Comments on: Transformers 2

By: deichmans

deichmans — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:11:20 +0000

GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Opens Aug. 7th. My Bro-in-Law (BroIL) will be in Colorado Springs, so we’re going to see it with the Man-Cub.

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:09:00 +0000

What is the next cool movie coming up?

By: Melatoninmg

Melatoninmg — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:16:04 +0000

Transformers movie rocks. i am a fan of Transformers ever since childhood. Now i have three kids and they all like the Transformers cartoon series and the Movie.

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:37:56 +0000

Well, I saw Transformers 2 again, the same day I finished The Inheritors [1]. I have a feeling that one will be a classic long after the other…

In the Transformers universe, the US military fights bravely, even against impossible odds, knowing that with determination it will keep at it until, with allies, it prevails. A very WWII/”greatest generation” lesson.

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2009/07/08/short-review-of-the-inheritors-by-william-golding.html

By: Brendan Grant

Brendan Grant — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:13:34 +0000

While in #1 they made the military out to be the hero’s as well… I couldn’t get past the gratuitous and obvious killing of them to a level that was never matched by the amount of obvious (or even loosely implied) killing or injuring of civilians.

When the #2 previews came out my blood was boiling in rage at the sight of the Nimitz being attacked and sinking (not to mention the film makers need to visualize such a thing for the story) and came to fear that they were going to do the same thing again.

Granted though I’ve not seen #2 and may Saturday morning.

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:59 +0000

The Navy had the coolest scene in the movie! When they shot the ____ at the ____ !

By: deichmans

deichmans — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:47:36 +0000

Don’t forget the gratuitous sexual innuendo (repeated about every 20 minutes by my count), and the campy additions — on both the Autobot *and* Decepticon sides.

J-man loved it!

Navy got shafted in the balance, Army & Marines got cameos, Air Force clearly dominated (esp. with Lennox only promoted from CPT to MAJ, but Epps going from Tech Sgt all the way to Chief Master Sergeant!)

By: Jeffrey Gayle James

Jeffrey Gayle James — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:38:18 +0000

All I have to say is: BUMBLEBEE!

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:26:34 +0000

Brendan,

Transformers 2 is very pro-military. Enlitsed personnel are heroes, and officers are shown in a good light. Each of the Services are specifically thanked in the closign credits.

The civilian National Security Advisor is an idiot, but I just imagined he was Tim Geithner, and so I just routed for the inevitable come-uppance!

Lexington,

Depends on their ages and maturity level. There is passing sexual humor. It is designed, I expect, to be hilarious to teenagers, invisible to children, and amusing to adults.

The overall theme is of good v. evil and complacency, and the film celebrates personal bravery and personnel sacrifice. Unlike the first film, the personel agencies of the Transformers is emphasized (though this may be over kids’ heads) — regardless of how the robots are made, it is the choices of the heroes and villains that matter.

By: Brendan Grant

Brendan Grant — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:49:02 +0000

Does #2 have the same overt anti-military tone that #1 had?