Transformers the Movie

Is the new transformers movie worth watching do you guys think? I haven’t it yet…

Definitely Starscream. He doesn’t talk like a whiney b**ch as in the cartoon.

Barracade or Ironhide a close second.

@balungaloaf:

has anyone seen the animated movie.

most of the characters die in the first 20 minutes!  its sweet.

YOU GOT THE TOUCH!!
YOU GOT THE POWERRRR!!

@ncscswitch:

They took away a major component of the original cartoon in the movie when they changed Megatron.

In the cartoon, part of what kept Megatron “in check” was that, when he transformed h had to be wielded by another Deceptacon.

That was a major power limitation, and is what helped to maintain the “challenge for power” against Megatron… he could not become that super-powerful weapon and do ANYTHING without another to aim and pull the trigger.  And it had to be a pretty major Deceptacon to wield such a large weapon… large and powerful, and thus a threat to Megatron’s rule.

You mean when he became Galvatron?
Regardless, the component you speak of does not exist.
He could level city blocks with his arm cannon (and more, but it weakened him) in robot mode as Megatron.  The P38 mode fired a more focused beam, so it was stronger against individuals.  When he became Galvatron, he could still turn into a pistol, but mostly took on a cannon mode, which the toy represented (but not the pistol form).
Also, he could change size.  In the very first episode he becomes small enough to fit in Starscream’s hand.  In others, he becomes small enough for humans to wield.  And I just read that he retained his relative robot size in one episode where he attached (as a giant P38) to Starscream in jet mode.

@Jermofoot:

@ncscswitch:

They took away a major component of the original cartoon in the movie when they changed Megatron.

In the cartoon, part of what kept Megatron “in check” was that, when he transformed h had to be wielded by another Deceptacon.

That was a major power limitation, and is what helped to maintain the “challenge for power” against Megatron… he could not become that super-powerful weapon and do ANYTHING without another to aim and pull the trigger.  And it had to be a pretty major Deceptacon to wield such a large weapon… large and powerful, and thus a threat to Megatron’s rule.

You mean when he became Galvatron?
Regardless, the component you speak of does not exist.
He could level city blocks with his arm cannon (and more, but it weakened him) in robot mode as Megatron.  The P38 mode fired a more focused beam, so it was stronger against individuals.  When he became Galvatron, he could still turn into a pistol, but mostly took on a cannon mode, which the toy represented (but not the pistol form).
Also, he could change size.  In the very first episode he becomes small enough to fit in Starscream’s hand.  In others, he becomes small enough for humans to wield.  And I just read that he retained his relative robot size in one episode where he attached (as a giant P38) to Starscream in jet mode.

That’s what I’m talking about, Bad guys always have the coolest toys.

Yeah, certainly Starscream was my favorite from the original cartoon.  That is, until they introduced the Constructicons who could merge into Devastator and then Devastator’s autobot nemesis, Omega Supreme, became my favorite. But Starscream remained my favorite Decepticon. He was such an a**hole in the cartoon, how could you not like him?

Omega Supreme had so many flavors of cool. He has the coolest name. He was like 3 times as big as any other transformer and Devastator was the only Decepticon who could fight him. And he could disassemble into a tank AND a rocket. I’m pissed that I never found the time to see the movie in the theater, but I’d make time if they made a sequel with Omega Supreme in it.

now there’s a robotech banner on the bottom of the screen.  :-P

Transformers = hotties
Gobots = cross-eyed fuglies