Go figure. Dinosaurs going toe to toe with giant robots.
Add these two to together...you get Dinobots! Yay

SoooTrypticon wrote:That's still a huge drop off- and if you adjust ticket prices- fewer people are actually going to see this one than the last. Fewer people equals fewer repeat viewings, which leads to massive drop offs like the one we just saw.
I will be surprised if it manages to limp to 400 million in the US as it only has a few weekends before it goes up against the likes of Harry Potter- a franchise that has very little in the way of dog humping, robot pissing, testicle jokes, bad acting, shallow characters, or female exploitation- but still manages to attract the "masses." And the kids like it too.
400 million is a whole lot still, so a sequel is guaranteed- unless the two stars have a freak out and run for better material.
I asked two friends who were not Transformer fans what could possibly make the third film worse than the second. Their immediate response:
"Re-release this one again."
Then we all congratulated ourselves for contributing to Pixar's bank account, went for a walk, and got ice-cream. We laughed all the way.
I agree whole heartedly with this. A 3rd movie is coming no matter what, with or without Shia or Fox, though Fox seems more willing to sign on a third film then Shia. And with or without Bay either....in fact it would be funny if the producers and the movie house chose Megan over Bay if they had to choose. Ha ha ha.
Now if Paramount learns that Dinos + Robots + A story = awesome summer blockbuster........I would be quite happy. To be honest though I think TF2 has maybe two weeks of staying power before if fades. There are also sleeper movies coming out like Sector 9 and Quintin's Inglorious Bastard to appeal to the tween and college demograph as well as GI Joe combined with Potter combined with The Last Airbender (Avatar) to sway the kiddies away from all the Bayhem. Combine that with the fuzzy hamsters of G-Force and a childs short attention span.......TF2's primary demograph is sure to whisp away.
So far, the only two movies I'm looking forward to are where the Wild Things Are. And Sherlock Holmes. Inglorious Bastard is up there, but only if I can see it with my my slew of guy friends (The same type of guys you would take to watch Rambo for instance, or even the Hangover) so we can mock or praise it, pending if it's better then Deathproof.
Laters,
Josh