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"Transformers" Starring Shia Labeouf

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And here's a direct Youtube link:

From what I know about Transformers, the original 1980s cartoon is more focused on the robots having human emotions and having more humanity than actual humans. The trailer looks good. The original cartoon robots actually spoke and had their own little community but for the "live action" robots to talk seems like it would be corny. Cartoons and animation in general can get away with a lot of things that live-action cannot.
There's definitely going to be a "terrorism" element to the movie. Also, since there are good and evil robots, I think the movie will show how the humans can differentiate between the good and evil robots, instead of just lumping them in one category. In a way, the "Transformers" are like the Muslims and Arabs that have been discriminated against since 9/11: some are bad people and some are good people. I will definitely be the first to see this movie.

Besides all the special effects, I'm counting on Shia Labeouf's acting talent because the dude has got major skills. I also hope that Transformers is not just another Independence Day and actually digs a little deeper because even though I'm not that familiar with the original cartoon, I know that the cartoon was more than a cartoon. Millions of fans will testify to that. lol

And check out this pic of Optimus Prime on the cover of Empire magazine:
transformers_optimus-empire_cover2.jpg
 

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I like Orson Welles in the 1984 production. "Your bargaining position is highly dubious."

Did you know that that film had a wall-to-wall soundtrack?
 

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Originally Posted by Kent Wang
I like Orson Welles in the 1984 production. "Your bargaining position is highly dubious."

Did you know that that film had a wall-to-wall soundtrack?


No, I had no idea that the 1984 film had a wall-to-wall soundtrack? And by the way, what is a wall-to-wall soundtrack? lol
And speaking of Orson Welles, I love his voice. I saw him in "Jane Eyre" and his onscreen presence is as effective as his vocal presence.
 

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Originally Posted by kinglear
And speaking of Orson Welles, I love his voice. I saw him in "Jane Eyre" and his onscreen presence is as effective as his vocal presence.

Yeah, he was pretty good in Citizen Kane too.
 

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It means that the music does not stop, ever. Welles was said to have hated the movie. When asked about his role, not only could not remember his character's name, but he described his role as "a big toy who attacks a bunch of smaller toys". Orson Welles is one of my heroes. Citizen Kane is remarkable in that not only is it a biography of William Randolph Hearst -- another hero of mine as well -- but a prophetic biography of Welles's life to be.
 

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Oh ok, so that's what it means. I remember watching Citizen Kane in journalism class. I definitely have to watch it again because I don't remember much of it. In the trailer I posted above, there's a guy that the military stops and the guy says "We'll kill you." The white guy whose eyes go crazy robotic is a Transformer, right? He's evil of course and I think his name might be Brawl.
 

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Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman
Yeah, he was pretty good in Citizen Kane too.

"I can see you. I know who you are. I watch you... I KNOW. I am what you see. I am what you watch. I am it. I am the hands. I am the feet. I am the eyes. I am the body. I. AM. ROSEBUD. ROOOOSEBUUUD... THE WATCHER. THE FEAR. THE ETERNAL. THE SAINT! You are nothing."

Jon.
 

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This is the thread in which all the Michael Bay comments belong, not in the thread about the movie "300".

I'm not a Bay fan, in fact, I only really thought that The Rock was worth watching more than once. Hopefully he hasn't screwed up the Transformers too badly. As far as I'm concerned, he follows George Lucas's style too closely, where big action sequences are the REASON for the movie, and not ADDING to the movie.
 

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Am I mistaken or did I see Bumblebee as a yellow Camaro? A Camaro isn't much of a "bug." Meh.

I will watch, and enjoy, this film.
 

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Originally Posted by kronik
Am I mistaken or did I see Bumblebee as a yellow Camaro? A Camaro isn't much of a "bug." Meh.
Apparently
, Volkswagen won't license any of their vehicles for use as "war toys" anymore. So there ya go.
 

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Originally Posted by Kent Wang
I like Orson Welles in the 1984 production. "Your bargaining position is highly dubious."

Did you know that that film had a wall-to-wall soundtrack?

Orson Welles scared the **** out of me when I was 4
 

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It's funny how Welles' career was bookended by his voice roles. In addition to his famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast, he was also the first person to portray the Shadow on the radio, once the character went from a mystery-show narrator to a cloaked crimefighter with the power to cloud men's minds. Welles left the show in 1938, but the program continued for 16 more years, ending only with the demise of the golden age of radio in the 1950s.

Several actors portrayed the Shadow after Welles, but none topped his performance.
 

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Eh, I am not a big fan of the new Decepticons looks...sort of like glorified Bionicles. Waiting for it to come out though, hopefully it will not be like every video-game-to-movie adaptation there was in the past (Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, Resident Evil, Doom, Initial D).
 

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