Transformers the Movie

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So it's a 50-50.  The newer audience would like a high-end looking design, while the older audience would actually like the old designs. 

So they had to take a risk, whatever their choice'll be there's a negative and obviously a positive reaction.

And this is the risk they chose.

No basis for this.

Besides, I'm all for the mechanical-organic-alien look of the transformers because that's what transformers are; they're sentient machines. And I understand that changes are unavoidable because of evolving tastes.

HOWEVER, there's a very fine line between innovating/reinventing and plain BASTARDIZING.

Megatron, fine. Everyone else, fine.
But with the characters that really mattered, they sure f*cked up BAD. (i.e. Bumblebee... wtf... why not a beetle... the new beetle would have been fine. Optimus Prime... the design was fine... the paint was just stupid... and the face... looks plain stupid.)

They could have done whatever they wanted with the story... but at the very least, they could have at least stayed a little more faithful in terms of some trademark designs such as optimus' face and bumblebee's transformation.

Meh.

I know it's too late for them to change anything... so yeah, I'm just ranting.


MEGA EDIT:

Read this wikipedia article on the upcoming transformers movie. It'll answer A LOT of questions and explain the reasons for some of the things that pissed off the fans.

Apparently, Megatron's design may still turn out different from the pix that we've seen. Also, it turns out that Bumblebee was turned into a Camaro so that he wouldn't be compared to Herbie. Meh. But it looks like Optimus will be retaining his ugly face.

<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_%28film%29' target='_blank'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_%28film%29</a>
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