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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 0147/11/14 14:56:32
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/1322-those-idiotic-jive-talkin-robots-wont-be-back-in-transformers-3-after-all?nc
So much about "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" was horrible that picking a least favorite moment is like choosing between your children, if you kinda hated your children. But you really can't fall much farther than "Mudflap" and "Skids," the "urban" robots that, as The New York Times' Manohla Dargis' rightly said, "have been given conspicuously cartoonish, so-called black voices that indicate that minstrelsy remains as much in fashion in Hollywood as when, well, Jar Jar Binks was set loose by George Lucas." Director Michael Bay defended Mudflap and Skids (who, in the year 2009, had gold teeth and bug ears), claiming, "We're just putting more personality in. I don't know if it's stereotypes -- they are robots, by the way. These are the voice actors. This is kind of the direction they were taking the characters and we went with it."
But even Bay is smart enough to avoid more controversy while he can, claiming Monday on the official Michael Bay fan board -- oh, by the way America, there are Michael Bay fan boards -- that the twins will not appear in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon."
A fan blog tried to get fired up that Bay was lying, with reports that new and "improved" versions of Mudflap and Skids were seen on the set yesterday, but they have the date wrong on the post; the post they're referencing is more than a year old. So it looks like there will not in fact be awful stereotypes of African-Americans as portrayed by robots from an alien planet in the third "Transformers" movie. In Michael Bay's brain, perhaps this is considered progress.
The Twins Are Not Back In T3 [MichaelBay.com]
Well they were dreadful and highly suspect.
But perhaps most worrying was the revelation that michael bay has a fansite. Perhaps our culture is truly beyond saving.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 15:04:11
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Killer Klaivex
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 15:47:02
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Fixture of Dakka
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Evil Germanic voiced doctors are still ok right?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 16:02:44
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Take everything Bay says about his movies at face value, he's known amongst the fandom for his attempts at misinformation that turn out to be blatant lies. As Ketara points out, not only are the Twins given new paint jobs, they're given new toys and have been seen participating at various shoots throughout last year. The only way for them to not be in the movie is if they're completely edited out. That said, it's not like the Wreckers being stereotypical Nascar fans(one has a mullet, one has a trucker cap, the last has a freaking beer belly) and getting personalities to match(they're all mechanics who love guns, yeeehaw!) is really any better. Also, don't forget the Decepticon Dreads and their dreadlocks despite attempting to ALSO homage the Insecticons(infamous in G1 for their munchies) at the same time. Pics for the uninitiated:
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 16:18:52
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Longtime Dakkanaut
St. Louis, Missouri
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Best news I've heard all day
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 18:56:56
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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mega_bassist wrote:Best news I've heard all day  Then let me go ahead and spoil the rest of today for you: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49648 First review of the movie, and as I said, Bay lied. "The Twins: they are in the film they've been toned down from ROTF"
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 18:59:44
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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Thank you jesus.
Is what I thought.
Then I read Platuan4th's post and became sad again.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 19:03:37
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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LordofHats wrote:Thank you jesus.
Is what I thought.
Then I read Platuan4th's post and became sad again.
We had this "news" months earlier and discussed it back then on TF sites and decided it was bunk back then. This only confirmed months of us knowing Bay was up to the kind of stunts he tried to pull the past 2 times.
Never believe the man, he lies despite all evidence to the contrary because he thinks that's how misinformation works.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 19:13:53
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Nasty Nob on Warbike with Klaw
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I don't understand why people hate Transformers 2 so much. Myself, like the guy on AICN, was totally not interested in the transformers back in the 80's, so I guess that I had no predetermined ideas how they should turn out. It's a bunch of CGI action figures and a hot chick in a movie that shouldn't be retained in your mind for more than a week. That's all.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 19:18:35
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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warpcrafter wrote:I don't understand why people hate Transformers 2 so much. Myself, like the guy on AICN, was totally not interested in the transformers back in the 80's, so I guess that I had no predetermined ideas how they should turn out. It's a bunch of CGI action figures and a hot chick in a movie that shouldn't be retained in your mind for more than a week. That's all. Agreed. I LOVED TFs in the 80's and I still liked RotF. It's a fun movie that's very reminiscent of watching Saturday morning cartoons: mindless entertainment that you sit and have fun with for 2 hours. Playing with toys during it is optional.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 21:47:40
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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warpcrafter wrote:I don't understand why people hate Transformers 2 so much...
Myself, like the guy on AICN, was totally not interested in the transformers back in the 80's
Answer your own questions more.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 22:13:45
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Any word on the leg humping robot returning?
GG
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 22:22:07
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Nasty Nob on Warbike with Klaw
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MeanGreenStompa wrote:warpcrafter wrote:I don't understand why people hate Transformers 2 so much...
Myself, like the guy on AICN, was totally not interested in the transformers back in the 80's
Answer your own questions more.
Huh?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/14 22:44:09
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
USA
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generalgrog wrote:Any word on the leg humping robot returning?
GG
I think he is.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 00:07:48
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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LordofHats wrote:generalgrog wrote:Any word on the leg humping robot returning?
GG
I think he is.
He's in. Apparently, he's Wheeljack's sidekick now.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 00:53:21
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Veteran ORC
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Damn, I really wanted neither the Twins or the Leg Humper in...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 01:01:33
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.
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The only "twins" I'm interested in are located beneath Megan Fox's shirt.
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Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 01:29:52
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
Ephrata, PA
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Monster Rain wrote:The only "twins" I'm interested in are located beneath Megan Fox's shirt.
Yeah, they won't be coming back either, sorry....
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 01:41:59
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.
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I have no reason to watch this movie, then.
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Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 01:46:20
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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[DCM]
Tilter at Windmills
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2011/05/15 01:57:12
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 02:01:01
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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Is there full nudity?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 02:05:51
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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[DCM]
Tilter at Windmills
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No, but the pics at that link will give you a sense of how much skin you see. You get more than in Transformers, to the best of my recollection. She's not a particular fave of mine, but HtLFaAP kind of stood out in the memory.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 02:30:22
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Fixture of Dakka
On a boat, Trying not to die.
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Mannahnin wrote:No, but the pics at that link will give you a sense of how much skin you see. You get more than in Transformers, to the best of my recollection. She's not a particular fave of mine, but HtLFaAP kind of stood out in the memory.
Bolded because "Fap" in in the title of a Megan Fox movie
But anyway, glad to see that Racism and Insanity aren't in this movie.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 02:32:46
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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Mannahnin wrote:No, but the pics at that link will give you a sense of how much skin you see. You get more than in Transformers, to the best of my recollection. She's not a particular fave of mine, but HtLFaAP kind of stood out in the memory.
Thanks for the info.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 03:08:53
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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oh, by the way America, there are Michael Bay fan boards
What... WHAT. What is this insult!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 12:35:39
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Lady of the Lake
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First thing that came to mind when I read the fan board line was this.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 17:40:12
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.
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Check it out I shall.
Jennifer's Body was pretty good too, if you're a Megan Fox fan.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/15 17:56:21
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Fixture of Dakka
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Megan Fox cut from Transformers 3 http://starcasm.net/archives/48464
starcasm.net wrote:An insider tells the site, “giving Shia a new love interest makes more sense for the story.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/16 06:46:27
Subject: The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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Crafty Bray Shaman
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Monster Rain wrote:
Check it out I shall.
Jennifer's Body was pretty good too, if you're a Megan Fox fan.
Good ol' toe thumbs.
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Make it so!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/05/16 08:23:09
Subject: Re:The twins won't be returning in the 3rd transformers movie
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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warpcrafter wrote:I don't understand why people hate Transformers 2 so much. Myself, like the guy on AICN, was totally not interested in the transformers back in the 80's, so I guess that I had no predetermined ideas how they should turn out. It's a bunch of CGI action figures and a hot chick in a movie that shouldn't be retained in your mind for more than a week. That's all.
Because there's more to directing an action move than 'Make stuff explode! Do we still have money in the budget? Then make more stuff explode! When we run out of money for explosions then pad the whole thing with low brow jokes and images of a girl in really tight clothing. I smell a $200 million opening weekend!'
There's actually a lot of skill in making a good action movie, and particularly in telling the story of a good action scene. Watch the Empire's attack on Hoth in ESB or the battle with the cavetroll in LotR, and see how get an appreciation for the geometry of the area, and a feel for why every character is acting as they are acting. Then watch the climax of RotF again, and consider how it's nothing more than an incoherent mess of explosions.
For those of us that like good action movies, with or without transformers, that kind of matters.
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