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    Ask Jeeves

    in Ask Me

    Posted

    On 6/23/2017 at 4:39 PM, Clappy said:

    I don't know if you've been following along with "What'd ya last watch", but with how often Quantum Surge and Daytona Fan like each other's posts and have each other's backs in that thread, they would sure make one hell of a death match tag team? :Laugh: 

    I'm suing you for copyright infringement.

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    What'd ya last watch? (Movies)

    in Culture Shock

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    But for more positive reviews I liked Wonder Woman, Captain Underpants, and Cars 3! I felt so sad to see McQueen feel like he'll retire but I'm glad hes not leaving to soon! plus I clapped when I Doc was referenced and even heard! Paul Newmans is a man that deserves to be honored more whenever they make reruns of the movies he's been, hes just great!

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    What'd ya last watch? (Movies)

    in Culture Shock

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    4 hours ago, Quantum Surge said:

    Got back from a Chicago premiere of Transformers: The Last Knight, and it felt interesting to see a circle of sorts become complete. When I first saw Transformers in 2007, I got hooked into the franchise and got a lot of toys, played the game and read the books; my friends and cousins always enjoyed playing with the action figures too. Now in 2017, I'm pretty pumped to watch the film that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the live action film series. Most of my friends asked me if it was good, and I'm gonna say it's a fun theater experience. It's not the best movie of the franchise and it's not a condender for best movie of 2017 I will admit, but I've had more fun with this movie than I had with Lego Batman and Guardians 2, and I'll say it's better than Age of Extinction!

    The cast got me worried when I heard that it'll be a mix of new characters, characters from the previous movie, and characters from the original trilogy. I felt happy to see Lennox and even Simmons, but felt kind of empty when Topspin was without his Wrecker buddies and there was no sign of Sideswipe or Dino. The Dinibots didn't add anymore development in all honesty; in fact, they added less to the movie. The Decepticons were pretty cool to have all talk and not be like Lego/Kre-O models, but they weren't as iconic as the original Decepticon line up, and bar Megatron, Barricade, Onslaught, and Berserker, some felt pretty goofy like Mohawk. Plus, most of them got taken down easily. The Knights of Iacon were pretty cool to see kick some tailpipe, and so were the Infernocons, but I doubt I'll ever buy their toys and have them be on my shelves next to more iconic characters like Jazz, Ironhide, or Starscream. Quintessa was pretty cool to see, and it's neat to see her as a nod to the Quintessons without having her be a direct copy of them (FYI, I don't like references to G1 because it takes any creativity from an new universe of Transformers mythos away). The humans tend to get a lot of slack for being on screen more than the titular robots or how they act annoying, but in their defense, it's a live action movie (if there were no human actors, it'd negate the purpose of it being live action), and they sometimes act a bit nuts because the world they live in doesn't give them enough time to sit down and breath in the action; plus, I feel it'd make more sense for Cade to develop a need to give care to Transformers when they're in danger than say Tony Stark recruiting Peter Parker in a battle that could get him killed.(*cough* *cough* child soldiers *cough*)

    The action was pretty sweet, some scenes tend to happen a little too quickly but it wasn't like a "okay done move on" scenario. While some action didn't make sense in AOE (a car punching a man is kind of odd), but this was a bit more grounded like the original trilogy, and it made sense for the final battle to escalate much more as the Autobots got more damage from the several battles they got in. Some stuff didn't make much sense in the trailers, but if you pay attention in the movie, then some details would align a bit more than you'd think they would.

    When I first saw reviews of the movie, I was a bit worried about how the movie would play, so I had to go blind until I sat down with my popcorn and soda, and I was pleasantly surprised! Sure, it's not the best this franchise offers, but it's still a pretty fun action flick; the audience actually laughed at the jokes, even the kids were pretty entertained (some were wanting both Optimus and Bumblebee to "not win" in their battle)! I'll give this movie a 6 out of 10, and I'll be the first to say this: those that bash the Transformers movies gotta open their eyes and see their hypocrisy, whether they're basement dwelling Geewuners that don't accept change, Michael Bay haters that herd together like sheep and make themselves think forming bandwagons against the man are fun, cynical adults that think occassionally watching action movies would kill your brain cells, or those that say these films are bad for having too much action or humor yet praise any other superhero movie for the same reason.

    I thought it was okay, the action was good, but i feel that it needed more synergy with the other transformers movies like aoe did, still doesn't mean i hate it, and at least I wouldn't set my mind to hate it if i were a film critic, it's just kind of ghastly compared to the older ones.

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    What'd ya last watch? (Movies)

    in Culture Shock

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    I saw GOTG vol 2, not as good as the first one but definitely the best sequel for the mcu since winter soldier.

    @Quantum Surge

    I gotta agree with some of the points you made. Now i will admit there are some mcu movies I like such as iron man 2 or hulk but you made a pretty solid comment on the fatigue and lack of variety of the mcu. And @Clappy he did bring up the other film universes you mentioned and stated his thoughts so I think you saying them is a bit redundant (other than HB, Zilla/Kong, and The Mummy, which i think is cancelled).

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    Ask the Surge

    in Ask Me

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    4 minutes ago, Quantum Surge said:

    Thanks! If you need more help being here, be my guest!

    It's such an honor to be with you! How many friends do you have here?

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