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** Cade is either seen as an improvement over Sam Witwicky who's more capable and better developed, or an equally as annoying (if not moreso) character for his weird OverprotectiveDad tendencies towards his daughter and temper.
** Lockdown. Is he a cool and threatening antagonist whose presence expands on the lore of the series, or an overly edgy character who's hard to take seriously?
** Cade is either seen as an improvement over Sam Witwicky who's more capable and better developed, or an equally as annoying (if not moreso) character for his weird OverprotectiveDad tendencies towards his daughter and temper.
** Lockdown. Is he a cool and threatening antagonist whose presence expands on the lore of the series, or an overly edgy character who's hard to take seriously?
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* ContestedSequel: Almost nobody considers ''Age of Extinction'' "the worst ''Transformers'' movie of all" (which would be really saying something), but consensus among most critics is pretty much "it's ''Transformers'', so it sucks". A few critics (and a few more fans), on the other hand, believe that the numerous retools make for a better movie than its predecessors, and the general public having lower expectations also helps. However, a point of debate is how well it holds up to the other movies in the series, especially the first and third. Supporters point out the somewhat darker tone, lack of gratuitous potty humor, a strong villain and overall better characterized robots, and Wahlberg being a better lead than [=LaBeouf=]. Haters claim that the action brings nothing new to the table, the humans are only marginally better but still not good, the movie is simply ''far'' too long, and that most of the previous films' criticized aspects (flat story, pointless scenes, immature humor, offensive stereotypes, shaky-cam) haven't been improved upon.
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* ContestedSequel: Almost nobody considers Fans were split on whether ''Age of Extinction'' was "the worst ''Transformers'' movie of all" (which would be really saying something), something) when it came out, but consensus among most critics is pretty much "it's ''Transformers'', so it sucks". A few critics (and a few more fans), on the other hand, believe that the numerous retools make for a better movie than its predecessors, and the general public having lower expectations also helps. However, a point of debate is how well it holds up to the other movies in the series, especially the first and third. Supporters point out the somewhat darker tone, lack of gratuitous potty humor, a strong villain and overall better characterized robots, and Wahlberg being a better lead than [=LaBeouf=]. Haters claim that the action brings nothing new to the table, the humans are only marginally better but still annoying and not good, the "humor" involving [[OverprotectiveDad Cade]] and [[MemeticMolester Shane]]'s interactions with Tessa is just as gross as the toilet humor in earlier movies, the movie is simply ''far'' too long, and that most of the previous films' criticized aspects (flat story, pointless scenes, immature humor, offensive stereotypes, shaky-cam) haven't been improved upon.
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie. In particular the scene where Shane explains in detail said laws tends to be brought up whenever this movie is discussed. [[note]]It should also be noted that if one takes a closer look at the Romeo and Juliet Statue in Texas, one will discover that said law only protect Shane in situations involving sexual assault as Tessa (age 17) had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary rape.[[/note]]
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie. In particular the scene where Shane explains in detail said laws tends to be brought up whenever this movie is discussed. [[note]]It should also be noted that if one takes a closer look at the Romeo and Juliet Statue in Texas, one will discover that said law only protect protects Shane in situations involving sexual assault assault, as Tessa (age 17) had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such such, their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary statutory rape.[[/note]]
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** Shane abruptly stopping the movie in its tracks to explain the Romeo and Juliet laws, including ''pulling a laminated card from his wallet'' with the details of the law printed on it, is easily the most infamous scene in the film, if not the entire Bayverse.
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie. In particular the scene where Shane explains in detail said laws tends to be brought up whenever this movie is discussed. [[note]]It should also be noted that if one takes a closer look at the Romeo and Juliet Statue in Texas, one will discover that said law only protect Shane in situations involving sexual assault as Tessa had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary rape.[[/note]]
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie. In particular the scene where Shane explains in detail said laws tends to be brought up whenever this movie is discussed. [[note]]It should also be noted that if one takes a closer look at the Romeo and Juliet Statue in Texas, one will discover that said law only protect Shane in situations involving sexual assault as Tessa (age 17) had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary rape.[[/note]]
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie. In particular the scene where Shane explains in detail said laws tends to be brought up whenever this movie is discussed. [[note]] It should also be noted that if one takes a closer look at the Romeo and Juliet Statue in Texas,
one will discover that said law only protect Shane in situations involving sexual assault as Tessa had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary rape. [[/note]]
one will discover that said law only protect Shane in situations involving sexual assault as Tessa had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary rape. [[/note]]
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Texas, one will discover that said law only protect Shane in situations involving sexual assault as Tessa had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary rape. [[/note]]
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie. In particular the scene where Shane explains in detail said laws tends to be brought up whenever this movie is discussed.
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie. In particular the scene where Shane explains in detail said laws tends to be brought up whenever this movie is discussed. [[note]] It should also be noted that if one takes a closer look at the Romeo and Juliet Statue in Texas,
one will discover that said law only protect Shane in situations involving sexual assault as Tessa had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary rape. [[/note]]
one will discover that said law only protect Shane in situations involving sexual assault as Tessa had already given consent to him when he was also a minor with an age gap difference of less then three years. However, once Shane became a legal adult, no statue will change the fact that he (age 20) is in a relationship with a minor; with age 18 and an age gap of less then two years being the legal minimum necessary to engage in sexual conduct. As such their relationship would meet all the legal standards to constitute stationary rape. [[/note]]
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* MoralEventHorizon:
** If he didn't cross it already (allowing Tessa to be threatened or refuse to allow paramedics during Galvatron's out of control rampage) Attinger crossed it big time when he allowed Savoy to kill witnesses and gave Lockdown the okay to level Hong Kong to hide his plans.
** Any sympathy Savoy would want people to show him die out when he threatens Tessa to make Cade give Optimus Prime's location.
** Lockdown crosses it in his first scene by [[spoiler:coldly murdering Ratchet.]]
** If he didn't cross it already (allowing Tessa to be threatened or refuse to allow paramedics during Galvatron's out of control rampage) Attinger crossed it big time when he allowed Savoy to kill witnesses and gave Lockdown the okay to level Hong Kong to hide his plans.
** Any sympathy Savoy would want people to show him die out when he threatens Tessa to make Cade give Optimus Prime's location.
** Lockdown crosses it in his first scene by [[spoiler:coldly murdering Ratchet.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon:
** If he didn't cross it already (allowing Tessa to be threatened or refuse to allow paramedics during Galvatron's out of control rampage) Attinger crossed it big time when he allowed Savoy to kill witnesses and gave Lockdown the okay to level Hong Kong to hide his plans.
** Any sympathy Savoy would want people to show him die out when he threatens Tessa to make Cade give Optimus Prime's location.
** Lockdown crosses it in his first scene by [[spoiler:coldly murdering Ratchet.]]MoralEventHorizon: See [[MoralEventHorizon/{{Transformers}} here]].
** If he didn't cross it already (allowing Tessa to be threatened or refuse to allow paramedics during Galvatron's out of control rampage) Attinger crossed it big time when he allowed Savoy to kill witnesses and gave Lockdown the okay to level Hong Kong to hide his plans.
** Any sympathy Savoy would want people to show him die out when he threatens Tessa to make Cade give Optimus Prime's location.
** Lockdown crosses it in his first scene by [[spoiler:coldly murdering Ratchet.]]
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* EthnicScrappy: Drift is one of the offenders for many fans and IDW Generation 1 readers who were familiar to the original character: the Autobot is often accused as one of the heavily stereotypical Cybertronians since [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Skids ands Mudflap]]: He wears a literal yellow(-gold) ''Asian'' face, complete with squinty eyes, and wore a very stereotypical Samurai appearance. It barely helped that he almost always spoke out Haikus.
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* EthnicScrappy: Drift is one of the offenders for many fans and IDW Generation 1 readers who were familiar to the original character: the Autobot is often accused as one of the heavily stereotypical Cybertronians since [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Skids ands and Mudflap]]: He wears a literal yellow(-gold) ''Asian'' face, complete with squinty eyes, and wore a very stereotypical Samurai appearance. It barely helped that he almost always spoke out Haikus.
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie.
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** The unsettling age gap romance between Tessa and Shane - and the latter literally carrying a printed version of a law explaining why it's okay - is probably one of the only things that some of the fans remember about the movie. In particular the scene where Shane explains in detail said laws tends to be brought up whenever this movie is discussed.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Galvatron is voiced by Frank Welker and has a more humanlike design that resembles a cross between Movieverse Megatron and the G1 incarnations of both characters. This is what many fans wanted Movieverse Megs to be like in the first place. [[spoiler:In fact, as with tradition, he ''is'' Megatron {{Brain Upload}}ed into a new body. Consequently, this adds another AuthorsSavingThrow, where the Decepticon leader regains his famed badassery and power after two movies where he became [[VillainDecay more and more of an]] [[BadassDecay Autobot punching bag]].]]
** In addition, the movie's more serious approach is seen as a welcome change after ''Revenge Of The Fallen'''s infamous barrage of VulgarHumor. ''Dark Of The Moon'' was considerably better about it while including some non-vulgar comedy, but this movie's more serious approach has a broader appeal to older fans. You also have to wonder if [[spoiler:the particularly horrific death of the main comic relief character is in reference to how badly his type went over before.]]
** Just like with ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', the non-human characters (the Transformers) get more focus and characterization than the humans this time around, which critics hate and fans love. Fans seem sharply divided on whether the Autobots and Decepticons actually do get more focus than Cade, his family, and the literally dozens of human conspirators do. And a common Critic complaint of previous films was that the title characters seemed like secondary guest stars in their own film, an objection they shared with the fans, just for different reasons.
** After three previous movies of the female characters being sexualized, this movie heavily tones down the fanservice and is even lampshaded with Cade snarking at Tessa's shorts.
** Some people complained that fight scenes with the robot characters were difficult to follow due to the designs of the robots being too complex, not helped by their very muted color palette. This film [[ArtEvolution heavily simplifies]] the designs of the robot characters, and the colors (especially those of the Autobots) were made far more vibrant to make them easier to tell apart.
** Galvatron is voiced by Frank Welker and has a more humanlike design that resembles a cross between Movieverse Megatron and the G1 incarnations of both characters. This is what many fans wanted Movieverse Megs to be like in the first place. [[spoiler:In fact, as with tradition, he ''is'' Megatron {{Brain Upload}}ed into a new body. Consequently, this adds another AuthorsSavingThrow, where the Decepticon leader regains his famed badassery and power after two movies where he became [[VillainDecay more and more of an]] [[BadassDecay Autobot punching bag]].]]
** In addition, the movie's more serious approach is seen as a welcome change after ''Revenge Of The Fallen'''s infamous barrage of VulgarHumor. ''Dark Of The Moon'' was considerably better about it while including some non-vulgar comedy, but this movie's more serious approach has a broader appeal to older fans. You also have to wonder if [[spoiler:the particularly horrific death of the main comic relief character is in reference to how badly his type went over before.]]
** Just like with ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', the non-human characters (the Transformers) get more focus and characterization than the humans this time around, which critics hate and fans love. Fans seem sharply divided on whether the Autobots and Decepticons actually do get more focus than Cade, his family, and the literally dozens of human conspirators do. And a common Critic complaint of previous films was that the title characters seemed like secondary guest stars in their own film, an objection they shared with the fans, just for different reasons.
** After three previous movies of the female characters being sexualized, this movie heavily tones down the fanservice and is even lampshaded with Cade snarking at Tessa's shorts.
** Some people complained that fight scenes with the robot characters were difficult to follow due to the designs of the robots being too complex, not helped by their very muted color palette. This film [[ArtEvolution heavily simplifies]] the designs of the robot characters, and the colors (especially those of the Autobots) were made far more vibrant to make them easier to tell apart.
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* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The (now defunct) mobile game inspired by the movie was regarded as a genuinely fun EndlessRunningGame/ThirdPersonShooter. ''[[VideoGame/TransformersRiseOfTheDarkSpark Rise of the Dark Spark]]'', on the [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames other hand]]…
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: While it was obviously wrong for Earth's governments to turn on the Autobots after everything they've done, it isn't entirely unjustified. Despite fighting to defend humanity, the Autobots are partially responsible for bringing the war to Earth in the first place. A war that has caused incalculable damage and endangered Humanity again and again. After the Decepticons attempted to destroy Earth to restore their own planet, with the aid of a rogue Autobot, its easy to see why the government would decide to stop trusting either side and just KillEmAll.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: While it was obviously wrong for Earth's governments to turn on the Autobots after everything they've done, it isn't entirely unjustified. Despite fighting to defend humanity, the Autobots are partially responsible for bringing the war to Earth in the first place. A war that has caused incalculable damage and endangered Humanity again and again. After the Decepticons attempted to destroy Earth to restore their own planet, with the aid of a rogue Autobot, its easy to see why the government would decide to stop trusting either side and just KillEmAll.turn against both of them.
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** During the final fight, the film regularly cuts to Cade as he does his best to stick to cover while Optimus and Lockdown duke it out right next to him. However, despite being consistently shown to be completely alone, there's one shot where some nameless guy has suddenly appeared next to Cade, only to be turned into a red cloud by a stray shot. Whoever this unfortunate fellow was and why he appeared out-of-nowhere just to get vaporized is never made clear.
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** During the final fight, the film regularly cuts to Cade as he does his best to stick to cover while Optimus and Lockdown duke it out right next to him. However, despite being consistently shown to be completely alone, alone earlier, there's one a single shot where some nameless guy has suddenly appeared an unrecognizable man next to Cade, only to be Cade is turned into a red cloud by a stray shot. Whoever this unfortunate fellow was and why he appeared out-of-nowhere just to get vaporized is never made clear.[[note]]For what it's worth, ''[=TFWiki=]'' speculates that due to their similar attires, the scene may have been an alternate/earlier take of Attinger's death that was reused.[[/note]]
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** Drift's brief appearance in the background of the shot of Grimlock breathing fire (and apparently the same scene as Optimus smacking Grimlock with his shield) inspired many a "Let them fight" memes, as an ActorAllusion to Drift's voice actor, Creator/KenWatanabe's famous line in the 2014 reboot of ''[[{{Film/Godzilla2014}} Godzilla]]''.
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** Drift's brief appearance in the background of the shot of Grimlock breathing fire (and apparently the same scene as Optimus smacking Grimlock with his shield) inspired many a "Let them fight" memes, as an ActorAllusion to Drift's voice actor, Creator/KenWatanabe's famous line in the 2014 reboot of ''[[{{Film/Godzilla2014}} Godzilla]]''. It helps that the two films were released only a month apart.
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* MemeticMolester: Cade knowing the ins and outs of the state's age of consent laws had some viewers convinced that fear of legal penalty is the only thing keeping him from dating girls even ''younger'' than Tessa.
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* MemeticMolester: Cade Shane knowing the ins and outs of the state's age of consent laws had some viewers convinced that fear of legal penalty is the only thing keeping him from dating girls even ''younger'' than Tessa.
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* MemeticMolester: Cade knowing the ins and outs of the state's age of consent laws had some viewers convinced that fear of legal penalty is the only thing keeping him from dating girls even ''younger'' than Tessa.
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** [[spoiler:Ratchet’s]] brutal death for being a very effective SacrificialLion scene, especially notable for how for the first time, an Autobot’s death is given weight and consequences.
** Lockdown arriving to apprehend Optimus after his fight with Galvatron, particularly his use of his infamous Face-Gun.
** The Dinobot charge during the climactic battle in Hong Kong.
** [[spoiler:Ratchet’s]] brutal death for being a very effective SacrificialLion scene, especially notable for how for the first time, an Autobot’s death is given weight and consequences.
** Lockdown arriving to apprehend Optimus after his fight with Galvatron, particularly his use of his infamous Face-Gun.
** The Dinobot charge during the climactic battle in Hong Kong.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show is very big in China. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-local-sensation-720189?mobile_redirect=false So big that it sold over 300 Million USD in there as of this moment]], making it the highest-grossing film ''ever'' in the country. It also made more money in China than in the US.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show is very big in China. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-local-sensation-720189?mobile_redirect=false So big that it sold over 300 Million USD in there as of this moment]], making it the highest-grossing film ''ever'' in the country.country (at the time). It also made more money in China than in the US.
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** Alternately, the it's fairly easy to see the ethics of humans toying with what is essentially the version of Transformer genetic material, as GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke.
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** Cade/Optimus became a very popular ship due to how surprisingly close they have gotten throughout the film. The ship is commonly known as "Barn Husbands" or "Yeager Program."
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** A common joke in the fandom is that this film is a romance film due to [[HoYay Cade's and Optimus' scenes together]].
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** Cade/Optimus became a very popular ship due to how surprisingly close they have gotten throughout the film. The ship is commonly known as "Barn Husbands" or "Yeager Program."
** Cade/Optimus became a very popular ship due to how surprisingly close they have gotten throughout the film. The ship is commonly known as "Barn Husbands" or "Yeager Program."
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* EstrogenBrigade: This movie has a ''huge'' fanbase of girls and women who find Optimus' new appearance very attractive. Hell, even a [[EvenTheGuysWantHim few male fans]] find him attractive.
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** ''Transformium'' would be an utterly ridiculous name for an element if not for A) the name being [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin completely self-descriptive, B) the element being what ''transform''ers are made of, and C) the fact that elements such as ''einsteinium'' [[AluminumChristmasTrees exist in real life]].
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** ''Transformium'' would be an utterly ridiculous name for an element if not for A) the name being [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin completely self-descriptive, self-descriptive]], B) the element being what ''transform''ers are made of, and C) the fact that elements such as ''einsteinium'' [[AluminumChristmasTrees exist in real life]].
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** ''Transformium'' would be an utterly ridiculous name for an element if not for A) the name being [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin completely self-descriptive, B) the element being what ''transform''ers are made of, and C) the fact that elements such as ''einsteinium'' [[AluminumChristmasTrees exist in real life]].
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** Optimus killing Attinger proved very polarising, purely for being Optimus Prime murdering a human. However, WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime had Optimus throwing his EvilKnockoff right onto human villain Silas, with no indication in the scene, or in any other episode of the series, that Optimus expected Silas to survive [[spoiler: and if it weren’t for his minions having a robot body to put him into, he wouldn’t have]].
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* CatharsisFactor: [[spoiler: For all his hatred and bigotry, Optimus obliterating Attinger during the final battle definitely qualifies.]]
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* FanNickname: The drones Galvatron uses as his army are commonly referred as Vehicons; The name comes from ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', in which Megatron directly controlled a group of sparkless husks that have no sentience which were called Vehicons.
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* CriticalDissonance: Critic reviews for ''Age of Extinction'' are quite negative; its Rotten Tomatoes score is similar to ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', but the reviews themselves aren't ''quite'' as vitriolic in tone (in fact, many reviews give the film an average score, [[FourPointScale but RT counts them as rotten]]). It also became the first live-action ''Transformers'' movie to receive zero UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations. However, it has seen quite a bit less backlash from the fanbase than previous films, mostly due to AuthorsSavingThrow and PanderingToTheBase as well as lower audience expectations than for ''ROTF''.[[note]]A perfect example is how the HumanFocusedAdaptation aspect is handled this time around; while critics dislike how the [[InvertedTrope robots have more characterization than the humans]], fans have been clamoring for ''that very thing'', though there isn't quite a fan consensus on that count.[[/note]] The film was also successful at the box office so far.
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* CriticalDissonance: Critic reviews for ''Age of Extinction'' are quite negative; its Rotten Tomatoes score is similar to ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', but the reviews themselves aren't ''quite'' as vitriolic in tone (in fact, many reviews give the film an average score, [[FourPointScale but RT counts them as rotten]]). It also became the first live-action ''Transformers'' movie to receive zero UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations. However, it has seen quite a bit less backlash from the fanbase than previous films, mostly due to AuthorsSavingThrow and PanderingToTheBase as well as lower audience expectations than for ''ROTF''.[[note]]A perfect example is how the HumanFocusedAdaptation aspect is handled this time around; while critics dislike how the [[InvertedTrope robots have more characterization than the humans]], fans have been clamoring for ''that very thing'', though there isn't quite a fan consensus on that count.[[/note]] The film was also successful at the box office so far.office, grossing over 1.1 billion dollars worldwide.
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%% DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: One of the main complaints about ''Extinction'' is that it got TOO dark and serious. The supposedly heroic Autobots are turned into giant assholes who are content to let all humans die, to the point where [[spoiler:one of them deliberately allows Megatron to be resurrected as Galvatron because he knows he would kill all the humans!]]. Despite their declarations in the previous films that Earth was now their home and they would fight to protect it, even allowing the obliteration of their home planet Cybertron in ''Dark of the Moon'', in ''Extinction'', they want nothing more than [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to get the hell off Earth as soon as possible]].\\\
%% [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At the same time]] it's hard to argue that the Autobots weren't completely justified given what has happened since the previous film. Brains [[spoiler: [[CassandraTruth tried to warn them of Galvatron and was simply ignored]]]]. Oh, and was subjected to ColdBloodedTorture whenever he said anything they didn't like. So yeah, he ''didn't'' go to a great deal of trouble to protect [[spoiler: the people who'd tortured him, hunted and killed his friends, mutilated their bodies in front of him, and forced him to help extract data for them]] from Galvatron. Really, they're ''lucky'' the Autobots decided to go for ScrewThisImOuttaHere rather than a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, and that level of ''mercy'' does ''more'' to show the Autobots as being very noble. Even the most violent one, faced with one of the people most ''directly'' responsible for their plight, would not pull the trigger without Optimus' okay, which he does not give even after vowing revenge earlier.
%% [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At the same time]] it's hard to argue that the Autobots weren't completely justified given what has happened since the previous film. Brains [[spoiler: [[CassandraTruth tried to warn them of Galvatron and was simply ignored]]]]. Oh, and was subjected to ColdBloodedTorture whenever he said anything they didn't like. So yeah, he ''didn't'' go to a great deal of trouble to protect [[spoiler: the people who'd tortured him, hunted and killed his friends, mutilated their bodies in front of him, and forced him to help extract data for them]] from Galvatron. Really, they're ''lucky'' the Autobots decided to go for ScrewThisImOuttaHere rather than a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, and that level of ''mercy'' does ''more'' to show the Autobots as being very noble. Even the most violent one, faced with one of the people most ''directly'' responsible for their plight, would not pull the trigger without Optimus' okay, which he does not give even after vowing revenge earlier.
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** Embodied with [[spoiler:Ratchet.]] Fan outcry at his death was ''huge''.
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** Embodied with [[spoiler:Ratchet.]] [[spoiler:Ratchet]]. Fan outcry at his death was ''huge''.
