I must admit, I'm seeing a lot of chatter at the moment that is making me lean back towards the idea that a great deal of Transformer Fandom is indeed jaded to at least certain parts of the franchise.

In particular the chat I've seen on other sites and quite a bit on this one in regards to the upcoming Transformers: Devastation game vs Transformers 5.


Lots of the comments about the Devastation game go like this:
*Well it's the same makers of Dynasty Warriors and they were not great games so hopefully this is better.
*The gameplay looks pretty shallow but I'll reserve judgement
*Don't think this is going to shape up compared to the likes of FOC

These are fairly negative comments, but at the same time people are expressing opinions on what may happen. They are not definitive statements.


Now take some of the comments about Transformers 5.
*It's going to be all humans and cheap jokes
*It's going to be nothing but product placements and really crap writing
*Michael Bay is directing and the writer has done stuff like Batman and Robin. I'm not gonna go see it - it's gonna suck!

Now this is a movie that has barely begun to be written yet, yet people are making definitive statements about how it is going to be bad. They are not using words like 'probably', they are using phrases such as 'it's going to be'.


I can understand if people didn't like the last few flicks that they don't hold high hopes for the upcoming one. But bagging it out and saying that it is going to be bad two years in advance seems to be the definitive version of a jaded fan to me. I'm not looking forward to the next two years worth of seeing people bitching about a movie before it's even made.