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Meet A New Car (A TRANSFORMER Maybe?) From REVENGE OF THE FALLEN!!
Merrick here...
Jalopnik has some images of GM's Corvette Centennial Design Concept car. The vehicle has been spotted on the set of Mr. Bay's new TRANSFORMERS film.
So, what part does this car figure in the film? We don''t know yet. It could be just a car (well, it's way cooler than 'just a car' even it is just a car...if that makes sense). Or, it may represent the vehicle mode of one of the new robots we're told will appear in the film.
I honestly don't know, but you you wanna see what it looks like, click...
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Bay is gay!
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Fuck you Bay.
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looks sick.
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Where'd Massawyrms (sp?) Star Wars review go?
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Seriously this car looks gay!
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It's not a military car, so I assume it's an Autobot. Could it be Jazz rebuilt?
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Seriously. Bayformers 2 will do.
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and some fuzzy dice.
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his sentient Vet now at the end of this film?
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I found more pics!!
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Is this a new autobot?
http://tinyurl.com/62bey4
Ironhide's new form?!
http://tinyurl.com/6bkq8v
New Decepticon?
http://tinyurl.com/5o47ge
Inferno!?!
http://tinyurl.com/6rr4x6
Rodimus! (Yes, apparently he IS in this one)
http://tinyurl.com/5sar5r
Cream in your jeans, TF fans. -
not really.
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They should be able to turn into anything.. not just robots.
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I'm not excited at all about Transformers 2. The original movie (which I've only seen once) bored the crap out of me. It was just another CGI orgy. The only cool aspect was hearing Peter Cullen reprise his role as Optimus Prime.
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what the hell?
And Bayformers 1 was fun as hell. So screw you all, haters.
And Hellboy II was not hellboyish enough. Singing? Are you serious? Didn't you notice that dancing/singing/crying does not work well in most superhero movies?There. -
What's the deal? What happened to them all?
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IT's been so long since I've had the chance to say it!
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funny, that's the same thing I think whenever I read your posts.
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I first guessed it would be Tracks, in which case ironically flames painted on would be appropriate. But then I remembered that this movie is being made by nontransformers fans for nontransformers fans, so nobody cares or acknowledges that Tracks exists, and so this will probably be named after some obscure Transformer from Generation 3 or whatever. Michael Bay will name this transformer Tracks if and only if he thinks that name is cool enough. Everything has to pass through his filter of coolness. I doubt he realizes that Tracks is one of the classic transformers, and there is nobody around him to tell him that- not a single person around him cared about the existance of Transformers until they got the job to make the movie of them. With that crew every thing is all "in name only".
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about Michael Bay's filmography, but he is good at blowing shit up, which is entertaining.
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If that is what you like to see, then maybe Michael Bay should just make videos of stuff blowing up. Why does it need to be a movie? It can be like Girls Gone Wild videos. I'm serious about this, all you need is a bunch of videos of stuff blowing up. There is no need to ruin the Transformers license for that purpose and then everyone would be happy. If you want to see giant robots get blown up, then he can show you giant robots getting blown up. He can call it "Giant Robots Getting Blown Up". You could order it from a commercial phone number during midnight tv. Then I can have my Transformers movie directed nicely by Christopher Nolan or something. Win-Win.
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I was about to post almost the same damn thing.
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No one, and I mean NO ONE is listening to the haters on this movie. Nobody cares if you thought Bumblebee should have been a frickin' love bug. Nobody cares if you got pissed off because Optimus Prime said "my bad". Nobody cares that you wanted 2 hours of robot-on-robot kiddy-story with few or no humans. Nobody cares that you can't see why the franchise needed updating to be a viable film, and the bottom line is that Michael Bay is the best thing to happen to Transformers since Optimus Prime. He made a bankable, popular phenomenon out of what had become a dated, obscure cartoon from 23 years ago. And he did it while preserving the core essence of G1, walking a fine line between that and what moviegoers could accept. This movie will be awesome and its producers will swim in cash like Scrooge McDuck. So, haters, suck on that. And cool car, I think it's Tracks. He was a Corvette.
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Touche. :)
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Michael Bay wasn't pleased with Jazz being a solstice in the first place.
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How exactly did he do that? By keeping the names the same? Wow. I'm in awe of his ability to balance old and new fans.
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THE POWER OF BAY COMPELS YOU!THE POWER OF BAY COMPELS YOU!THE POWER OF BAY COMPELS YOU!THE POWER OF BAY COMPELS YOU!THE POWER OF BAY COMPELS YOU!
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I don't see how that movie preserved the essence of G1. It preserved the names of the robots, and that's all it preserved. Other than that- there was nothing about that movie that felt like a live action version of Transformers. I have to hand it to the Japanese and especially designers like Kawamori, they know how to design robots. When Kawamori looks at how americans design transformers, I bet he laughs with contempt. How embarasing for United States that our artists take such elegant designs and make them truly unappealing and unmemorable. Who the hell cares how much money this made (besides Michael Bay and his cohorts)- all kinds of hack projects make a lot of money- 90% of the time that is the best way to make money- to create thoughtless garbage. NiceGuyEddie19 do you seriously decide how much you like a movie based on how well it did in the box office? If that is your criteria, I can list a ton of movies that you should also love, all you have to do to list your favorite movies is go to a list of the highest grossing movies, and you can just love them all.
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It's a sports car. whoopie. Will this car be Jazz 2? And if so, can they pick another Afican-American racist stereotype fo him to be besides "gangsta" ? How about a pickaniny Transformer? "We sho 'nuff gone transform and beet them Decpticons, massa Opt'mus! We sho is!" Fuck Bay and Fuck this movie.
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We said the same exact thing :)
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He did it by making the story about Sam and Bumblebee, and Optimus' ideas vs. Megatron's. He made Ironhide a tough talking roughian. The writers made sure Optimus was the exact same character he had been in G1 and not the utterly crappy incarnations from newer shows. The makers of the film had no choice but to throw in a lot of window dressing for the moviegoers who are totally unfamiliar with the brand, and honestly, most of it I don't mind. Sure I'd have liked to see more robots. But there are natural limitations to series so unproven in film before the first movie.
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Don't care about the movie, the first one sucked, but the car is cool looking. I need to go see if they're going to put it into production because I could
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The money isn't the point at all, man, it's how many people saw it and were exposed to a series I hold extremely dear. It's about all young kids with Optimus Prime on the brain just like he was on mine when I was their age. I can actually relate to my pre-school age nephews over a movie. I like that. I like that people care about Transformers again. I mean, don't you?
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I think Andy Dick should do the voice work...
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No I like that people who liked Transformers back when they were kids still like them now, as I do. I'm collecting all the Transformers Animated toys. These are actual Transformers. Those things in the movies were just walking shreds of metal. I honestly don't know what kids think when they see this new movie. If they truly love that movie- well fine. I don't see the appeal. It makes about as much sense to me as when kids like Power Rangers. There was absolutely nothing interesting about Power Rangers, and there is nothing interesting about The Bayformers. It's a simple matter of whether or not something is designed with aesthetic appeal or not. These new Transformers Animated toys have a lot of Aesthetic appeal- the Bayformers don't. Sometimes kids get excited about high quality stuff and sometimes they get excited about Hannah Montana. It's really weird, and I can't say it makes me glad to see kids having fun with total crap. They deserve better, I sure got a lot of great stuff when I was their age- now they only get Pixar once a year, and the rest is all a bunch of mediocre forgettable nonsense. These kids will not be cherishing Bayformers 20 years from now the way that I cherish Star Wars. There really isn't much for them that they can cherish for the rest of their lives. 20 years is a long time to spend pretending to like something that deep down you know is empty.
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Now that you mentioned Anthony Anderson, I can't get the image of him and his fat fucking friend playing Dance Dance Revolution. Ahhhh! It's a flesh avalanche!
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Actually on second thought hopefully he does. I don't want this shit movie to get made anyways, preferably he hits Micheal Bay.
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10 bucks says this is Arcee. Anyone see nipples?
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His PR rep probably is freaking out right now. He gets busted for a DUI and his next major role will be him driving around recklessly in a transforming sports car for 2 hours.
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http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/37881
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It keeps Bay away from making any other movie for a couple of years. That's gotta be a good thing, right? Now if we could only Find a way to shut down Platnuim Dunes...ah fuck it. They'll run out of 80's horror movies to remake in about 3 or 4 years then, without any material to steal, they'll fold.
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Would anyone really have noticed if they dropped the TF references and had released this as Michael Bay's "Robot Wars"? That way he could have blown up all the shit he wanted, put flames on everything, and no one would have said word one. And obviously people would have gone to see it. Robots! Cars! Explosions! SHIA!
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for a movie and director thats so hated, people sure dont waste time to write about how much they hate it whenever a talkback about it comes up. or even when the topic is raised somewhere else.
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Well, that would just make too much sense. I bet they end up naming him Silverstreak. 'cuz, you know, it's silver. and streaky. @_@
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they've got to make out on every autobot cuz Bublebee at the end of the first film was only the beginning. it'd make great porn.
in fact don't even transform the cars in the sequel. don't even put music to the film or sound effects or special effects or even add others characters... just shoot the film with a handicam from Circuit City and have have Shia and Megan make out in every GM concept vehicle with the squishy/plopping/flapping porn sounds with some weird background noise, and I'll pay twelve bucks tot see that. now THAT would be brave film making... "REVENGE OF THE FALLEN" indeed... =0) -
Maybe my eyes will actually ooze out of their sockets, who knows?
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I wish they had named it "Robot Wars". And then, no, I would not have gone to seen it. I know which directors to stay away from. But if you took this same exact movie and renamed the robots and named it "Robot Wars", nobody would ever think for a moment that this was actually Transformers- They'd think it was a cheap copy of Transformers like Go-Bots or M.A.S.K.
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I like most of Bay's movies as silly popcorn fun, and I can sit back and watch "Robot Wars" and can enjoy it for the same reason. I'm just confused why they tried to slap the "Transformers" label on it just to sell some extra tickets.
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The first one was awful and rushing the sequel through production in 2 years is a bad sign. How badly was Shia injured in that car crash?
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DOOM compensates with elaborate suits of armor and by invading neighboring nations! Corvettes are for weekend Dads!
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quick bitchin' children. This guy has taken over Hollywood already. Fall in line like the rest of 'em and start paying the man.
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Aug 11, 2008 3:55:01 PM CDT
"That's not an idea, that's just special effects!"
by david lazarus long
"I... don't understand the difference."
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first one was a mess. Bay needs to stick to degene-R-rated buddy flicks.
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If this will be good or bad. I know there are a lot of Bay haters on here, and rightfully so, the guy makes high priced bombastic movies (for the most part) with no substance. But like him or not his movies entertain, people like his movies. Like him or not he is here to stay, and unless you can convince the general public that he is as worthless as you all say he is (and you know that won't ever happen), he will be making movies for quite a while. Hate him all you want, he isn't going away. Almost everyone I talk to likes most of his movies, and these are not stupid or uneducated people, but people who just like pure escapism. Not everyone wants or even needs substance in their movies. Sometimes people like mindless fun, and that's what Bay delivers, mindless fun. Now I am sure I will be pegged as a Bay defender, and my pal M-O-M as we all know hates Bay with a passion. I am not defending him, I am just saying that his brand of movie making is here to stay, and we can hate Bay all we want, but that isn't going to make him go away.
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It will make money, we all know that. I do hope for more robots this time around, and some stuff on Cybertron would be cool to see. I was not a huge Transformers fan as a kid, so maybe I am not as critical as others are.
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http://tinyurl.com/5f5t5b - You know it to be true. He's probably the only one who could actually pull this one off.
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I mean really, this is the TRANSFORMERS....big robots blowing shit up, that is what you should expect, thats what we'll get....if you are looking for something more, you are looking in the wrong place
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Amen brother, a big screen rehash of a 20+ years old cartoon based on a line of TOYS!!!!!! Why should anyone be deluded into thinking there would be any substance in this at all?
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...you're a unique concept car design from Chevy. Not at all conspicuous there, no...not even a little bit.I remember reading a review for ID4 that said for all the effects, it is as if the story was written by a 13 year old. Glad to see that 13 year old is still getting work.
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Citizen Kane. Seriously.
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A little defensive there, are we? Transformers isn't based on a novel like The Godfather is. It's based on a cartoon based on a toy, both of which I have fond memories. But, goddamn it, even though parts of the movie could have been better, it wasn't total crap.
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Re: Chanoc's comment.
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I'd say it's probably wheeljack or maybe hot rod.
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and shitty robots.
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I don't know why- but your post made me laugh till it hurt!
DINE - Oh- Riders!
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@br1947: and on what is your Opinion based?
Even after having more than a Year past seeing Micheal Bays Transformers in Theatre, I still get thrilled when thinking about it.
I also got me the DVD(unfortunately not the 2-Disc-Version T_T ).
To all haters:
Well, if you hatet the Movie so much, then why are you still visiting Newspages with Information about TF2?
I tel you why: Even tough, you think that you hate it, and even say/write so, you either still love it, or have too much Time to spend than Braincells.
Anyways, I'm gonna enjoy the Movie when It's released and give a shit on all those stupid Hate-Posts.
Just the same way, I enjoyed watching Ironman this year(which was - by-the-way - simply brilliant, in my Opinion). -
Hot Rod. So Rodimus Prime must feature in Transformers 3: Assignment Miami Beach.
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Aug 11, 2008 6:23:39 PM CDT
zomg finky089...i think your URLs just may break the interwebz
by atomica
especially the megaton regarding Rodimus Prime. nice sleuthing!
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Are the same types who will enjoy the new Clone Wars movies. They will accept anything. "Well shit exploded who cares if the jokes made me wanted to vomit and there are no real characters. Shit still blew up and this is not suppose to be like good..." People who make excuses for these movies make me wants to stomp on their nads so they never have kids. The first one sucked so I'm only going to guess this sucks twice as much.
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I can give two fucks about any of those things you mentioned. I hated this movie because quite simply it fucking sucked. And Linkin Park closing it out? Wow......just wow.
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Are you even a fan of transformers? It's kind of rare to find an actual fan who doesn't give "two shits" about Prime's personality.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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that car would surely work in a transformers movie.. but as a corvette its fucking ugly! Isnt it time for GM to work off of a different concept instead of ghettoing up the same design for 30 years? If theyre going to do a retro-design why not consider drawing inspiration from the classic 1957 to 67 vettes? ..those were the last of the corvettes in my opinion.
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Yeah, I've noticied similarities in our thinking, but I think it's because you can't please most fanboys. Most of them are so incredibly fixated on certain small details they completely forget the big picture. The big picture is that the 2007 movie brought Transformers to millions of new viewers who became first-time fans, while still being essentially about the Transformers. What they forget or don't seem to care about is that without renewed popularity, the Transformers brand will basically either die or slip back into ultimate obscurity. Every incarnation since G1 has failed to generate the kind of interest the movie generated. I'm sorry for fans so hung up on flames on Optimus that they can't share the enjoyment of millions of other people into the same thing they're into.
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This is great! Stuff like this cheers me up because I am at home recovering from an ailment and I can't do much. I get bored. It sure beats spying on the neighbors. This is the most boring suburb in the world anyway.
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One of them could transform into a teardrop. He was mocked by the others and ostracized. He said he was sad about the war and didn't want to fight in it. His story will soon be explored in a full-length feature by Tim Burton. The leaked ending is said to involve...ROBOT PORN! (Cue funky Bay music)
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Wow- Meghan Fox is very mis-casted. So is that hot scientist. Such cheese! Fuck you Michael Bay! You and the fucking hot girls. I guess they both blew you to get the roles?
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The past tense of 'cast' is still 'cast' not 'casted'. When did this become the norm?
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I prefer a bare-knuckle fist-fight.
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Aug 11, 2008 10:31:06 PM CDT
re: "Well shit exploded...this is not suppose to be like good...
by larry sellers
In some movies, that's all you have to look forward to. Especially movies in which the original material has been stripped of what little substance it had to appeal to general audiences. I prefer Transformers to be about...Transformers. Not a "story about a boy and his car". I didn't hate the first one. It's not the cartoon, it's not the comics, and it pales in comparison to the stories I made up with my toys. It's a live action ADAPTATION. My childhood doesn't need therapy. It's gone. I've accepted these films as slightly above average action crap, though I prefer the "original," more interesting universe of Transformers. That being said, all of the Transformers stories posted are based around photos of cars. I don't give a shit about cars. Yes, it looks like something Bay would get off to. How about some set reports? Artwork?
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I'm filing this news under "W" for who cares! It's a car everyone!!!!
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will make this movie worth watching. And jerking.
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Insult Transformers and then ask the fans to visit your lameass blog? I got a עוזי here and I'm not afraid to use it! I ain't in the mood! I am a pissed off Jew with a ailment here!
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are so dumb looking.
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who wants to BLEND IN by disguising oneself as a car, wouldn't it make more sense to disguise yourself as a COMMON vehicle, say a 2005 Toyota Camry, and not a friggin futuristic-looking concept corvette that hasn't even reached the streets yet? What was that Bruce Wayne said when Alfred asked if he were taking the Lamborghini? "Not very subtle." Exactly. You see a car like that tooling down the road, all eyes are on it.
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Don't tell me what I would like or not like based on the fact that I enjoyed a movie you hated. Never mind that I know what kind of film maker Bay is, as said in a previous post, you don't know me, so keep your stupid ass short sighted judgements to yourself.
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I do believe I have a new dream-car. Allow me to choose the paint.
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It's frakking hilarious, its exciting and its a TF movie that did not just rely on an overuse of CGI, I am really excited for the sequel.
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It's frakking hilarious, its exciting and its a TF movie that did not just rely on an overuse of CGI, I am really excited for the sequel.
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THE POWER OF BAY COMPELS YOU!THE POWER OF BAY COMPELS YOU!THE POWER OF BAY COMPELS YOU!
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...Bay just compels you.Not to nitpick but quote: "But nolan, who is a proper filmmaker, he made the explosions to reflect The Joker's character."This is one of the most laughable statements I've seen in awhile. Not only was the hospital explosion fairly routine (I'm not knocking it), it was done so in conjunction with a controlled demolition. The fact that Nolan chose to show it in a fairly straightforward, no-frills manner is the only real stylistic difference here.This business about the explosion "reflecting the Joker's character" is nonsense.
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Did you read Harry's original TRANSFORMERS review?
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Probably because they aren't really haters at all and actually want these movies to be fun and entertaining. They also might want some of that same feeling they had back in the day watching the original works (which is basically futile given that its really a personal conceit in the first place) but still, I don't think people are just hating no matter what until they've had a taste. That taste is burnt ass and fried shit and you excpet them to be happy or simply silent? They want fun, kick-ass good times, yes! Obviously! That includes the crazy fun ride-like madness of hyper-action as well as something more to actually compel them to pay attention when the spectacle stops. As Vern so eloquently said in his 'Transformers' review, these are summer movies and thus the idea is not to expect much but once upon a time Aliens, Die Hard, Predator, etc, were also summer "popcorn" movies that were actually ass kicking good so why the need to defend shit by saying it's this or that so don't expect much when, if you actually looked, history specifically shows this to NOT be the case?Defending this stuff is always dubious to me...what do you get from defending it? No one said you're a cacksmacker for enjoying it did they? Film snobbery is bullshit any way you slice it (for movies like this or say, hating all movies except arthouse, indie, etc whatever...this pretension the same, ego-driven bullshit, and is usually easy to spot). So why the defense? Own Hasbro stock do ya?Or, even better, the other anti-genius statement, the precious, "I'd like to see you make a film half as good!" ok pinhead...that's the whole fucking point of attacking a movie like Transformers....if people keep making shitty movies then potentially original movies will not be greenlit as people will vomit wads of cash to keep returning to see these films and the studios, like electricity going the path of least resistence, will follow suit giving us summer after summer of atrocious and unwatchable shit. It's why I hate reality TV...not for the content, which I'm sure is pure dried shit, but for the out of work writers, actors, etc, who cannot get any attention due to those "known cash cows" still being milked forever. Unless of course you actually think that only filmmakers should be "allowed" to criticize other filmmakers? Only actual cooks get to decide if Chef Boyardee's noodles are dogshit or not simply due to the fact that we don't have our own line of noodles in a can? Do you now see how absurd that is as a reason? But in all seriousness...I think some of the hating is just trying to be witty/funny and is a random release...we've all done it I'm sure...and then there's those who want these movies to be good. I don't think many on here hate the Transformers outright, movie or not, and then still come on here to rag the movie and people who like or hate it....those guys truly are assholes but then being told that over and over again in their daily lives hasn't made a different so no amount of sausage will change those drain circlers.
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Bay makes Dumb movies for people who are either Dumb, or don't feel like using there brains. The One thing this year proved though, is that action films dont have to Dumb to be successful.
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...was overwrought and subjective. But then again, all reviews are subjective. (And don't get me wrong, I like Vern.) The bottom line is the movie entertained a lot of people. Others...not so much.The most amusing thing about the whole ordeal was how the pre-release-hate zeitgeist was fractured after the movie came out. It made for some legendary Talkbacks.
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released the Talkbacks have been lengendary. I have not seen a more talked about topic since. I've never discussed the overlying patriotism enflected by Primes color scheme and other absurd and insightful discussions. Those were great times.
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To me, is the most absurd and ridiculous complaint I have ever heard about a movie. WHO FUCKING CARES!!!!! If that's all you have to complain about, something so trivial, get a fucking life.
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There is nothing better that a good ol’ fashion BAYFORMERS talkback. There are some funny ass post and it makes my week now. Come on people! Those that like the first will like that second. Those that hated the first will hate the second. Me? I just want to read all this crazy crap every one is flinging. Some of it is very insightful and the rest is just fucking hilarious. -
We need another ten minute comedy sequence in this film where the robots hide from Shia's parents. My Christ was that scene funny, not overlong and not slow the film down at all. I can't wait for another end fight which is cut so fast it makes my eyes bleed and all the CGI effects look the same and voiceover work...oh forget it. Damm you Michael Bay.
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