Michael Bay wants to take "Mutant" out of the Ninja Turtles. - Page 3

BitVyper · 03-22-2012, 04:42 AM

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first movie was really good

Just so we're clear.

Professor Smarmiarty · 03-22-2012, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by walkertexasdruid

I thought Bay did alright with The Transformers, first movie was really good, second was ok, and third was really good.

Is this a bannable offence? It should be.
Someobyd go put it in the rules.

Arhra · 03-22-2012, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by walkertexasdruid

I thought Bay did alright with The Transformers, first movie was really good, second was ok, and third was really good. But TMNT should be left alone.

Are you kidding? The second film is the second worst film I have ever seen.

It had some nice bits, but as a whole the thing was rubbish. The climax was a complete mess of cuts between jets taking off, soldiers shooting at spiky metal things waaaaaaay off in the distance and explosions.

They were blatantly recycling their expensive, over-complex yet samey CGI models, the things that should have been the real set pieces (like Devastator, Megatron, the Fallen and any other established Decepticons) barely got any screen time, and then Optimus solves the whole thing inside of thirty seconds by having bits of another robot glued to him.

Although that last part is, at least, somewhat true to your standard Transformers plot.

Oh, lets not forgot Shia Lebouf going to Robot Heaven but being sent back, because he still has work to do.

MSperoni · 03-22-2012, 05:53 AM

I've only seen most of the first Transformers and maybe 10 minutes of one of the others (I didn't know if it was 2 or 3). My take on the first one is that I didn't mind it.

Like it came across as sucking but I didn't care. I didn't feel that it was meant to be analyzed as if it were a good movie so I didn't bother trying (sorta like a porno). I wouldn't spend the time to watch it again though.

It was just "yay, spectacle, I'm not sure what's going on, megan fox is hot, oh it's over? Guess I'll go do something else now."

BitVyper · 03-22-2012, 06:16 AM

It was a spectacle the way a man shitting himself on stage is. Like everyone says it's just a popcorn movie or whatever that's supposed to mean, but the whole thing is like ~2 hours of flashing lights and noise. There aren't any good visuals - there's barely even visuals at all because the direction was so shitty. The soundtrack wasn't even trying, the visual aesthetic was shit, the acting was abyssmal, the writing was basically non-existent, Megan Fox is so generic you might as well open up a Maxim, the jokes were roughly on the level of Dumb and Dumber, and the action was constantly obscured by shitty camerawork.

Michael Bay's Transformers does not deserve the excuses people make for it.

Professor Smarmiarty · 03-22-2012, 06:21 AM

It's not a spectacle though. It's like 2 hours of poop jokes and racial stereotypes followed by 10 minutes of indistinguishable robot fighitng. It's not a robot fighting movie, its a terrible not funny comedy movie with some robots appearing occasionally.

Sky Warrior Bob · 03-22-2012, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by walkertexasdruid

I thought Bay did alright with The Transformers, first movie was really good, second was ok, and third was really good. But TMNT should be left alone.

I've got a different opinion of the Transformers movies entirely. The first movie was decent, but only because of the huge fan pressure for Bay not to his typical movie.

Even after that, it still wasn't all that great. But it was a decent popcorn flick.

The second one, just makes no dang sense. 3rd, even less.

Bay started off his career with a Playboy shoot for Kerri Kendall & I don't think he's progressed past that level of maturity in his directing. Pretty shots maybe, but lax on the content.

This is appropriate, sorta. Robot Chicken clip on Bay. Starts off a bit crude & nonsequiter.

Might be NSFW, so be warned.

kyrtuck · 03-22-2012, 07:44 AM

The only interesting thing I find about the Transformers flicks is the fact that Barack Obama is mentioned by name. In childrens and teens media, presidents are traditionally nameless faceless entities who just serve to be targets, or congradulate a hero for doing something.

PCD · 03-22-2012, 07:54 AM

This guy sums up pretty much everything: When you heard Michael Bay is on board, what the hell did you expect?

Fifthfiend · 03-22-2012, 10:19 AM

AUGH fuck it's Can't Just Write Down The Words Guy.

03-22-2012, 05:53 AM	#24
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BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	It was a spectacle the way a man shitting himself on stage is. Like everyone says it's just a popcorn movie or whatever that's supposed to mean, but the whole thing is like ~2 hours of flashing lights and noise. There aren't any good visuals - there's barely even visuals at all because the direction was so shitty. The soundtrack wasn't even trying, the visual aesthetic was shit, the acting was abyssmal, the writing was basically non-existent, Megan Fox is so generic you might as well open up a Maxim, the jokes were roughly on the level of Dumb and Dumber, and the action was constantly obscured by shitty camerawork. Michael Bay's Transformers does not deserve the excuses people make for it. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here. Last edited by BitVyper; 03-22-2012 at 06:18 AM.

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Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	It's not a spectacle though. It's like 2 hours of poop jokes and racial stereotypes followed by 10 minutes of indistinguishable robot fighitng. It's not a robot fighting movie, its a terrible not funny comedy movie with some robots appearing occasionally.

03-22-2012, 07:44 AM	#28
kyrtuck Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 106	The only interesting thing I find about the Transformers flicks is the fact that Barack Obama is mentioned by name. In childrens and teens media, presidents are traditionally nameless faceless entities who just serve to be targets, or congradulate a hero for doing something.