Zogar (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} zogar) wrote,@ 2009-07-05 07:00:00 |
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Bayform and Roll Out!
I've seen alot of Revenge of the Fallen online complaints, but one I have yet to see anyone mention is one bit in the beginning of the movie. Where Optimus Prime pointly talks about how their fancy super robot planet technology can't be shared with humans because of how warmongeringly bad we are, right after he shot a wounded and helpless Decepticon in the head. Seriously, the whole beginning of the movie is Hrmm, the Decepticons are all over the world, up to something. But all we see them up to is hiding, or running away, because Optimus Prime wants to hunt them all down and kill em! He's fucking Transformer Hitler!
But Zogar, you might say (okay, no you wouldn't, because I don't know anyone who would jump to the defense of this movie, but for argument's sake) The Decepticons are programmed for evil! It's why they have red glowing eyes and no paint jobs!
Except then you have rickety ol' used-to-be-a-Decepticon Jetfire in there telling you all about how each faction is a personal choice. So you can't say the Decepticons are inherently evil, to where it's okay to mercilessly execute them on the spot. Shit, even the Nazis got trials.
So when Optimus is always going on about the rights of sentient beings, blah blah blah, he really means sentient beings who agree with HIM. Everyone else is getting shot or sworded in the face.
Which makes the oh so... I want to say "subtle", but somehow I don't think there's enough sarcasm anywhere for me to convey that as sarcastically as it needs to be, Obama bashing actually seem kind of like points in the guy's favor. I know Michael Bay means it as "Hey, kids, Obama is mean to Autobots! He gives douchebags presidental orders to try to stop them from being heroes!"*
But I take it as Obama getting wise to Optimus Prime's robo-genocide and trying to put a stop to it.
* and for anyone who wisely avoided seeing this movie, I'm not just reading that into it. The main heavy of the film flaunts his presidental orders to be the heavy all the goddam time, and said president is mentioned by name. Considering the ebonic Autobot twins, I'm guessing whatever scene actually showed the president got cut because everyone else working on the film told Bay it would be wrong to show Obama eating fried chicken and throwing up gang signs. While collecting his welfare check. In prison.
I've seen alot of Revenge of the Fallen online complaints, but one I have yet to see anyone mention is one bit in the beginning of the movie. Where Optimus Prime pointly talks about how their fancy super robot planet technology can't be shared with humans because of how warmongeringly bad we are, right after he shot a wounded and helpless Decepticon in the head. Seriously, the whole beginning of the movie is Hrmm, the Decepticons are all over the world, up to something. But all we see them up to is hiding, or running away, because Optimus Prime wants to hunt them all down and kill em! He's fucking Transformer Hitler!
But Zogar, you might say (okay, no you wouldn't, because I don't know anyone who would jump to the defense of this movie, but for argument's sake) The Decepticons are programmed for evil! It's why they have red glowing eyes and no paint jobs!
Except then you have rickety ol' used-to-be-a-Decepticon Jetfire in there telling you all about how each faction is a personal choice. So you can't say the Decepticons are inherently evil, to where it's okay to mercilessly execute them on the spot. Shit, even the Nazis got trials.
So when Optimus is always going on about the rights of sentient beings, blah blah blah, he really means sentient beings who agree with HIM. Everyone else is getting shot or sworded in the face.
Which makes the oh so... I want to say "subtle", but somehow I don't think there's enough sarcasm anywhere for me to convey that as sarcastically as it needs to be, Obama bashing actually seem kind of like points in the guy's favor. I know Michael Bay means it as "Hey, kids, Obama is mean to Autobots! He gives douchebags presidental orders to try to stop them from being heroes!"*
But I take it as Obama getting wise to Optimus Prime's robo-genocide and trying to put a stop to it.
* and for anyone who wisely avoided seeing this movie, I'm not just reading that into it. The main heavy of the film flaunts his presidental orders to be the heavy all the goddam time, and said president is mentioned by name. Considering the ebonic Autobot twins, I'm guessing whatever scene actually showed the president got cut because everyone else working on the film told Bay it would be wrong to show Obama eating fried chicken and throwing up gang signs. While collecting his welfare check. In prison.
