My Transformers Midlife Crisis [HBomberguy]
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The actual best line is: "For a time, I considered sparing your wretched little planet, Cybertron. But now, you shall witness... its DISMEMBERMENT"
Transformer the Movie is tied with Masters of the Universe for my Guilty pleasure movies.
I found this one really relatable and has some great points about the movie. This more personal vlog style is a nice twist on his stuff.
If you want a unicron quote, go with "Then pleases me...to be the first."
It doesn't have Dare or the Touch, so it's already out of the running.
(for the record, Dare is the better song)
There's a crap ton of good lines in that film. If only the middle part didn't suck.
I love this movie, it's the only movie as a kid where I actually wore out the VHS with rewatches.
Hbomberguy rules and I'm nearly finished with this video. Lotta themes I never really bothered to recognize in the movie that make me appreciate it more as an adult -- they seem completely obvious now that they're being pointed out but I never really bothered to frame the film beyond my persisting childlike appreciation...
Hbomberguy rules and I'm nearly finished with this video. Lotta themes I never really bothered to recognize in the movie that make me appreciate it more as an adult -- they seem completely obvious now that they're being pointed out but I never really bothered to frame the film beyond my persisting childlike appreciation...
This was a great video and definitely helped me view the film in ways that I would've never thought to on my own. I love this movie even with all of it's problems (Namely the Junkion planet and any scene pertaining to it).
Also Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime are great and will always be my favorite character.
Also Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime are great and will always be my favorite character.
People who say Transformers the movie is bad are simply wrong. Sorry..yeah it's a commercial, yeah it kills of Optimus Prime, but the ladder part is what makes the movie so great. It does something that nobody thought it happen on a kids movie.
The only weak part of the movie for me at least is the ending feels rushed.
The only weak part of the movie for me at least is the ending feels rushed.
Harris continues his unbroken streak of god awful taste and complete lack of appreciation for good movies. Boy is a hardcore Star Wars Prequels Apologist so I would not expect him to understand how to recognize a good movie from a bad one.
Transformers is a damn near perfect film. Easily one of Orson Welles top 3 greatest works.
Also, like, what kind of monster cringes at the Universal Greeting AS A CHILD?
Transformers is a damn near perfect film. Easily one of Orson Welles top 3 greatest works.
Also, like, what kind of monster cringes at the Universal Greeting AS A CHILD?
I have Megatron and Starscream and really want Soundwave and his tapes...fucking hard to find legit/non-bootleg versions on eBay though.
If anyone cares for my (and my brother's) long take. We've been doing a podcast where we ostensibly watch 80s movies, but really it's just the shit we watched as kids. YouTube link to Transformers:
I thought this thread was gonna be about someone spending their retirement account on Toys.
I thought this thread was gonna be about someone spending their retirement account on Toys.
I mean he's right.
The three main acts of the movie have nothing to do with each other. Unicron, the Quintessons, the Decepticons, they all more or less crash into each other and aren't meaningfully worked into the story. Which is odd, cuz the story originally planned to have the Quints be working FOR Unicron, only for them to change it?
There's too many "to sell toys" in the movie with multiple characters that don't contribute anything. Who lives and who dies is determined by whose toys are discontinued or not or who is a new one.
The Matrix comes out of nowhere as a huge important thing when seasons 1 and 2 have multiple instances where you'd go "wait, if he had this all along, where did it go when the quintessons rebuilt Optimus as a crocodile? Why didn't the Autobots ask Optimus to show it to them when the Decepticons sent a fake to impersonate him? Etc."
The movie is a colossal mess.
The three main acts of the movie have nothing to do with each other. Unicron, the Quintessons, the Decepticons, they all more or less crash into each other and aren't meaningfully worked into the story. Which is odd, cuz the story originally planned to have the Quints be working FOR Unicron, only for them to change it?
There's too many "to sell toys" in the movie with multiple characters that don't contribute anything. Who lives and who dies is determined by whose toys are discontinued or not or who is a new one.
The Matrix comes out of nowhere as a huge important thing when seasons 1 and 2 have multiple instances where you'd go "wait, if he had this all along, where did it go when the quintessons rebuilt Optimus as a crocodile? Why didn't the Autobots ask Optimus to show it to them when the Decepticons sent a fake to impersonate him? Etc."
The movie is a colossal mess.
Since I havrnt watched that movie, I will abstain from giving my two cents.
Anyway, another good video, I will watch the movie to judge it myself.
Harris's Fallout 3 video and Sherlock video are spot on, I can't say I agree with his opninion on Star wars prequels, tho
Anyway, another good video, I will watch the movie to judge it myself.
Harris's Fallout 3 video and Sherlock video are spot on, I can't say I agree with his opninion on Star wars prequels, tho
Yeah, just how much Beast Wars do you think they would've made without Gen 1. Hint: zero.
I've certainly never held the cartoon show up as any sort of good fiction (The Marvel comics were great though), but Beast Wars fell at the first hurdle for me as a kid by looking like shit. It's always been the concept of cool looking robots which turned into cool looking vehicles and machinery which appealed to me. Beast Wars had goofy looking robots which turned into even goofier looking animals. It never made sense to me as a kid why they even bothered to Transform at all.
The comics had optimus prime kill himself 23 issues in because he sacrificed the lives of computer characters. It wasn't great, and something that stupid rivals anything the show did.
No, it makes him watch the bayformers movies over and over again.
You'd rather watch all 6? bayformers movies over and over again than 1 80 minute cartoon once? Yeah, okay.
Outside of the attack on Autobot City? Yes.
It gave us Hot Rod. Do I need to say anymore?