Battleship and Transformers comparisons

[Nigel]

Have you seen the Battleship trailer? It looked to me like they're aiming for a similar audience as Transformers, not least as there's a big "from Hasbro, the people that brought you Transformers" in a rather similar font.

It seems I'm not the only person to think so. www.toysnplaythings.co.uk/news/latest_news_2/battleship_is_totally_different_from_transformers.aspx?dm_i=GSU,QZVD,4KMYOK,26H5T,1

The director thinks Transformers is awesome and Bay did an incredibe job. And the trailer had already convinced me it wasn't for me....

[Hero]

I've not seen the trailer, but I could see it going that way judging by the merchandise accompanying the film.

I'm just happy with a good old fashioned Battleship game and nothing more beyond it.

[Nigel]

Yes, for some things an adaptation is too much of a stretch.

[duffism1981]

If Hasbro can have a film made about Battleship, I want to know how much longer I have to wait until Subbuteo the movie is released?

[Hero]

And Hungry Hungry Hippos

[Nigel]

If they've managed to turn Battleship into a film about aliens, then Hungry Hungry Hippos would presumably be about rampaging giant alien hippos.

What's next, a cartoon about playing cards? *cough*Yu-Gi-Oh*cough*

[glaug]

Mar 27, 2012 9:10:02 GMT Hero said:

And Hungry Hungry Hippos

[legios]

Absolutely they are going after the same audience as Transformers - and given the size of that audience I can't really blame anyone who is making a cynical, low-brow, summer action flick from going after it. Chasing after that audience is a smart tactical move for a studio to take.

I'd get used to it, grey shiney metal things that make wooongkrump noises are looking somewhat like being the new black for the next little while.

Karl

[The Doctor]

....and yet the internet is not screaming about how the Avengers Assemble most recent trailer also clearly apes the Transformers films, right down to a big flying jagged grey metal thing go wwwwwwwwwongkrump as it smashes into a city skyscraper.

-Ralph

[Stomski]

Your sfx has made me remember an old thread we used to have. Time to bring it back.

[Deleted]

2 more Hasbro movies incomming -

www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2012/02/14/Hasbro-Transforms-Into-Movie-Studio-021412.aspx

Don't remember Candyland, but will be interested to see a Stretch Armstrong movie lol

[The Doctor]

I saw from a cinema poster that Battleship even shares the same composer as the three live action Transformers movies!

-Ralph

[legios]

So, at the very least it'll have a decent music score (seeing as the scores for the three Transformers live-action films have given me several times as much enjoyment as the actual films have managed).

Karl