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Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:what does 'chewing the scenery' mean
Chew (up the) scenery means 'to act melodramatically; overact'. Usually, it's in the context of a play or movie, but it can refer to an aunt of yours who is a frustrated actress. The connotation, either positive or negative, depends on whether the overacting is appropriate to the role or occasion.
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Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:what does 'chewing the scenery' mean
It's basically an industry/media term for excessive acting - Tim Curry's one of the best known examples to use, because he goes balls to the wall in almost all of the movies/media he appears in (think the end of Clue, when he's running around like a madman), but it's by no means a bad thing. It CAN be if it's poorly done, but if done well or entertainingly, it can make the entire movie. Sadly, Megatron is an example of a bad choice.
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It's complicated."
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remilia_scarlet wrote:Ok, I'm confused, were still talking about transformers, right?
Nope, now it's Trannyformers: Dudes in Disguise.
Well, to continue my love of all animation, I watched not only the original Transformers Movie I saw Turtles Forever and GI Joe Resolute.
Turtles Forever was amazing in every way. It's a crossover between the 80s Turtles and the Turtles from the 2003 cartoon. They poke fun at each other's quirks throughout the movie like when one of the old Turtles breaks the Fourth Wall everyone else just looks around in confusion and says "Who are you talking to?" Hahaha! It's great. Especially when the 2003 Turtles go into the 80s Turtles' world and as soon as they get there the 80s Turtles rush off and say "Hang on, we gotta save April real quick! We rescue her at least once a day!"
And GI Joe Resolute. Holy GAK! It doesn't feth around. Especially Snake Eyes.
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remilia_scarlet wrote:Ok, I'm confused, were still talking about transformers, right?
Nope, now it's Trannyformers: Dudes in Disguise.
Well, to continue my love of all animation, I watched not only the original Transformers Movie I saw Turtles Forever and GI Joe Resolute.
Turtles Forever was amazing in every way. It's a crossover between the 80s Turtles and the Turtles from the 2003 cartoon. They poke fun at each other's quirks throughout the movie like when one of the old Turtles breaks the Fourth Wall everyone else just looks around in confusion and says "Who are you talking to?" Hahaha! It's great. Especially when the 2003 Turtles go into the 80s Turtles' world and as soon as they get there the 80s Turtles rush off and say "Hang on, we gotta save April real quick! We rescue her at least once a day!"
And GI Joe Resolute. Holy GAK! It doesn't feth around. Especially Snake Eyes.
Ah, I see now.
All modern media sucks, and all media from before you were born (specifally made during the 80s) is awesome.
I don't see why you are hating so much on Transformers 1 and 2. The first movie was actually a good start for the movies. I know it was a bit stereotypical and it could have used a lot less of the shia awkwardness and his parents, but it was still a really solid movie. Transformers 2 was terrible since it added in ghetto robots and at the end nearly every decepticon was faceless and you had no idea who was shooting at who along with a whole slew of other problems.
I don't see why you have a problem that it was a GM advertisement. Obviously it was, but don't you know that Transformers and Gi Joe are toy commercials in disguise? I don't see a problem with that when you look at it that way.
Megan Fox does kind of feel out of place in the movies, but she is nice to look at. I think you are being overly critical of the stuff being made now while giving the pedestal to stuff in the 80's.
remilia_scarlet wrote:Ok, I'm confused, were still talking about transformers, right?
Nope, now it's Trannyformers: Dudes in Disguise.
Well, to continue my love of all animation, I watched not only the original Transformers Movie I saw Turtles Forever and GI Joe Resolute.
Turtles Forever was amazing in every way. It's a crossover between the 80s Turtles and the Turtles from the 2003 cartoon. They poke fun at each other's quirks throughout the movie like when one of the old Turtles breaks the Fourth Wall everyone else just looks around in confusion and says "Who are you talking to?" Hahaha! It's great. Especially when the 2003 Turtles go into the 80s Turtles' world and as soon as they get there the 80s Turtles rush off and say "Hang on, we gotta save April real quick! We rescue her at least once a day!"
And GI Joe Resolute. Holy GAK! It doesn't feth around. Especially Snake Eyes.
Ah, I see now.
All modern media sucks, and all media from before you were born (specifally made during the 80s) is awesome.
remilia_scarlet wrote:Ok, I'm confused, were still talking about transformers, right?
Nope, now it's Trannyformers: Dudes in Disguise.
Well, to continue my love of all animation, I watched not only the original Transformers Movie I saw Turtles Forever and GI Joe Resolute.
Turtles Forever was amazing in every way. It's a crossover between the 80s Turtles and the Turtles from the 2003 cartoon. They poke fun at each other's quirks throughout the movie like when one of the old Turtles breaks the Fourth Wall everyone else just looks around in confusion and says "Who are you talking to?" Hahaha! It's great. Especially when the 2003 Turtles go into the 80s Turtles' world and as soon as they get there the 80s Turtles rush off and say "Hang on, we gotta save April real quick! We rescue her at least once a day!"
And GI Joe Resolute. Holy GAK! It doesn't feth around. Especially Snake Eyes.
Ah, I see now.
All modern media sucks, and all media from before you were born (specifally made during the 80s) is awesome.
Because you said so.
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that it seems like when they reboot an old franchise they tend to focus on the parts that I don't care about. Like the humans in Transformers. Don't care, not one bit. I wanna see giant robots beating the gak out of each other.
And besides, I even said that the Turtles Forever and GI Joe Resolute movies were AWESOME!
The problem is that it seems western action cartoons have become non-existent and all that is left of western animation are crappy sitcoms like Family Guy, American Dad, Cleveland Show... wait those are the same shows, never mind.
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rubiksnoob wrote:Transformers almost killed the whole robots-smashing-each-other-to-bits genre.
But there may still be hope:
Never thought Rockem sockem robots would make the silver screen! Rocky, with robots!
nice one!
The funny thing is when I first saw the trailer for that I thought it was Rock'em Sock'em Robots: The Movie.
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DickBandit wrote:But what happened to the non-stop action of robots beating the gak of each other? Why is there so much focus on the humans? I don't care about them!
Go online where you can watch videos.
Watch the original G1 cartoons.
Marvel at how many of the episodes revolved around Spike Witwicky, his father, his (eventually) wife Carly, and their handicapped friend Chip. Also don't forget Captain Marissa "My parents are Flint and Lady Jaye!" Faireborn. Hell, the Decepticons even had human "allies" in many episodes.
Focus on Humans comes from the very beginning of Transformers and anyone that thinks otherwise is misremembering.
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How tiny? Here's BW Megatron(one of, if not THE largest character in the series) attacking Optimus Prime.
That's right, not even up to his knee.
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remilia_scarlet wrote: Optimus was a gorrila, bumblebee was a cheetah, and starscream was a good guy.
Actually, Starscream was a ghost sent back in time to interact with Cybertronians from his future(who had ALSO been sent back in time) in a time line where his living body was hanging around comatose.
None of the characters are the same characters from G1, except the comatose bodies in the Ark and Ravage. Maybe mutant Soundwave.
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remilia_scarlet wrote:
Optimus was a gorrila, bumblebee was a cheetah, and starscream was a good guy.
Actually, Starscream was a ghost sent back in time to interact with Cybertronians from his future(who had ALSO been sent back in time) in a time line where his living body was hanging around comatose.
None of the characters are the same characters from G1, except the comatose bodies in the Ark and Ravage. Maybe mutant Soundwave.
Hmm, oh... the more you know.
captain fantastic wrote: Seems like this thread is all that's left of Remilia Scarlet (the poster).
Also, don't forget that Beast Wars spawned the worst TF series of all time: Beast Machines.
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Mr Mystery wrote:Erm....it's just a film, primarily for those with the mentality of kids and young teens?
Fixed.
micahaphone wrote:The movies are meh, the old cartoon was meh with a side of extra meh (I personally loathe the fandom that it gets; it was the first cartoon used solely to sell toys, big whoop), but I don't think it deserves the rage. The first one had some decent action, and number two was gak. Let's hope the series follows the "Pirates" line of #1 is simple, #2 is gak, and #3 is good but complex.
And while I am perplexed by your hatred of Megan Fox, know that she will not be in the third one.
Why won't she be in the third?
Is it because she now resembles Jacqueline Wildstein (sp)?
Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Though it has nothing to do with the topic, all the talk of Tim Curry makes me want to post this
All the talk of Tim Cury makes me want to post this...
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
micahaphone wrote:The movies are meh, the old cartoon was meh with a side of extra meh (I personally loathe the fandom that it gets; it was the first cartoon used solely to sell toys, big whoop)
He-Man debuted the year before, so that's not true.
And ultimately, we're talking about Michael Bay movies. His entire reason for being comes from seeing where big budget Hollywood movies had gone, and realising he could make them flashier and even dumber. In a career defined by constantly finding a new depth to plunge, the first Transformers movie stands out as being 'not that bad, actually, if you ignore the bloat of secondary characters and puerile humour'... only to return to form with Transformers II, which is the worst successful blockbuster of all time*.
Seriously, think of a blockbuster movie that made a good return, that's as bad as Transformers II. The closest I can think of is The Phantom Menace, and that was more goofy and not very well constructed, compared to, well, whatever Transformer II was.
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Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:what does 'chewing the scenery' mean
Basically it means overacting, usually on purpose. Excessive emotion, delayed but exaggerated reactions, that kind of thing.
It's normally done for comedy (like most of Jim Carrey's career) or to make a villain really villainous (think of Alan Rickman as the sheriff in Robin Hood, or as Hans Gruber in Die Hard). William Shatner in Star Trek is another example, which may or may not be unintentional, but is pretty entertaining either way.
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DiscoVader wrote:It's basically an industry/media term for excessive acting - Tim Curry's one of the best known examples to use, because he goes balls to the wall in almost all of the movies/media he appears in (think the end of Clue, when he's running around like a madman), but it's by no means a bad thing. It CAN be if it's poorly done, but if done well or entertainingly, it can make the entire movie. Sadly, Megatron is an example of a bad choice.
Yeah, Megatron certainly didn't work, but I don't think that was the problem of the voice actor. I think it was more the way Megatron was put into the movie. We were merely told he was badass, then we waited until he came to life, at which point all he did was kill the black autobot and then get killed by Prime. In the second movie he just acted like the bitch to some other decepticon most fans were barely aware existed.
For this kind of role to work, the villain needs to have plans of his own and drive the story forward. Imagine if all the other terrorists just spent all their time talking about Hans Gruber in Die Hard, but he wasn't on-screen until the last 20 minutes of the movie, at which point he killed one dude then got wasted by Bruce Willis. Then we'd be complaining about how lame he was, as well.
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AvatarForm wrote:Why won't she be in the third?
Didn't get along with the director, Michael Bay. He called him a dictator, or something like that.
On the one hand, given Bay's career, the roles of women in his movies, and the lack of women returning to films he's made, it wouldn't surprise me if he was quite sexist and treated his leading women like crap. On the other hand, given Megan Fox's acting performances to date and what I've heard of her in interviews, it wouldn't surprise me if she's very stupid and really needs to be tightly controlled in everything she does.
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