The off topic thread

[grimlock]

I now know where grimlock gets his user name before. I'm such a transformers newbie.

Me grimlock went sleep when me grimlock watch Transformers 2 and me grimlock never see more Transformers film.

Bay is the AntiChrist

 

[jod23]

glenferry23

Let's talk Transformers. Here are some things that drove me nuts about how Michael Bay destroyed my childhood.

1. Let's not mince words. All the Transformers movies are ****ing shit. Like woeful shit. Like huge masses of CGI shite. No story, no characters to care about, just mindless mess.

2. Why get the original voice for Optimus. Win. Then not get the original voice guy for Megatron, even though he wanted to be involved. Just annoying.

3. Why does Optimus Prime not have his plate thing over his mouth. It only comes up when he goes into battle. So he doesnt even look like Optimus Prime. Again annoying.

4. Why is Soundwave a satellite, not a boombox transformer who shoots smaller transformers from his body. **** off Michael Bay.

5. Why introduce so many Transformers and give them no backstory, no character development and then kill them off. It's annoying and nobody cares if they live or die. He just does it to have action sequences.

6. Why does Megatron not turn into a huge gun. **** off Michael Bay.

7. Devastator. Just what the ****.

8. ROTF is so bad that in one point the stupid big old Transformer who has been at some old museum forever, somehow transports everyone to the desert. Then goes on a real obvious rant about telling us the plot. Just in case we dont know whats going on. Horrible writing and little faith in the story if Bay thinks that at this point, we dont know whats happening.

9. What's with all the master and apprentice shit. Why does Megatron bow down to someone. Megatron doesnt bend the knee to anyone. Smacked of Star Wars rip off too...

So much more I could complain about.

 

[Loonerty]

Don't worry guys I'm sure he'll do well with TMNT

 

[Dirty Bird]

As I'm going to the Carlton-Adelaide game this week, I just got curious, my last 3 games I've gone to interstate all ended in 5 point games, so I'm curious as to what all the scores were in games I travelled for were.

Here goes. (ps. I moved from Sydney to Adelaide literally the day of the Adelaide-Collingwood NAB Cup game in Dubai.......Well, the day after, I watched the game at the motel in Mildura on the drive down)
Rd 8 2002 - Adelaide 93, North Melbourne 110 (Manuka Oval)
QF 2002 - Adelaide 44, Brisbane 115 (GABBA)
Rd 1 2005 - Adelaide 53, West Coast 64 (AAMI Stadium)
Rd 21 2006 - Adelaide 81, Port Adelaide 94 (AAMI Stadium)
Rd 11 2007 - Adelaide 62, Geelong 69 (AAMI Stadium)
SF 2009 - Adelaide 78, Collingwood 83 (MCG)
Rd 6 2012 - Adelaide 99, Sydney 92 (SCG)
PF 2012 - Adelaide 92, Hawthorn 97 (MCG)

Holy crap, 1-7 record when I've travelled to see Adelaide play :/
Interesting fact - 0-7 with dad, 1-0 without........Going without this week, so it's an Adelaide win

 

[Dirty Bird]

On transformers, I don't remember the anime much (I do remember loving when they were on a jungle planet and the autobots were on a crashed ship fighting the decepticons. And some really strong transformer was on the planet and both sides were trying to move heaven and earth to win that one guy over) That season or 2 was amazing, but I hated when they were on Earth and other stuff.

On the films - I enjoyed 1 a lot. 2 doesn't do much for me. 3 I really liked. 4 looks shit, but I'll give it a go.

ps. Because I don't remember anime too well, I guess that's why I like the films, it doesn't ruin my childhood.

 

[Cruyff14]

It seems I have clicked on the nerd convention thread

 

[SM]

I've never understood this urge in people to call out others as nerds. So their obsessions are slightly different to yours, so what?

 

[jod23]

I find liking TMNT, Transformers, Star Wars etc as awesome and sexy. Not nerdy. I like all that stuff and im cool and good looking.

 

[elhadjihenry]

Let's talk Transformers. Here are some things that drove me nuts about how Michael Bay destroyed my childhood.

I found I couldn't really enjoy the movies because there were so many inconsistencies with the old cartoons.

7. Devastator. Just what the ****.

This was the worst, Devastator is meant to be the collection of the constructicons, not some massive f***-off tank thing

 

[jod23]

Massive vacuum you mean. Was so lame.

 

[Cruyff14]

I've never understood this urge in people to call out others as nerds. So their obsessions are slightly different to yours, so what?

I was kidding.

 

[Jatz]

I find liking TMNT, Transformers, Star Wars etc as awesome and sexy. Not nerdy. I like all that stuff and im cool and good looking.

On a scale of 1 - Steven Gerrard, just how good looking are you?

 

[elhadjihenry]

Massive vacuum you mean. Was so lame.

Such a missed opportunity as well, for all the CGI shit a slow-mo scene of the constructicons joining together (and then breaking apart when the autobots kicked their arse) would have been cool as.

 

[SM]

I was kidding.

Less funny than kane's dust picture.

 

[Cruyff14]

Less funny than kane's dust picture.

I am also about as funny as dirt.

 

[Jatz]

I am also about as funny as dirt.

I can vouch for this

 

[glenferry23]

glenferry23

Let's talk Transformers. Here are some things that drove me nuts about how Michael Bay destroyed my childhood.

1. Let's not mince words. All the Transformers movies are ******* shit. Like woeful shit. Like huge masses of CGI shite. No story, no characters to care about, just mindless mess.

2. Why get the original voice for Optimus. Win. Then not get the original voice guy for Megatron, even though he wanted to be involved. Just annoying.

3. Why does Optimus Prime not have his plate thing over his mouth. It only comes up when he goes into battle. So he doesnt even look like Optimus Prime. Again annoying.

4. Why is Soundwave a satellite, not a boombox transformer who shoots smaller transformers from his body. **** off Michael Bay.

5. Why introduce so many Transformers and give them no backstory, no character development and then kill them off. It's annoying and nobody cares if they live or die. He just does it to have action sequences.

6. Why does Megatron not turn into a huge gun. **** off Michael Bay.

7. Devastator. Just what the ****.

8. ROTF is so bad that in one point the stupid big old Transformer who has been at some old museum forever, somehow transports everyone to the desert. Then goes on a real obvious rant about telling us the plot. Just in case we dont know whats going on. Horrible writing and little faith in the story if Bay thinks that at this point, we dont know whats happening.

9. What's with all the master and apprentice shit. Why does Megatron bow down to someone. Megatron doesnt bend the knee to anyone. Smacked of Star Wars rip off too...

So much more I could complain about.

Well said.

1. Too much time spent on whinging Sam. I mean, Dark of the Moon made us wait over an hour before there was a battle between the Autobots & Decepticons. WTF? Why do I want to watch him whinge around about his job and prospects blah blah blah, and see stupid scenes in the toilet cubicle with that Chow guy from The Hangover? And Sam's whining reminded me a bit about one of (the many) things wrong with the Star Wars prequels, too much time focussed on a whiny teenager. But that's a whole nother discussion.

2. I did like what Hugo Weaving did with Megatron's voice, but Frank Welker's absence was felt particularly when Optimus and Megatron are going at it. But thankfully Welker is back for the latest one, voicing Galvatron. Now that will be nostalgic, even though there's every chance Bay will f**k up Galvatron like he did with Shockwave. And Soundwave. And many others.

3. Bizarre. But I guess that was to give him more a of badass/battle type look. It worked when he beheaded Bonecrusher in the first, but after that I didn't really notice it too much.

4. He was my favourite Transformer of all time, what an opportunity missed. I mean, a sattelite? WTF? I even bought this MP3 player for no reason whatsover (the music playback is sh*t and needs an SD card, but who cares)

5. This is probably the biggest f**k up (out of many). Why the hell have so many random, mindless characters on screen? Revenge of the Fallen was a joke, there were dozens of them in that desert battle at the end. But who is who?? To the casual observer, you don't know WTF is going on and who is a good guy and who isn't, you don't give a toss when one of them gets injured or dies. Its just like "meh, there's plenty more where that came from".

There's no better example of this than Shockwave in Dark of the Moon. Talk about ruining a character. What an absolute balls up. One of the most badass Decepticons relegated to a bit part riding a stupid ridiculous drilling machine. F**k off.

6. Looks like we'll be getting this with Galvatron at least.

7. Stupidity. Just another example of mindless CGI trying to impress the audience. When really, it pretty useless and boring.

8. And by the time this scene happened, an hour and a half had already passed. Again, way too much time distracted by needless plotlines involving Sam, and then having a rushed explanation jammed in your face to try and justify the time wasted.

9. Watching Megatron grovel to the Fallen was a bit embarrassing. Talk about de-valuing a character's standing. I didn't mind the Fallen being involved but would've preferred if there was a bit of animosity/tension with Megatron, who always wants to be number 1.

Another couple of random points whilst I'm ranting:

- Shockwave being given a sh*t death mostly at the hands of humans

- Starscream also going out like a punk. That was pathetic. Being killed by a detonation device from Sam? Please. He should've died at the hands of Optimus.

- The ending of Dark of the Moon. The battle just finishes, millions of people (potentially) have been killed, a city destroyed and the credits just roll.

- Megatron again being relegated further, and having to be taunted by that chick to get back into the action. Pathetic. The real Megatron would've crushed her where she stood and would never have needed the goading to begin with.

I could go on but I'll leave it there. For now.

 

[glenferry23]

It seems I have clicked on the nerd convention thread

 

[Cruyff14]

Wow

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-16/where-worlds-unsold-cars-go-die

 

[Gak Attack]

I finally set up Netflix at home. **** I have wasted a lot of time the last few days watching shit.

 

[Cruyff14]

Why would you watch shit? I can't imagine it to be very entertaining.

 

[Jatz]

Is Netflix downloads or streams?

 

[Loonerty]

Is Netflix downloads or streams?

Streams.

 

[Gak Attack]

Why would you watch shit? I can't imagine it to be very entertaining.

It's not at all.

 

[Cruyff14]

It's not at all.

I might have to give it a watch.

Or are you taking the piss?