Seibertron.com Energon Pub Forums

by **dinojack86** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:57 pm

I'm on a roll right now so please bear with me.

I was thinking- is ROTF really better than DOTM? Hear me out. DOTM is very dark (for a Transformers movie) and much more violent. The over all tone I think is more serious than the previous which is fine but I think I sort of missed some of the more slapstick/humorous elements from ROTF.

Most of the humor in ROTF was crude and disgusting but there were a few moments that were genuinely funny to me. There are a couple in DOTM but not as many. I think ROTF has a much lighter tone than DOTM and makes it a little more "fun" if you will.

Personally I still think DOTM is a better Transformers film but I did miss that light-hearted tone found in the first two. Maybe striking a balance between the two is the best solution, if possible. I had more fun while watching ROTF. I was moved while watching DOTM (for the most part).

Which do you all prefer?

by **Wing Saber II** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:15 pm

I think a comination of Wheelie and brains + Roadbuster's incredibly awesome accent made up for the lack of humor

News Credits: 1 · by **Marcdachamp** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:34 pm

Wing Saber II wrote:I think a comination of Wheelie and brains + Roadbuster's incredibly awesome accent made up for the lack of humor

Wheelie and Brains were MUCH better comic relief than Skids and Mudflap.

by **Wing Saber II** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:35 pm

Marcdachamp wrote:Wheelie and Brains were MUCH better comic relief than Skids and Mudflap.

agreed! and wheelie himself was much better than in ROTF

News Credits: 1 · by **Optimus1138** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:17 pm

I thought DOTM was far better in pretty much all ways. I really liked the darker, more serious tone, and it still had some pretty funny parts. I thought it was funny enough. Wheelie and Brains were great, and there were some really funny parts with human characters as well, like when Sam was fighting with his car to get it to start. The TF movies are, after all, primarily action movies, not comedies, so it's not like they need to be extremely funny. I'm just really glad that the crude humor from ROTF was gone.

News Credits: 4 · by **SlyTF1** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:27 pm

I was thinking the same thing too. I thought ROTF had a good balance of light and dark. DOTM was super light at the beginning, then in the middle it just got super dark out of nowhere. No middle ground. But I liked DOTM slightly better because...well, because I like the dark side.

I also liked that ROTF centered a lot more around the Decepticons than the Autobots and revolved around their plan. DOTM barely showed the Decepticons until the end.

I also liked the twins more than Wheelie and Brains. I wish they where in DOTM.

News Credits: 1 · by **dirk2243** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:03 pm

ROTF had it's dark moments......

Sinking the navy carrier, Introduction of the Fallen, Reviving of Megs, Death of Optimus, Sam being on the run.....

But I still like DOTM more, just wish they could have done something more with Shockwave, and Megs truck mode.

News Credits: 4 · by **SlyTF1** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:37 pm

dirk2243 wrote:ROTF had it's dark moments......

Sinking the navy carrier, Introduction of the Fallen, Reviving of Megs, Death of Optimus, Sam being on the run.....

Don't forget Sam's death, and the entire Decepticon invasion scene. I also liked how his parents switch emotions at the end of the movie. It wasn't really dark, but I did like it.

News Credits: 1 · by **dirk2243** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:07 pm

SlyTF1 wrote:
dirk2243 wrote:ROTF had it's dark moments......

Sinking the navy carrier, Introduction of the Fallen, Reviving of Megs, Death of Optimus, Sam being on the run.....

Don't forget Sam's death, and the entire Decepticon invasion scene. I also liked how his parents switch emotions at the end of the movie. It wasn't really dark, but I did like it.

Good call......and Soundwave spying was pretty cool.

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:48 pm

Optimus1138 wrote:The TF movies are, after all, primarily action movies, not comedies, so it's not like they need to be extremely funny.

Yes. TF movies shall not be like RED while RED's comedian part is well done.

I think ROTF's joke/fun parts were just trying to make to be fun, which were put in many unnecessary parts. While DOTM felt more natural way to mix in. Well, just my opinion.

Seibertron.com Energon Pub Forums

ROTF vs DOTM

ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Re: ROTF vs DOTM

Moderators

Who is online

Transformers Movie

Forums

Transformers News

The Ultimate Caption Contest

Twincast / Podcast #68:
"ReChrome"