Transformers 2 (SPOILER MINEFIELD)

SentinelPrime · Post by **SentinelPrime** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:30 am

Thanks for the great info TT! I will make note of it all when I go watch two or three more times!

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:48 am

LOL nice TT

Catalyst Prime · Post by **Catalyst Prime** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:57 pm

itsprimetime wrote:Devastator-The biggest waste of computer graphics ever. ILM blew up a computer to make him, and he was in the film for maybe 5 minutes, and then is easily taken down by some experimental weapon no one has ever heard of.

The Rail gun concept has been around for 30 years now. And the navy has had a working one for almost 20 years... although it looks nothing like the one in the movie.

Post by **Time Traveller** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:12 pm

Yay fictitiousness to make railguns look cool!

Post by **Time Traveller** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:04 pm

Five Most unnecessary moments:

1. Dog humping
2. Dog humping
3. Pot brownies
4. Simmons' thong
5. Dev's wrecking balls

Five Fave Quotes:
1. If God made us in His image, you gotta wonder... Who made HIM? (this was completely overshadowed by the dog humping)

2. "You're a soldier, you get paid to shoot, not talk." "Don't tempt me."

3. "Fate rarely calls upon us at a time of our choosing." This one is Prime wisdom at its finest, right up there with "One shall stand, one shall fall." (see next)

4. Prime's spiel at the end, concluding with "And now... YOU fall."

5. "But sometimes... cowards survive."

HONORABLE MENTION:
"I hope those pilots have good aim..... I told them to hit the orange smoke."
"You mean THAT orange smoke?"
"It wasn't my best toss, a'ight?"

And five scenes:

1. Chasing Sideways: The old chinese guy, the sisters' fighting style, Sideswipe slicing him in half

2. The Prime debriefing scene: Source of some of my fave quotes! Also, they use the 10 bazillion pieces in Prime's face to make him a good actor. I was impressed!

3. The forest fight. Hardcore.

4. Ravage puking ball bearings. I love it. Also, his tactics in providing ranged cover fire for knifeman was pretty cool.

5. And, since I didn't use his quotes in my quote five, the Jetfire parts. All of them. Especially his beard scraping the ground when he leans down to talk to Sam. Last but not least, "I'm too old for this crap!"

Kup · Post by **Kup** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:21 pm

i thought they based him from pirates of the carabian, jetfire sparrow anyone? savvy?

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:55 pm

Time Traveller wrote:I was a bit sad that they killed off sideways so fast,...

I second that one. I love the look of the Sideways character and was disappointed that we didn't see much of him (he was in 'bot mode for all of a couple of seconds in that chase scene).

Dinobot · Post by **Dinobot** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:37 am

So I saw it the first time and it was cool. However the second time was kinda meh. Then I go see it for the first time in our new state-of-the-art 100%thx certified grand balcony section theater, with a peter parker themed alcoholic beverage in hand lol. WOW!!!! It was way better than both times of seeing it. The sound and largest screen in the state blew me away. The opening THX sound test is the coolest thing ever. The bass rattles the floor throughout the theater.The forrest fight sounds were unbelievable. Everyone should go to this theater...EVERYONE! Great stuff.

Post by **Time Traveller** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:17 am

Sorry, DB, i'd love to, but it's a little far. There's a 3d Imax only 5 hours from here, I think I'd have to stop there first

Sideways · Post by **Sideways** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:46 am

I didn't even have a chance to fight back ...

Post by **Time Traveller** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:57 am

lol! that's just someone in a different multiverse who shares your name... besides, his package bio says he was a big coward

Sideways · Post by **Sideways** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:21 pm

I'm far from a coward.

Rumble · Post by **Rumble** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:42 pm

Thinking along the topic of 'someone in a different multiverse who shares your name', has anyone else noticed how Ratchet doesn't seem to be that great a medic in these films?
I mean he has trouble fixing BBs voice (has been working on it awhile supposedly) and even though at the end of the first film it seems to be working again (Possibly Ratchet, but then maybe the all-spark?) it is now back to being broken in the second one. Admitidly Sam does say the BB is playing it up a bit, but that still means that its broken again.
Next we come onto the subjet of Jazz. Ratchet tried to save the 'bot but couldn't, however the films seem to show us that decapitation isn't really that fatal to all the other Transformers as Bonecrusher (or at least a 'con that looks just like him) is back in ROTF even though he lost his head in the fight against Prime.
Now to find a decent medic you clearly have to go to the Decepticons, who were quite easily able to ressurect several of their own (Including Megs who had one of the most powerful artifacts jammed into his chest) even after they had been dead and underwater for a couple of years. Now I know that they needed the all-spark fragment and spare parts to do this, but could Ratchet not have saved Jazz using the dead 'cons for parts and just asking the government for the fragment?

Anyway.... I just thought it was a curious subject

Rumble.

Post by **Time Traveller** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:36 pm

Ratchet invested all his resources into phermone detection systems. He gets his kicks by knowing when humans want to mate, not by mating together the broken pieces of his comrades.

If the decepticons manage to bring back ravage, who was torn in half like jazz, i'll be upset.

Also, no place in product placement of a pontiac when they're being phased out of the lineup. Remember the animated movie?

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:26 am

Time Traveller wrote:If the decepticons manage to bring back ravage, who was torn in half like jazz, i'll be upset.

I've only see it once so far but was Ravage torn in half? I thought he had his innards yanked out of his frame like sausage out of a casing...

Countdown · Post by **Countdown** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:29 am

OK, I may be a few years out of practice. I don't exactly have the resources I had on the Ark you know (assuming this movie series will ever mention the ark).

I am good at getting dings and dents out of the alt modes though... I guess that make me more of a plastic surgeon in the tf universe!

Post by **Time Traveller** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:03 am

Shrapnel wrote:
Time Traveller wrote:If the decepticons manage to bring back ravage, who was torn in half like jazz, i'll be upset.
I've only see it once so far but was Ravage torn in half? I thought he had his innards yanked out of his frame like sausage out of a casing...

I think his back legs came off with that, didn't they? Maybe it was by his tail.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:15 am

That part was awesome ripped apart like predator style

Bada$$

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:16 am

I cringe when Decepticons die. I can barely watch.
But when the Autobots die, my eyes are glued to the movie screen

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:28 pm

Galvatron wrote:I cringe when Decepticons die. I can barely watch.

Ravage, Sideways... I can think of a couple of the new Autobots I would have much rather seen gutted or sliced in half rather than those 'cons.

On a different topic... What's the official deal with Grindor (both on-screen and off)? On-screen: Is he a rebuilt Blackout or a different character all together? Off-screen: Why introduce a character that looks pretty much identical to Blackout yet call it Grindor?