Official Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon Thread

[Aikouka]

As someone asked, I found the 3D underwhelming. I prefer 3D to provide a new experience and not lightly enhance the current experience. Trying to distinguish the foreground and background using 3D is kind of lame (in my opinion) and other than that... there weren't as many "flying at you" sort of parts. Starscream's oil slobber was done well in 3D though.

the only autobots that can fly is Jetfire.

Assuming you mean Skyfire (I believe he's also called Jetfire), I believe he was actually a Decepticon who turned sides.

Also, newer Autobots, such as the Dinobots, flew in humanoid form in numerous episodes.

EDIT:

Or did the good robots just have the misfortune of crashing in a suburban auto-mall as opposed to a military base. And why couldn't they just change later? Bumblebee did. You're telling me Optimus couldn't realize that maybe a semi truck wasn't the ideal vehicle to go after an F-14? If I were him, I'd start telling the autobots to start transforming into something a little more battle-ready than a Camaro. Clearly, he has no business leading troops into battle if he thinks that a Pontiac Solstice is a good match against a tank.

Both the Autobots and Decepticons looked a bit different before they crash-landed on Earth. I also found it amusing that they used the term "The Ark" in the 3rd movie, but that was the name of the Autobot ship that carried them to Earth. But anyway, when they crashed, Teletran-1 sent out a probe to gather local mechanical designs to "fit in."

Decepticons also typically lost because of the feuding between Starscream (with Thundercracker and the-other-one) and Megatron. Starscream was looking for any chance to overthrow Megatron as leader, and he acts in the same condescending manner in the movies too. He actually does become the leader after Megatron is killed in the cartoon, but is killed by Galvatron (Megatron "reincarnated") later on.

 

[zinfamous]

so the fans/audiences could distinguish between the Decepticons Megatron when he is fighting with the autobots during those fast ass action sequences by Bay.

not like it would help. it's always tight shots of cgi elbows and knees spinning and hitting stuff. not like the color would help.

plus--it's just robots fighting. no stakes involved.
does it ever matter how a battle ends?

 

[SandEagle]

Yeah, what the fuck is up with that? Here you have a race of intelligent robot aliens, and it turns out that all the ones that are capable of flight are evil? How does that make any sense? It's even stupider because in the Bay movie, he shows them transforming into shit based on what they see. All the good guys become cars or trucks; the bad guys have a couple of land vehicles as well, but also some fighter jets and a chopper. What the fuck is that all about? Is there some agreement on Cybertron that anything that flies is evil?

Bot 1: I want to be a racecar!
Optimus: OK, you're a good guy.
Bot 2: I'ma be an airplane!
Optimus: ROBOTS ARE NOT MEANT TO FLY. I CAST THEE OUT!

Or did the good robots just have the misfortune of crashing in a suburban auto-mall as opposed to a military base. And why couldn't they just change later? Bumblebee did. You're telling me Optimus couldn't realize that maybe a semi truck wasn't the ideal vehicle to go after an F-14? If I were him, I'd start telling the autobots to start transforming into something a little more battle-ready than a Camaro. Clearly, he has no business leading troops into battle if he thinks that a Pontiac Solstice is a good match against a tank.

you must be a blast at parties

 

[gorcorps]

you must be a blast at parties

AHAHAHA! You insulted his social skills after he went into movie details! That's so fucking funny and original I can hardly keep my sides from splitting.

Whoops, I mistyped. I meant really fucking annoying and so obnoxiously unoriginal it's sickening.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=21303348&postcount=10
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=31878362&postcount=20
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=31666454&postcount=17
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=29860151&postcount=25
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=30987294&postcount=4
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=27526402&postcount=43
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=26863852&postcount=9
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=26731203&postcount=15

One of them is even you again from years ago.

 

[SandEagle]

AHAHAHA! You insulted his social skills after he went into movie details! That's so fucking funny and original I can hardly keep my sides from splitting.

Whoops, I mistyped. I meant really fucking annoying and so obnoxiously unoriginal it's sickening.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=21303348&postcount=10
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=31878362&postcount=20
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=31666454&postcount=17
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=29860151&postcount=25
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=30987294&postcount=4
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=27526402&postcount=43
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=26863852&postcount=9
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=26731203&postcount=15

One of them is even you again from years ago.

you must be the life of the party, Brandon.

 

[gigahertz20]

If you're looking for the Transformers 3 experience without having to actually endure through it, simply tip out your cutlery drawer onto a FHM centrefold whilst humming 'The Star-Spangled Banner'. Hey presto.

 

[Zstream]

Anyone know the model of LCD used for those white Lenevo monitors? Those looked sweet.

 

[Pulsar]

Yeah, what the fuck is up with that? Here you have a race of intelligent robot aliens, and it turns out that all the ones that are capable of flight are evil?

In a dense kind of way, you hit on why I think the entire transformer movie franchise (aside from the original animated) sucks.

1. They took a franchise with a lot of TV history behind it, and even 1 movie, and totally gutted it.
2. They've changed key bits of the original transformer story so that large portions of it no longer make sense.
3. They're essentially figuring out what they think might look cool and throwing it all into a movie with no serious plot development.

In the end, the only thing these movies have been good for is stupid blind blow-em-up bullshit. They're the worst kind of blockbuster - no story, no thinking involved, no creativity, just a couple hours of stuff blowing up.

They're right in there with GI Joe and the rest of how Hollywood can continue to fuck up good things.

 

[zinfamous]

you must be the life of the party, Brandon.

of course he is.

don't you see that bitchin' pipe?

 

[coldmeat]

Anyone know the model of LCD used for those white Lenevo monitors? Those looked sweet.

After watching the movie I suddenly had the urge to buy some Lenovo and Cisco products.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

After watching the movie I suddenly had the urge to buy some Lenovo and Cisco products.

The product placement worked! =D

I suddenly have an urge to by a Ferrari

 

[ghost recon88]

Where can I buy that Optimus Prime semi-truck cab to use as my daily driver?

 

[TheVrolok]

the only autobots that can fly is Jetfire.

Even he had an alliance with the Decepticons originally, he joined the Autobots later.

 

[Zstream]

After watching the movie I suddenly had the urge to buy some Lenovo and Cisco products.

I'm serious, i've been looking for a white IPS/LED for quite some time now.

 

[Aikouka]

1. They took a franchise with a lot of TV history behind it, and even 1 movie, and totally gutted it.

I think there's one huge thing we need to keep in mind. Transformers is not just the Transformers that we grew up with. Just like with comic books, there are multiple different variations of Transformers, and I'm not referring to that Beast Wars stuff. Oddly enough, I've seen a lot of Transformer animes airing in Japan:

"Transformers" search @ AniDB

What I'm trying to say is that similar to comic book movies, sometimes they tend to pull things from different variations and sometimes just simply remove things that won't work well. I think we all know that old Transformers as a movie would not be that good... it was campy as all hell, but that's what we loved about it as kids. I mean hell... my favorite character was a retar... r-word ( :sneaky: ) robot dinosaur. Of course, Grimlock did invent the Technobots that saved the Autobots.

 

[Queasy]

not like it would help. it's always tight shots of cgi elbows and knees spinning and hitting stuff. not like the color would help.

Thankfully Bay changed his style for Dark of the Moon. He pulled the camera back and slowed down the fighting so that you can better tell what is going on and who is doing who for the most part.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

They're right in there with GI Joe and the rest of how Hollywood can continue to fuck up good things.

GI Joe was amusing to me though. They ripped off the suit from Crysis and sound effects from C&C (I think) and the original TRON (the derezzing sound).

I think there's one huge thing we need to keep in mind. Transformers is not just the Transformers that we grew up with. Just like with comic books, there are multiple different variations of Transformers, and I'm not referring to that Beast Wars stuff. Oddly enough, I've seen a lot of Transformer animes airing in Japan:

I actually grew up watching G1, the movie and then these :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2GF7GC2F0s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgtioRC4fPY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cajc3d081Y4



I think Masterforce gets credit for the best use of Optimus' trailer :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pBXONiNA7U&feature=related



The only travesty is that they later turned Optimus into boots and a jetpack XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bUMKZfPYU

 

[0roo0roo]

box office starting off strong
http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/tra...hts-and-2700-sneaks-for-exclusive-3d-tuesday/

 

[Doppel]

So was it like the other ones with an obsession on zooming in so close that I can't tell wth is going on? I know reviewers have ripped it up, but the unwashed masses won't care. I'll rent this at best.

 

[0roo0roo]

action scenes are better, because the considerations made for 3d mean you can't fling the camera around quite the same way.

 

[tmc]

i might be watching this over the weekend.

is it worth it to go for IMAX 3D over REAL 3D?

 

[Aikouka]

is it worth it to go for IMAX 3D over REAL 3D?

If you already wear glasses, I found the IMAX 3D glasses much more comfortable than Real3D glasses as the IMAX ones are bigger.

 

[The_Dude8]

If you already wear glasses, I found the IMAX 3D glasses much more comfortable than Real3D glasses as the IMAX ones are bigger.

do you have to return the Imax 3d glasses after you're done watching the movie?

 

[gorcorps]

So was it like the other ones with an obsession on zooming in so close that I can't tell wth is going on? I know reviewers have ripped it up, but the unwashed masses won't care. I'll rent this at best.

Plenty of opinions if you just read the thread. They even specifically compare the up close action in the 2nd one.

 

[Aikouka]

do you have to return the Imax 3d glasses after you're done watching the movie?

They were outside the theater collecting the glasses at the theater I went to. I guess it'd depend on your theater, but I assume they don't want you taking them.