#transformers reboot

[sathona]

so i finally watched Bumblebee(2018) with a bunch of friends and

holy fucking shit

its incredible. its a 10/10. it is so, SO much better than the shit-tier bayformers movies were. it has color and soul and emotion and actual plot and clear motivations for the characters. the decepticons arent some morally gray vague entity, theyre a clearly manipulative, tyrannical regime. the autobots are clearly a resistance force that lost the war and is going to earth to regroup. the movie immediately opens up with a sequence that is full to bursting with color and personality and it makes it very clear that the fights and the cybertronians arent going to be all gray and greebly and boring because their designs are obvious renditions of the generation 1 iterations. theyre the actual transformers! and oh my GOD i cant stop gushing about the actual transformations in the movie, like, look at this.

my friend indyjacob said this, which is a technical examination that that i couldnt put into words:

it's not like the fucking original michael bay ones where the transformations are weird nonsense. like, you can see the cockpit canopy flip down into the chest piece, or the wings invert and then raise up alongside the jets, and the front intakes rotating into the arms. the parts of the vehicle actually shift into place on the new body as if it were the old toys

and these multi transformations are cool too

the animations are slower yet more impactful, theyre much less blurry, and they look incredible. the fight choreography incorporates many more transformation sequences, especially in the final fight of the film, and they have more weight to them. the fights arent just them ripping each other apart and blasting each other with one hit kill weapons. they use the environment, they use creativity, they use martial arts, and as with the transformations, its not a messy blur of gray movement. you can actually see whats going on!

and then the characters. oh my god theyre great. our main character aside from bumblebee is, first of all, a young woman named charlie. already starting off on a great note. and she has personality! this is the story of a girl and a transformer and their unbreakable bond that i so badly wanted mikaela and bumblebee to have in the bayformers films.

bumblebee himself is also fantastic- i wont spoil anything but his arc is sooo satisfying. and the villains arent just like, mindless monsters. they arent caricatures, they have clear personalities and motivations, and their plans are satisfying yet dismaying to watch unfold. and then agent burns, played by john cena, is such a great character. hes not just an insect in a hivemind of soldiers, hes a person who eventually actually understands whats at stake and he ended up as one of my favorites. just look at him!

the boy! so much emotion there. youll understand if you watch and reach that point in the film.

in conclusion, Bumblebee is the live action reboot that transformers really needed. michael bay did have a message in his original movies, but transformers was the wrong medium for it, and this film is everything that they should have been. if you havent watched it yet because, like myself, you were scared off by bayformers, please give it a shot. its nothing like them. like i said at the top of this post, its a 10/10. it rekindled my love for transformers, and i am very excited to see where this new line of movies goes.

this is sath, an official stan of this movie, signing off.

[nizaen]

robots :)

[starry-skies-116]

Sketch/fake screenshot of the duo ft. my finalized S3 Miko design-

[goddesspharo]

Well, it was getting a little lonely out here... [x]

[jaybirdscoffee]

elita one you are so important to me

[seashellisinmyheart]

This transformation is so pretty!

[theclassymike]

Lucas Till taken by Igor Studios for the movie Wolves (2014)

[gooeykit]

ft. @memorycycle @twizzta awesome shit under cut i guess

LIVE TIGATRON REACTION

[ninjasmudge]

little deathsaurus sprite i made years ago because i wanted his sets of eyes to blink separately so bad

[mephilesthedork]

May I interest you in a va post for the start of the school year (for most people)?

Josh Keaton

[blackhazefanblog]

My favourite part about the new art style is how beautiful Rood's eyes look. They look like little orbs with galaxies. I always found them mesmerising, now I'm afraid I'll get lost in his eyes forever and never find my way back to the mortal plane.

[jvlianbashir]

charlie meeting bumblebee: what are you....? :O i won't hurt you! *gently cradles bee's face in her hands*

noah meeting mirage: *one wild kidnapping/police chase later* if you take one step closer to me i AM hitting you with a lead pipe

[starry-skies-116]

AU Fact: Jack has a stomach of iron- and unlike the canon version of Miko, he's not an arachnophobe. He doesn't get motion sickness, and taxidermy is one of his hobbies. He's not fazed in the slightest by blood, bones or organs. In fact, he finds beauty in things that are normally considered gross, horrifying or gory.

During one episode, when Miko and Raf start screaming at the sight of a spider, Jack refuses to get rid of it- he even picks it up with gently cupped hands, calmly saying: "Miko, Raf, spiders are completely harmless creatures when unprovoked and only wish to live a peaceful life like all beings do. They should be allowed to exist in our presence."

And then he proceeds to scratch its head like he's petting a cat.

[snarky-art]

Of course Stella’s ends up being the most convoluted for the second go at a Cosmix redesign

It’s what she deserves

[theclassymike]

Lucas Till as Cayden in Wolves (2014)