Transformers So... what do you notice for the first time with the DVD?

[lightYear]

I never enjoy those super closeup shots in those robot action scenes.

Wow - really? When Megs and OP are wresting on the ground in one of the first of their scenes, when Megatron says "The humans deserve to die", this is the moment when you first come to grasp how BIG Megatron is, even to Optimus! Well, in that scene where they are face to face and Megatron has got OP pinned to the ground, it still makes my spine cringe - I can't shake the initial feeling I got that Megatron was just going to BITE OP's face off!

 

[Golgo-13]

The scene where S7 reinforcements are on nthe way, and Ironhide says "Optimus incoming"....the kickass Autobot group shot, i just noticed Jazz jumping to the from with his sheild raised!

Frenzy at hoover dam says "Megatron melting" when he tampering with the controls.

 

[mMark]

hey, can anyone figure out what that Mountain Dew Bot is shoting? Look like some cans to me.

 

[StormSailor]

hey, can anyone figure out what that Mountain Dew Bot is shoting? Look like some cans to me.

Yeah, it's shooting soda cans at people. I love it.

 

[mMark]

Yeah, it's shooting soda cans at people. I love it.

free of charge. t:

 

[StormSailor]

free of charge. t:

HAHAHA - now, if I only LIKED Mountain Dew (ugh)...

 

[Drizzle]

I've noticed everything EXCEPT for one thing. I read on these boards that when the ship dumps Megatron into the ocean at the end and you see the piles of scrap from the other Decepticons (Blackout, Brawl), you can also see Barricade's police car door. I have not seen this door.

 

[lightYear]

I've noticed everything EXCEPT for one thing. I read on these boards that when the ship dumps Megatron into the ocean at the end and you see the piles of scrap from the other Decepticons (Blackout, Brawl), you can also see Barricade's police car door. I have not seen this door.

I don't know if I ever saw someone say definitively that they saw the door - it was almost as if it was someone was saying they thought they did and then it spread like an urban legend. I, for one, have not seen that.

However... in the same scene, it's clear and obvious that Megatron has a leg missing when they drop him. I don't recall ever seeing his leg blown off. Come to think of it, when Sam puts the cube in his chest he rears back in pain, looking up at the sky... he couldn't have struck that pose with a leg missing. That begs the question, what happened with his leg?

Let's get silly... S7 took the leg, and in an homage to T2, the leg remains and retains an essence of Megatron that will serve as the basis for his return. LOLz.

 

[mMark]

you don't see it because there aren't any. some dude must mistook Blackout's leg as the police door, that's the only possible explanation.

 

[Cth]

Well, I saw it in the theater, so it doesn't necessarily count, but keep an eye out for the Optimus vs. Bonecrusher fight.

When Optimus gets punched by Bonecrusher in front of that car with the mom and kid, some "blood" (oil really) flies out of Optimus onto the windshield.

 

[Golgo-13]

totally agree.

Actually I think that's probably because ILM didn't have the confidence that they handle the robot action smooth enough.

Not at all. I think the tight shots were Bays call, plus if ILM didn't have the confidence they wouldn't have made the majority of the TF fight scenes in broad daylight. It woud have been at night.

The shots are alot easier to follow on the small screen, as oppose to the theater; just like Batman Begins.

 

[Figs]

These are small and somewhat insignificant. I saw the movie 5 times in the theatre. I noticed on DVD and they have done this to movies in the past as well when going to DVD. There are small things toned down or shortened. Like Bernie Mac, when he says that line "If I had a rock I would bust your head *****", right after that he does that crazy laugh of his. In the theatre version he milked it big time and had that laugh going for a good 2-3 seconds. On DVD it was more like a quick chuckle.

Same with Anthony Anderson, when the feds have him on the carpet with his arms behind his back. I could have sworn the last thing he said in the theatre was about his mom or grandma was going to kick their ass if they found out they were on her rug/carpet. That came after the line which he says on the DVD "My mom hates it when people are on the rug, especially cops.

I don't know, did anyone else notice small examples like those two that were slightly altered for DVD. It's been awhile so it's hard for me to think of some good examples from other movies but they have done this many times before in the past. See a movie multiple times in the theatre that I like, when I watch it on DVD they for whatever reasons moved/shortened/toned things down.

I also have to add, I bought the 2 disc regular DVD version, not Blu-ray or HDDVD. Even for the regular DVD version the sound is incredible! I watched it while my girlfriend was asleep that night and had to turn the volume down lower than when I watch any other movie late at night so not to wake her up. Usually I can watch most other movies with the sound level on my TV at around the numbers 75-80, for Transformers I had to put it around 55-60.

That and the picture looked a lot cleaner than it was in the theatre. Like for example the scene were Mikaela gets that handsaw while Sam is being attacked by Frenzy. In the theatre that was grainy as all hell, for the DVD version it looked a lot cleaner.

 

[Bumblebee1983]

These are small and somewhat insignificant. I saw the movie 5 times in the theatre. I noticed on DVD and they have done this to movies in the past as well when going to DVD. There are small things toned down or shortened. Like Eddie Mac, when he says that line "If I had a rock I would bust your head *****", right after that he does that crazy laugh of his. In the theatre version he milked it big time and had that laugh going for a good 2-3 seconds. On DVD it was more like a quick chuckle.

Same with Anthony Anderson, when the feds have him on the carpet with his arms behind his back. I could have sworn the last thing he said in the theatre was about his mom or grandma was going to kick their ass if they found out they were on her rug/carpet. That came after the line which he says on the DVD "My mom hates it when people are on the rug, especially cops.

I don't know, did anyone else notice small examples like those two that were slightly altered for DVD. It's been awhile so it's hard for me to think of some good examples from other movies but they have done this many times before in the past. See a movie multiple times in the theatre that I like, when I watch it on DVD they for whatever reasons moved/shortened/toned things down.

I also have to add, I bought the 2 disc regular DVD version, not Blu-ray or HDDVD. Even for the regular DVD version the sound is incredible! I watched it while my girlfriend was asleep that night and had to turn the volume down lower than when I watch any other movie late at night so not to wake her up. Usually I can watch most other movies with the sound level on my TV at around the numbers 75-80, for Transformers I had to put it around 55-60.

That and the picture looked a lot cleaner than it was in the theatre. Like for example the scene were Mikaela gets that handsaw while Sam is being attacked by Frenzy. In the theatre that was grainy as all hell, for the DVD version it looked a lot cleaner.

Oooh, I noticed that too! I wondered what was different.

 

[Drizzle]

That and the picture looked a lot cleaner than it was in the theatre. Like for example the scene were Mikaela gets that handsaw while Sam is being attacked by Frenzy. In the theatre that was grainy as all hell, for the DVD version it looked a lot cleaner.

I know exactly what you mean. The scene where Maggie snuck into the room to speak to the Secretary of Defense had the same graininess to it, but it was gone on the DVD.

 

[Figs]

None of you guys noticed those other two things I mentioned though? Just wondering if I was just tripping out or not, although I swear Bernie Mac kept his laugh going a whole lot longer than in the DVD version. I was looking forward to that and when it cut short I was like WTF??!!

 

[SPIDER-MAN-ROX]

Bumblebee had a little Bumblebee air freshener that said BEE-OTCH on it.

The Autobots all look pretty much the same until they choose their own individual vehicle form. They could have prechosen their form before they ever came to earth or Optimus Prime could have explained that they hadn't always looked the way they appear in the movie since they had already existed for centuries & had taken on many different forms for thousands of years.

Barricade had "To Punish & Enslave" painted on his right side back fender.

 

[Golgo-13]

Did anyone notice that when Megs wakes up from being frozen, right as he's saying "I am Megatron" he transforms his hand into his trademark 'mace' (ball and chain) pulls on it, to extend the chain, and starts using it to whip himself free..? :eek!

 

[GoldGoblin]

totally agree.

Actually I think that's probably because ILM didn't have the confidence that they handle the robot action smooth enough.

They never gave you a clear shot like from a distance (except for that Megatron killing Jazz scene).

I got the feeling that they have a problem handle such complex models, gravity wise specifically. If you watch again, there is a shot when Megatron and Prime flew throught that building and fell to the ground, Megatron then picked up Prime and threw him away, that scene look extremely fake, they just seem to have problem handling an object heavy as a truck but complex as prime in action (action I mean they can let him talk, walk even running... no problem, but fighting scene is a lot more complicated actions).

Also the scene when Megatron hit by missiles at the end, that look fake as well. They just have no ideas how Megatron should react to those F22 missiles, they should hire a physics scientist to do the math for them. Seriously this is probably beyond ILM's capability expressing a giant robot (they never gave out the figure how much Megatron weight, and his poiwer, overall the strength of his legs ...) being hit by missiles.

Hope to get some more realistic, more impactful action scene in TF2

In particular, I never enjoy those super closeup shots in those robot action scenes.

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Yeah they shouldn't of done closeup shots for the fight scenes,it was just too hard to make anything out.

I wish they would of made them move slower,not too slow,just enough so you can actually see the punches striking a face,chest,etc. without pausing it and going frame to frame to be able to see it.

 

[Bumblebee1983]

Did anyone notice that when Megs wakes up from being frozen, right as he's saying "I am Megatron" he transforms his hand into his trademark 'mace' (ball and chain) pulls on it, to extend the chain, and starts using it to whip himself free..? :eek!

I did notice that when I saw the DVD. That scene is AWESOME!

Another thing I noticed when I saw it on DVD (and the book clued me into this too) is when Bumblebee is being introduced in the alley by OP, as he is shadowboxing, he has Muhammed Ali in the background, saying "Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

That was just perfect!

 

[Bumblebee1983]

Bumblebee had a little Bumblebee air freshener that said BEE-OTCH on it.

The Autobots all look pretty much the same until they choose their own individual vehicle form. They could have prechosen their form before they ever came to earth or Optimus Prime could have explained that they hadn't always looked the way they appear in the movie since they had already existed for centuries & had taken on many different forms for thousands of years.

Barricade had "To Punish & Enslave" painted on his right side back fender.

Yeah, I've got to order me that air freshener.

And the Barricade saying I caught right off the first time. It made me giggle.

 

[mMark]

I just realize that when simmons said:" anybody have any mechanical devices?" Mikela didn't say:"Where is my phone?"

 

[Bumblebee1983]

I just realize that when simmons said:" anybody have any mechanical devices?" Mikela didn't say:"Where is my phone?"

Good pick up...I didn't hear that one either.

 

[Man-E-Toys]

i picked up the HD version and now i can actually see what's going on during the fight scenes. had a hard time following it in the theater.
anyway, 2 things i noticed:
1. when optimus fights bonecrusher from the POV of the van, optimus punches BC in the face and his eye pops out.
2. when jazz, ratchet and ironhide are attacking devastator, ratchet does a flip in the air and saws off one of devastator's arms.

 

[Hotwire]

Someone beat me to this.

 

[TheShadowCat]

I was able to see/hear more of the dialog with the subtitles on. I found this very helpful in the scenes where they're talking over one another and when Frenzy is finally talking while he's shutting down the computers that control the freezing stuff used on Megatron. I'd really would have liked if they had shown what the robots are saying when they say something in Cybertronian but don't translate it. I swear that Megs yells "K'Pla!" when he's chasing Sam through the building.

A few things I'm pretty sure that people are misseeing are when Frenzy leaves Airforce One, some people think he's flipping the humans off. I think he's just covering his face hoping they won't notice him. And I've got to wonder about the people who think Starscream shot at Megatron since he was busy trying to save his own aft from the pissed off F-22 pilots.

Another thing I've noticed is that if I want to watch this movie from begining to end uninterrupted, I'm going to have to do it in the middle of the night.

>^..^<