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Sunday September 30, 2007 - 2:20 PM
- Category:
- Movie
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Director:
- Mike Judge
- Year:
- 1999
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Genre:
- Comedy
- Average:
-
74 reviews
"And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and its not okay because if they take my stapler then ill set the building on fire."
Great movie. After working in an office, it becomes that much awesomer.
Saturday August 04, 2007 - 1:32 AM
- Category:
- Movie
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Director:
- Michael Bay
- Year:
- 2007
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Genre:
- Action & Adventure
- Average:
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151 reviews
Essentially, this movie does what the first 2 X-men movies did for that franchise. It takes a notable line and opens it up for a mass audience appeal. For that, I applaud this movie. That, and they use a ton of action sequences to make a summer blovkbuster. The use of some "major" stars like jon voight and john turturro worked to their advantage.
Now, as a longtime fan and complete dork who knows all that is about Transformers, I list what they did wrong or can do better next time:
-Characterization: The Autobots got very little and the Decepicons got none. Thats a problem. Why even bother having Starsream in the film if you don't make it known that he's a backstabbing son of a bitch? All the others? You don't know why they're there except to further the plot.
-Humans: Its the first movie and I know they were integral to the plot. They had to be around to find out what was going on and discover the Robots. But in sequels they should play secondary roles. Maybe find a Dr Archeville or a Lazurus.
-Oh my god. They killed Jazz! You bastards!!!! Really now, kill Ironhide before Jazz.
No allspark equals no cybertron?: I'm sure there can be a workaround for this, but the very idea is just wrong.
-No Frank Welker? How can you have the original voice for Prie without the original voice for Megatron?
-Personally I would have loved to hear the phrase "Transform and roll out", but I only got part of it. Also wanted to hear "Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost"
-Personal preferance: they used the name Devastor for a tank. Throughout production I thought it was going to be Brawl. Using that name makes any future use of the Constructicons(which they were considering) useless.
-One more thing: A small comlaint.... the original transforming sound was barely there....only in the beginning...we need more of that
-Energon sword killing Bonecrusher...should have been an axe
-Not really a complaint since its beyond anyone's power: I miss Chris Latta as the voice of Starscream. They've done some good work trying to emulate his voice, but its just not the same. In any regard, I think Doug Parker should have reprised the role. He had one Ep of Beast Wars, but it was as SS and he did a good job. Or maybe the Unicron Trilogy Starscream. No idea what that guy's name was but he was decent.
Good things:
Peter Cullen:As long as he never says "My bad" ever again, the original Optimus Prime is a welcome treat. And he's signed on for the sequel.
-"One shall stand, one shall fall"- If only Megatron replied "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" It would have been the best moment of the summer.
Little nods to the fans: They threw in the line "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" because of a fan poll. It was his quote from the original toy.
Surviving Decepticons: Starscream lives, and so should Scorponok. Add in the plans to bring in Soundwave AND Shockwave and you got some formidable opponents.
A longshot that the producers only talked about: Dinobots.....if they can work it in to a story it would be awesome on so many levels. Hell, just put Grimlock in a film and you're golden.
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