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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 20, 2019 17:30:18 GMT
Bumblebee Bumblebee is as different from Bay Bumblebee as, say, Budiansky's Grimlock is from Furman's Grimlock, or one James Bond or Doctor Who is from another James Bond or Doctor Who. It's like a character suddenly getting a different (much better) actor, writer and director. And of course he's not even the main character in the film. (Charlie is.) It redeemed TFs for discerning cinema-goers after six duds.
But I realise many fans prefer the epic struggles in space stuff to the befriending an alien robot in disguise stuff, so it's good that they are catered for too. It was just such a relief to see the Earth-based story done right at long last, so that people realised the Bay approach wasn't representative of how TF stories with humans had to be.
Marin
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Jul 20, 2019 17:42:51 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 20, 2019 17:42:51 GMT
You WHAT! You haven't seen it either?! Put the fucking baby down and go and get the Bluray. Now. I'm not Paige Sterling anymore so I don't have to carry the baby around with me! And I'll see it when it comes on the telly! ...I don't have a Blu-ray player... |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 20, 2019 17:44:12 GMT
You need such a slap.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 20, 2019 17:45:51 GMT
But I'll give Bumblebee a shot if and when it comes on the telly, based on wise Marin's recommendation. Don't watch it on my recommendation, watch it on Mark Kermode's. Martin |
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Jul 20, 2019 19:20:23 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2019 19:20:23 GMT
Phil needs to do some thread snipping!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 20, 2019 19:36:57 GMT
Fair point.
I shall leave it to the master.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2019 19:45:21 GMT
Done. Will try to find the BB thread and merge in now.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2019 19:46:07 GMT
I'd watch a Deadpool film before I would watch movie Bumblebee. Heck, I'd re-watch Howard the Duck first! -Ralph That can be arranged..... |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2020 16:36:52 GMT
The first ever really good Transformers film is on Channel 4 tomorrow at 5.45pm.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 11, 2020 19:11:48 GMT
Such provocation! I might just watch TFTM instead to spite you!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2020 19:16:13 GMT
Such provocation! I might just watch TFTM instead to spite you! Why would you want to do a thing like that when there's a good TF film on the telly??? Martin |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2020 19:36:46 GMT
The first ever really good Transformers film is on Channel 4 tomorrow at 5.45pm. Okay, let me rephrase that to accommodate fans of TFTM: Easter Sunday 2020 will be the first time in history that a really good Transformers film has been broadcast on UK terrestrial/Freeview television. That's a big deal in my opinion. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 11, 2020 19:58:13 GMT
Wow, has the 86 movie really never been on TV?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2020 19:59:46 GMT
Wow, has the 86 movie really never been on TV? I wasn't aware that it had been, but am nervously waiting to be corrected. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2020 20:07:26 GMT
The first ever really good Transformers film is on Channel 4 tomorrow at 5.45pm. Martin Martin!!!! 1986!!! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2020 20:08:11 GMT
Wow, has the 86 movie really never been on TV? I am sure it was on the precursor to BskyB back in the day. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 11, 2020 20:12:03 GMT
Ah yes, but Martin's saying terrestrial TV, like proper TV.
Actually, I suppose given back in the 80s it took four years for films to get to TV, by 1990 no one would have wanted to show a transformers film.
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Post by Toph on Apr 12, 2020 0:43:25 GMT
They did cut it up into three parts, and show it as part of the cartoon.
I think during the Powermaster Puppet Prime run.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 12, 2020 9:46:31 GMT
Imagine seeing that for the first time just as part of the normal cartoon run. That would be mind blowing.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 12, 2020 20:03:19 GMT
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 12, 2020 22:27:13 GMT
I am sure it was on the precursor to BskyB back in the day. I can sort-of confirm. I borrowed a VHS TV recording from a friend during the early 90s, who claimed his uncle had recorded it from BSB (the main competitor to Sky, before it was bought/merged). They did cut it up into three parts, and show it as part of the cartoon. I think during the Powermaster Puppet Prime run. Did the UK see a 3-part movie/Puppetmaster Prime? I thought that was US only. |
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Post by Toph on Apr 12, 2020 23:33:44 GMT
They did cut it up into three parts, and show it as part of the cartoon. I think during the Powermaster Puppet Prime run. Did the UK see a 3-part movie/Puppetmaster Prime? I thought that was US only. I must admit that I have absolutely zero baseline knowledge of what cartoons aired on British television during the eighties. |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2020 8:33:04 GMT
I don't think 'season 5' aired here. I wasn't aware of Puppetmaster Prime until the early 2000's.
-Ralph
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Post by duffism1981 on Apr 13, 2020 15:12:10 GMT
Wow, has the 86 movie really never been on TV? I wasn't aware that it had been, but am nervously waiting to be corrected. Martin It did air on I believe ITV4 back in 2007 when the first live action movie hit cinemas. I did watch it but rather than a remasterd version that were about then, it was the darker VHS looking version. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 10, 2020 10:27:11 GMT
It's been on Sky Movies over the years a few times.
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Post by Bogatan on May 10, 2020 12:14:21 GMT
Wow, has the 86 movie really never been on TV? I am sure it was on the precursor to BskyB back in the day. -Ralph A month late in replying but this is correct. The first time I saw it was a recording my Dads friend. I still have it somewhere probably. |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 3, 2021 15:57:26 GMT
I'm not really following this thread, but I'm hoping people aren't labelling the Bumblebee movie as Bayverse. It deserves better than to be categorised as such. Martin Not seen it. But I have learnt to trust the words of The Grand Moff. I will give this 'Bumblebee Movie' a chance... when it comes on the telly.... |
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Post by Nigel on May 3, 2021 16:03:18 GMT
It's on Netflix, if you have it. (Well, it's on Netflix even if you don't, but you know what I mean.)
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Post by Shockprowl on May 3, 2021 16:06:43 GMT
I'm I sadly do not have Netfix. It might come on one of them there iplaying things.
Is it extraordinarily sentimental 9 year old girl who loves Sunbow Bumblebee friendly?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 3, 2021 16:10:39 GMT
Is it extraordinarily sentimental 9 year old girl who loves Sunbow Bumblebee friendly? It's perfect. It's basically about a teenage girl's friendship with a yellow Volkswagen. It will make her cry in places, but in an E.T. way. It has been on Freeview. Edit: Not so good for 9 year old girls who love Cliffjumper, mind. Martin |
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