Monday, October 8, 2012

NOKW - Transformers

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series (if you don't know what this is, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  Transformers

Basic Plot:  The staple of our youth put into a live-action flick with a ton of robot fights, Megan Fox running in slow motion, and unnecessary explosions.

I'm Okay With:  The fact that Big Bobby V (R.I.P. Bernie Mac) sells a car that isn't his to sell in the first place.  The fact that both of the sequels to this movie failed so miserably at being as good as the first one and it wasn't that good to begin with.  The fact the daughter of a car thief hangs out with the "cool" kids, oh wait, if a girl looked like Megan Fox, she can hang out with anyone she chooses.  The fact that giant robots save Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox from the government agents in the middle of Los Angeles and there are no other cars on the road to witness it.  The fact that the government has a giant robot hidden under the Hoover Dam and decided to keep it on ice instead of trying to find out how to turn it off so that it can't wake up and kill them, which it does.  The fact that "The Cube" turns machinery into robots that are all instantly armed with some sort of gun, why not just turn them into unarmed robots and they have to find guns on their own?  The fact that the robots have a giant fight in a populated area in today's cell phone camera age and the government is able to cover it up.

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that the Decepticons all turn into cool stuff like jets, tanks, and helicopters while the Autobots only turn into cars and a big slow truck.  If you are fighting a war, wouldn't it make sense to be on even ground with your enemy?  So, while the Decepticons can transform into jets, you would think it would be advantageous for the Autobots to follow suit and turn into something that can fly, too.  But no, they turn into cars.  Hell, in the scene where the Autobots arrive on Earth, they show one of them walk past a showroom of cars that includes a Hummer and the idiot chooses a small Pontiac coupe instead of the badass all-terrain Hummer.  Even their leader, Optimus Prime, turns into a slow ass 18-wheeler, how is that going to help you when the bad guys are flying over your head firing missiles on your slow ass?  I am not okay with that.

"I am okay with Megan Fox fixing a motorcycle in such an unnecessary position."

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