Comments on: Surprise! Fans Watch Transformers for Robots, not Actors

By: LaBeouf: Transformers 3 Is Better; Space Center Location Added - Screen Rant

LaBeouf: Transformers 3 Is Better; Space Center Location Added - Screen Rant — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:28:19 +0000

[...] Honestly, it is impossible to believe the two can coexist in a Michael Bay film. But according to fans in 2009, the movies are interesting because of robots, not actors. Let’s just see what happens when [...]

By: anand kumar

anand kumar — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:59:22 +0000

who cares about transformer next part.
i love megan fox ve……………………….ry much.
she will be best actress in the world.
yes,it is true that he is sexy hot,but,her actinng is too good.
i love her very much.
she is very sexy woman.

By: kejaris

kejaris — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:43:33 +0000

“Daniel F says:
July 2, 2009 at 6:14 am

Bay’s vison of transformers is something that is cool and realistic,

That is a hilarious line. I would say out of every film I have ever seen in my life Transformers is the least realistic. I would believe in Vampires, super heroes and tiny little workers in a candy factory long before I would believe in Alien Robots from another planet coming to earth and fighting while befriending a human.”

Well that’s basicly what the man said on the directors commentary, go figure… (I shrug my shoulders)

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:14:48 +0000

Bay’s vison of transformers is something that is cool and realistic,

By: kejaris

kejaris — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:26:41 +0000

Also maybe the introduction of QUINTESSONS would be fun… Maybe a united Transformer army VS the Quints… I have the prefect title for that, Transformers Till Are One. AHH robot goodness.

By: kejaris

kejaris — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:34:46 +0000

As a MAJOR TRANSFORMER FAN i would love to see Unicron but it may not happen due to:

1. Bay’s vison of transformers is something that is cool and realistic, for example, other than the allspark he won’t incorporate the “mass shunting” that the tv show and comics use. So something as massive as Unicron, remember Cybertron in the comics is the size of Saturn, would be impossible due to scale.

2. I think Bay would also have a problem with Unicron due to the comparisons to planet killers in sci fi. Galactus (fantastic 4), Death Star (star wars) and a Borg sphere (star trek). Cybertron in the 1st move looked like a rubics cube with heiroglypics i was expecting it to look like Curosant.

3. If the transformers battled Unicron it will have to be a space battle, that is George Lucas arena not Micheal Bay’s. Plus a space battle will now exclude Bay’s hard-on for the military scenes he has been using so for in TF and TF ROTF. The US hasn’t made a space fighter yet so there would be no need for humans in the final Unicron battle.

A better final villian that would work with Bayfromers would be a decepticon city, Scorpinok is now normal sized but you have Tripticon. I have seen concept art for Tripticon as an aircraft carrier but it was not used in Revenge of the Fallen. That most likely will be the closest you will get to Unicron.

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:03:11 +0000

To be fair I wouldn’t watch the movie if one of my fave actors was in the lead and Megan Fox was nude for 45 mins of the film….. Ok umm maybe the last one would convince me.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:08:26 +0000

Revenge of the Fallen is AWESOME
Loved It.. Will see again.

By: Foopher

Foopher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:47:55 +0000

i think people don’t give meagan fox enough credit. i mean damn she’s hott, yes, but i think she does a good job acting wise. i think shia is awesome in these movies, but yes even stevens was probably his best

By: -jon ^_^

-jon ^_^ — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:03:31 +0000

I’d honestly rather see only robots in the film, but I’m especially okay with dumping Megan Fox. She is really overrated physically speaking, and is not that great of an actress. Plus she seems like kind of a … yeah…. Shia is okay, but I liked him better on Even Stevens than anything else, haha. I would totally see it with a different actor… and… director *coughs*.

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:48:58 +0000

Humans in TF2 are like the guys in the red shirts in the Star Trek:TOS..expendable and not really needed to sell the product..

By: tasouli

tasouli — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:20:23 +0000

Firstly Megan Fox is georgeous and if you dont think so than you likely like men
That being said I think she is a TERRIBLE actress and has no power in the movie, she is highly replaceable and would barely have any effect on the story of the movie or of the financial outcome of teh movie.
Shia IS a GREAT actor in my opinion and having him in teh story maintains a sort of continuity. He is not 100% essential but he is a major aspect of the movie as he is teh person in teh movie that we can attempt to relate to. If the movie solely revolved around robots than they might as well save their money and make it a cartoon.

In addition the first movie was good but NOt great. It was your standard Michael Bay movie—lots of explosions, a cute girl or two, fast paced action, and a bunch of bad acting. Neverthess I still enjoyed it but would not say that the first shoudl be a renoundly cherished movie.

Now, I also believe taht the 2nd will do but here we will lose much of the good story telling and the story will not become less interesting and there will be twice as much action…its going to be probably even more fast paced and there will be twice as many explosions, and Fox will be running around half naked most of teh time…will I see it? Probably, but it comes out tommorrow and I am leaning towards going out to hit up the bars instead

By: SK-47

SK-47 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:54:19 +0000

See the review over at latinoreview, El Guapo gave this an F! Now, out of all the reviews out there I trust this site’s and also Latino’s so until I see what the verdict is here, I think I will be skipping this one because Guapo’s was really harsh.
And it also adds to my hate for Kurtzman & Orci, the two braindead noobs who wrote star trek (Lindeloff played a huge role with that I bet fixing their mess).

By: Bloated ‘Transformers’ gets by on its looks | pbpulse.com

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By: Voice of Reason

Voice of Reason — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:32:52 +0000

@Ross

thx for the review but I don’t except chicken when I buy a hamburger. I use the same thought process when going to a movie.

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:40 +0000

@Andy S
I remember watching SPace Cowboys and seeing an actor portray a 20-something Eastwood. The actor, I thought, did a great job mimicking Eastwood’s style. If they did do a reboot of Dirty Harry (I know, heresy), I think this actor would be the perfect choice.

I just looked on IMDB and the actor’s name is Toby Stephens.

By: Michael C

Michael C — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:25 +0000

I think you would actually have a better chance of me seeing Transformers 3 without Shia, he can’t act to save his life. If Fox was in it or not i’d see it. I go to see Transformers for big shiny talking robots.

By: Andy S

Andy S — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:22:17 +0000

Certain movies, like Transformers, can have the main actors replaced and most people wouldn’t care because the actors are not central to the story. I’m going to see Transformers for the robots and SFx (and maybe a booty shot of Megan Fox). In the case of Transformers, the robots are the stars and the human actors are ancillary characters. They can find another egotistical starlet to take Fox’s place and no one would care. Me included. However, try to take an iconic human character, say Dirty Harry, and try to recast them and it would scream failure. Can you imagine anyone besides Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan, or anyone besides Harrison Ford as Han Solo??

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:21:49 +0000

There’s only 1 reason Fox is in the movie, so she can definately be replaced. I do like LaBeouf’s acting but he too can be replaced in this type of film. I actually thought the 2 lead marines were the best human actors in the first film, but they too can be replaced. The Bots are the only reason to see the film, and I don’t mean those dumb Jar-Jar Binks-type critters. My oldest son will probably see it tomorrow and I will probably give my daughter and 2 young-uns the money to see it with him. I will wait for the weekend.

By: SK-47

SK-47 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:00:35 +0000

Maybe its because I am old, but this movie does not interest me anymore. In fact this type of movie does not interest me anymroe, the CGI, Explosions, etc.
Guess I am old.