TF4 - 2014

[orionpax1]

Well hopefully the "source" is wrong and they do a proper reboot and actually follow the canon of transformers. Then again if it is a sequel i will still watch it ( loved the last one ) and the toys, well never gave crap about them anyway, just happy to have more transformer movies.

[kup]

Well hopefully the "source" is wrong and they do a proper reboot and actually follow the canon of transformers. Then again if it is a sequel i will still watch it ( loved the last one ) and the toys, well never gave crap about them anyway, just happy to have more transformer movies.

With Michael Bay as the director, there won't be much of a 'reboot' even if they do indeed do that. Bay is a formulaic director, all his movies run under similar templates and this is ever more apparent with the Bayformer movies. They all follow the same formula because Michael Bay doesn't really care to do much else, specially now that he is only directing this as a means to an end since he never liked Transformers to begin with. The first movie was better because there was clearly another influence there (Spielberg) but it is clear that for the sequels, Bay was given full rein and I don't see that changing by TF4.

Plus every single movie has been a somewhat soft reboot anyways. The 'Sam part' of the stories has some progress but the Transformer stuff is all over the place. If the continuity within the same movie is questionable at best, what about the whole trilogy?

TF4 may be a 'reboot' because there is probably not going to be a Sam story anymore but he will likely be replaced by another actor (Billy?) who follows the same identical template story. The TF stuff will be as chaotic, nonsensical and shallow as ever.

You want to know what TF4 will be like? Then watch ROTF and DOTM because you will get the same identical movie.

[Sutton]

With Michael Bay as the director, there won't be much of a 'reboot' even if they do indeed do that. Bay is a formulaic director, all his movies run under similar templates and this is ever more apparent with the Bayformer movies. They all follow the same formula because Michael Bay doesn't really care to do much else, specially now that he is only directing this as a means to an end since he never liked Transformers to begin with. The first movie was better because there was clearly another influence there (Spielberg) but it is clear that for the sequels, Bay was given full rein and I don't see that changing by TF4.

Plus every single movie has been a somewhat soft reboot anyways. The 'Sam part' of the stories has some progress but the Transformer stuff is all over the place. If the continuity within the same movie is questionable at best, what about the whole trilogy?

TF4 may be a 'reboot' because there is probably not going to be a Sam story anymore but he will likely be replaced by another actor (Billy?) who follows the same identical template story. The TF stuff will be as chaotic, nonsensical and shallow as ever.

You want to know what TF4 will be like? Then watch ROTF and DOTM because you will get the same identical movie.

Personally, I felt Sam was probably most relevant in Movie number 3 because he wasn't relevant. There was no magic cube or magic sandy sock this time around - he became relevant through his actions.

DOTM was an overwhelming and exhausting movie in the cinema, it was too long and too busy, but at home (where there's a pause button) I find it to be a good fun ride of a movie.

As with any movie, once a bit of time passes you can start to forgive (or at least ignore) it's failings and better appreciate the parts they got right. I can enjoy The Phantom Menace a lot more these days than I did when it first came out.