The Energon Pub

[Burn]

Now this is just a thought, but I think that the Transformers films should be in the hands of Marvel Studios.

Can't be done. IDW holds the license to Transformers comics and they're a competitor to Marvel Comics, who owns Marvel Studios. Marvel Studios seems to only be able to make films based on media owned by Marvel, and Transformers isn't one of those properties. And the Paramount owns the rights to the Transformers movie series.

But that isn't to say that the writers/directors that Marvel Studios has hired to make the Marvel movies are out of the question.

Well it was just a thought. I would really love to see the Transformers meeting the Avengers.

Hell **** no. The comic was bad enough. **** like that should NEVER happen again.

[TulioDude]

So after almost a year avoiding this website to escape from spoilers(I think I did a pretty good job) saw it on wednesday and I loved.easily one of the best if not THE best.
The story was fantastic!Lockdown was a badass from begging to end.Poor Ratchet.
The humans character didn't feel intrusive at all,they felt very relevant without taking the spotlight away from the bots.Man the robots wer so awesome.Not only their had their moment to shien,everyone got a moment to show who they were.Galvatron was well though out.Optimus being angry and tired made sense.So did the man made transformers.The duration of the movie did not bother me one bit.It felt very immersive.Dinobots were so awesome.The had great screen presence very awesome.The human villains were well done,I felt something along these lines would happen since ROTF.
Bumblebee's new attitude was cool,its nice to see him talk more.
It felt,like this a good continuation of what has come before as well a nice starting point for a new triology!
Cant wait for more,because this was awesome!I highly recommend for people to see this movie!
(May add more comments later)

It's definitely left things open for the next movie, that could involve a Earth based story with less Prime, or a Prime centric movie off-planet. Here's hoping for the latter.

I think it will be a mix of both with Galvatron and the Autobots on earth and Optimus Prime exploring space.

[RSDADDIMUS2]

I can't wait for the next film. I think it may be a mix of earth and space,with the third movie putting the two together.

[chivesbot20]

ya RSDADDIMUS 2. I can't wait either.

[Sub-Prime]

I feel you guys above me. I can't wait for 2017 to see T5. My most anticipated movie for 2017.

For 2015 - Age of Ultron
For 2016 - Batman v Superman
For 2017 - Transformers 5

Marvel,DC,Hasbro Paramount got my money coming to them in coming years!

[chivesbot20]

I thought tF5 was 2016?!

[Slashercon]

I finally saw the movie today...it was slightly above my expectations...in certain areas.
I do feel that the movie had excessive slow mo, shaky cam, and dragged on certain scenes for a bit though.

[Sub-Prime]

I think slow mo makes sense in Transformers vs Pacific Rim for a major reason. The robots in Pacific Rim are basic slow moving and fighting robots while the Transformers move really fast and organic like humans. This is why I allow it with this movie and plus I find that it adds to the gravitas of the action sequences.

[chivesbot20]

Good point Sub-Prime. If there wasn't any slow mo some parts you would miss. It also adds to the dramatic aspect, like optimus raising his sword then cutting lockdowns face in half. Or Bee killing Stinger.

[Sub-Prime]

Good point Sub-Prime. If there wasn't any slow mo some parts you would miss. It also adds to the dramatic aspect, like optimus raising his sword then cutting lockdowns face in half. Or Bee killing Stinger.

I'm glad to see some people appreciate what it's meant for in these movies.

On another note Lucy was a awesome movie. By far the brain-iest movie this year.

[Sabrblade]

Slow-mo that's used well, like to show us the details of some action that would be too complex to see when happening so fast in real time, is fine. And this and the other movies do have some good examples of this.

However, there's the other kind of slow-mo that isn't that good. The kind that's used just to show off for self-glorification. The kind that serves no other purpose than for a film to say, "Look at me! I am so awesome!" Cases where a film focuses more on trying to be fancy and flashy, relying on us to be easily impressed by such slow motion flare. And like the good kind of slow-mo, this and the other films have cases of this kind as well.

Is all slow-mo evil? Not at all. But is all slow-mo well done and appropriate for each of its uses? Not necessarily. It's a mixed bag when it comes to the good and bad uses of slow-mo, and the TF films are ripe with examples of both kinds.

[chivesbot20]

Yes Sabrblade and sub prime. Slow-mo shouldn't be used for glorification. And Sub Prime im glad im not the only one.

[Peridot]

Good point Sub-Prime. If there wasn't any slow mo some parts you would miss. It also adds to the dramatic aspect, like optimus raising his sword then cutting lockdowns face in half. Or Bee killing Stinger.

I'm glad to see some people appreciate what it's meant for in these movies.

On another note Lucy was a awesome movie. By far the brain-iest movie this year.

The one thing I hated about Lucy was how they kept treating the "We only use 10% of our brains" myth as if it were fact. Otherwise, it was a decent movie IMO.

[chivesbot20]

I don't plan on seeing it but I never knew that was myth. So that makes me not want to see it now.

[Sub-Prime]

Good point Sub-Prime. If there wasn't any slow mo some parts you would miss. It also adds to the dramatic aspect, like optimus raising his sword then cutting lockdowns face in half. Or Bee killing Stinger.

I'm glad to see some people appreciate what it's meant for in these movies.

On another note Lucy was a awesome movie. By far the brain-iest movie this year.

The one thing I hated about Lucy was how they kept treating the "We only use 10% of our brains" myth as if it were fact. Otherwise, it was a decent movie IMO.

Well they said it was 10-15% and that it was strictly hypothetical.

[RSDADDIMUS2]

Society these days uses a half percent of its brain...

[Peridot]

Good point Sub-Prime. If there wasn't any slow mo some parts you would miss. It also adds to the dramatic aspect, like optimus raising his sword then cutting lockdowns face in half. Or Bee killing Stinger.

I'm glad to see some people appreciate what it's meant for in these movies.

On another note Lucy was a awesome movie. By far the brain-iest movie this year.

The one thing I hated about Lucy was how they kept treating the "We only use 10% of our brains" myth as if it were fact. Otherwise, it was a decent movie IMO.

Well they said it was 10-15% and that it was strictly hypothetical.

It's still annoying. There are no unused parts of the brain. They're all utilized, just not all at once. The only time all of your neurons are firing at the same time is during a seizure.

[chivesbot20]

Well anyway theirs no universe or fandom that came before it and non after it. It was a realistic science fiction movie. Sowhatever your opinion is is your opinion but even if you liked Lucy its not a universe like tent tf GIJ Dragonball and all the other universes like so.

[Noideaforaname]

It's still annoying. There are no unused parts of the brain. They're all utilized, just not all at once. The only time all of your neurons are firing at the same time is during a seizure.

Wouldn't that be quite the plot twist. "I have unlocked all of my brai-- *collapses and has a fit*

[Rodimus Prime]

It's still annoying. There are no unused parts of the brain. They're all utilized, just not all at once. The only time all of your neurons are firing at the same time is during a seizure.

Wouldn't that be quite the plot twist. "I have unlocked all of my brai-- *collapses and has a fit*

[Peridot]

It's still annoying. There are no unused parts of the brain. They're all utilized, just not all at once. The only time all of your neurons are firing at the same time is during a seizure.

Wouldn't that be quite the plot twist. "I have unlocked all of my brai-- *collapses and has a fit*

The rest of the movie is a drama about a woman coming to terms with her epilepsy.

[SlyTF1]

Saw it for the fifth time, yesterday. I actually kind of felt its length, this time. I'm still glad it's almost 3 hours long, though. I now, however can see how some people might have gotten confused by all that was going on. But, that's still no excuse to stop paying attention.

[chivesbot20]

Quick question…. where do all of the other autobots go During Optimus Galvi and Lockdowns battle? It really confused me with that part. And Stinger?

[SlyTF1]

Quick question…. where do all of the other autobots go During Optimus Galvi and Lockdowns battle? It really confused me with that part. And Stinger?

They were engaging Stinger. It never showed any of it, but they all went off with him. Optimus went after Galvatron.

[Sabrblade]

Saw it for the fifth time, yesterday. I actually kind of felt its length, this time. I'm still glad it's almost 3 hours long, though. I now, however can see how some people might have gotten confused by all that was going on. But, that's still no excuse to stop paying attention.

You also have to consider that you are Transformers savvy. You're used to this kind of TF stuff having been accustomed to it by external fiction and are more familiar with it as a more-than-casual fan. Ordinary non-fan moviegoers and critics, however, aren't as well versed in all this as we are, so it's not that surprising for any of them to get confused by or lost in all the stuff going on in this movie, and there is, without question, a LOT that goes on in this movie.

An example of something from one of the previous films that we TF fans are familiar with and have come to accept, but that non-fans aren't familiar with and weren't so accepting toward, was the scene from ROTF that many non-fans have dubbed "the Robot Heaven scene" in ROTF. Since we fans have had the concept of a Transformers afterlife introduced to us prior to these films, beginning with the Beast Machines cartoon in 2000, we were more familiar with it and could accept that scene better since we could recognize what was going on. But to everyone else, it was something that had no lead up, no explanation, no rationality for why the very idea of it even exists presented to them by the movie, and thus was met with far less-than-friendly reception. After all, to the average non-fan, who would ever even consider that these inhuman robots would have their own equivalent of Heaven? The very idea would easily be viewed as nonsense to those who aren't into the greater lore like us fans, and who instead only see the TFs as fully secular alien robots with no cosmology.

Simple put, we fans who are Transformers savvy can and tend to follow the content of these films better than the less experienced non-fans. And if non-fans are having as much difficulty at keeping up with and understanding the content of these films as there seem to be, including those who do pay full attention when watching the films, then the fault would lie with the films for not being as understandable as they ought to be for the casual non-fan audiences, since it is the non-fan masses that these films are trying to appeal to.