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Transformers 2

06-24-2009, 11:10 AM	#1
Black Knight Tactical Specialist Offline --> Posts: 998 --> Join Date: Aug 2008	Transformers 2 Ok, so I saw Transformers 2 and it rocked. It has a really good plot-line with elements of all the various generations of TF mixed into it. IMO they did a great job and I highly recommend seeing it. I would rate it a 8.5 out of 10, they still have issues with TF personallities (mainly autobots) and focus a little too much on Megan Fox (she's hot, don't get me wrong, but its TF not MF). They also went over the top a few times on jokes, but it was well played into the movie. The Autobot/Decepticon fight scenes were well played and you could actually tell who was who and what was happening, the only real complaint I had was that the Autobots got very little screen-time (except Bumblebee & Optimus) adn I was hoping to see their personalities developed a little more, but thats just me. So, there you have it... this is my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

06-24-2009, 11:55 AM	#2
Scuba Steve lives in armored pinapple Offline --> Posts: 2,840 --> Join Date: Jan 2009	Good to here a certified toy nerd, like me, thought it was good! After listening to the radio guys bag on it this morning I was beggining to worry! I did hear that it was 2 and a half hours long though. If so I might just have to wait for the Blue ray (my poor old truck driver knees cant take being bent for that long at a time) __________________

06-24-2009, 01:09 PM	#3
vader9900 To old to play with toys! Offline --> Posts: 5,962 --> Join Date: Oct 2007	Great movie! __________________ "It ain't about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit, how much you can take and keep moving forward - thats how winning is done!" Rocky Balboa

06-24-2009, 01:38 PM

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Good to here a certified toy nerd, like me, thought it was good! After listening to the radio guys bag on it this morning I was beggining to worry! I did hear that it was 2 and a half hours long though. If so I might just have to wait for the Blue ray (my poor old truck driver knees cant take being bent for that long at a time)

I forgot that part... we went to the 12:01 showing and left the theater at 3am... so with previews and credits it was about 3 hours long. It was long, but worth it. They did a good job of making it seem not that long.

06-24-2009, 02:04 PM	#5
vader9900 To old to play with toys! Offline --> Posts: 5,962 --> Join Date: Oct 2007	I had no idea it was that long until you mentioned it and I checked the clock. It went by fast. __________________ "It ain't about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit, how much you can take and keep moving forward - thats how winning is done!" Rocky Balboa

06-24-2009, 04:25 PM	#6
Prince Adam Think For Yourself Offline --> Posts: 4,185 --> Join Date: Aug 2007	I took my Dad to see it this afternoon as sort of a belated Father's Day present. He really liked the first one and I think he enjoy ROTF even more. I liked it, I'm not even going to lie the first time Prime was on screen I got chills. He's the best part of the movie for me. A lot less human characters than the first which was nice. Soundwave was voiced perfectly, and of course Cullen as prime is just awesome. Prime's swords were one of favorite aspects, he did some serious damage with those not to mention his guns. I thought Sam's roommate Leo was pretty damn hilrious too. Minor nits: -language (c'mon this is a movie based off a kids toyline) -cheep laughs (dogs humping, pot brownies, jockstrap, etc.) -Skids and Mudflap (hated them ) -Robot chick, didn't care for that subplot. Way too "Species". __________________ Last edited by Prince Adam : 06-24-2009 at 04:31 PM.

06-24-2009, 11:48 PM	#7
EasySimpleStuff No regrets... Offline --> Posts: 417 --> Join Date: Nov 2007	Exellent movie, very entertaining, cood laughs (some cheap, but who cares) awesome action secuenses and so on... But I think it suffered from the same problem as Spiderman 3, too much crammed into one movie... and... Skids and Mudflap were funny imo, but got way too much screentime... and Ironhide and Ratchet barely said a line in the movie, which sucked...Sideswipe was mainly a statist hanging around and Prime was mostly "absent" the whole time, they wacked Barricade in the first 10 minutes and how the hell was Blackout still alive (and to be killed by Prime, I mean didnt he die in the final batle in the first one already??) Starscream was a slippery weasel like he should, and got his ass kicked by Megatron a couple of times ... Soundwave was pure magic, and so was Ravage, but Jetfire was like Treebeard straight from LOTR, old, in bad shape and kinda senile ... Megan Fox and her new boobs were in the screen constantly (which was nice, but hey this is Transformers) and a whole lot of decepticons were just "hanging" around without a purpose or name just to be cannon fodder in the last battle... So a good movie absolutely, but too much going on (Fallen, Matrix of leadership, "Super-Prime" the TF "gods" appearing to Sam etc...) Liked the first one better... but exellent nontheless... __________________ "Only Idiots Quote Themselves!" - Me

06-25-2009, 08:33 AM

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wacked Barricade in the first 10 minutes and how the hell was Blackout still alive (and to be killed by Prime, I mean didnt he die in the final batle in the first one already??)

Actually...
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sideways_%28ROTF%29
and
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grindor_%28ROTF%29

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06-25-2009, 09:34 AM	#9
zedhatch Veteran Offline --> Posts: 1,055 --> Join Date: Feb 2005	Jay had to point out the same thing to me on JC, Jay I think this proves how confusing that was to everyone (in other words they should have went with another robot). Alot of the reviews I read were flat out false or overblown, so for fun I desided to review the reviews here (spoilers could not be avoided to explain the inacuracies): http://www.zedsjoesite.com/fun/tf2.html __________________ http://www.zedsjoesite.com Home Scale Wars updated Mon-Fri Every Week

06-25-2009, 09:57 AM

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Jay had to point out the same thing to me on JC, Jay I think this proves how confusing that was to everyone (in other words they should have went with another robot).

Sideways at least had different colors and a very, very different altmode.

As for Grindor, I can definitely understand why they'd need to reuse character models (these things are huge and complex!), but I think some more drastically different colors would have helped. Perhaps a new head as well, or at least a different character's head.

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