That Movie Thing...
So, since I started fangirling about the IDW Transformers almost two months ago, I've had at least two people ask me whether I'm excited about the new movie opening this weekend.
In a word: no.
This really goes back to my comments about aesthetics. I don't care how many polygons your cinematic creation is, or how real it looks as it's careening around those trademark Bay explosions... If I don't like how something looks, I'm going to have a really hard time with it.
I saw the first movie, and I may eventually use some of my saved-up Google Play Store credits to rent the later movies, but I simply cannot "dig" the design of the movie Transformers - especially when compared with their comic counterparts.
For example, these two are supposed to be the same character:
I suppose if you squint you can sort of see the resemblance, in that they've both got red on them...? But the facial design of the movie version of the character just says "sex doll" to me. Now, the one on the left is Rodimus, impulsive manchild captain who is slowly learning some Big Lessons about being a leader, while the one of the right is still Hot Rod (before he assumed the mantle of leadership), but they are supposed to be the same person.
Similarly, these two are also supposed to be the same character:
Both of these are Starscream. The one of the left looks like all the other Transformers I know (that is, a robot that can turn into a car or plane or etc), while the one on the right looks like a roll of aluminum foil got into a fight with some garden shears. If I didn't know anything about this franchise, I don't think I would have any idea that these two are supposed to be related, let alone the same person!
So yeah. Bleah. Not really interested in the movies.
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In a word: no.
This really goes back to my comments about aesthetics. I don't care how many polygons your cinematic creation is, or how real it looks as it's careening around those trademark Bay explosions... If I don't like how something looks, I'm going to have a really hard time with it.
I saw the first movie, and I may eventually use some of my saved-up Google Play Store credits to rent the later movies, but I simply cannot "dig" the design of the movie Transformers - especially when compared with their comic counterparts.
For example, these two are supposed to be the same character:
I suppose if you squint you can sort of see the resemblance, in that they've both got red on them...? But the facial design of the movie version of the character just says "sex doll" to me. Now, the one on the left is Rodimus, impulsive manchild captain who is slowly learning some Big Lessons about being a leader, while the one of the right is still Hot Rod (before he assumed the mantle of leadership), but they are supposed to be the same person.
Similarly, these two are also supposed to be the same character:
Both of these are Starscream. The one of the left looks like all the other Transformers I know (that is, a robot that can turn into a car or plane or etc), while the one on the right looks like a roll of aluminum foil got into a fight with some garden shears. If I didn't know anything about this franchise, I don't think I would have any idea that these two are supposed to be related, let alone the same person!
So yeah. Bleah. Not really interested in the movies.
This entry was originally posted at http://atara.dreamwidth.org/621608.html. Please leave any comments there.