Transformers! (Merged)

[flippyshark]

The chief reason I'm not psyched about this movie - in the trailers, the transformations are lightning fast (and thus awfully CGI fakey). The main appeal of the Transformers characters for me would be to see the transformations happen gradually enough that I can follow the sequence of steps and get some idea of how these robots are put together. For any of you who have seen this, do such sequences exist in the movie?

[FEJ]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

The chief reason I'm not psyched about this movie - in the trailers, the transformations are lightning fast (and thus awfully CGI fakey). The main appeal of the Transformers characters for me would be to see the transformations happen gradually enough that I can follow the sequence of steps and get some idea of how these robots are put together. For any of you who have seen this, do such sequences exist in the movie?

Yes and no.

They do show the transformation, but some things are so intricate that you can't follow it all. The first transformations of the Autobots are the best to follow as I remember. They are a lot more complex than the ones I had when I was a kid. They go together like I always dreamed they should. It was non-stop action, and a good story line. Our theater was really loud, almost deafening, but it still rocked.