The Transformers movie poll!

[The Grin]

I left with a shit-eating grin on my face

Funny, he prefer's his face in someone's mother's ass. Are you sure it wasn't Bizarro Shit Eating Grin?

[anarky]

Y'know, doesn't Prime shove the AllSpark into Megatron at the end?

Isn't that begging to be overdubbed with, "Optimus: load me"?

[mabudon]

Seriously, I'm not too clear on anything that "happened" in the film- from how I recall, the Spike character did that- mostly cos Ange turned and asked "What the FUCK sense did that make??"

[anarky]

Christ in a bucket!

Competing exclusives have been kinda nuts in the past (TPM on VHS, anyone?), but this looks fucking ridiculous.

All the usual suspects, plus stores like fucking Sears and Albertsons have exclusives? This is truly insane.

[vynsane]

well, with a movie that bad, you'll need a bunch of exclusive crap that no on wants in order to sell it.

i will say, though... it my friend had optimus prime call me, and it was awesome. better than that "have spider-man call you when the spider-man 3 toys come out" thing. the voice they got was horrible.

[anarky]

Anyone know how to watch this POS for free? I'm normally not into downloading movies, but I've got a friend who keeps insisting I watch it, and if I don't buy it (or somehow convince him I have) by next month, he's getting it for me for Christmas.

I do not want this movie. I do not want to pay money to see it, but I do not want it taking up space in my shelf, either.

"It's awesome! I can't believe you haven't seen it!" he keeps saying. "It's better than the old movie, because they don't have to tone it down!" (I guess showing multiple beloved characters shot at pointblank range and/or being beaten to death is "toned down.") "Yeah, it's about humans, but that's what it should be--it's more realistic. And Shia LeBouef made the movie! He is so funny! I hated him too until I saw this. He is awesome! Did you know he's going to be in the next Indiana Jones movie? Man, the first time you hear Prime talk, you'll be blown away! Bumblebee is in it, but he doesn't talk--he communicates by playing song clips on his radio, and it's awesome!"

Needless to say, though he's been a good friend for years and years, our tastes in movies differ a bit, and he was never exactly what I'd call a Transformers fan.

Maybe some dumbass in one of my wife's classes will let her borrow it. I just need to skim through enough to convince him that I bought it. It's the thought that counts, but I don't want him to waste $20 on something that I'd rather blow Snigtad than own.

[Ran]

Is that how Bumblebee talks? In the commercials I saw, he sounded like The Copper Kid from the Silverhawks cartoon.

Yes, Snarf, that was a Silverhawks reference. Spin off or not, I think it was the superior show. What are you going to do about it?

[mabudon]

Bumblebee only "speaks" once, one line, right at the end- "permission to speak, sir" and it is kinda like the Copper Kid voice IIRC, but he "talks" with clips for the rest of teh film

[anarky]

If you had any reason to doubt the stupidity of the American public, here it is.

It must be the same dumb fucks who bought furbies and pet rocks.

[vynsane]

yeah, that's unexpected when competing with huge movies like "Meet the Robinsons"... uh, i mean "Mr. Brooks".

no, wait, i mean "Hostel: Part II."

"The Jungle Book"?

we can only hope that spidey 3 bumps it down a notch or two. of course there are a lot of people who think that anyone who liked SM3 is in the same boat as those who liked "the transmogrifiers" (i think that's what we should call it, so when they make a real transformers movie, we don't have to say "remember that crappy version they did a few years ago?" instead we can pretend that it had nothing to do with the real transformers. only that it used a lot of legal loopholes to utilize all the names and stuff.)

[anarky]

They made a real Transformers movie. It came out 21 years ago. It kicked ass.

Ever notice how everyone who criticizes the old movie bitches about how they killed all the earlier characters? Seriously, dudes, you're not fucking ten anymore. Get over it. Did I stop reading the old Marvel comic or the IDW comic when Bludgeon got killed in both versions? No, despite Bludgeon being the coolest Decepticon ever. (Yeah, he's fucking cooler than Megatron and Ravage. I said it.) Watch the movie as a movie. The animation is still some of the best to ever appear in an American 2D movie, the voice acting is superb, and the story is amazingly solid to be a 90-minute ad for new toys. Quit bitching about how Hot Rod basically screwed Prime over by interfering. That's the fucking point!! This naive young everyman character totally fucks up everything for the Autobots, but grows through the movie and becomes a worthy leader in the end. Fuck, you may as well bitch and moan about how Obi-Wan wouldn't have died if Luke hadn't met up with him, and hate Luke for it. It's pretty much the same thing.

[anarky]

Is that how Bumblebee talks? In the commercials I saw, he sounded like The Copper Kid from the Silverhawks cartoon.

Yes, Snarf, that was a Silverhawks reference. Spin off or not, I think it was the superior show. What are you going to do about it?

Hold up. I just noticed this. Does Ironhide quiz Bumblebee about the solar system? That could actually make this movie kinda cool.

[Ran]

(i think that's what we should call it, so when they make a real transformers movie, we don't have to say "remember that crappy version they did a few years ago?" instead we can pretend that it had nothing to do with the real transformers. only that it used a lot of legal loopholes to utilize all the names and stuff.)

I think we all know that since they are considering this Transformers movie a sucess, any future Transformers movies will look exactly the same until if flops. Hold on, does that sound like TMNT without the Vanilla ice sountrack?

[Snarf]

Fuck that gay-ass Copper Kid and his cowboy lover, snarf snarf.

[anarky]

I will finally watch this POS within the next few days.

Thank God for borrowed DVDs. Although Paramount will probably have the feds beating down my door tomorrow since I borrowed it.