TheNakedGenius

June 30, 2011 1:08 pm @JNewcomb: I totally agree with what you are saying. I too hate that most people think only in best and worst terms.

But I did say that I really never get this angry or against a film. I did love the first, and the second was very problematic, but this 'film' truly irritated more than any other film of recent memory.

That said I would still give it 2.5 stars. The first hour is quite enjoyable, more of 3.5-4 stars, but then the big problems start flying at me, with serious frequency, and for too long, that brings the score down.

It is bad, not in a sense most think of in regards to a bad film, but I myself am a big fan of big films. I look forward to the Summer season of blockbusters every year, and if you look at other films of the Summer, even this year, there are great films and bad ones (like always).

I must admit, I have definitely calmed down since I wrote my first comments and now. I still do defend everything I have said.

I'm not just being irrational and hating it because it wasn't the Start Trek reboot or TDK, I am often one of the few people who will defend films like this. But, when they are as bad as this, I can't bring myself to support it.

June 30, 2011 8:15 am Y'know, I just want to say that I wish people would stop staying "Just switch off your brain". Why should we have to?

Just because it is abig movie, that cost too much, and will somehow make  aprofit anyway, doesn't mean it has a pass to be stupid.

Think of big Summer movies we've seen before: The X-Mens, Spider-Mans, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Star Trek 0, Jaws, Star Wars OT, A.I., hell even Transformers 1 wasn't stupid. Yes it had an 'out there' concept, but it was done well.

The fact that people always say "Just switch your brain off", is really irritating. I shouldn't have to alter myself for the film. The film is being made to entertain me, which it doesn't achieve. Plot holes and bad story telling, writing acting, etc. aside, my hatred of this film is not due to my brain being on. And if you think about the idea of honestly having to switch off my brain to enjoy a movie that is made for millions to see, well that is just proof that big stupid movies like this are making people dumber, to the point that they are telling me to become dumber.

It's just like in Tropic Thunder when Downey says about Stiller becoming a retard so much that he was sitting in the bathtub laughing at his own farts. This is the type of person that this film expects me to have to become to enjoy it. 

June 29, 2011 5:16 pm One good thing...

Alan Tudyk. 

June 29, 2011 4:31 pm *EDIT*

Why does Optimus take out about 15 decepticons and complete the objective that hundreds of 'characters' have spent the past half hour trying to achieve. In around 8 seconds. It took him 5 minutes to take out 1 decepticon in the first film. This film is helping to carve out a new low in insulting money grubbing. Increased by price hiking headache inducing 3D. (I don't get headaches from 3D, usually)

June 29, 2011 4:26 pm Here are some:

Much as the Bay way, even though he removed the racist twins, there were two Scottish/Irish (bad accents create unknown origins) autobots. I heard one say the term "I'll bottle ya". I found that insulting as hell.

The whole 'surprise' 'twist' *SPOILER* where the autobots aren't really dead. (We were all shocked) Yeah the reason Optimus was OK letting thousands of innocent people die, was to prove a point. Grrrrrr!

Just because Nimoy is voicing a character (a character which they destroyed) doesn't mean he should say the line only Spock should say.

Bay really needs to have a child-lock put on his camera to prevent it from going up girl's asses.

Don't have over the top, wannabe philosophical debates between Optimus and whoever he's fighting.

Why does Optimus take out about 15 decepticons and complete the objective that hundreds of 'characters' have spent the past half hour trying to achieve.

This truly doesn't even touch the tip of the iceberg, it barely even brushes past it. 

June 29, 2011 4:11 pm Personally I loved, the first one. Then the second, I need not explain my disappointment.

But this actually started better than I had expected. There was too much of Bay's 'sense of humour', but I thought the first half wasn't bad. Then the 2-hour giant, headache inducing 3D & CG mess, of a finale began. This film really bugged me. I don't get angry at bad films, but this left me nearly screaming by the end. The exposition, bad writing, irritating 3D-ness, melodrama, nonsensical intellect-destroying 'story' and 'characters', Retconning, and down-right bitch slap of crap that this film was had me hollering at the people I went to it with after we got out of the screen.

2 was disappointing, but this film seemed to be driving flat until it swerved down the face of a cliff, and crashed (over and over again) until I began to feel the pain of the brains of the unfortunate children who will actual enjoy this, being crushed by awfulness. Oh I really cannot describe how angry this film made me, the list of everything would cause the web to freeze.

Avoid! I always say give it a go. But condoning this 'film' would make me feel bad.

June 23, 2011 6:18 pm I'm all for the increase in the geek population, but the one thing that I tend to find, with people my age at least, is that most are just going around wearing a t-shirt of a comic character or somthing of the sort, because it's cool. If they one day decided to start reading their book (like I did a few years ago), sweet! But to pose, rather tickles my nipples. I'm not really a fan of that.

January 9, 2011 3:10 pm I've been reading comics for about as long as this sites been on the go!

And only reading the good ones since I found this place and podcast!

Congrats guys, keep it up! 

December 19, 2010 8:22 am Headphones! Headphones!... Nice.

April 19, 2009 2:56 pm I would like to see a video podcast about Whedon and Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men, please.