Comments on: An Open Letter to Gore Verbinski (because he totally reads this blog). http://www.dumbdrum.com/letter-verbinski-because-totally/ the Fresno blog about all things nerd Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:55:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ana4ian http://www.dumbdrum.com/letter-verbinski-because-totally/#comment-1771 Ana4ian Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:34:10 +0000 http://www.dumbdrum.com/?p=2780#comment-1771 Too true, but see, Watchmen is even older than the Transformers were, and probably had a more rabid fanbase. Just look at the Squid uproar. I don't buy that excuse. I know that if the robots looked almost identical to how the first wave of Transformers looked, that nobody would have sat around in this prissy voice and gone, "Pfft. Well. Bumblebee couldn't possibly be twelve feet tall because a Volkswagon Bug is only seven feet long." I feel so strongly about the Transformers movie abomination not because it's a property very close to my heart (and it most assuredly is) but at the complete and total disregard to anything resembling the heart of the show. This was about a warlike breed of robots (Decepticons) battling the heroic Autobots, who were frequently outgunned and outnumbered, but found strength in Optimus and ultimately prevailed. Spike, Sparkplug and Chip, the humans, were there to be the anchor for kids watching the show, but that show was about the robots goddamnit. Not about the humans. Not Bumblebee pissing gasoline on a government agent so cookie-cutter that he had to leave flour footprints wherever he walked. I just don't see the logic in saying "lets make a film on this property because it's popular, but lets change it to it's very core until it's unrecognizable beyond it's name." If nobody had told you you were watching Spider Man, you'd know damn well you were watching Spider-man. If you were watching Transformers but nobody told you it was Transformers, you'd be like "well...I mean they're Transforming, so...it's kinda like Transformers...". </rant> Too true, but see, Watchmen is even older than the Transformers were, and probably had a more rabid fanbase. Just look at the Squid uproar. I don’t buy that excuse. I know that if the robots looked almost identical to how the first wave of Transformers looked, that nobody would have sat around in this prissy voice and gone, “Pfft. Well. Bumblebee couldn’t possibly be twelve feet tall because a Volkswagon Bug is only seven feet long.”

I feel so strongly about the Transformers movie abomination not because it’s a property very close to my heart (and it most assuredly is) but at the complete and total disregard to anything resembling the heart of the show.

This was about a warlike breed of robots (Decepticons) battling the heroic Autobots, who were frequently outgunned and outnumbered, but found strength in Optimus and ultimately prevailed. Spike, Sparkplug and Chip, the humans, were there to be the anchor for kids watching the show, but that show was about the robots goddamnit. Not about the humans. Not Bumblebee pissing gasoline on a government agent so cookie-cutter that he had to leave flour footprints wherever he walked.

I just don’t see the logic in saying “lets make a film on this property because it’s popular, but lets change it to it’s very core until it’s unrecognizable beyond it’s name.”

If nobody had told you you were watching Spider Man, you’d know damn well you were watching Spider-man. If you were watching Transformers but nobody told you it was Transformers, you’d be like “well…I mean they’re Transforming, so…it’s kinda like Transformers…”.

]]> By: brodiemash http://www.dumbdrum.com/letter-verbinski-because-totally/#comment-1759 brodiemash Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:12:25 +0000 http://www.dumbdrum.com/?p=2780#comment-1759 If your interested in checking out the story, head on over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock" rel="nofollow">here</a> to the Wiki page and check it out. The story is pretty good with some heavy Ayn Rand & George Orwell influenced themes. If your interested in checking out the story, head on over here to the Wiki page and check it out. The story is pretty good with some heavy Ayn Rand & George Orwell influenced themes.

]]> By: Solitaire http://www.dumbdrum.com/letter-verbinski-because-totally/#comment-1758 Solitaire Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:38:52 +0000 http://www.dumbdrum.com/?p=2780#comment-1758 LOL...I had no idea about the Watchmen until my friends started raving about it. I don't know about this Bio thing but now I wanna know! :) Thanks! LOL…I had no idea about the Watchmen until my friends started raving about it. I don’t know about this Bio thing but now I wanna know! :)

Thanks!

]]> By: brodiemash http://www.dumbdrum.com/letter-verbinski-because-totally/#comment-1757 brodiemash Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:17:06 +0000 http://www.dumbdrum.com/?p=2780#comment-1757 A lot of hate for the Transformers, sir. I learned to stop caring about these type of things a long time ago. The way I figure is that no matter what happens, when people start fucking around with properties from one's childhood, everyone has a different interpretation of how those images were viewed. Add the fact that, as a child, your imagination is running even more rampant than when we get older and you probably view the characters in these stories totally different than I do. That being said, taking a property that was aimed at children, is over 20 years old and a massive built in mythology like the Transformers and taking something that was released a few years back like BioShock, aimed at a more "mature" audience and just the one single game's mythos to deal with, are two totally different things and hopefully the people involved will be able to use that to their advantage and do this right. A lot of hate for the Transformers, sir. I learned to stop caring about these type of things a long time ago. The way I figure is that no matter what happens, when people start fucking around with properties from one’s childhood, everyone has a different interpretation of how those images were viewed. Add the fact that, as a child, your imagination is running even more rampant than when we get older and you probably view the characters in these stories totally different than I do. That being said, taking a property that was aimed at children, is over 20 years old and a massive built in mythology like the Transformers and taking something that was released a few years back like BioShock, aimed at a more “mature” audience and just the one single game’s mythos to deal with, are two totally different things and hopefully the people involved will be able to use that to their advantage and do this right.

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