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Hi all,

My husband and I watched the movie for the second time on Saturday (first on the 4th). I was completely "80s cartoon geeking out" the first time around that I missed (mentally) half of the movie. So, when I watched it the second time, I was surprised my how much I truly liked this movie, and how much I missed the first time around.

First, it was a very funny movie. Bay and the creators did not take themselves or the transformers (the mythology, the hyperextreme fanboys and girls) too seriously. It made it enjoyable for everyone else who is not a diehard fan (and I don't mean the Live free, which was also a good movie, .

I completely missed the Mountain Dew machine that transformed and started shooting Mountain Dews as ammo. That was frigging hilarious.

If you watched it a second time (or third, or twelth or nth), what did you miss the first time around that really caught your attention?


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I keep hearing people talk about a transforming 360 but I didn't see it. If it does exist, I'm going to have to look for it in my second viewing.

G1Blaster wrote:I keep hearing people talk about a transforming 360 but I didn't see it. If it does exist, I'm going to have to look for it in my second viewing.

You do not actually see the bot. A guy is carrying an Xbox 360 box and you hear it turn on and arms pop out of the sides.

I think th things that transformed late in the movie, were probably sponsors of the Movie. I don't know about the phone though, but he did seem to compliment the creator of it quitea bit. By the way....LOVED the MD transformer.

G1Blaster wrote:I keep hearing people talk about a transforming 360 but I didn't see it. If it does exist, I'm going to have to look for it in my second viewing.

How did you miss that??? That and the steering wheel had me laughing.... and I love the MD machine!!!

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Vavavivian wrote:If you watched it a second time (or third, or twelth or nth), what did you miss the first time around that really caught your attention.

I completely missed Frenzy getting his body back when he first came in contact with the Cube. Doh!

Am I the only one who thought the mountain dew bot shooting cans at people reminded me of the movie Maximum Overdrive ..the 80's movie where vehicles and machines came to life and at the beginning the cola machine was killing ball players by shooting them in the head with soda cans? Maybe im like one of the only 20 people who remember that movie lol

Either way im going to see the movie for the 3rd time today..and not my idea, my GF who thought TF's were childish and dumb wants to see the movie for the 3rd time and is begging me to go. LOL, ..... This movie certainly is awesome to make her want to see it time and time again.

The MD machine was so damn awesome. I want a figure of that so bad. Call it Dispensor.

Also, Maximum Overdrive was an awesome movie. I loved the tagline..

"U-turn, U-die!"

Classic.

about half the PRime-Megatron fight that takes place over Blackouts shoulder during his scene.

when black out got nailed by the f22 he started spewing blue blood tipe liquid all over the ground. idk if an y 1 will notic this cus it goes fairly quick in the movie.

I didn't notice that at all. I bet there is a lot of detail they put in that you would have to watch over and over to see it. But the scenes were flicking so fast at the end battle that it would be impossible to notice everything.

Yeah the bot's blood is a bluish fluid. You can see it on brawl (devestator) when bumblebee blasts him , and on jazz a little bit.

I also think that the autobots and the decepticons can scan a vehicle even if it is damaged or wrecked. I heard a militarty man mention that the Blackout helicopter id number was the same as a helicopter that was already shot down

ultra tron wrote:Yeah the bot's blood is a bluish fluid. You can see it on brawl (devestator) when bumblebee blasts him , and on jazz a little bit.

I also think that the autobots and the decepticons can scan a vehicle even if it is damaged or wrecked. I heard a militarty man mention that the Blackout helicopter id number was the same as a helicopter that was already shot down

I'm sure that they can, but Blackout probably scanned him first, and shot down the helicopter himself(in his alt mode).

I caught the "takara sushi" sign on my first go (going to have my second viewing tomorrow night) but my best friend, who has seen it twice so far, has STILL missed it.

I didn't notice it the first time I saw it, but I did notice it while playing with my Bumblebee toy without having to see it the second time, but his "creepy, ugly" face is actually an "adorable little bumblebee face, AWWWWWWWE!" It was really weird looking to me until I realized he had a face to match his name. >_> lol I did notice the second and third times I watched it, though, that he has cute little antennae, too, and his door-wings actually flutter and move with his expressions and things. >_> And when Bonecrusher and Optimus are fighting and Optimus punches Bonecrusher, he actually spews fluid onto the windshield of the SUV like blood spray. And all those little things that Frenzy and Bumblebee say in their mechanical voices that are hard to understand until you're reaaaally paying attention and realize they're trying to say something. "BIGSHOTBIGSHOTBIGSHOT!" "WITWICKY!" "LADIESMAN217!" and "Ooooooooh" "Thank You" apperently even though BB's voice modulator is damaged, he can still make somewhat of a response, even if it's very hard to understand him.

I started noticing all the little teeth the Autobots have, too, and how Optimus has a metal tongue when he speaks. hehehe that was amusing. Plus, when I went back to watch the movie the second time, once I knew that BB talked THROUGH his radio, I couldn't stop ROFLing everytime he "talked" to Mikaela when he was trying to hook up Sam and Mikaela. "Baby Come Back!" "Who's gonna drive you home?" and all that. XD I just thought he was playing random music the first time I watched it. It's really sad that he's that much more smooth then Sam and he's not even attracted to the girl!!!!! XD There's just a looooot of details to be seen in this movie, there's so many things going on at once!