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Will this riff be a future classic in the rifftrax hall of fame?

Ouch! One vote and it's a one?!

This was solid.  I laughed a lot.

Quote from: Edward J Grug III on November 20, 2007, 04:29:19 PM
Ouch! One vote and it's a one?!

How much you wanna bet it was Cognac.

Actually, it was me.  There were funny parts but as much as I love Mike, Bill and Kevin, I didn't enjoy their ripping into a good movie.

You thought there were funny parts but you gave it a one? The lowest possible score you could give it?

That is... weird.

Oh well, obviously the poll is an opinion poll, and you are entitled to it.

They have riffed planty of movies I really like, and it has never stopped me from enjoying it.

I know. I know...I made that vote in anger right after watching it.  Looking back, I probably would have given it a more middle score.  Sorry everyone.

Wow.  You really need to learn how to let go of the movie for a bit and watch the Rifftrax instead.  They're 2 different and separate experiences.

A good Rifftrax, but seemed a bit dull edged (overall) to me for some reason, like the crew was a bit tired when they did this. I gave it a 7.

This movie is such a deep hurting pain to watch the 2nd time. Lot of d'oh moments in it. The riff is alright. It's kind of slow in the beginning, and I stopped at the midpoint tonight, where it seemed like it was starting to get good.

Then again, I don't know if my judgment is skewed because I just watched the Spiderman rifftrax.

Great stuff.  Normally I might rate this an 8 or so, but I gave it a 10 to help offset the undeserved 1 it got.   ;)

Finished my 4 & 1/2 hour DVD conversion late last night..
I gave it an 8, but I'll watch it again tonight.
It was Very Funny, but I think I was just too tired.. 8)

I think the guys pointed out just about every problem I had with this movie.  And a lot of jokes that made me really crack up.  I don't usually give out 10's because I'm trying to leave some breathing room for the great ones.  I didn't quite get to finish it but I'll pass out a rare 10. 

Sorry to say the horror that is a Micheal Bay production sucked Mike, Kevin and Bill down the Black Hole vortex that is "Transformers."  I got the instinct impression that they all went out for lot of beer after this ordeal.  I used to be somewhat intrigued about them doing "Armageddon" but now I fear for their souls.  DON'T DO IT!  I CARE ABOUT YOU ALL!   :'(

I loved the Rifftrax. Looks like the team finally changed their theme music at the beginning, not too bad, but it was too loud.

I alos loved the Plane from the T3 Rifftrax Referrence, I'm glad he's got some killer friends!

"I'm suppose to meet Colonel Glen Manning up here."

:D
Good nostalgic callback.

Really outstanding from the beginning until the end.    They seemed to have a good time doing it too.    I gave it a ten.

SUPERB!!!

This one totally makes up for the extremely mediocre Star Wars 3 Riff!

10 all the way.

9 out of 10.  Well done.   :clap:

9.7

Funniest Rifftrax since Battlefield Earth.

"The riff was hilarious, but I don't ever want to see that terrible movie ever again"- Mom

And that's saying something, considering we've watched Glitter and Battlefield well into the double digits.

10/10

"Aw, crap- they float!"

Quote from: GalvaTRION on December 19, 2007, 07:44:19 PM
Funniest Rifftrax since Battlefield Earth.
"The riff was hilarious, but I don't ever want to see that terrible movie ever again"- Mom
And that's saying something, considering we've watched Glitter and Battlefield well into the double digits.

Perhaps you enjoyed Battlefield Earth more because the Rifftrax was funnier than the Transformers one. Since such things are so incredibly subjective, we will never know. I can tell you one thing, even on its worst day and its audience under the influence of drugs, Transformers is far, far better than Battlefield earth. 

I could not have survived this movie with my sanity intact without the Riff. Seriously. What a sad, sad film. It could have been SO cool....and Bey just totally  dropped the ball. Rifftrax makes me happy.

Neb

Quote from: Nebutron on December 28, 2007, 12:28:43 PM
I could not have survived this movie with my sanity intact without the Riff. Seriously. What a sad, sad film. It could have been SO cool....and Bey just totally  dropped the ball. Rifftrax makes me happy.
Neb

I know we can always trust the opinion of somebody who can spell really well. Wouldn't care to admit that you're just another profile made by Galvatrion would you?  ;)

Quote from: Cognac on December 28, 2007, 12:54:48 PM
I know we can always trust the opinion of somebody who can spell really well. Wouldn't care to admit that you're just another profile made by Galvatrion would you?  ;)

My...this is a first! I'm being confused with somebody else. I haven't made many posts here and am not familiar with Galvatrion. I'm just an old lady nerd who spent her childhood actually reading books, so despite a public (USA) education I can actually spell and use grammar. It's a shocker, I know.

Neb

Quote from: Nebutron on December 28, 2007, 02:31:15 PM
My...this is a first! I'm being confused with somebody else. I haven't made many posts here and am not familiar with Galvatrion. I'm just an old lady nerd who spent her childhood actually reading books, so despite a public (USA) education I can actually spell and use grammar. It's a shocker, I know.
Neb

I apologize if I was disrespectful, but his name is spelled Bay, not Bey. An old lady nerd? That's gotta be a first too.

Oops, you're right. It's "Bay". Turkish on the brain, I guess. Don't worry, I wasn't detecting any disrespect.

Old lady nerd? Why not? I was a nerd by the time Star Wars hit the theaters. In '77 (or was it '76?). We don't die, we're just nerdy about things that were outre before most of you were born. Since you have no age listed in your profile I can't rib you about things that were considered "nerdy" when you were in high school. :-D

I'm 44, and I although I didn't wear a pocket protector, I did carry a belt-hung calculator case (they were big and fat back then, calculators) with pencils, first aid kit, and a geological sample testing kit...just in case. I wore wire-rimmed glasses when big tortoiseshell "Preppy" specs were "in", and I wore sweater vests and corduroys. This was the late '70s. I was not fashionable. I watched Star Trek, Space 1999, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Planet of the Apes (TV series), and the 6 Million Dollar Man. I was a hopeless sci-fi geek, and when Star Wars came out I was transported....enraptured. *sigh*

What Lucas has done with the latest three installments in the series should be criminally punishable, imo.

That's my nerd rant, and I'm sticking to it!

Nebutron

A 44 year old female nerd may not be the norm, but in every other aspect I think you'll fit right in.  Welcome.   ;)

I fit in? Uh oh... not sure how I'll cope with that (just kidding).

Anyway, back to the topic at hand: Transformers.   I knew it was going to be fluff, but there's no reason fluff can't be good fluff. I think you know you're in trouble when the slow-mo action sequences are more interesting than the supposedly story arc-advancing "meaningful" dialogue scenes. I read a couple of reviews that complained about the "girlfriend" character, calling her window dressing or obligatory cheesecake, but frankly I thought she ended up better fleshed out than the Shia LeBoef (sp) character. Look, I'm a movie nut, and when I can't even remember the protagonist's name, that's a bad sign.

Of course, this is the director who took easy box office material like the attack on Pearl Harbor and totally bolloxed it up. The ONLY good scene in PH is...the attack on PH. Cuba Gooding Jr. might as well have been in another movie. Why couldn't we have had more of his character (Petty Officer Doris Miller, a real hero)?! There's a cool sub-plot, imo. What is the deal with Bay being incapable of developing an interesting character or relationship. The rest of the movie is a yawn fest, and I really like Kate Beckinsale so how lame is that? I think, and I'm only guessing here, that he was trying to develop an interesting plot line with the Beckinsale/Affleck/Hartnett lurv triangle thing. The whole, "But we though you were DEAD!" thing? Golly, that's never been done anywhere before (don't watch any soap operas and you'll be able to hold on to that notion). Oh, and casting Alex Baldwin as Doolittle? Talk about a slap in the face of his memory. For starters, Doolittle was a short bald guy, and for seconders he was not a raging liberal milquetoast. Sorry to bring politics in to it, but it irks me. Yes, I know we're talking about actors who are playing a part, but I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was annoyed by that casting choice.

This is going to turn into a point by point analysis of PH, so I'll stop...except to gripe about the control room in Hawaii listening to the air raid on Japan. Sorry, long distance "wireless" commo wasn't available yet, idiots! Oh, wait, maybe Bay did his historical research by watching "The Final Countdown" and he figures Doolittle picked up some radio technology from the Nimitz. Yeah, that's it. *sigh*

So, to recap: I loathed Transformers, felt it richly deserved a riff, and the riff made me laugh.

Neb

Quote from: Nebutron on December 29, 2007, 10:22:30 AM
So, to recap: I loathed Transformers, felt it richly deserved a riff, and the riff made me laugh
Neb

Meh, whatever.

Quote from: Cognac on December 29, 2007, 10:31:54 AM

Quote from: Nebutron on December 29, 2007, 10:22:30 AM
So, to recap: I loathed Transformers, felt it richly deserved a riff, and the riff made me laugh

Meh, whatever.

Oh my. Now that is moving toward "disrespectful". My guess at your age is sinking lower by the post.

No disrespect intended, mind you.

Neb

Quote from: Nebutron on December 29, 2007, 10:35:13 AM
No disrespect intended, mind you.
Neb

Of course not, I love the Transformers, and that's okay with me because I know for a fact that it's a great movie.  ;)

So, Crazy 88, you must be around ten years old?

We just watched this one last night, we've had it on the pile for quite a while. For some reason we thought it would probably not be one of the best ones, but actually, it was!

We really loved this Rifftrax. Nice work guys!

I love the movie and love the RIFF.  Very, very funny!

"Pop up pictures killed my dad."  Five days later, I'm still laughing at that one. 

Yes, I must add that I really enjoyed the movie too (although I can appreciate that it's a pretty bad movie)

This riff made sure that one of the worst movies to come out in the past ten years will become one of my most watched.

They need to do more Bay movies.

10/10.

I really really loved this one. very funny :highfive:

Hilarious RT from start to finish. Highly recommended.  :clap:
Bring on Armageddon!

I've just done something I thought I'd never do......I've actually purchased a copy of Transformers at a discount price from Amazon's New and Used sellers just for this Riff Trax which I have just downloaded. Since I didn't want to pay for Shipping I should get it sometime next week.

OH GOD!!! I love RiffTrax, but not even the genius of the trio could keep me from bashing my head into a wall watching the movie.  It's so.  Freaking.  BAD!  The guys are funny, but for every moment where you actually have to watch the film ... UGH! I had to take breaks, I had to nap.  Had to puke a little  :o.  I never thought a movie would be so bad that making fun of it would hurt so much as well, but oooooh dear god.

It took me two tries to watch this movie unriffed. Both times I paid to see other movies and snuck into the theater showing this pile of crap. I feel so bad for Peter Cullen. His Optimus is by far the best of the lot.

Best one I listened to in a while.

CLASSIC! 


This/Jaws/Jedi  fight it out for # 1 in my mind.  (While both this and Jedi are pretty heavy in the obscure reference department ..... which is something I appreciate and enjoy, but less media adept people might find meh  :grr: ........so I'd say Jaws is the best one for introducing new riffers!)



I rewatched this one today and it solidified it's place around the top of all time Rifftrax!

Good Riff... to bad the film was near unwatchable regardless