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Re: Transformers
« Reply #140 on: May 18, 2011, 08:56:14 AM »

You can probably import it.  US and Canadian DVD's use the same region lock.
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #141 on: June 06, 2011, 05:55:48 PM »

Double A Transforming Paper Transformers Dark Of The Moon

This advertisement is trying to sell you:

A) Transformers
B) Office Equipment
C) Tits
D) Tits
E) Paper
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #142 on: June 06, 2011, 08:21:58 PM »

These movie crossover commercials are just getting stranger and stranger.

Not that selling tits is strange.
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #143 on: July 04, 2011, 01:02:48 PM »

So, as required by expectation, I've gone and seen the third film, Transformers: Pink Floyd Album Joke Goes Here.

How does it fair?  That depends on a few things.  It's certainly a hell of a lot more cohesive than the Revenge of the Fallen, but what isn't?  I'd put it on par for the first film.  In my opinion, it loses a bit, being so transformer focused.  I know that sounds odd to complain about from a Transformer movie, but I rather liked the first movie's whole "they've come to Earth and we are not prepared".

So let's see, what's :glee: and what's ::(:?

:glee:
-No Twins.  They were originally in the movie [spoiler]to get killed[/spoiler], but the negative backlash had them excised from the final product.
-The robots certainly get more time to shine.  Que(Wheeljack) and Dino(Mirage) are given more speaking lines than Sideswipe's single "Damn I'm good", and returning bots (such as Sideswipe) get more time to flaunt their combat skills.  They're cliches of course: Wheeljack is named "Que" because that's who he is: a Albert Einstein-headed smart guy with a british accent who gives new prototype inventions and weapons to our heroes.  "Dino" is a Ferrari, and as such speaks in an Italian accent.  Rounding it out are the Scottish Engineers, the Wreckers.  Designed to LOOK like stereotypical Nascar fans, they do not act like it.  Explanation for the look cut from the film?  They just really like Nascar.
-Laserbeak gets things done.  He's a slimy horrible weasel, reveling in his stealth attacks and slaughter.  He's even gotten a speaking role.
-The 3D was good.  The film wasn't too dark, and other than a few obvious THREEEEEEEE DEEEEEEEEEE moments, it's all well done and subtle.  In fact, the 3D is a boon for some people, as it forced Michael Bay to calm down his shaky cam.

::(:
-No Twins.  I LIKED the Twins.  They reminded me of my younger brother, who for the longest time was in fact a jug-eared goofball white boy who thought acting like he was "gangsta" was the best.  But you can't please everyone, can you.
-Are you a Decepticon fan?  This movie might not be your cup of tea.  Shockwave isn't the big bad a lot hoped he would be, speaking only in Cybertronian grunts and not getting a single subtitle. Megatron is more content to sit around then get involved directly, and most introduced Decepticons are the standard non-English fodder.  The Dreads, three SUVs in a highway chase, don't even get name dropped.
-Sam's parents are in this movie, of course.  As required, their scenes go on for too long.  On the plus side, they're not "pot brownie" stupid, just the standard sort of dumb.
-Explanations aren't really forthcoming.  Sure the plot gets explained and the characters reasons for doing things is touched, but a lot of it taken in stride and you are meant to just go with it.  Who is Brains, and why is he living with Sam?  Because.  Why do the Decepticons have a giant razor blade dune worm?  Why not.  How could this elaborate scheme Megatron cooked up actually work considering all the details it hinges on? It's magic Cybertronian, we don't have to explain shit.

So what did I think of it?  I DID enjoy it.  The action scenes are top notch, the violence borderline 90s gritty, and the whole thing doesn't feel TOO long, which is what really killed my enjoyment of RotF.  On the other hand, the film is still the same pedigree as its predecessors, so if you didn't like those, this one isn't going to change your mind.  As well, the ending just sort of... happens.  Like they noticed they were running out of film and just said "okay wrap it up folks".

Finale score:  ::3:::3:::3: out of 5.  Plus 1 if you liked either of the last two movies, minus 2 if you didn't.
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #144 on: December 21, 2011, 10:25:14 AM »

Sweatshop conditions.  I was tempted to make a cute Transformers pun but dammit I hate when people make cutesy puns in stories about human misery.

EDIT: Hasbro responds, gives the "we'll look into it and if anything's wrong we'll fix it" response, which at least is better than "this is not happening, move along".

Rich Johnston does not share my compunctions about cutesy puns.
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #145 on: January 04, 2012, 05:28:21 PM »

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Re: Transformers
« Reply #146 on: January 25, 2012, 07:49:02 AM »

I quit reading Transformers after All Hail Megatron, but CA's Andy Khouri makes a case for the new series actually being pretty good.  War's over, both sides are resettling Cybertron, and Optimus has stepped down and left Bumblebee in charge as a new peacetime leader.

I always liked Transformers as a story of political intrigue.  Beast Wars's allusions to a Pax Cybertrona that left the Predacons bitter and resentful was always an interesting bit of backstory, and for all that was wrong with Beast Machines I liked where the ending was going, leaving Cheetor in charge of a newly-revived Cybertron.  And the best bits of Megatron: Origin and All Hail Megatron (and, hell, that movie tie-in series where Starscream went back to Cybertron) were the bits that showed the war from Megatron's perspective and Starscream's, and worked to make them more nuanced and sympathetic.

Anybody reading this thing?  Worth the cover price?
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #147 on: January 28, 2012, 08:16:40 AM »

I don't know how we missed this.

Beastwars Megatron Xmas
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #148 on: February 09, 2013, 09:18:49 PM »

So this happened today:

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Re: Transformers
« Reply #149 on: February 09, 2013, 11:38:55 PM »

I almost said "Hey, Metroplex! I used to have that guy!" But that's not my Metroplex.
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #150 on: January 17, 2014, 01:19:17 PM »



 :oic:
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Re: Transformers
« Reply #151 on: January 17, 2014, 03:16:29 PM »

Megatron has that squiggle that grandmas love.
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