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BarTopDancer · 07-09-2007, 01:05 PM

But are you going to go see it and decide for yourself?

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-09-2007, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

But are you going to go see it and decide for yourself?

I'll see it eventually - either in the theaters or on DVD. We don't see many movies in the theater, but we are due for an actioner, since we didn't see Spiderman 3. If we get a spare evening we'll totally go for it.

Nephythys · 07-09-2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I'll see it eventually - either in the theaters or on DVD. We don't see many movies in the theater, but we are due for an actioner, since we didn't see Spiderman 3. If we get a spare evening we'll totally go for it.

No loss on Spiderman 3

this movie is MUCH better.

innerSpaceman · 07-09-2007, 02:43 PM

And, heheheh, for me to find The Transformers even worse than Spiderman 3 is another woeful comment on the former.

Alex · 07-09-2007, 03:19 PM

I'll have to agree that Transformers is better than Spider-Man 3. At least has more screen presence than Mr. Peter Parker and the girl was better to look at than Pointy Face Dunst.

Mousey Girl · 07-09-2007, 03:41 PM

Since I could not find my gift certificates it looks like we won't be going to see Transformers. I, honestly, would much MUCH rather see Harry Potter this weekend.

xharryb · 07-09-2007, 04:25 PM

I'd like to make a comment on the geography issues...

First of all, i completely agree that they should have made a greater attempt at making the locations nonspecific if that is what they wanted. However, for those of us that don't live in that part of the country and have never even visited those places, where they were never even crossed my mind. Since I don't live there, i don't autimatically see buildings and say "hey! That's LA!" I don't find that skyline to be nearly as recognizable as say NYC. What it comes down to really is that I don;t think they intended for it to be LA in the movie, they were just overly lazy at disguising the details. A flaw? Sure. Does it take me, a non Californian out of the picture? not really.

I did find, however, that my biggest complaint was the fact that they went to any city. It just seems to go against the nature of the Autobots. They're mission is to protect the humans, so they willingly choose to take the bait from a less populated environment into a center of population. Even in the cartoon they would surely have taken the fight further away from people, into the desert or something.

innerSpaceman · 07-09-2007, 04:34 PM

Well, in defense of the Autobots, I think it was Hotty the Army Dude who decided to take the cube to the nearest huge metropolis.

That they took a wrong turn on the way to 'Mission City' was also his fault.

Hey, were they supposed to be in Mission City when they were all over Griffith Observatory, or was that enough of a landmark to be Los Angeles to the average filmgoer??

Alex · 07-09-2007, 04:39 PM

I also want to give props to the people who did the recent rehabilitation of the Observatory. Apparently they built it so strong that multi-ton robots can walk around on the roof without doing any damage.

And they did have a CGI budget for altering the locations. I'm pretty sure they edited out the new bridge they are building over the canyon just below Hoover Dam

There was one action scene that I did think was phenomenally well done and showed some of the creating. When Starscreamer was taking out the F-16s above Los Ang...er Mission City. Bouncing around, transforming and untransforming too good effect. That 15 seconds was quite admirable.

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-09-2007, 04:46 PM

You know what? I didn't catch the Mission City line (or the line about it not being Hoover Dam), so I just assumed it was a long trek to LA from Vegas, shortened by movie magic.

Personally, I wouldn't have known about Griffith being an LA landmark before I moved to LA if I wasn't a "Rebel Without a Cause" fan. But I am.

Still, many are not, so maybe LA doesn't 'read' as heavily as we locals think it does. Nevertheless, there was one fun progression of shots where I leaned over to Tom and whispered-- "hey, look. We saw 'A Star is Born' there last year.... I ate at that Mountain-Dew-sponsored-cafe once during my old Shakespeare job... Oh, look, that's on the Universal Studios lot where we took the tour... I drive by that Wilshire corner every day!"

Maybe they mean Mission City=LA the way that Gotham=NY. In that fictional-but-you-know-that's-it kind of way.

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xharryb D'oh! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Springfield Posts: 104	I'd like to make a comment on the geography issues... First of all, i completely agree that they should have made a greater attempt at making the locations nonspecific if that is what they wanted. However, for those of us that don't live in that part of the country and have never even visited those places, where they were never even crossed my mind. Since I don't live there, i don't autimatically see buildings and say "hey! That's LA!" I don't find that skyline to be nearly as recognizable as say NYC. What it comes down to really is that I don;t think they intended for it to be LA in the movie, they were just overly lazy at disguising the details. A flaw? Sure. Does it take me, a non Californian out of the picture? not really. I did find, however, that my biggest complaint was the fact that they went to any city. It just seems to go against the nature of the Autobots. They're mission is to protect the humans, so they willingly choose to take the bait from a less populated environment into a center of population. Even in the cartoon they would surely have taken the fight further away from people, into the desert or something.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, in defense of the Autobots, I think it was Hotty the Army Dude who decided to take the cube to the nearest huge metropolis. That they took a wrong turn on the way to 'Mission City' was also his fault. Hey, were they supposed to be in Mission City when they were all over Griffith Observatory, or was that enough of a landmark to be Los Angeles to the average filmgoer??
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07-09-2007, 04:39 PM	#119
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I also want to give props to the people who did the recent rehabilitation of the Observatory. Apparently they built it so strong that multi-ton robots can walk around on the roof without doing any damage. And they did have a CGI budget for altering the locations. I'm pretty sure they edited out the new bridge they are building over the canyon just below Hoover Dam There was one action scene that I did think was phenomenally well done and showed some of the creating. When Starscreamer was taking out the F-16s above Los Ang...er Mission City. Bouncing around, transforming and untransforming too good effect. That 15 seconds was quite admirable.
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07-09-2007, 04:46 PM	#120
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	You know what? I didn't catch the Mission City line (or the line about it not being Hoover Dam), so I just assumed it was a long trek to LA from Vegas, shortened by movie magic. Personally, I wouldn't have known about Griffith being an LA landmark before I moved to LA if I wasn't a "Rebel Without a Cause" fan. But I am. Still, many are not, so maybe LA doesn't 'read' as heavily as we locals think it does. Nevertheless, there was one fun progression of shots where I leaned over to Tom and whispered-- "hey, look. We saw 'A Star is Born' there last year.... I ate at that Mountain-Dew-sponsored-cafe once during my old Shakespeare job... Oh, look, that's on the Universal Studios lot where we took the tour... I drive by that Wilshire corner every day!" Maybe they mean Mission City=LA the way that Gotham=NY. In that fictional-but-you-know-that's-it kind of way.
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