Transformers thread

[Loktar]

I'll takea photo of my dinobots one day.

I got to play with my friend's Grimlock for 5 minutes before class in 4th grade....such fond memories....

 

[CaptainWacky]

Transformers One (2024) - It's good fun! I remember when the first trailer came out I thought it would be dumb and all stupid humour and quips. And I mean there is stupid (but usually funny!) humour and plenty of quips, with Bumblebee getting quite a few laughs from me. But the story turns out quite well and touches on things like slavery and body autonomy (wait until you find out why they're called "Autobots"!) It's the story of Optimus and Megatron before they they were enemies and they have a sweet firendship before they want to kill each other. Supposedly it's a prequel to the Michael Bay movies but lol who cares it isn't really. The artstyle is pretty good, it's not the prettiest movie ever but it all moves very smoothly. The only real problem is that it's all very rushed once Megatron turns heel. They have to just have him declare he's going to kill everyone or whatever but it comes a bit out of nowhere after him originally having good motives for wanting to kill Jon Hamm. But yeah I enjoyed it and I guess it'll never get a sequel or anything but it's still worth watching if you want another version of Transformers that doesn't suck.

 

[Fuddlemiff]

I liked it too. I did think Megatron becoming evil was a bit abrupt (talk about going off the deep end), but it was good fun over all. One thing I didn’t like, though, and maybe I’m just being old, was how often characters punched each other for comedic effect. In a sort of Animaniacs way. The rest of the movie is teaching good morals of friendship and consideration for others, but whenever a character doesn’t like their friend’s idea they punch them. It just seemed odd in a film aimed at kids of an impressionable age.

 

[CaptainWacky]

There was one one bit where pre-evil Megatron punched Orion that was definitely inspired by this.

...Chris Hemsworth being on the receiving ends both times I just realised.

 

[CaptainWacky]

 

[Kyehlar]

Update: Still haven't watched any Transformers since Transformers: The Movie. Still looking for a G1 Starscream that won't cause me to rob a bank.

 

[CaptainWacky]