From my comments on the video: I’d also add that the original movie knows it’s a kids property but respects the younger audience. The curse words were a bad idea and adults weren’t happy (I’m glad some of the recent home videos lets you choose), but it took the war story, added in a huge sci-fi element, but remembered that it’s still for kids. Adult collectors and fans hate it when I say that, but I’m older than most of them so I don’t care.
Transformers wasn’t created for 80s kids, it was created in the 1980s for kids. None of the Bay films cared about kids, yet still was somehow more immature in its attempts at humor. (To quote from this movie: this is bad comedy.”) So it wasn’t bogged down in cynicism but instead embraced things a child would like to see and does it without insulting their intelligence. It’s more fun and imaginative as a result, and it’s made by people who care about what they’re making and its place in the franchise rather than using an IP for immature “adult” humor and flash without substance.
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From my comments on the video: I’d also add that the original movie knows it’s a kids property but respects the younger audience. The curse words were a bad idea and adults weren’t happy (I’m glad some of the recent home videos lets you choose), but it took the war story, added in a huge sci-fi element, but remembered that it’s still for kids. Adult collectors and fans hate it when I say that, but I’m older than most of them so I don’t care.
Transformers wasn’t created for 80s kids, it was created in the 1980s for kids. None of the Bay films cared about kids, yet still was somehow more immature in its attempts at humor. (To quote from this movie: this is bad comedy.”) So it wasn’t bogged down in cynicism but instead embraced things a child would like to see and does it without insulting their intelligence. It’s more fun and imaginative as a result, and it’s made by people who care about what they’re making and its place in the franchise rather than using an IP for immature “adult” humor and flash without substance.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on June 20, 2024 in Animation Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged animation review, cartoon review, commentary, The Transformers: The Movie, TJ Omega, TJOmega, Transformers: The Movie.
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