tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post4229534778302907031..comments2023-11-05T03:24:07.273-06:00Comments on Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob.: TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-81834129066466798752009-06-27T07:31:40.290-05:002009-06-27T07:31:40.290-05:00Sorry you missed the plot exposition, I guess it w...Sorry you missed the plot exposition, I guess it was easy to do so. But they DID say right when they mentioned the machine the first time what it was for. I'll explain it really simply since they didn't do so. <br><br>1: Transformers need Energon<br>2: Energon is rare.<br>3: Ancient transformers built machines capable of destroying a sun in order to harvest all the energy from it to convert to Energon.<br>4: The ancient transformers promised themselves they'd never use the machines on inhabited worlds.<br>5: The Fallen decided he liked Energon better than humanity and tried to use it anyway, then got smacked down, but his mindset and ideas created the Decepticons.<br>6: Now the Decepticons want to use the machine that he tried to use all that time ago, technically to save their race but they would kill humanity in the process.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-82640714880530820232009-06-27T07:50:56.562-05:002009-06-27T07:50:56.562-05:00But that's not the plot of the film - that'...But that's not the plot of the film - that's the plot of the feeble villains.<br><br>Sam an Mikaela are just as static and unchanging and set piece-y as the rest of the characters, only Sam gets to scream a lot and meet the Transformers equivalent of Mufasa, while Mikaela gets long, laboring, soft-focus shots that creep up her body.<br><br>I don't think it's possible to hate this movie enough.Paul Arrand Rodgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10369036006191440677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-48332665172736243732009-06-27T09:14:11.520-05:002009-06-27T09:14:11.520-05:00*shrug* That's cool. You can have your opinion...*shrug* That's cool. You can have your opinion. It seems to be shared by a lot of people. I just don't happen to share it, that's all. I liked the movie, a lot. It was my favorite movie so far this year, but I'm certainly not going to put down anyone who doesn't like it, because I can see where they're coming from. I just disagree.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-21358397927248075572009-06-27T10:07:37.106-05:002009-06-27T10:07:37.106-05:00Ray: Like I said, I don't hate the movie. I en...Ray: Like I said, I don't hate the movie. I enjoyed it and thought it was rather entertaining. Most other people don't even feel *that* way. They just straight-up hate it. And thanks for explaining the motivation of the Decepticons. All I got from it was "The machine destroys the sun." I didn't know how or why, I just got that it destroyed the sun, which was weird to me. And I knew Energon was involved, but I didn't connect it with the machine. I only got that Energon came from the funky hand dagger thingy.<br><br>Paul: I don't think they're nearly as static as the rest of the characters. At least Sam and Mikaela have an arch to go through, regardless of how unimportant of an arch it is. None of the other characters did. So by narrative standards, they aren't completely static because there is a small bit of growth... but they certainly aren't rounded.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-41510168581191036872009-06-27T16:32:07.248-05:002009-06-27T16:32:07.248-05:00Oh I know you didn't hate it, Nick. I did get...Oh I know you didn't hate it, Nick. I did get that. Sorry if I gave you the impression that I thought you did. It's cool. I just wanted to explain that one plot point.Raynoreply@blogger.com