"...here, they call us machines."
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:54 am
Okay. I think it’s fairly safe to assume that not a single human being actually called Sentinel Prime a “machine” to his face during Sentinel’s brief tenure on Earth. So where did Sentinel get the notion that humans in general think that Cybertronians are nothing but extravagant weed whackers and what exactly was it that got his aft plates so toasted that he felt the need to verbalize his disgust with our supposed contempt?
There was only one bona fide reference to anti-Transformers sentiment in DOTM that I noticed and that was during the aborted interview scene with Seymour Simmons. In that one, the interviewer did make reference to a unsupportive poll and views by some that the Autobots were nothing but mercenaries. I suppose you could also interpret that the spontaneous clapping that erupted in the NASA control room when the Autobots were in fact later exiled and blasted off into space was likewise indicative of anti-Transformers sentiment. On the other hand, the clappers might have just been oblivious folks who were really, REALLY focused on their job and who were just happy over having just achieved another successful launch, so that example I’d rate as kinda iffy. But aside from that? Where? Where was the disrespect, Sentinel Prime? (Charlotte Mearing doesn't count. Poor woman was just doing her job.) Where did you go and what did you see and hear to develop such a hate-on for us?
Personally, I think Sentinel must’ve tapped into the late-night TV broadcasts and watched one nasty talk show too many. What do YOU think, though? How many people in the movieverse might genuinely hate or disapprove of Transformers in general and the Autobots’ continued presence and/or actions in particular and how might such feelings be expressed? Do the Autobots, even though USA immigrants of sorts, even have rights when it comes to the spreading of hatred against them or even simple ridicule? Has extending such never even been considered, which (sadly) would support the notion that they really are just viewed as machines and useful assets, even by the higher-ups? Or are they fair game, from anyone? From anywhere on the planet? Or do different countries regard them differently?
Bay insisted on mixing up his movieverse with the real world so feel free to make specific (and silly) references should you wish to carry this further. Me, I’m guessing that it was David Letterman’s scathing Top 10 list of reasons a robot needs facial hair that finally tipped Sentinel over into the lathering rage he displayed onscreen.
There was only one bona fide reference to anti-Transformers sentiment in DOTM that I noticed and that was during the aborted interview scene with Seymour Simmons. In that one, the interviewer did make reference to a unsupportive poll and views by some that the Autobots were nothing but mercenaries. I suppose you could also interpret that the spontaneous clapping that erupted in the NASA control room when the Autobots were in fact later exiled and blasted off into space was likewise indicative of anti-Transformers sentiment. On the other hand, the clappers might have just been oblivious folks who were really, REALLY focused on their job and who were just happy over having just achieved another successful launch, so that example I’d rate as kinda iffy. But aside from that? Where? Where was the disrespect, Sentinel Prime? (Charlotte Mearing doesn't count. Poor woman was just doing her job.) Where did you go and what did you see and hear to develop such a hate-on for us?
Personally, I think Sentinel must’ve tapped into the late-night TV broadcasts and watched one nasty talk show too many. What do YOU think, though? How many people in the movieverse might genuinely hate or disapprove of Transformers in general and the Autobots’ continued presence and/or actions in particular and how might such feelings be expressed? Do the Autobots, even though USA immigrants of sorts, even have rights when it comes to the spreading of hatred against them or even simple ridicule? Has extending such never even been considered, which (sadly) would support the notion that they really are just viewed as machines and useful assets, even by the higher-ups? Or are they fair game, from anyone? From anywhere on the planet? Or do different countries regard them differently?
Bay insisted on mixing up his movieverse with the real world so feel free to make specific (and silly) references should you wish to carry this further. Me, I’m guessing that it was David Letterman’s scathing Top 10 list of reasons a robot needs facial hair that finally tipped Sentinel over into the lathering rage he displayed onscreen.