So ... Transformers....

[ebony14]

Went to see "Transformers" last night. Most definitely a Michael Bay film, and most definitely two hours of blowing shit up. And most definitely worth it. I understand that sequels are in the works. This pleases me, so long as they don't try too hard.



Thoughts:

1. Peter Cullen needed to be tagged in the credits ("Starring Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime"). To hell with Jon Voight, Cullen's who we came to see... er, hear.

2. John Tuturro does a fairly decent Al Pacino impersonation.

3. Shia LeBeouf seems to be following Kurt Russell's tradition of starting in Disney films and graduating to action movies.

4. What happened to the Product-Placement Decepticons? The Moutain Dewbot and the car with the killer steering wheel? They sort of bungee in and out of the movie.

5. More importantly, what happened to Barricade (the cop car Decepticon)? The body count of the final fight is as follows:

a. Bonecrusher (Forklift Truck) - Decapitated by Optimus Prime
b. Devastator (Tank) - Blown to ratshit by the Army Rangers and Bumblebee
c. Blackout (Helicopter) - Blown to ratshit by Army Rangers and Raptor airstrike
d. Starscream - Escaped into orbit, as shown during credits
e. Jazz - Torn in half by Megatron
f. Megatron - Messed up by the All Spark

So, what happened to Barricade?



I enjoyed the movie. If you haven't seen it, and like summer "things go boom" movies, then I recommend it.

Comments

[hermes-wade.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the spoiler warning. :P

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

Crap crap crappity crap. My bad.

[hermes-wade.livejournal.com]

It's OK, my annoyance faded pretty fast. ;)

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

At least I didn't spoil anything important, like the experimental armor that lets Shia LeBeouf arm-wrestle Megatron ... oops. :)

(kidding)

[mothoc.livejournal.com]

Barricade is working for the LAPD currently.

[drexplosivo.livejournal.com]

Barricade and Scorpinok and Starscream form the core of TF2: The Search for Megatron. They will accidentally kill all of the humpback whales on earth in their attempt to revive Megatron from the depths of the Pacific ocean.

This doesn't present itself as a problem until Unicron shows up demanding Humpback sushi and some country style peas...

Oh thats terrible. I quit.

[hermes-wade.livejournal.com]

OK, NOW I've seen the movie. :)

I didn't know Peter Cullen was going to be the voice of Prime until yesterday when friend of mine told me, and I got all sorts of excited. And I agree that he needs to be given more prominence in the credits...hell, even Jon Voight said he understood that the robots were what the folks were there to see.

And, yeah, Barricade DID sort of get lost in the shuffle. And I doubt we'll see the product-placement Decepticons again; they served their purpose. :)

Be prepared for a sequel, and I'm sure Megatron will be back. Speaking of him, did you recognize his voice?

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

At the time, no. But I was told that it was Hugo Weaving.