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More than meets the eye...
Jul. 4th, 2007 10:15 amSo, I saw the new Transformers movie last night. No spoilers...not that you could really spoil this film...but here's a quick rundown:
1. It wasn't actually nearly as bad as I was expecting. Mind you this dosen't mean it was *good*, but if this was your childhood fandom (squeeeeeeee!) there are parts of it to die for. Mostly the robots were just beautiful, and I'll have to admit here that my heart did the little flippy-awe thing when Prime showed up in all his shiny gorgeousness. What? He was my first fictional-character-crush! I was like *ten* or something for heaven's sake. The Decepticons were pretty scary, especially at the beginning, they did a great job with Prime (purrrrr), and of course I want a Bumblebee. Always did.
2. If you weren't a rabid fan as a child and/or still are (heh), don't even bother. This action fluff has some sweet bits, but there's no real emotional pull unless this scenerio and/or characters mean something to you already. It's silly...it was always silly, but in this version it's even more so. There's not nearly enough character development with the Autobots to make you care if you don't already and absolutely none with the Decepticons. (heh, and the decepticon snark was one of the things that made the cartoon so very fun...)
3. The whole human plotline was obnoxious at best and really deeply annoying at worst. The whole "yay, go US military! Being in Iraq is so cool!" thread annoyed the hell out of me more than I can possibly say, but my own extremely liberal political leanings aside, most everyone was a walking stereotype. Ok, so the Australian girl was very hot, but beyond that...can the Decepticons please kill some of these people? Please?
fun. But if you want the real TFs experience in all of its absurd glory, go see the 80's film.
So yay, transformers fangirl-geekery. Have a Lime Soap and Squid Ink to go with that! 'Til all are one, guys. ;D
1. It wasn't actually nearly as bad as I was expecting. Mind you this dosen't mean it was *good*, but if this was your childhood fandom (squeeeeeeee!) there are parts of it to die for. Mostly the robots were just beautiful, and I'll have to admit here that my heart did the little flippy-awe thing when Prime showed up in all his shiny gorgeousness. What? He was my first fictional-character-crush! I was like *ten* or something for heaven's sake. The Decepticons were pretty scary, especially at the beginning, they did a great job with Prime (purrrrr), and of course I want a Bumblebee. Always did.
2. If you weren't a rabid fan as a child and/or still are (heh), don't even bother. This action fluff has some sweet bits, but there's no real emotional pull unless this scenerio and/or characters mean something to you already. It's silly...it was always silly, but in this version it's even more so. There's not nearly enough character development with the Autobots to make you care if you don't already and absolutely none with the Decepticons. (heh, and the decepticon snark was one of the things that made the cartoon so very fun...)
3. The whole human plotline was obnoxious at best and really deeply annoying at worst. The whole "yay, go US military! Being in Iraq is so cool!" thread annoyed the hell out of me more than I can possibly say, but my own extremely liberal political leanings aside, most everyone was a walking stereotype. Ok, so the Australian girl was very hot, but beyond that...can the Decepticons please kill some of these people? Please?
fun. But if you want the real TFs experience in all of its absurd glory, go see the 80's film.
So yay, transformers fangirl-geekery. Have a Lime Soap and Squid Ink to go with that! 'Til all are one, guys. ;D
