DISQUS

HERO! 261 · 1 year ago

bigger better boom for my buck?.......well DUH!

Senseless Babble · 1 year ago

Really? "My loyalty to director Michael Bay runs deep, so deep that I will contend to this day that The Island was a decent film. Nothing I can do about Pearl Harbor, but The Island had its merits." - - I actually feel just the opposite. I much prefer Pearl Harbor over The Island. - Huh! Aint life funny that way. - - Senseless Babble

Assault T-Shirts · 1 year ago

"In a sense, I was the poor Russian boy during the Cold War, who willingly gave up his free speech under communist rule for the simple fact that he knew he would be fed"

Neil are you actually learning to write? haha, that's a great analogy. Love it.

I personally don't mind some commercialism in films. I think it's a good way to help along a movie and keep the budget to a minimum, but when it's blatant and in your face I can't stand it... like the mountain dew pop machine in Transformers.

Lyndon · 1 year ago

The Island might have been a good film? Had the marketing department or whoever is in charge, didn't reveal the major plot twist in the trailer!

Are you telling me, car companies wouldn't be lining up to have their cars in the movie. As far as the Transformers movie goes, I'd rather no movie.

On a side note, are the going to redesign Optimus? Or will he still have those douchey flames in his vehicle mode.

Cole Abaius · 1 year ago

Neil, you and I have always disagreed about things like this. And about basic hygiene.

Of course you already realize that I despise Michael Bay for his inability to put together a coherent movie, and I didn't like the first Transformers for just that reason. However, the problem of commercialism in movies steps into a different realm altogether.

Some people have problems with commercialism and capitalism at a core-level. I'm not one of them. I tend to think I'm level-headed to avoid protesting a movie just because it prominently features a brand. In fact, I think having brands in movies adds to the verisimilitude - the real world is made up of major brands, so when a movie has a generic, joke name for a real product it actually takes me out of the action.

But, I'm smart enough to realize when I'm being sold to. And that's the problem. Perhaps you're too excited to get pulled out of the shiny new story whenever commercialism strikes, but I do. When Bumble Bee transforms and knocks the turret off a tank, that's awesome. When we get a close-up, steady-cam shot of the Chevy logo for 10 seconds while Bumble Bee is speeding down the road, it's disgusting.

And I totally disagree that Transformers wouldn't have been made without corporate sponsorship. Your ultimatum to either deal with commercialism or have no movie is just silly, my friend.

Gotta run. I'm suddenly hungry for McNuggets.

Rob Hunter · 1 year ago

An odd and seemingly impossible collision of events here... I agree with some of Neil's post (minus all the 'I Heart Michael Bay' pablum) and all of Cole "I'm boycotting FSR but not really" Abaius' points.

Bill Brasky · 1 year ago

Transformers needs cool cars and great special effects! If strategically placing cool sports cars in the film to double the FX budget ... I'm sold! What does it matter, it's not like we all walked to the Chevy dealership like zombies and dropped 60K to pre-order a Camaro.

eastindyguy · 1 year ago

Cole, you can't be serious... The Transformers wasn't coherent. My lord, my 8 year old daughter is able to follow it without having to ask questions. Do you want movies that are not only spoon fed to you but also chewed and swallowed for you as well. If there is one complaint to be made about Michael Bay, it has to be that his films are entirely too simplistic at times.

Cole Abaius · 1 year ago

Simplistic. Yes. Simplistic to the point of incoherency.

And of course I'd like my movies fed to me baby-bird style. Preferably while I sit on a bunch of pillows with servants massaging me and feeding me cantaloupe.

sigma 6 · 1 year ago

I feel growing up with transformers there were different makes and models of cars. I wished that they had followed the new transformers alternator line of toys for the cars. I really wanted to see a S2000 and maybe even a EVO, or even a Lancer, or even a Ferarri. Instead we get all these GMC cars, I always thought autobots are suppose to be exotic cars not everday american cars. Camero is fine even the new Mustang or corvette but Chevy Beat and Trax are freakin ugly, why not a like a TC or Xb? Paramount has made millions of the first and maybe more on a ton more on the sequel why not do it right, and use good cars! Please do it right!

jnt · 10 months ago

I don't get it...what's the issue. The cars are cool, most of them are coming out now. The Beat was just a hit at the Detroit auto show and wasannounced as a production car, the volt is changing everything in the industry and now has virtually every automaker chasing it's technology, The camaro won best of show when it was introduced as a concept has over 10k pre-orders and it will be in dealers by the time the movie comes out. It's not like you are hypnotized to go buy one and if you did, what would be wrong with that...like I said, they are cool cars. Would you rather have a prius, corolla, highlander and sequoia transforming....yikes! Either way, it shouldn't affect anyone's enjoyment of the movie....My only regret is that GM did not get the Cadillac Converj concept out before the movie filmed....now that would be one bad-a$$ good guy....oh well...maybe T3