Emerje wrote:Am I the only one that doesn't care which Constructicon did what in what movie and just wants a bunch of cool figures that turn into a big, multi-colored monster?
Emerje
Carnivius_Prime wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Hey, anyone who has SS Jetfire in hand -
Is the prime chest piece that comes with Jetfire the same metallic red as on SS-05?
No the lil piece is a bit brighter and slightly more 'pinkish'.
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Hey, anyone who has SS Jetfire in hand -
Is the prime chest piece that comes with Jetfire the same metallic red as on SS-05?
No the lil piece is a bit brighter and slightly more 'pinkish'.
Oh, cool! Thanks!
I'm also happy for those who are enjoying the SS line, but I'm not blown away by it. I've gotten 6 figures so far, and I probably won't get more than another few. I never cared for movie Devastator because he couldn't stand upright. I liked and cheered his combination scene in RoTF but when he couldn't stand up at the end I was bummed. Oh, and how can I forget, Devastator ballz. I guarantee Hasbro won't have the nerve give his SS toy those.carytheone wrote:There's hairs to be split, so you're probably in the minority (as am I). I have no interest in getting any of these toys, but I really wanna see this thing completed. It's gonna be 'UGE! I'm excited for those that are excited.Emerje wrote:Am I the only one that doesn't care which Constructicon did what in what movie and just wants a bunch of cool figures that turn into a big, multi-colored monster?
Emerje
Rodimus Prime wrote:I never cared for movie Devastator because he couldn't stand upright. I liked and cheered his combination scene in RoTF but when he couldn't stand up at the end I was bummed.
Except, none of his nine components' altmodes had any wrecking balls. We get a good look at every single vehicle that forms him in the movie before they combine, and all of them are construction vehicles that didn't use, store, or carry wrecking balls. Of all nine components, Hightower was the only one that could have used a wrecking ball (not two, only one), but his crane altmode in the movie was not equipped with a wrecking ball, instead merely equipped with no attachments to its crane arm at all. Bay put the two wrecking on Devastator's underside in that scene just to make that joke because that's the kind of "humor" Bay likes.Carnivius_Prime wrote:As for the wrecking balls, I'm not generally one for crude humour but they had to store somewhere
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Except, none of his nine components' altmodes had any wrecking balls. We get a good look at every single vehicle that forms him in the movie before they combine, and all of them are construction vehicles that didn't use, store, or carry wrecking balls. Of all nine components, Hightower was the only one that could have used a wrecking ball (not two, only one), but his crane altmode in the movie was not equipped with a wrecking ball, instead merely equipped with no attachments to its crane arm at all. Bay put the two wrecking on Devastator's underside in that scene just to make that joke because that's the kind of "humor" Bay likes.Carnivius_Prime wrote:As for the wrecking balls, I'm not generally one for crude humour but they had to store somewhere
It's likely because of how much the rest of the film was so much of a stoner film that, by the time the wrecking balls showed up, it was just one more thing added to the pile of dumb that the movie had already built up so much of and people simply lumped it in with everything else to collectively illustrate all of that film's problems at once.Black Hat wrote:I have never understood the fandom-wide pearl-clutching over Devastator's wrecking balls. Like, I thought it was pretty funny. Heck, even my mother thought it was funny. Granted it wouldn't have been half as funny without John Tuturro's excellent delivery ("I am directly below...enemy scrotum!") but honestly, as crude jokes go it was OK. Heck, even within the same film it sure beats Wheelie humping Mikaela's leg, or Skids and Mudflap in general.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
ZeroWolf wrote:I always treat skids and mudflaps like the guy in Offsprings Pretty Fly for a White Guy video aka white guys trying desperately to be something else, or like Ali G. But I get this may be a culture thing here in the UK.
Speaking of them, surely the clock is ticking on when that pair turn up as deluxes in the Studio Series line, same with Jolt
Meaning...?Carnivius_Prime wrote:Eh, physics.Rodimus Prime wrote:I never cared for movie Devastator because he couldn't stand upright. I liked and cheered his combination scene in RoTF but when he couldn't stand up at the end I was bummed.
I'm willing to accept that explanation, even if I wouldn't have minded seeing him in wide shots because of that. I mean, Devy didn't really fight any other character, he just trashed the pyramid and got taken out from far away. Sure, he ate the green Twin and took some blasts in the face, but it wasn't really a fight.Plus he's supposed to be 100ft tall if he could stand up, so hunching over and being 45ft tall instead helps get him in shot better with other characters while retaining all that chunk and mass.
Not me. If Devastator from the comics (or even the cartoon) made it onto the big screen, it would have been great.I always found G1 Devs rather goofy looking anyways (and for something supposed to be such a threat he seemed to always have the dumbest look on his face) and prefer the more beast-like RotF Devs.
How about as weapons? Have them be on a long chain and have Devy swing them at enemies, or even the pyramid he was tearing up. But as it's been pointed out, none of his components had them, so they shouldn't have been there to being with, even if I thought the crane could have had them.As for the wrecking balls, I'm not generally one for crude humour but they had to store somewhere so that's as good a place as any I suppose (rather than adding a bit more weight to the already heavy top).
But the fact that Simmons qualified them as such in dialogue makes them a sexual object. But I guess that's on Bay and his 14-year-old's maturity level. Instead of letting him finish the film on his own, Paramount should have pushed it back until the end of the strike so actual writers could have done the writing. The wait would have been worth it, because the first film wasn't bad.They're just metal balls anyways, he's not a naked organic creature with actual testicles so it really didn't bother me.
ZeroWolf wrote:How big was Sentinel in the movie? Was he bigger or same size as megs. Been a while since I've seen it and can't remember the comparison with prime or megs.
william-james88 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:How big was Sentinel in the movie? Was he bigger or same size as megs. Been a while since I've seen it and can't remember the comparison with prime or megs.
Plus its not like rewatching it is an option
ZeroWolf wrote:
How big was Sentinel in the movie? Was he bigger or same size as megs. Been a while since I've seen it and can't remember the comparison with prime or megs.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Hey, anyone who has SS Jetfire in hand -
Is the prime chest piece that comes with Jetfire the same metallic red as on SS-05?
No the lil piece is a bit brighter and slightly more 'pinkish'.
Oh, cool! Thanks!
Is ok. I tried to take a photo but my camera skills and current lighting here they end up looking very similar in colour in the photo but definitely in person they look different. Why were you wondering?
Rodimus Prime wrote:I never cared for movie Devastator because he couldn't stand upright. I liked and cheered his combination scene in RoTF but when he couldn't stand up at the end I was bummed. Oh, and how can I forget, Devastator ballz. I guarantee Hasbro won't have the nerve give his SS toy those.
I thought about saying it the other way, but good taste prevailed.Wolfman Jake wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I never cared for movie Devastator because he couldn't stand upright. I liked and cheered his combination scene in RoTF but when he couldn't stand up at the end I was bummed. Oh, and how can I forget, Devastator ballz. I guarantee Hasbro won't have the nerve give his SS toy those.
You missed a golden opportunity there.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Meaning...?Carnivius_Prime wrote:Eh, physics.Rodimus Prime wrote:I never cared for movie Devastator because he couldn't stand upright. I liked and cheered his combination scene in RoTF but when he couldn't stand up at the end I was bummed.
Rodimus Prime wrote:But the fact that Simmons qualified them as such in dialogue makes them a sexual object.
Sabrblade wrote:It's likely because of how much the rest of the film was so much of a stoner film that, by the time the wrecking balls showed up, it was just one more thing added to the pile of dumb that the movie had already built up so much of and people simply lumped it in with everything else to collectively illustrate all of that film's problems at once.
ZeroWolf wrote:I always treat skids and mudflaps like the guy in Offsprings Pretty Fly for a White Guy video aka white guys trying desperately to be something else, or like Ali G. But I get this may be a culture thing here in the UK.
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