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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#1: Nov 9th 2011 at 9:57:36 AM

It seems that almost everyone who claims to have some taste in movies denounce this film series as pile of CGI with horrifically written scripts.

Well, to be honest, can't argue against that. The scripts, urgh... -laughs-

However, I like it nonetheless. I personally think that sheer awesome action scenes and amazing CGI more than makes up for its faults. Guess I'm alone in this. :/

(Yes, I posted this in IJAM convo too, deal with it.)

[down] Ah, sorry. It was 2:00 AM when I launched this and my spelling goes to hell when I'm really sleepy. XD

edited 9th Nov '11 5:24:31 PM by dRoy

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#2: Nov 9th 2011 at 10:05:19 AM

You misspelled "too."

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cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
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#3: Nov 9th 2011 at 12:05:22 PM

[up] yes, that was totally worth a post. Yep.

Because a minor spelling error is something to fuss about.

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#4: Nov 9th 2011 at 12:56:50 PM

[up]You're absolutely right. It is something to fuss about.

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NULLcHiLD27 Since: Oct, 2010
#5: Nov 9th 2011 at 1:18:41 PM

I actually like Michael Bay's Transformers

Yeah? And? So? What? I like Zardoz, but I'm not gonna make a thread about it.

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#6: Nov 9th 2011 at 1:29:21 PM

I like 'em too. But the fans over the internet go into rage mode whenever someone brings a different opinion. Just look at this thread, not even ten posts, and already the shitstorm is beggining.

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#7: Nov 9th 2011 at 1:38:08 PM

THEN LET'S FUSS ABOUT IT SPELLCHIKCER BOI

Tyyrlym Jerk from Normandy SR-2 Since: Mar, 2011
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#8: Nov 9th 2011 at 2:37:31 PM

I don't think anyone will dispute the visual effects. It just depends if you want to watch a totally disorganized visual effects orgasm or if you want the plot to make a bare minimum of sense.

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Extreme64 Since: Dec, 1969
#9: Nov 9th 2011 at 4:02:08 PM

I like them, too. Well, the second and third one anyways, especially the third. The first one was not a Transformers movie, it was a military/high school movie with a few giant robots in the mix. I don't care that the scripts aren't amazing: they get the job done. I don't care if the plots aren't life-altering: they're good enough for me. I'm in them to see the visual effects, the action, and what I think are very creative plots, again especially the third.

NONAMEGIVEN from Nowhere Since: Jul, 2013
#10: Nov 9th 2011 at 4:44:35 PM

Fine...

No, really...

Why make a thread about it?...

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#11: Nov 9th 2011 at 5:22:54 PM

I like Zardoz, but I'm not gonna make a thread about it.

Ok.

I haven't got the chance to watch the second one, though. Did watch the first and the third one at a theatre. At the third, all the non-military human characters were unlikeable like HELL (seriously, Sam taking out Starscream? You serious?), but the rest was awesome.

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terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#12: Nov 9th 2011 at 8:24:28 PM

The first one is totally just as much Transformers as the third,it's the second that isn't. It's the second that really messes up traditional character traits. They were all mostly akin to the original mythos in the original movie

And the first movie is NOT a high school/military! Sure it starts out a bit high school-ish but that's just the set up for the hero,if anything it's simply a mediocre retelling of The Hero's Journey

The second one on the other hand is military/college incarnate,and Optimus is a complete asshole. I tell ya' I cheered when he Megatron impaled him,..he had it coming.

The third one I liked alright,the plot was definitely the most serviceable,but the actress for Carly isn't better than Megan Fox at acting,and well Fox is Ms. Fanservice at its finest so that brings it down for sure. The explosions are brilliant

I'd go as far as to say the first Transformers along with The Rock are the only watchable Bay films.

KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#13: Nov 9th 2011 at 9:11:12 PM

The one thing most everyone can agree on is that they have some intensely memorable action set-pieces. I remember both applause and riotous laughter when Optimus ripped Bonecrushers head off. I remember Bumblebee for all intents and purposes de-boning Ravage. I remember Ironhide taking a grenade spike to the shoulder, riping it out and using it against the 'Con who threw it.

A bunch of random laser shots being fired from trenches in the desert simply isn't going to cut it anymore.

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#14: Nov 10th 2011 at 2:38:16 AM

everyone who claims to have some taste

Well there's your problem right there. Anyone who claims there's objectively good taste is a twit and should be ignored.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#15: Nov 10th 2011 at 2:54:23 AM

[up] It's just that loving this series comes with some kind of stigma. You are just not allowed to genuinely love this series. :/

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NONAMEGIVEN from Nowhere Since: Jul, 2013
#16: Nov 10th 2011 at 9:24:21 AM

[up][up][up] I dont quite remember any of that, LOL.

I already have some problems with the main character names and you expect me to remember certain actions.. um...no

(never whatched Trasnformers before the films, not sure if thats bad of I should be glad).

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#17: Nov 10th 2011 at 8:29:31 PM

I feel pretty much the same way about it as d Roy. Michael Bay is good when he's in his element, E.G. action films, and the Transformers movies are no exception. True, the scripts aren't the best, but they're not the worst either. The largest complaint I have about the film series is Bay's trademark shaky-cam. I think the already great action sequences would be elevated to stupendous levels if the audience were able to get a more stable, focused view of the 'bots.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#18: Nov 10th 2011 at 8:37:48 PM

I actually didn't mind the shaky cam either. I don't really understand what about it bothers people so much. :/

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#19: Nov 11th 2011 at 1:21:38 AM

I don't have any hesitancy admitting I liked the series. Then again:

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shiro_okami Since: Apr, 2010
#20: Nov 11th 2011 at 3:18:42 PM

Sorry, but I just can't get past the bad plots. Maybe if there were better scripts with no stupid jokes, no Loser Protagonist, and no military butt-kissing to steal scenes from what should have been the stars of the show, they could have been good movies. Yes, the action scenes were cool, and yes, action scenes can be used as the selling point of a movie, but that doesn't mean they should be.

Not to mention the blatant disrespect of Megatron.

edited 11th Nov '11 3:24:20 PM by shiro_okami

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#21: Nov 11th 2011 at 3:57:56 PM

You haven't seen the second one d roy? Ah, that explains it. Trust me, outside of a few good action pieces, and an awesome Linkin Park song, you're not missing much. Just watch clips of the fight scenes on youtube or something ([[Copyright Infringement Oh wait).

I didn't really like the fight scenes in the first movie, partly because of the shaky cam, and partly because they cut away from the main bulk of the Optimus Prime vs Megatron battle. Fortunately, the second movie made up for it, and not only do they show the entirety of Optimus fighting Megs, but against two other 'Cons as well. Definitely the best part of Rot F.

Quite honestly, you're views on Bayformers seems to mirror mine on the Star Wars prequels. Terrible scripts, but awesome action sequences that I can't completely hate them.

jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
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#22: Nov 12th 2011 at 4:46:34 PM

Dude, those films are full of recycled footage. When you say you like the special effects, you are literally watching the same explosion you watched in some other movie of his.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ads17rVlaAk&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIBNB0LPpOc&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7kcqB3thJM

I'm not so much bemused that you made this thread as that you made two different threads for it.

edited 12th Nov '11 4:47:14 PM by jewelleddragon

KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#23: Nov 12th 2011 at 5:54:12 PM

You're talking literal snippets of footage, the only one that is meant to be a "showcase" image (actually plot relevant and not just an establishing shot) is the recycling of crash footage from The Island in Dark of the Moon, but even that is largely fixed by integrating new robot footage into the crash.

It happens all the time, any movie that has an overhead shot of a city is likely recycled from somewhere else. Apparently getting Chicago to shut down for weeks on end isn't enough, Bay is a "cheap" director.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#25: Nov 13th 2011 at 5:38:04 AM

you are literally watching the same explosion you watched in some other movie of his.

I transformers series is the only Bay movies I've watched so that doesn't really matter to me. Besides, why does that even matter anyways, it only becomes problem when you take signficant montages from other people's works.

edited 13th Nov '11 5:42:02 AM by dRoy

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