*sigh* This is a big problem with Michael Bay's mentality -- seeing the Transformers as set pieces (re: giant transforming robots) rather than treating them as characters (which is what better TF writers like Simon Furman does).Originally Posted by Skullcruncher
Just because it's Transformers does NOT mean we should lower our expectations and excuse poorly written stories. Transformers has had a long history of excellent stories written for it (e.g. Target: 2006, Time Wars, Beast Wars, Last Stand of the Wreckers et al.). I can totally forgive changing certain things about Transformers to give it a mass-market appeal, fine... I get that. It's where Transformers: The Movie failed because it was too fan-centric. But having a broad appeal doesn't mean you have to make it "mindless."
There are plenty of other fantasy/scifi franchises out there which have been adapted to movies and been successful in the mainstream while still being fairly true to the spirit of that franchise (e.g. Lord of the Rings, X-Men, The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter etc.). And I think the first Transformers movie succeeded in doing this... for the most part it did capture the spirit of the G1 cartoon quite well. But I thought that ROTF started straying away from this, and I would personally like to see DOTM go back to this.
Oh yes, because killing a HELPLESS defeated foe is totally courageous. (-_-)
Make his escape?? He was incapacitated. He was in no condition to leg it - and probably would have died from his wounds, thus killing him straight away might have been more merciful (and if so, this should have been stated - as it was in the comic adaptation of ROTF, which I believe was written by Furman IIRC).
What you're talking about is more like what Dai Atlas did in Transformers Zone. Dai Atlas would cut down Decepticons rather than letting them escape and come back another day.
Yay, not having standards makes everything feel better!
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