Comments on: Transformers Movie Trailer Premieres

By: Canon

Canon — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:12:30 +0000

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By: Canon

Canon — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:12:00 +0000

By: Xai

Xai — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:56:11 +0000

I am not qualified to say much about Transformers except that my son liked them many years ago… as toys and an animated show. Transformers has been touted by a few souls on here as a “great” and culturally significant element in our society.
Huh?
I must have been snoozing.

.. but movies have been made on less. I wish them well, but I cannot see this being good or profitable.

By: SithMenace

SithMenace — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:06:47 +0000

The difference between Transformers and Trek XI is Abrams. Michael Bay is a shoot em up car crashing hack while Abrams actually cares about story and character. Also, and this is a big also, Don Murphy is one of the producers for Transformers. Don Murphy. If you’re not familiar with him look him up and see why this movie will be terrible.

By: TomBot2006

TomBot2006 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:14:36 +0000

*makes transforming noises And does R-O-B-O-T dance…
we will see, I have my doubts, but also, I’m not that wild about TRANSFORMERS to care a whole lot.

By: Mark 2000

Mark 2000 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:02:04 +0000

Looking at a trailer like this reminds me how stale the block buster industry is and how the only big flicks I’ve enjoyed in years is the first two X-Men (even the wife liked those). This looks bad and makes me wish Star Trek was not being woken up again so soon. If I have to sit through a fast moving Trek film with underwear models as stars I’ll be a sad and angry monkey looking for a refund.

By: senya cartel

senya cartel — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:24:57 +0000

lol @ #9. Let’s hope the next Trek doesn’t end up on MST3K (or perhaps, let hope it does!). I personally liked “Danger: Diabolik” on MST3K but I digress.

Spocks Brain would’ve been a good episode…if it hadn’t been about surgical removal of Spock’s Brain by ditzy space “hoes”. (i.e. the evolution of species in the Sigma Draconis system, etc.).

By: ety3

ety3 — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:20:15 +0000

“The Island” was mostly derived from a late-’70s movie called “Parts: The Clonus Horror.” It dealt with a bunch of clones in a secluded facility who were being raised solely to provide organs and tissue for their rich counterparts on the outside. And one of the clones found out, etc.

In fact, the plotline is so similar, the producers of “Parts” sued the makers of “The Island,” though I don’t recall how that turned out.

Naturally, the most enjoyable way to watch “Parts” is with the eighth season Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode in which it was featured.

As far as Trek goes, If Ocri and Kurtzman had something to do with lifting “Parts” to make “The Island,” I’d be worried. After all, if you’re going to lift from TOS to make a new film, you don’t want them lifting from “Spock’s Brain.”

By: Dom

Dom — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:19:01 +0000

Orci and Kurtzman also did some very good, feature-filmic episodes of Alias. Given they have way more power with this Trek screenplay, I’m intrigued to see how they get along with a genuine big budget.

Must pick up MI:III!

By: senya cartel

senya cartel — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:03:11 +0000

I had no idea of Orci or Kurtzman or what work they had done in the past. So I guess they’re the *writers* of the script to be used for ST XI?

I have no interest in “Transformers the Movie”, so I doubt I’ll be seeing it. I was 10 years old at the height of Transformer’s popularity as toys so I know the backstory (the canon, so to speak). The description on Yahoo! says “Good” vs “Evil” so it doesn’t sound like it could be a very complex storyline but in fairness, there weren’t many shades of grey between Autobots and Decepticons. Then again, I suppose as a cartoon-made-movie its mission should be to become a live action comic book ala X-Men (a genre I generally lack interest in, Spiderman, Batman, Superman, etc.).

Then again, perhaps I’m wrong and, in fact, it is going to be a “talky yawnfest” and I’ll be motivated to buy it on DVD when it comes out. I don’t believe that seeing this movie would reassure me about Trek. MI-3 is part of a genre I enjoy for what it is — despite the whining I heard over it, I thought MI-3 was the best of the 3 MI movies. That doesn’t guarantee good Trek though. Perhaps I’ll go rent “The Island” since I’ve never seen any of the other films Adam mentioned.