Transformers: Dark of the Moon

[HaemishM]

^ Yeah, that. ^

[KallDrexx]

Um, well in the only fight I really remember between Optimus Prime you could tell the difference between the two robots because one was blue, the other wasn't.  

And I didn't say the camera didn't move, I meant the camera didn't constantly change between different camera angles, there's a difference.  And again, I was commenting on the style of the directing for the CGI fights, not the actual fight themselves.

*edit* I think too many movies that involve a lot of CGI rely on camera cutting to mask the fact that they suck at doing realistic, long-lasting animation sequences in action movies, and I thought that at least one scene of Transformers did very well on this part.  Other then that the movie sucked, and the fact that this one scene is all I really remember from the movie is telling.

[HaemishM]

You don't remember that one scene with Shia LeBouf running while shit explodes all around him? Or that scene with Megan Fox while shit explodes all around her? Or that other scene where Marines fire uselessly at robots while shit explodes all around them?

[Ironwood]

I must admit I did love the scenes where the humans would have a missile strike a meter behind them, showering them with concrete blocks and then keep running.  There was even a scene where Megan got sconed with an ancient egyptian sandstone block the size of her tits right on the bonce and she SHRUGGED IT OFF.

Tough, Tough Motherfuckers.  Alternatively, immersion breaking bullshit.

You decide.

Also, Jazz.  Funny.  Alternatively, downright fucking stupid.

[Pennilenko]

I enjoyed the other movies and I will probably enjoy this one. I am however a fan of giant robots and explosions. I don't really need much plot or storyline if there are enough explosions and shiny moving objects. In fact i would say there is a nicely curved scale. As the ratio of explosions and shiny moving objects goes down my need for plot and storyline go up.

[Typhon]

^ Yeah, that. ^

Everytime Prime's sword comes out and he slices something off, or rams it into somethings head, need for plot and storyline drastically plummet.

[Merusk]

I'll confess to loving the Prime fight scene across the highway with the blade in the 1st movie.  That and the fight at the end of 1 with Megatron where Peter Cullen once again delivers "One shall stand, one shall fall" were the best parts of both movies.  Too bad they were both in the first movie.   

[01101010]

I'll confess to loving the Prime fight scene across the highway with the blade in the 1st movie.  That and the fight at the end of 1 with Megatron where Peter Cullen once again delivers "One shall stand, one shall fall" were the best parts of both movies.  Too bad they were both in the first movie.   

Robots with big knives... 

Seriously.. swords? Glad I have seen any of these movies. Well, except the first one, the true first one, circa 1984,

[MuffinMan]

Seriously.. swords? Glad I have seen any of these movies.

You must have not seen any of the cartoons, either.

[Chimpy]

Alternatively, immersion breaking bullshit.

The biggest immersion breaking BS in the second one was the "open the hangar door at the Smithsonian Air and Space Annex (which they even said IN THE MOVIE is in D.C.), walk outside the door and BAM! you are in Arizona at the airplane graveyard."

But the whole movie was just bad. Glad I paid nothing to see it (I netflix'd the DVD because of this thread, actually, you bastards).

[01101010]

Seriously.. swords? Glad I have seen any of these movies.

You must have not seen any of the cartoons, either.

Oh I was a huge fan of the cartoon, but the trauma blocked out those stupid episodes. GUNS > swords... Indiana Jones taught us all that. 

[Slyfeind]

Oh I was a huge fan of the cartoon, but the trauma blocked out those stupid episodes. GUNS > swords... Indiana Jones taught us all that. 

NINJAS > ALL

[Trippy]

That's not a ninja in your video

[Typhon]

I'll confess to loving the Prime fight scene across the highway with the blade in the 1st movie.  That and the fight at the end of 1 with Megatron where Peter Cullen once again delivers "One shall stand, one shall fall" were the best parts of both movies.  Too bad they were both in the first movie.   

Robots with big knives... 

Seriously.. swords? Glad I have seen any of these movies. Well, except the first one, the true first one, circa 1984,

Posts like this and all the existential shit in the tron post crack me up.  Transformers is about GIANT ROBOTS, there's nothing serious about it.  There never was - it was a cartoon made to sell toys.  Tron was a movie made to sell video games.  Action escapism who's secret message is capitalism.  If you don't realize that going in... what the fuck are you thinking?  If you want some semblance of reality, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

[Slyfeind]

That's not a ninja in your video

That's what they want you to think. DUH!

[WindupAtheist]

Seriously.. swords? Glad I have seen any of these movies. Well, except the first one, the true first one, circa 1984,

You must have not seen any of the cartoons, either.

Or that part in the 1986 animated movie where Megatron busts out a lightsaber against Optimus. Or the part in that same movie where Hot Rod is practicing with one aboard the ship. Or the part where the Junkions attack the Autobots with nets and hatchets. Or the part where Springer busts out a sword during that same fight.

Transformers was always chock full of improbable melee combat. Always.

[Ironwood]

Yeah and it was fucking awesome.  Megatron gutted Prime like a fish with that lightsabre too.

But, yeah, when Prime put the sword through Brawl's head in the first Bay one :  Pure Gold.

[Ratman_tf]

Rule of Cool beats out realism. As long as it's got versimilitude.

[01101010]

There is only one robot I will allow to have a sword. 

[K9]

Alternatively, immersion breaking bullshit.

The biggest immersion breaking BS in the second one was the "open the hangar door at the Smithsonian Air and Space Annex (which they even said IN THE MOVIE is in D.C.), walk outside the door and BAM! you are in Arizona at the airplane graveyard."

This. My mind can usually absorb small plot holes, but this was beyond baffling.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Voltron I believe wasn't a robot so much as a giant mech. In that, he had no AI and was just piloted.

[Aez]

Voltron I believe wasn't a robot so much as a giant mech. In that, he had no AI and was just piloted.

Then a tank would definitely beat him with superior armor and firepower.

[MuffinMan]

Oh god. What have you done???

[Lakov_Sanite]

How does a tank have superior armor and firepower than voltron? he's a giant lion mecha who I believe also has some ranged capabilities. You gotta be more specific than just "a tank"

[Trippy]

Uh oh...

[Fordel]

Swoop is always getting his ass kicked. Poor Swoop.



-edit- What was the Brontosauruses name again?

I know the Triceratops is Slag, and the Stegosaurus is Snarl and Grimlock is Grimlock, but I can never remember the Bronto one.

[Merusk]

Swoop is always getting his ass kicked. Poor Swoop.

That's because Swoop is mentally deficient even by dinobot standards.

The brontosaurus was Sludge.

[Fordel]

Sludge! 

[Ratman_tf]

Uh oh...

I'm going straight to combat unicycles and beating the rush.

[Aez]

How does a tank have superior armor and firepower than voltron? he's a giant lion mecha who I believe also has some ranged capabilities. You gotta be more specific than just "a tank"

Not sure if sarcasm but just in case : Have fun

[WindupAtheist]

How does a tank have superior armor and firepower than voltron? he's a giant lion mecha who I believe also has some ranged capabilities. You gotta be more specific than just "a tank"

A tank of similar tonnage, built with the same level of technology.

[Ingmar]

How does a tank have superior armor and firepower than voltron? he's a giant lion mecha who I believe also has some ranged capabilities. You gotta be more specific than just "a tank"

A tank of similar tonnage, built with the same level of technology.

[Ratman_tf]

How does a tank have superior armor and firepower than voltron? he's a giant lion mecha who I believe also has some ranged capabilities. You gotta be more specific than just "a tank"

Not sure if sarcasm but just in case : Have fun

That thread is fuckin money. Picasso wept in heaven on reading it.

[WindupAtheist]

(giant tank picture)

Honestly 99% of science fiction would get curbstomped by the US Army circa like 1965, when we were cranking out nuke-tipped everything. Nuclear artillery shells and air-to-air missiles would fuck up a lot of AT-AT walkers/flying robots/whatever. Not that you'd want to build a house near where all the nukes went off, but it beats living under the yoke of King Zarkon or something.

[Lakov_Sanite]

How does a tank have superior armor and firepower than voltron? he's a giant lion mecha who I believe also has some ranged capabilities. You gotta be more specific than just "a tank"

A tank of similar tonnage, built with the same level of technology.

Yes but voltron can fly which would give it far superior mobility. Can this tank fly?