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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#251: May 15th 2014 at 3:34:10 AM

They ain't the same guy? They certainly are the same character.

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#252: May 15th 2014 at 3:34:59 AM

I think we're getting more fluid transformations in this one…

Also, I can't help but feel that the human-produced transformers might be an attempt to make a Shout-Out to the mass-produced EVAs. But then again, it's probably just a coincidence and nothing more.

edited 15th May '14 3:35:47 AM by TargetmasterJoe

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#253: May 15th 2014 at 3:35:39 AM

GRIN

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#254: May 15th 2014 at 3:39:07 AM

[up] Are you hoping that what I mentioned was the case?

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#255: May 15th 2014 at 3:41:37 AM

Stanley Tucci and Mr. Hernandez are definitely not the same person.

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#256: May 15th 2014 at 3:54:19 AM

Obviously, but I couldn't help but think of both roles as nigh-identical. Shaved cranium, hipster glasses, smug snake attitude.

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#257: May 15th 2014 at 6:16:34 AM

[up] One's a literal Nazi.

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#258: May 15th 2014 at 6:41:03 AM

But hey, Optimus Prime threw a sword at a bad guy while Grimlock grabbed one with his tail and threw the fucker with his mouth.

What were we talking about?

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#259: May 15th 2014 at 6:44:56 AM

Didn't Stanely Tucci have hair in the first trilogy?

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#260: May 15th 2014 at 6:47:38 AM

It's wise Micheal Bay kept Grimlock's flame breath from his Fall of Cybertron proper. I just hope he can actually talk like he always does.

Same as usual.... Wing it.
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#262: May 15th 2014 at 11:35:26 AM

Tucci was in Captain America: The First Avenger and there he wasn't a jerk. He was one of the nicest characters in the movie.

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edited 15th May '14 11:36:00 AM by Tuckerscreator

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#263: May 15th 2014 at 3:01:54 PM

So it took 4 movies... but in Japan, Dispensor finally gets an action figure.

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#264: May 15th 2014 at 4:20:20 PM

I don't recall him having wheels. Still, that was one of my favorite things about the first movie, all the world's electronics being sleeper Megatrons...in hindsight, that army probably would fall into infighting long before it conquered the Earth...or maybe not...

Anyone who reads the tie in comics know exactly what sparked Megatron's change of heart in the third picture? He was perfectly willing to cannibalize other robots to repair himself in the second but nursed a nagging injury for years in the third. and then there is the part where he asked for peace.

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#265: May 16th 2014 at 9:53:27 PM

It was being humiliated by Sentinel Prime and dethroned as leader that made him take perspective on what he really wants. The movie and novelization vary greatly on what happened in the end, but it's not that great of a leap going from his current state to realizing the futility of what he was participating in.

I have to admit, my hopes about the movie have grown quite a bit since the latest trailer. DOTM tried hard to get a plot going that was more coherent and managed to hit a couple of really good emotional beats, but the actual relevance of the title "Dark of the Moon" is shuffled to the side at the halfway point and mostly just becomes another war story. Action and visuals were beautiful as always but it still felt really broad and unfocused at that point.

Age of Extinction really sounds like an interesting character story as Optimus has to deal with being betrayed by humanity and trying to contemplate the devastation of his species. But who knows, that stuff might also be shuffled to the side once the Dinobots come into play.

I think the first movie is still the strongest, as I liked how Sam came to understand his petty concerns (get a car to impress a girl) are really irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and he had to step up to be a hero in his own right. Many complained about the teenage drama getting in the way of the robot action, but I think it worked in the movies favor to have that contrast. DOTM also mirrored that element in many ways. I think Age of Extinction may have something similar with Wahlberg's character, his concern for his daughter will compliment Optimus' anxiety over his own family.

KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#266: May 19th 2014 at 4:40:36 PM

"You try getting insurance on a spaceship! Sweetie, hand me my alien gun!"

Yeah, this is proof Wahlberg will be a much more compelling human protagonist than LaBeouf.

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#267: May 19th 2014 at 5:40:29 PM

[up] Considering 90% of Shia's dialogue was "No nononono nooooooo" or some variation of thereof, it's not a high bar to beat.

TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#268: May 19th 2014 at 7:40:54 PM

Even so, it's a pretty awesome line right there.

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#269: May 19th 2014 at 11:04:37 PM

"Give me my long sword, ho!"

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#270: May 19th 2014 at 11:16:56 PM

I think LaBeouf did an okay job with what he had to work with. It's taken the entire franchise a while before hitting the butter-zone with human characters in general, they ended up either too useless or too overpowered. Jack from Transformers Prime is the only prominent teenage character to have virtually no one hate him, because he doesn't do anything outrageous but is just smart enough to know where he can be of the most help. Sari from Transformers Animated is more complicated on that subject.

Adult human characters fared a little better in principle, especially military types like Lennox, Fanzone and Fowler. And after thinking Wahlberg was going to be more along the lines of his serious work, the "Sweetie, get my alien gun!" line proves he have bouts of his "psycho-Wahlberg" mode a lot of people like.

TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#271: May 20th 2014 at 2:36:36 PM

Side note - if I recall correctly, the role that Wahlberg's going to have was originally offered to Rock Johnson, and while I know that they'd probably play it off differently with a different actor, after seeing Mark Wahlburg in the trailers thus far, I'm having a very difficult time imagining the role being played by The Rock.

Which is probably a good thing, really. Even if it's not an established character, it's still a good thing if he's really making the role his own as he appears to be.

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#272: May 20th 2014 at 2:44:38 PM

The Rock is a decent actor.

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#273: May 20th 2014 at 3:04:17 PM

Yeah, he's had bad luck with films (Tooth Fairy, anyone?), but he's usually the best thing in those movies.

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#274: May 20th 2014 at 3:15:05 PM

Like he needs money. He probably just does what he thinks he'll enjoy.

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#275: May 20th 2014 at 5:31:12 PM

And even though he's a big scary-looking wrestler, he's apparently such a nice guy he probably won't say no.

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