 20, 2007, 10:34:48 PM
I just watched it myself.

I realy realy enjoyed it. 

Oh and Raist Blackout was the chopper  The truck Optimus sliced and diced was Bonecrusher a crane truck I think

And it realy makes sense that the battle with Megatron would be harder for Optimus  Megatron was the leader of the Decipticons for a reason.  Since the decepticons don't seem to be the most democratic of groups he was the strongest and most powerful of them so he's nessicarily a harder fight then a front line soldier.

one of the little touches I liked was the logo on Barracuda's paint job, instead of "To Protect and Serve" it was "To Punish and Enslave"

thinking back to it I don't remember Barracuda or Starscream dieing

With optimus signaling for survivors to come to earth this could hint at a possible sequal what with surviving decipticons following them.  Rallying around starscream or maybe galvatron

i'm realy realy glad that the game is for PS2 I can play it with out upgrading

a) Yep, Bonecrusher. Poor guy got pwned BAD. On the topic of names, the tank was meant to be called "Brawl" but apparently the team's production name for him slipped through the cracks and he remained Devastator in the movie.

b) Made sense to me as well. Prime's a noble fighter and full of heart (etc etc) but Megatron is freaking bred for war. On that note, Weaving did a brilliant job on Megs' voice. "Oh... so unwise."

c) There was always something fishy about Barricade. *koff, grin* The motto is a nice touch, and it's also noted very briefly that instead of the PD symbol on his side he's got the Decepticon symbol instead.

d) Barricade disappears during the highway chase. Starscream is seen escaping into orbit during the credits. Another unconfirmed is Scorponok, who disappeared underground after getting slammed by the military.

e) Wiki suggests a sequel that may or may not involve Soundwave, the Dinobots, and/or the Constructicons. Entirely hypothetical at this point. I'm trying to imagine them pulling off a gestalt Transformer in modern continuity. It makes me squee with glee~
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: thegayhare on July 20, 2007, 11:48:34 PM
Quote from: Janus Whitefurr on July 20, 2007, 10:50:15 PM

c) There was always something fishy about Barricade. *koff, grin* The motto is a nice touch, and it's also noted very briefly that instead of the PD symbol on his side he's got the Decepticon symbol instead.

d) Barricade disappears during the highway chase. Starscream is seen escaping into orbit during the credits. Another unconfirmed is Scorponok, who disappeared underground after getting slammed by the military.

e) Wiki suggests a sequel that may or may not involve Soundwave, the Dinobots, and/or the Constructicons. Entirely hypothetical at this point. I'm trying to imagine them pulling off a gestalt Transformer in modern continuity. It makes me squee with glee~

Barracaide?  I could have sworn it was barracuda oh well.  but yeah I did notice the decepiton con logo.  Also I think Iron hide, or was it ratchett had the auto bots logo worked into the public works label on his side.

I did realise scorponok hadn't been finished off after I had posted

you know I'd like to see a full sized tidal wave make an apearance, I had heard on anouther forum thats it's planned to be a trillogy.  If the constructicons make an apearance what are they going o do?  Devestator is been used
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: King Of Hearts on July 21, 2007, 03:19:37 AM
Aide from the movie Devastator was named Brawl... so they could just do a name swap and have the contructicons form into a gestalt named Brawl.

Insecticons, seriously... they would make great villians in a huge global swarm setting.
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: thegayhare on July 25, 2007, 10:57:32 AM
aparently VG cats dissagrees with most of the reviews

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=241
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Fuyudenki on July 25, 2007, 06:28:43 PM
Quote from: thegayhare on July 25, 2007, 10:57:32 AM
aparently VG cats dissagrees with most of the reviews

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=241

To be fair, what he's said is technically true.

The end of the movie reminded me of a friend once mentioning some wierd fetish where the person enjoys "Copulating while atop someone else, or having people copulate while atop you."
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Zedd on July 25, 2007, 07:52:30 PM
Quote from: Raist on July 25, 2007, 06:28:43 PM
Quote from: thegayhare on July 25, 2007, 10:57:32 AM
aparently VG cats dissagrees with most of the reviews

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=241

To be fair, what he's said is technically true.

The end of the movie reminded me of a friend once mentioning some wierd fetish where the person enjoys "Copulating while atop someone else, or having people copulate while atop you."
And thats the main downside of this movie..Focused too much on the humans..Even thats what they where shooting for...It still stinks...
Title: Re: Shiny Shiny Robots!
Post by: Caswin on July 25, 2007, 08:25:22 PM
Hey, at least the game has Frank Welker...