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:Yeah, Jazz grabbing Brawl's turret was meant to be a homage to Kup grabbing Blitzwing's turret, but the rest of that list is more on the aforementioned slippery slope than not.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Rodimus Prime wrote:You can't make me disappear. I am not feet.
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:If Cogman is a miniature Transformer that transforms into a head (headmaster), why does he have his own alternate mode? Is his Aston Martin vehicle mode a former Cybertronian or a Transtector?
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Seibertron wrote:fenrir72 wrote:It's nice that the writers take a lot of coincidental nods to the original series.
Kup on Blitzwing on the turret = done
Shuttle blowing up with the Autobots presumed destroyed= done
Human collaborating with the 'cons to conquer/sell out the world= done
Time travel (maybe)= into the Middle Ages = done
Fight in Washington DC = done
Autobots hunted down/KISS Players= done
You could say that about just about any fiction and run it against just about anything else. Considering how much Transformers has borrowed fictional elements from other pop culture phenoms or copied concepts from other toy lines, I'd consider this a slippery slope.
Caelus wrote:...
Not ALL of those you listed are mere coincidences, but most of them are. The only ones that could be seen as intended homages/references would be the following:Caelus wrote:Okay... so, in your minds, what details/plot points could the movies have included that would satisfy your criteria for not being a string of coincidences?
Caelus wrote:Decepticon that transforms into a music player
Starscream betrays Megatron (Shoots him in the back during the end battle).
Optimus combines with Jetfire
Decepticons space-bridge Cybertron into Earth's orbit to restore its energy (homage to "Ultimate Doom")
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:Not ALL of those you listed are mere coincidences, but most of them are. The only ones that could be seen as intended homages/references would be the following:Caelus wrote:Okay... so, in your minds, what details/plot points could the movies have included that would satisfy your criteria for not being a string of coincidences?Caelus wrote:Decepticon that transforms into a music player
Starscream betrays Megatron (Shoots him in the back during the end battle).
Optimus combines with Jetfire
Decepticons space-bridge Cybertron into Earth's orbit to restore its energy (homage to "Ultimate Doom")
william-james88 wrote:What about the fact that Optimus Prime is voiced by Peter Cullen and that the kid's last name is Witwicky. Those are homages too.
Seibertron wrote:william-james88 wrote:What about the fact that Optimus Prime is voiced by Peter Cullen and that the kid's last name is Witwicky. Those are homages too.
That's completely different. That's like saying the movie being called "Transformers" is an homage.
Kurona wrote:I'm pretty sure he turned into a porche?
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:I'm pretty sure he turned into a porche?
he turns into a pontiac, you can see the logo on his chest
Then again, I dont think any of these characters turn into their g1 alt modes or even brands.
Kurona wrote:Fair, fair. I think it's a similar car? I don't know cars. Typical Transformers nerd I am; absorb all the information about the fictional characters but get no useful practical knowledge in the process
Big Grim wrote:
That's a good word. Must never play you at scrabble!
See what happens when you use the word "melonology" in Scrabble.Seibertron wrote:Big Grim wrote:
That's a good word. Must never play you at scrabble!
LOL. That's what Google is for, but don't tell anyone that's what I used. Now if I could only use Yzquierdo in Scrabble I'd be all set. Maybe one day in Scrabble en Español!
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.'
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Sabrblade wrote:Not ALL of those you listed are mere coincidences, but most of them are.[/qCaelus wrote:Okay... so, in your minds, what details/plot points could the movies have included that would satisfy your criteria for not being a string of coincidences?
Caelus wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Not ALL of those you listed are mere coincidences, but most of them are.[/qCaelus wrote:Okay... so, in your minds, what details/plot points could the movies have included that would satisfy your criteria for not being a string of coincidences?
But still no explanation of *how* people are deciding what is and isn't a coincincidence versus an homage, so basically what I'm hearing people say is that the movies have few to no homages to other Transformers series, just a LOT of coincidental similarities, which we know *must* be coincidental because the movies have few to no homages.
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