Quote: blackaeronaut wrote:On this point, I have to submit that, given how many Decepticons were dedicated to taking out that one
One thing that bugs the hell out of me, though. They clearly show CVN-74 essentially geting 1HK'd by the Fallen and his cronies
(something that made the voices in my head howl in outrage). And then we see CVN-74 in good order out in the Red Sea. WTF!?
carrier(I counted no less than four impacts) and one was the Fallen himself (who's demonstrably a minor demi-god by Transformers standards, let alone
modern tech), and it going down to what's essentially a kinetic strike from
orbit, in the words of Mills Lane, "I'll allow it!" Plus, we got our own back when we managed to
take out Devvy with one well placed piece of artillery. Not even the Autobots accomplished that.
Quote: Other than that, the only other thing is how little time we get with some of our Autobot friends. I mean, Soundwave got more friggin' screen timeRatchet and Ironhide got appearances in the previous movies, and the others were, quite simply, named
and he spent the entire sprockin' movie in orbit!
mooks. Given how little explanation some Decepticons get (literally, the only personalities we see among them are the Fallen, Megs, Starscream, the Doctor,
Jetfire, and Wheelie), I'm content with that. Even Soundwave got more screentime, but his role was essentially "allow the Decepticons periodic updates
of knowledge".
Quote:The throwaway line to Mikaela's dad is about as throwaway as his mention in the first film was. With Loads and Loads Of Characters, it's
Seriously, I would not have minded waiting a little longer for a serial, LOTR style, if it meant actually building characters other than Spike and Makaela.
And not just the Autobots - we see that Makaela's father is finally out of prison and all he gets is One. Lousy. Line. They made an awesome movie, no
doubt, but it had potential to be an awesomely epic story.
unlikely he'd ever be more than a tertiary character meant more as a shout out to the film's continuity than anything. I'd be more upset about
Jetfire's reasons for defecting being glossed over (as well as his line before using his parts to upgrade Prime
about "this is the only thing worth anything I've done in my life.") than that Mikaela's dad isn't mentioned. Really, I don't
really have many complaints beyond that, but I'm a hardcore Transfan and thus caught all the little nods and nudges to past continuity in the film. And,
frankly, I found Sam and Mikaela getting some character development a welcome change from when they were essentially Human Viewpoint Baggage in the first film,
so YMMV.
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