What was your favorite Transformers film?
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the 80s animated film? i agree.
Yep
*high five*
I know I'm in the minority but I love all three Transformer movies. The third one was an incredible all out war and just looked incredible. Yes, they're stupid and insulting and LCD. But I enjoy them for what they are.
The fourth one unfortunately I had major problems with. It just took everything that worked about the original three and removed it all.
The fourth one unfortunately I had major problems with. It just took everything that worked about the original three and removed it all.
None of them they were all shit including the original.
I would vote for the 1986 animated movie except that they killed Optimus Prime and a bunch of other pre-existing Autobots.
Michael Bay at least didn't kill characters for the sake of toysales.
ROTF for Jetfire! 
Dark of the Moon
Sentinel Prime! Mr. Spock! Leonard Nimoy!!!
Awesome villain, great action. Runs long but not as tedious or annoying as ROTF or AOE.
While I know it's popular to bash the live action films, I can't hate them.
The G1 Transformers cartoon was essentially a 20 minute toy commercial. I don't know what people were expecting it to be when adapted for live action. For giant robots fighting eachother, you could do worse.
Sentinel Prime! Mr. Spock! Leonard Nimoy!!!
Awesome villain, great action. Runs long but not as tedious or annoying as ROTF or AOE.
While I know it's popular to bash the live action films, I can't hate them.
The G1 Transformers cartoon was essentially a 20 minute toy commercial. I don't know what people were expecting it to be when adapted for live action. For giant robots fighting eachother, you could do worse.
at least none of the 80s characters didn't pee on someone.
Galvetron was a better villain and it was still Leanard Nimoy!
It was an hour and a half and it had a better story line than the live action movies.
"Hot Rod, the shuttle's coming!"
*cue Stan Bush's 'Dare'*
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Yeah, 1986, the only option.
To be fair though, although I could watch that movie over and over, sometimes I do turn it off around the point Starscream dies, about 30-40 minutes in. I feel that first part of the movie is so much better than the latter part, which I'm not saying is bad, but does get a bit repetitive. The Decepticons going to Earth and attacking Autobot City again for example. And I always have to fast forward through that Junkion segment, especially that Weird Al song *shudder*
*cue Stan Bush's 'Dare'*
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Yeah, 1986, the only option.
To be fair though, although I could watch that movie over and over, sometimes I do turn it off around the point Starscream dies, about 30-40 minutes in. I feel that first part of the movie is so much better than the latter part, which I'm not saying is bad, but does get a bit repetitive. The Decepticons going to Earth and attacking Autobot City again for example. And I always have to fast forward through that Junkion segment, especially that Weird Al song *shudder*
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I love all Transformers from G1 straight up throughout (some more than others) but for the life of me I can't understand Michael Bay's films. They get so incomprehensible as they go along. The last film that I felt I could truly feel like I understood what was happening was Revenge of the Fallen... the two afterwards make no sense to me.
I've watched Age of Extinction twice. Both attempts were brutal and painful. I fell asleep briefly both times, trying very hard to figure out what the fuck was even happening and why I should care. It's frustrating. They are incredibly boring. I came to the conclusion I could only understand them if I were drinking Mountain Dew (ugh).
Anyway... yeah I could take the 1986 film (soundtrack is AMAZING) and disregard pretty the rest... although Shia LaBeef scenes aside, the first one ain't so bad.
I've watched Age of Extinction twice. Both attempts were brutal and painful. I fell asleep briefly both times, trying very hard to figure out what the fuck was even happening and why I should care. It's frustrating. They are incredibly boring. I came to the conclusion I could only understand them if I were drinking Mountain Dew (ugh).
Anyway... yeah I could take the 1986 film (soundtrack is AMAZING) and disregard pretty the rest... although Shia LaBeef scenes aside, the first one ain't so bad.
The live action Transformers movies had an unforgivable lack of character development (particularly the first one). Remember when they killed Jazz, and it was some big deal even though Jazz had not spoken a single word in the movie?
I remember reading somewhere that they lack of screen time for the transformers in the first flick was because they were expensive/time consuming to animate. They focused on a few select characters and the rest got sidelined.
I feel the first one is the most coherent of the four. Revenge of the fallen is the weakest in my opinion. I didn't mind Dark of the Moon and Age of Extinction, both focused a lot more on the Transformers, and they had some pretty cool action sequences.
I like them for what they are, they are not meant to be high art. I've never understood the bashing directed towards transformers in regards to writing and characterisation. The cartoon failed regularly at both as well. Fans are also quick to point out the racial stereotyping exhibited by Skids and Mudflap but seem to forget that the cartoon had a middle eastern nation called Carbombya!
I feel the first one is the most coherent of the four. Revenge of the fallen is the weakest in my opinion. I didn't mind Dark of the Moon and Age of Extinction, both focused a lot more on the Transformers, and they had some pretty cool action sequences.
I like them for what they are, they are not meant to be high art. I've never understood the bashing directed towards transformers in regards to writing and characterisation. The cartoon failed regularly at both as well. Fans are also quick to point out the racial stereotyping exhibited by Skids and Mudflap but seem to forget that the cartoon had a middle eastern nation called Carbombya!
The 2007 version is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Loved the animated movie. I'm still frankly amazed they made live-action versions.
As they've gone on, though, I've transitioned from "They're making a transformers movie!" to "They're making a transformers movie?!".
As they've gone on, though, I've transitioned from "They're making a transformers movie!" to "They're making a transformers movie?!".
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