Surprisingly, it's not too bad. The effects are generally good, and there is an infusion of whimsy that you will appreciate -- the President's ghetto blaster is a good example.
There were half a dozen trailers before the show -- and the intended IQ of the "Transformers" audience was the highest of the lot.
Were you keeping count of how many times you saw that trailer? If you see it a certain number of times, do you receive a sort of subliminal directive to see the movie? Are we through the looking glass here?
I could be convinced to tag along, ifn you two were going at a decent after-work hour for the rest of us...hell, this might be the last time I see you before you head across country. ;p
Ursula, you don't know me but you'd like to; I'm awesome. Of course I'm probably making a mistake posting this after a Carlota post, although I'm interested to see if she vouches for me or not on this topic. ;)
Ooh, ooh! :D I'm in Raleigh - I work right down the street from the Jerry's Artarama. I haven't see it yet. *bounce, bounce* Plus. 50% off at the Ale House for dinner. o/
I managed to avoid all mention of this until I went to see the Fantastic 4 movie and it was one of the pre-film trailers. I think I thought it was going to be awful and they'd never pull off the transformations. I'd just spent 5 minutes explaining about Galactus and the Silver Surfer. Then the Transformers trailer was shown, and when the big truck came on I leaned over to my friend and said - that's Optimus Prime. I've decided I'm going to embrace my (not so) inner sci-fi geek. :)
Is there anybody local who wants to see the Transformers movie in the next couple of days?
I'd say, unless you're living in some Amazon commune, that 50% of the local population would indeed like to see the movie. A little known fact, but if you decode the part of the Y chromosome usually dismissed as junk DNA it actually reads GATTACATAGGATA-ROBOTSINDISGUSE-TTAGGATA-CATTACAG-BOOBIES. Fact.
The one person who could make me see TF again--well, all right, one of TWO--and you're in another continent. :( Phooey.
(Not that it's a BAD movie. It's shiny. It's pretty. It's unintentionally hilarious. But for a misanthropic little hussy like myself? Just not enough screentime for the giant robots.)
Thank you for posting about the 1-18-08 trailer. Hadn't heard anything about this film until I read your post, have now seen the trailer and want it to be January. :)
If I wasn't so busy during the next few days i'd be tempted to get all stalkerish-fan-like and invite myself along.
Somewhat related...
There were half a dozen trailers before the show -- and the intended IQ of the "Transformers" audience was the highest of the lot.
That deserves a separate commentary, I think.
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well, enjoy.
As someone said quite well, it avoided taking itself too seriously, while still respecting the source material.
Not that I'd know, I never followed Transformers or anything, but it was worth my sheckles.
Ursula, you don't know me but you'd like to; I'm awesome. Of course I'm probably making a mistake posting this after a Carlota post, although I'm interested to see if she vouches for me or not on this topic. ;)
I'd say, unless you're living in some Amazon commune, that 50% of the local population would indeed like to see the movie. A little known fact, but if you decode the part of the Y chromosome usually dismissed as junk DNA it actually reads GATTACATAGGATA-ROBOTSINDISGUSE-TTAGGATA-C
(Not that it's a BAD movie. It's shiny. It's pretty. It's unintentionally hilarious. But for a misanthropic little hussy like myself? Just not enough screentime for the giant robots.)