They still make flat nosed trucks. I find that hardly a reason to excuse Micheal Bay and his bastardization of the Transformers.

Optimus Prime getting a trailer in the 3rd movie (something he should have had in the first movie) does not makeup for the last two movies.

The facts are Micheal Bay had a wonderful mythology to pull from. instead he shit canned the whole history to make a movie that was more his ideas then the original writers who came up with Transformers.

You know, in the last year I personally went around to walmart, Target and Hot-topic and I asked their employees if they sold more new transformers merchandise (toys, cloths, etc) or G1 merchandise. Every single person I spoke with said hands down they sell more G1 Transformers related merchandise then they do the new Transformers. It makes you think.

As I have always said. Like them if you want. I just hope that this brings some attention to the G1 version of the franchises and that when some director down the road redoes Transformers, perhaps they will stay faithful to the source material.

How can you show a movie just like the cartoon? Just imagine an extremely big tractor beeing transformed into optimus prime just like the cartoon? It would be a lot of Boxes with limited moviments. Is there other better way as Michael Bay did to turn them into completely aliens? They are Living organism, they transform eletrical things to life! And they wouldn’t be able to show that through the cartoon pictures! It would SUX! It’s the same as geting a couple of boxes, puting together, gibing a name and it would be just like Anime Festivals where the cosplays can make theyr own fantasy! Transformers cartoon is primitive, made success and i love it, but it is! They are not like Gundam Wing is, a Robot drived by Humans! As i said before, they are another race, they evolve, transform and change! It’s totally different from become 6 blocks together talking and walking!

You guys are thinking litle and limited!
The Movie is just awsome!

I don’t wan to take anything away from people who saw the movie and loved. But when you ask me my thoughts your going to get a hear full.

What you are saying about Transformers, is exactly what hard-core fans of Batman comics said about Dark Knight series. Yet, Dark Knight not only made money, but gave us all a more realistic and three dimensional Batman to idealize. I bet there were some crazy fans who even suggested that Dark Knight should have had those signature cartoonish “Pow!” and “Kaboom!” moments.

I am a huge fan of transformers, and as a fan I should tell you that I liked Optimus originally because of what he stood for, not the red boxes he was composed of. The movie version very accurately recreated the character for me and I’ve found new appreciation for one of the greatest leaders in the comic universe. If you can’t understand that, then I doubt you understood the cartoons.

As for the Speed Racer movie, I did not see it. I was just pointing out how one team of people could make a movie and not screw up the look and the feel of the vehicles (Speed Racer), and in another movie, can change them to the point where they are not even recognizable from the originals (Transformers).

I am glad you think they did a good job. I am glad you enjoyed the movie I hated. Because in the long run, you and millions of others will look more and more into Transformers mythology and learn about the history, and the original story line, and see how truly messed up Micheal Bay’s vision for the Transformers really is. Hopefully this will cause someone in the future to reboot Transformers movie franchise correctly. Telling the story how it should have been told. Not messing up the vehicles and changes character names.