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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:17 pm
by Leisher
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:16 pm
by Malcolm
Bay's credits include the two "Bad Boys" movies, "Pearl Harbor," "Armageddon" and "The Rock."
Goddamnit, he just killed like 90% of the population's interest in seeing this film. Those ain't flicks to be proud of.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:18 am
by Vince
Actually, that has made me at least curious as to what kind of movie he'd do.
Before that I was pretty much of the mind of "who gives a rat's ass".
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:46 pm
by GORDON
It was gonna get a rated R...
http://www.joblo.com/r-rated-transformers
But then Spielberg the Executive Producer made a phone call and got it rated PG-13, without any cuts.
Sheesh.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 1:57 pm
by GORDON
New trailer is up.
http://www.transformersmovie.com/
I officially want to see this, now. I got a little chill when the semi pulled up to them....
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:05 pm
by Malcolm
Damn, I would've used that as an excuse to shove more violence into it.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:46 pm
by Malcolm
Just saw the trailer on TV w\ the new Linkin Park single in the background. The desire to see that movie just declined by about 10%.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:54 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:27 pm
by Malcolm
So help me Jeebus, I did a search before I started the thread.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:19 pm
by thibodeaux
Michael Bay is involved.
Therefore, suckage.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:20 am
by Malcolm
Will most likely be going to the advance screening tonight at the behest of a buddy of mine. I'm one of the few people he deems "worthy" to see it w\. Thoughts will be posted tomorrow probably.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:44 am
by TheCatt
thibodeaux wrote:Michael Bay is involved.
Therefore, suckage.
I dunno, the Playboy centerfold video he directed got one, uh... thumb up.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:37 am
by Malcolm
Big fucking warning -- DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT see this film. I felt like my eyes were skull-fucked for two hours w\ a razorblade strap-on.
Details to follow tomorrow.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:17 am
by TPRJones
What?! Say it isn't so! 
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:43 am
by Malcolm
Alright. I was invited to go see this flick w\ a buddy of mine cos he knew I'd be a good barometre to tell if the flick was true to the cartoon or comics. If there were any discrepancies in the plot or something needed to be explained, that's why I was there. I really am reviewing this from the perspective of someone familiar w\ the story & characters, so I'll be a bit harsher than the average dude.
That being said, this film sucks ass on all the levels that count. All of the transformers, EVERY SINGLE ONE, was either undeveloped, underdeveloped, badly written, wasted, or just fucking useless. The closest one they come to getting right was Optimus Prime, & even he's a pale shadow of what he should be. I doubt I can give too much away w\o letting spoilers drop, but I think I may start a separate thread for that.
This film is now the new example of someone taking an existing franchise w\ a huge appeal, giving it to writers who just seem to have taken the random pop culture generator, output some shit, & stitched it together.
This film is bad on every level. You won't care about most of the characters cos they're never developed. Megatron gets virtually no screen time. Starscream is now just a jet, not the treacherous & memorable sumbitch we've all come to expect. Optimus Prime, who is supposed to be the paragon of virtue & nobility, a superb battlefield commander who can single-handedly turn the tide of a fight, & a moral compass has been reduced to a well-meaning, shallow, bumbling fucktard. When he steps on the lawn ornament & says, "Whoops. My bad," you'll know what I mean.
I did not buy a ticket to hear masturbation jokes, I did not buy it to see the Autobots pull their version of the Three Stooges, & I certainly didn't buy a ticket to see Bumblebee literally robopissing on John Tuturro. Fuck you Michael Bay. Fuck you Roberto Orci. Fuck you Alex Kurtzman. This made the 1986 cartoon seem like Sophocles. This is the most abysmal film I've seen in the theatres since I saw "The Number Twenty-Three" hungover on St. Patrick's Day.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:45 am
by Paul
I won't watch it, but I'll read the spoiler.
Here is the spoiler.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:13 pm
by thibodeaux
Malcolm wrote:This film is now the new example of someone taking an existing franchise w\ a huge appeal, giving it to writers who just seem to have taken the random pop culture generator, output some shit, & stitched it together.
See also Starship Troopers.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:51 pm
by TPRJones
Nothing could be as far off and offensive to the source material as Starship Troopers was.
Now I must see this to compare the outragosity.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:00 pm
by Malcolm
Don't. You've been warned. Seriously. This flick is not worth the price of admission.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:23 pm
by Leisher
This film is now the new example of someone taking an existing franchise w\ a huge appeal, giving it to writers who just seem to have taken the random pop culture generator, output some shit, & stitched it together.
See also Godzilla.