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They had to start somewhere, didn't they?Alex Kingdom wrote: I guess I'm just annoyed that the movie makers chose to concentrate on the Transformers very early origins as inspiration and not the deep rich mythology that has been built around it since then.
Anyway I've said my piece and in doing so I've realized just how futile it all is so I think I'll take my leave from Seibertron.com for the foreseeable future.
Officer Prowl wrote:First off let me say that I liked the clip and I thought the CG were fantastic.
But..........
I can kinda see where AK is coming from. Whenever I think of Prime I think of a stoic figure. Watching Prime walk around the yard kinda clumsily and then accidently step on that fountain made me grimace. I could see the other TF's doing this (especially BB), but seeing prime portrayed like that felt a little off. This of coarse is my opinion and others are free to feel differently.
I have already pre paid for my tickets and can't wait till 8 PM 7/2/07!
Neko wrote:Officer Prowl wrote:First off let me say that I liked the clip and I thought the CG were fantastic.
But..........
I can kinda see where AK is coming from. Whenever I think of Prime I think of a stoic figure. Watching Prime walk around the yard kinda clumsily and then accidently step on that fountain made me grimace. I could see the other TF's doing this (especially BB), but seeing prime portrayed like that felt a little off. This of coarse is my opinion and others are free to feel differently.
I have already pre paid for my tickets and can't wait till 8 PM 7/2/07!
I'm going to agree with you on your point of it seems very un-Prime-ish, but listen to this:
If you were 30 foot tall robot trying to walk through a cramped (to your POV) neighborhood, how agile would you be without stepping on anything?
Here's the part where I read way far into this. By having Optimus carefully walk around Sam's home, it showing us he's trying to avoid destroying anything, while a Decepticon would plow through without a second thought. I think these little details are put in the film in order to show us the differences between the two factions, despite being the same specise they're drastically different from one another. This story telling tactic is the film makers trying to make the Transformers seem more Human-and therefore more believable.
Neko wrote:Officer Prowl wrote:First off let me say that I liked the clip and I thought the CG were fantastic.
But..........
I can kinda see where AK is coming from. Whenever I think of Prime I think of a stoic figure. Watching Prime walk around the yard kinda clumsily and then accidently step on that fountain made me grimace. I could see the other TF's doing this (especially BB), but seeing prime portrayed like that felt a little off. This of coarse is my opinion and others are free to feel differently.
I have already pre paid for my tickets and can't wait till 8 PM 7/2/07!
I'm going to agree with you on your point of it seems very un-Prime-ish, but listen to this:
If you were 30 foot tall robot trying to walk through a cramped (to your POV) neighborhood, how agile would you be without stepping on anything?
Here's the part where I read way far into this. By having Optimus carefully walk around Sam's home, it showing us he's trying to avoid destroying anything, while a Decepticon would plow through without a second thought. I think these little details are put in the film in order to show us the differences between the two factions, despite being the same specise they're drastically different from one another. This story telling tactic is the film makers trying to make the Transformers seem more Human-and therefore more believable.
Officer Prowl wrote:But hey, I guess if the President of the most powerful nation in the world can look foolish sometimes then Prime can too.
KoH4711 wrote:
On a different note, Shia was pretty funny throughout, and he's really set up for a big career in the future. He just seems to have a connection with audiences that you just can't train. If I recall correctly, Disturbia tripled the studio's expectations, and Shia got a lot of the credit for it. And it's a blast to see people like him and Josh Duhamel having so much fun promoting the movie and having a passion for it.
Alex Kingdom wrote:
Yeah I know its not without precedent and yeah I guess I need to get a grip. However with ever clip I see of this movie, every shred of information on the designs, the story, the characters I feel less and less like I want to be in anyway associated with Transformers and more depressed that this movie is taking the franchise back to it's roots in a childish generic action series designed to sell toys to kids. I guess I shouldn't take it so seriously, it is after all aimed at children. But that has always been my problem, collecting Transformers has never been about nostalgia for kids toys and cartoons for me its been about the characters and stories developed from that, its about what developed out of that silly little 80s cartoon and toy line. I guess I'm just annoyed that the movie makers chose to concentrate on the Transformers very early origins as inspiration and not the deep rich mythology that has been built around it since then. I hate big dumb action movies with light but 'entertaining' plots that say 'hey sit down switch off you brain and prepare to marvel at all the pretty lights and pictures', those sort of movies bore the **** out of me, and its difficult for me to see something I've invested so much time, effort and passion into become something I've always fought against....the mainstream.
gogleman374 wrote:Look In the backround when optimus steps on the fountain, Ironhide Walks Really Funny.
tigertracks 24 wrote:I'm not sure whether the 'hiding' part is humorous to me, or dumb...
Aren't their alt modes for hiding? Shouldn't they have just parked on the street and waited?
I have not seen the movie yet, so I can't say how it fits with the whole thing, or why they would insist on being in robot mode there, but it was just something I've been pondering.
Supreme Convoy wrote:Even though I'm a Prime fan... I think Bumblebee won me over in this scene!!!
inturnmike wrote:I am not sure what to make of this scene. At first, I was a little irritated by it, as it almost looks like Bay made the TF's look more silly than alien. How does Bumblebee know what the sign is for "shhh" or "wait" again? Then, I showed my wife the clip. She's only known TF's since she married me 3 years ago. She thought the clip was cute/funny. She said that a lot of the good action movies have to have that humor in them to balance out all the action. I can agree with that. I just hope that this clip is from the first or second night that most of the TF's come to Earth, that would explain their awkwardness. However, wouldn't their walking and crashing into everything wake up Sam's neighbors and cause a panic? I guess we will see...
Burn wrote:I think a big problem people are having with this clip is the context of it.
Why are they at Sam's place? They're there to retrieve the glasses that belonged to Sam's grandfather.
Sam told them all to stay in the alleyway but impatience got the better of them. Plus aside from Bumblebee, the other Autobots are newcommers to Earth and don't know anything about having a perfect lawn or bird baths or understand Sam's desire to not let his parents know about the giant alien robots in the alleyway behind the house.
Should've played the Sam and Barricade clip. That would have fans in total orgasmic overload.
EnergonPrimeRules wrote:im guessing thats the scene in the trailers where barricade punches the ground next to a scared sam on top of a car, do you know if barricade speaks english to sam there? (im guessing/hoping yes, but with all this alien language talk ive been hearing, you never know)
Burn wrote:EnergonPrimeRules wrote:im guessing thats the scene in the trailers where barricade punches the ground next to a scared sam on top of a car, do you know if barricade speaks english to sam there? (im guessing/hoping yes, but with all this alien language talk ive been hearing, you never know)
Hell yeah he speaks english! I personally felt it was one of the best parts of the movie. Barricade's voice was perfect and that scene gave me chills. It was everything a Decepticon should be!
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