Deadput wrote:Aimless Misfire wrote:When they remade/copied Star Wars episode IV & called it The Force Awakens people were pissed & hated it. When they remade/copied the 2007 Transformers movie & called it Bumblebee everybody loved it.
Besides the kid and their car part Bee and 2007 are vastly different in plot progression and character, and even the bid and car part turn out differently.
As for Star Wars people hated the prequel Star Wars movies what the hell else would people directing the next Star Wars film realistically have done? The actual plot points copy a lot from the first Star Wars film step by step.
Perhaps people didn't like Force Awakens because it was a "bad film", Bumblebee is a good film despite similarities to the 2007 film.
Final battle in Bumblebee is different from the 2007 film, the beginning was different from 2007 film and so on.
Taking inspiration from other parts from the franchise isn't the same thing as copying the exact same story progression but tweaking a few things.
I quite like the Force Awakens and so did Harrison Ford as it finally got him what he wanted ever since he found out about Return of the Jedi But you say it copies plot points from a new hope but that's not true as its really just copying from the same source material as a new hope and many, many, many other stories in the first place: A Hero's Journey. The archetype of different myths and legends from across the world. It's a template writers use, and it would appear that Bumblebee's writers used as well.
I agree that it looks like tlk is being ignored by all which is pretty awesome, I wonder if Bay himself pretends it never happened now.