Transformers 2 in summer 2009

[Courtney]

And then RVR says something about boobs.

[mrbasehart]

And then RVR says something about boobs.

With emoticons.

[Courtney]

And then RVR says something about boobs.

With emoticons.

Probably this one: 

[Tyrant]

And then RVR says something about boobs.

With emoticons.

  And pictures of himself drunk in Mexico.

  C'mon, RVR. Don't let us down! Only you can save this thread!!

[Tripe]

I we going to like the tequila signal? 

The other one might have been taken the wrong way.

[Cosmic Muse]

Would I be freaking you guys out if i told you I'm developing a bit of a crush on Michael Bay? I mean he does have a nice six pack and all...but still he's not as hot as Optimus Prime.

Oh, and here are 10 gaping plot holes from Yahoo concerning revenge of the Fallen:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/smg-transformers-10-questions.html

[mrbasehart]

This was quite a good post on the NPR website, a bit of which I reproduce here:

An AP article argues today that Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen "sets a new standard for the gulf between what reviewers and mass audiences like." 
...

But is that right? That audiences read reviews of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen and think, "You don't know what you're talking about"?

Or do audiences understand what critics mean by "good," and simply think that's not the kind of "good" they're looking for on a Friday night?

Imagine a restaurant review of McDonalds. Now think about how much money McDonalds makes. It seems like a stretch to assume that the disparity means that people who eat at McDonalds are rolling their eyes at restaurant critics and thinking they don't know what they're talking about.

That's because not every purchase is conceived as an attempt to buy quality, either with burgers or with movie tickets. Sometimes you just want what you want.

This is more or less what the thread has been about, no?

Mark Kermode said something like, "yeah, a lot of people will go and watch Transformers 2, but that doesn't mean they'll enjoy watching it." He went on to elaborate that many people would go to see the movie for the "experience" of seeing it in the cinema environment.  I think he probably has a point...but only if we see dramatic drop-offs in the takings for the next few weeks.  If the movie has legs, then we know word-of-mouth for the public is good, or people are going to see it again after their first viewing. 

[Henry88]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers2.htm

not bad in just six days

[spaceforarent]

Would I be freaking you guys out if i told you I'm developing a bit of a crush on Michael Bay? I mean he does have a nice six pack and all...but still he's not as hot as Optimus Prime.

Oh, and here are 10 gaping plot holes from Yahoo concerning revenge of the Fallen:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/smg-transformers-10-questions.html

seriously with #9 there.
I think that was the point where it went from just ridiculous movie to what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you movie, for me at least.

[dalem]

For fun on dull days, I look through the snapping thread and remember snaps past.  It's fer fun!

This on the other hand is just every thread ever.   

No, it's not.  You're so fucking wrong it's not even funny how fucking wrong you are.  I feel sorry for you.

Don't feel sorry for Hitler.

That's just the kind of thing Hitler would say.

-dale

[Crow T. Robot 666]

Would I be freaking you guys out if i told you I'm developing a bit of a crush on Michael Bay? I mean he does have a nice six pack and all...but still he's not as hot as Optimus Prime.

Oh, and here are 10 gaping plot holes from Yahoo concerning revenge of the Fallen:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/smg-transformers-10-questions.html

10 plots holes, which means they discussed roughly 4% of the plot holes in the movie.

[Cosmic Muse]

Would I be freaking you guys out if i told you I'm developing a bit of a crush on Michael Bay? I mean he does have a nice six pack and all...but still he's not as hot as Optimus Prime.

Oh, and here are 10 gaping plot holes from Yahoo concerning revenge of the Fallen:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/smg-transformers-10-questions.html

10 plots holes, which means they discussed roughly 4% of the plot holes in the movie.

Feel free to add to that list if you'd like.

[a pretty girl is like]

Would I be freaking you guys out if i told you I'm developing a bit of a crush on Michael Bay? I mean he does have a nice six pack and all...but still he's not as hot as Optimus Prime.

Oh, and here are 10 gaping plot holes from Yahoo concerning revenge of the Fallen:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/smg-transformers-10-questions.html

10 plots holes, which means they discussed roughly 4% of the plot holes in the movie.

Feel free to add to that list if you'd like.

Why does Bumblebee keep disappearing only to reappear when Sam is about to die?
Why does Sam get mad and yell at Bumblebee after Bumblebee gets done saving him from all the tiny robot appliances?  You called him, you douche. 
Why just the small appliances?  Why not the fridge?  Or the stove? 
Why didn't the helicopter carrying Prime wait two more seconds to land him gently to the ground but instead unceremoniously and disrespectfully dump him like a turd?
Why did John Turturro have to climb the pyramid?  He didn't do anything but get about a third of the way up.  He could have called in the airstrike from the ground.
The Autobots are cars.  Sam was with three Autobots at the end of the movie.  Why did the Autobots make Sam and Mikaela walk to the soldiers?  You don't need all three Autobots to act as decoy.  Two will suffice.  Fucking get in your car, you get to the soldiers in two minutes. 
Why does the guy who runs a website act surprised when Sam tells him the government get track cell phones?  Track cell phones?  How?!  That's like 1995 technology for fucks sake. 
How does Mikaela get that metal container with a metal robot making all sorts of noise through the x-ray machines at the airport? 
Why are there mountains and desert in New Jersey?
Why are the humans surprised that Jetfire is a Decepticon?  They were looking for a Decepticon. 
I'm pretty sure the Minstrel twins weren't part of the huddle when Jetfire grabs the humans to teleport them.  How did they end up being teleported as well? 
Why would the robot girl be enrolled in Sam's college in the first place?  Sam didn't even know he had the piece of the cube until he was about to leave for school.

[Cosmic Muse]

This will extend to the first movie as well, but I just want to know why the Allspark and its shard turn all electronic devices into evil, murderous sentient creatures? I know about the whole choice thing but why does Earth technology choose to be evil all the time?

[Tyrant]

Cause Earth tech is supposedly backwards engineered from Megatron.

Edit: I could go into full geek mode here and probably answer/explain some of the plot holes, but I'm too into the whole "it's just a show and we should really just relax" philosophy.