More than Meets the Eye
I saw Transformers on Tuesday night and I have to say, it really fulfilled every need. If you
A) like robots
B) like cars
C) like planes
D) like robots turning into cars and planes
E) like things that go boom and catch on fire
then you won’t be disappointed. I am totes serious as the kids say. If you are expecting some kind of earth-shattering statement on politics and technology and the human race, you will also not be disappointed. Meaning that the Earth actually shatters in the movie so that is kind of cool. And there is also some kind of statement on politics and technology and the human race but I don’t know what that was because I was too busy FOCUSING ON THE CARS TRANSFORMING INTO REALLY SWEET ROBOTS THAT BLOW SHIT UP. I kind of wish they had lasers but I mean they are only cars, that’d just be too extreme. (AS IN EXTREMELY COOL, DAMN YOU TRANSFORMERS.)
The editing was kind of crappy, not that I cared. I mean things were blowing up why am I even going there. Also the director recycles the same shot over and over from like all of his own movies, but whatever. Why am I even talking about that? THERE IS A ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TANK, WHO CARES. What really bummed me out was that the transformations didn’t really make mechanical sense like in the toys. It just looked like a big Rubik’s Cube and then ta-daaa robot! In the toys it was all cool to see that the wheels become the joints on Optimus Prime’s legs. Oh man I am totally geeking out here. But let me geek out some more:
I’m sad they didn’t get the actual voice actor for Starscream who was also the voice of the Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe. He didn’t really talk in the movie so there was no cheeky Deceptocon humor. They focused on the humans as if you know we care about them. DUDE ROBOTS COME ON.
Tonight I’m seeing I’m a Cyborg but That’s OK starring Rain, also known as the Justin Timberlake of Korea. The guy is unstoppable, I think he is out King of Popping the actual King of Pop in Asia. Anyway it’s directed by Park Chan Wook, so a romantic comedy seems a little off but probably pretty cool. But I am told there are no robots despite the title, which kind of bummed me out. But Rain is nice to look at. Rain if you are reading this I think we should go out because I bet my mom would be like totes into you.
Okay, all that’s true. but was a little like listening to a soda-drunk eight-year-old telling you a two and a half hour lie.
So did Rain get you wet? hahaha, I bet I am like the first person to make that joke. Today. Ok, probably not. Wanna hear a Your Momma joke instead?
Pony: Why must you ruin everything beautiful? Why can’t you just take it for what it is? ROBOTS THAT TRANSFORM AND MAKE THINGS EXPLODE.
Steve: It was really good and he in fact did get wet. Because that is Rain’s signature move. Getting wet. Also there is a scene where he has his shirt off and it’s seriously like the most gratuitous shirt-off scene ever.
You might have to fight your mom for Rain. And I have this feeling that your mom would win.
I must say that I absolutely loved Transformers too. It was off the hook! Bumblebee was the best. I want Bumblebee. It was better than I expected. I wanna c it again. It actually had a good storyline.
Bumblebee peed on a guy. Y_Y
The guy who did Starscream and Cobra Commander (and the original Moe from the Simpsons, Chris Latta) couldn’t do the work for the movie, b/c he passed away in 1994.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Latta
You didn’t touch on how they sorta melded Bumblebee’s persona and Hot Rod’s persona. Actually come to think of it the movie Bumblebee was really just Hot Rod under a different color scheme and name.
I agree with the transformations though. They half-assed it.
As for Starscream, at least they put that bit in there where Megtraon commented on how Starscream fails him every time.
Did you happen to catch Colbert’s rant on Rain in last night’s Report?
And did you think anybody would ever comment on a blog entry this old?
Steve: What the hell? Why are you commenting on this one? I didn’t catch it (I have no TV and have to wait until the next day to see it on Com Central website and then I end up never watching it because their servers are so slow you can’t watch anything). He’s had a thing ‘against’ Rain for a long time. Hahaha Rain sold out 2 nights at MSG in like ninety minutes or something. NY Times had a story about it.