@ 4RL Deal: he did have a Darth Vader quality to him didn't he? lol

He was like a "Dubbed Japanese Anime Saturday Morning Cartoon Show Darth Vader" :lol that said, however I really liked the way

he just kind of grabbed Destro by the collar and "asserted dominance" right there at the end (wish Megatron had had the guts to do that in ROTF); ... and then they got captured like noobs... lol.

 

 

And not to mention the damn Wheelsnakes. 4RL knows what I'm talking about :P

:tfgrin

At least it didn't take as many liberties with the franchise as Inglourious Basterds did with WWII: totally rewrote the timeline and recast the Americans as the villains - I don't remember that in World at War :P

 

Seriously, might go and see GI Joe after reading this, but for a truly intelligent 'squad on a mission' movie that will make you laugh, wince and think - especially about what men are capable of doing to each other in war - see Inglourious Basterds.

 

District 9 isn't released here in Britain 'till September 4th - needless to say, after what's written here, seeing the trailers and reading the stupid amount of 10 star reviews on IMDB, I'm counting off the days... Looks infinitely superior to Cameron's Failatar, judging by the trailers :hbang

Not for anything, reading back in this thread I have to wonder why everyone seems so lax with the liberties taken in this movie vs the ones taken in the 2 TF films?

Maybe it's just that people gripe a lot here because it's a TF board and we're more passionate about that. I wonder what the GI Joe boards are like regarding the movie...

Also, GI Joe just comes off as a better movie, so I think people don't mind the changes as much.

 

The Joe boards have been pretty much like this thread, everyone has thier gripes but it's generally well received. And there are those diehards on the Joe boards like on here that feel their childhood has been raped and destroyed and blah, blah, blah. But most Joe fans liked it, it's just a shame it had to go up against D9 and Inglorious Basterds, then maybe it could have had a chance to rake in a little more cash.

I just saw GiJoe, and it's definitely a good movie. I still liked RotF more. RotF had me on the edge of my seat wih excitement and laughing hysterically with the humor. GiJoe was simply an enjoyable, fun movie. IMO, they both had good plots and good pacing for the stories they were telling. Both had good characterizations for the main characters, as far as I'm concerned. I never really understood the gripes about the designs of the movie transformers since each new continuity has had their own redesigns of these characters anyway. Think about it. Does Armada Optimus look like G1 Optimus? No. Did RiD Optimus or BW Optimus Primal? No. The various Optimus Primes did have certain iconic features, and the movie did keep them in place. Did the different Megatrons from these continiites all look the same? Absolutely not. Did they all share the same aesthetic? No. In fact, Each Megatron from these different continuities looked completely different from any other Megatron. No two Megatrons looked alike. There were no "iconic" elements to Megatron's design throughout the entire run of Transformers. Why should be movies have been locked into the G1 aesthetic then? It's not G1. It does have some homages to it though, and RotF does begin to tie the movie-verse into the greater TF multiverse and mythos. But still, it is not G1. Bay was not telling a story in any pre-existing continuity. It's a new continuity with new incarnations of these characters. Thus, they will look different, they will act different. And honestly, I loved what Bay has done with the movies.

 

GI Joe too has had a couple of different incarnations over the 45 years it's been in existence. Originally, GI Joe was one guy, not a team. The first Gi Joe toy came out in 1964, and was the very first "action figure". He was a 12" figure with a cloth uniform, and lots of gear. Then, in 1983, GI Joe became a team. And since then, it has had three different incarnations with different "tech levels" and styles, but essentialy maintaining the same core cast. The new movie certainly seems like an homage to at least two of those incarnations—the '80s cartoon and comic series, and Sigma 6. This makes sense since this series hasn't had nearly the amount of different continuities, and the looks and characterizations of the characters in the various reboots haven't changed that much between these few different takes on the series. Certainly not as much as has happened in the TF mythos.

 

Ultimately though, both were great movies and I enjoyed them both. They're also two completely different types of movies with different artistic styles and tempos. So to say that one is some how "better" than the other is really hard to agree with because it's like comparing apples with oranges. Sure, both are action flics (just as both Apples and oranges are fruit), but they're completely different stylistically, with different goals, and directorial visions.

 

One thing I will say about RotF over Gi Joe. I never saw anyone leaving the theater during RotF. Everyone who saw it when I did, loved every minute of it, and stayed on. There were more people there too. When I saw GI Joe today, the people right across the aisle from me left half-way through the movie, and when I looked back behind me during the last quarter or so of the movie (I was in the front row), I was the only person left in the theater. Take that as you will.

^ not arguing but when I saw TFrotf several families left the theater and requested their $$$$$ back. I actually asked the ticket sellers about it and they said that during the first week they kept having to give refunds because people thought it was a kids show based on how it was advertised and marketed. Any ways ehhhhhh.

Personally I saw at least 3 people myself walk out of the theater in an already small showing.

Personally I saw at least 3 people myself walk out of the theater in an already small showing.

For G.I. Joe? or RoTF?

both it's the new trend with hasbro toy movies. When they start showing new shows on the hasbro channle I hear it will be cool to walk out of your house too.

Personally I saw at least 3 people myself walk out of the theater in an already small showing.

For G.I. Joe? or RoTF?

 

Oops my apologies, ROTF midnight showing.

The kiddo and I actually walked out of Inglourious Basterds this weekend within the first minute. This is because we were supposed to be seeing The Rise of Cobra in the theater next door. (The moral of this story: when in a rush, do not trust cinema attendants that say "Oh, you'll want this door.")

 

Aside from missing the first ten minutes, The Rise of Cobra was a blast. There was a bit of head-scratching (particle accelerators that don't look like particle accelerators weaponizing weapons, ice sinking) but all together, it was a fun ride. Fears of the more far-reaching elements (the Delta 6 suits, the comedy-centric Marlon Wayans as Ripcord) were unfounded; indeed, these new twists on the franchise actually proved to be incredibly entertaining.

 

Certainly there were a few groan-inducing lines and sometimes the CGI went a bit wobbly (prison scene, I'm looking at you), but I came away from the film with this thought: The Rise of Cobra was just under two hours long, and yet the spectacular centerpiece was a ten-minute chase through Paris par excellence. Revenge of the Fallen, on the other hand, was two and a half hours long and an additional $25 million in the budget... and the highpoint was the five-minute forest fight. How did that happen?

 

(Final note... apart from finding the general emphasis on face-melting to be 'a bit creepy' (her words), the kiddo loved every minute of the film. Fortunately she's already has an extensive Sigma 6 collection, so it looks like I'll still be retaining the contents of wallet during the post-blockbuster toy season. :))