Comments on: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:03:19 +0000

@subcorpus — Your blog is certainly very—to misuse a term—elliptical.

By: subcorpus

subcorpus — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:22:06 +0000

i saw it too … didnt like it much …
my take is on my blog …
http://subcorpus.net/blog/2009/07/transform-this-transform-that/

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:51:38 +0000

@Cmaaarrr — How tragic is it that Soundwave is arguably the coolest Decepticon, yet his troops are easily the most ridiculous? Sure, it's preposterous that the leader of the 'Cons (as we TFans call 'em) transforms into a gun that Starscream must then point at the Autobots; I'll grant you that. But what possible good can come of transforming from some form of mechano-predator into a mix tape? MEGATRON: Where were you when the battle ensued, Ravage? You were notably absent during the skirmish. RAVAGE: The human's would-be-girlfriend threw me in her locker with two dozen other tapes he made for her. I was trapped all weekend! Laserbeak, Ravage and their ilk have but one saving grace: as Kato rightly points out, Perceptor, the Autobot who turns into a microscope pretty much sets the bar for lame disguises.

By: Cmaaarrr

Cmaaarrr — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:20:40 +0000

Your review is distilled, spot-on glory.

I will say that Ravage was well-preserved from the original concept – in both the original cartoon and the movie, he was spat out from Soundwave’s gullet, and his alternate form is completely useless (oversized cassette tape v. pod).

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:40:03 +0000

@Kato — I stand corrected re: Ravage, though I—like you—question the usefulness of being able to transform into a missile pod. "Well, that missile pod sure as hell shouldn't be there, but at least it's not a shiny robot kitty; that would be cause for alarm!"

By: Kato

Kato — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:12:51 +0000

You’re a philistine!

But your review is spot-on. Except for the part about Ravage: he/it transforms into a missile pod launched by Soundwave from orbit. Lame, I know, but he was a cassette tape in the original, which is about the lamest thing a Decepticon could transform into except for the one who was a camera. Or the Autobot who was a microscope.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:14:14 +0000

@Greg — Thanks. Maybe I'm not a complete philistine after all.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:13:43 +0000

@Goose — I can see both sides of the coin where it comes to this movie (and its predecessor): I understand why you (and I, and many people I know) loved it, but I also understand why your local Comic Book Guy (and I, and many people I know) hated it. You've elected to ignore the plot holes and other detractors from the awesome, so in your case (and I mean this with no disrespect whatsoever, as it is often true for me, as well) ignorance is bliss. Comic Book Guy, on the other hand, appears to have taken the opposite approach, picking it apart as only the most obsessive, hard-core TFan—yeah, that's what Transformers fans are called—can and, in the process, finding every nit to pick while discarding everything that makes the movie so damned enjoyable.

By: The Bearded Goose

The Bearded Goose — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:06:27 +0000

@Kris – Don’t get me wrong, sir. I enjoyed and agree with your review. My apologies for not making that clear in my previous comment.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:44:05 +0000

Fantastic closing line.