The Paunch Stevenson Show super mega movie review of Transformers!
In this episode:
- our Transformers (2007) movie review with Adam in SC,
- the Transformers’ lack of dialogue and personality,
- shaky camera work during battles,
- lengthy transformations,
- Hugo Weaving’s lame Megatron voice,
- Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime,
- Darius McCrary as the voice of Jazz,
- the Allspark cube,
- eBay,
- the World Wide Web and Al Gore,
- Jon Voight’s pronunciation of “robot,”
- a list of movies that Transformers (2007) ripped off (They Live, Small Soldiers, Superman, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Independence Day, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, etc.),
- the lack of machines in the 1930s,
- Kremzeek,
- the lack of the Transformers’ backstory,
- the trailer for the upcoming untitled J.J. Abrams movie (2008),
- season two of Who Wants to Be a Superhero? starring Stan Lee,
- our movie review of Live Free or Die Hard (2007) starring Bruce Willis and Justin Long,
- Herbie the Love Bug,
- the Transformers peeing and playing hide and seek,
- impressive fan CGI,
- and a line from The Transformers: The Movie (1986).
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Again, read this blog Michael Bay did, where he basically admitted to refusing to listen to any of the Transformers experts or fans, and did it his way, and ruined the film and the concept.
I read that last night. What is wrong with Michael Bay? If he had listened to the movie’s producer, it could have been good. Of course, because it has grossed $180 million in its first week, Bay will say he made the right choices.
I think a movie studio should rerelease the original The Transformers: The Movie in theaters right now. I guarantee it’d gross at least $50 million, if not $100. It’d be amazing to watch that on a big movie screen again!
By the way, we forgot to mention that Keith David (from They Live) wasn’t in the movie. Why was he listed as a cast member on IMDb.com in April?
I don’t know. I don’t think the original The Transformers: The Movie would make five million in theaters nowadays. I’d say it’d only be as popular as The Rocky Horror Picture show. In fact, before all this new movie hype, the original movie was often being shown in independent theaters in different locations all across the states, just like Rocky Horror. With its multiple DVD releases over the years, it’s geeky cult status and the overall lack of characters familiar to Joe Blow movie fan nowadays, I think a 1986 TF:TM rerelease would be as big a disaster as it was the first time around.
i know watching these films make you ill; but listening to your reviews are comedy gold. i’m sure one day i’ll sync up the film with your audio to act as an alternative dvd commentary. i’ve only seen this film in the series. i think that will do.