Missy Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 This looks kinda okay. As Lee Medcalf put it on the Black Dog Facebook page, this has an Iron Giant vibe, which is a huge plus. It's also directed by the guy who did Kubo and the Two Strings, which is another bonus. Add in classic VW Bumblebee, and classic Spoiler STARSCREAM~! and this just might get my money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 I have too much experience with this franchise to expect anything passable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Totally agree. The 2007 movie was the only one of this line that I've seen in the theater; it was clunky, visually confusing, and not very fun. And that right there turned me off of the other movies. However, director Travis Knight earned a lot of goodwill with Kubo and the Two Strings. He's the main reason I might give this one a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 I mean, that's valid. I enjoyed Kubo too. I just know exactly what to expect from a Transformers movie at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 Absolutely. But I'm also hoping an Oscar-nominated actor adds weight to the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 I'm drunk right now but... I've felt this level of excitement before. Going into the first Transformers, I was kind of high on all of the bullshit. By the last one, I knew I was going to see the steaming sack, it was just a matter of when. At this point, I like the trailer but, until actual trailers come in, I can't let my own black, cynical heat, get excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 With this being set in the 1980s, along with the classic looks of Bumblebee and [redacted], I wonder if we'll see classic Optimus Prime too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 9 hours ago, The Master said: Absolutely. But I'm also hoping an Oscar-nominated actor adds weight to the movie. I dunno, man, John Tuturro, John Goodman, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins and Frances GODDAMNED McDormand couldn’t save the previous movies. Joking aside, I don’t hate this trailer. And I always turn up for Villian Cena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 This is the Transformers movie nobody asked for, but it's VW Bumblebee so I'll watch it just for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 6/5/2018 at 11:06 AM, teenalphabro said: I have too much experience with this franchise to expect anything passable. Right there with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 I'm still digging this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted September 28, 2018 Report Share Posted September 28, 2018 Two thoughts. 1. This looks like an apology to people who grew up with Transformers for the previous movies. 2. Are you telling me that Bumblebee had been on Planet Earth for twenty years prior to the first Transformers movie and did not make a single effort to find the Witwicky family and get the glasses? (Sam would technically not have been born.) Maybe @D.W. or @James D. can rant about that because I am just dumbfounded. Sentinel Prime is on the moon. The Fallen is in his Roundhouse chair. Megatron is still frozen. Bumblebee gets the map, finds the AllSpark, wins the war, and five Transformers movies never happen! No Movie!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted September 29, 2018 Report Share Posted September 29, 2018 Ehh, the fifth movie establishes that Bumblebee fought Nazis in WW2 and keeping straight the continuity of these things requires more time than I think anyone should put effort into. At this point, I might check this out but I will probably just wait to watch it with a beer so I can heckle it in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted September 29, 2018 Report Share Posted September 29, 2018 Yeah, I'm long done trying to figure out anything about their timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 29, 2018 Report Share Posted September 29, 2018 Big same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 19 hours ago, James D. said: Yeah, I'm long done trying to figure out anything about their timeline. I work in accounting. When the numbers are this glaringly off, it bugs me. I can't help it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 I had an issue trying to figure out the X-Men timeline with the new movie and just gave up before having a stroke. These companies don't think people care about continuity even though comic book fans are very OCD about it, which is more proof that these movies aren't made for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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