So just got back from advanced screening of Transformers.

No real spoilers here; I thought it was really good except for a few typical Michael Bay-isms; fortunately I was ready to accept those as part of the unwritten social contract one accepts when venturing into a Michael Bay movie so was well prepared and didn't suffer too much shock. If you can deal with a lame love story sub-plot, over-the-top dramatic dialogue and scenes, and an exclusively USA viewpoint then you'll probably be OK.

Quick notes:
- Visual effects are really, really impressive. The trailer shows off a bunch of them, but fortunately there are even more in the city.
- It was surprising how many people in there hadn't seen the trailer (or at least, still found the same jokes funny). I guess they give those advanced screening tickets out to any jerks, even those that don't see the movie.
- I found the actual Transformers to be a little complicated, but they were still pretty awesomely cool. I struggled at some points to understand what they were saying; the voice effects were either clouding the speech too much or the volume was simply up too loud.
- Script was generally pretty good; some decent funny moments and the overall thing was good.
- I found it wavered a little bit between too hardcore for kids (some of the robot scenes I can imagine being pretty scary for younger types) and too weak for adults (no blood except for scratches and no humans getting torn up by massive giant Decepticon killing machines). I guess that's what you do when you want as massive audience as possible though - gotta make the big bucks.
- Definitely lining up for a sequel.
- A couple of really excessively long drawn out scenes that were a little annoying (for anyone else that's seen it - the scene when the kid is looking for the glasses. SRSLY!!!!
- The main chick was hot in a Tea Leoni sort of way.
- Really, really, really ridiculously lame computer tech stuff. Seriously. It's just embarassing.

Overall it was a pretty good watch; definitely the most enjoyable movie I've seen at the cinemas for a while. Go see it.

Visual effects were pretty incredible, but for the most part it was too over the top. In fight scenes and close up shots of the transformers I couldn't really tell who or what I was looking at.

The computer tech stuff was ridiculous and not needed. If they wanted a bunch of teenagers in the movie I'm sure they could do it without patronising the audience.

Comedy element for the first half was surprisingly good! The second half of the movie got a bit more serious.

I found the Transformers far easier to understand than the humans in the louder scenes, especially in the first army base scene and the desert one that followed - I couldn't hear what the hell they were yelling.

The sound overall was too loud and too full on. The soundtrack was always blaring even in the loud parts of the movie which I thought was totally unnecessary.

Overall it's definitely worth seeing in the cinema but consider taking ear plugs.

- Really, really, really ridiculously lame computer tech stuff. Seriously. It's just embarassing.

zoom, enhance, zoom, enhance type stuff? Or fly this ship inside the mothership and upload a virus written in a computer language completely different to the host os type stuff?

c defines and silly blocks of code scrolling down the screen when they're supposedly hacking their way into a system is one of the funniest ones

they'd more likely see triumph php code

The main chick was hot in a Tea Leoni sort of way.

I know EXACTLY what you mean by this, it's so uncanny.

TBH I was a big transformer fan as a kid, but I'm not too excited about this movie, doesn't look true enough to the original.

I was so excited about this movie until I read trog's post. As if the hell have comedy in it ffs. I'm sick of all the sci-fi movies & action movies that try to stick comedy in there.

- Really, really, really ridiculously lame computer tech stuff. Seriously. It's just embarassing.

This is my number one annoyance lately.

- Really, really, really ridiculously lame computer tech stuff. Seriously. It's just embarassing.

This is my number one annoyance lately.

yer, i hate that s*** massively too

swordfish, please diaf, i hate you

isnt the main bird an aussie?

Lol they did that on Stargate. They were trying to write a C program for a DHD that was made by a highly advanced civilisation millions of years ago.

the fools

if you want awesome looking computar gear, just drop some beryl goodness

its real and its SEXY

Except they weren't programming the stargate, they were programming 15 super computers that interfaced with the stargate through a series of impulses that Carter has discovered by studying the stargate. This is discussed around season 4, and from that point on we sometimes see Carter or McKay use these medical suction cup things on crystal that hook into the USB port on their dell laptop.

gonna see it soon hopefully. im a transformers fan so im not expecting it to be anything like the show. hopefully i will enjoy it

Oh, another big annoyance - WAY WAY WAY not enough of the Transformer tranforming noise!@#!#!@#!@#!

that's basically all im going for^

then you will be disappointed

zoom, enhance, zoom, enhance type stuff? Or fly this ship inside the mothership and upload a virus written in a computer language completely different to the host os type stuff?

It's seriously so bad that it would bring any awesome movie down. Overall in the plot it doesn't even play any role except to involve the hot aussie chick who is way too tanned anyways.

I was so excited about this movie until I read trog's post. As if the hell have comedy in it ffs. I'm sick of all the sci-fi movies & action movies that try to stick comedy in there.

I thought the same when they started making jokes, but to be honest they were actually quite well done and pretty funny and added to the movie.

Oh, another big annoyance - WAY WAY WAY not enough of the Transformer tranforming noise!@#!#!@#!@#!

Preview was definitely misleading.

f***s me why you wouldn't maximise the gimmickiness of the movie by using the only lasting feature people can relate to.

You guys crack me up. Like they are making this movie to be "realistic". We're talking about 20' tall walking, talking, transforming robots ffs. I am looking forward to seeing this moving with my 6yr old son who is mad keen on transformers. In the end thats who this movie is for, how many of you are going to rush out and buy all the merchandise and watch this movie 50 times in the next 12 months?

You want to pick at a movies realism then at least go after a movie that is claiming to be factually based.

I am looking forward to seeing this moving with my 6yr old son who is mad keen on transformers. In the end thats who this movie is for, how many of you are going to rush out and buy all the merchandise and watch this movie 50 times in the next 12 months?

That's the sort of attitude that resulted in the last Star Wars movies sucking balls!

I don't think its too big an expectation to expect something decent. I remember when I got my first transformer toy in like 1984. It's a big deal from my childhood (like Star Wars) and its annoying when people f*** things like that up!

Fortunately Transformers I think came out pretty well. Modernised for today's Internets audience, etc, and still keeping some of the oldskool Transformers action.

You guys crack me up. Like they are making this movie to be "realistic". We're talking about 20' tall walking, talking, transforming robots ffs. I am looking forward to seeing this moving with my 6yr old son who is mad keen on transformers. In the end thats who this movie is for, how many of you are going to rush out and buy all the merchandise and watch this movie 50 times in the next 12 months?

You want to pick at a movies realism then at least go after a movie that is claiming to be factually based.

The movies that I have enjoyed most in the past are ones like Star Wars (original trilogy) that, although complete fantasy, make a small part of you want it to be true and believe it could be. Same goes for Lord of the Rings (I didn't read the books).

As far as Transformers goes, I think it was largely made for adults who enjoyed the cartoon as kids just as much if not more than kids these days who probably haven't even heard of transformers. There was no need to have silly 18 year old computer hacking geniuses in the movie... and like I said before, it was just so there were more hot chicks.

PS I wrote that before I read trog's post.

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s*** you're old, Trog...

so i guess going by this thread that the movie is just 'ok'.

You guys crack me up. Like they are making this movie to be "realistic". We're talking about 20' tall walking, talking, transforming robots ffs.

no you crack me up - because you're implying that fiction, by nature, shouldn't try to be as believable as possible - which is reeeeeeeally dumb

so i guess going by this thread that the movie is just 'ok'.

It's pretty neat - definitely see it in the cinema.

I just want them to make an Astro Boy movie and a Gigantor Movie, and maybe a Clutch Cargo movie. THAT would be awesome! :)

c defines and silly blocks of code scrolling down the screen when they're supposedly hacking their way into a system is one of the funniest ones

I watched hackers (1995) again just for the laughs. That is the definition of annoying lame computer tech stuff

by making the transformers large dark robotic beasts i expect nothing but angry evil robots tearing humans limbs off and good robots that look evil kicking the s*** out of the real evil robots. and some human love story stuck in the middle to keep my female friend company will i go "f*** YEAH" to monster robot mayham.

if i want to watch robot love and lame americans try do the anime thing ill watch the original carton.

but ill probably watch the movie anyway.

no you crack me up - because you're implying that fiction, by nature, shouldn't try to be as believable as possible - which is reeeeeeeally dumb

yeah, if you're going to write a story about 20' transforming robots fighting for control of earth at least make it believable ffs

I watched hackers (1995) again just for the laughs. That is the definition of annoying lame computer tech stuff

If you ever want to fight back vomit mixed with laughter, read "Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown

in before the mum jokes in response to "vomit mixed with laughter"

For my money Swordfish had the worst computer scene and technobabble of all time. But as a positive it still has the best explosion.

word infi
imagine if the writers of the 13th century had written fictional stories about people in the future zooming around from place to place in some kind of horseless chariot (haha, asif), and then NOT drawn them with octagonal wheels as though to suggest some kind of special technology that plebs should be wowed at

If you ever want to fight back vomit mixed with laughter, read "Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown

Heh, I just read that recently, I love the part where a 64 bit encryption key is 64 characters long.

3d super animated hacking universes for the win.

also there was no uber new version of the theme song :(

woot got free tickets to see this.. cant wait

cept its gonna have dutch subtitles... boo

also there was no uber new version of the theme song :(

I'm not sure this isn't such a bad thing trog. Surely you recall the rock version of it from the 1980s animated movie.. now I think about it, that would've been a bit funky - even if it was relegated to the end credits only.

3d super animated hacking universes for the win.

this is a unix system, I know this!

also there was no uber new version of the theme song :(

maybe they should have used this this one


last edited by whoop at 19:16:13 28/Jun/07

Ok, just saw this movie today.

Positives (and the ONLY positives)
-The transformers themselves (Decepticons were AWESOME, especially Starscream)
-The action scenes that involved s*** getting destroyed (either humans/transformers) BY transformers

Negatives (just some of, too many to list)
-(attempted) comedy, often out of place (fat black guy was funny though)
-Too many ebay references
-Inconsistencies in combat regarding transformers
-Not enough human killing, I was praying Starscream would just f*** up a whole city
-s***ty acting/script for the secret government group.
-As pointed out, the technology references made me want to cry
-That blonde haired chick that was doing an accent (what accent was that btw?)
-Too much time wasting by that turd of a kid (main actor knob).

I could go on for ever, I give it 2.5 stars... very, very disappointed.

Ok just got back from watching it. Pretty awesome stuff imo. As already mentioned the CG is excellent and the fight scenes were really well constructed.

^^beaten

-Too many ebay references

Oh yeh, I forgot in my minireview - massive brand whoring.

Maybe it's just me...

...or was there a pause/zoom/obvious hold up when she took an SD card out of the governments computer.

heres the transformers theme song

...or was there a pause/zoom/obvious hold up when she took an SD card out of the governments computer.

Panasonic - for when you absolutely, positively have to hack the NSA.

-That blonde haired chick that was doing an accent (what accent was that btw?)

Um there was a blonde chick with an Australian accent -> and she wasn't putting it on, it was an Aussie actress.

What the hell?

Is that an Australian accent?

Where the hell have I been living....

Yeah its either totally exaggerated for the yankees to laugh at or just sounds weird in a movie full of americans

I could go on for ever, I give it 2.5 stars... very, very disappointed.

Wow, thats pretty much the complete opposite of what I thought. I just got back from seeing it in Gold Class and I thought it was absolutely awesome, most fun I've had watching a movie for years. Not only did it live up to every single one of my expectations but it surpassed them. I'm so used to be disappointed by big, over-hyped movies that I'm looking forward to, but this one didn't disappoint me at all. The not-quite-right computer bits didn't even bother me, and normally that stuff bothers me, but I was just way too caught up in it all toc care. I guess if I had one criticism it would be that I wish Starscream had more screen time, though at least Megatron got a chance to pay him out for being a noob :P

If you don't see this at the cinemas, you're doing yourself a disservice.

Sans all the downsides as everyone here has mentioned, I thought the fight/action scenes in the movie made up for it and made the movie great!

I second what Khel said ... was fraking awesome! Similar to trog I also got my first transformer toy back in 84 and must say that loved it more than anything at the time (even more than my he-man toys) ... if I was the rate it out of 5 I would have given it a 4.9 ... the only reason why not 5 was cause i didn't get to see boobies ... LoL

I thought it was a decent movie and deserved my 8 buckaroos.

My main complaint was the shakey camera. I mean why on earth do they have to distort the action when it's all basically just CGI?!? It was hard making out just who was who in action intensive scenes with all the closeup shots of super extra mega detailed chunks of spinning and grinding metal. (excluding one or two scenes like that scorpion transformer flying out of the sand in slow motion)

Otherwise it was an entertaining watch and must be seen on the big screen to be fully enjoyed (and confused).

This was basically a good movie. In terms of cartoon/comic adaptations it's the best one I have seen apart from spiderman 1.

It was far too long and there were not enough transformer noises. Funnily enough I enjoyed the whole cube sub-story. It was an entertaining diversion.

The special effects were superb. Better than silver surfer anyways. I would rate it 4/5.

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what is wrong with you people? i'm with Khel, i enjoyed it, and had the most fun at a movie in a long time.

c'mon, good jokes that actually work and lighten the mood, starscream getting slapped down, fantastic action sequences.

that chick's accent is real, it just sounds weird in a movie full of americans. yes, the panasonic memory card pause was annoying, but only slightly. as for the computer tech, c'mon, they have to make it simple enough for the peons. remember, computer nerds aren't the entire movie going population

I was most pleasantly surprised, but then I walked in expecting a piece of s***.

All up, I'd say the only thing holding the movie back was Michael Bay. I thought the jokes were funny and an important part of the movie. It kinda helped enforce the idea that humans are quite unimportant and powerless in the struggle, and we really need the autobots to protect us. The story wasn't too bad. I thought the megalomania and ego of Megatron was well done, like when he's all like 'disgusting' and swats humans away from him. I found it kinda silly though how that one robot died (forgot which one) and they're like 'oh he fought well' yet I didn't really care, but I found it really sad when Bumblebee was getting captured and when his legs got pwnt.

Overall, good movie but needed more robots fighting, more transforming sounds/scenes and more STARSCREAM!

last edited by Crizane Tribal at 01:16:30 29/Jun/07

Thought it was awesome..but

every scene with the aussie chick, the hacking, the black dude - pointless. It went nowhere. The guy 'hacked' the code on his s***house home pc instantly, and they didn't even use the information for anything. If they deleted all those scenes then the movie would have been a better length too.

Disapointed megatron didnt look more like the original. Hopefully when they revive him in sequels they'll make him look more like that, or galvatron.

Starscream should have had his whiny cartoon voice as it suits him better, and he should have had more of a role through the movie.

Also, there's no way optimus could have survived a shot from megatron's canon so it really should have missed him and blown up half the city.

every scene with the aussie chick, the hacking, the black dude - pointless. It went nowhere. The guy 'hacked' the code on his s***house home pc instantly, and they didn't even use the information for anything.

Well they didn't get a chance to, they were taken in by the govt agents - it was just a way to bring them into the action.

But yeah the movie could've done with a few less characters - I liked the black guy though (what happened to him in the end, last I remember he sent the morse code message and that was it??)

I found it kinda silly though how that one robot died (forgot which one) and they're like 'oh he fought well' yet I didn't really care, but I found it really sad when Bumblebee was getting captured and when his legs got pwnt.

Yeah it was Jazz who was destroyed. Probably better if they killed off Bumblebee, but that would've been too obvious I guess.

Optimus lives!

It was great, I was having such a good time watching Autobot hijinx and Decepticons blowing s*** up that I wasn't bothered by the odd bit of cheese. The humour and the human element in general was quite entertaining. It could have been at a tighter pace but all in all it was lots of fun.

As a fan of the originals I thought the buildup to having the other Transformers arrive and eventually start fighting was especially well done. Having them track the kid down at the start then the worlds gradually colliding was a really cool way to introduce it, there were all the right elements there to give it that nostalgic feeling and still keep everyone interested.

last edited by dais at 02:36:24 29/Jun/07

Pure f***ing awesome. Best fun and 'holy s***' moments since LOTR :D

So the jist of this thread is now... Trog (who has herpes medications ... for his shingles... sure ... shingles) went to Transformers expecting War and Peace, and instead got Hollywood Action movie called Transformers ... and was disappointed ?

Disapointed megatron didnt look more like the original. Hopefully when they revive him in sequels they'll make him look more like that, or galvatron.

Why? I thought the design was good for Megatron - massive, imposing and generally screaming "I'm a badass". Or would've you prefered him running around with a trigger for a crotch and an oversized canon on his arm?

I saw it last night and thought it was great. I think it had the transformers feel to it, and I agree with Khel - it was fun. What Trog said about the Michael Bay-isms I would agree with .. as long as you're expecting them then you don't cringe as much when they happen. I thought the comedy was well done, it wasn't lame or too often. Starscream was awesome, but he needed that high pitched whiney voice from the cartoons IMO. I hope that cd player wasn't meant to be a Soundwave replacement, he was the coolest character!

Can't wait for a sequel .. hopefully they include other cool characters like Soundwave, Hotrod etc, and of course Megatron has to return as Galvatron!

So the jist of this thread is now... Trog (who has herpes medications ... for his shingles... sure ... shingles) went to Transformers expecting War and Peace, and instead got Hollywood Action movie called Transformers ... and was disappointed ?

wow, its like you didn't read my original post at all

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It was a long bow ... but I think it knicked the target

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I accept your apology

Nah, the little boombox guy wasn't meant to be soundwave, he was this guy.

Also, after the battle scene in the city and megatron died, they didn't show what happened to the rest of the decepticons or the new transformers made from the drink machine and the other thing. Where'd they all go? They didn't even show them running away or anything.

Also, they didn't show enough of optimus battling megatron - that's what u watched 10 episodes of the cartoon for just waiting to see!

Well all the other decepticons got their ass's kicked by either autobots/humans and then u saw starscream flying off in to space, i assume that sets up the sequel and hes gonna be back with reinforcements?!

No I think the idea is the movie ends gracefully there for all time OF COURSE WITH GREASE

Oh i must have been looking at my frozen coke when starscream flew into space :(

I reckon Starscream's voice should kinda sound like the screach of a jet, not whiney like the cartoon.

I liked how megatron looked, all bad ass and stuff. I thought the whole transforming into a gun thing was stupid.

what happened to the rest of the decepticons or the new transformers made from the drink machine and the other thing.

Yeah, I wondered what happened to the transformer made out of the drink machine too :P Also, I wondered why all the machines that the Allspark brought to life were evil, I mean, the Autobots got created by it too and they weren't evil. I thought maybe they were gonna use it to bring that tow truck to life and it'd be some badass good guy.

Also, on the topic of decepticons getting owned, how hard did Bonecrusher get owned, Optimus laid the smack down on him HARD. f***en energy sword BAM decapitated.

Also, the police car and the scorpion dude didn't get killed, so they could be back in a sequel along with Starscream.

I reckon megatron will be back... he had the allspark fused with his spark. I reckon he could just be dormant or something, and he could reawaken to reclaim the last shard of the allspark that optimus took so he can become all powerful.

megatron will be back - for sure.

Yeah as if not totally dismember him and shoot his various parts into different directions of space. Retards

hahahahahhahahhahah who added the transformers song? and how?!

Never being a huge transformers fan, did they ever explain why a robot race of people light years away looked exactly like vehicles from earth?

in the movie or the show?

Never being a huge transformers fan, did they ever explain why a robot race of people light years away looked exactly like vehicles from earth?

I think the idea is they can scan objects in their surrounds and transform into them (ie, they can transform into pretty much everything). That's certainly the implication when a bunch of them land and they're looking at objects in their surrounds (plus Bumblebee switching to the faget new Camero presumably as part of more product placement s***) instead of the old leet one

Yeah, they dont look like vehicles from Earth until they get to Earth, then they choose those shapes to blend in.

Yes, the scanning of earth machines was taken from the cartoon series as well.

Was going to see it at SouthBank tonight, Got there at 10 to 9 and the 9:50 had already sold out...

As well as 6, 6:40 and 9:10(?) being sold out.

f***ing School Kiddies and their Holidays.

Thinking of giving it a miss until after the school holidays so I don't have to deal with laser pointers and idiots talking and giggling through the movie.

yer im waiting until it dies down a bit before im gonna see it. saw ff2 today and it was full of toddlers that wouldnt shut up :/

god silver surfer was a POS

heh reckon

god silver surfer was a POS

like that's not a given.

I think it's the first time in my life that i watched an advanced screening at the cinema..

with jim's mum.

There was some kid who started singing the theme song as it started. He knew all the words and some guy just went rank and goes STFU cuuuuunt! lol it was gold

with jim's mum.

I hope she compensated for how f***ed the movie was.

I was standing next to this asian guy in the line and he had a transformer's shirt on PLUS his ringtone was the transformer's theme song.

You could tell he was a big fan from the look in his eyes.

last edited by Suckah-Free at 08:56:44 30/Jun/07

Thinking of giving it a miss until after the school holidays so I don't have to deal with laser pointers and idiots talking and giggling through the movie.

I went and saw it in Gold Class, its worth it imo just so you don't have to deal with a cinema full of shmucks ruining the movie. Plus, you get people bringing you beer to drink during the movie, can't top that (the gold class down here, or the "Director's suite" as its called at Hoyts, even has buttons on the chairs so you can call for service during the movie and order and pay for stuff during the movie without leaving your seat, awesome stuff).

Spoiler:
use these you c***s

coming from studying animation it was just sick for me

storyline was decent, the love story was pretty crappy but who gives a fk the chick was fine

modelling fkn rocked.. even though it wasn't a realistic it still looked it

some of the little jokes in there were pretty good

and it was the first film i've walked out going .. damn good film instead of.. great another let down

Took my 10yr old to see it last night, really enjoyed it...yeh the comedy was a bit lame but I reckon the lead pulled it off. One of the best lines said in the movie was lost on the audience because they were laughing at the site gag of the bots when they were trying to hide from his Mum and Dad in the house scene. The dad says to the wife when the power was dropping in and out, "Hey honey we better call the city, I think we might have blown a Transformer" I was cacking and everyone else missed the damn line!

:)

Hi there,

Long time QGL reader, first time poster...

Considering this is a gaming forum I'm kinda surprised no-one else has mentioned this, but did anyone else notice Ironhide's rocket jump? Classic.

Also did anyone happen to catch what happened to Barricade?

Best movie I've seen in years btw

mole... that sounds like a chicks name

hawt

SBS movie show gave it 3 stars, it's final comment described it as "Dumb action".

Right on, 60% does me.

Also, welcome Mole ;)

5/5 for me, can't remember the last movie I enjoyed that much.

I went and saw it in Gold Class, i

So you have enough money to go to gold class, but not my engagement party!!!


;)

Gold class ticket = $30

Plane ticket = $200

So no I don't :P

Man I really enjoyed that


I hope they make lots of money

s***, i thought typo was dead
but hes not :(

Considering this is a gaming forum I'm kinda surprised no-one else has mentioned this, but did anyone else notice Ironhide's rocket jump? Classic.

No - which one was ironhide?

you're sposed to be a people person spook

The black GMC truck with the plasma cannons. Not much at all like his original cartoon look.

I would have preferred if they kept more of the original series' personalities in-tact, particularly Starscream. Jazz was pretty spot on and then they kill him off. Optimus was f***ing awesome though.

probably woulda noticed it more if it'd been a dodge instead

havent seen it yet but iread somewhere that 'bumblebee' isnt a vw but frickn camaro!??!

Yes that is correct.

They might as well made megatron into a ford festiva

excel more like it

r31 more like it.

I .. am.. optimus pole.. hitter.

Wah ka kaka

yeah totally

Considering this is a gaming forum I'm kinda surprised no-one else has mentioned this, but did anyone else notice Ironhide's rocket jump? Classic.

LOL yep, knee-jerk reaction caused me to say "ROCKET JUMP!" mid action scene.

The movie bored me...horribly simple story with no twists, many lame jokes, a lot of things that simply made me go WTF?!

For instance...we have these massive Autobots in the city, and they send Sam off on FOOT with the cube, while they guard him. Why not drive him straight there, or pick him up and carry him?

And after the massive fight in the middle of San Francisco...they claim that they're still a SECRET? I'm sure no one got a video of the transformers battling it out downtown.

I'm not saying everything has to be super realistic, but some of the stuff that went on didn't make any sense.

Having said that, the action scenes were pretty good, but far too much of the usual close-up-shaky-cam view.

I enjoyed it, hoping there is a sequel with Starscream as the leader!

For instance...we have these massive Autobots in the city, and they send Sam off on FOOT with the cube, while they guard him. Why not drive him straight there, or pick him up and carry him?

http://pbfcomics.com/archive/PBF077AD-Disassemble.jpg

(if that doesn't work)

last edited by nF at 19:36:39 01/Jul/07

I liked it.

haha that comic is great

For instance...we have these massive Autobots in the city, and they send Sam off on FOOT with the cube, while they guard him. Why not drive him straight there, or pick him up and carry him?

Exactly. Don't mind that the Decepticons are right behind you, turn around and waste 20 seconds talking to that chick.

s*** like that just pisses me off, diaf and put that dribble into a romantic comedy... less bulls***, more Starscream.

If you're going to be annoyed by minor annoying flaws like that, then I suggest you never go see a hollywood blockbuster movie. Personally I can turn off my brain for a few parts of the movie where it has that sort of rubbish going on.

Well I don't go see "hollywood" movies, I just had a little bit of faith that a movie about giant transforming robots wouldn't contain that sort of s***.

If there's a TF2, I'm definetely not wasting another $10 sitting through that trash.

harsh.

you should have parkoured up into the projection room and knocked the guy out with a throwing stick for showing such trash

hey this movie was no "Usual Suspects" but it was still damn fun.

This is possibly one of the best non thinking movies I have seen in a while.
The rocket jump was lord!
I think I'd have to see it again to appreciate the fight scenes tho.

Considering this is a gaming forum I'm kinda surprised no-one else has mentioned this, but did anyone else notice Ironhide's rocket jump? Classic.

I was looking out for it :)
Was in the main City (near the end) Battle Scene. The Weapons Expert (Pulled out his cannons in the introductory scene) was the jumper.

Trog was probably too busy looking at the hawt chick in the Blue dress that he was Rocket Jumping over.

saw the movie last night and thought it rocked.. I never liked transformers when I was little etc so I wasn't sure wtf the movie would be about... I was expecting to be disappointed but instead it's definitely up there with awesome movies...

Don't try to be all cool and let this thread persuade you to see the movie or not. If you're curious/interested then see it. $7 will get you a ticket at balmoral, hawthorne, southbank etc.

Gold class ticket = $30

Plane ticket = $200

So no I don't :P

Whatever … fagot

s***, i thought typo was dead
but hes not :(

. In-between my phat job, travelling around Europe, getting engaged and training I’ve had better things to do than lurk on here. Luckily for you I’ve got some time between travelling to come on here and annoy you.

$7 is too much

hi typo!!!
good to hear your still totally awesome

Typo will be around whenever one you infidels decides to question khel's opinion!

Dissapointing to say the least

I don't understand how people couldn't like it, the idea is just completely alien to me. Apart from the few posts here, absolutely everyone I know and have talked to who has seen it, absolutely loved it. When I came out of the movie, I remember thinking, theres a movie nobody could possibly dislike, but apparently I was wrong.

you're funny if you don't understand how people couldn't like it

surely by now you've realised there's a lot of different people with a lot of different tastes, likes, dislikes

you sure are wise.

you sure are a f***wit

surely by now you've realised there's a lot of different people with a lot of different tastes, likes, dislikes

Yeah, I guess, but I thought if anything could cross the boundaries and make everyone happy, it'd be giant 20 foot transforming robots beating the crap out of each other.

Yeah, I guess, but I thought if anything could cross the boundaries and make everyone happy, it'd be giant 20 foot transforming robots beating the crap out of each other.

That was 1/3rd of the movie and I enjoyed it.

The other 2/3rds was crap.

As the saying goes, majority rules.

but that's not the context the saying is designed for or used in

I make my own rules Jim!

Time to point out another useless addition to the movie. A noob kid, arguing with a top secret government organisation about a juvi record... like WTF!

I love how convincing all the police/government/military organisations were in the movie. I've seen corny s*** before, but ffs... the scene where they raided the house and the parents are back chatting with the so called "leader"... get SOME sort of realism into it.

realism: the key to any giant transforming robot movie.

Exactly, CHUB you're a tool mate.

it's the attitude of people like YOU TWO guys that results in hollywood churning out crap, and results in global warming

Another thing that peeved me off, incosistencies in combat.

Why was Frenzy able to infilitrate Air Force One, kill a large amount of highly skilled guards (I assume) and just generally kick ass. Yet later on, he can't kill an geriatric pencil pusher and an overexaggerated aussie chick with old shotguns? That scene was just a complete waste of time... they didn't need to live, just kill them FFS.

cry me a f***ing river

chub you dont need to deconstruct every f***en scene. you didnt like it, we get it.

yeh deconstruct a kids action movie, what a genius lol.

such a great movie, saw it on opening night, just saw it again and aside from growing up with the original toon, i haven't thought about transformers since but i am so glad it did justice to the nostalgia of such an awesome franchise. like Khel said, i've seen it with 13 different people all up and both groups of my friends were just gobsmacked at how cool it was. the way the models turned out was unbelievable, i was worried when the first stills appeared, but i was truly blown away, genius even. keeping in mind it is a blockbuster from a cartoon franchise aimed at 5-14year olds, the story and acting was surprisingly awesome, hilarious even. when this hits on HDDVD or BLURay i'll probably fork out for a huge widescreen just for it, those fx were mindblowing.

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Finally!

99% of people in this thread are going "GREAT MOVIE!!" / "HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE IT!!"

That's why I don't like it, 2/3rds of it was bulls*** that either was poorly executed or just not needed.

I'm out :D

i am so glad it did justice to the nostalgia

How? By product whoring Ebay, Panasonic and cars?

Couldn't resist, now I'm out :D

If you disagree with Chub he'll stab you, if you disagree with khel, typo will come round and go glow bowling with you.

Not sure which is worse.

you mean he will hit you with a throwing stick

haha obes

I'm pretty sure it'd be the glow bowling.

http://pbfcomics.com/archive/PBF042AD-Refridgeron_and_Magnimus.jpg

LOL! This comic rocks! I always wondered where some of those pics came from.

I have just seen the film, I thought it was great.

I really wasn't expecting a great deal of depth and was glad there weren't any glaring plot errors.

I am not a software designer, but I am studying electronics, as c is the code used to program chips(other than straight assembly) perhaps they were trying to diplay a lower level of hacking rather than a higher level at the actual software end of the stick. So going straight to the electronics totally overiding the software security. I didn't pay attention to the code on the screen it might have just been junk.

I could be totally wrong. I certainly wasn't looking for those sort of details, but I was impressed with the military detail. I thought they seemed to show a good understanding of the vehicles and armory the military can use.

The fluff, such as the romance and humor, I liked, I even mentioned it during the movie that I thought it was a good touch. It is entertainment and I found it very entertaining.

I have a feeling it really does depend on your expectations and what sort of film you were hoping for.

$7 is too much

You're almost there! You just forgot to add all those zeros between the 7 and the decimal point.

good to hear your still totally awesome

I knew you'd be happy for me.

If you disagree with Chub he'll stab you, if you disagree with khel, typo will come round and go glow bowling with you.

Not sure which is worse.

If anybody knew the difference between getting stabbed by a "Chub" and glow bowling, it would have to be Obes.

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I thought the movie was ok. It didn't ruin my childhood and it was about a million times better than The Craptastic 4: The rise of Shiny Dollar. Although, it suffered from the same problem that "The Hulk" had, which was too much focus on stupid plot and romance and not enough mindless action, or as Obes so eloquently identified the problem with "The Hulk", it needed more "HULK SMASH" type scenes.

The initial scene with the helicopter was f***ing awesome. It made me think of Mechwarrior or even Epic 40k. Then there was an hour and a half of advertising with a scattering of amusing, or action oriented scenes, followed up by a scene that tried so very hard to be heterosexual and yet still left, what I'd imagine to be, the after taste of a salty milk injection. Then again, it was a f***ing kids movie, so who am I to complain.

The best part of the whole day is when Xzyyz finally managed to buy his ice cream and come in and I welcomed him with my traditional greeting of "nigga!" only to hear from behind us ... "Mummy, what's a n*****?". I laughed.

How? By product whoring Ebay, Panasonic and cars?

yeah, because it's never been a franchise based on selling toys to kids or anything? genius.

Saw it over the weekend, was ok, nothing great just some mindless fun

I did appreciate the subtle hints to the old show, they always seemed to be fighting around dams and desert in the cartoon, Spoiler:
and at the end when they dump the remains of the decepticons in the ocean, I figured was a subtle hint to the underwater base they had in the cartoon


also did anyone else notice the xbox 360 transformer owning that guy? it was a brief flash amongst all the other product placement

I was never a Transformers fan as a kid - the guys from work dragged me along. I actually didn't want to go, I thought it would be s***.

First viewing (Friday): 8.5/10
Second viewing (Today): 8.0/10

Finally a movie where they do explosions right (as in "hello, not all explosions have to be yellow!").
A seriously f***ing awesome movie.

Unfortunately this may be the movie which makes me buy a 1080p TV - and unfortunately because it's Paramount, that means it'll be on Blu Ray :/

I liked it.

The dad says to the wife when the power was dropping in and out, "Hey honey we better call the city, I think we might have blown a Transformer" I was cacking and everyone else missed the damn line!

Not me, I laughed.

I walked out saying, "I think the movie could've done with more pop culture references". I didn't realise Bay was known for them. That being said, I thought they were pretty well done considering and they certainly didn't make me cringe like I'd expect me to.

I cringed for every minute that a robot wasnt beating the s*** out of something.

I paid to see a crap film (Michael Bay) with really cool robot cgi battles and thats exactly what I got. Therefore, I'm satisfied that I got my money's worth.

In the cartoon the decepticons base was deep underwater, which is where the USA dumps their remains at the end of the movie.

I can definately smell a sequel.

I liked when the kid goes "this is definitely cooler than Armageddon" lol Michael Bay jokes.
Besides that I didn't really like it. Ultimately its a kids movie which is why I wouldn't bother pointing out s*** I didn't like about it, references to the cartoon just gave me a feeling of "hey I remember that".

Main chick for the win though, holy f***en s***.

Unfortunately this may be the movie which makes me buy a 1080p TV - and unfortunately because it's Paramount, that means it'll be on Blu Ray :/

paramount dual releases HD DVD and bluray :)

i'll be getting it on HD DVD myself

blu-ray ... regionalised ... sony ... you lose!

HD-DVD ... not regionalised ... you win!

If we as consumers buy into blu-ray (players or media), we are supporting the stupidity that is regionalisation. Blockbuster, JB etc might say Blue-ray this blu-ray that, but if consumers are informed and demand unregionalised HD-DVD they will happily change their stance because the customer in the end is always right.

Sony has shown that the purpose behind their regionalisation is all about being able to charge different markets different rates for the identical product. And if PS3 prices are anything to go on, we will be by far the most expensive market.

Remember Sony are the guys that put root kits on the audio CDs ...

Main chick for the win though, holy f***en s***.

Criminals are HOT

I had a few beefs with it - note this may or may not be considered a SPOILER



a) Transformers were searching for the all spark too, they find it and instead of bailing with it they give it to some kid, surely if its all powerful creator of life blah blah blah they could have done something with it straight up.

b) The transformer civilization was good and just etc etc until Megatron yet every thing the cube touches comes out shooting....

c) No transforming into giant cannon :-(

d) "We've found the all spark, now lets go and hide in the middle of the city so we can protect the humans and make sure they don't get hurt" - so much safer than fighting in the desert they drive past.

e) To many slow dialogue scenes talking about how they're going to do something in minute detail.

f) To many ebay references.

g) Trying to cover up a giant fricken robot battle in the middle of a city.

All in all I expected crap and got much better than I'd hoped for, although it needed more Starscream and it needed way more Optimus opening a can of whoopass.

Also the Dinobots better show up eventually (I'm assuming sequels) and the "destructercons" - I can't remember the name but they transformed 4 or 5 into one gigantic one.

Finally that chick is damned hot, eternal gratitude to a spooties thread of her.

b) The transformer civilization was good and just etc etc until Megatron yet every thing the cube touches comes out shooting....

they had no spark, or soul in other terms, so they had no "intelligence", therefore they just shot at s***.

d) "We've found the all spark, now lets go and hide in the middle of the city so we can protect the humans and make sure they don't get hurt" - so much safer than fighting in the desert they drive past.

lol yer i found this kinda funny. probably my only big gripe with the movie.

...and the "destructercons" - I can't remember the name but they transformed 4 or 5 into one gigantic one.

It was the Constructicons, and there were 6 of them (one for each limb, and one each for the body and head).

all guys should like it this is why

1. hotties if u don't think so you don't deserve your dick
2. big ass tranformers
3. s*** gets blown up
4. a few nice one liners and comedic moments

sure some parts were dodgy but comeon

I agree... I caught it again last night and still think it's great

Finally got around to watching it today and thought it was great. The intro was prolly my favourite part with the chopper coming in. The only bit I didn't like was the battle at the end with the kid running around with the cube. And the way he defeated Megatron with it, it just seemed too rushed. And how did he activate the cube to kill him anyway? Maybe I missed something but it looked like he held the cube up towards Megatron and then it went into his chest and destroyed him.

Anyway, awesome movie and I hope the sequel is just as good.

I enjoyed it, but will probably have to watch it again to understand the fight scenes. When Megan Fox was working on the car I pretty much filled the cup!!

Finally went and seen it today cause harry potter was full (thank f***). f***ing awesome, brings back so many childhood memories. I thought it was a great movie over all.

Great movie, had decent story line and acting. Started off little slow though

^ Look man the movie was ok. I mean its a movie based on plastic toys that turn into robots so we weren't expecting Citizen Kane.

But I'll be f***ed if agree with anyone that thinks it had a decent storyline and good acting.

Juts enjoy it for what it was, no need to put it on a pedestal.

http://www.the-editing-room.com/transformers.html - abridged script. As always, insightful and hilarious.

When your great, great grandfather found evil robot Hugo Weaving in the arctic, he accidentally activated him, which resulted in his location being imprinted on the glasses you tried to sell on eBay. And when I say location, I am referring to the location that Hugo would later be transported to by your government.

Not wanting to mock their mocking. However it was pretty clear to me that the imprint on the glasses was the location of the 'All Spark' and not Megatrons.

Rest holds up though.

I liked it :D

I managed to not cry while Bumblebee was being captured. Yay for me!

It SCREAMS Michael Bay and it was better than I expected :)

However it was pretty clear to me that the imprint on the glasses was the location of the 'All Spark' and not Megatrons.

Which was also the location that Megatron was held at. Both the All Spark and Megatron were held within Hoover Dam.

Is it just me or did anyone else notice a little bit of mr smith voicing? Especially at end when megatron was ontop of roof talking to the kid..

Yes, i know hugo was the voice for megatron..

Which was also the location that Megatron was held at. Both the All Spark and Megatron were held within Hoover Dam.

Right, but the imprint on the glasses was made in the Arctic, right?

Right, but the imprint on the glasses was made in the Arctic, right?

Yes it was.

It was all a coincidence, is that what the Cutting Room were poking fun at?

It was all a coincidence, is that what the Cutting Room were poking fun at?

Well I assume the point is, what f***ing good are the glasses unless they have the CURRENT location of Megatron/the AllSpark imprinted on them?

I thought it was the location for the power cube imprinted on the glasses not where megatron was ??

I thought the glasses were only in the plot to advertise eBay repeatedly.

I thought it was the location for the power cube imprinted on the glasses not where megatron was ??

Maybe it was, that certainly sounds more reasonable

They built the dam AROUND the All Spark.

They transported Megatron TO the All Spark location.

The Glasses had the LOCATION OF THE ALL SPARK (i.e. Hoover Dam) imprinted on them.

Geddit?

Ok, that's cool. Except for the imprinting thing on the glasses in general of course.

finally got around to seeing this today
that was a lame movie, except for the awesome graphics and vehicles. it would've been better if they'd used a dodge instead of a gmc tho

...had decent story line and acting. Started off little slow though

what
the
f***

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heh