Optimus Prime could kick the crap outta HellBoy, the Fantastic Four and that pansy-boy Spider-Man any day of the freaking week! And if you don’t agree, then obviously you aren’t in touch with reality (wow, I’m such a geek). I’ve had a smile on my face ever since the first rumours of a Transformers movie started surfacing over a year ago. Slowly but steadily the project has been moving forward… but today is a dark day my friends.
Apparently they powers that be have decided that they hate us all. For some reason, John Rogers has been hired on to write the script for the film. Yes, that’s right, the same guy who gave us the hyper memorable “Catwoman” is going to be writing the words that come out of StarScream’s mouth. WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING!?!?! Have any of you ever seen Catwoman?!?! How on earth could someone see that and then think to themselves “Hey! I should get this guy to write for my new movie!” This just defies belief. If they turn this movie into anywhere near as big of a joke as Catwoman, I will be one VERY PISSED OFF pacifist!
Ok, confession time. My favorite Transformer had to be Blue Streak. He just had a really cool style about him. Oh yeah, Braun was pretty cool too. On the Decepticon side, can anyone not agree that Soundwave was the top spot? Ahhhh… to be 12 again.
The original Transformers had a lot of heart and story depth. Courage and self-sacrifice were major themes. They better not make this movie a kiddy fest a la Jar-Jar with shallow, unrealistic, spaztastic 1-dimentional characters like the newest incarnation of the Transformers (Armada, etc.). That crap truly blows and is 100% forgetable. To whomever is writing the script: think episodes 1-3 of the original series! Those episodes embody everything the Transformers are all about!
I really look forward to not seeing this film!
Revivals are just hot right now. I don’t necessarily think that’s a good thing, but I have no problem at all getting behind the Transformers thing. It was just an incredibly cool concept, product placement or not. I have to admit that in the last couple of years, I re-watched some of the cartoon series on DVD and I couldn’t believe how cheesy the writing was (apparently, my tastes weren’t quite as sophisticated when I was younger), but I’m willing to forget all that and shell out my money to see a CGI remake on the big screen. And you know what? Even if it’s horrible, I’d probably pay to see a couple of sequels, too.
And actually, I’d pay the 8 bucks to see a Bionic 6 movie, too. I know, I know, but I used to watch that show in the mornings before school. It’s a nostalgia thing, I guess.
Ive also heard that the director of Catwoman is to direct the live action Akira.
That makes me very sad.
Hopefully this turns out to be decent. Hollywood has been releasing some crap movies lately.
Maybe they’ll even create BIONIC 6 hmmm.. not sure why they wanna create transformers..It’ll just be detailed with a lot of CGI effects. It’s getting quiet ridiculous with this stuff
Sorry about the Double post…
KuRt./Triflic
I feel old when nostalgia cash-ins are aimed at me!!! (not the baby boomers)…What’s next? Thundercats the movie?
Seriously folks, what is with the Transformers revival of the past 4-5 years…Yes it was cool when we were 11, but in reality it was an eighties product placement, sell-the-toy-line cash-in.
/bitter old 30 year old
KuRt.
I feel old when nostalgia cash-ins are aimed at me!!! (not the baby boomers)…What’s next? Thundercats the movie?
Seriously folks, what is with the Transformers revival of the past 4-5 years…Yes it was cool when we were 11, but in reality it was an eighties product placement, sell-the-toy-line cash-in.
/bitter old 30 year old
KuRt.
Word is that it was Pitof, not the screenwriter, who is to blame for how badly Catwoman turned out. (He was responsible for the horrible costume, for one.)
Still, even if his original Catwoman screenplay was good, it’s surprising that he even got the plumb gig to write Transformers considering how bad Catwoman the movie turned out to be.
Hollywood is cluttered with shit writers who get continue to get work for no apparent reason, just as D.C. cluttered with shit politicians who keep getting elected to office.
I am constantly amazed that people who make crap movies continue to find work in Hollywood. I know that I’m pre-judging the script, but I really expected more out of Spielberg and company.
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Yes. It is indeed a sad thing.
Of course, being a lame-o Transformers collector and film geek makes this news all the more scary.
But hey… I’ll always have my collection of plastic crack…
http://www.naladahc.com/content/transform/transform.html
noooooo dammit!
somebody should get the comic book writers on board, that guy blows big time
Maybe there’s hope. The Core was “okay,” and it says that he only did the screenplay for Catwoman. You probably know more about this than me, but hopefully that means that the story for Catwoman wasn’t his idea.
Okay, so I’m grasping at straws.
There will probably be about 12 rewrites after he gets done anyway. Hopefully the “garbage in, garbage out” principle won’t hold true here.
first bush gets re-elected and now this, what’s the world coming too.
thank god i don’t live in America :)