Michael Bay Puts a Bounty on Racist Transformers
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YOUM@D123 owns this thread. Fact.Of.Life.YOUM@D123 said:
Now then, I guess that's a good enough reason to go see it. Obviously, they don't have any lines of dialogue or important scenes. Still, it'd be funny to see them in a fighting scene and Bay completely forgot those little rascals were in there.
They were unnecessary comic relief in a movie with TOO MUCH comic relief, not only that but I did find them to be obnoxious stereotypes. I mean really Bay you have giant robots that can transform into tanks and you focus on getting the human characters laid......nice job Bay way to keep your priorities in order.
Most likely they were meant to be included, but Michael Bay suddenly checked his pickled brain and realised it was a bad idea to include them. I don't see why he keeps trying to include comic relief, he can't do it, so just stop. Go for a serious route. Or at least only do it 3 times in a film at the most. Lord of the Rings for example had a few jokes between the dwarf and the elf to lighten the mood from just a regular battle montage. Using main characters to provide the humour (albeit they aren't really MAIN characters like the plot is dependant on them, but you couldn't imagine the films without them). Something like that ya know?
ZOOMJ....Arkvoodle said:
Check please.
ok, so are those like their vehicle modes or something? I never paid that much attention to find out.
Good luck to whoever really does spot them though... I'm not going to bother. It's just a ploy to get us to watch the film, from which he'll likely get that money back several times over, and I'm not biting; I'm done with paying for Bay's shit (I don't even care that a different director is on board now - I care not for this altered canon of a pivotal movie of my youth, whose mythology the new versions were sold to us on). They'll be, like, a very distant reflection in some character's eye as they look in a mirror for about three whole frames. You're gonna have to get the blu-ray and step through the whole film a frame at a time to find out.
BTW, the racism argument? Come on. They were one step away from having puffed up red lips and carrying watermelon, even as a white brit I was sat there thinking "goddamn, this is offensive". I suppose there's probably the argument that they learnt english by tuning into tv & radio broadcasts, junkion style, but why talk to each other like that?
Michael Bay, consider your challenge accepted!
Hang on, does this mean I actually have to watch the new Transformers movie?
On second thoughts, I'll pass.
Hang on, does this mean I actually have to watch the new Transformers movie?
On second thoughts, I'll pass.
Those two characters were annoying as fuck. I didn't even pay much attention at all to the stereotyping of them, just that they were as aggrivating as Jar Jar Binks, as stupid as the balls on the big transformer, as lame as Bumblebee not being able to communicate with NORMAL SPEECH.
Moviegoers are more likely to let poor writing and character development slide as long as they can see explosions. It's how the Expendables and Jumper were so successful.Logan Westbrook said:
Plus, I started reading the review, but he lost all credibility when I saw his misuse of the word "decimate". Add to that it's obvious he's just a fanboy and it's like letting a twelve year-old xbox fanboy review the latest Halo game (I know not all xbox fanboys are twelve and not all who prefer xbox are fanboys, but it was for the sake of analogy. Plus, children and fanboys, especially combined, are not good sources for reviews, so I feel that it was appropriate for use in that analogy.)
Seriously? People complained because they were stereotypes? Of all the times you could get away with a stereotype, surely alien robots who learn to mimic humans via the internet and/or pop culture would be it.
I'm mildly annoyed that they won't be in the next movie. They (and Leo) were amusing sidekicks.
Oh. I just remembered there will still be a love interest in the movie. Because that's not stereotypical or clichéd or freakin' unwanted at all.
The jerk.
I'm mildly annoyed that they won't be in the next movie. They (and Leo) were amusing sidekicks.
Oh. I just remembered there will still be a love interest in the movie. Because that's not stereotypical or clichéd or freakin' unwanted at all.
The jerk.
It does if the person you're talking to doesn't ignore what is said in the film itself.TheRealCJ said:
I honestly don't understand the hate. Its a film about robots fighting and crude humour. It is in no way canon. Which means fans of the originals need to get over it.
I'm proud to say I was only offended that the characters were so incredibly stupid, and that in the middle of their 'dramatic' sibling argument I could only see their ankles. Had to come to the internet to realise it was racist too. As a side note, the number of youtube video reviewers after release saying it was good really did make me wonder if I had seen the right movie.
But honestly, change the heads and you just wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them and any new characters.
And I'm still pissed about Jetfire. That toy was the same casting as the Macross Valkyrie. I'd have forgiven him the entire movie and half of Armageddon just to see that in live action. But I'm willing to concede that a Blackbird makes more sense.
But honestly, change the heads and you just wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them and any new characters.
And I'm still pissed about Jetfire. That toy was the same casting as the Macross Valkyrie. I'd have forgiven him the entire movie and half of Armageddon just to see that in live action. But I'm willing to concede that a Blackbird makes more sense.
Honestly? I never really got into Transformers as a kid. My parents could never afford any toys of that calibre for me, and I'm a 90s baby, so I never really had a chance to watch the cartoons.dogstile said:
So I went into the Bayformers movies woth only a detached knowledge of the Transformers Canon, and even on its own merits it sucked: The characters were all two-dimensional action movie cliches; the cinematics was... well, I don't think there WERE any; and those giant badass robots spent more time being goofy support characters to the humans than, well, being giant badass robots.
The sequel then took all those problems, ramped them up to eleven, and then added a bigger budget and thicker layer of desert dust.
So, instead of keeping the characters in and have appearences be DECEIVING when we find out more about them........they are eternally locked as they are because theyve been deleted.
I was so excited about the first Transformers when it came out. Was a big fan of them when i was younger. Now i couldnt give a shit, just another movie thats coming out. Cant wait till they do that to everything, maybe finally I will grow up having deleted my childhood, lol
I was so excited about the first Transformers when it came out. Was a big fan of them when i was younger. Now i couldnt give a shit, just another movie thats coming out. Cant wait till they do that to everything, maybe finally I will grow up having deleted my childhood, lol