I didn't think Lizzie was mentioned, but I wanted to double-check because my memory sometimes can give black holes pointers on how to suck.
That said, on further thought there was one thing that bugged me about the movie: The whole "evil weaponeering megacorp" thing got tiresome to me years ago, and "the military is useless" not too long afterwards. The squishies getting in some solid licks in the first Bayformer movie (haven't watched the rest, no interest) was IMO one of the few positive points about that movie.
(And for the record, no I'm not blind to the irony of arguing against unoriginality for a movie based off of a video game that itself wasn't particularly interested in a unique storyline.
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Eh, there's still call for the weaponeering evil megacorp thing considering what they've been doing to the world, and if the military weren't useless, these movies would be incredibly short. Unfortunately, that's just the way things are when dealing with monsters. You have to make up reasons why modern tech just doesn't do the job. The right guns beat everything. Period. It's why they dominated warfare (everything we use is a form of gun. Rockets are just an upgrade to bullets, and artillery is just a really big gun.) and why they're so politically debated now. That's also why I don't watch these movies with certain people I know who are into gun culture. They'd tear them apart in instants by listing off what guns they would use, and when military gear proves ineffective they'd call bullshit and tune out.
About the only reason I could even think of would be an EMP burst, and even that's unlikely. Military gear tends to be shielded against that, and even if they weren't shielded, it would only work the first time since the army would either figure out the range and bring in something that can dumb-fire from farther away, or bring in some shielded shit. I honestly doubt you could even make an animal with skin hard enough to turn an artillery shell. Or a tank shell. Or a missile. Maybe make the beasts fast, but again, there's guided rockets for that kind of thing. If a guided rocket can take out a jet, then I doubt any kind of living thing could possibly outrun one on land. Nor in the sky, given it takes momentum to build up enough speed, and legs just won't do it.
I suppose a biological attack that creates more of the serum and can affect humans might work, but there's counters to that if you know about it ahead of time. Considering the military aren't the first people to run into these things, it seems unlikely they'd go in blind. The creatures would surely shut off electronics and poison people long before soldiers got exposed.
Yeah, I understand that if the military could kill them it would invalidate the premise of the movie (monsters breaking shit and beating each other up), but the Hollywood Tactics (hell, no one prior to Johnson's character thought about using Hellfire anti-tank missiles?
) was still kind of annoying to me in an almost enjoyment-breaking way.
That said, I did get a particular kick out of his deadpan observation "of course the wolf can fly".

Just got back, and I think I'm pretty much in agreement with the "popcorn movie" assessment. Enjoyable, but nothing particularly deep.
One thing just came to mind, though, reading dRoy's post about Ralph's demise: Was "Lizzie" ever named in the dialogue? I mean, they got George and Ralph from the game. Of course, the game had a lizard, not an alligator, but I don't think that's more than "quibble" material, just like how George was a gorilla and not an ape like in the game.
edited 26th Apr '18 12:54:25 PM by Nohbody
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