transformers

[guitarchild]

Why the original Transformers movie is better than the new one

This quote from that article pretty much sums up my feelings about the movie:

Bay's new Transformers is fun in its own goofy way, and there are enough sops to the fanboys that most will go home happy. Peter Cullen reprises his role as the voice of Optimus Prime, and the screenwriters

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[crisgee]

Hey, i was saddened when Jazz was snapped just like that! =(

And yeah. It was a toy advertisement, but all the cartoons, movies and comics that came before have always served that purpose. The toys came first before the shows. Oh these Capitalists!

[habeo]

I agree with you on that they can have put more heart into the movie, but I'm more positive about the movie than you are.

There were some moments. *SPOILER*I'm with crisgee on Jazz - and was equally shocked when Optimus just says "Awwww, Jazz..." and pretty much forgets him.

I want to believe that most of the love goes to Bumblebee, the car that could and did. He got banged up, tortured, and lost his legs - without even doing anything to deserve it. He fought on despite all this, even despite being jury-rigged to the back of a towing truck, and scratching his bummed knees on the road. He's the hero, imho. If anything, his lack of speech made the whole experience seem less didactic, which was good.*SPOILER

[guitarchild]

Good point on that last paragraph there. No betrayal indeed, that I understand. :)