SoooTrypticon wrote:Not to put too fine a point on it- but a "secret war" between two superpowers in the 80's was pretty darn political already. Throw in a big emphasis on energy/power and where it comes from- and you've got Reaganist America in a nutshell. Transformers weren't political- as much as they were a product of the politics and fears at the time.
The movie still won't win any points in my book by throwing out a handful of treacle about conservation though. Not from a two hour toy commercial.
What with the big giant red white and blue robot who spouted off about freedom being the right of all sentient beings facing up against the tyrannical dictator painted in baroque Stalinist grey
zedman wrote:What's wrong with Megatron being swung around and aimed at targets? It worked in the G1 show. He was a gun for goodness sake! They should have just said that it was the stupid US gun laws that forced this change. State the obvious fools!
Predaprince wrote:Optimus = King Arthur?
I thought Optimus = John Wayne.
But, I can see that they are comparing him to King Arthur through both of their leadership.
flashmech wrote:I agree , I never thought of Transformers as knights, but I can see how they could be thought of that way. As for any political ideas, I wish they'd leave that out. I want to be entertained , not preached to. Let's just have a movie we can enjoy.
krisko wrote:i forgot where this was said, but another reason megatron wont be turning into a gun is that they wanted all the transformers to be proportioned to their alt mode. you cant have a 30 foot robot transform into something 1/5 of its size. unless he would be a giant cannon, that wouldnt really work in a movie.
Roberto Orci wrote:krisko wrote:i forgot where this was said, but another reason megatron wont be turning into a gun is that they wanted all the transformers to be proportioned to their alt mode. you cant have a 30 foot robot transform into something 1/5 of its size. unless he would be a giant cannon, that wouldnt really work in a movie.
Correct. We really did not want to rely on mass shifting.
Roberto Orci wrote:flashmech wrote:I agree , I never thought of Transformers as knights, but I can see how they could be thought of that way. As for any political ideas, I wish they'd leave that out. I want to be entertained , not preached to. Let's just have a movie we can enjoy.
Promise there is no preaching.
Roberto Orci wrote:flashmech wrote:I agree , I never thought of Transformers as knights, but I can see how they could be thought of that way. As for any political ideas, I wish they'd leave that out. I want to be entertained , not preached to. Let's just have a movie we can enjoy.
Promise there is no preaching.
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