Transforumererersss II - Revenge of the Fallen

[Lopez]

Originally Posted by Desmo

Was the title intentional?

I loved the last film so hopefully this'll be great too. My only gripe in the last one was that in some of the close up shots in the fast moving fight scenes, you couldn't really tell what was what. Other than that, I liked it

I only got round to watching the first one yesterday and totally agree - in some of the fight scenes you just couldn't tell who was who and what was actually going on.
Plus I've seen the guy who played the lead soldier bloke in something else and he annoyed the hell out of me in that so I couldn't warm to him.
Oh and why wasn't Jazz a Martini 911?
And why wasn't Bumblebee a Beetle?
Prime had too much bling and didn't die
No Soundwave
Not enough made of Starscream although his voice was spot on

Hmm, maybe I didn't really like it that much after all

[Greenlizard0]

I know what you mean Lopez. Almost all other comic book adaptations were made fairly true to the originals, yet Transformers has blatently sold itself to the highest bidder. There's one character that got written into the script right at the last moment, since an American car company decided they wanted to use the film to promote a newly released model.

Yes, on one hand that money can be used for a level of special effects that is nothing short of amazing.

But for a fan who liked the original G1 series I too wouldn't mind seeing more of the characters being kept as they were. I honestly don't mind e.g. Ratchet changing from an ambulance to a search and rescue vehicle, but Bumblebee being a totally different car? Same with Jazz, Iron Hide etc.

And don't even get me started on how they cocked up some of their names. And Shia Le Bouf. My word - how does that man keep finding work?

/rant

[divine]

Originally Posted by iCraig

Am I the only one who didn't really enjoy the first one, and thinks the second looks even worse, and dare I say, a bit unneccessary?

I found it largely forgettable.

[iCraig]

Originally Posted by divine

I found it largely forgettable.

Pretty much yeah, something about a cube and the two types of transformers both wanting it for good or evil. The end was really poor IMO, the military part, reverse engineering the cube and megatron to spawn mankinds modern technology. Along with the battle. It was plucked straight from Independance Day?

Dropping them into an ocean trench to hide the evidence so "nobody would ever know" seemed ludicrous. Wasn't there just a huge fight in the middle of the city? Buildings trashed? Army rolling in jets and tanks? Everybody in the city blind are they?

Completely rushed and no need for a sequel IMHO.

I'll leave now, the Transformer fans are circling.

[Greenlizard0]

Yes there are flaws, but it is one with giant transforming robots so I think people shouldn't really try and look too hard at it. It was a visual feast based on the toys that I used to play with as a kid, and that's how I'm going to treat the second one.

I honestly didn't mind the things you described and other factual errors e.g. them being dropped into a place that wasn't the deepest point of the oceans (Lorentian Abyss v Mariana's Trench?).

[Will]

Originally Posted by Knipples

Sod that, Megan Fox, nuff said

I'll join in!!!

I actually enjoyed it. I don't care if it wasn't as it was "supposed" to be, as I just found it a good bit of brainless fun, cool cgi and the goodies won, foxy girl, action, and transformers. What more could you want?!

[Knipples]

Originally Posted by Will

What more could you want?!

Megan Fox to jump out of the screen at me?

[Will]

Originally Posted by Knipples

Megan Fox to jump out of the screen at me?

You'd to have to fight me for her Or we can just share?

[Greenlizard0]

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/trailer

Second teaser.

[Greenlizard0]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramo...geofthefallen/

Another slightly longer trailer. The 1080p version looks sweet!