by Covenant » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:49 am
- Motto: "Just keep going.."
- Weapon: Fusion Cannon
Urm, couple of things. Namely first and foremost, its the kind folks (like yourself) who automatically seem to snap into a "defend the film" mode the moment someone has anything remotely negative to say about a single aspect from the new movie franchise that seem to jump to the G1 references & comparisons nowadays. I bitched about the cane, and his face, does that tag me as one of your apparent "anti movie people" instantly? Even though I love the sound of Cullen's new Prime over the original? Even though I love Sideswipe's wheelfeet? Even though I dig Optimus' face? Even though because of the movie line alone my personal collection increased by a fourth or even a third in numbers? Etc? Thinking one item to suck and voicing as such instantly makes one that fabled "Geewunner"?
And again with the dissing on the blocky designs that began in Generation 1, went into 2, carried into visual references at the end of Beast Wars, which begat RiD, which begat Armada, then Energon, next ala Cybertron, Dreamwave comics, IDW designs, reprinted material that sells, Classics/Universe figures, TFCC & BotCon comics and items? That 'tired' 'old', 'outdated' style that some seem to imply somehow sucks now? That one? Just because something is new and different doesn't mean it's automatically good and better. From G1 to BW to Animated to Bayformers, every single solitary individual of the Transformers fandom is gray matter, period. Change in Transformers is welcome, keeps things new. From the RiD series to Beast Machines techno-organic Maximals. From Dreamwave's War Within to IDW's Hearts of Steel. Change in TFs is good the majority of the time. What works for who at any given time is another story, and that's perfectly fine. We all like & dislike things when it comes to Transformers, and as long as such can be stated without insulting another's preference or attacking their fellow fan in some way personally (like, dear fark, stating one would leave an injured fellow human being for bear food for the simple fact they don't care for a cane accessory on a toy) I do think opinions should be shared. That's what communities do, successful ones anyway, and it helps to communicate as a fandom (not fandumb) who we are to one another. You know, we are the world kind of ****. It should never be a train of thought that has any one of us thinking we shouldn't feel open to offering our voice on like & dislike any longer. We're all part of the franchise and no one should ever let someone who doesn't like an honest opinion (and that means honest personal take on that official stuff you invest your time, money and interest in, recall) make them think just because they're not on Hasbro's or Takara's payroll and they're just one individual that they don't matter to what 25 years of 'The Transformers' just truly is.
And, back to the topic specifically, I still think it's a bit lame. The whole "bits falling off as he walks" and cane bit. And I felt the same about Bumblebee's lack of ability to speak (until suddenly at the end - which I still say should be attributed to his contact with the Allspark not too far prior rather than a shot in the throat so to speak from Ratchet half a movie ago). In the prequel comic where Megatron did this damage to BB's throat he also ripped off an arm entirely. A limb can be reattached entirely but a speaker is such a pain? Then again, Jazz was merely torn in half and Ironhide (Ratchet by his side) walked in saying they couldn't save him. Maybe Ratchet just sucks as a medic. Though I really don't get what all this damage really means to a robotic race that can reconfigure their entire alternative forms in a split second (which includes robot transformations and the robot mode itself as far as reconfiguring/reformatting goes), grow weapons, etc. So a relatively boring body with a ginormous broken up jet hanging off his back, uglified head, then tacking on a cane because he's old & injured (yet still perfectly transformed in alt mode, no doubt)? Yup, lame, fail, whatever the kids are calling it nowadays. But maybe they'll have a scene where he gets uber pissed and pimpcanes the crap out of someone. That would be some browny points I suppose.
Another thing, walking and flying are two different modes of transportation. Walking requires more physical effort...flying relies on the lift from the wings and very few moving parts, relatively.
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