For all my cynicism and criticism of Michael Bay and the first Transformers movie, I find that as the new one approaches I'm actually pretty excited. I've spoiled myself flagrantly, reading io9's daily spoiler posts and an entire post summarizing some early leaks of the novelization. These have done nothing to make me think this movie is going to make any more sense than the first one, or for that matter to not think it's going to be an eye-rollingly written popcorn movie. I suffer no illusions that it will not be terrible, though I believe it will at least be a fun kind of terrible. I'm still excited.
A lot of what I'm excited about is the Bumblebee Blast Slurpees, the Snickers Nougabot Bars, the BBQ Double Stackticons. I'm excited that this week is some kind of crazy, surreal worldwide celebration of Transformers. And I only care so much that it's some completely reimagined version of the Transformers, because there's just enough there to make it real. The only real problem I've had with the movie designs is that they're associated with what I consider to be a piss-poor piece of fiction, and right now that just doesn't matter. What matters right now is that the characters and story that found such a firm footing in my imagination have taken over pop culture as a whole. Fifteen years ago I never would have expected this. Sometimes I still don't.
I have tickets for the midnight IMAX showing at Easton tonight, something I finangled a couple hours of off-time tomorrow morning for to give me a prayer of recovering in time for work. I gave in to my baser urges and bought Skids this past weekend, because despite the fact that he and his brother clearly have some sort of robot Downs Syndrome, despite expecting them to sum up everything that makes me groan about these movies, some part of me still really wanted his toy. (The dumb young character is supposed to be attractive enough to make up for it, Michael Bay! Duh!) I've got plans to see it again with a bunch of friends on Friday. And no matter how stupid I know this movie is going to be, I'm really, really excited about it.
I mean, seriously, it's about the Fallen. WTF?
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autobottrixter- June 23rd, 12:24
2009-06-23 05:54 pm (UTC)
"Awesome."
/click/
*KAPOW*
2009-06-23 08:28 pm (UTC)
2009-06-24 12:52 am (UTC)
Lowest Common Denominator. Most people can't follow a complex plot, lots of different characterisations, etc. They just want some big explosions, the good guys beating the bad and some snappy zinger lines.
Sadly, a lot of people forget that, and lose that ability to also enjoy it. Just 'cause I love reading highbrow humour like Oscar Wilde, doesn't mean I can't enjoy the Three Stooges.
2009-06-23 10:26 pm (UTC)
So not just an allusion to how the Decepticons were defeated (ie fallen) and thus wanted revenge.
Hooray for Sweden who renamed/translated the subtitle to "Revenge of the Defeated"! :D
2009-06-23 11:13 pm (UTC)
I know, I completely refused to accept even the possibility that it might actually be about that Fallen until I saw the first movie poster with the face. The really old-looking face that appeared to be on fire. It was the "on fire" that did it, really.