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Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:43 am

... and Transformers isn't one of them?

Albeit, the list seems better than most other top lists.

list is here

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:47 am

The movie wasn't good. That's why it didn't make the list.

News Credits: 7 · by **Roadbuster** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:06 pm

Transformers was more live action than animated, which is why it never made the list. If it was, you'd have to add Tron, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars, and half the comic-based films to that list.

And saying it didn't make the list because "it sucked" isn't a valid reason, it's ones own personal opinion which isn't greater than any others.

Had this been a top 50 Sci-fi, Transformers would be in there.

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:27 pm

Roadbuster wrote:Transformers was more live action than animated, which is why it never made the list. If it was, you'd have to add Tron, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars, and half the comic-based films to that list.

And saying it didn't make the list because "it sucked" isn't a valid reason, it's ones own personal opinion which isn't greater than any others.

Had this been a top 50 Sci-fi, Transformers would be in there.

I think he's talking about the ANIMATED movie from the 80s

News Credits: 7 · by **Roadbuster** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:47 pm

Original Sin wrote:
Roadbuster wrote:Transformers was more live action than animated, which is why it never made the list. If it was, you'd have to add Tron, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars, and half the comic-based films to that list.

And saying it didn't make the list because "it sucked" isn't a valid reason, it's ones own personal opinion which isn't greater than any others.

Had this been a top 50 Sci-fi, Transformers would be in there.

I think he's talking about the ANIMATED movie from the 80s

Um... it was never specified which one.

Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:45 pm

Roadbuster wrote:Um... it was never specified which one.

And yet you assumed I was talking about the 2007 one. Why? Obviously I was referring to the 1986 one.

Iron-Man wrote:The movie wasn't good. That's why it didn't make the list.

I figured it'd be somewhere in there for the campy cult fans. I guess it's still being critically panned.

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:40 pm

Roadbuster wrote:
Original Sin wrote:
Roadbuster wrote:Transformers was more live action than animated, which is why it never made the list. If it was, you'd have to add Tron, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars, and half the comic-based films to that list.

And saying it didn't make the list because "it sucked" isn't a valid reason, it's ones own personal opinion which isn't greater than any others.

Had this been a top 50 Sci-fi, Transformers would be in there.

I think he's talking about the ANIMATED movie from the 80s

Um... it was never specified which one.

Well if he's talking about a list of animated movies leaving out a movie, that's just kind of putting two and two together...

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:32 am

Looks at list...
Shrek only 30th? It is far better than Ratatouille and Antz.
And Toy Story 2 as first, and Ice Age not even on the list? BOOOO!

It's good to see some animes made it to the list, but Laputa and Nausicaa are far better than Spirited Away or Mononoke.

Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:53 am

Chaoslock wrote:Looks at list...
Shrek only 30th? It is far better than Ratatouille and Antz.
And Toy Story 2 as first, and Ice Age not even on the list? BOOOO!

That's what I thought. Ratatouille on the list?? And Shrek was too low. Mind you, I think these are compiled by user ratings (not Rotten Tomatoes' staff opinions or anything), but still....

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:05 am

Ghost in the Shell is missing from that list. That's not cool. Akira is on the list, that's good, but Ghost in the Shell is missing.

It's like that Yahoo list of the top Sci-Fi movies, and Iron Man was at the top, and Blade Runner and 2001: a Space Odyssey weren't even on the list.

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:11 pm

Screw Transformers being on the list.

I'm surprised as hell that Titan A.E. wasn't on there. Hell, I'm surprised Appleseed isn't on there either.

Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:39 pm

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Senor Hugo wrote:I'm surprised as hell that Titan A.E. wasn't on there.

I thought Titan AE bombed.

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:16 pm

Me, Grimlock! wrote:+
Senor Hugo wrote:I'm surprised as hell that Titan A.E. wasn't on there.

I thought Titan AE bombed.

It did bomb in theaters. But if you watch it, it's amazingly well done. Damned good story, damned good animation(the guy who drew Space Ace and Dirk the Daring did the art)

by **DesalationReborn** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:52 am

Senor Hugo wrote:
Me, Grimlock! wrote:+
Senor Hugo wrote:I'm surprised as hell that Titan A.E. wasn't on there.

I thought Titan AE bombed.

It did bomb in theaters. But if you watch it, it's amazingly well done. Damned good story, damned good animation(the guy who drew Space Ace and Dirk the Daring did the art)

You're great concern for failed cult-classics has brought me back from the dead-- you win a free showing of Titan AE!! :grin:

http://www.fancast.com/movies/Titan-A.E ... oPlay=true

Speaking of cult classics, my favorite movie of all time is the Shawshank Redemption...

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:21 am

Did Titan AE really bomb? I don't think I have ever met anyone that didn't love that movie

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:43 am

Original Sin wrote:Did Titan AE really bomb? I don't think I have ever met anyone that didn't love that movie

It's from Joss Whedon. You can say you don't like the things he does, but you wouldn't mean it.

DesalationReborn wrote:Speaking of cult classics, my favorite movie of all time is the Shawshank Redemption...

I don't think that's a cult movie. Can a movie be a cult classic if it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture? (It only lost because Forrest Gump came out the same year)

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:43 am

Titan A.E. was a box office failure in every expression of the word.

It cost an estimated $75 million dollars to make. It only made $36.5 million total. That includes domestic and worldwide earnings. Average moviegoer ratings are C+ and B-.

Also, Joss Whedon was only one of 5 screemplay writers for it.

And honestly, I remember watching it after it came out on VHS. I really can't remember anything from it. It was forgettable.

Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:27 am

Iron-Man wrote:And honestly, I remember watching it after it came out on VHS. I really can't remember anything from it. It was forgettable.

Same here. I remember teh eye candy part where Damon's character took the "wheel," but that was it. Visuals were impressive, though, and the basic plot was that the Titan carried aboard it all the DNA for each species on Earth? Something like that?

I remember liking it okay, but not loving it.