Nico wrote:The movie is going to be much darker and violent then G1. If it wasnt violent, people who arent Transfan wouldnt want to see it.
Wolfguard wrote:"Don't do it! The people!"
-Superman, Superman II
One of the worst things in the cartoons of both TFs and G.I. Joe was every character and non character seemed to have a "lucky parachute," i.e. the mortality rate on either show was ZERO. No wonder the Autobots, Decepticons, Joes and Cobras were always able to keep fighting - no one ever died; not until the damn movies at least. And who cares if the humans and civilians are in trouble - they'll be rescued in the end.
Now considering all the ultraviolence in so many more movies out there, the fact that a bus with an unknown amount of passengers gets totalled by a big robot without showing blood and guts is cupcakes in my opinion. The idea of people's mortality makes the viewing experience more real because the stakes have been raised, no one knows who's gonna fall next, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. The concept is simple - the viewer should be afraid of the Decepticons, and in contrast, feel a sense of hope that people will be saved from harm when they see the Autobots.
kjeevah wrote:there was a huge and constant mortaility rate in the UK comics.. you should read them, they are so much better than the cartoons
Magnus' Mate wrote:kjeevah wrote:there was a huge and constant mortaility rate in the UK comics.. you should read them, they are so much better than the cartoons
Yes, they were so much better. The definitive Transformers continuity IMO.
However, perhaps we should distinguish between TF-on-TF violence and TF-on-human violence? Methinks we'll see plenty of the former (the argument the Marvel UK team used to use was "they're not humans, so we can do anything we want to them!"), not so much the latter.
Nightwatcher wrote:Canned Pasta wrote:Bottom Out wrote:i wish it stayed with the R rating, hopefully the DVD will hace the delted scenes...most likely it will.
Bay refused to cut anything out of the movie after it was given the "R", and he sent Mr. Spielberg in to the ratings board, who walked out with a "PG-13" for the movie.
Yup. Nothing was cut from the movie. It's still an R movie but is officially rated as PG-13.
Transgojobot wrote:Nightwatcher wrote:Canned Pasta wrote:Bottom Out wrote:i wish it stayed with the R rating, hopefully the DVD will hace the delted scenes...most likely it will.
Bay refused to cut anything out of the movie after it was given the "R", and he sent Mr. Spielberg in to the ratings board, who walked out with a "PG-13" for the movie.
Yup. Nothing was cut from the movie. It's still an R movie but is officially rated as PG-13.
Actually, it has been said that when Shia said that Transformers got an R rating and Spielberg got it knocked down, he was actually talking about Disturbia, not Transformers. Transformers has not been submitted for a rating yet. This is why the latest TV spots still show the film as not being rated yet.
Canned Pasta wrote:Well, the movie DID initially get an R rating...
Decepticon Spike wrote:Canned Pasta wrote:Well, the movie DID initially get an R rating...
It did? When?
Faceful of Kitchen wrote:Decepticon Spike wrote:Canned Pasta wrote:Well, the movie DID initially get an R rating...
It did? When?
when shia lebeouf decided that saying that would get the fans hyped up for the movie (because not lying in interviews is so unhip) and gullible fans blindly accepted it as the undisputed truth, ignoring the lack of any confirmation whatsoever and the fact that shia has that pesky little habit of making stuff up in intervews because he thinks it sounds cool. granted, this particular tale was probably based on the fact that something similar happened with rear wind... i mean "disturbia," but i don't buy for a second the notion that he actually confused the two movies. to paraphrase megatron, he's either lying or he's stupid. and, whichever the case may be, it means he's definitely not the person who should be doing the bulk of the interviews for this movie.
Cybereetta wrote:yep its not rated yet, just check the official movie pages..
If Im wrong just say: Shoot her!!
Brakethrough wrote:Cybereetta wrote:yep its not rated yet, just check the official movie pages..
If Im wrong just say: Shoot her!!
I don't think we'll shoot you, regardless of being right or wrong. Well, most of us won't, right folks?
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