Transformers-The Movie

[Seonaid]

I don't get it--it's giant robots kicking the crap out of each other. What's not to like? What more can you want?

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

Giant robots kicking the crap out of each other with meaning.

 

[Umbran]

Giant robots kicking the crap out of each other with meaning.

What, they beat each other over the head with giant copies of the Oxford English Dictionary?

 

[drothgery]

"Some will come to defend us, most have come to destroy us"
One side likes us and will actively go and help us out when they can. The other is trying to wipe us out. That pretty much says humanity is 'Stuck in the middle' to me.

Eh. Sounds more like the Decepticons were after us, and those pesky Autobots got in the way.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Giant robots kicking the crap out of each other with meaning.

Dude. It's from an 80s marketing campaign for toys. It not Wanger's Ring Cycle. It's meaning is "this toy is cooler than that toy."

That pretty much says humanity is 'Stuck in the middle' to me.

Lord have mercy, but I hope I don't see Starscream dancing around to "Stuck in the middle with you" as he tortures Bumblebee or something.

 

[The Serge]

I want the gravity of Die Hard. There's something at stake and I value the characters, but I'm not watching a full-fledged drama or a serious thriller (like Silence of the Lambs) nor am I watching PotC or Godzilla.

 

[horacethegrey]

Dude. It's from an 80s marketing campaign for toys. It not Wanger's Ring Cycle. It's meaning is "this toy is cooler than that toy."

Which can be said for any 80's cartoon sadly.

Lord have mercy, but I hope I don't see Starscream dancing around to "Stuck in the middle with you" as he tortures Bumblebee or something.

There's a scenario I'd happily lay my eyes on.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Lord have mercy, but I hope I don't see Starscream dancing around to "Stuck in the middle with you" as he tortures Bumblebee or something.

That would rock.

 

[DonTadow]

But I haven't seen anything in the previews that indicates that. All I have seen is Human vs. Robot. I realize that what you say is the general plotline we assume but so far I haven't seen anything confirming it.

Bah, anyone who says this wasn't a fan of the Transformers the movie.

This movie has a lot to live up to and I havn't seen it yet. I don't want robots beating up robots, I got a rock'm sockem game. I want to se erobots with personalities and agendas against one another. The series concentrated on the deceptocons trying to take the energy resources from earth (not about killing the autobots). In later series, this was expanded on and it was explained why they wanted or needed the energy.

So far, It feels like Masters of the Universe all over agian. The producers understand that theres this really strong man with a sword who is against a villian called Skeletor and earth is in the middle, which wasn't at ALL what Masters of the Universe was about.

P.S. also, don't the robots seem extremely large for cars and trucks.

 

[horacethegrey]

P.S. also, don't the robots seem extremely large for cars and trucks.

Actually, they look pretty much in scale with the vehicles they transform into. Which is pretty miraculous in itself. The original cartoon was notorious for ignoring scale. You can read all about it here in this entry at the Transformers Wiki.