I saw the first one when it came out, more out of curiosity than anything else. I was a big transformers fan as a kid, but I wasn't expecting much from Bay. Even my low expectations weren't met.

Tonight, by coincidence, Dark of the Moon was on TV. "Maybe I'm being too hard" I thought. I mean, they're only glorified toy commercials anyway, right? Maybe I'm guilty of just jumping on the Bay-hate band wagon...

Nope.

Aside from being a completely un-fucking-watchable mess, it was just boring. How the hell do you spend that much money (and the money clearly didn't go on writers or actors), have that many explosions and still have it be boring?

I didn't like JJ Abrams new Star Trek movies, but at lest he was in trying (in his own half-assed, ham-fisted way) to pay homage to the property. Bay clearly hates this whole concept. He hates the characters, the design, the plot lines, he's not even really interested in the central concept of robots that bloody transform. And to top it all off, you couldn't even let kids watch this. Instead of the noble, if naïve leader of the 80s, Optimus is just a dick here. And a psychopathic one too. He flat out murders his defeated enemy at the end.

FFS, if it's a terrible movie and you can't use it to sell toys to kids..what is the goddamn point of its existence?

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just a hobby ma'am. ; and thank you for the positive feedback. 8
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thanks hon! the black and white gif is not mine. but the other one of my favorite creations. : more can be found here.
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Wow! Your profile looks AMAZING! I love BOTH of the new images.


Your pictures are all so GORGEOUS! My favorites are the ones outside in the dark like the moon one, the tree one and the ghostly one with the steps...Are you a professional photographer or is it just a hobby?


You inspire me to buy a better camera. Thank you for sharing them with me!

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thanks hon! the black and white gif is not mine. but the other one of my favorite creations. : more can be found here.
In reply to this comment by pumkinandstorm:
Wow! Your profile looks AMAZING! I love BOTH of the new images.


Your pictures are all so GORGEOUS! My favorites are the ones outside in the dark like the moon one, the tree one and the ghostly one with the steps...Are you a professional photographer or is it just a hobby?

>> ^ponceleon:

FFS. Did we learn nothing from Transformers 2? This is why we can't have nice things.


It won't end.

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>> ^chicchorea:

Very sorry...but this is a dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Transformers-Dark-of-the-Moon-Trailer-4-28-2011.


*isdupe

I win!

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>> ^BoneRemake:

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>> ^ponceleon:

...how the FUCK do you jump from unusual cloud = end of the world


it's quite common, many religions mark the end of days with signs and wonders in the heavens:

I will show wonders in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.

The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

-Acts 2:19-20

and for the ignorant majority who are desperate for something meaningful in their lives they grab onto The End Is Near scenarios because it's something they can understand.