Something I don't understand with most of the movie complaints.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:05 pm
I understand the movies are far from popular with a lot of fans. I know they're far from flawless either I mean I disliked the toleit jokes and I strongly disliked how ROTF turned out. I also understand that they have some plot holes which were solved in the IDW comics by John Barber but since not a lot of people read them that doesn't help and that certain traits on characters are sometimes turned up like Optimus's rage and tactics. However there are complaints that don't make sense to me and I can't help but feel if they're a form of double standards.
For example the movies are bashed for straying far from the source material for having characters and elements not be like the G1 versions at all yet the franchise before hand have been doing that sort of thing way before the movies came to be after G1 ended. Also most fans bash Optimus for not having a flat nose truck alt mode and having a long nose truck yet in Armada and his G2 had the same type of alt mode either yet they don't get bashed on, and how AOE Drift is accused for being an offensive sterotype because of how much of a samurai he looks yet characters like Bludegeon,TFA Prowl and Yoketron and IDW Windblade who have their own share of some strong Japanese cultural design elements to them seem to get a free pass despite that fact.
Some fellow fans told me it's likely due to the movies have a larger exposure to the media not to mention not a lot of the shows before the first movie came out were as well known as G1 so in that regard it makes sense as well as the shows like RID and the UT had their share of complaints about having characters that weren't like the G1 versions as well. Still the movies seem to get larger flak for it. What do you guys think?
For example the movies are bashed for straying far from the source material for having characters and elements not be like the G1 versions at all yet the franchise before hand have been doing that sort of thing way before the movies came to be after G1 ended. Also most fans bash Optimus for not having a flat nose truck alt mode and having a long nose truck yet in Armada and his G2 had the same type of alt mode either yet they don't get bashed on, and how AOE Drift is accused for being an offensive sterotype because of how much of a samurai he looks yet characters like Bludegeon,TFA Prowl and Yoketron and IDW Windblade who have their own share of some strong Japanese cultural design elements to them seem to get a free pass despite that fact.
Some fellow fans told me it's likely due to the movies have a larger exposure to the media not to mention not a lot of the shows before the first movie came out were as well known as G1 so in that regard it makes sense as well as the shows like RID and the UT had their share of complaints about having characters that weren't like the G1 versions as well. Still the movies seem to get larger flak for it. What do you guys think?