Jun 1 2009Giant Robots Smashing Things

UGH idgaf I cannot wait for this movie & SHIA.

Looks like this movie will rock!!

I have to go with IWS guy on this one. Way too many ways to off puny humans. Step on them (suggested), blow them up with the seeminly unlimited amount of ammo and energy packed by Decepticons, nuke them from space (or high altitude), provide your robo-mosquito with a poison bite, nanobot swarm, the possibilities are endless. But no, this idiot thing has... a ball and chain flail? wtf? What moron designed these things? (Or do they design themselves? Based on what, legends of King Arthur and the Black Knight?, Ivanhoe?) I'm all for suspension of disbelief, but if you stretch it too far, you cross the line between a movie like Pitch Black and a movie like Plan 9 From Outer Space.

@ DreamFolder

Are you really analyzing this? Its a summer action movie and you want sense? Well, if we are going to delve into this then I have your answer: These robots weren't made (or they didn't make themselves) for human fighting/interaction. They were made to ineract/fight/destroy other giant massive robot people. So, no, the robo-bugs wouldn't have poison in them because, well, robots aren't affected by poison and he would have a ball and chain type weapon (i guess) because he's used to trashing things that are around his size.

Although the stepping on and nuking ideas are still very valid ideas we just wouldn't have a 2 hour movie then would we? This movie doesn't need to make complete sense. Remember, we already stepped out of bounds of "logic" when you remember that a) Its a movie about sentient robot aliens and b) based off of an 80s 30 minute toy ad.

That's what happen when you kill the robot's little friend!

Megan Fox... so hot... but by god her acting makes me hurt. I love how she runs through the whole spectrum of emotions - its like a roulette wheel with settings "aroused, concerned, blank stare, and crying" spinning around and around before settling on "terrified with tears in eyes and covering mouth with hands" - second prize for crap acting goes to Shia carefully ripping off the head off the insecticon, thinking "wow! a robotic insect witha camera while we're hiding from robots - neat. I'm gonna take my time with this..."

@4 - "I say we just take off and nuke the entire site from orbit - it's the only way to be sure." Awesome. Nice indirect movie reference, there.

@ 4
Thank You Tom you said what I was thinking!

Anyway, I agree sometimes hollywood makes some pretty bad movies with really shitty plots, BUT sometimes during the summer you just want to sit back, enjoy the AC, with a bucket of popcorn, and watch giant robots blow stuff up while chasing two teenagers for a hour! Besides, turning Shia & Megan's character's into little red spots all over the desert probably won't win over the parent & little kid crowd that will most def. go see the movie and then buy toys, happy meals, and etc.

I'd also like to point out - thoroughly wearing my ridiculous super-nerd hat - that the ball-chain weapon is based on a feature of Megatron's from the first episode arc of the 80s cartoon where Megatron fights Optimus on top of (the Hoover?) dam . . . so from that perspective, it's not all that inaccurate really . . .

Plus, I'll bet you a tenner it was a constructicon who turns into a crane with a wrecking ball, so again, makes sense.

And anyway, this weekends biggest box-office hit was a film about a guy who ties balloons to his house and floats away into the sky to have adventures with a boy scout, a talking dog and some weird bird thing . . . and you actually think a robot with a flail makes less sense than that?? Where did you do to school?

pretty sure my childhood memories have been trashed enough that i may actually enjoy this now. Also we need at least 5-6 more ninja turtle movies, we really need to explore the Donatello angle in more depth.