I kid, Merrick.

I, too, like the more menacing imagery of the international poster. The u.s. one seems too sterile.

Merrick - regarding "Armageddon", it's kind of funny how you compared this one-sheet to the "other asteroid movie" poster. Ha!

'Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg change the universe with their unified theory of everything (also, big robots) which also incorporates a cure for cancer, a pizza that never goes cold, the phone number of a cheap yet beautiful hooker, and a perfectly safe and effective penis enlarger!' Stick that on the poster.

P.S. Glad to see you're still chugging away, entity known only as MCMLXXVI. Should you ever start a religious cult, I would very much like to join it.

"Stunning and revolutionary vision?" We'll see. I mean, Shief is in it. How great can it be?

What War?

Her Tits.

Your Mouth.

As for Megan, I would baste her breasts with spackle like a pornographic thanksgiving, then visit god knows what other horrors of love upon her.

I liked the marketing for Godzilla, but not so much like for the actual movie.

I'm still looking forward to seeing "Transformers".

"I would baste her breasts with spackle like a pornographic thanksgiving"

Fan-freakin-tastic, Abom.

poster still looks lame

XoanonTORN

I admit I'm disappointed with the way this movie appears to be turning out, but I'm well aware that there's plenty of people who don't have nearly the same amount of nostalgic investment in G1 Transformers as I do and thus aren't nearly as bothered by the upcoming film.

But, to relegate your opinion to the arguement that people shouldn't be so overtly complaining about a film "based on a toy line" is misguided.

"Toys" are just for kids? Ask Marvel if comics are just for kids. Ask Scholastic Publishing if HP books are only for kids. As Pixar if their animated films are only for kids. Just because people enjoyed something when they were kids doesn't make it necessarily only "for kids."

Then our dad would try and play sometimes and he'd say "60 Minutes!" and we'd just stare at him like he had puked catepillars out his nose.

"Master! His midichlorian count is even higher than Yoda's!"

"Yes, my padawan. A wonder they could find enough specimen to render an accurate test sample, what with his manspeed pooled in the cleavage of that nubile girl's cupcakes. Which only underscores the concentration in his spooge."

midichlorians = man juice

How good the Jedi be so wrong? What? Ah yes, sharp as marbles they are...

For some reason, we never saw the cat again.

fu nny stuff!

Secondly, I never said anything about this movie not making alot of money. Cuz it;ll probably make a sjitload. But BO is not an indicator or quality.

I'm not "deeply hurt" that things look different in the movie from the G1 designs. A few of them definitely look awkward or just crappy (Megatron, Starscream, the faces of some of the others), but I'm not really hung up on that stuff. I read the leaked script a few times and it was a very UNinspiring experience. granted, things can change from draft script to finished film, but much of the stuff I've seen so far seems to match up very closely.

My nostalgia for TF's ends with G1. What little curious looking I did at Beast Wars when it came out didn't interest me and Transformers went off my radar for a long time. I don''t have misconceptions that everything in the film should look/act/be like something out of the various cartoon series. In fact, I think it's amazing how many departures there have been from G1 and how many new characters there are since that time. Shows me that the TF world has continued to evolve. In the meantime I've left my parents house, graduated college and am doing pretty well (without a PSP, thanks. I'll stick to my original NES. Never even played a PSP.)

So In the end, I don't really care so much that things have changed, I just wanted more out of a big movie version of something I really enjoyed when I was a kid. I've enjoyed very few of Bay's "big explosion movies" in the past (The Rock was good, though) mostly b/c they're written, produced, and marketed to appeal to a mass audience, which usually comes off looking/sounding very dumbed down with its own Aerosmith soundtrack. That's not knock to Aerosmith, it's just that the ballads that get written for these movies are done for the paycheck, and most of the artists admit it. It's too bad that TF is falling into that category of movie which has its plot and acting watered down for consumption by a mass-audience, but it is. Which is why you're right that it'll make big money. If it wasn't the studio would be making it. It's all about making $ on their investment.

Where do these banner ad guys come up with this shit? Sometimes I get as good a laugh from the ads on this site as I do from the TBs.

Sounds far more entertaining thatn TINO. But maybe not as many laughs as the scripted dialogue in TINO.

I was sick as shit a few weeks back, lying in bed whimpering like a crippled animal, flipping through the satelite channels. I came across Deep Impact. I watched all of five minutes of it. Atrocious. Just atrocious. Lifetime Original indeed.

Love that snarky broad. Of course, the TINO hate spewed forth for about five minutes after that due to her initiation. Could have been cool. Could have been cool.

For me, the Islay Malts are definitely the way to go. They taste the way I always expected fine liquor to taste: robust, smoky, and smooth. Lagavulin tends to be my favorite when it comes to Scotch...especially if I'm drinking it neat. However, I have to say, I've enjoyed no finer drink than a particular Laphroaig-on-the-rocks I had one night while visiting Manhattan. Something about where I was, who I was with, and the atmosphere...

I've only had the Caol Ila a couple of times. Stick with it though; I think it's a decent choice. It's very similar in tone to Talisker (also one of the greats).

Good call on the Balvenie! The 10yr. Founder's Reserve was the first single-malt I ever tried. Really good stuff; I actually prefer it to the Portwood 21 (if you can imagine that)! I'll have to give the Doublewood a shot.

Funny that you mentioned blends. My first experience with Scotch was trying some of my mom's Dewar's White Label. Ha! What is it with women and blended Scotch whisky?! Well, it sounds like you've got a good one there. Salut to you both!

I've seen your screenname on the official film messageboard and I've seen you pull the same crap over there. Tell us, what's it like to get slammed by Nelson and all the other Transformer's messageboard geeks?

BTW: your binary is frickin' lousy. Anyone who has read a plot summary knows there's not a spoiler to be found in that coded garbage. Back under the bridge with you, man.

ALBA!! Finally, NUDE!!

If that doesn't sell a movie I have no idea what would.

grazie

I think very highly of Bruce Willis, but most movies Buttchin Affleck touches just turns to complete shit