Ensign_Ricky posted:Does Frank Welker use either of G1 Megatron or Galvatron's voices? This is important. Oh. It's very close to TF: Prime's Megatron.
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The MSJ posted:They were Hulk-like in the G1 cartoon. "Me Grimlock crush Decepticons!" and all that. In the comics, they were intelligent soldiers. Various other versions after vary in portrayal. I'm gonna see AoE regardless, but I have to admit to being a little bummed that there's not going to be a "ME GRIMLOCK LOVE CHALLENGE" callback from the G1 movie.
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 I was at the NYC red carpet event and Micheal Bay took this thematically perfect selfie with me and my buddy (I'm in blue). The movie was pretty good, too.
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Jun 26, 2014 05:27
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DoctorWhat posted:
But you didn't recite Terry's analysis to him word-for-word? Missed opportunity of the century, right there.
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Jun 26, 2014 05:39
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Alright guys, are you ready for another round of "lovely Reviews of a Michael Bay Movie"? "How dare you, Michael Bay? How dare you?"
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Lord Krangdar posted:But you didn't recite Terry's analysis to him word-for-word? Missed opportunity of the century, right there. ACTUALLY I asked as he walked away if the Autobots were supposed to be horrifying. He smiled.
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Yoshifan823 posted:Alright guys, are you ready for another round of "lovely Reviews of a Michael Bay Movie"? "This is science fiction with giant fighting robots, and it was completely unrealistic in more moments than not." That sentence is everything that's wrong with film reviews. DoctorWhat posted:ACTUALLY I asked as he walked away if the Autobots were supposed to be horrifying. I guess that's good enough.
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Yoshifan823 posted:Alright guys, are you ready for another round of "lovely Reviews of a Michael Bay Movie"? If there's one thing I've noticed about every AoE review so far, you can clearly tell that the reviewer has made up their mind beforehand and doing this 'ironic' sort of 'this movie is so bad I have no idea what's going on it haha michael baysplosions!!' schtick. Also, pretty funny that the dude claims the franchise is 'crumbling' even though the films are making ridiculous amounts of money and Michael Bay seemingly put Transformers back in the minds of literally everyone on the planet leading to multiple TV series, video games, and a shitload of toys. What kind of reviewer sits there and goes 'Urgh, Mark Wahlberg can't possibly play an inventor!!' with a straight face and calls out the Drift character as 'racist' because he's a Samurai robot played by Ken Watanabe with no other reasoning.
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Holy crap, I saw this film last night and I'm still trying to process what the hell I saw! I think the film hated me and everyone else in the audience though. Optimus came off as such a psychopath in this one, I can almost agree with why the creators want to put him down though. And the last I dunno, half hour was brutal, although it did almost reach a point where it became too much and I became almost detached and bored by the amount of explosions and robot smashing I've got a bit of a SMG read on it, but I haven't actually managed to write it yet - I reckon there's a subtext about Michael Bay's disgust at the demand for sequels and prequels for big IP films as opposed to unique and risky venture. I haven't quite put it together yet though, and I don't want to have to spoiler some huge wall of text either haha
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Not A Bear posted:Holy crap, I saw this film last night and I'm still trying to process what the hell I saw! Yeah, that's why I haven't posted much because there's a ton of stuff I want to say. But Optimus' war cry in the final act: ______"I'LL KILL YOU!"_____ was just  . Particularly when I'm pretty sure he says the exact same thing to humans (Cade) right at the start of the film and to Grimlock later.But remember though, Michael Bay was done after the third film - then he came back for this one.
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Bloodnose posted:No. Did they in other media? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0tzcZ4GTzg
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Milky Moor posted:Yeah, that's why I haven't posted much because there's a ton of stuff I want to say. But Optimus' war cry in the final act: ______"I'LL KILL YOU!"_____ was just Yeah Optimus' arc since the first movie sure has been something alright, I'm wondering if we're being setup for some sort of mirror universe shenanigans or something  Huh, I didn't realise Michael Bay had called it after the third one, I guess that could be why there's a lot more bitterness in this film I wouldn't call this a kids movie either, which I always find odd for a franchise that should be about selling toys to kids haha
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Jun 26, 2014 09:06
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Not A Bear posted:Yeah Optimus' arc since the first movie sure has been something alright, I'm wondering if we're being setup for some sort of mirror universe shenanigans or something If there is one thing I like is how Hasbro fully recognizes how many manchilderen still like Transformers. I must see this movie. 
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Oh, yeah, the tone of this film is dark as hell. One of the very first scenes is Lockdown yanking Ratchet's spark out of his still-living body, after Ratchet has been basically dismembered and crippled by Cemetery Wind. That whole pursuit and what follows is, however, I think one of the best sequences in the series.
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Jun 26, 2014 09:22
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Not A Bear posted:Optimus came off as such a psychopath in this one, I can almost agree with why the creators want to put him down though. And the last I dunno, half hour was brutal, although it did almost reach a point where it became too much and I became almost detached and bored by the amount of explosions and robot smashing YAYYYYYYYYYYY! I cannot wait for this movie, it seems like it's going to be everything I want and more!
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Jun 26, 2014 09:22
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DoctorWhat posted:
WHY ARENT YOU WEARING THE loving COAT?!
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Jun 26, 2014 09:37
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Milky Moor posted:Oh, yeah, the tone of this film is dark as hell. One of the very first scenes is Lockdown yanking Ratchet's spark out of his still-living body, after Ratchet has been basically dismembered and crippled by Cemetery Wind. That whole pursuit and what follows is, however, I think one of the best sequences in the series. Yeah that was ridiculous, I was all  for that entire bit and I was starting to wonder what the gently caress sort of film I was getting into - especially when Ratchet begs for his life, and then later we get severed Autobot heads in labsDid anyone else think that theJoshua Joyce guy and his company was a parody of Steve Jobs and Apple? Right down to the bald head, glasses and abusing his nerdy minions?
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Not A Bear posted:Yeah that was ridiculous, I was all I thought exactly that when I saw that character on the monitor at some point. There's no way the comparison isn't direct. He even wears a black turtleneck on the aforementioned monitor. And yeah, that second scene you mentioned. Even though Ratchet is, really, barely a character, watching him get executed and then dispassionately melted down with blowtorches for raw material was just ghoulish.
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Cardboard Box A posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf48qnmRsfg The last act would've benefited greatly from this. GRIMLOCK CALL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR HELP
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Milky Moor posted:I thought exactly that when I saw that character on the monitor at some point. There's no way the comparison isn't direct. He even wears a black turtleneck on the aforementioned monitor. Haha I didn't even notice that! Another What the gently caress bit, what was the whole deal with explaining the Romeo and Juliet laws in regards to Tessa and the Irish guy? Even to the extent of having a card in his wallet! It almost reminded me of George Michael and Maybe from Arrested Development and their laws against cousins dating!
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Ok, so it took me wathcing this movie, thinking about it to realise that, Marky Mark was NOT in the previous TF movies.... it was Josh Duhamel which makes TF4 kinda less interesting now lol
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Jun 26, 2014 12:11
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PriorMarcus posted:WHY ARENT YOU WEARING THE loving COAT?! IT WAS NINETY DEGREES OUT! I WOULD HAVE DIED
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Darth TNT posted:If there is one thing I like is how Hasbro fully recognizes how many manchilderen still like Transformers. "Boys 18+"
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I dunno how many of you saw this masterpiece while the forums were down, so I'm gonna leave it here just in case! In which the Red Letter Media guys watch the original trilogy simultaneously and unearth a horrible secret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rfup0XKx7o
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Hobo Siege posted:I dunno how many of you saw this masterpiece while the forums were down, so I'm gonna leave it here just in case! In which the Red Letter Media guys watch the original trilogy simultaneously and unearth a horrible secret: What is that for those of us at work?
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Vintersorg posted:What is that for those of us at work? The exact same story beats happen at the exact same timestamp across two/all of the films a depressing number of times.
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Jun 26, 2014 20:28
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I think the the first two almost sync up as far as movie's story structure? That video seemed like those guys just basically said what people have complained about the movies since the beginning. Not seeing much else there.
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therealjon_ posted:I think the the first two almost sync up as far as movie's story structure? I think that's sort of underselling it. So much poo poo happens at the exact same second, it's insane.
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Jun 26, 2014 20:36
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I like it when all three movies are getting to their loudest parts near the end and it's getting to be where they can't take it anymore.
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Honest Thief posted:Ok, so it took me wathcing this movie, thinking about it to realise that, Marky Mark was NOT in the previous TF movies.... it was Josh Duhamel I haven't seen it yet, but I'll take Marky Mark over Duhamel any day of the week.
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sleepingbuddha posted:I haven't seen it yet, but I'll take Marky Mark over Duhamel any day of the week. I thought they were the same character, so when the marine dude was suddendly a tech guy I was confused as to what the movie was getting at with this role reversal
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One of the consistent complaints that I've seen from both professional reviewers and just average moviegoers alike is how difficult it is to distinguish between the robots in the movies. Granted, I've seen all of them several times, but I've literally never had trouble figuring out which robot is which, even in the midst of action scenes. Is it really that bad for most people? Seems to me more like someone said it once and people just ran with it as one more thing to complain about, but I'm genuinely curious.
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I generally think the details and characters of the Transformers movies are pretty forgettable, but I didn't have much trouble telling the main cast of robots apart in the newest one and I don't remember having that problem in the earlier ones. Maybe when it's a really chaotic scene and there's lots of assorted mook robots around, but that can happen in any chaotic battle with lots of frame crowding and rapid cutting, regardless of whether or not robots are involved.
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Jun 26, 2014 22:23
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Yeah aside from a few shots which were meant to be hectic I think every fight in all 3 movies establishes who is who before they start smashing each other.
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I don't really know the individual Transformers' names or identities outside of the big ones (Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron) but it never really seemed to matter too much.
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Considering the first two seasons of Generation 1 TV shows were literally introducing a new character each episode so kids would buy more toys, only to have most of them killed off in the movie, to yet sell even MORE toys......yah knowing what each one is called isn't a big deal. Especially since the Bay movies cut out and introduce autobots randomly.
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Excelsiortothemax posted:Considering the first two seasons of Generation 1 TV shows were literally introducing a new character each episode so kids would buy more toys, only to have most of them killed off in the movie, to yet sell even MORE toys......yah knowing what each one is called isn't a big deal. Especially since the Bay movies cut out and introduce autobots randomly. You've also got things like Volt and Arcee vanishing between movies.
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Lord Krangdar posted:I don't really know the individual Transformers' names or identities outside of the big ones (Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron) but it never really seemed to matter too much. Even as a kid, it didn't matter too much because you just wanted the ones that looked cool.
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Snowman_McK posted:You've also got things like Volt and Arcee vanishing between movies. That part bothered myself and my fiancée as well. No death scenes, no nothing. Just now they are here and now they aren't.
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Rita Repulsa posted:I like it when all three movies are getting to their loudest parts near the end and it's getting to be where they can't take it anymore. I'm a big fan of their shocked looks and hysterical laughter when Optimus kills Megatron and Sentinel. "Oh this is the part where he murders- JESUS CHRIST."
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