[Movie] Transformers Movie (07-04-07)

If they make Prime anything other than a big rig truck, I have no doubt the movie will fail.

Edit: I'm downloading the old movie from '86, I believe, right now. Will I be missing out on any vital plotpoints if I watch it before the actual show?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by RadioDaze

How the fuck can you screw up Transformers?

Originally Posted by McCloud

1) The possibility that Optimus will not in fact be a semi, but rather a fire truck.

That'd do it for me.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Also, the original Starscream is apparently dead.

How ya doing, buddy?

I nearly shat my pants after hearing that Cullen would reprise his role as Prime. I was also glad to hear that he would be a semi and not a god damn fire truck. I would've been okay with the Prime from Beast Wars too. ::goes off to find the Beast Wars dvds::

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Huh. I was hoping for the guy who's been Megatron in every Transformers series since Beast Wars (as far as I know), but Hugo Weaving... He had sort of a powerful, commanding voice in LotR, so he may be able to pull it off.

Somehow I'm not surprised to see Keith David. He's in just about everything these days.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

Correction. It's a great special effects film. Serenity is a great sci-fi action film.

You were a Firefly fan, weren't you? I've noticed that the only people who like that movie are fans of the show.

I enjoyed it pretty well. I was pretty surprised by Megatron's voice. You can't even tell it's Hugo Weaving except for maybe one line. I'm a little mad that they didn't use Frank Welker to go with Peter Cullen, since they got him for the game. But I guess Weaving was the better choice for a movie. I was disappointed in Starscream's lack of lines and development as well. I was hoping for the treacherous, backstabbing Starscream, not "I live to serve you, Megatron!"

Spoiler:

He's shown flying into space during the credits, so if there's a sequel, maybe he'll show up there and try to take Megatron's place like usual.

Prime was awesome, but some parts were pretty unlike him, from what I know. For instance,

Spoiler:

when Sam is looking for the glasses and Prime starts getting frustrated and hurrying him up, and when he berates the Autobots for not being quiet. Oh, and certainly the "Oops, my bad." line when he steps on the fountain.

I was wondering where Barricade went, too. I didn't notice him get destroyed. I didn't really notice any of them except for the ones they put a lot of detail in, like the one who gets shivved by Prime, Brawl, I think (The tank one) and Megatron. Scorponok kind of vanished as well.

Some of the comedy bits were pretty funny, such as Ironhide wanting to shoot everything, like Sam's parents and his dog, but Bumblebee "urinating" on the FBI agent was kinda juvenile to me. I guess it's for the kids, though. They like the pee-pee jokes, don't they?

All in all, I thought it was pretty good. I'll definitely be picking up the DVD.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?