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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2961319" data-attributes="member: 707">I could totally get behind a Thundarr movie.  Ooka, ride! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />They aren't trucks, they're robots in the shape of trucks.  Perhaps you're referring to the fact that they can actually move?  I'd imagine that if you have the technology to create a giant robot, you're going to have more than sophisticated enough mechanics to give it wheels that move, too.  I doubt there are any conventional truck innards in a Transformer at all.  Why would there be?*shrug*  I disagree.  I think my father is the mainstream.  Pretty much everything fantasy or sci-fi is unrealistic to him.  Giant robots is no different than super heroes or vampires or wizards.That said, he watched Batman Begins twice, while he has turned his nose up at other similar fare.  Why?  Because the movie was a serious take on the subject matter.  They sold it to him, because nobody in the production or in the movie universe was snickering behind their hand.  The movie world was solid, was real, providing a strong foundation around the fantastical elements.This is what they seem to be doing with Transformers, from what I can tell by the trailer.  Creating a very real world view to wrap around those fantastical elements.  I think this is a far more appealing choice than going camp.  My dad has never seen Mars Attacks!, and I doubt he ever will.</blockquote>

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