Dark Zarak wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:Don't ask me why, but I don't like this guy. Even without him, we all still would have petitioned for Peter Cullens.
It's attitudes like this that are the reason Murphy was a dick to us on the boards. You do realize that all he did was ask for our input and used what he could.
Without him, there would have been no Peter Cullen. Accept it. Yes, we would have petitioned. And it would have been as successful, and taken as seriously, as that petition to rename The Two Towers because it was disrespectful to 9/11 victims.
We are **** on the heels of Hollywood. Almost everyone I talk to about this movie, right after saying how cool it looks, badmouths "the fanboys".
As much of a dick as we was, we owe him one for getting the sheer awesomeness of the true Optimus Prime on the big screen.
I'll give you that one on the Cullen issue, but you have to admit, there were times Murphy was just a dick, simply because he could. He wanted to sue TFW, etc.
For someone who wants the fans to embrace him and become a part of them, he sure didn't ingratiate himself with us. He was extremely abrasive and quite rude a good portion of the time.
I realize he's human like the rest of us and prone to this type of thing, but come on...sometimes a jerk is just a jerk and no amount of excuses will change that.
Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:& people, be considerate of others' opinions. IIRC, being "stuck in 1984" was prefectly acceptable for a transfan to be untill Bay came along & said, " Yeah, it's crap....my stuff's better." Not to mention, apparently Hasbro is stuck in the 80's too, because most of the movie toys' repaints/remolds are designed to make them look like their G1 counterparts (Ratchet, Starscream, & Jazz at least).
1.) Bay has never directly said "The original sucks, mine's better." He said his was easier to adapt for the big screen (and he's correct in that.) That in no means says that he said it was all crap.
2.) For that matter, no one officially said it was bad to be "stuck in the '80s". Other fans might've, but in the long run, those in control of this whole thing have never said "Wow. What idiots. No." Being "stuck" is still perfectly acceptable.
3.) Hasbro is not stuck in the '80s, but they've enough respect for those who are. (And yes, plenty are.) They did it to appease the fans because they appreciate our business and they accept our input. They can't always address it, but they damn sure try to make everyone happy if possible. Doing so and pleasing a certain demographic does not make them "stuck in the '80s". You should be happy they're willing to accommodate our concerns. We could be getting "Rainbow Hippie Former Bots" or some weird crap like it.
You say to be considerate of other people's opinions and thoughts, well you could extend the same courtesy to both Bay and Hasbro.
I'm not sure where you get these ideas from, but the well has run dry. Give it a few days and see if it fills back up, and if not...then let it go.