MINDVVIPE wrote:*picks up gauntlet*
Downloading now.
I'd say it was nice knowing you ... but ... i'm not a nice person. Instead I shall offer this.
May you rip your eyes out and stuff them in your ears to save you from the crap fest that is Gabriel!
MINDVVIPE wrote:*picks up gauntlet*
Downloading now.
Burn wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:*picks up gauntlet*
Downloading now.
I'd say it was nice knowing you ... but ... i'm not a nice person. Instead I shall offer this.
May you rip your eyes out and stuff them in your ears to save you from the crap fest that is Gabriel!
Rodimus Prime wrote:Any ideas why RotF was almost even in US domestic and foreign totals ($400 mil and $430 mil respectively, IIRC) and DotM is so lopsided (around $350 mil and $735 mil respectively). Was RotF not released in China like DotM was?
user named Ford on the Blu-ray.com forums wrote:I think the fact that the movies are based on a toy that is targeted to 8 year olds sort of makes it immune to any criticism. In fact, if a critic even bothers to write anything about these films, he really loses all credibility. They aren't made to win awards, advance the medium (well, except for the special effects department) or spark debate. Sometimes you just do **** for fun.
Autobot032 wrote:Here's a little something for the critics. http://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-movies ... ost5085233user named Ford on the Blu-ray.com forums wrote:I think the fact that the movies are based on a toy that is targeted to 8 year olds sort of makes it immune to any criticism. In fact, if a critic even bothers to write anything about these films, he really loses all credibility. They aren't made to win awards, advance the medium (well, except for the special effects department) or spark debate. Sometimes you just do **** for fun.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
MINDVVIPE wrote:Must I remind people over and over again that tons of movies were made that started as comic book characters? I don't think comics were targeted to adults to begin with.
Predaprince wrote:I am very thankful to have posters like sto_vo_kor_2000 who is so energetic about improving others' understanding and enjoyment of the TF universe
Stormrider wrote:You often add interesting insights to conversations that makes the fledglings think and challenges even the sharpest minds
T-Macksimus wrote:I consider you and editor to be amongst the most "scholarly" in terms of your knowledge, demeanor and general approach
sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Must I remind people over and over again that tons of movies were made that started as comic book characters? I don't think comics were targeted to adults to begin with.
Heres a side note from a comic book historian.
The first "comic book" was not intended for children.
MINDVVIPE wrote:sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Must I remind people over and over again that tons of movies were made that started as comic book characters? I don't think comics were targeted to adults to begin with.
Heres a side note from a comic book historian.
The first "comic book" was not intended for children.
Neither was looney toons, but thats where it made its audience, and thats where it targeted itself once it was realized who desired to buy/read them.
Predaprince wrote:I am very thankful to have posters like sto_vo_kor_2000 who is so energetic about improving others' understanding and enjoyment of the TF universe
Stormrider wrote:You often add interesting insights to conversations that makes the fledglings think and challenges even the sharpest minds
T-Macksimus wrote:I consider you and editor to be amongst the most "scholarly" in terms of your knowledge, demeanor and general approach
sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Must I remind people over and over again that tons of movies were made that started as comic book characters? I don't think comics were targeted to adults to begin with.
Heres a side note from a comic book historian.
The first "comic book" was not intended for children.
Neither was looney toons, but thats where it made its audience, and thats where it targeted itself once it was realized who desired to buy/read them.
Not quite.
Looney toons original audience was largely an adult movie goer back in the 1940's.
And they were quite popular.
Looney toons gained a kids its audience when they were placed on TV, in the mid 1960's.Thats around 20 years later.
MINDVVIPE wrote:sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Must I remind people over and over again that tons of movies were made that started as comic book characters? I don't think comics were targeted to adults to begin with.
Heres a side note from a comic book historian.
The first "comic book" was not intended for children.
Neither was looney toons, but thats where it made its audience, and thats where it targeted itself once it was realized who desired to buy/read them.
Not quite.
Looney toons original audience was largely an adult movie goer back in the 1940's.
And they were quite popular.
Looney toons gained a kids its audience when they were placed on TV, in the mid 1960's.Thats around 20 years later.
Fair enough. But the show was initially targeted to adults to market sheet music and phonograph records, just like Transformers initially being used to market the toys. There really isn't any point trying to decide what exceptions we can apply to a current day movie. Its a movie, and it stands to be criticized by whoever watches it.
Predaprince wrote:I am very thankful to have posters like sto_vo_kor_2000 who is so energetic about improving others' understanding and enjoyment of the TF universe
Stormrider wrote:You often add interesting insights to conversations that makes the fledglings think and challenges even the sharpest minds
T-Macksimus wrote:I consider you and editor to be amongst the most "scholarly" in terms of your knowledge, demeanor and general approach
MINDVVIPE wrote: Seriously?
Blade: The movie focuses on blade. The story is Blade coming to terms with himself, overcoming his guilt, and killing the big bad guy.
The Matrix: The movie focuses on Neo, overcoming his sense of obscurity and realizing he is something more.
Akira: The movie focuses on Tetsuo, and his rage coupled with bad timing, and turning into more than he wanted to become, and ultimately killing the ones he cared about.
The animated Transformers movie: The movie focuses on Optimus, Hotrod, Megatron/Galvatron, Unicron. NOT spike witwicky. The focus is on the autobots, overcoming unbeatable odds, making new friends, and finding hope. It also adds to the lore with Unicron, the Matrix, and the continuation of Primes. Don't even BEGIN to compare this movie with the new movies, as it has done way more for the lore than the live action movies have.
Shadowman wrote:I will put forth the theory that it was the internet itself trying to punch him in the face.
Skywarp64 wrote:Am I the only one here who's a fan of both TFs AND Harry Potter?
Skywarp64 wrote:Am I the only one here who's a fan of both TFs AND Harry Potter?
Shadowman wrote:I will put forth the theory that it was the internet itself trying to punch him in the face.
5150 Cruiser wrote:Skywarp64 wrote:Am I the only one here who's a fan of both TFs AND Harry Potter?
If thats you cup of tea then cool. i tried watching the first HP movie but couldn't get past the first half hour or so. For me HP falls in the same catagory of Twilight and LOTR movies. I never understood the large apeal of these movies. I'm not dogging them, just not my cup of tea.
Burn wrote:You just admitted to liking Twilight, we won't criticise you, we will however shun you.
Skywarp64 wrote:I tend to not like Twilight that much, though I admit that's mostly because the vast majority of the internet doesn't.
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